Paid in Beer

Connected Sites: 3

Definition
WHS where records exist that workers at the site have been paid in beer.

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Connected Sites

  • Pyramids (Memphis)
    Pyramids (Memphis)
    Egypt
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.51
    315
    12
    During the construction of the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, each worker got a daily ration of four to five liters of beer.
    See www.bbc.co.uk
  • Frontiers of the Roman Empire
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire
    Germany, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.81
    347
    20
    Near Hadrian's Wall, the Vindolanda tablets include “a polite request for beer to be sent to the garrison (which had entirely consumed its previous stock of beer)”.
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Ahwar of Southern Iraq
    Ahwar of Southern Iraq
    Iraq
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.98
    23
    4
    Uruk: a tablet has been discovered that describes beer production at the Inanna Temple in Uruk and beer was given to workers as part of their daily rations.