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Shown here is a reproduction of a Sumerian medical tablet, one of the oldest found, dated 2400 BCE, excavated at the site of the ancient city of Nippur in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). The writing is cuneiform, an ancient style of writing used by five distinctive languages over a period of 3000 years. Cuneiform was written by scribes using a stylus, a sharp ended reed, they made wedge shapes in clay. This tablet is unlike other later medical tablets, no ailment or treatment is listed. This tablet lists prescriptions perhaps used by an early pharmacist. The front of the tablet is damaged. The reverse side is relatively undamaged and lists 15 prescriptions.

Made from resin, measures 3.75" H x 6" W.

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