6-year-old discovers rare 3,500-year-old tablet - ISRAEL21c

6-year-old discovers rare 3,500-year-old tablet - ISRAEL21c

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6-year-old discovers rare 3,500-year-old tablet

The clay tablet from the Canaanite period depicts a man leading a humiliated captive. The boy who found it won a certificate of good citizenship.

By Abigail Klein Leichman  MAY 25, 2020, 3:10 PM

Abigail Klein Leichman

Abigail Klein Leichman is a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c. Prior to moving to Israel in 2007, she was a specialty writer and copy editor at a major daily newspaper in New Jersey and has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.