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Virtual Guide | Lands of Abraham | Roman GlassLands of AbrahamEgypt | Roman Glass | Bricks Six-Line Brick Inscription in Elamite CuneiformThis is an inscription of king Shutruk-Nahhunte I, c. 1190- 1155 BCE. It is Kamul, a god previously known only as a minor Cassite god. Shutruk-Nahhunte was king of Elam, and this inscription proves that Kamul was worshipped in Elam at this time. Elamite is a little known language, due to shortage of original materials in it, so the translation offered below does not attempt to render the final parts, for which there seems to be no parallel so far.TranslationI am Shutruk-Nahhunte, son of Halludush-Inshushinak, king of Anshan and Susa. I built the shrine of Kamul which has fallen into ruins and which I decided to renew. Also I dedicated the …… of Kamul. The throne of Kamul…In some copies of this inscription the six lines run along one side of the brick, but in others its runs around the corner, and the six lines are then on two separate faces. Old Babylonian Administrative document with 89 lines of writing, 179 x 89 mmThis is a large tablet written in a big clear scribal band.Each side is divided into two columns and the first three are full. The last one, on the reverse, contains only a summary and the date. The document is a record of the disbursement of barley for specified purposes and to named men, in the latter case as remuneration for services rendered. The tablet is joined from severa1 pieces but is essentially complete, 1acking only a little of the surface at the joins and elsewhere. Most of the text is clear to understand, but, as often, a few things are obscure so far. The barley is measured in sila (about .85 of a liter) and gur (300 sila). In our translation a number without specification is in sila, not gur. This is clearly a monthly summary of the barley (and once bread) disbursed by some very large economic organization such as a palace or temple. The month Shunumuna in the note at the end of the listing was the 4th month of their calendar, and Nenegar was the fifth month. Thus, all separate small tablets, listing individual disbursements of the month Shunumuna ,were collected and listed together on this tablet, no doubt at the beginning of the month Nenegar. The year is the 6th year of Sumu-il, king of Larsa in Babylonia, c. 1889 B.C. E. This is a major document of social history. 
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