Cuneiform tablet: administrative account concerning the distribution of barley and emmer, Jemdet Nasr, ca. 3100–2900 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Uruk (modern Warka), Sumerian, Clay, 2.44 x 1.85 x .65 in. (6.2 x 4.7 x 1.65 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, Of the many legacies left by the ancient civilizations of southern Mesopotamia, the invention of writing is paramount. At the end of the fourth millennium B.C., written language developed in the region, first as pictographs and then evolving into abstract forms called cuneiform.
Cuneiform tablet: administrative account concerning the distribution of barley and emmer, Jemdet Nasr, ca. 3100–2900 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Uruk (modern Warka), Sumerian, Clay, 2.44 x 1.85 x .65 in. (6.2 x 4.7 x 1.65 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, Of the many legacies left by the ancient civilizations of southern Mesopotamia, the invention of writing is paramount. At the end of the fourth millennium B.C., written language developed in the region, first as pictographs and then evolving into abstract forms called cuneiform