Birmingham Cuneiform Texts – Translations Part 1
Birmingham Cuneiform Texts – Translations Part 1
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 />
from Urtur:<br />
1 barley-fed bull,<br />
dead. Day 2,<br />
Month of the festival of Ninazu (month 5),<br />
Year the priestess of Nanna of Karzida was installed (Amar-Sin 9).<br />
BCT1, 14 = 1982A561<br />
Shulgi-urumu<br />
received<br />
from Nalu:<br />
1 best-quality barley-fed ram,<br />
6 rams,<br />
3 billy goat kids,<br />
2 suckling male lambs,<br />
dead. Day 20,<br />
Month of the festival of Shulgi (month 7),<br />
Year the priestess of Nanna was installed (Amar-Sin 9).<br />
BCT1, 15 = 1982A563<br />
Shulgi-urumu<br />
received<br />
from Nalu:<br />
2 rams,<br />
1 billy goat,<br />
4 billy goat kids,<br />
1 nanny goat,<br />
1 suckling male lamb,<br />
dead.<br />
Day 18,<br />
Month of the big festival (month 9),<br />
Year the priestess of Nanna was installed (Amar-Sin 9).<br />
9.<br />
BCT1, 16 = 1982A565<br />
Shulgi-urumu<br />
received<br />
from Zubaga:<br />
1 fat-tailed ram,<br />
dead.<br />
Day 17,<br />
Month of eating sheshda (month 2),<br />
Year Shu-Sin became king (Shu-Sin 1).<br />
1 ram.<br />
BCT1, 17 = 1982A564<br />
Shulgi-urumu<br />
received<br />
from Zubaga:<br />
2 rams,<br />
1 suckling billy goat kid,<br />
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