Before Writing: A catalog of Near Eastern tokensUniversity of Texas Press, 1992 The author presents a system of counters (tokens) which represented a breakthrough in communication. These tokens were small objects modeled in clay in various geometric forms used for counting and accounting for goods. The system has implications for studies in origins of civilization, communication, and mathematics. |
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81 8 SPEISER Arpachiyah CALDWELL 67 Çayönü CONE SUBTYPE CYLINDER SUBTYPE DAFI 1a DELOUGAZ 72 9B DISC SUBTYPE DISCOVERY TOKEN NUMBER DS AD72 DS DS R 69 FIELD NUMBER MUSEUM FIELD/MUSEUM NUMBER REFERENCE Habuba Kabira idem INCISED IRAN TOKENS IRAQ IRAQ TYPE Jaffarabad L. W. TH LEVEL MUS LITERATURE P pl LOCUS/CIRCUMSTANCES OF DISCOVERY MILL ML 4 ML ML M 29 ML ML ML ML SB ML SUBTYPE MM L. W. TH MUSEUM NUMBER LEVEL NUMBER FIELD NUMBER NUMBER LEVEL LOCUS/CIRCUMSTANCES Nuzi Pc XVI PERF PERFORATED 0 TOTALS PLATE/FIG SCHMIDT 37 Schutt SIZE IN MM SPEISER 35 SPHERE SUBTYPE ST 25 ST ST ST ST STONE PERFORATED strokes SUBTYPE 12 SUBTYPE 24 Susa Tello Tepe Gawra Tepe Hissar Tepe Yahya TETRAHEDRON TOBLER 50 TOKEN NUMBER FIELD TOKEN NUMBER MATERIAL TOKENS AT SUSA TOKENS AT TEPE Tonstiftschicht Uruk VIb2 XVI 4 Tiefschnitt XVII ليا ليا ليا