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Pyramidal Tokens
UnknownLate Uruk period, 3350-3100 BC
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States
Simple pyramidal tokens might have come into use with the beginnings of agriculture in the ninth millennium BC, as a way to track the sale and barter of goods and services.
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Details
- Title: Pyramidal Tokens
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Late Uruk period, 3350-3100 BC
- Physical Location: Chicago, IL
- Location Created: Chogha Mish, Iran
- Physical Dimensions: Average: H: 1.8 x L: 1.6 x W: 1.5 cm
- Type: Token, Clay
- Rights: © ISAC Museum
- External Link: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, ISACM A34819, D. 9211, Exhibit Catalog: Visible Language (Cat. No. 21)
- Medium: Clay
- Photographer: Anna R. Ressman
- Photograph Registration Number: D. 9211
- Object Registration Number: ISACM A34819
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