Adab 0719 + 0762 + 1016-5 + 1053 +

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From the same catalogue range (near P217507)

P217506 · ~2270 BCE

Adab 0718

“(obverse) 10 gur of barley, issue(?) of Nasa-...; 6 (gur): Ašgi-pa'e; 4 shekels of silver — its barley (equiva…”

P217505 · ~2270 BCE

Adab 0717

“(obverse) [...] 30(?) gur of barley in the Agade (measure), ... gur, 2 [...], 1 barig, 1 ban, 6 sila [...], [.…”

P217510 · ~2270 BCE

Adab 0726

“OBVERSE: 240 (4 × 60) gur of barley, in the standard measure — the boat of En-ane; 240 (4 × 60) gur of barley …”

P217511 · ~2270 BCE

Adab 0727

“1 ban 5 sila of barley for beer, gur(-measure), at the regular-offering (sattukku) rate, for 7 days; 3 ban 7 s…”

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0719 + 0762 + 1016-5 + 1053 +. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P217507) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P217507..

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