And it was the administers of these empires who began hiring people to keep track of the wheat and sheep and wine that was owed and the taxes that was owed on them by making marks; marks on clay in that time.
A birodalmak ügyintézői voltak azok, akik elkezdtek embereket alkalmazni a búza-, a juh- és a boradósságok nyomon követésére. Az ezekre kivetett adótartozásokat akkoriban agyagba vésték.