Clay_tablet,_record_of_barley_and_emmer._Late_Uruk_period,_3300-3100_BCE._Purchased_via_Christie's,_no_provenance.jpg
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Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Emmer wheat is differentiated from barley by writing numbers with extra strokes. The proto-cuneiform signs document barley. Barley appears 4 times here and is represented by a single stalk with ears at the top. Three different types of numerical symbol are used. Purchased via Christie's in 1989. No provenance. British Museum, BM 140853.
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| Author | Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) |
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