Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl. Purchased via Christie's in 1989, with contribution from the British Museum Friends

~3300 BCE·Uruk Period·BM 140852

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Editorial entry — translation cited from: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl. Purchased via Christie's in 1989, with contribution from the British Museum Friends.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AClay_tablet%2C_late_Uruk_period%2C_3300-3100_BCE._Proto-cuneiform_signs%2C_food_issue_list_%22_rations%22_written_by_combining_a_human_head_and_a_bowl._Purchased_via_Christie's_in_1989%2C_with_contribution_from_the_British_Museum_Friends.jpg. Description: Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl (the triangular object is the regular symbol for bread). In later Sumerian, it is the verb to eat.

Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl (the triangular object is the regular symbol for bread). In

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Image: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl. Purchased via Christie's in 1989, with contribution from the British Museum Friends.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AClay_tablet%2C_late_Uruk_period%2C_3300-3100_BCE._Proto-cuneiform_signs%2C_food_issue_list_%22_rations%22_written_by_combining_a_human_head_and_a_bowl._Purchased_via_Christie's_in_1989%2C_with_contribution_from_the_British_Museum_Friends.jpg. Description: Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl (the triangular object is the regular symbol for bread). In later Sumerian, it is the verb to eat..

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