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~2270 BCE·Akkadian Empire

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Lippmann Coll 053

[n+]1 prime sheep, 20 date baskets — [blank/ruling] — (for) the lady. 1 prime sheep, 10 date baskets — (for) Li-bi-ad-li. 1 grass-fed sheep, 10 date baskets — (for) the temple steward of the house. 2 junior brothers, 2 senior boatmen.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 054

5 sheep hides 3 gu-lul 5 sila of u2-hab2 5 sila of gazi Lugal-itida [...] lugal(?) [...] si [x] to Akkad he gave to him month: nig2-kiri6

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 055

11 u₂-ḫab₂[-plant], gu₂ 11 gurdub [of] ab-šum₂ [marsh garlic] Ur-E₂-mash, son of Engar-zira — to Akkad An-na-šum₂ Month: [orchard] (iti nig₂-kiri₆)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 056

1 sila of pig fat (lard); Su-durun, donkey herdsman — Si-ip-ri-is-kal: fat disbursed, [sent] via the established route, [through/to Sha]-ri-kam; month: sze-[šeš]-kin-ku5-a (the barley-cutting month).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 059

20 minas of wool — Tania; 20 (minas), medium-grade; 7 (minas) — Nin-nigu-zu; 7 (minas) — Me-nigin-ta. Total: 1 talent of wool, lacking 6 minas. The wool-workers gave it to them. Via Giri-gena, the governor's (official). Month: Še-sag-kal-ga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 060

1 talent (and) 36 minas of coarse wool — wool of Ur-Šupa-sikil, he brought (it). Lugal-itida, [the scri]be, [...] to [...], [...] gave to him. Via Giri-gen-na. (It is of/from) the E2-ur2. Month: Šu-gar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 062

20 bread (rations), 1 (vessel of) beer — Tibarum; commissioner (of) barley. 10+[x] bread for the house — commissioner: Gi-sur. 15 — Lugal-ezem; commissioner: Eš2-[GAN2?]-gid2 [...]. 15 — Ni-[...]; commissioner: Sukkal[?]. 15 — Beli-ṭāb; commissioner: Anše-gun3. 5 — Ur-su, vizier. Month: mu-tir, day 1.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 063

7 [capacity units] of semolina, 60 [units,] gu-la₂, 2 ban₂ [for] the great temple (e₂-mah), 2 ban₂ [for] the e₂-GAN₂-iš, [n units for] the house of Ašgi[?], [n units,] 1 ban₂, ki-[an], [7? units,] the house of x, x-[x], 7 [units,] dar-gag, 7 [units,] silver(?), [x]-x, 1 [unit,] x-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 066

[n] jar(s) of beer, kab2(-measure) — wife of the governor: 15 (jars of) beer — Ur-Gurdub; 2 small jars — Ur-E'mah; 2 (jars) — Da-du; 2 (jars) — Ba'a; 2 (jars) — Ur-sa6; 1 (loaf of) bread of imgaga3-flour; 4 (jars of) dark beer — Iškur; [4×60+]10 (portions of) bread, x x [x]; 2 (jars of) dark beer [...]; 1 jar — in the hand of [x].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 068

75 (units of) garlic-rations; 18 (= 20 minus 2) garlic [for] persons — Da-da; 134 (units of) garlic-rations — Ur-[Enlil].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 069

1 barig 4 ban₂ of salt. Settlement: 1(×600) + 5(×60) persons [= 900 people]. Bread rations — fully supplied. Orchard of Ur-tu-aš-gi₄. Šabra of the household. For the great house, for the sukkal. It has been delivered there. Work-force [of ...] — upon their going. [It] was drawn out. Month: šu-gar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 071

1 barig 4 ban2 of fenugreek, 2 ban2 5 sila of zi-zi-bi2-a-num2 — Ašgibad. 2 ban2 of fenugreek, [n] sila of zi-zi-bi2-a-num2, [n] gur of šelu — Dada. Returned to hand. [Belonging] to the [...]-s. Month: Šugar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 072

93 large grapes 130 small grapes — first [delivery] 71 large grapes 138 small grapes — second [delivery] Grand total: 164# large grapes Grand total: 208 small grapes [Into the] new palace delivered Month of Šu-gar

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 073

2 ban2 of dates — Emaḫ [temple]; 2 ban2 — é-GAN2-iš; 2 ban2 — é-ašgi; [n ban2] — ki-an; 1 ban2 — Iškur; 1 ban2 — ešpeš; The nu-priests gave it to him. Month: a2-[ki-ti].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 077

2 barig of dates — [for] the chief musician; 1 gur 1 barig 3 ban of dates, 10 gurdub [containers] — given — Da-dum, man of the steward; 3 ban of dates — [they are] stationed workers. Total: 2 gur of dates — disbursed. Month: ga2-udu-ur4.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 082

Dates: 1 gur [—] 3 barig 10 [—] 2 barig [—] 4 gur 2 barig [—] 3 gur 2 barig 4 [—] 2 gur 2 barig [x] [—] 1 gur 2 barig [x]+3 [—] 1 barig [x] [—] 3 ban [x] [—] 2 ban [8?] [—] 1 ban Total: 13 gur 2 barig Gissu, son of Ur-Ha[ia]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 083

2 [PN] — 2 barig [PN] — 4 [asz] 2 barig [PN] — 3[+] [asz] 2[+] barig (damaged) [PN] — 2 [asz] 2 barig [PN] — 1[+] [asz] 2[+] barig (damaged) 4 [PN] — [1 barig] 4 [PN] — [n] (quantity lost) 4 [PN] — 4 ban2 (damaged) 3 [PN] — 3 ban2 (damaged) [PN] — 2 ban2 (damaged) 2 [PN] — 1 ban2 Grand total: 4 gur of dates Orchard of A-ḫu-du10, son of A-ba-da-sa2

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 084

18 date palms, 4 ban — a-hu-du10 Subtotal: [blank] 18 date palms, 4 ban — a-hu-du10, junior Subtotal: [blank] A-ba-da: 7 date palms, 3 ban [for the] nin-dingir (divine lady / priestess) 21 date palms — great lukur-priestess

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 090

1 GUR [...] A-aš₂-[...] 1 jar, minus 2 sila, of oil — the sanga-priest of Ašgi; 15 sila of oil for Ur-er[...]: (the oil) was distributed. Ur-Su: his commissioner. 1 jar — Ur-Ur; Ga-eš₈, A-rum₂-[x]: was delivered.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 092

[n] oil jar(s), 2⅓ sila [each] — Nam-mahni. 1 oil jar — Nimgir-abzu. 1 oil jar, 2⅓ sila — Iggi. 11 sila of oil — Karkar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 096

1 jar of sesame oil — its price: 2 shekels of silver; 1 garment of [nig2-su] type — its price: ½ shekel of silver. His title: scribe — Lugal-itida. (He/she) gave [it] to him.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 098

1 sze-du10 1 poplar 4 u3-suh5 — [belonging to] his eminence 1 poplar — orchard of Urtu-asz8gi4 2 sze-du10 — orchard of asz8-gi4 6 sze-du10 — orchard of Enlil

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 099

3 hum-trees (and) mes-trees, 10 zarda-trees, lying, [garden of] Ur-Gibil(?): 2 asznan-gam(-trees), small, 2 cedar, bordering, [garden of] Ur-Ninpirig: 3 cedar, bordering — Ur-su: 2 hum-trees (and) mes-trees — Ur-sudda: 2 [...]-ma trees — Lugal-karre: the ab-[...]-tree — it is its name.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 103

[x+]42 [bundles of] large reeds; [x+]27 bundles of small reeds. Lugal-ma-gur8, man of Ur, who brought (them). Lugal-a-mu, governor. Month: Šu-gar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 106

8 bundles of reeds — Lu-Inanna, the reed-craftsman, delivered. 6 — Inim-mani-zi delivered. Total: 14 bundles of reeds, returned to hand. [Credited to] Enlil-la, the man of the reed thicket. Month: Akiti.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 111

1,230 (units of) twisted thread — (for the) chief lamentation priest. 990 (units of) twisted thread — (for) Ezi; Karkar — (under the) overseer of the chief lamentation priests. The thread: it is a deficit. Month: Ab-éziga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 112

60 [talents of] thread — [for the] chief lamentation priest; 20 — Ulux-di-gal; 33 — E2-zi; 10 — Lugal-itida, son of Ur-ga; 10 — Lugal-itida, son of Utu-a; [10] — Ur-dam [...]; Total: 143 [talents of] thread. [These are] the thread workers — ba-ḫa (distributed/issued?), it was given to them.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 115

2,190 (bundles of) twisted cord — its weight: 40 talents; stone weight: 1 talent each. To the lord it was given. For the primary tablet. Month: še-sag₁₁-ku₅-a.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 116

86 [bundles of] thread-cord — from stone[-weight] minas, 2 minas' [worth], was weighed out. To the lord was given to him. The thread is in his hand — was disbursed. Month: [barley-]harvest.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 118

120 gu [sa] Ur-a, the nubanda; 30: Ur-ašgi, the assigned man; 120: Kin-gal; 600: the chief scribe — received / returned. Adda is the scribe.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 119

5 talents (and) 7 minas of wool — wool that was brought into the storehouse (é-níg-gur₁₁-ra); it is the governor's wool. Lugal-amu weighed it out for him. Month: Du₆-kù.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 125

168 garments — outstanding balance [from] personal property; 176 garments — personal property. Total: 344 garments — personal property. Garments of the quay — they are present. Garments of the palace — they are present.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 130

40 nig2-la2 garments — nig2-su-a [type] 1 basket — in stock 30 [...] 1 basket — [in stock] 30[+?] [...] 1 basket — in stock 35 nig2-la2 garments 1 basket — in stock 70 šà-ga-dù garments 1 basket — in stock 80 šà-ga-dù garments 10 nig2-la2 garments 1 basket — [in stock]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 135

2 garments of šagadu-type — [for the] governor 2 garments of šage-dab-type — [for the] governor Ur-Šupa-sikil gave to him [Total: n garment(s),] various [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 136

[...] x [...] garment(s)?, delivery/rotation [...] its weight: 18 minas, [1]0(?) shekels x x [...] [x] x [...] [...] 4 mi[nas] [...] [...] was given to him/her [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 146

60 sheep hides, sealed at the opening — Ki-ni-du₁₀, [x x], at Adab gave to him. The hide of Ur-su was brought from Nita-me-me. [It was] drawn/issued. Month: Mu-tir. For the king.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 147

233 sheep hides — first installment; 22 sheep hides — [second installment]; to Munira [lit. 'for his account'], it was given to him. Month: šu-gar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 151

[20+n] sheep hide(s) — 1st time; 29 hide(s) — 2nd [time]; [n+]2 sheep hide(s); 64 bar-dul5 garments — weaver(s); [at] the treasury: is registered. Month: Ab-e3. 3rd time.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 152

(20 minus 2), times [1] 8 times 2 [total] existing 8 leatherworkers 6 workers of Inanna 24 [x] [x] therefrom 6 workers of Inanna 8 leatherworkers 2 — mu-ni

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 153

3 1/3 mana of quality refined [commodity] — its silver (value): 6 2/3 shekels; 1 2/3 mana of copper — its silver (value): 2 1/2 [shekels]. Total: 9 shekels, 1/6 (shekel). Ur-Inanna, the merchant, delivered (it). Month: Barley Harvest.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 156

1 [item/person] — tukul[(?)], [set right(?)], Ur-e2-dam, Lu-dun-a, Ur-a2; 1 temple administrator (sanga) of Asz8-gi4; [1?] Ha-zi-gula, Lugal-[x]-zi; 1 Ha-zi, Urua — he/she gave it to him/her. Month: Du6-ku3 (the Holy Mound).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 157

35[?] long timbers — new wood. 31 long timbers — old wood; wood [given as] replacement. 37 stripped timbers. 240 pegs. 60 pegs without tips. [Deposited in] the storehouse of accumulated goods: on record. Month: barley-harvest.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 158

75 caps, old caps. 60 baskets in stock (available). 42 new caps, 5 old caps. Copper — the work (is) finished. 17 (i.e. 20 minus 3) spear-shafts (long-wood) — (for) the Emah. 35 spear-shafts, 31 old shafts (wood) — (for) the storehouse (E-nigur).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 163

68 old garlic — 32 new garlic — total: 100 [garlic] — its name (designation) — to the scribe it was given. [Month]: harvest of barley (barley-cutting).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 165

[3 units of garlic] — Mes-[...], 4 units — the house/institution of [...], 11 units — [...], 3 units — from the well (or: at the cistern), year 2, 3 units — in the hand of [PN]-na, Total: 24 units of garlic. The deficit has not been cleared. Year: [...].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 166

20 (units) garlic/onions — Ur-Usu, the scribe. 10 — Ur-mah. 5 — Ur-Enlil. 6 — Dada. [n] — Ebabbar — they are the registrars (sa12-du5). 13 — Adda, the scribe — given to them(?). Total: 54 (units) garlic. Garlic — it is a disbursement (booked-out expenditure). Month: 'Grain-harvest.'

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 169

[n] cumin, 1 (unit), [n] sila; 5 sila of zizānu-flour (a wheat/emmer product); Egi; the man of the sausage/pork-product; [...] (broken, two signs illegible) [...]; 2 gur, ma-sim-measure of groats; 2 gur, ma-sim-measure of zizu-flour; 4 gur 2 barig; Naba(?)lu; the brewer; Lugal-hegal.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 171

1 (unit): carded wool, sur(-quality) 1 (unit): hide, select/front-grade, sur 1 (unit): leather nose-strap, sur 1 (unit): garment — black belt/sash (recipient/responsible party:) Ur-gibil

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 172

[...] 68 dates (measured in) gurdub-containers of 3 ban2 (each) 2 igi-dim garments, bar-dul5 (garments), (from) the weaver 10 hoes 40 [...] (illegible) [...] 50 fish, (for) the offering table 2 wagon-loads of goods — the 'house of allotment' 10 pa-nig2(?), (of) bronze (and) copper

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 174

39 minas of wool — Adda 23 minas of wool — Ursu Wool of the palace [which] has been brought in: for the weaver — Ašdarra gave to him

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