. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Translation ^1^ shekels of silver -Rimut son of Bel-uballit ^^out of the business of the 2d year of ^Kushatrash, king of countries -"'from Bel-etir-Shamash son of ''Apia received (?) Furthermore/in ad- dition (in regard to) the Va. shekel, the 'responsibility of the silver rests upon ( ?) the kutallatii official "^in the month Adar .... "??.... unto the porter ^'^Bel-etir-Shamash shall pay ^^. . for the kntallatu official ^-Witness: Nadin son of Oudia; i^Shamash-shum-i1)ni son o
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Translation ^1^ shekels of silver -Rimut son of Bel-uballit ^^out of the business of the 2d year of ^Kushatrash, king of countries -"'from Bel-etir-Shamash son of ''Apia received (?) Furthermore/in ad- dition (in regard to) the Va. shekel, the 'responsibility of the silver rests upon ( ?) the kutallatii official "^in the month Adar .... "??.... unto the porter ^'^Bel-etir-Shamash shall pay ^^. . for the kntallatu official ^-Witness: Nadin son of Oudia; i^Shamash-shum-i1)ni son of Enurta-bani-ahi; and scribe : ^^Rimut son of Gimillu ^"'Xippur; .Vdar the 18th ^''2d year of Kusha- trash '''king- of PLATE XVI. Obverse of tablet SC 134. The debatable sign consisting of three oblique wedges is quite clear in line 4. How Some Babylonian Records Were Made In deciphering cuneiform documents it is often helpful to compare the proper names with those listed by other investigators. When such a comparison was made between SC 74 and text No. 168 in a volume published by Keiser in 1918.''' a striking simi- larity was discovered. An interlinear transliteration (q. v.) and translation (q. v.) shows the duplication. "0 Keiser, C. E., Letters and Contracts from Erech in the Xeo- Babylonian Period. New Haven, 1918. 71. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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