A 5,000-year-old Sumerian tablet that was used to record a sales receipt for beer making supplies and features what is believed to be the oldest known signature in human history.
Symbols on the top left corner of the tablet — the supposed signature — translate as 'KU' and 'SIM' which experts have interpreted as spelling the name 'Kushim.' Archeologists posit that the name was likely of a government scribe who created the recording on the clay tablet for administrative purposes.
In 2020, the tablet was sold to a private American collector for $230,000
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A 5,000-year-old Sumerian tablet that was used to record a sales receipt for beer making supplies and features what is believed to be the oldest known signature in human history.
Symbols on the top left corner of the tablet — the supposed signature — translate as 'KU' and 'SIM' which experts have interpreted as spelling the name 'Kushim.' Archeologists posit that the name was likely of a government scribe who created the recording on the clay tablet for administrative purposes.
In 2020, the tablet was sold to a private American collector for $230,000
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