Anomalocaris Posted June 29, 2016 #1 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Ancient workers were paid with beer Quote It was one of the first fully functioning cities to emerge in the ancient world and it survived for more than 4,000 years before being finally abandoned. Now a 5,000-year-old tablet found in the city of Uruk in modern-day Iraq could help to explain what helped keep it inhabitants happily living together for so long – they were paid in beer. In what is thought to be one of the oldest payslip to ever be discovered, the tablet excavated from the site of the city shows the cuneiform depiction of human head eating from a bowl, meaning 'ration'. Read more on Mail Online 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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