Closet of tablets

History of the most Important Closet of Tablets in the Mesopotamia 2800-612 B.C

Ali Abdalla Mahmood, Emad Abdalqadir M. Saeed

This Research is named (History of the most Important Closet of Tablets in the Mesopotamia 2800-612 B.C), a Scientific Research focused on the History of Collection and Safe-keeping Tablets in the Special Places. The oldest Safe-keeping tablets found in Sumerians Cities History back to Third Millennium BC. Excavations in the archaeological sites of Mesopotamia by local and foreign archaeological teams have yielded good evidence and information about the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia are kept private, most of the sites identified by archaeologists for excavations, in addition to various archaeological objects have found a number of Tablets, which indicates that the inscriptions were kept collectively in private places. Some of the documents, especially official documents such as letters exchanged and royal decrees or rare and important documents, were kept in special boxes. The boxes were closed pots or boxes or baskets, and some were placed on special shelves or walls and platforms, this attention has become a factor to preserve the writings for centuries, in this Research Several Important Safe-keepings are Presented as Example for each of them some information about (Geographical location, Archaeological Discoveries, Number of Tablets, how their keeping and …etc.). In general this study focuses on one of the important tasks of the ancient inhabitants of Mesopotamia is to keep their writings in private treasuries. This was an attempt to preserve their writings in order to preserve and disseminate recorded information or many historians can use them for Writing history.