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This is an ancient bookkeeping document. Two of the column headings on the tablet pictured below translate to "Available assets" and "Checks made." Accounting and finance are older than capitalism, and we should expect these practices to outlast capitalism too.
Spreadsheets have been with us for a long, long, long time, but will Excel import this one? No!
This 3,500 or so BC cuneiform spreadsheet, by the by, is a paysheet for a construction project's employees.
This 3,500 or so BC cuneiform spreadsheet, by the by, is a paysheet for a construction project's employees.
June 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is an ancient bookkeeping document. Two of the column headings on the tablet pictured below translate to "Available assets" and "Checks made." Accounting and finance are older than capitalism, and we should expect these practices to outlast capitalism too.
