The past of the pay cheque

• Autores: Xavier Ariño
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3079, 2016, pág. 31
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Perhaps it's no surprise that one of the earliest known examples of writing features two basic human concerns: alcohol and work. About 5000 years ago, the people living in the city of Uruk, in modern day Iraq, wrote in a picture language called cuneiform. On one tablet excavated from the area they can see a human head eating from a bowl meaning "ration", and a conical vessel, meaning "beer". Scattered around are scratches recording the amount of beer for a particular worker. It's the worlds oldest known payslip. implying that the concept of worker and employer was familiar five millennia ago. Here, Borris talks about the changes in people's daily activities after a thousand years.