…0-15 minas each, and then let the per- ancies in scales. sonnel bring them (the packages) in (to town) inside their clothes. Let them deliver 1 talent safely, then let To Aššur-imitti son of Ennam-Anum from Pušu- them return and bring another talent in. Send me kēn. 5 talents and…

…and even earlier; we will discuss this earlier archaeological background in the next section below. It is hard to imagine a better resource than these Gudea texts for temple building in the third millennium BC. This chapter, therefore, depends on these Lagash texts for the arrang…