Kish Tablet — One of the World's Oldest Writings
לוח קיש
Author: Scribe sumérien anonyme (c. 3200 av. J.-C.)
Date: c. 3200 av. J.-C.
Preservation: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
deposited on April 16, 2026 · History register · custodian, not owner
❧ Description
The Kish Tablet is one of the oldest witnesses to human writing, contemporary with the earliest proto-cuneiform tablets from Uruk. This document from Mesopotamia — the land from which biblical tradition has Abraham depart — marks humanity's entry into written history.
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The Kish Tablet is one of the oldest witnesses to human writing, contemporary with the earliest proto-cuneiform tablets from Uruk. This document from Mesopotamia — the land from which biblical tradition has Abraham depart — marks humanity's entry into written history.