The tablet is covered with cuneiform writing and apparently was part of a royal letter. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a piece of clay marked by 3,400 years ago. This is the oldest writing discovered in the Holy City, say cercetătorii.Fragmentul has only 2 / 2, 8 cm and is covered with cuneiform writing, the earliest form of writing from around the world. The piece of clay that was apparently part of the royal archives and evidence showing the importance of Jerusalem in the Bronze Age , around 1,400 years BC, says researchers at the Hebrew University of Ierusalim.Tăbliţa was found by archaeologists in the ruins a tower in the X century BC Researchers believe that the fragment could be part of a "letter" sent by the royal king of Canaan to the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (better known as Akhenaten), who lived in the fourteenth century BC The tablet comes from the same period as the other 380 fragments discovered in Egypt El-Amami site, where it is believed that Akhenaten's archives were. The oldest text of Jerusalem was considered, until now, at the VIIIth century, discovered in the Shiloah.

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