CDLI tablet

Montserrat Museum: 17 (2023-09-18)

Created by: Wagensonner, Klaus

Early Old Babylonian royal inscription by Sîn-kāšid; Montserrat Museum, MM 710-8.

This cone dating to the Early Old Babylonian period (ca. 2000-1900 BC) commemorates the building of a temple for god Lugalbanda and his spouse Ninsun by Sîn-kāšid, king of Uruk and king of Amnanum. The inscription contains an interesting reference to the silver equivalencies at that time: In his period of kingship, according to the market value of his land, 3 kor of barley, 12 minas of wool, 10 minas of copper, 3 ban of vegetable oil cost one shekel of silver. CDLI entry: P432704 CDLI composite text: P448524

credit: Wagensonner, Klaus & Lafont, Bertrand

Cite this Cdli Tablet

CDLI contributors. 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. August 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/219.
CDLI contributors. (2025, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/219
CDLI contributors (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/219 (Accessed: August 15, 2025).
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Cite this Cdli Tablet

CDLI contributors. 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. August 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/219.
CDLI contributors. (2025, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/219
CDLI contributors (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/219 (Accessed: August 15, 2025).
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