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Birmingham Cuneiform Texts – Translations Part 1

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<strong>Birmingham</strong> <strong>Cuneiform</strong> <strong>Texts</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>Translations</strong> <strong>Part</strong> 1: Neo-Sumerian tablets from Drehem<br />

BCT1, 5 = 1982A562<br />

U[r-niginga]r<br />

received<br />

from Nalu:<br />

2 rams,<br />

1 ewe,<br />

1 barley-fed billy goat kid:<br />

dead.<br />

Day 10,<br />

Month of eating [….] (month 1,2 or 3),<br />

Year [after K]imash was raided (Shulgi47).<br />

BCT1, 6 = 1982A550<br />

Ur-nigingar<br />

received<br />

from Nalu:<br />

2 rams,<br />

3 nanny goats,<br />

dead.<br />

Day 29,<br />

Month of Shueshsha (month 8),<br />

Year after Kimash was raided (Shulgi 47).<br />

BCT1, 7 = 1982A568<br />

Ur-nigingar<br />

received<br />

from Shulgi-a’amu:<br />

1 suckling pregnant young cow of wild descent,<br />

1 barley-fed billy goat,<br />

2 rams,<br />

3 billy goats,<br />

6 male lambs,<br />

1 ewe lamb,<br />

1 billy goat kid,<br />

2 suckling male lambs,<br />

2 suckling ewe lambs,<br />

2 suckling billy goat kids,<br />

dead. Day 3,<br />

Month of eating gazelle (month 1),<br />

Year after Amar-Sin became king (Amar-Sin 2).<br />

BCT1, 8 = 1982A543<br />

Shulgi-urumu<br />

received<br />

from Akhuwer:<br />

1 second-quality barley-fed ram,<br />

1 suckling male lamb,<br />

dead. Day 14,<br />

Month of the lamentation of Ninazu (month 4),<br />

Year when Enmakhgalanna<br />

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