DatartefactAuthor Sumerian agriculturalists
Date of creation 10 000 BCE - 3000 BCE
Mesopotamian Clay Tokens
Accounting tokens that were used for farming goods exchange and accounting in Mesopotamia. The tokens were used for thousands of years and led to the invention of cuneiform writing.
Image of Clay accounting tokens Susa Uruk period - Louvre Museum Paris © Marie-Lan Nguyen (CC BY 2.5)
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