Proto-cuneiform tablet

c. 3200–3000 BC · Sumer

Proto-cuneiform tablet, from Sumer, dated c. 3200–3000 BC. It was found at Tell Asmar (Eshnunna). Today it is kept at the ISAC (Oriental Institute), Chicago.

Date

c. 3200–3000 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Tell Asmar (Eshnunna)

Where it is today

ISAC (Oriental Institute), Chicago

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