Like money, the writing was necessitated by the size of the population of a city and the complexity of its commerce among people who are not all personally acquainted with each other.
Šund amᾰskᾰl ,akatab kala amoos harᾰt əs annimahᾰl ad –t-illa fᾰl awa dᾰr t-ogdah təmətte n-ᾰɣrəm əd qṣṣuhu n-assuk ənnes jer addinᾰt wᾰr-en ᾰnmᾰzay iket nasᾰn.