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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 360
Obverse 50 bundles of reed: Ne-sag; 50 bundles of reed: Lugal-šà; the fishermen of the sea from the field A-us carried them. En-iggal, the overseer, counted them; into the storehouse of the orchard they were brought. (Reverse / edge) 90 (1 šár-unit of 60 + 30) bundles of reed: Dam-dingir-mu; labour of 2 days.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 361
Obverse 420 bundles of reeds, cut reeds, from Inimdu, the foreman, from the field A-us: Inimanizi carried them. Eniggal, the overseer, brought them into the house at the city's edge. [Reverse / final line] Work of the 11th day.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 364
Obverse 1020 bundles of manu-wood: Inimdu, the overseer, brought them from KA-geš. Enig-gal, the captain (nu-banda), received them into the storehouse of Mes-<an>-du. Reverse Bara-namtara, wife of Lugal-anda, ruler (ensi) of Lagaš. Year 3.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 365
Obverse col. i 767 (literally 600 + 2 × 60 + 5 × 10, minus 3) bundles of manu-wood: Šeš-lu-du, the overseer, from Lagaš loaded them into the boat. col. ii En-iggal, the nu-banda (captain), brought them into the reed storehouse of Mesandu. Reverse Year 2.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 366
Obverse: 1,160 (= 1,200 minus 40) bundles of manu-wood. E-melamsu, foreman: Mude, cut (them). Lu-kurrebigi (and) En-iggal, the overseer, brought (them) into the Mes-andu storehouse. Year 2.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 367
Obverse 96 bundles of manu-wood: [the 1st time] they were brought. 40 bundles of manu-wood: the 2nd time they were brought. Reverse Eniggal, the overseer, took them out of the orchard of the E-ku (and) brought them to the storehouse of the orchard. Year 2.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 368
Obverse 3 šar'u minus 2 šar (= 1,680) bundles of dried grass: U'u, the city overseer, brought them in. Grass that was cut. E-melam-su, the overseer (of the work gang); En-iggal, the nu-banda (chief administrator). Reverse In the storehouse of Mesandu it was entered. Year 2.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 369
Obverse: 2 (×600) 10 minus 2 (×60) bundles of dried grass, green (fresh) grass — it is (the delivery) of the U2-U2 (grass-men). The U2-U2 men brought it. Into the storehouse of Mes-sadu it was brought in. Reverse: Year 2.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 370
Obverse 678 (literally 600 + 60 + 20 minus 2) bundles of flax, šušin-quality; its area in sar is 80. En-iggal, the overseer, pulled (it) up from the marsh. To En-ušurre, the man of the storehouse, he counted it out. Reverse Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagaš. Year 6.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 372
Obverse, column i 371 bundles of pulled flax: it is flax of the palace. 272 bundles of flax, ... twisted (sar sur-ra): (obverse, column ii) from Gesh-AN-tur. Sasa, wife of Urukagina (Uru-inimgina), king of Lagash, (verb mu-SIG7, meaning unclear). Year 2. Reverse: uninscribed.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 380
Obverse 2(×60) 20 + 5 = 145 bundles of flax; its furrows: 8. From the onion plot (?), from the field Gir2-ka. Enigal, the overseer, pulled it up (?); for Ennaumu he counted it out. Reverse Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler (ensi) of Lagash. Year 6.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 382
Obverse 80 bundles of selected flax, 90 bundles of second-grade flax, 44 bundles of third-grade flax: from the garlic plot of the Ugig field. En-iggal, the overseer (nu-banda), had it pulled (mu-SIG7). Reverse U2-U2, the foreman (ugula), counted it (lit. 'it was counted by his hand'). Year 6. Bara-namtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler (ensi) of Lagash.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 412
Obverse: 52 long-timber fir trees (u3-suh5) were brought into the orchard. 10 long-timber fir trees were taken out (of it). Urukagina (Uru-inimgina), ruler (ensi) of Lagash Reverse: month: 'Festival of Eating Malt of Ningirsu'; he gave instruction (na e-ma-ri); year 1.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 426
Obverse 183 bases of roof beams, selected (?); 60 bases of roof beams, (of the) za3-gu2-la2 (type); 23 cut-off branches (and) crowns of roof beams: (from) the grove of the Women's Household. Reverse Lugalanda, ruler of Lagaš, ordered [them] (to be cut) (?). Year 6.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 435
Obverse: 141 roof beams (ur3): Gu-dugga, the boatman, from the forest of the marsh of Baba loaded (them) into the boat. En-iggal, the overseer, counted (them) for him. Reverse: Urukagina, ruler of Lagash. Year 1.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 438
Obverse 35 new roof-beams, wood of Dam-dingirmu, from the marsh forest, were loaded onto boats. 43 old roof-beams from the house of the mound of Me-Kulaba were brought in. In the house of the wool depot of Nin-inimzida they were placed. Reverse En-iggal, the overseer, counted those placed in the house. (Year) 2. Its tablets: 2.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 440
Obverse i 1: 132 large bundles of brushwood (fuel); i 2: 368 (i.e. 370 less 2) small bundles of brushwood; i 3: 607 bound bundles of poplar branches: ii 1: from the forest of the marsh ii 2: of Baba, ii 3: were loaded onto boat(s). Reverse i 1: En-iggal, i 2: the overseer (nu-banda), i 3: brought them into the storehouse of the craftsmen's workshop. ii: Year 2.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 496
Obverse 5 yokes, 2 plough-heads, 2 plough 'mates' (a plough part), [… …] …-de3 — for Ur-Enki, the carpenter; En-iggal, the overseer, Reverse from the courtyard-house (e2 ki-sal4-la) issued (them) to him. (Year) 4.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 535
10 gur (saggal-measure) of seed-barley, barley for the oxen to eat: month gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-a; A2-ne2-kur-ra, the head plowman, for the field U3-gig-ga — En-ig-gal, the overseer, from the storehouse of Baba issued (it) to him for this purpose. The barley is the property of Baba. Sa6-sa6, wife of URU-KA-gi-na, king of Lagash. 2nd (year).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 536
Obverse: 12 gur-saggal of barley: seed barley, and barley for the oxen to eat, for Saga-tuku-a, the plough-leader. Di-Utu, the soldier, brought it to him at the field 'Beside the Thornbush'. Reverse: Barley, the property of Baba. Sasa, wife of Urukagina, king of [Lagash]. Year 2.
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 542
Obverse, column i 12 gur of barley, by the large (saggal) gur, barley to be eaten by the oxen: Puzur-Mama gave (it) to him. 10 (gur) of seed barley: Abasa'e gave (it) to him. Obverse, column ii / Reverse The seed barley (and) the barley eaten by the oxen, for the Du'uh field: to Ur-abu, the head of the plough team, Eniggal, the overseer, gave (it). Year 1.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 543
15 gur of barley (by the sag-gal measure), month: "The-grain-heap-was-sealed-with-clay"; from the storehouse of Baba it was issued. 16 gur 2 barig of barley, month: "Ningirsu was conducted into the new house of Antasurra"; from the storehouse of the orchard it was issued. (This is) seed-grain and barley for feeding the oxen. To Di-Utu, chief plowman of the women('s household) of Baba, En-iggal, the overseer, issued it. 4th (year).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 546
2 bur3 2 eše3 of field(-land), eaten by locusts: its seed-grain and the barley consumed by the oxen — 8 gur (by the) saggal (measure); 1 (gur) barley, barley to be strewn upon the field — (for) Inim-ma-ni-zi, the chief plowman. Month: "wool-allotment." En-iggal, the overseer, from the new storehouse issued it to him. 4th (year).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 552
86 gur 1 barig of barley, by the head (gur saggal) measure — Puzur-Mama; 89 gur (60 + 30 less 1) 1 barig — Gala-tur: they are the plowmen. 16 gur of barley — Inim-mani-zi (and) Lu-šinig; 32 gur 1 barig of barley — En-uda-na. (reverse) Total: 223 gur 1 barig of barley, by the head measure — barley of the domain estate (níg-en-na). It is from the field Du'uhka. En-iggal, the overseer (nu-banda), heaped it up (in storage) in the market-house. 5th (year).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 572
8 hoes (gag-al) — Ur-sag; 5(?) — Ur-šerda; 7 — Inim-du; 6 — E-nam; 11 — Šeš-lu-du; 4 — E-me; 11 — Inim-mani-[zi]; [... (remainder of the list broken away)] Total: 62 hoes (gag-al), (for) the canal Enlil-le-šu-mu-gia ("Enlil restored it"). En-iggal, the overseer, allotted them to them. 3rd (year).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 575
3 bur minus 2 iku of field — subsistence land of Ki-duru; field Gir-gir; 2 bur of field "Enlil": the men of Ur-Baba, the cupbearers — Šubur, the overseer, gave (it) to them. Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash: (year) 1.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 576
1 bur'u less 4 iku of field — barley grown (i.e. sown/cultivated with barley); 2 bur of field — white emmer; [...] 1 bur, 1 eše, 4 1/2 iku of field — white emmer; 1 eše of field — gu-nida (emmer variety); 3 iku of field — [...]; 2 bur, 3 iku of field — white emmer; 3 bur(?), 1/2 iku of field — wheat (and) emmer; field of grown barley. Šubur, the scribe.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 621
146 bundles of flax — it is of the field A-limmu. 180 + 30 minus [n] bundles of flax — it is of the field Duḫ. It is the flax of the year. En-iggal, the overseer, on their bird-perches (dal-mušen) has placed it (for them). 4th (year).
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
DP 648
60 ninda — the canal (that runs) straight; 10 ninda — the canal at its side: it is the Great Ditch. 140 1/2 (ninda by) the measuring-rope, in ninda — it is the ditch that lies alongside the city wall. It is the ditch of the field Uri-ru'a. En-iggal, the overseer, had it hoed out. (Year) 4.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Erm 14330
1 kid (goat). To the place of Liʾsina, Baranamtara made the offering. Enlu, the cupbearer, brought it with her. Consumed. It is (from) Enku, the fattener. (Year) 5.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Erm 14333
392 gur 2 barig 2 ban2 of barley (by the saggal gur measure), barley of the estate property (nig-en-na), (from) the field "Small Gir-gir," the subsistence allotment of the ruler (ensi). Inima-ni-zi, the foreman, returned it into (his) hand. En-iggal, the overseer, stored it in the market-house. 6th (year).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Erm 14334
(Obverse) 1. 60 less 3 (= 57) gur of barley — 2. Utu-anzu(?), 3. the merchant. 4. ... the courier(?) ... 6(?) ... 5. (as) the purchase price (of) ...; 6. that barley SZUL-bi 7. gave to him. 8. 6 (units/year 6?).
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Erm 14335
1. 50 head of si-U-NU (fish), 2. 12 porter-loads of fish: 3. Lugal-megalgal, 4. the fisherman of the brackish waters, 5. in the month "barley (and) water for the sheep of Ningirsu," 6. En-iggal, 7. the overseer, 8. into the Women's House (E-munus) 9. delivered (them). 10. (For) Baranamtara, 11. wife of Lugalanda, 12. the ruler 13. of Lagash. 3rd (year).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
FAOS 15/2, 125
1. [x (units of) wool, sheep fleeces,] 2. [delivered (by) Nimgir-eša]tum, 3. the measurer of goods; 4. 3 men who hauled the ma-sa (boat-load?) 5. — one sheep fleece each — 6. [received (it)]. 7. They are the men who brought the barley by water. 8. Baranamtara, 9. wife of Lugalanda, 10. the ruler 11. of Lagash, 12. allotted (it) to them. (Year) 2.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Genava 26, 5
1. 1 jug of butter oil (ghee), 2. oil of the mašdaria-offering, 3. (from) the shepherds of the goats; 4. 1 jug (and) 3 sila of goat oil, 5. 1 barig (and) 1 ban of kashk-cheese: 6. A-inun; 7. 10 sila of oil: Ur-Ebabbar — 8. goat oil, 9. (from) the shepherds of the goats. 10. (For) Lugalanda [...] 11. in the house of the festival, 12. Ur-igi-ama-še, 13. the overseer, 14. poured it out for him. 6th (year).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
HSS 03, 04
Obverse 1. 40 gur 3 ban of barley (in) the gur-saggal measure: 2. barley rations of the porters (and) the blind workers, the various ones (registered) on the tablet; 3. 34 (gur) 2 barig ...: barley rations of the female workers (and their) children; 4. [4]3 (gur) less 2 ban: barley for bread, the regular monthly provisions; 5. 15 (gur): barley with its supplement (bar-bi-gal₂). 6. Total: 132 (gur) 2 barig 1 ban(?) of barley (in) the gur-saggal measure. 7. It is the barley for rations (and) barley for bread of the people of Baba. 8. Urukagina, 9. king 10. of Lagash, 11. from the storehouse of B…
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
HSS 03, 43
1 (man): URU-KA-gina-Enlile-su, 1 (man): URU-KA-gina-Ningir[su]ke-su, 1 (man): URU-KA-gina-Nanše-su — they are the men who stand (in service) at the water(-works) (a-en-ra); with Lugal-ešduga, the scribe, they live (i.e., are stationed). Total: 3.
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
HSS 03, 44
Obverse, col. i 1. 7 split (dried) fish, 2. 1 hide of a pig of the canebrake (wild boar), 3. (from) the fishermen of Baba — 4. (their) delivery. Obverse, col. ii 5. E-ur, 6. the overseer, 7. brought (it) in with them. 6th (year).
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
HSS 03, 45
1. 10 sheepskins with the fleece plucked (bar sar-ra), 2. 2 skins for ...-ing the UL-LAK470 (purpose obscure), 3. to Amar-Ašnan, 4. the leatherworker, 5. En-iggal, 6. the overseer, 7. in the month 'accounting(?) of the canal' (iti niĝ-ka-i-ka), 8. from the E-munus ('Women's House'), 9. gave to him. (Year) 1.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
HSS 03, 47
1. 10 nanny goats of the fattener, 2. 2 nanny goats of the steppe: 3. goats placed under (his) charge — 4. Ur-Baba 5. is the fattener. 6. En-iggal, 7. the captain, 8. in the storehouse of the garden 9. called them out (registered them). 10. Goats, property of Baba. 11. Sasa, 12. wife of Urukagina, 13. king 14. of Lagash. 7th (year).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
HSS 03, 48
1. 5 gurgur-vessels of fine (golden) beer — 2. its emmer(-flour): 3 ban; 3. its malt: 5 ban; 4. its beer-bread (bappir): 3 ban. 5. At the festival 'Barley-Eating' 6. of Nanshe, 7. as regular offerings (and) votive contribution it was brewed (pressed); 8. to the palace 9. it was brought (and) 10. consumed. 11. Amar-giri, 12. the brewer. 5th (year).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
HSS 03, 50
12 gur 2 barig of seed-grain (measured in) gur-saggal (the standard 'big gur' measure): Inimanizi, the chief plowman (sag-apin) — to the field 'Saga-tur' ("Good-Little(-Field)") he carried (it). Month: 'ga2-udu-ur4' ("shearing of sheep"). Enigal, the manager (nubanda), from the e2-ki-sal4-la (storehouse/threshing-floor building) set it out for him. 6.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
JCS 46, 011
4 sheep, dry(-fleece) wool — (for/from) Nigar-mud; 1 sheep — Ur-Uru'a, the governor; sheep whose wool was sheared on shearing day, set aside at the edge/boundary; silver, 5 shekels each, was placed against their necks (charged to their account). Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, governor of Lagash. Year 4.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
LB 0003
1(geš2) HU-wool [i.e. 60 units of HU-grade wool]; 283 wool-rations, large (grade); 590 (= 600 minus 10) wool-rations, second (us2) grade; 84 wool (belonging to) Ur-[x]-HA-NI-a; 1 [...] [6? ...] sila3, total [...]; 1 (unit of) bar-udu, wool of bar-dul5-type. Grand total: 1,025 (units) bar-udu wool. (Under authority of) Šulme, the steward (agrig), in the palace, was weighed out (disbursed). [...] (Year:) Lugalanda, ensi2 (ruler) of Lagash, year 3.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
LB 0007
1 barig 2 ban2: cow's cheese/curd. [x] ... emmer wheat. (break) [x ... cow's cheese/curd] (restored) [x] ... emmer wheat. Ur-Ninmar. 2 barig 3 ban2: cow's cheese/curd. Ur-Eshirnun — they are cowherds. Ur-igi-ama-she, the overseer, measured (it) out. Urukagina, king of Lagash. 5 (units, notation |ASZxDISZ@t|).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
LB 0009
1 jug (of) suspended/measured-out fat, pig fat — (for) Nin-asu. 2 (units): Ninanesi. 2 (units): Geme-dug. 2 sila(?) (of) Ganbaba. 2 hides/leather ...[...] Ahi-[linutil].
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
LB 0932
[Deficit: x shekels of refined] silver. ... document/tablet of ..., it is the field of Huburuma. To Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nu-banda3), in the house of the man of the measuring-rope (the surveyor), it was declared. When the account was rendered with him, it was placed upon his account (as debt): 6 (units).
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
MCS 4, 012 01
91 nanny goats, 1 kid, in good condition, 1 he-goat, in good condition, (under) Amar-ezem, Ur-nuda, Edalu. Urukagina, king of Lagash. 7 (notation: ASZxDISZ numeral sign)
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
MLVS 002
4 hides, male sheep; 6 hides, male lambs; 3 hides, [......]; 7(?) [...... hides ......]; 20(?) [...... hides,] kid(s), [......]; the harbor official (en-ku3), by the fattener (kuruszda) — month: festival of Baba — returned into (his) hand. (Transaction of) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. Year 2.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
MLVS 004
10 gur barley, sag-gal measure (i.e. of the 'large-head' capacity standard) — as much as its portion (bar) is (still) outstanding/available — Lugalanda — (from/of) the storehouse 'E-gišubidu' ("House-whose-shade-is-good") — to the man, the brewer — he set (it) out for him. 4 (notation).
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