Sacred Tablets: Tartaria And The

The Tărtăria tablets are a set of three small clay artifacts discovered in in the village of Tărtăria, Romania, by archaeologist Nicolae Vlassa . These tablets are famous because they feature symbols that some scholars believe represent the earliest known form of writing, predating Sumerian cuneiform by over a millennium. Discovery and Context

The tablets were unearthed in a ritual pit-grave containing pottery, 26 clay and stone figurines, and the fragmented, charred bones of an adult female, often called " Milady Tărtăria ". Tartaria and the Sacred Tablets

Found at a Neolithic site in Transylvania, about 30 km from Alba Iulia. The Tărtăria tablets are a set of three

Milady Tărtăria is estimated to have been around 50–55 years old, a rare age for the Neolithic era, suggesting she may have been a respected ancestor or a priestess for a Vinča community . Physical Description and Symbols Found at a Neolithic site in Transylvania, about