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Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian trade
Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.
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Hundreds of 4,000-Year-Old Cuneiform Tablets and Seals Unearthed in Iraq
More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...
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4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
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Ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets discovered in Iraq reveal intricate details of how empire was governed
The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...