Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer

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Editorial entry — translation cited from: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEarly_writing_tablet_recording_the_allocation_of_beer.jpg. Description: Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer; 3100-3000 BC (Late Prehistoric period); height: 9.4 cm, width: 6.87 cm; probably from southern Iraq; British Museum (ME 140855). https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1989-0

Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer; 3100-3000 BC (Late Prehistoric period); height: 9.4 cm, width: 6.87 cm; probably from southern Iraq; British Museum (ME 140855). https://www.brit

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Image: BabelStone — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEarly_writing_tablet_recording_the_allocation_of_beer.jpg. Description: Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer; 3100-3000 BC (Late Prehistoric period); height: 9.4 cm, width: 6.87 cm; probably from southern Iraq; British Museum (ME 140855). https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1989-0.

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