UET 2, 0106

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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 P005681)

P005674 · ~2800 BCE

UET 2, 0099

“4(N14@f) 5(N01@f) [units] — large GAR [rations/bread]; NI, flour/rations (ZI) 5(N14@f) 8(N01@f) [units] — …”

P005669 · ~2800 BCE

UET 2, 0094

“[...] field (GAN2), AN, calf (AMAR) [...] dais/shrine (BARA2), mother (AMA) [...] [...] X 1(N22), X basket/con…”

P005694 · ~2800 BCE

UET 2, 0114

“[...] , [...] [...] 1(N14) , [...] KALAM~a 1(N51) , vessel (|DUG~a×HI|) — calf/young 1(N51) , sheep — sheep [.…”

P005661 · ~2800 BCE

UET 2, 0086

“[...] [...] 1(N14) [...] [...] [...] PA~a SI URI5 1(N45) [vessels?] URI3~a+IB~a TI KALAM~a 8(N14) calves — cou…”

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0106. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P005681) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005681..

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