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Egypt

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Elephantine Island midstream in the Nile, opposite Assuan. Outer wall of the ancient nilometer, constructed in Roman times on the site of an earlier one.
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Elephantine Island midstream in the Nile, opposite Assuan. Outer wall of th...

Mural,decoration from the tomb of Atet. 4th Dynasty, reign of Pharaoh Snofru.The fragment shows a man sowing grain with his right hand;in the left hand he holds a whip; a team of oxen. 41 x 91 cm Inv.3594
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Mural,decoration from the tomb of Atet. 4th Dynasty, reign of Pharaoh Snofru....

Donkeys with loads and bushels of grain. From a tomb in Saqqara,end 5th,early 6th Dynasty. Limestone, carved and painted 42 x 47 cm Inv. 953.116.2
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Donkeys with loads and bushels of grain. From a tomb in Saqqara,end 5th,early...

Clay tablet with 22 lines in cuneiform writing listing barley rations for 17 gardeners for one month. Baked clay (2113-2006 BCE, 3rd Dynasty of Ur), Mesopotamia (Iraq). Size 6.1 x 3.9 cm. R 1184
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Clay tablet with 22 lines in cuneiform writing listing barley rations f...

Sumero-Babylonian cuneiform tablet. Inscription records delivery of grain as payment for labour. Baked clay. Middle Canaanite Period Size 4.3 x 4.5 cm R 36
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Sumero-Babylonian cuneiform tablet. Inscription records delivery of grain as pa...

Man (orante) carrying a young goat. Baked clay figurine (18th BCE) from Susa, Iran. Sukkalmah period. Height 17 cm Sb 6572
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Man (orante) carrying a young goat. Baked clay figurine (18t...

Man carrying a young goat. Stone bas-relief from Persepolis, Iran 75 x 38 cm AO 14 050
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Man carrying a young goat. Stone bas-relief...

Terracotta tablets from the time of Prince Ur-Utu and Ur-Mama. a) record of goatherds, b) record of cowherds. From Lagash/Tello, Mesopotamia (2225-2175 BCE) a) 4.8 x 3.3 cm - b) 6.3 x 5.5 cm AO 2695 and AO 3306
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Terracotta tablets from the time of Prince Ur-Utu and Ur-Mama. a) record of go...

Livestock report. Cuneiform tablet from the reign of a prince of Urma, vassal of the King of Akkad, (22nd year, 10th month of reign). 2.8 x 2.2 cm AO 11328
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Livestock report. Cuneiform tablet from the reign of a prince of Urma, vas...

Harvest record. Yield of barley, wheat, and buckwheat. Terracotta tablet from the reign of Gudea of Lagash from Tello, Iraq 7 x 5.3 cm Inv. 3321
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Harvest record. Yield of barley, wheat, and buckwheat. Terracotta tablet from t...

Farmer ploughing with two oxen. Terracotta group from Byblos, Lebanon
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Farmer ploughing with two oxen. Terracotta group...

Water, corn growing from water, sheep, men bearing gifts, and the Goddess Inanna (Innin). five rows of limestone bas-reliefs on the Warka-Vase, a cult vase from Uruk, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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Water, corn growing from water, sheep, men bearing gifts, and t...