erikkwakkel:uispeccoll:OLDESTI’m starting a series where I am investigating our -est things in the c
erikkwakkel:uispeccoll:OLDESTI’m starting a series where I am investigating our -est things in the collection. Oldest, largest, smallest, most ——.This 4,060-year-old clay (“cuneiform”) tablet from Umma, modern Djoka, is a receipt signed by the temple scribe and is the oldest item in Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa.Are there any “-est” or “most —-” items you want to know?(Photo by Tom Jorgensen).4000 years old: this must be one of the oldest surviving receipts of payments signed by a scribe. Such evidence is rare, in medieval times and before, mainly because receipts were not meant for keeping very long. Great that this one happened to survive four millennia - and presently receives the care it deserves. -- source link