Birmingham Cuneiform Texts – Translations Part 1

Birmingham Cuneiform Texts – Translations Part 1: Neo-Sumerian tablets from Drehem
(col. iii)
Total 6 [fourth-quality barley-fed] rams.
[Total] 9 [fourth - quality barley-fed long-flee]ced rams.
Total 4 [barley-fed ra]ms.
Total 8 [barley-fed long-flee]ced rams.
Total 112 barley-fed rams following [the oxen].
[Total] 7 grass-fed rams.
[Total x] grass-fed fat-tailed rams.
[Total x] grass-fed long-fleeced rams.
[Total x] grass-fed [ewes?]
[Total x] grass-fed [long-fleeced ewes?]
[Total x grass-fed billy goats].
[Total x billy goat kids].
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From [these]:
1 […………] ram,
1 […………] ram,
2 [……………...],
[2] male lambs – Urkununna took delivery;
(Total): 6 sheep
[…] cattleman.
5 best-quality bulls,
[x] second-quality barley-fed [bulls],
[x] third-quality barley-fed bulls,
15 fourth-quality barley-fed bulls,
10 barley-fed bulls,
5 best-quality barley-fed Lullubean rams,
[x]+3 best-quality barley-fed fat-tailed rams,
[x] best-quality barley-fed long-[fleeced rams],
[x] second-quality [barley-fed rams],
[x] second-quality barley-fed Lull[ubean rams],
(col. iv)
[x second-quality barley-fed long-fleeced rams],
[x third-quality barley-fed rams],
[x third-quality long-fleeced rams],
[x fourth-qual]ity [barley-fed rams],
[x fourth-]quality [barley-fed long-fleeced rams],
[x] barley-fed [rams],
[x] barley-fed long-[fleeced rams]
[x barley-fed rams foll]owing the oxen,
[x] grass-fed rams,
[x] brown male lambs,
[x] brown billy goats,
[x grass-fed fat-tailed rams],
[x grass-fed long-fleeced rams],
[x grass-fed ewes?],
[x] grass-fed long-[fleeced ewes],
[x] grass-fed billy goats,
[x] billy goat kids,
(Total): [x] cattle, 800 sheep.
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