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Archaic Administrative Text (Amount Of Barley Needed For A Given Field Area)
UnknownUruk III period, ca. 3100 BC
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States
This early administrative document records a calculation for the amount of barley needed to sow a 16 acre field. In Mesopotamia, the first written records were found in the city of Uruk. This is an example of an Uruk III text, originating about a century after the earliest texts, Uruk IV.
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- Title: Archaic Administrative Text (Amount Of Barley Needed For A Given Field Area)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Uruk III period, ca. 3100 BC
- Physical Location: Chicago, IL
- Location Created: Jemdet Nasr, Iraq
- Physical Dimensions: H: 5.9 x L: 3.4 x W: 1.6 cm
- Provenance: Purchased in Paris by J.H. Breasted in 1920
- Type: Tablet, Clay
- Rights: © ISAC Museum
- External Link: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, ISACM A2515, D. 9170, Exhibit Catalog: Visible Language (Cat. No. 53)
- Medium: Clay, Baked
- Photographer: Anna R. Ressman
- Photograph Registration Number: D. 9170
- Object Registration Number: ISACM A2515
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