Kushim (Uruk period)

The name "Kushim" is found on several Uruk period (c. 3400–3000 BC) clay tablets used to record transactions of barley.

[5][6] Another Uruk period clay tablet that featured names dating back to around 3100 BC includes the names of a slave owner (Gal-Sal) and Gal-Sal's two slaves (En-pap X and the woman Sukkalgir).

Some of the tablets charge the distribution of barley to several officials as various debits, with the summation on the reverse as a single credit for the discharge of Kushim's liability.

Other tablets are more intricate, showing the input of various ingredients on the obverse (malt, dates, etc.

One tablet shows Kushim providing 14,712 liters of barley to four officials, for which they were properly discharged.

An illustration of the proto-cuneiform "Kushim" as seen on some ancient Sumerian clay tablets.
A Sumerian clay tablet potentially signed by Kushim in the upper left corner. Not the more well known "Kushim Tablet"