It is unclear when rock doves were domesticated, but they first appear in written history on Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets from over 5,000 years ago. (storagetwo.com)
Here the archaeologists found an extensive archive of cuneiform tablets, which describe trade relations with Nagar and Mari. (scientificamerican.com)
A scholar translating Babylonian cuneiform tablets found the name of a Babylonian who is also mentioned in the Torah as having been present at the razing of Jerusalem in 586 BCE. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)