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 thread⏚ Antoine Chambert-Loir
@michelleful In France, sociologists such as @olivier_martin or historian of mathematics like Grégory Chambon (who worked on sumerian math) might have interesting pointers.
Jan 17, 2023 at 10:13pmWeb