A number of clay tablets are scattered about the site. While they are hard for yout to decipher you know the script looks like cuneiform, a type of writing on clay tablets that was developed in Mesopotamia and was still used in biblical times by the Assyrians and Babylonians. You ask your colleague, a philogist in ancient scripts, and he confirms your idea. Cuneiform tablets are found in many areas that the Assyrians and Babylonians occupied and conquered, such as in sites like Hazor and Megiddo. What does the existence of these texts tell us about what could have happened in this ancient city?

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