00:00Who was the first person in human history to have their name recorded?
00:02It was a receipt estimated to have been made between 3,400 and 3,000 BC.
00:07This receipt records the earliest known person whose name was written down.
00:10This receipt mentions a person named Kushim, who lived in the Mesopotamian city of Uruk.
00:14Kushim is believed to have been someone who managed grain transactions or operated a brewery.
00:17The inscription reads, Boli, 29,086 units, 37 months, Kushim.
00:22Boli is presumed to have been the person in charge of distribution.
00:25In academia, Kushim is believed to have been an accountant or a tax advisor.
