Position in chronology
Clay tablet, record of barley and emmer. Late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Purchased via Christie's, no provenance
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Clay tablet, record of barley and emmer. Late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Purchased via Christie's, no provenance.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AClay_tablet%2C_record_of_barley_and_emmer._Late_Uruk_period%2C_3300-3100_BCE._Purchased_via_Christie's%2C_no_provenance.jpg. Description: Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Emmer wheat is differentiated from barley by writing numbers with extra strokes. The proto-cuneiform signs document barley. Barley appears 4 times here and is represented by a single stalk with
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. Emmer wheat is differentiated from barley by writing numbers with extra strokes. The proto-cuneiform signs document barley. Barley appears 4 times here an
Attribution
Image: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Clay tablet, record of barley and emmer. Late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Purchased via Christie's, no provenance.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AClay_tablet%2C_record_of_barley_and_emmer._Late_Uruk_period%2C_3300-3100_BCE._Purchased_via_Christie's%2C_no_provenance.jpg. Description: Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Emmer wheat is differentiated from barley by writing numbers with extra strokes. The proto-cuneiform signs document barley. Barley appears 4 times here and is represented by a single stalk with.
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