Nik 1, 317

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City-states, kings, the first wars.

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From the same catalogue range (near P225779)

P225780 · ~2400 BCE

Nik 1, 318

“(Break) [n] n ... (Break) [n] loaves (of) Ur-gibil Total: 6 loaves — delivered into his hand, 3 loaves — for t…”

P225775 · ~2400 BCE

Nik 1, 313

“10(u@c) 2(asz@c)? gin2 ku3 [12(?) shekels of silver] (break) 2/3 (mina) minus 2 shekels of silver — Ur-era (an…”

P225743 · ~2400 BCE

Erm 14335

“50 head of si-U-NU (a fish/animal designation), 12 gab₂-il₂ (carriers) of fish — (for) Lugal-me-gal-gal, (from…”

P225742 · ~2400 BCE

Erm 14334

“57 gur barley (1(gešʼ2) la2 3(diš) gur — i.e. 60 minus 3) — Utu-anzu(?) — the merchant — KAS4(?) AZ(?) 6(ašʼc)…”

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Nik 1, 317. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Erm 14317 (State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) — from Girsu (mod. Tello) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P225779). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P225779..

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