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CPY0DEDV11AC9AW·Copy · tablet

The Tărtăria tablets: photograph of the round tablet

TabletCC BY-SA 3.0 (uploader's licence; original photographer not recorded on Commons)C. 5300 BC by association with the pit bones (disputed); Hood argued c. 3000 BCCopy of The Tărtăria tablets
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

Small (266 x 327 px) retouched image of the round pierced tablet; the Commons page gives no original source, so treat the licence as the uploader's claim. The V-shaped sign in the upper left quadrant is missing in this retouched version.

Unknown (Wikimedia Commons upload, retouched 2007). CC BY-SA 3.0 (uploader's licence; original photographer not recorded on Commons)

Copies 1

Photograph of the round tabletUnknown (Wikimedia Commons upload, retouched 2007) · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.0 (uploader's licence; original photographer not recorded on Commons)1 step from the original

Where it is kept

BudapestChișinăuBratislavaIașiTimișoaraGalațiBrașov1National Museum of Transylvanian History200 kmBudapestBelgradeChișinăuBratislava1200 km

Sources 4

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The Tărtăria tablets: photograph of the round tablet [Copy CPY0DEDV11AC9AW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0DEDV11AC9AW
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