Kushim: The Name Not Forgotten
Since this blog is all about remembering parts of history that are not well known, I decided to start with a person who's name has survived the testaments of time...Kushim.
Some people may have heard of the Kushim tablet, a tablet found in modern day Iraq, which once translated from cuneiform simply means "29,086 measures barley 37 months Kushim".
This simple sentence may not sound that groundbreaking, and it isn't. The crazy thing about it though, is that the tablet is believed to come from 3400-3000 BC which makes it over 5000 years old!! This makes Kushim the oldest name we have recorded.
Based off of the sentence written on the tablet, it is believed that Kushim is the Sumerian version of an accountant, who needed a way to track the amount of barely that he is getting every month. Which means the oldest name doesn't belong to a king or Pharaoh but some average person who just needed a way to track their barely.
However, it is also a possibility that Kushim is not the name of the accountant. Some historians believe that Kushim may be the name of the company or organization that is tracking the barely or maybe even the job title of the accountant. Nonetheless, Kushim is still regarded as the oldest name on record, and he would probably never imagine that 5000+ years after he wrote on some clay tablets, the world would still know his name.
Some people may have heard of the Kushim tablet, a tablet found in modern day Iraq, which once translated from cuneiform simply means "29,086 measures barley 37 months Kushim".
This simple sentence may not sound that groundbreaking, and it isn't. The crazy thing about it though, is that the tablet is believed to come from 3400-3000 BC which makes it over 5000 years old!! This makes Kushim the oldest name we have recorded.
Based off of the sentence written on the tablet, it is believed that Kushim is the Sumerian version of an accountant, who needed a way to track the amount of barely that he is getting every month. Which means the oldest name doesn't belong to a king or Pharaoh but some average person who just needed a way to track their barely.
However, it is also a possibility that Kushim is not the name of the accountant. Some historians believe that Kushim may be the name of the company or organization that is tracking the barely or maybe even the job title of the accountant. Nonetheless, Kushim is still regarded as the oldest name on record, and he would probably never imagine that 5000+ years after he wrote on some clay tablets, the world would still know his name.
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