Mesopotamian Record of Barley

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 07 April 2016

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Mesopotamian Record of Barley — On this clay tablet, barley appears 4 times, depicted as a single stalk with ears at the top. Emmer wheat is different from barley, by writing numbers with extra strokes. Three different types of numerical symbol were used. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. Late Uruk Period, 3300-3100 BCE. (The British Museum, London)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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