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Not always! When the Library of Ashurbanipal burned in 612 BC, it fired and consequently preserved all the clay tablets inside. Ironically, we might not be able
by nilstycho 5y ago
Not always! When the Library of Ashurbanipal burned in 612 BC, it fired and consequently preserved all the clay tablets inside. Ironically, we might not be able to read the tablets today if the library hadn't burned.
- selimthegrim 5y agoMy understanding is when many of these tablets (not Ashurbanipal’s specifically) were removed to the moister confines of Europe they became unreadable