Tag: clay tablets
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Forty-Two Women of Nippur
An Umma mill balances its books on 42 women from Nippur: 33 at work, one fled, eight dead and named.
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Property of the Palace?
An Umma buyer hands back a slave after another man declares, “He is a slave of the palace.”
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The Physician’s Missing Slave Woman
A physician buys a slave woman, her seller’s brother takes her away, and his own wife tells what happened.
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A Herd Shared Out
Fifty-five animals from a soldier’s property go to a man of Mari, the king’s brother, a judge and a singer.
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Two Goats for the Road to Elam
A small livestock ledger from Girsu catches envoys setting out for Susa, and Elamites heading home.
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Bail in Nippur
A farmer takes a man out of custody and swears by the king to bring him back if he runs.
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Dirt on the Gardeners
Two gardeners, a boat trip for soil, and two confessions sworn before the same four witnesses.
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The Archivist Who Erased a Tablet
Nearly 14,000 litres of barley vanished from the records at Girsu, and a man had to swear an oath about it.
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The Goat That Was Stolen and Cooked
A clay receipt from ancient Umma names a goat thief, and it carries the provincial governor’s seal.