Cuneiform tablet: administrative account with entries concerning malt and barley groats, Jemdet Nasr, ca. 3100–2900 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Uruk (modern Warka), Sumerian, Clay, 2.68 x 1.77 x .63 in. (6.8 x 4.5 x 1.6 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, This tablet with early writing most likely documents grain distributed by a large temple. Scholars have distinguished two phases in the development of writing in southern Mesopotamia. The earliest tablets, probably dating to around 3300 B
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Cuneiform tablet, administrative account, entries concerning malt, barley groats, Jemdet Nasr, ca, 3100–2900 B.C, Mesopotamia, Uruk, modern Warka, Sumerian, Clay, 2.68 x 1.77 .63, 6.8 4.5 1.6 cm, Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, tablet, early writing, documents grain, distributed, large temple, Scholars, distinguished two, phases, development, writing, southern Mesopotamia, earliest tablets, dating, 3300 B
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