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Saturday, 6 December 2014

Ancient allocation of beer!

I knew it wouldn't be long before something archaeological went up on this blog! Here is a fabulous writing tablet from Mesopotamia, dating to around 3000 BC, about the beer ration for workers. The ancients had their priorities straight!

beer ration tablet mesopotamia