#writtencontract

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The combination of the tokens and the clay cuneiform writing led to a brilliant verification device: a hollow clay ball called a Bulla. On the outside of the bulla, the parties to a contract could write down the details of the obligation - including the resources that were to be paid. On the inside of the bulla would be the tokens representing the deal. The writing on the outside and the tokens inside the clay ball verified each other. We don't know who the parties to such agreements might have been - whether they were religious tithes to the temple, taxes, or private debts, is unclear. But such records were the purchase orders and the receipts that made life in a complex city society possible. This is a big deal. Most financial transactions are based on explicit written contracts. Insurance, a bank account, a government bond, a corporate share, a mortgage agreement - they're all written contracts - and the bullas of Mesopotamia are the very first archaeological evidence that written contracts existed. Note➡️These bulla, discovered in Iraq, recorded agricultural transactions in the 8th Millennium BC. Picture source:-Alamy #bulla #writtencontract #mesopotamia #uruk #babylon #iraq #cuneiform #agreement #mortgage #transaction #HistoricalFacts #historicalknowledge #historicalfindings #historysfirstaccount #historicalevidence #Letstalkhistory #Instagram #Facebook #tumblr #dailyfact https://www.instagram.com/p/CDElvrfnXlE/?igshid=sxy33drp3xa1

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