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4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians' Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...
The Art Newspaper18h
Ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets discovered in Iraq reveal intricate details of how empire was governed
The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...
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Hundreds of 4,000-Year-Old Cuneiform Tablets and Seals Unearthed in Iraq
More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...
The Independent4d
Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists
These were the state archives of the ancient Sumerian site of Girsu, in modern-day Tello, while the city was controlled by the Akkad dynasty from 2300 to 2150BC. While the texts may not be great ...
Yahoo News UK4d
Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists
The texts reveal a complex bureaucracy that went into running the ancient civilisation. These were the state archives of the ancient Sumerian site of Girsu, in modern-day Tello, while the city was ...