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Clay Token - Elam's and Mesopotamia heartlands Sumerian counting system: type I numeral 36000
| Location | Mesopotamia / Elam |
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| Year | 4000 BC - 3100 BC |
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| Shape | Other (Sphere) |
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| Obverse description | Hand-modeled fired clay spherical token presenting a flat face with a prominent concave circular depression or puncture in the center, characteristic of the Sumerian proto-cuneiform counting system. This device, a deep circular indentation set within a plain field, represents the type I large numeral denoting the value 36,000 in the Uruk-period accounting tradition. The surface shows the natural texture of the clay composite material. |
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| Mintage | ND (4000 BC - 3200 BC) - Habuba Kabira - Period of Uruk - (clay bullae) - Mesopotamia ND (4000 BC - 3200 BC) - Uruk - (clay bullae) - Mesopotamia ND (4000 BC - 3100 BC) - Susa (Shūsh in persian: شوش) - Period of Uruk - (clay bullae) - Elam ND (3700 BC - 3200 BC) - Akkad - (clay bullae) - Mesopotamia ND (3700 BC - 3200 BC) - Babylon - Mesopotamia ND (3700 BC - 3200 BC) - Sumer - (clay bullae) - Mesopotamia ND (3700 BC - 3200 BC) - Zagros - Elam |
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