Kushim (individual)

Kushim is regarded as possibly the first example of a named person in writing. The name "Kushim" is recorded on the Kushim Tablet, an ancient Sumerian clay tablet recording transactions that is now named for him or her.[1]

Kushim is mentioned in eighteen tablets, and is believed to have been either an individual or (less probably) an organization responsible for recording transactions.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "The Birth of Writing: The Kushim Tablet". coursethreads.berkeley.edu. University of Berkeley. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  2. ↑ Badenhorst, Francois (2015-08-20). "Meet Kushim, the accountant from ancient Sumer". Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  3. ↑ Nissen, Hans J.; Damerow, Peter; Englund, Robert K. (1993). Archaic Bookkeeping: Early Writing and Techniques of Economic Administration in the Ancient Near East. University of Chicago Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780226586595.
  4. ↑ Mattessich, Richard (2000). The Beginnings of Accounting and Accounting Thought: Accounting Practice in the Middle East (8000 B.C to 2000 B.C.) and Accounting Thought in India. Routledge. p. 105. ISBN 9780815334453.

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