What is the oldest archaeological source which mentions a name of a specific place?
Out of curiosity, what is that place name and what does the name mean?
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Sign up to join this communityThe Sumerian Kesh temple hymn identifies and describes a temple, possibly that of the town of Kish.
As long as there are older undeciphered writing systems this answer is necessarily incomplete.