Tablet with ‘the earliest known record of any personal name in history’ offered at Bloomsbury Auctions

An ancient writing tablet made famous by Yuval Noah Harari in his bestseller 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind' comes for auction in London next month.

The 3in (7cm) square clay tablet, recording beer production in Uruk, c.3100BC, and the name of the…

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