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That tablet is talking about the allocation of beer, not wheat.
Which is more appropriate since those fuckers pretty much only talked about beer, barley, and sheep.
Beer is just fancy processed wheat.
Wheat tea.
In their defense they hadn't invented literature yet. Eventually Enheduanna had the idea to talk about the gods.
But it is fascinating to know that writing began as a means of accounting and logistics and then Eventually spread to ideas like stories.
What are stories if not the logistics history of a person or group ?
Beer and bread are pretty similar. Beer from that time is just watery dough you leave out for too long and let ferment.
What… what did they do to the sheep?
Fuck, if I know
Crap, I do not.
Sure they better be talking about sheep, I want to trade 2 Copper for one Sheep!
One sheep, two sheep, starts snoring 😪💤
So sumer was kind of like rural Australia, Wales, and Scotland.
Beer, food, and their current love interest.
False, the Welsh also talk about rugby.
And sheep