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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 008, 1928-439

[...] field [...] field [...] field [...] field [...] field [...] field 1/3 (unit) — silver [...] 10 — silver, shekel(?) [...] 1(?) — silver, shekel [...] 1/2 (unit) — silver, shekel [...] 1 [...]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Anonymous 270812

1 (gur) — Abba 2 (gur) — Ekur-nin 2 (gur) — [x]-nin 1 (gur) — Ur-ganun 1 (gur) — Ab-zu-zu 2 (gur) — Ur-nagar 1 (gur) — U2-U2-a 2 (gur) — Pa4-pa4 —— 12 gur of barley (total) Day 1: 1 shekel measured —— 5 ban2 — U2-U2-a 4 ban2 — Lugal-he2

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 007

9 workers — [for/of] e2-sar; 4 — [for] Ašgi; 4 — [for] e2-sahar; 2 — [for] Inanna; 3 — [for] Enki; 4 — [for the e2]-dam; 1 — Dara-[U]-Enlil-gar; 1 — [x]-e2-si; 1 — An-ne; 8 — small sanctuaries; [temple of] Utu; day 17 (= 20 minus 3); [field of] the chariot.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 010

5 shekels of refined silver 1 [unit?] of silver(?), [by the] talent 1 [unit] mountain PA, [by the] talent 1 [unit] x DIB(?) mountain x, [by the] talent 1 [unit] PA TAR-TAR(?), [of] pure silver, [by the] talent 1 [unit] yellow-green(?), silver 1 [unit] UD-tongue/blade 1 mina of female-goat wool, weighed 1/3 [unit] nu-gu Geme-Ur-Ganun(?) — was delivered

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 012

[17] gur-saggal of barley — Ur-Si 2 barig — Shu-ash3 2 barig — E2-mah-da 1 barig 2 ban2 — U2-U2 1 barig 3 ban2 — Ishtup-Il 1 gur — Nin-tur-tur 1 gur — the gudu4-priest of E2-mud 1 gur — Du-du 1 gur — Bara2-a-ra2-nu2 Total: 24 gur 5 ban2 of barley, gur-saggal measure [x?] — the lu2-mah (chief official) [n?] 5 gur? — Namlugal-nidum

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 016

5 large-gur (gur-saggal) of barley — Ur-en-sig-nun-na; 2 [large-gur,] ma-mud; [...]-sag, barley; 5 [large-gur] of barley — Me-me-a; 15 gur — the Vine-House (E₂-geštin-su₁₃); 2 [gur] — Nin-mu-gin₇-a-mah; 2 + 2 [gur] — Ili-ili; [...]-HAR; [...] (broken); Nu-SAHAR-a; Ma-ma-kišī-gal.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 027

3 gur of barley, received — Egi, son of Ama-NU+NU. 1 gur 1 barig — Amar-giri, builder. 1 gur of prime barley — Amar-ku6-ara2, shepherd. 1 gur 2 barig — Lugal-niĝzu. 1 gur 2 barig — Lugal-damda.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 029

Lugal-nigzu — Ur-nibeda — from the field a peg was pulled out; a donkey was released there; milk was declared there — before Ur-su, the donkey herder; house ... [broken] wages — distributed — [KU] ... the matter is concluded; to the governor of Nippur; ... [is] available.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 030

25 aktum-garments 20 minus 3 NI-garments [= 17] 8 nig2-bar-ba [items] 3 nig2-la2 gaba [chest-pieces] New tablet: 40 minus 2 — balance [= 38]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 038

15 gur of barley — purchase price for 1 house of 1 sar — it is. Nin-pada, wife of Lugal-ša, who drew [it] from the [clay] tablet [?] — received. 1 shekel of silver, 1 gur of barley — KUM-tuš-[ša3?], son of Lugal-[ša], received. Purchase price of [x x x]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 040

7 mother cows 2 cows, 3 years old 1 bull, 2 years old 1 female suckling calf 1 male suckling calf Total thereof: 12 Ur-likam Uʾuma Ansi Mazauma

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 043

5 gur 2 barig of barley 1 bar-dul5 garment — silver: 2/3 mina 1 aktum garment — silver: 2/3 mina 1 nig2-lam2 cloth — [value:] ½ shekel 1 nig2-lam2 cloth — [value:] ⅓ [shekel] 1 gur 2 barig of barley — 2 shekels of silver (for which there is no year-date) 1 shekel of silver [n] 1 she-goat [n] silver — 2/3 mina brought by canal [...] brought thereto 1 — into his/her hand — a garment, gum(-quality), was received [...]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 044

10 gur of barley — (from) the storehouse of the barber: 2 gur 2 barig: Igi-si. 2 gur 2 barig: Usz, son of Za-ge. 3 gur: (for) the storehouse of the barber. 2 barig: Ur-gu, son of Lugal-ennu. Inim-zida (witness). An-da-gal (witness). It is the principal barley; it is its source (base account). 4 gur 2 barig of barley: Aba-Enlil, son of Amar-Abzu, received (it).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 054

4 iku of field — 10+2 asz, 2 barig: its barley — [belonging to] the storehouse of the great merchant. 2½ iku of field — 10 less 2 barig: barley of the man [who is] sanga Lugal-ezem, the foreman. 1 eše3 [+] 2 iku of field — 40 less 2 asz, 2 barig: barley of Ama-bara-si [and] Lugal-ildu, the rope-stretchers. 3 iku of field — 10+2 asz, 2 barig: barley — [belonging to] the household of the rope-stretcher. 3¼ iku of field — 10+5 asz, 2 barig: barley of the junior woman, wife of the rope-stretcher. 1½ iku of field — 5 asz: [barley] of Ur-TAG, the potter.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 065

2 1/4 iku — field: Ešba(?) — (for) Ama-bara-abzu 3 iku less 1/4 iku; 3 1/2 iku; 3 1/4 iku — (for) Sidu 1 eše + 4 iku: Ur-Namnun 1 eše + 1 1/2 iku: Ur-Tulbaza, the gala-priest 2 eše + 4 iku: Lugal-a-[...] 1 eše + 2 1/2 iku(?), the long side (lisz-us2) (for) Magur, the overseer 2 1/2 iku, long side; 1 1/2 iku, grain(?), 4 units; total: 4 1/2 iku, long side (for) Enlila, the gusur-official 5 iku less 1/4 iku; 3 grain-units; 2 long-side units (for) Amar-gula, the shepherd

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 081

420 — old bread-rations 300 — wide [bread] 418 — kusz3-type, base-grade 358 — kusz3, 1 šu-bad, ½ 301 — GIŠ.BAD — overseer and deputy-overseer 302 — kusz3 — En-tar 121 — ninda-KID bread 179 — GIŠ.BAD — the elder [...] x — [...]-na 62 — kusz3 — Puni-dug 120 BAD kusz3 — not deposited in the storehouse 120 BAD — [Ekur(?)] — not deposited 241 — account of Ur-KUSZ2 121 — account of Huni-[x] 5 — account of NI-a

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 083

54 [bundles of] fodder-grass — En-a-kal-le; 35, quay construction; 40, Ur-ni; 42, En-tar-si; 3[6], overseer-foreman; 32½, overseer.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 087

286 (units) of copper — ha-bu11-da [grade/type] 110 minas of copper [x] minas, [x] from [x] [x] [...] brought out from the dust/rubble: 251 minas of copper — weavers, issued from the palace; weavers under the overseer of the smiths — given.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 115

1 šar 4 bur 2 iku of garden, [designated:] great, 5 bur of small garden, 1 bur 3 iku, outer field of the city-place of AN, 5 bur of garden — [potter?] Ur-en-[X], [house of] AN-[X], 4 iku, outer garden, [X] a-zu-zu [(X)], [it is] the year[ly account].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 173

[x]+4 shekels of silver, 12 gur 1 barig barley (lidga-quality), 41 sila of pig fat, 2 gur 1 barig dates, 1 grass-fed pig: this is the purchase price of Nin-gišnani. Ur-lugal, the donkey-herder, gave (it) to her — (for) the wall of the gate of the palace. Its case was put in order (settled). Dudu, ...... ...... [......], the men of the (legal) statement — they confirmed (it under oath). The oath ...... [......]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CBS 07280

[broken] x [...] 2 gur — Masz-da5, [pa4?] [broken] 1 gur 2 barig — Sag-[x]-[(broken)] 2 gur — Ur-Abu 2 barig — Lugal-shesh 2 barig — Enlil-[broken] [broken] — [nesag?] [broken]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CBS 08117

1 garment, bar-dul5 (covering cloak), fine-grade (sal-la), for the women — before [the temple of] Enlil: the szabra (temple administrator), Ug-il, weighed [it] out. Month: Brick-mold Placed, day 7 having passed.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 011

šušx pa-nam-šita chief purification priest (iszib) great [BADxDIŠ-official] lord of IB chief šita-official abgal (grand sage) kingal tiru (palace attendant) [...] sukkal ([...] vizier/messenger) [...] x stone(?) x life/arrow(?) KAx[...] na [...] (too fragmentary to render)

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CST 001

33 mother ewes 29 male sheep (30 minus 1) 8 female spring lambs 5 male spring lambs 4 female late-born lambs 3 male late-born lambs Total: 82 — their ewes and lambs Pasture-fed sheep (Account) of Enda-nirgal Šubur (dependent worker / labor category) Superintendent (nu-banda₃) At the house of the street Gathered / collected Lugal-ikuš [Was tallied alongside]: 1 [special unit]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CST 022

15 gur of barley — for Ama-tuku-gal-zu; 1 gur, 2 barig — for Nin-ur-ni; 15 (units of) pig fat — UMBIN(-type); 1½ shekels of silver — its value; 2 (gur of) nig2-lam2; 1 sheep — its silver [value: ...]; 2 pigs — (for) consumption; 2 bar-dul5-garments; 1 dul(?)-garment; 43(?) shekels of silver; property of x-[...]; [year/name(?)]: [...]-ki-gal-la(?); in the matter of An-gal2; 1 mina of silver; its clay was given (document issued).

~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-ma-ma; 1 iku: PA-[...]-bala, Ur-tu; [A]ga?-le.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 034

1 iku 2 sar [damaged sign?] (for) E2-zi[#] ('house of life' or personal name) 3 iku — Lugal-kal 3 iku — Ur-nu 3 iku — [x]-ad-gal (area lost/unwritten) — U-nu-NI-NI [n] 1 iku — [...] 2 iku — [...] 2 iku — Lugal-ildu

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 064

180 ninda-bread; 10, less [n?] vessels (dug) — [deficit]; the ensi (governor); the geszax-official; the ensi of Lagash; the household of the gudu-priest. Month: it is the barley-harvest month.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 081

2 barig of groats (gur-standard) 2 barig of malt Išme-ilum An-na-šum Disbursement Storehouse of the gudug(-priest) Month: the barley-harvest month

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 097

122 ninda-bread-loaves — Ma-u2. 61 [ninda]-bread-loaves — Ur-Šer7-da. 122 ninda-bread-loaves — I-la-la. Neck-load delivery; it is his bringing: has been brought. Month: Ab-e3-zi-da, day 27.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 098

120 [loaves of] bread — House of the Children. 180 [loaves of] bread, 3 jars — House of the Gudu-priest. 120 [loaves of] bread, 2 jars — House of Igi-si4. 120 [loaves of] bread, 2 jars — Ur-nu. 60 [loaves of] bread — House of Nin-mug. [Day 2]1(?) — Month of [barley-]harvest.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 100

[n] loaves of bread — House of the Child: 183 (3 sixties, 3); House of the Gudu-priest: 122 loaves of bread (2 sixties, 2); House of Igi-si4: 122 loaves of bread (2 sixties, 2); Ur-nu: 61 [loaves of bread,] House of Nin-[mug]. Day 23. Month: [the month of] lifting the field.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 102

600 (units of) fine bread; 1 ban2 and 20 du8-bread, 600 (units of) barley bread; 1 ban2 and 20 du8-bread, 20 jars, 10 (portions of) soup — (from) the house of [...], [when] the governor of Agade was kept alive (restored to life).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 105

3 vessels: Ur-Nanše. 6 [vessels]: Ur-Era — the reed-craftsman, Šeš-tur. Via him: the stone-cutter. 1 vessel: the man of HUB2-BU. [...] [n] vessel(s): Lugal-alsa.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 120

[n+] 2 barig, granary barley — [for] Enlil-la; [n+] 2 asz — Ur-ga; [n+] — Sag-zi; 2 asz — Ur-eš-peš; [n+] 2 barig — Ur-dingir. (From the) head granary: it has been given.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 124

[n] 1 barig of barley — gur: (for the) garment-fuller (tug₂-du₈), from the storehouse. New Year (festival): the sukkal (minister/vizier). Its maškim (inspector/supervisor): 1 (gur) 1 barig — female workers, 2 ban — house of the children (e₂-dumu). 9 (units) — ENGUR-TUM. 4 ban — foot-runners (giri₃-giri₃). Barley deliv[ered]. To h[im] [he] g[ave]. Di-[Utu], nu-[banda₃] (lieutenant/captain).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 142

1 asz (gur) of emmer flour — (for) Ur-ni. 2 barig of barley, gur — (for) the people who came from Isin. 1 ban of bread flour. [...] x [...] 1 ban of [...] 1 ban of Ur[...]- (going) out. A-KA-du3 was given to him [or: (by) An-na-šum] — (from) the children's house. Month: the barley-cutting (month 1).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 143

1 gur of flour (dabin) [— partially preserved —]; 2 barig of beer bread (bappir); 2 barig of malt (munu4); 2 barig of coarse grain (nig2-ar3-ra). Ab-ba, An-na-šum, Ur-[...] — their overseer (maškim). Institution: House of the Son (e2-dumu). Month: Du6-ku3 (the Holy Mound festival).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 144

1 gur of fine flour 1 gur of beer-bread 1 gur of malt 1 gur of groats [Šeš]-bad, the cupbearer — from the deputy; it was given to him; [at the] e₂-dumu Month: the first barley harvest (sze-sag-sig15-ga)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 150

1 gur of barley; 1 gur of emmer wheat; 2 barig of fine flour; 3 barig of dabin-flour; 2 barig of groats; [n unit(s) of] beer bread; 2 barig of malt; 3 barig of barley — it is (for) beer — (for) the boatmen, Annessum, it is the house of the son; month: ewe-shearing.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 153

5 gur of dark-emmer flour — Gal5-la2-gal. 5 gur of dark-emmer flour — Nimgir-gal, the Great Herald. To the house of the son, it was brought. Ur-Ninmug, the scribe — An-na-šum gave [it]. Month: Du6-ku3 (the Sacred Mound). Dark emmer wheat[...] House of the nu-[banda3].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 181

[X] male sheep — Na-ni — given to him. 3 male sheep — Na-ni — given to him. Via Giri-gen-na. Utu-tešmu. Children's house. Di-Utu, officer. Month: [the] barley-harvest [month].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 182

[...]-x [x]-ba [House] of the son it is: 18 sheep (HAR-type) Month: Ab-e3-zi-ga [...] [...] Ur-[ga2] Farmer [x?] Di-Utu Overseer (nu-banda3) Via Giri-gen-na [...]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 202

[n] Igi-zi: [(10) minus (1) =] 9 chariot(s) — szubur [dependent workers]; 4 [units of] mud; 3 plowmen (sag-apin); [n] workers (erin₂); (belonging) to the é-dumu [children's house]; brought/delivered [to/by] AN; Month: [of] sheep-pen shearing.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 203

10 — [items:] long and new Ur-Dumuzida [n] long? [...] A-zuzu Isin [x] from SIG₂ — he travels/is dispatched 5 long wooden implements, deposited A-zuzu Isin

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 207

21 minas of copper — Az, the overseer: 20½ [minas] — Lugal-hul 10½ [minas] — Lugal-nig-bara-du 4 [minas] — Lugal-ezem, the cook 3½ [minas] — Ama-ab-zu-si 3 [minas] — E-ki Copper that has come out from above Inim-zida — its commissioner

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 209

1 gur, 2 barig of dates — to Ur-[lu], the boatman, [routed] toward the SAG-NAGAR [official] — was given. [House of the son:] Di-Utu, captain (nu-banda3). Month: Akiti.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 232

1 (unit) [...] 1 (unit) [...] [...] it is (a measure of) field person [...] farmer [+ uncertain sign] [mouth/gate sign]-[...]-[...] [...] [...] Mu-lah Ur-gu Pu-ta-pada-ra [An]-na-šum Month: sheep-shearing; Year: bricks of Karkara deposited/placed

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 315

Row 1: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 2: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 3: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 4: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 5: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 6: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 7: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 8: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 9: 10 10 10 [10] 10 10

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 399

40 [loaves of] ninda-UD bread, fine quality 7 [vessels of] |UKKENxGUG2| beer, [measured in] sila — [for] the weaver 3 [vessels of] szim-[x] aromatic, [measured in] sila — u2-u2-la [plant] 5 [vessels of] DIN-SZE beer, [measured in] sila 10 [measures of] fine beer, [in] sila

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