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Clay Token - Elam's and Mesopotamia heartlands Sumerian counting system: type III numeral 60
| Location | Iran / Iraq |
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| Year | 4000 BC - 3100 BC |
| Type | Utility token |
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| Obverse description | A plain, undecorated hand-formed clay cone of roughly triangular profile, tapering to a rounded apex. The surface is uneven and shows the natural texture of fired clay with no intentional inscriptions or impressed markings. The conical form itself constitutes the device, functioning as a type III numerical token representing the value 60 in the proto-cuneiform Sumerian counting system. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the opposite face of the same hand-formed clay cone, displaying a slightly broader, flat-to-rounded base and the same coarse, unworked clay surface as the obverse, with no inscriptions or impressed symbols. |
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| Mintage | ND (4000 BC - 3100 BC) - Susa (Shūsh in persian: شوش) - Period of Uruk - (clay bullae) |
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