Hundreds of 4,000-Year-Old Cuneiform Tablets and Seals Unearthed in Iraq

More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in southern Iraq. The tablets reveal evidence of a complex bureaucratic system.A team of archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq uncovered hundreds of administrative tablets, dating back to the Akkadian period (2300-2150 BCE), with minute details ranging from scholarly texts to barley rations. Th