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~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5037

[...] M371 M387 M009 M264~a , 3 [...] M066 M066 |M036+1(N30D)| , 5 M146 [...] , [...] [...] , 1 |M305+M320| [...] M260~1 , 1 |M036+1(N30D)| , 2[?] [...] M297 , 2 + 1(N39B) + 2(N30C)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

Achaemenid Persian

MDP 26S, 5038

[Heading/rubric sign: M157~a] [M038~a] [M381] [M388] [M338~b?] [...] , [...] [...] [M242~ab?] [M380~b] [M048~c] [M218] , 2 [...] , 2 [M254~a] [M380~b?] x [...] , [...]

Economy

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5041

Line 1: M288[?], 2(N34) [...] Line 2: [...], [...] 5(N14) Line 3: M284~m, 1(N01) Line 4: M288, 2(N34) [...] Line 5: [...], [...] 9(N14) 4(N01) Line 6: |M106~2+M288|(?), 1(N01)[?] Line 7: M288[?], [...] Line 8: [...], 2(N34) 7(N14) Line 9: |M106~2+M288|[?], [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5045

[...] , 1+N01 1+N24 M318~a M318~a M371 , 1(N01) M377[...] , [...] [...] M347 M371[...] , [...] [...] M377~e [...] , [...] [...] M057~a , 1(N01) M219 M338~b [...] , [...] [...] |M131+M388| M101 M066 , 1(N01) M388 , 1(N14) 2(N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5047

[...] x , 1 x , 1 x , 1[?] M288[?] , 1 M262[?] [...] , [...] M288[?] , 1 M146~d M388 M218 M223 M218 , 1 x [...] , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5055

Line 1: [Sign M250~a] [Sign M315?] x — 3 Line 2: [Sign M250~a] [Sign M131] [Sign M262] [Sign M218] — 2 Line 3: x [...] — [...] Line 4: [...] [Sign M347?] x [Sign M223] — 1 (large unit) Line 5: [Sign M054?] [Sign M004] [Sign M066] — 3 Line 6: [Sign M262] |[Sign M106]+[Sign M288]| [Sign M066] — 2 Line 7: [...] [Sign M388?] [Sign M066?] [Sign M066?] x [Sign M057?] — 1? Line 8: [Sign M371?] [Sign M332?] [Sign M131] [Sign M263] x — 1 Line 9: [...] x [Sign M096?] — 3 Line 10: [Sign M390] [Sign M262?] [Sign M096?] — 3 Line 11: x x [...] — [...] Line 12: [...] [Sign M390] [Sign M004] [Sign M218] — 2

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5196

[Heading/rubric:] M157 [Line 1:] M325~d, M388, M314, [x x], M096, M297 — 1(N14) 3(N01) [Line 2:] M377~e, M347(?), M371 — [1(N14)?] 3(N01) [Line 3:] M254~c, M297 — 1(N01) [Line 4:] M297 — 3(N14) 1(N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5197

[...] , 5(N01) M009 , 8(N01) M376 , [1(N14)?] [...] [...] , 9(N01) 1(N08A) M270~c M009 , 5(N01) M387~c M005~a M032 , 1(N01) |M157+M381| [...] , [...] [...] , 9(N01) M112~c , 2(N30C) M009 , 6(N01) M032 , 1(N01) M292~f , [1(N14)] 1(N01) [...] , [1(N14)] 1(N01) [x] , 1(N01) [x ...] , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5206

[...] [...] 1(N01) [x] [...] [...] M347 M371 |M036+1(N30D)| , 1(N14@b) [...] M305 M388 M285~s M371 M210~g[?] [...] , [...] [...] , 4(N1@b) M176~b[...] , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5212

[...] |M106~2+M288|, 1(N02) M288, 2(N34) 5(N14) [...] [|M106~2+M288|], [1(N02)] [M288], 2(N34) 1(N45) 5(N14) 4(N01) [...], [...] 7(N34) 5(N14) [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5217

[...] , 1(N01) [sign-group: M338~c M024 M371 M010] , [...] [...] , 4(N14) 2(N01) [M136~c?] , 2(N01) [...] M371 M010 , 4(N01) M388 [...] , [...] [...] , 3(N01) M180 [...] , [...] [...] , 4(N14) 3(N01) 2(N39B)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5218

[...] [...] M388 M146 M377~e M347 M371 M054 , 1(N01) M032[?] , [...] [...] , 1(N01) M054 , 1(N01) M373 , 2(N01) M046 , 1(N01) M288 , 1(N01)[?] M033 , 2(N14) M376 M124 , 2(N14) M072 , [...] M288[?] , 1(N45) 3(N14) 4(N39B) [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5223

[Heading/rubric sign M157~a] x , [...] [...] M384~d M297 , [...] [...] , 1(N14) 1(N14@b) x [...] , [...] [...] , 1(N24) 1(N24@b) 2(N30D@b) 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5235

[...] M128? M096 [...] , [...] [...] [M250~ba?] M066~a , 1(N01) M388 [...] , [...] [...] , 1(N01) M510 x [...] , [...] [...] M367? , 2(N01) M388 [...] , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5239

[...] 1(N24) 1(N30D) M131~e# [...] , [...] [...] M304 M388 M285~b M288 , 1(N14) 2(N01)# [...] M388#? M285~c#? M288 , 1(N39B)# 1(N24)#

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5240

[...] 1(N45) 6(N14) [...] [...] [...] 1(N14)[?] M305 M388 M110 M242~b M096 [...] , [...] [...] x , 2(N01) 1(N39B)[?] x x , 1(N01)[?] [...] M320 M288 , 1(N01) 1(N39B) 1(N24) [...] M103~2 M254~a x M387~c M288 , 5(N01) 3(N39B) 1(N14)[?] [...] x , 2(N14) 1(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N30D) [...] M259[?] M281~f M096 M288 , 3(N14) 2(N01) [...] [...] , [...] 1(N24) M304 M388 M115 |M296+M296| M288 , 1(N14) 3(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N24) 2(N30C) [...] M288 , 1(N01) 1(N39B) 1(N24) [...] , 2(N01)[?] M073~b M230~a M096 M288 , 3(N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 007

M247~d , M297~bc# , 2(N01) 3(N39B) |M001+M379~d| , 1(N24) 2(N30C) M297~b# , 1(N24@b) 2(N30C@b) M314 , 1(N01)# 1(N39B) |M003~b+M379~c| , 1(N39B) 1(N24)#? M297~b# , 1(N39B@b) 1(N24@b) [Header/classifier sign: M247~d] [Commodity M297~bc]: 2 large units, 3 medium units [Compound sign M001+M379~d]: 1 capacity unit (N24), 2 sub-units (N30C) [Commodity M297~b]: 1 capacity unit (N24@b), 2 sub-units (N30C@b) [Commodity M314]: 1 large unit, 1 medium unit [Compound sign M003~b+M379~c]: 1 medium unit, 1 capacity unit [Commodity M297~b]: 1 medium unit (N39B@b), 1 capacity unit (N24@b)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 015

M157 [heading/rubric sign] , M305 M033~c M270~d , 2(N01) |M036+1(N30D)| , 1(N14) M387~ca |M036+1(N30C)| , 2(N14) M305 M387~ha |M036+1(N30C)| , 2(N14) M340 M054 M265~2 , 2(N01)[?] [damaged sign] |M036+1(N30D)| , 6(N01) 1(N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 019

M059 — 1(N14) M252~i — 4(N01) M136~k — 1(N14) M210~b — 1(N14) [...] — 1(N14) x — 1(N14) M147 — 1(N14) [...] — 6(N14) 4(N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 024

[Sign M305+M342 (commodity/category classifier)], 2 (units) [M291] [M371] [M320], 1 (unit) [x] [M301] [M057], 1 (unit) [M263~1] [M347] [...], [...] [...], 1 (unit) [x] [x] [x], [...] [x] [x] [x] [...], [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 025

Obverse: [... M278~f?] , [3(N14)] 8(N01) [= ca. 38 units] M278~f , 2(N14) [5(N01)] [= ca. 25 units] [|M278+1(N24)|] , 3(N01)# [= 3 units] M283~a1 , 5(N01) [= 5 units] M276~e , 5(N01) [= 5 units] M290~a# , 7(N01) [= 7 units] M064~a , 1(N14) [= 10 units] M228~gb M278~f |M351+1(N14)| , 1(N34) 3(N01) [= 63 units — likely a subtotal or summary entry] Reverse: |M278+1(N24)| , [3(N01)] [= 3 units] M290~a , 7(N01) [= 7 units] M064~a , 1(N14) [= 10 units] M276~e , 5(N01)…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 027

M305 , M269~b , 2(N01) M260 , 2(N01) |M036+1(N30D)| , 3(N39B) 1(N24) M379 , 1(N30C) M278~g , 1(N30C) M293~d , [1(N30C)] [2(N30D)]? x , 1(N39B) M210~g , 3(N39B) 1(N24) M293~d , 2(N01) 1(N39B) 1(N24) [2(N30C)]?

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 030

[Header/label sign(s): damaged/unclear] M376, M388, M352~o, M320~n, M371, [x x] — 2 [x], M371 — 2 M124~a, [x x] — 2 [x x], M218 — 2 [x x], M242~ab?, M096? — 2 [x x] — 2 [x x x] — 2 [...] — 12 + 2

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 031

[Header/classifier sign M327+X] M388 M387(?) M263 M314~f M096(?) M388(?) M301 M372 M367~c(?) , 2(N51G) 5(N23) [xx] M066 M367~c(?) , 3(N51G) 1(N23) [M195+X](?) [xx xx xx] M367~c(?) , 2(N51G) 7(N23) M066 [xx xx xx] M367~c(?) , 2(N51G) 6(N23) M195~m(?) [xx] M367~c(?) , 2(N51G) 7(N23) M367~c(?) , 2(N54G) 3(N51G) 6(N23) [Final line appears to be a totalling entry]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 033

[Heading/rubric: |M327+X|] M157 M305~f · M057~e · M263~b1 : 2 [...] M263~b1 : 2 [x] · M263 : 5 M387~a · M263~b1 : 4 [...] · M263~a : 1 M004 · |M218+M288~f| · M066 · M263~b1 : 1 M024 · M004 · M218 · M263~b1 · M038~a1 · M263~a : 2 [Total:] M243~eg : 4(N39B) 1(N24) 1(N30C) 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 036

[Heading/category sign M327+X] [M054~i] [M388] [M219] [M048~k] [M096] x x , 1(N01) [M131+M388] [M263] [M218] , 1(N01) [M004] [M058] [M057] , 1(N01) [M387~ee] [M057]# x [M101] [M066]# , 1(N01) [M029~b] [M128] [M096] , 1(N01) [M066]# [M352~n] [M347]? [M297]# , 1(N01) x [M372] , 1(N01) [M388]#? , 7(N01)#

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 037

[Heading/rubric sign] [compound sign: M377~e+M320+M377~e] [M157] [M388] [M218] [M329~b] [M388] [M066] [M136] [M259?] [M388] [M218] [M314] [M297] [M206~d] , 1(N01) [M352~o] [M338~b] [M066] , 1(N01) [M365~g] [M218] , 1(N01) [M263] [M318] [M371] , 1(N01) [M001?] [M066?] [M217~j] [M352~o] [M218~b] [M388] [M338~b] [M009] [M371] , 2(N01) [M377~e] [M347] [M371?] [M388] [M377~e] [M040] [M372] [M365~g] [x] , 1(N01) [M325~d] [M388] [M218] [M220] [M218+M288?] [M066] , 1(N01) [x] [M295~e?] [M218] , 1(N01) [...] , 9(N01)?

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 038

[...] , [...] 2(N45) 1(N48) [...] 5(N14) x , 2(N34) 1(N45) [...] 5(N14) M038~b1 , 8(N34) 4(N14) 3(N01) [...] , 1(N01) 1(N24) 1(N30C) 1(N30D) [...] , 4(N23)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 042

[...] , [Sign M383] , 3 (large units) x [Sign M325?] , 1 (unit) x , 9 (units) [Sign M059] , 9 (units) [...] , 5 (units) [Sign M124] , 4 (large units) [Sign M059] , 4 (units) [Sign M124?] , 4 (large units) 4 (units) [Sign M054?] [Sign M124?] , 1 (large-large unit) 2 (large units) 5 (units)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 043

[Header/classifier: M388] [Category entry:] M057~e M099 M371 M139~a1 — 1 (unit) [Entry:] M175 M128~da |M218+M288~f| M066 — 1 (unit) [Entry:] M124 M004 M223~b M218 — 1 (unit) [Entry:] M049~da M109[?] M066 — 1 (unit) [Entry:] M242~b M410? M218 — 1 (unit) [Entry:] M204~g M054~i M297 — 1 (unit) [Entry:] M203~a — 1 (unit) [Entry:] M066 M352~n[?] M131~ia[?] M101 M066 — 1 (unit) [Entry:] M102~l M371 — 1 (unit) [Entry:] |M218+M288~f| [x] M057 — 1 (unit) [Sub-total / total marker:] 2(N14) [x] [Final entry or total:] M139~a2 — 1 (N14)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

RA 050, 202 01

[line 1] x , [line 2] x x M367~e , 1(N01) [line 3] M367~e M001 x M372 , 1(N01) [line 4] M371 M219 x x , [...] [line 5] x x M097~h M218 , 1(N01) [line 6] |M096+M029|? M218~c M066 , 1(N01) [line 7] M230 , [...] [line 8] x M001 M219 M151~e M371~c M066 x [line 9] x , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

RA 050, 202 13

[...] , 8(N01) [x] , 8(N01) [x] , 1(N01) [x] , 1(N30C) [x] , 1(N30C) [...] [x] , 2(N39B) [x] , 1(N30C) [x] , 1(N30C) [M367?] , 1(N30C)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

Sb 15222

M157# [heading/rubric sign — function unknown] M386~da M304 M297 : 1(N01) 2(N30C) 1(N30D)# [x] M139 M297 : 3(N01) 3(N39B) 2(N30C) 1(N30D) M297#? : 1(N39B)#? 1(N30D) 1(N39C) [...] : [...] 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

SE 124

M207# , M054# , 2(N14) 4(N01) M373# , 1(N14) 1(N01) M072 , 4(N14) 6(N01) M046 , 1(N14) 2(N01) M370 , 6(N01)# M207# , 9(N14) 9(N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

SE 125

[Header/label sign: M252~q] [M001] [M376] — 1 (unit) [M387~c] [M387~c] — 1 (unit) [M365] — 4 (units) [M175] [M248~b?] — 3 (units) [M125#] [M310] — 1 (unit) [M310#] — 6 (units)# [M376] — 1 (large unit) 6 (small units)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

SE 126

[...] x , [M195+M038] (damaged) x M388 M371 x [...] , [...] [...] M314 (damaged) M128 (damaged) M388 M297 (damaged) x M206~d (damaged) , 1(N01) M177 , 2(N01) x , [...] [...] , [...] [M377+M320+M377] , 2(N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

SE 127

[...] [M001] [M388] [x] [M296+M296], 5 [...], 10 [M124] [M009] [M338~b], 12 [M388] [x] [...], [...] [...], 11 [M388] [M295~y?] [M219], 11 + 2(N39B) + 1(N24) [...] [x] [x], 12 [M146~d] [M388?] [...], [...] [...], 41 + 2(N39B) + 1(N24)

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 191

[...] |1(N58).BAD~a| EN, IB [...] Linen-cloth(?) SUKKAL (vizier) Great one, GARA2 Garment, GARA2 [...] Great one of the throne-base Great one of |ZATU737xDI| SANGA-priest of |ZATU737xX| SANGA-priest of |ZATU737xX| [ZATU725(?)] [DAM(?)] (spouse/wife?)

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 034

1 unit — NAM2[...] 1 unit — GAL~a (great/large) SZAH2~a 1 unit — NAM2 APIN~a (plow [official]) 1 unit — GAL~a [...] 1 unit — GAL~a SZAB~a 1 unit — PA~a NAM2 [...] 1 unit — AB~a [...] 1 unit — GAL~a [...]

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 471

[...] , [...] [...] , [...] 4 (units) , UR[?] X goat DA~a 4 (units) , [dedicated/given] 4 (units) , [overseer/person?] head [...] , [...] bird DAR~a? [...] , [...] DA~a [milk/dairy?] 4 (units) , young animal (calf?) lord/EN [distributed?] 2 (units) , storehouse? BU~a [bread-ration with fire/fuel?] [...] , [bread-ration with fire/fuel?] X X [...]

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FMB 27

PA~a GU4(?) 4(N14) — NESAG~a, KI~a, EN~a, NAM2, KAB, GAR 5(N14) — GAN2, AB~a, X, EN~a(?) 3(N14) — X, AD~c(?) 3(N14) — KA~a, DU6~a 2(N50) 7(N14)(?) — GAN2, |SILA3~a×DUG~a| [X] — IB~a, MASZ, URUDU~a [X] — TUM3, DUB~b [X] — MUSZ3~a, X 2(N14) — GISZ×SZU2~a, X [...] 2(N14) — BU~a# [...] 2(N14) — X, BU~a# [...] 4(N14) — GAL~a, X, SZUBUR(?) [...]

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MS 1952/37

1. [fish (KU6~a)] TU~b 2. NAM2 NAM2 3. NAM2(?) GIR2~b 4. DU AN A 5. SZUDUN(?) RI 6. SZUDUN(?) GIR2~b 7. [X] A NI~b 8. NE~a U4 RA 9. NI~b RA 10. SZE3 BU~a 11. U4 SZIDIM GIR3@g~b[?] 12. IL GUB3~c [X] 13. [X] ZATU726~a(?) UR~a(?) NI~b DUR2(?) 14. HI A[?]

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 01

[1(N01@f)?] field#? [1(N01@f)?] sud3#-ur [= ?depressed/sunken ground? or personal name element] 1(N01@f) , u2-ma [= fodder/plant + ma?] 1(N01@f) , szul-szul [= youth/young — reduplicated] 1(N01@f)# , x [x] [signs broken/illegible] 1(N01@f) , szul#-la [= of youth/the young one] 1(N01@f) , SAL x [= woman/female + uncertain sign]

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 02

[1] fleece/shearing-product(?) x-me-en [1] she-goat zur-zur x x [x] 1 goat En-kul-aba-si 1 fleece/shearing-product(?) Nanna-mud 1 fleece/shearing-product(?) Igi-gi-gi 2 goats [...]

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 05

NI NI MA NI AN NA NA NI NA NI NI ŠEŠ [x] DUB [...] DUB NE AK NIM GI₄ [x] SI [...] AMA [...] DAḪ [...] DAḪ NI DUB LAL₃

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 10

[...] SAR [...] UR[?] A [Pa]-bilx-[ga?] [...] SI-A[?] [Amar]-e2-gibil 1 [...] 1 SI[?] [1?] ensi

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 13

[...] 1(N01@f), beer? 1(N01@f), beer? 1(N01@f), x [mountain-provenance?] 2(N01@f), [category marker?] natron/soapwort? [...] [KU?] [EREN2?] [place-marker] 1(N01@f), [...] 2(N01@f), storehouse [...] 2(N01@f), [...] barley 1(N01@f), x 2(N01@f), x

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 18

x calf(ren) 1 (head), sheep — calf(ren) of the great storehouse [...] sheep like sweet nanna[x]-du10 1 (head), goat — mother of the storehouse-si 1 (head), sheep (and) she-goat — |SU3-SU3-UN|-gi4

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 23

1 (unit) — [personal name: |ŠEŠE+IB|-du₁₀] 1 (unit) — Ur-ge₆ 1 (unit) — Amar-[ME]-TE 1 (unit) — Amar-nirahx 1 (unit) — Ama-ul₄-gal [1 (unit) — woman?]-alan 1 (unit) — Pa-bilx-ga 1 (unit) — Bilx-me-si 1 (unit) — Ama-GA₂-si [...broken...]

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 28

2 — young [highland animal / person], Amar-nirahx, head [person/overseer?] 1 — [x x] NUNUZ [eggs/offspring/seed?] 1 — MU [...] 2 — DILMUN 2 — [...] [x x] AN [divine/celestial?] UET2_165 [...]

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