5,000-year-old clay 'tablet' depicting how beer was made in southern Iraq sells for £175,000 

The object lays claim to be the earliest known record of any personal name in history - indicated by a horizontal rectangle on the upper left-hand corner. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8635405/5-000-year-old-clay-tablet-depicting-beer-southern-Iraq-sells-175-000.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490