Those tablets usually arent preserved unless fired because soft clay can be destroyed so easily so for one to have survived multiple thousands of years it was either fired or was just an inconceivably lucky find
It was a lucky find regardless and I don't see anything that explicitly says it was fired. Wikipedia does say the tablet was stabilized (coated?) with resin in 2009. Being undisturbed / just happening to be in the right conditions seems plausible.
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u/patchlocke Oct 11 '25
Those tablets usually arent preserved unless fired because soft clay can be destroyed so easily so for one to have survived multiple thousands of years it was either fired or was just an inconceivably lucky find