Proto-cuneiform tablet of Uruk V period (IMAGE)

Saarland University

Proto-cuneiform tablet of Uruk V period

Caption

Proto-cuneiform tablet of Uruk V period (VAT 15085), approximately 3500 to 3350 years old. This so-called numero-ideographic tablet carries numerical signs on the left-hand side and one ideograph representing a vessel of unknown content on the right-hand side.

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Credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum / Olaf M. Tesmer, CC-BY-SA 4.0

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