TSA 29

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The world it comes from

City-states, kings, the first wars.

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From the same catalogue range (near P221390)

P221359 · ~2400 BCE

HSS 03, 50

“12 gur 2 barig of seed-grain (measured in) gur-saggal (the standard 'big gur' measure): Inimanizi, the chief p…”

P221422 · ~2400 BCE

RTC 025

“6 minas of refined copper (arudu-copper), in order to purchase silver, Dadulul, the merchant, to Umma took. Ba…”

P221357 · ~2400 BCE

HSS 03, 48

“5(asz@c) gur4-gur4-vessels of fine beer (kaš sig15) — its imgaga3(-malt-product): 3 ban2, its munu4 (malt): 5 …”

P221423 · ~2400 BCE

RTC 026

“72 minas of aruda-copper — the aruda-copper is (the price) of barley; 20 minas — the aruda-copper is (the pric…”

Transliteration

1(asz@c) sze-<du10> ma-dul10 har-ha-da-ka
7(asz@c) sze-du10 ma-dul10 nig2-szu-ka
8(asz@c) sze-du10 ban
4(asz@c) sze-du10 sahar-gi
4(asz@c) ga2-ga2-de3
e2 ki-sal4-la-ta
en-ig-gal
nu-banda3
lugal-pa-e3
sipa szah2-ra
e-na-szum2 6(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TSA 29. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P221390) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221390..

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