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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 247

(Obverse, column preserved) The king (en) of Lumnan, the king (en) of Ibubu, the king (en) of ... [...] (Break) [...] 2 kilts, fine quality, multicoloured; the king (en) of Ursa'um and his badalum (second-in-command): 1 'à-da-um cloak — (type) 1 —, 1 aktum-tunic, 1 fine (garment), 2 multicoloured kilts (íb-III), textiles [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 248

(obverse) 1 plaque of 1(u) 1(aš) — eleven (shekels of) — gold, (for) the son [...] (Break) [n] multicoloured kilts (íb+III-TÚG dar) [...], (for) Ibga-il, the leatherworker. 1 zara-garment (TÚG-NI&NI), 2 fine (garments) [...] (remainder broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 250

(fragment; beginning lost) [...]-Damu, Ibrium: to the mother of the king (the queen mother) he delivered (it). 1 zara₆-robe, 1 linen garment, 2 toggle-pins of one-third (mina) of silver, their 2 heads of gold — a gift [... (remainder broken)]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 252

(column i) Wabarum received. (Break) (column ii) Dubi, Durium, Irig-ze, Iti-agu, brother of [...] (Break) (column iii) Zabarum: 15 kin-measures of wool, as the purchase price, (for) the great mother (the queen mother). (Break)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 258

(obverse, column i) BE-su-du (BE-su₃-du₁₀), Ibdur-išar, Enna-ni-il, Enna-Dagan, Ilba-malik, (Break) (column ii) ...-KA-zi, the man of Enna-ni-il: 3 guzitum-garments, 3 aktum-garments, 3 fine multicoloured kilts, (Break) [Month: za]-lul.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 259

[... n] multicoloured íb-kilt(s) (of n-quality): Ullu, his agent — (this is the) delivery of [...]-nu-[...] [...]-um, on the day he arrived, from the journey. Dilmun-allotment(?) of barley: Kakmi[um(?)] [... (rest broken)]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 262

On the day (when) [...] 1 multicolored íb-belt textile, 4 kin-measures of wool — of the assembly(?) — 1 chariot ... 2 (two-wheeled?); Ibrium (and) Wabarum, the shearing(?)/gathering [...] (Break) 20 less 2 (= 18) gu-mug (coarse-fiber) textiles; AN-še-gu: 13 guzitum-textiles (and) double ʾadaʾum-cloaks; 20 less 3 (= 17) aktum-textiles [...] (remainder lost)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 264

(obverse, beginning broken) [...] 13 stone-weights of wool (for) Ra-...-ma-[...] [...] the sister(?) (of) Dusigu; 5 kin-measures of wool — the purchase price — (for) Ulu-bari; 4 aktum-TI textiles (for) Iib-malik, the brother [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 266

[...] [x] íb-III kilt(s), multicoloured, of fine quality — Muza, the son of Guna-Malik, [...] received (them). 1 (bale of) gu-mug (coarse cloth) — Du-NI-dum [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 267

Samu to Dara'um gave (it). 1 SU7-garment of his — Ibrium. [... (Break) ...] by/from AN-'arum: 1 NI-NI textile, 1 multicoloured kilt [...]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 268

(obverse) [n] double ʾa-da-um cloaks, [n] aktum-tunics, 1 kilt (íb-III) of ú-ḫáb (red-dyed) wool — (for) Arra-dulum (of) Dulu. (Break) 1 [...], 1 [kilt (íb-...)] , multicoloured, [...] ... [...] (rest broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 269

Ara'im, who returned from Kakmium: 1 cloak (gu-dul₃), 1 multicolored ib₂-III sash, first-quality oil. (Break) [...] [...]-šum; 2 kin-measures of wool (for) the wife of Dubi-galu; 2 kin-measures of wool (for) the wife of Ilba-zi[kir]; [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 273

first-quality oil, (oil for) the head, his brothers, male son[(s)] [...] (break) Ibal. 1 ʾà-da-um cloak of double format, 1 aktum-tunic, 1 íb+III kilt, multicoloured, fine quality, [...] (break)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 275

(obverse, first preserved column) [...] one multicoloured belt (ib-III-TÚG dar), (for) Enna-NI of (the town of) Dulu. ... GU-garment(?), [x] garment(s), [x x] garment(s) [...] (Break) [...]-il. One gu-dùl cloak, one fine (SAL) garment, one multicoloured belt, two bracelets [...] (for) Ignadar, the man of Miga-il. (Break) [...] Dara'um, the agent (maškim) of Ir-[...].

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 279

1 plate (of gold) ... [...] Išma-zikir Itium (Break) 1 fine (garment), 1 multicoloured kilt (íb-III textile): Adaginu Addamadu (Break — remainder lost)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 280

(Column i) Dubuhu-Malik: Gi-NI-LUM, his agent (maškim), took delivery (šu-du8) in Dusig. (Break) (Column ii) 4 aktum-tunics, 4 multicoloured sashes, (for/of) the agent (maškim) of Iram-Malik, taken delivery of (šu-du8) in Uru. (Break)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 282

[obverse] [...] 1 fine garment, 1 multicoloured, fine-quality kilt (íb-III-TÚG), [...] fine, multicoloured [textiles], (for) Išgi-barzu, (and for) [...]-dugu, in/by [...] Puzurra-Malik.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 284

(obverse, fragmentary) [...]-mu 1 dib-plate (of metal): Ri-i-Malik [...] (Break) 2 dib-plates ... (sign group ŠÚ+ŠA doubled, meaning unclear) NI-BAD-na-... [...] (of/for) Hazuwan [...] (Break) [...]-NI [Iš]ma-daban

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 286

(obverse) [...] textiles, [n] aktum-garments, 1 fine multicolored belted sash: (for) Enna-BE (and) Manuwad, the GIŠ-DUG-DU(-official?) ... [...] 1 gu-dul garment, 1 multicolored belted sash, first-quality oil: (for) Banah (of/at) AN-ŠE-GU. 12 guzitum-garments (and) ʾa-da-um cloaks, 14 [...], 1 zara-garment, 1 ... [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 008

(obverse) The wife(?) [...] [...] [...] were weighed out. HAL-ti: 54(?) [...] were weighed out. Tab-la-a-lim: 50 [...] [were weighed out.] (Break) were weighed out. Ar-szi-a-hu: 47 were weighed out. Kur-i3-lum: 24(?) [...] (Break — remainder lost)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 015

Month(?): ma-[se₁₁]-tim. lu₂-[ĝeš]-DU men: 10 (persons); goods: 2 gur 1 barig 3 ban. še-RU: 1 barig 4 ban. Overseer of the lu₂-ĝeš-DU men: 1 barig 3 ban. [ ... ] (break) Ba-ri₂ — sheep: 4(?). goods: 5 barig 3 ban. Šu-[Ḫar]-da-nu: 10 minus 2 (= 8). goods: 8 barig 2 ban. Šu-kab-ba: 1 (gur) 2 barig. A-ḫa-tum: 1 (gur) 2 barig. Outlay(?): 2 barig [ ... ]. wife/wives: 7 [ ... ]. A-za-zu: 1 (gur) 1 barig.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 020

(obverse) [...] ... [...] -ti Da-[x]: 1 (gur), 1 barig, 3 ban Kur-x: 1 barig, 3 ban [x] ša? x-ša-ru: 1 (gur), [x] En-li: 1 (gur), 1 barig SAR ... LU? [...] ... DU: 1 (gur) [...] ...: 1 (gur) (The remainder of the tablet is lost; the surviving reverse surfaces are uninscribed or wholly effaced.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 031

Young male kunga-equids: 25. Young female kunga-equids: 42. (For/of) U-sar; (and) Bēlī-ZI. Total: 67. In nine (10 minus 1) ... at that time(?).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 032

(obverse) … [ … ] 3 barig [ … ] Lu-geš-DU, the plough(man): 3 (aš) [ … ] 3 barig [ … … ] [ … ] 4 ban …-E-[ … ]: 3 (aš) 2 barig [ … ] [ … ] 2 (aš) [ … ] [ … ] gur 5 barig 3 ban [ … ] … [ … ] (The remainder of the tablet — including the reverse and any totals — is broken away; no further lines are preserved in the transliteration.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 033

Food-offering(?): fattened sheep; month of Sar(?); (sign: LAGAB×SIG₇) with(?): Izilum of Magan(?) / Šamagan; 3 sheep — with(?): Arrum: 2; with(?): Aršī-a[ḫu]. On the day [...] Abi-[...] [... ...] 3(?) [...]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 034

Food offering(s). Fattened sheep. Month: iti-sar GAN. (For) the ašde-(rite/allotment). Kur-ilum. The house of the cook (kitchen): 1 sheep. 1 female kid. 1 kid. 1 sheep.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 044

[The lu-geš-DU (personnel)] [...] [goods: x] gur, 3 barig [x] še-RU grain: 3 barig received — the É-eš house: 1 gur 1 barig [received —] the gate: [1] gur 1 barig donkeys of the sheepfold: 1 gur, 3 barig [x] doves: 10 — 1 gur, 3 barig, 3 ban Su-li-[im]: 1 [gur x] Dab-[ḫirtum ...] Grand total: goods — one hundred and 6 gur, 3 barig, 2 ban.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 047

The ruler (en); in the land (kalam); in/for 2 days: 8 barig 2 ban2 (of barley); the ruler; Dingir-malum: 4 barig 1 ban2; [month:] SAR; [...]-beli, ŠU₂-SA-la.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 049

From the farmer (engar): Barley: 5 thousand, 4 hundred (= 5,400). Fine-quality grain (sig15): 1 thousand, 2 hundred, 40 (= 1,240). Emmer: 1 thousand, 2 hundred, 40 (= 1,240). (The reverse is uninscribed.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 050

Wool of sheep, (from) the shearing; Kun-bad. 100 (units) 100 (units) 100 (units) 100 (units) 100 (units) 80 (units) Wool of the bar-ASZ type: 4 (units), pure (sikil).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 052

(obverse) The place of the men(?), behind/rear (egir₄): Gate of Beli-ZI: 30 less 1 (= 29). Gate of AN-GAR-kas₄: 26. Gate of [...]-belim: 62. Gate of Ga-|HI×DIŠ|-NE: 62. Gate of DAG-E₂-[IGI]: 20 less 2 (= 18). Gate of ... [DU]-ba-GIN₂(?): 30.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 055

[...] 1 (unit) [...]-u-[...] Nir-amdu(?) — 1 (unit) Sina-ili — [...] En-ili — 1 (unit) A-ru-[...] of (ša) the |GA2×SILA3|-|GA2×SILA3| (workers/vessels?) 5 barig Širi'a — 1 (unit) Si-um — 1 (unit) Annalum — 1 (unit)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 060

Obverse: Wool, (from) the plucking/shearing; the palace; delivered (lit. "handed over"). 100 (1 gešʾ 40) 100 (1 gešʾ 40) 100 (1 gešʾ 40) 100 (1 gešʾ 40) 100 (1 gešʾ 40) 26 Reverse: Wool of the bar-ASZ (grade): 5 — SIKIL ("clean/pure").

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 065

Obverse (x) shekels of copper — Tabla'a-[lim]: 2. (x) shekels of [copper] — Arrum: 4. Copper pin(s): 1. (x) shekels of copper — [Kur]-ilum: 2. Copper pin(s): 1. (Reverse largely uninscribed / effaced; a few signs at the top of the left case, too damaged to read.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 066

Wool (siki). Tab-la-a-[lim]: 1 barig [ … ] 6 mana. … [ … ]: 1 barig 3 ban. [n +] 3 mana. Iš-gi: 1 barig 3 ban. ḪI-A: 2 ban(?). ḪAL-ti: 1 barig 3 ban. 2 [+ n] mana. Kur-ilum: 1 barig. (Reverse: uninscribed / no legible signs.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 068

Šu-belim: 4 ban₂ (of barley). Il-e-išar: 2 ban₂(?). Iku-[…]: […] GIBIL ("new"): 3 ban₂. Bad-lam. The carpenter(?). […] […] Šu-belim: 5 ban₂. […] Šu-irga[…]. Daḫati-[…]-um. Month …(?), Beli, |ŠU₂.SA|-la.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 069

(obverse, beginning broken) [...] DI [...] ... [...] PI [... (line lost)] [...] AN-ma [... (line lost)] NI(?)-wa-rum: 9 barig (of barley), and the place(?), and ib-ba-ru-ša-nu, AN-ma-LUM, [......]-lum, in the land (kalam). In 3 days: 2 barig 4 ban.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 075

Month: Sar of the lord (bēlum). Il-e-išar: for 3 journeys — 2 barig 2 ban; Su-a-bir: for 7 days — 2 barig 2 ban; Da-|UŠxKUR| — 4 ban; In-gi-mu — 2 ban; URI-APIN — 2 ban. (reverse) Total: 6 barig.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 076

Šu-kabba: 2 barig. A-zazu: 1 barig. The wife (dam): 4 gur 2 barig 4 ban. […] 3 in (at/from): 3 gur — iti-sar — 4 barig 3 ban: barley consumed (as fodder/rations). Il-e-išar: 2 barig 3 ban. Lu-geš-DU: 50. In 11 days. 2 gur. iti-sar of Beli-sulum.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 078

Seed barley (šeNUMUN), na-gar₃(-grain): 1 hundred 9 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban₂; bread(-barley) (ninda): 1 hundred 3 gur, 8 barig, 4 ban₂. Total: 3 hundred 3 gur, 1 barig, 2 ban₂ — barley consumed (šeGU₇).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 079

Obverse 1. Crescent-day (new moon) of the lord (bēlum), 2. the *en* (ruler) 3. went (out); 4. one day 5. he stayed. 6. Donkeys: 11 — (with) the work-troop: 7. 7 barig 3 ban₂ (of barley). 8. Purchase price (equivalent): 9. LAK692 (commodity): 1 barig. (Reverse uninscribed; the surviving text runs over the obverse face and the edges. The reverse bears only a modern excavation number in ink.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 081

New-moon day (u₄-sar) — Beli-ZI. The en (ruler) went (there). 3 days he stayed. Donkeys: 17 (of the) work-team. 2 donkeys. Barley consumed: 3 gur less 4 ban. Barley consumed: Ḫa-NI — 4 ban.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 082

[Wool] plucking (shearing): (of) rams — the palace: 100 100 Ewes: 100 100 57 Month: sar (of) Utu.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 085

Crescent-day(?) of Belim; šu, fodder(?), aromatics(?); the lord came, three days he stayed. Donkeys, 12 work-troop(s): barley consumed — 2 gur 2 barig 2 ban. (Reverse uninscribed; edges bear no legible signs, only the modern museum markings Bey 94-17 / 2300-1-13.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 089

Lu-geš-DU. In the month Utu: 7 gur 7 barig 3 ban2 of barley, fodder for the donkeys of the ruler, for 2 days. 15 (work-teams). 2 gur of barley, fodder — (for) Il-e-i-šar. In the month Beli-ZI: 8 barig 4 ban2.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 090

Crescent-day(?) of Belim: the lord (en) came; three(?) days he stayed. Donkeys: 12 teams, 2 donkeys — barley consumed: 1 gur 3 barig.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 093

The lord (en) went forth; at the crescent (new-moon) — Utu; he took up residence; [barley] consumed: 2 gur. The lord (en) went forth; at the crescent (new-moon) — Utu; he took up residence; barley consumed: 1 gur, 2 barig, 2 ban.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 094

Obverse [n] food-offerings (nidba), gir2 (dagger/blade) — ak — the ruler (en); [month(?)]-sar: be-lim; [...] the ruler (en); [...] (broken) 1 kid (goat), [...]-rum2; [...] (broken) 1 kid (goat): AN-ma-LUM; (two illegible signs) 1 kid (goat) (the remainder of the tablet is broken away or too eroded to read)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 098

The lord (en). In 4 days, 12 work-troops (erin₂) consumed barley: 3 gur 5 barig. Purchase (equivalent): Ti-na-tim: 2 barig; Iš-gi: 1 barig; KA-URU: 3 ban₂. Month: iti-sar, third (?) |LAGAB×SIG₇|.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 102

At the disposal of(?) — the fortification wall: barley has been harvested. Ḫal-ti(?). 2 [units], 1 [unit] — [Tab]-la-a-lim. 240 [units] — Ar-ši-a-ḫu. 200 — Ar-rum. [n] hundred (and) 30 — [... (name lost)]. 131 [units] — Kur-i-[lum]. 2 hun[dred] — (remainder lost).