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Complex Token With Incised Lines
UnknownLate Uruk period, 3350-3100 BC
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States
This crescent-shaped token was incised with horizontal lines, distinguishing it from so-called "plain" tokens. Tokens were an important part of social administration and record keeping for millennia in the ancient Near East.
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- Title: Complex Token With Incised Lines
- 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: 1.2 x W: 0.7 cm
- Type: Token, Clay
- Rights: © ISAC Museum
- External Link: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Exhibit Catalog: Visible Language (Cat. No. 25), ISACM A64619, D. 9218
- Medium: Clay
- Photographer: Anna R. Ressman
- Photograph Registration Number: D. 9218
- Object Registration Number: ISACM A64619
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