Mesopotamian Clay Balls: Ancient Relics or Prehistoric Hard Drives?
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Mesopotamian-clay-balls.jpg?itok=fj3Heg8o"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Mesopotamian-clay-balls.jpg?itok=fj3Heg8o" width="610" height="320" alt="Mesopotamian clay balls have been unearthed in Iran. Source: Fair use" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>Research conducted in late 2013 offered intriguing clues to decoding the secrets of the Mesopotamian clay balls, which date back 5,500 years. The study, which used
CT scanning to look inside the clay balls, revealed that the balls may represent the world’s “very first data storage system.”</p>
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The Mesopotamian clay balls were found at the Chogha Mish site in Western Iran, a Chalcolithic settlement which was occupied from about 6800 BC. (<a href="
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<h2>Mesopotamian Clay Balls: Ancient Economic Records?</h2>
<p>The Mesopotamian
clay balls were found at the Choga Mish archaeological site in
Western Iran in the late 1960s and have perplexed experts ever since. Their sizes vary from golf ball size to baseball size. To date, only about 150 intact examples of these Mesopotamian clay balls have been found in the region.? </p>
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