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Mesopotamian contract paperweight
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Mesopotamian contract paperweight

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This paperweight is inspired by a sales act found in Shuruppak.

Writing was born in Sumer and Elam out of the need to record the wealth of the cities.

In the following centuries, scribes improved the invention. Around 2600 BC, writing was sufficiently developed to spawn the first known examples of ...
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Characteristics

Original work kept at :
Paris - Musée du Louvre
Theme :
Literature
Art movement :
Oriental Antiquities
Artist :
Anonymous
Material :
Bronze
EAN :
3336727055489
Dimensions :
8 cm x 7.6 cm x 1.6 cm
Reference :
CB500004

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