Tablet 8958 (containing approximately 200 lines of text)

The writer of the tablet, for instance, felt the need to specify that the cooked bird should be put on the platter ‘lying on its back’. He also gave substitutes, such as using ‘baru’ (ground grain) if ‘kisimmu’ (kishk, dried sour milk) was not available. He further gives instructions to serve the dish before it cools off, and suggests that ‘garlic, greens, and vinegar’ are to be served with the dish. As to what to do with leftovers of the broth, ‘it can be eaten later, by itself,’ he suggests.