BIN 08, 093

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City-states, kings, the first wars.

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P212640 · ~2270 BCE

BIN 08, 092

“1. Adda. 2. 3 days: Lugal-lu-KA. 3. 1 day: Ur-pu. 4. 1 day: U-u. 5. Dam-maḫ(!). 6. 1[?] day: Šeš-kina. 7. Šeš-…”

P212628 · ~2270 BCE

BIN 08, 072

“1. 6 minas of oil minus 3 shekels — 2. the chief smith (gal-simug); 3. 4 minas minus 1 [shekel] — 4. [......] …”

P212622 · ~2270 BCE

BIN 08, 053

“1. 10 shekels of silver — 2. Ama-barage; 3. 2½ gur of barley, 4. its silver (equivalent): 7½ shekels; 5. 3 she…”

P212620 · ~2400 BCE

BIN 08, 044

“10 gur of barley: the sealed storehouse of Šu-i. 2 (gur) 2 barig: Igi-si. 2 (gur) 2 barig: Uš, son of Zage. 3 …”

Transliteration

1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 6(asz@c) sze gur
sze ur-lamma-kam
ur-tu szu 2(disz@t)
a-ki-ag2
szu ba-ti#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 093. 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: Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (P212641) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P212641..

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