“Indications of humans wearing pants” doesn’t have to refer to an archeologist finding preserved remains of pants buried in the ground. It could refer to art depicting people wearing pants, writings where people are described as wearing pants, a receipt for the purchase of some pants, or even the discovery of tools that could be used for making pants.
I myself gave on account of you 19 pairs of trousers to the palace and Sumi-abum gave (likewise) 18 pairs of trousers, apart from the sealed document which we both handed over to the temple of Shamash.
Or could it be that bone preserves better than textiles?
An absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence, as they say.
“Indications of humans wearing pants” doesn’t have to refer to an archeologist finding preserved remains of pants buried in the ground. It could refer to art depicting people wearing pants, writings where people are described as wearing pants, a receipt for the purchase of some pants, or even the discovery of tools that could be used for making pants.
Og bought pants today for one ooga, attached is the receipt, a sworn statement, and several paintings of Og wearing the heck out of these bad boys.
Complaint tablet to Ea-Pantsir
Who says early pants weren’t made of penis bones
It does say “indication” which would probably include more than just literal physical remains of pants, like drawings and statues.
We got us a scientist here.
This is the correct interpretation.
A better comparison would be the earliest known representation of a flute in similar context (statue, painting, etc)