Nik 1, 037

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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 P221744)

P221751 · ~2400 BCE

CST 001

“33 mother ewes 29 male sheep (30 minus 1) 8 female spring lambs 5 male spring lambs 4 female late-born lambs 3…”

Transliteration

6(bur3@c) 2(iku@c) GAN2 sze
1(bur3@c) 2(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) GAN2 ziz2 babbar2
3(iku@c) GAN2 2(u) sar GAN2 gig
3(u@c) 5(asz@c) sar sze NE-GI-bar
szu-nigin2 8(bur3@c) 3(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) GAN2 sze gig ziz2
GAN2 a-limmu2 DISZ
2(u) 1/2(disz) 3(disz@t) gi kusz3 3(disz@t) sag sa2
1(asz) 3(u) 1/2(disz) 5(disz@t) gi us2 sa2
GAN2-bi 1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) 2(iku@c) da-UD-NE
5(bur3@c) la2 1/2(iku@c) GAN2 sze
1(bur3@c) 2(esze3@c) GAN2 ziz2 babbar2
GAN2 ki UL nu-tuku
szubur
nu-banda3
mu-gid2 1(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Nik 1, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P221744) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221744..

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