Complex Crescent-Shaped Token

UnknownLate Uruk period, 3350-3100 BC

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States

Crescent-shaped tokens with incised horizontal lines are thought to have represented the commodity silver in the early accounting practices of the ancient Middle East.

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Title: Complex Crescent-Shaped Token
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: Late Uruk period, 3350-3100 BC
Physical Location: Chicago, IL
Location Created: Chogha Mish, Iran
Physical Dimensions: H: 2.3 x L: 1.1 x W: 0.8 cm
Type: Token, Clay
Rights: © ISAC Museum
External Link: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Exhibit Catalog: Visible Language (Cat. No. 24), ISACM A32507, D. 9205
Medium: Clay
Photographer: Anna R. Ressman
Photograph Registration Number: D. 9205
Object Registration Number: ISACM A32507

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