Dr. Michelle FullwoodJan 17, 2023

I've been collecting interesting examples of information organisation in history, focusing on non-Western civilisations. I came across this example of an ancient Mesopotamian spreadsheet! It records wages paid to temple workers in 1295 BCE.

#History #AncientHistory #Cuneiform #Mesopotamia #CognitiveHistory

Show threadDr. Michelle FullwoodJan 17, 2023
P.S. If this interested you, maybe you can help me out by pointing me to people researching this topic. I'm especially interested in how different languages/writing systems affect how people make catalogues/taxonomies/indexes.
Show threadray johns
@michelleful I'm also interested in this, I'm happy to share anything I may find in my researches 🥰
Jan 17, 2023 at 5:22pmWeb
Show threadDr. Michelle FullwoodJan 17, 2023
@spacyoddity yay, please do!