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Matt Watts

Iraq displays 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned by Italy

A 2,800-year-old stone tablet has gone on display in Iraq after being returned by Italy.

It was thought the artefact inscribed with complete cuneiform text - a system of writing on clay in an ancient Babylonian alphabet - could have been found during archaeological excavations of the Mosul dam four decades ago.

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