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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 083

54 bundles of grass (fodder): En-akale; 35: Kar-du; 40: Ur-ni; 42: En-tar-si; 36: the foreman of the overseer (nu-banda); 32 1/2: the foreman. (Reverse uninscribed.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 087

286 (units of) copper — ḫabuda(-implements); 110 (2 gešʾu minus 10) minas of copper; [x] minas, [x] ... from [x] ... […] (line lost) brought out from the ore(-earth); 251 minas of copper — the weaver('s share?), brought out from the palace; the weaver, the overseer of the smiths — given.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 115

1 šar (= 60 bur) 4 bur 2 iku — orchard(s), large (ones); 5 bur — small orchard(s); 1 bur 3 iku — the outer (bar) portion of the field, of the city Ki-anna; 5 bur — orchard(s): the potter Ur-EN-[...], An-na-E[...]; 4 iku — the outer (bar) portion of an orchard, ... A-zu-zu [...]. It is (the account) of the year. (Reverse: uninscribed / surface eroded, no legible signs.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 173

Obverse […] 4 shekels of silver; 12 lidga (and) 1 barig of barley; 41 sila of pig fat; 2 gur 1 barig of dates; 1 grass-fed pig — this is the purchase price of Nin-gissu-nani. Ur-lugal, the donkey herdsman, gave it to him. Reverse At the wall(?) of the gate of the palace he set its case straight (i.e. rendered the verdict). Du-du, … [ … ] DA AN [ … ] TI [ … ], the witnesses ("men of the word"), they confirm[ed it]. The … [ … ] … AN … (broken).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CBS 07280

(obverse) [n] ... [...] 2 (measures): Maš-da(5), the attendant(?) [...] 1 (measure) 2 barig: Sag-...-[...] 2 (measures): Ur-Abu 2 barig: Lugal-šeš 2 barig: Enlil-[...] [n]: Nesag(?) [...] (reverse: uninscribed / not preserved)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CBS 08117

1 bardul-garment, of fine (thin) weave, of/for the women(?); Igi-Enlil-še, the chief household administrator (šabra), the porter (ug₃-íl): he paid (it) out to him. Month: "Bricks-placed-in-the-brick-mould" (month III, Nippur calendar), day 7 having elapsed.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CST 001

33 mother-ewes; 29 (lit. 30 less 1) rams; 8 female lambs, nim-lambs; 5 male lambs, nim-lambs; 4 female lambs, e-li-lambs; 3 male lambs, e-li-lambs. Total: 82 ewes together with their lambs. The sheep are the private property of Enda-nirgal. Šubur, the overseer, in the House of the Street plucked (them). With Lugal-ikuš they were kept. (Year) 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CST 022

15 gur of barley — Ama-tuku-gal-zu; 1 (gur) 2 barig — Nin-urni; 15 (measures of) lard, UMBIN; 1½ shekels of silver; 2 nig-lam garments; 1 sheep, its silver [...]; 2 pigs for eating; 2 bar-dul garments; 1 dul(?) cloth; 43(?) shekels of silver; goods of [...]; Mu-bi-ki-gal-la[...]; a claim exists against it; 1 mina of silver; its tablet has been handed over.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 030

1 eše₃ (of) field — Ma-NI-NI; 1 eše₃ — SIG-mu; 1 eše₃ — Ur-gu, the animal-fattener(?); 1 eše₃ — Ur-peš-tur; 1 eše₃ — Šu-Mama; 1 iku — PA-[…]-bala; Ur-tu; A-ga(?)-le. (Reverse: uninscribed; the modern museum number Ms. 1052/40 is written on it in ink. Right side of the obverse broken away; a large chip is lost at the right edge.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 034

1 iku 2 sar [...] E-zi 3 iku — Lugal-kal 3 iku — Ur-nu 3 iku — ...-adgal ( — ) U-nu-NI-NI [n +] 1 iku [...] 2 iku [...] 2 iku — Lugal-ildu (Reverse: uninscribed / blank)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 064

180 loaves of bread; 10 minus [n] jars (of beer); (for) the ruler (ensi) of Gišša (Umma), (and) the ruler (ensi) of Lagaš; (from) the household of the gudu-priest. It is the month of the barley harvest.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 081

2 barig of groats (gur measure), 2 barig of malt — for Išme-ilum it was given. Booked expenditure of the house of the gudu-priest. (It is) the month of the barley harvest.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 097

120 loaves, 2 (loads) — Ma'u; 60 [loaves], 1 (load) — Ur-šerda; 120 loaves, 2 (loads) — Ilala. It is the load that he is to bring; it has been delivered. Month: ab-e₃-zi-da, day 27.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 098

120 loaves of bread — (for) the House of the Children (e₂-dumu). 180 loaves of bread, 3 jars — (for) the House of the gudu-priest. 120 loaves of bread, 2 (jars) — (for) the house of Igi-si₄. 120 loaves of bread, 2 (jars) — (for) Ur-nu. 60 loaves of bread — (for) the house of Nin-mug. [Day 20(?)] + 1 (= the 21st day), [month] Še-sag-ku₅ (the month of the barley harvest).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 100

[n] loaves of bread — the household of the children (e₂-dumu); 183 — the household of the gudu-priest; 122 loaves of bread — the household of Igi-si; 122 loaves of bread — Ur-nu; 61 [loaves of bread] — the household of Nin-[mug]. Day 23. Month: Aša-il-šu-gar. (Reverse: uninscribed; the tablet is pierced through by a single perforation.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 102

600 loaves of sig₁₅-bread (fine/sweet bread): 1 ban₂ (of flour), 20 baked (du₈). 600 loaves of barley bread: 1 ban₂ (of flour), 20 baked (du₈). 20 jars. 10 (servings of) soup. (For) the house/temple of [...]. [At that time(?)] the ruler (ensi₂) of Agade had taken up residence (u₃-mu-ti-la-a).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 105

3 jars (of pottery) — Ur-Nanše. 6 jars — Ur-Erra, the reed-worker (mat-maker). Šeš-tur. Giri-ni, the stone-cutter. 1 jar — the man of the ḫub-bu (acrobat/dancer). (Break) [n] jars — Lugal-alsa.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 120

Obverse 1. [n] (gur), 2 barig — granary gur-measure 2. [...] of Enlil 3. [n] (and) 2 — Ur-ga 4. [n] — Sag-zi 5. 2 — Ur-eš-peš 6. [n] (and) 2 barig — Ur-dingir Reverse 7. the head granary — 8. it is that which was given to An.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 124

[n(+)] 1 barig of barley (in gur measure): (for) the textile-worker(s); it is (of/for) Unu; Za-mu the vizier — its commissioner. 1 (gur) 1 barig — female workers, (at) 2 ban each; (for) the House of the Children. 9 (i.e. 10 minus 1) — ENGUR-TUM; 4 ban — Giri-giri. Barley bro[ught (in)]; to Na-[ni] he [gave (it)]. Di-[Utu], the over[seer].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 142

1 gur of dabin-flour: Ur-ni. 2 barig of barley (gur-measure): they are the men who came from Isin. 1 ban2 of flour for bread — [...] ... [...] 1 ban2 [...] 1 ban2, Ur-[...] — who went out; A-KA-du (Akadu): it was given to him. (reverse) The House of the Children (e-dumu). Month: "Barley-harvest" (šesagkud).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 143

1 gur of dabin-flour[,] 2 barig of beer-bread (bappir), 2 barig of malt, 2 barig of groats — (for) the elder (ab-ba); it was given to him. Ur-[...] is its commissioner (maškim). É-dumu ("house of the children"). Month: Duku (du6-ku3).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 144

1 gur of fine flour, 1 gur of beer-bread (bappir), 1 gur of malt, 1 gur of groats — Šeš-bad, the cupbearer; from the overseer (nu-banda) it was given to him. The House of the Child(ren) (E-dumu). Month: še-sag-sig-ga.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 150

1 gur of barley, 1 gur of emmer, 2 barig of fine flour (zi₃-sig₁₅), 3 barig of dabin-flour, 2 barig of groats (niĝ₂-ar₃-ra), [n] (measures of) beer-bread (bappir), 2 barig of malt, 3 barig of barley — it is for beer: (these are) of the boatmen. An-ne-šum (disbursed/received it). It belongs to the House of the Children (e₂-dumu). Month: ĝa₂-udu-ur₄ ("sheep-plucking pen").

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 153

5 gur of flour of emmer (and) wheat — (for) the chief constable (gal5-lá-gal); 5 gur of flour of emmer (and) wheat — (for) the chief herald (nimgir-gal); for the "house of the children" (e₂-dumu) he delivered (it). Ur-Ninmug, the scribe — it was given to him. Month: Duku (the "Holy Mound"). (Summary/label:) emmer (and) wheat — the household of the overseer (nu-[banda]).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 181

[n] ram(s) — Nani — were given to him. 3 ram(s) — Nani — were given to him. (for) the journey (gìri-gen-na). Utu-tešmu, É-dumu, Di-Utu the overseer (nu-banda). Month: “Harvesting of the barley.”

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 182

Obverse 1. [ ... ] ... 2. [ ... ]-ba 3. it belongs to the [house] of the children (é-dumu) 4. 20 less 2 (= 18) udu-HAR sheep 5. month: Ab-e'e-ziga 6. [ ... ] 7. [ ... ] (Reverse / continuation) 8. Ur-[ga] 9. the farmer [ ... ] 10. Di-Utu 11. the overseer (nu-banda) 12. under the authority of Giri-gena 13. [ ... ]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 202

[n] … i-zi; 9 (ten minus one) chariots — Šubur; 4 (units of) mud; 3 plow-heads (sag-apin); [n] work-troop(s); belonging to the House of the Children (e₂-dumu); he delivered (them). Month: "Shearing-of-the-sheep-in-the-pen" (iti ga₂-udu-ur₄).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 203

10 long beams, also new — Ur-Dumuzida. [n] long [beams …] — A-zuzu, Isin. … wool(?) therefrom — the courier(?) — 5 long poles, discarded — A-zuzu, Isin.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 207

21 minas of copper — Az, the overseer. 20½ (minas) — Lugal-ḫul. 10½ (minas) — Lugal-nig-bara-du. 4 (minas) — Lugal-ezem, the cook. 3½ (minas) — Ama-abzu-si. 3 (minas) — E-ki. (This is) the copper brought forth as surplus. Inim-zida is its commissioner (maškim). (Reverse: uninscribed)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 209

1 gur 2 barig of dates, (for) Ur-[lu], to the boatman, for (transport to) SAG-NAGAR, it was given to him. [Edumu], Di-Utu, the overseer. Month: Akiti.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 232

1 (unit) [...] 1 (unit) [...] [...] — it is of the field. Lu-[...] the farmer, [...] KA-x-[x] [...] [...] mu-laḫ (the boatman/Mu-laḫ) Ur-gu for Puta-pada [he gave it to him]. Month: ĝa'udu-ur (the sheep-shearing month); year: the bricks at Karkar were laid down and set in place.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 315

(Obverse) 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 10, 10, 10, [10], 10, 10 (Fifty-four impressions of the sign for "ten"; total 540.) (Reverse: uninscribed / surface eroded, no text preserved.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 399

(obverse, column i–ii) 40 (loaves of) *ninda-UD* bread, good (quality); 7 (units of) UKKEN×GUG₂; beer, (in) sila-measures — (for) the weaver(s); 3 (units of) aromatic …[-x]; sila-measures — (for) U₂-U₂-la; 5 (units of) DIN-ŠE; beer, (in) sila-measures; 10 (units of) sweet beer, (in) sila-measures. (reverse: uninscribed)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 403

24 ewes; 13 lambs; 10 sheep, two years old; 10 sheep, gu-gu-u₂; 2 prime billy-goats (masz₂-sag) — the fallen (animals), gathered up. 27 gazelle-sheep (udu masz-da₃). Fattened sheep of the Great Storehouse (ganun-mah); plucked/gathered: 27. Year, month 7.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 407

2 ewes — uzug (cult-status personnel); 2 rams — Ki-de'ude'; 2 ewes, 2 rams — A-zuzu; 1 ewe, 1 ram — Ur-abzu; 2 ewes — Amar-ki-ku; 2 rams — Gu-ni-DU; 1 ewe, 1 ram — Nita, the shepherd; 1 LAK020(-animal) — En-sila-si; 3 nanny-goats — Dugani. Sheep from the lane(?): |LAK617×HI| — 30 less 1 (= 29); year(s), month 4(?) — Me-ane-du. Given to the fattener. 22 sheep (in total).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 412

13 — Si-du 27 (30 minus 3) — Ur-ni 25 — the overseer, the captain (nu-banda) 20 — Ur-Nin-ildu 15 — Ur-sag-utu 12 — Du[ga]-ni-du 11 — Ekur-nusi 19 (20 minus 1) — Ur-ennun Total: 142 [...] (sign at the end broken) (Reverse: uninscribed / surface eroded, no legible signs)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 413

Obverse 20 ewes; 4 fattened ewes, 1 ram — Sag-eš-tuku; 15 lambs; [x?] ... lambs; [...] ...; 2 male lambs, 3 female lambs, bar-li; gathered (culled); 7 female lambs (for) plucking, 3 fattened sheep — Sag-eš-tuku; 10 ewes, 15 male lambs (for) plucking, gazelle(s); gathered (culled), fattened, given; [...] the great storehouse [...] of the plucking — 30 less 3 (= 27); year; 7 months.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 419

Obverse 1/2 shekel of refined silver — Ba-NI. 1 ram: Lugal-ezem. 1 shekel: Lu-x-[...]. 2 (units of) silver, the purchase price, in shekels. 2 (units of) silver, the purchase price, in shekels: Dingir-lu-maḫ. 2 (units of) silver, the purchase price, in shekels: Ur-pu-sag. 2 (units of) silver, the purchase price, in shekels: Di-Utu, Lugal-ezem. 1/3 shekel of silver, the purchase price: Ur-sag-Utu. [n] shekel(s) of silver: [...] (two illegible signs) 4 1/3 shekels of silver: Abba-tur. 2 kids.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 476

2 gur 3 barig of barley, by the sag-gal (standard) gur; Gan-NE. 10 minas of garlic(?) — purchase-goods; 1/2 (mina/shekel) of silver, in hand; 12 minas of wool; 1 (jar of) beer; 1 person; 1/2 suluhu-fleece; 50 apples. Gan-NE. 3 ban of emmer; 30 apples; 10 aktum-garments; 10 loaves of bread; 1 za₃ of silver. (Reverse: uninscribed.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 027

Basket of tablets: dusu-fish and table-fish which the fishermen of the sea delivered; sweet-water fish are there along with them. Sasa, wife of Urukagina, king of Lagash. 3rd (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 039

353 (6 gešʾu minus 7) gur-saggal of barley; 193 gur-saggal of white emmer; 53 gur-saggal of gu-nida (a fine emmer/wheat variety); 10 gur-saggal of wheat. Total: 609 (10 gešʾu plus 10 minus 1) gur-saggal. (From) the Kiti field, the sustenance land (šuku) of Enentarzi, ruler (ensi) of Lagaš. At Kiti it was threshed ("beaten with wood"). Ur-Šerda transferred (it) to him. (Year) 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 052

10 fine gu-breads, provisions (food to be consumed); 50 sur-(vessels); 10 small (jars) of milk; 40 mud-vessels of milk — (for) Nanshe. 30 sur-(vessels); 20 mud-vessels of milk — (for) Nindar(a). [Bread] (and) pure milk. Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. (Year) 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 061

1 gur-ra sheep — it belongs to the Abzu on the bank. When the ruler went for the matter of the šagan, Baranamtara made the offering with it; the sheep was consumed. Enku, he is the fattener. (Year) 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 064

1 ram — (for) Nin-[dar]; 1 sheep — (for) Nin-[MUŠ₃]-bar(?); 1 sheep — (for) Nin-[MAR.KI]. [When(?) Nindar(?)] [was brought into] his new [temple], [Bara]-namtara, wife of Lugal-anda, ruler [of Lagash], performed the offering. (reverse) Sheep consumed. Enku, the fattener. (Year) 2.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 079

1 sheep with its fleece still wrapped (unshorn) — (for) Baba; Baranamtara, (wife of) the ruler, when she resided at the gate of Pirig-[tur-gin₇]-du, [delivered (it) to her]. (reverse) [Sheep consumed.] [Ur-du], the chief herdsman, [it is (his account)].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 080

1 sheep — the ruler (ensi); 1 kid — the sanga-administrator of Nanše; 1 lamb, 1 kid — the sanga-administrator of Nin-MAR.KI: on the bank they were consumed. 1 sheep of the ruler; 1 sheep — the chief scribe: on the day of his banquet, at the place of the funerary libation (ki-a-nag) they were consumed. 1 sheep ... [broken] total of the [grand] sum: they were brought to be consumed. These are the sheep (that were) consumed.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 085

1 lamb, [a gift-offering (masz-da-re-a)], [...] [1 male goat], UD — Nin-uma, wife of Lala, the herald. 1 short (stunted) male goat — the temple administrator of Nanše. In the month of the festival of Lugal-URU₁₁, at its completion, to Bara-namtara he delivered (them). Enku, the fattener, set (them) aside. (Year) 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 090

1 plucked ram — the mašdaria-gift of Nin-bur, wife of the man of the long measuring-rope (the surveyor); to Bara-namtara in the month of the Festival of Malt-Eating of Lugal-URU11 she delivered it into the women's house. En-ku, the fattener, carried it off. 2nd (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 103

1 gir-animal, one year old, a gir of the "dun" (kind/place) — Dingir-šešmu: he is the cowherd. Ningirsu-lumu, together with Dal-mušen, was put under admonition (oath) in the matter. Its silver: 10 shekels. To Sasa, wife of Uru-inimgina (Urukagina), ruler of Lagash, in the palace he returned it into her hand. (Year) 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 104

50 full-grown goats, goats of the dun-a class, (from) the enku-official — it is the fattener's (charge). En-iggal, the overseer, after the malt-eating festival of Nanše, to Lugal-inim, the goat-herd, at the gate of the É-ki[...] [gave] them to him. It was not entered on the broad tablet. 3rd (year).

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