5,000-year-old stone tablet containing the 'first ever autograoh sells for £175,000

Shafaq News/ A 5,000-year-old clay tablet detailing beer ingredients and carrying the world's 'first ever autograph' has sold for £175,000 at auction, the Daily Mail reported.

The tablet is said to be the earliest known record of any personal name in history – indicated by symbols translating as 'KU' and 'SIM' in the top left corner.

Furthermore, other inscriptions on the object appear to depict how beer was produced at the Middle Eastern Inanna Temple in 3,100 BC and supposedly detail a beer-making transaction.

The process of transforming barley or corn into beer and transporting it to the brewhouse is illustrated with primitive depictions of grains and bottles.

The square 3-inch by 3-inch tablet, sold by London-based Bloomsbury Auctions, was made in the ancient city of Uruk, in modern day southern Iraq.