Evidence coverage: 2100 BC–2000 BC. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Girsu MVN8,179 offsets a barley obligation of1826⅓sila with silver credited as1450sila of barley and delivery of376⅓sila. Barley remains the account denomination while silver can settle part of the obligation.
Sources and qualifications →Cripps distinguishes Girsu institutional barley accounting from Umma merchant silver accounting. Shared exchange calculations do not make these a chronological succession or a single universal Mesopotamian currency.
Sources and qualifications →Barley-denominated obligations can be discharged partly in silver; exceeds a simple commodity inventory. No universal barley currency asserted.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Girsu MVN8,179 offsets a barley obligation of1826⅓sila with silver credited as1450sila of barley and delivery of376⅓sila. Barley remains the account denomination while silver can settle part of the obligation.
C1827Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Girsu MVN8,179 offsets a barley obligation of1826⅓sila with silver credited as1450sila of barley and delivery of376⅓sila. Barley remains the account denomination while silver can settle part of the obligation.
Rev.v8–14; Cripps§7.2.1.1
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Rev.v8–14; Cripps§7.2.1.1
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Cripps distinguishes Girsu institutional barley accounting from Umma merchant silver accounting. Shared exchange calculations do not make these a chronological succession or a single universal Mesopotamian currency.
§§9.4–9.6
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Barley-denominated obligations can be discharged partly in silver; exceeds a simple commodity inventory. No universal barley currency asserted.
See scoped account observations.
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
See scoped account observations.
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.