Proto-Cuneiform tablet: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars. Probably from the city of Uruk. Jemdet-Nasr period circa 3100 –2900 BCE
"SANGA" character.
The "SANGA" character is believed to be a pictorial representation of a Sumerian abacus.
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User Jccsvq (discuss•contribs) has contributed the base or initial text of this book by adapting some of his writings from his personal website jccAbacus.