This tablet is a record of the daily beer rations for ... like all its neighbours in the British Museum – deserves more than a quick glance. It is written in cuneiform, the oldest known writing ...

is now in the possession of the British Museum. These salaries weren't just about keeping workers drunk so they would be more compliant. In the ancient world, beer was a hearty, starchy brew that ...

Each records transactions or deliveries of sheep, reed bundles or beer to a temple or ... in charge of the 130,000 cuneiform tablets stored at the British Museum. “Writing appeared in the ...

The British Museum explains how to write the oldest human character, ' cuneiform ', which has been ... who keeps track of the amount of bread and beer distributed in Mesopotamia.

so as to spend his lunch break poring over the enigmatic tablets in the museum's collection. At the time, the dominant figure in British cuneiform studies was Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson.

London — London's renowned British Museum is facing an investigation by the United Kingdom's information watchdog over claims that it has not been transparent about a collection of sacred ...