And it was the administers of these empires who began hiring people to keep track of the wheat and sheep and wine that was owed and the taxes that was owed on them by making marks; marks on clay in that time.
И властители тех империй стали нанимать людей для подсчёта пшеницы, овец и вина, которое им принадлежали. И налогов, которые им причитались, делая отметки на глиняных табличках.