Cuneiform tablet

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This is a clay tablet with a note of ten sheep and ten goats taken from flocks in the city of Ur and sent off for delivery by Ur-kununna. Dated in the 5th year of Gimil-Sin, king of Ur. The note is written in cuneiform. Cuneiform or Sumerian cuneiform, one of the earliest systems of writing, was invented by the Sumerians. It is distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus. The name cuneiform itself simply means "wedge-shaped" ______________ This object is scanned by the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, England. 

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Established in 1883, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is one of eight University of Cambridge Museums.

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