From the historians point of view, clay has one huge advantage it lasts. Unlike the bamboo used by the Chinese to write on, which rots quickly, and unlike.... On this clay tablet is some of the earliest writing from anywhere in the world. It was made around BC in southern Iraq, known as Mesopotamia.. Title Object Object British Museum Society Tablet. Description Clay tablet record of beer impressed with five different types of numerical symbol.. Most of the very earliest tablets come from the site of Uruk in southern Iraq. It is thought that this form of writing called cuneiform, meaning wedge shaped.... Its called cuneiform, which means wedge-shaped. This tablet is a record of the daily beer rations for workers. Beer here is represented by an upright jar.... This piece of clay contains some of the earliest writing in the world. Its called cuneiform, which means wedge-shaped. This tablet is a record of the.... This weeks programmes in the history of the world looks at the growing sophistication of humans ar
