Tag: Girsu
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Beer for the Fugitive-Catchers
A Girsu supply list pays out beer and flour to two named fugitive-catchers, one of them an Amorite.
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The Lady’s Runaway Fisherman
A Girsu ration list feeds Elamites from Šimaški, riders to Susa, and a man sent after a runaway fisherman.
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The Hunt for the Palace’s Runaways
A Girsu flour list feeds a man sent to catch the palace’s runaway women, and thirteen captured Elamites from Huhnuri.
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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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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.