BIN 08, 021

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City-states, kings, the first wars.

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P221543 · ~2400 BCE

BIN 08, 016

“5 large-gur (gur-saggal) of barley — Ur-en-sig-nun-na; 2 [large-gur,] ma-mud; [...]-sag, barley; 5 [large-gu…”

P221540 · ~2400 BCE

BIN 08, 012

“[17] gur-saggal of barley — Ur-Si 2 barig — Shu-ash3 2 barig — E2-mah-da 1 barig 2 ban2 — U2-U2 1 bari…”

P221538 · ~2400 BCE

BIN 08, 010

“5 shekels of refined silver 1 [unit?] of silver(?), [by the] talent 1 [unit] mountain PA, [by the] talent 1 [u…”

P221536 · ~2400 BCE

BIN 08, 007

“9 workers — [for/of] e2-sar; 4 — [for] Ašgi; 4 — [for] e2-sahar; 2 — [for] Inanna; 3 — [for] Enki; 4 — [for th…”

Transliteration

1(u@c) 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze gur
1(asz@c) ku3 gin2
puzur4-lu-lu
an-da-gal2
amar-abzu-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 021. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (P221547) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221547..

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