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 threadArthur Gron
@michelleful What's it recording?
Jan 17, 2023 at 6:36pmWeb
Show threadDr. Michelle FullwoodJan 17, 2023
@arthurgron Each row is a temple employee (name and role), columns are months, and cells are the amount paid to the employee that month! There are also rows for sub-totals and totals.