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Pre-cuneiform writing tablet noting food ratios, Archives from the Temple of the Sky God, from Uruk (Irak), Late Uruk Period, around 3300 BC, Louvre Lens, France (26939082575)
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Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: The first documents written on clay tablets appeared in Uruk IV, around 3300 BC.
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Image: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Pre-cuneiform writing tablet noting food ratios, Archives from the Temple of the Sky God, from Uruk (Irak), Late Uruk Period, around 3300 BC, Louvre Lens, France (26939082575).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APre-cuneiform_writing_tablet_noting_food_ratios%2C_Archives_from_the_Temple_of_the_Sky_God%2C_from_Uruk_(Irak)%2C_Late_Uruk_Period%2C_around_3300_BC%2C_Louvre_Lens%2C_France_(26939082575).jpg. Description: The first documents written on clay tablets appeared in Uruk IV, around 3300 BC..
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