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ETCSLglossing

Sign name: SAG×ŠID (DILIB₃)
Values: dilib₃

The farmer's instructions (c.5.6.3), line c563.29

18	iku-ba	3	še	gur	ba-an-ĝa₂-ĝa₂
18	IKU-BA	3	šE	GUR	BA-AN-ĝA₂-ĝA₂
18	iku	3	še	gur	ĝar
18	area measure	3	barley	capacity measure	to place

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Paragraph t563.p5 (line(s) 23-29) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

The plough oxen will have back-up oxen. The attachments of ox to ox should be loose. Each plough will have a back-up plough. The assigned task for one plough is 180 iku (approx. 65 ha), but if you build the implement at 144 iku (approx. 52 ha), the work will be pleasantly performed for you. 180 (?) sila of grain (approx. 180 litres; expressed in the cuneiform as 3 of an unwritten measure comprising 60 sila, gur indicating that the preceding signs specify a capacity) will be spent on each 18 iku area (approx. 6 1/2 ha).

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary