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clay tablets

clay tablets is the plural of clay tablet.

Meaning of clay tablet

Noun

clay tablet (plural clay tablets)

  1. (historical) A writing medium made of clay used in Mesopotamia and nearby regions.
    • “He is the stench of a mongoose... a smitten man who makes himself important.” No, this isn’t clunky dialogue from a low-budget film. It’s one of the many pieces of correspondence archaeologists have discovered etched on clay tablets in Uruk, the chief city of Sumer, the earliest known civilization...2022 July 26, Patricia S. Daniels, “Age-old secrets revealed from the world’s first metropolises”, in nationalgeographic.com, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2025

Questions about clay tablets

What is clay tablets the plural of?
Clay tablets is the plural of clay tablet.

Words near clay tablets in the dictionary

  1. clay pits
  2. clay shale
  3. clay slate
  4. clay slates
  5. clay tablet
  6. clay tablets
  7. clay up
  8. clay-cold
  9. clay-colored thrush
  10. claybank
  11. claybanks

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