Workers were paid with beer 5000 years ago

                 

São Paulo - A record of more than 5000 years old shows that workers were paid with beer in the past. The archaeological piece was found in the city of Uruk region in Iraq. Five thousand years ago, the region was part of Mesopotamia.

The information was published in New Scientist magazine. The text explains that the stone shows how many vessels were owed to workers. These containers could be food or a kind of beer that was consumed at the time.

Something important is revealed this: even five thousand years ago, humanity had already established relations and paid work ideas.

The stone has cuneiform, which was used at the time to record exchanges, sales and work. The record found in Mesopotamia is therefore the oldest working receipt ever seen.

This content is written on a clay plate, belonging to the British Museum. The organization has more than 130,000 artifacts type in your files.

Payment in beer, that is to say, it was not unique to Mesopotamia. It is estimated that workers in ancient Egypt also received in beer. The remuneration for people working building pyramids is estimated between 4 and 5 liters of beer.

In the Middle Ages, as noted by Ars Technica site, workers also received wine instead of coins.