CIRCA 2200-2000 B.C.

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AN UR III CUNEIFORM ROUND CLAY TABLET
CIRCA 2200-2000 B.C.
With lines of Sumerian administrative text on the obverse and reverse, listing fields used for agriculture and their related yields, minor edge chips
3¾ in. (9½ cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The above tablet demonstrates the bureaucracy that had developed during this period, when virtually every stage of commercial life was recorded, such as land yields, labourers' rations and the cost of products.

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