Birmingham Cuneiform Texts – Translations Part 1

Birmingham Cuneiform Texts – Translations Part 1: Neo-Sumerian tablets from Drehem
surplus returned (after) inspection by the rope-makers(?);
the overseer (was) Ur-Nanshe.
Month of eating sheshda (month 2),
Year Khukhnuri was raided (Amar-Sin 7).
BCT1, 129 = 1982A1185
60 (sila of) best-quality beer,
60 (sila of) ordinary-quality beer
from Urgishgigir;
120 (sila of) ordinary-quality beer from Lu-Eridu;
120 (sila of) ordinary-quality beer from Nalu;
14 sila of best-quality beer from Lubalasig;
20 (sila of) ordinary-quality beer from Lu-Ninurra;
[Total]: 74 sila of best-quality beer.
[Total: 1 gur] 20 (sila of) ordinary-quality beer.
[Day] 25.
Seal of Urshata-[…]
in the term of office.
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Month of Shueshsha (month 8),
Year Khukhnuri was raided (Amar-Sin 7).
Seal impression: traces only
BCT1, 130 = 1982A1187
5½ (sila of beer for) Sheshkalla,
7 (sila for) Anana,
2 (sila for) Lu-Eridu,
6½ (sila for) Lugal-guene,
3 (sila for) Lugal-rani,
1 (sila for) Akalla-e’e,
3 (sila for) Mu-[…..],
9 (sila for) Ba’ayati,
2½ (sila for) Aradmu,
4½ (sila for) Gishdurgarni,
10½ (sila for) Lugal-zaggesi,
[x] (sila for) Ur-abbasig,
[x] (sila for) Aningata,
[x] (sila for) Nagalu,
[x] (sila for) Lu-Eridu,
1½ (sila for) Lugal-ushime.
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their beer 62 sila […]
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Day 9,
Month of Shueshsha (month 8),
Year the priest of Eridu was installed (Amar-Sin 8).
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