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Feature
Six clay tablets are stamped with horizontally-inscribed symbols.

Cappadocian Tablet with Cuneiform Inscription

Assyrian

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Question
Which inference about Near Eastern cultures is best supported by this image?
(1 point)
Responses

All citizens of the ancient Near East were excellent writers.
All citizens of the ancient Near East were excellent writers.

This tablet describes the only god worshipped in the Near East.
This tablet describes the only god worshipped in the Near East.

This tablet was likely written using cylinder seals.
This tablet was likely written using cylinder seals.

The symbols on this tablet have no significant meaning.

Answer 1

This tablet was likely written using cylinder seals.

Cylinder seals were commonly rolled or pressed into wet clay in the ancient Near East to leave repeated images or inscriptions for identification and administrative records, and the pictured cuneiform impressions are consistent with that practice.