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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 44

(Fragment of a longer titulary and dedication; preserved portion:) grand ruler (ensi) of [the god En]lil, given [wisdom by the god Enki], [... the nation, in joy,] made merry under him, the sovereigns (lit. 'thrones') of Sumer (and) the rulers of all the lands at Uruk [bowed down] to the divine powers of prince[ship] [...] (remainder lost)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 47

(beginning broken) [... beloved of the god Utu(?)] ... [...] with rejoicing [made merry] under him, [Umma], verily raised [its] horn [aloft]. (gap — intervening text lost) May the Land upon a fair place look, under me! The good fate which [they (An and Enlil)] have de[termined for me ...] (remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 49

(beginning broken) [... he] set [it (all the lands at his feet)], from [the] rising of the sun (the east) to the setting of the sun (the west), he made (them) subject to him. At that time, [from the] Sea (the [Lower] Sea), from the [lower(?)] ..., Umma, the city [...], [of the god] Šara [...] (remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 53

(beginning broken) [For Enlil, king of all the] lands(?), [Lugal]zagesi, king of Uruk, king of the Land [(kalam)], [išib-priest] of An, [...] (Break) at (his) feet [he laid the foreign lands(?)], he directed straight [the eyes of the Land toward him(?)], [from] the rising of the sun [...], [to] the setting of the sun [...], [En-... (Enlil? / lord ...)] (remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 70

[... (cared for by the goddess Nin)]girima, mistress of Uruk, chief steward for the [god]s, [... En]lil ... [...] Larsa, the beloved city of Utu, [raised a cry of] jubilation.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.15.add036.01, ex. 01

(Beginning broken) [...] [...] ... (trace) [...]-... (trace) [...] ... (trace) [...] ... (trace) ... [...] 70 (units of) barley [...] from the ...-goods, delivered [...] 2 shekels of silver, 2 (gur) 2 barig of barley, received (by the lid₂-ga measure), [n] + 10 [...] ...-goods [...] (Remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 025

6 minas of refined copper (arudu-copper), in order to purchase silver, Dadulul, the merchant, to Umma took. Baranamtara, the wife of Lugalanda, the ruler (ensi) of Lagash, from the palace weighed it out to him. (Year) 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 026

72 minas of aruda-copper — the aruda-copper is (the price) of barley; 20 minas — the aruda-copper is (the price) of cedar (resin); 96 minas — the aruda-copper is (the price) of scented oil; 26 minas — the aruda-copper is (the price) of emmer. (This is) the merchandise which from the land of Dilmun Ur-Enki, the merchant, to Dim-tur, the wife of the governor, brought. (Year/instance:) 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 036

5 tar-fish, 780 suhur-carp, 60 kimu-fish, 300 gir-fish of fresh water: (from) Nesag; 120 ubi-fish: (from) Lugal-šala-tuku. They are sea fishermen. It is fish for the (offering) table. In the month of 'sheep-plucking in the pen' they brought (it). En-iggal, the overseer, into the Women's House (É-munus) brought it in. 4th (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 037

2 talents of split adartun-fish, 5 bundles of agargara-fish (spawn, packed in rushes) — U-du, the fisherman of the sweet waters, in the month of the wool distribution brought (them). En-iggal, the overseer, into the storehouse delivered (them). (For) Bara-namtara, wife of Lugal-anda, ruler of Lagash. 4th (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 041

7 ewes, 3 female nim(?)-animals, 4 rams — sheep, the private property of Nin-tur. Lugal-nigani, the shepherd, the drover of Ka'a, took (them) out: 2 (units/head marked).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 043

1 stunted goat, as a masdaria-offering of the wife of the temple-administrator (sanga) of the god Nindara — to Baranamtara, in the month of the festival of malt-eating of (the goddess) Nanše, she delivered it. Enku, the animal-fattener, carried it off. (Year) 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 045

3 ewes, 7 female sheep — issued(?), 12 male lambs — issued(?), which came out from Lul-gu; they are lambs. At the plucking of the full-grown sheep, En-iggal, the overseer, set (them) aside. Ur-du, the chief herdsman, returned (them) into his own hand (i.e. took them back into his charge). It was not entered on the broad tablet; the deficit was not deducted from it. 3rd (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 057

168 gur (measured by) the gur-saggal standard of barley, 98 (gur) of white emmer: total: 266 gur (by) the gur-saggal standard. Barley, the property of En-entar-zi, ruler (ensi) of Lagaš. Lugal-pirig-tur, the temple administrator (sanga), had (it) threshed. (Year) 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 062

Deficit: 1 jar of pig-fat (lard) — Aḫi-li-nutil. 10 sila of oil — Nin-uma, mother of E-gissubi. 5 sila of oil — Nin-šešda, (consigned) to Ur-igi-ama the overseer. E-gissubi charged it to his account. (Year) 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 063

12 jars (and) 6 sila of pig-fat (lard): U'u. 1 jar (and) 2(?) sila: Gan-Baba. 1 (jar): Nin-asu. 1 (jar): Gissu. 1 (jar): Dam-da-nusa. Ur-igi-amaše, the overseer (nu-banda), in the house of the surveyor (the "man of the long rope") poured (it) out. (reverse / colophon) Uru-inimgina (Uru-KA-gina), king of Lagash — (year) 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 065

1 gur 2 barig 4 ban₂ of barley (by the gur-saggal measure), barley threshed with the sledge, of the field Dur-re-gar-ra; 1 barig 2 ban₂ of barley threshed with the sledge — it is of the field U-du-ku. En-iggal, the overseer, in the month "Sheep-for-barley of Ningirsu," from the courtyard storehouse delivered it to him. 3rd (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

StLouis 047

3 ban₂ of barley — the wife of Il₂, the fisherman; Lu-dun-a, Amar-[…]-da, Ur-[…]; [its] commissioner (maškim). 1 ban₂ of barley — provisions (níg-gu₇-a): Amar-gu₄; its overseer (ugula) has consumed (it); Šul-bi; [its] commissioner (maškim). 6 (units).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 004

3 male heads (male slaves), they belong to the sanga (temple administrator); from Ibi'a Imaba'a [...] 1 1/2 mana of silver, 4 mana of silver, silver of the ašda; Lu-[x], En-[...], I-ḫulḫula, Ur-šul the governor (ensi), Geš-kulab — it is at his disposal (an-da-gal₂).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 009

2 eše minus 1 iku of field — Me-su; 1 eše — Nigar; 2 eše 2 (iku) — Ur-sag-utu; 1 bur — ...-tir; [n] minus 1 iku — Me-su; ... [field], 2 1/2 iku of field; ... ... ... (the remaining signs are illegible) (Reverse: surface eroded; a few faint wedges survive in the upper part, no continuous text recoverable.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 010

20 furrow-rows (of onions); mountain-onions (szum2 kur); [...]-elum; [10] onions(?) [...]; 35(?) crushed onions (szum2-gaz); 5 szum-sikil ("pure/white onion"); 10 onions of the tu-type; 80 (1 gesz2 20) furrow-rows of onions; sag-ki (heading / "foremost" entry).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 012

1 gur of barley (?) Lugal-igi-du. 3 barig — for Me-ki-bi. 2 gur (?) — DU-HA-A-pa-e₃, the gala-priest. 2 gur 2 barig — the herald (nimgir).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 017

[1 barig (of barley):] A-ka-du [1 barig:] E-dam-si DIB(?) — silver ... 1 barig: Lugal-ennun 1 barig: Ur-naru[a] Sag-zi, the overseer of the household 1 barig: Bulani, brother of Ki-e(?) (reverse: uninscribed / surface effaced)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 019

1 cowhide, (from/by) Šu-agiam(?), Lu-na-[nam], [...] the house of [...], delivered. Month: Šu-gar. (In the governorship of) Mes-ki-gal[a], governor (ensi) of Adab.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 023

56 (lit. 60 less 4) gu-loads of ninni-reed; 10 zibatum, LAGAB(-measure); Ur-gu; (for) the city wall — deliv[ery]. Month: A[ki]ti. Mes-kigal[la], governor of Adab, from the cedar mountain [recei]ved.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 02

35 male workers, second (grade) — Di-[Utu]; 30 [...]; 31 — Amar-šuba; 26 — Ur-ildu; 36 — [...]-zi; [21] — Ur-saman, the vizier (sukkal); 36 — A-zu-zu. Total: 215 male workers, second (grade).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 05

[...] field(?) [...] the mound of Lagaš [...] 3 (units) — its name/year [...] field beside the woodland (da-tir) [...] — its name/year 1 field (unit) DA 2 (units) — its name/year 1 field (unit) [...] 2 (units) — its name/year 1 ENGUR(?) BI, the house(hold) 5 gur of barley, head (capital?) measure 1 (unit): Šeš-pa'e, the plowman [...] 1 (unit): NI-NUN-bi 1 (unit): Gu-ni-DU [...] DU

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 10

[... gur(?)] of barley — [PN], the overseer (nu-banda); 2 barig of barley — Gešgal-ni; 3 barig of barley — the scribe; 5 ban of barley — Bara-sag-nudi. The palace — delivered(?) — the chief(?). Month 5. (Reverse: uninscribed)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 11

1 barig 4 ban₂ of barley — the overseer (nu-banda₃); 2 barig of barley — the scribe; 1 barig of barley — Bara-sag-nudi; 1 barig of barley — Ur-nirah; 4 ban₂ of barley — the fisherman.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 17

[...] 2 kid(?) ..., Nin-mu; 5 — Gan-li-si; 4 — Za-mu; 60 minus 2 (= 58) — A-[...]; Mi-na-ni; [x] — Nin-sa; [...] [...] [...] 2 — Na-na; 1 — Nin-ki. Total: 5 gur of barley, 1 [...]; 13 (gur) — year; month 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 18

1 gur of barley — Gan-saman(x); 1 gur 1 barig — Nin-DU; 1 gur — Ama-tir; 1 gur — Ama-ki; 1 gur — Ama-da; 1 gur — Nin-naga; 1 gur — Maš-tur; 1 gur — Nin-muda; (Break) [... the] overseer (nu-banda); [...] Mi-na-ni.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 22

[n] gur of flour — month(s): 11. 2 barig 4 ban2 — month(s): 3. 3 gur less 1 barig 2 ban2 — month(s): 1. [Flour] held in reserve. Šubur. (Reverse: uninscribed / surface eroded.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 28

[...] gur [...] ... [1 (gur)] Gan-saman [1 (gur)] Nin-nigna [1 (gur)] Maš-tur 1 (gur) Nin-mu-dib 1 (gur) Ama-ki 1 (gur) Ama-da 1 (gur) Nin-KA 1 (gur) Ama-tir-ku 2 barig 4 ban₂ Nin-abba 8 months, 2 years.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 29

5 gur of flour — (for) the E-nig-su (the "storehouse"), given; 2 barig — (for) Ur-šubur, given; the wife of the ensi (city-ruler), (from) the place Kur-kur; 13 years, 5 months.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 34

Obverse [...] Ama-ki 2 barig 3 ban of (grain) — the overseer (nu-banda) [x] barig 3 ban — Za-mu 2 barig 4 ban — Nin-mu-dib [x amount] — Gan-[e] 2 barig 2 ban — Nin-KA [x amount] — Mi-na-ni Reverse [x] 1 ban — Nin-KA 1 barig — Ama-ki 2 ban — Mi-na-ni

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 35

3 barig of flour (gur measure) — Nin-mu-dib; 2 barig — Gan-samanx; [x] — Maš-tur; 2 barig — Nin-šeš-da; 1 barig 2 ban2 — Maš-tur; 1 barig — Nin-KA; 1 barig — Za-mu; 1 barig — Nin-ab-ba; 1 barig — Sag-li; 4 ban2 — E-ta-e.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 36

[n] gur of flour, the deficit (outstanding): Nin-mu-dib; 2 barig — Maš-tur; 1 barig — KUM-tuš-še; 1 barig 2 ban2 — Za-mu; 4 ban2 — E-ḫi-<li>-su; 2 ban2 — Nin-ir; 2 ban2 — Nin-abba; 1 barig — Me-ane; 1 barig — Gan-e; 14 (gur) — year, 7 months. (Reverse: uninscribed.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 38

3 gur 1 barig 2 ban2 of dabin-flour (for) white bread, baked in loaves; (for) the wife of the temple administrator (sanga). A-igi-e (name). Umma — delivered. 9 months, 2 years.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 39

2 (gur) 2 barig of dabin-flour, gu; for Lal-e; brought (delivered). [...] (line lost) the work-troop: bread was distributed; the kab-tar (assessment/survey); field of Ildu; DUR2-lal-e. 1 (gur) 1 barig of dabin-flour: the wife of the sanga (temple administrator). Month 12, year 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 41

3 barig of dabin-flour — Maš-tur. 3 barig — Nin-šeš-da. 2 barig 4 ban2 — Ama-ki. 2 barig 4 ban2 — Za3-mu. 1 barig 4 ban2 — Mi-na-ni. 2 barig 2 ban2 — Nin-mu-dib. 13 (persons/units); year: month 7. (Reverse: uninscribed.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 47

4 ban(?) — 1(?) fish, a-de'a-fish, bundle(s), gagia; 1 fish of the SAGxTAG4-type. Received. Registered (lit. "drawn/measured out"). It is fish of the great canebrake. (For) the temple administrator, Tibira; Mutila. 2 years (and) 5 months.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 50

3 gur of barley — Mar-tum; 1 (gur) — Il-su-su; 2 barig — Ur-šubur; 1 barig — Lugal-ildu; 1 barig — Lugal-tir; 4 ban of barley — Mar-da. (reverse) Seed-grain, from the shrine given, (of) Inanna.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 002

Obverse: 2 Tugdu (?) 1 Bahar (potter) 2 Anene 1 Šu-saḫar (?) 1 Lani, shepherd 5 donkey-herders 1 Šeš-pada 2 donkey-herders 1 Enlil-saga [n] donkey-herders UD-UD (?) 2 donkey-herders 1 Il 1 Lu-tir

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 008

Obverse 1 (man): Ur-sudda, son of Al-sa, 1 (man): Ur-Iškur, son of Muni-kalama, 1 (man): Lugal-kar, son of Lugal-irida, 1 (man): Lugal-kigala, son of Eda-ḫul, 1 (man): Ur-namnun, son of Nammaḫni: men of Šuruppak; they are ones who committed robbery (sa-gaz). Reverse Puzur-Mama ... [...] (rest broken)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 020

1 (person): Gazaza, servant of the sukkal (vizier); 1 (person): Ur-gu, servant of Nin-ikuš; 1 (person): En-gi, servant of [...]; 1 (person): Lugal-ušurmu, servant of Ur-BARA; servant(s) of the provisioner (u-a): Lugal-ezem returned (them) / took (them) back.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 025

(obverse, column i) 1 (man): A-ulgal, the inspector (lu₂-igi). 1 man: A-zuzu — Lugal-meše-gal returned (him). (column ii) 1 man — Ur-Šulpa'e took (him) out. 1 man — Ur-Abzu took (him) out. 1 man — Nesag took (him) out. (reverse uninscribed)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 026

(Obverse) [...] the year's end (za₃-mu); 7: Lu-geškam; 14: Ur-saga; [x]: Il-susu; 5: the donkey-herdsman. Total: 73 men of the city (iri)-AN, counted. [x]: Zur-zur; [...] AN.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 027

(obverse, column i) 3 women — it is the second (group?) ; 8 men — for the 2nd(?) (group) ; 10 persons: Aba-Enlil, son of Ur-Ninazu; [En]lil-sipa (column ii) [...] USZ(?) of the ka-ba (allotment? place?) he returned (them). 1 fisherman: Igi-mu he brought/took out (?). 3 persons: Enlil-sipa. (reverse uninscribed)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 033

Obverse 4 fish, to the shrine; 4 (for) Ninurta; 4 (for) Dingirmah; 4 (for) Enki — PAP; 4 (for) Nintinuga — [PAP?]; [...] 2(?) (for) An(?) — PAP(?); 2 (for) Enlil-zi; 2 (for) En-ur; 2 (for) Utu — PAP; 2 (for) Irda — PAP. Reverse: uninscribed.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 042

(obverse) 2 barig: Ur-Enlil. 2 barig: Ur-Šubur. [x]: AN-nini. [x]: Lugal-ennu. 1 child of hers: 2 ban. 1 barig: Nin-ena. 1 child of hers: 2 ban. 1 barig: Namma. 1 barig: Nin-[x]-a. (reverse) 61: Nin-hili. 122: Nin-ku. Regular provisions (sa-dug).

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