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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 076

1 ox — the field of U-...-ba-ki(?); 1 ox — the great storehouse (ganun-mah); hired laborer(s) [...]; 2 oxen — Da-[...]; the great storehouse [...]; Eneda-[...] gave (them) to him. Month: Festival of Gusisu (ezem-gu4-si-su). Year(?): Zur-zur [...] ... (when) the king built the palace.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 080

(obverse) [x +] 40(?) yoked (draft) oxen, 5 ox-calves: (under) Utu-ikuš. [x] yoked (draft) oxen, [x] raft-hauling oxen: (under) Ur-Ninurta, brother of Dingir-kalga. In the ...-house(?) he counted (them). They are house-born oxen. ... total(?) ... (line obscure) Dingir-gabe gave (them) [to them]. Month: Šu-numun (the sowing month; sign written BAL in error). Year: Mari [was] destroyed.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 081

42 oxen — Ur-rani. With him(?) ... The tablet that was transferred with him; inspection thereof(?). Month: Duku (the "Holy Mound"). Year: En-ša[kušana] smote Agade. In the courtyard(?) of ...-kun, Ur-rani did not deliver (them). The temple administrator (sanga) transferred its tablet.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 082

1 black ox — it is (the ox) of the man of the storehouse; the house of Ninurta consumed it. Beginning of the month, (at the) new crescent, [the month] of emmer. Year: Lugal-zagesi the king[ship] received.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 086

[n] oxen from Sag-Enlilda, 10 sheep from A'ulgal — it being the food offering of Sargon — were consumed. Month: "Emmer" (ziz₂-a). Year: Urua was destroyed.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 087

65 sheep, — their barley (fodder): 16 lidga (and) 1 barig of barley; 26 (male) goats, — their barley: 6 lidga (and) 2 barig of barley; 110 ducks, — their barley: 5 lidga of [barley]. Its grand total: 27 lidga (and) 3 barig of barley. Month: "Emmer" (iti ziz2-a). Year in which the a-SI-A-ab was carried out.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 091

760 goats — kun-... ; 150 goats (and) lambs — Dada; 150 suckling goats; suckling lambs; 60 loads of rushes; 60 minas of linen thread; 40 aktum-garments; 40 linen garments. From (the office of) the scribe; delivered (to) the palace.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 094

4 returned sheep — Kar-ni; 2 — Lugal-annatum; 2 — the man of Uruk; from Lugal-kiag; 1 sheep from Im(-ta)(?); 1 kid — month: 'carcass' (a dead animal?); 2 lambs for the gods, from Dingir-igidu. Month: Gangane.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 100

Obverse: 60 less 3 (and) two-thirds (= 56⅓) minas of suluḫu-fleece(-wool), to (the place of) Lugal-tešmu, Ur-Lisi brought (it). Reverse: Month: 'When the plough is unhitched' (apin-du₈-a). Year: '(when) ... (AŠ₂ NA) was destroyed.'

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 103

2 ḫala'um-garments, 2 aktum-garments — Ur-Idda; 20 bar-sal garments (thin bar-cloths), 20 aktum-garments — Lugal-igi-il. From the overseer of the household it was given to him. Month: Ne-ne-gar (fifth month).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 104

36 mug-garments (coarse wool wraps), their weight: 60 minas. 17 bar-dul₅ cloaks, their weight: 60 minas. 21 ḫa[la'um]-garments, their weight: 60 minas. They clothe the chariot. Ilum-bani holds them (lit. "they are with him").

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 106

8 fine-grade (niĝ₂-lam₂) garments; 7 niĝ₂-la₂ garments; 7 ib₂-ba-du₃ garments (belted/waist garments); 2 ḫa-la-um garments; 2 bar-dul₅ cloaks, of thin (fine) weave; 1 na-[...] garment; 2 aktum [garments]; ... tablet(s)/register [...]; ... garment ... [...]; (reverse) Kur-re-re; reckoned out to him; month: "Barley-harvest" (še-KIN-ku₅).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 110

1 bar-dul₅ garment, 1 aktum-textile, from the king (ki lugal-ta): Lugal-Enlile clothed himself (in them). [Month:] še-sag₁₁-ku₅ (the harvest month). Year: Il, the temple administrator (sanga) of Iri-sagrig, to[ok office / was seized].

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 113

20 minas of wool — Ur-Enlil; 20 — Eb; 10 — Na-mu-dib; 10 — Nibru-da-lu; 10 — Lugal-ša; 10 — Igi-Enlil-še; (as) a gift they received.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 114

1 ḫala'um-garment; 1 aktum-garment — (for) Nin-ur-men; Lu-ma-mušen. 1 aktum-garment — (for) A-dingir-mu; Lu-i ("Man-of-the-Canal"), the lukur-priestess. Garments: expenditure.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 118

27 eštub-fish (carp), lidga-measure; 41 zari-fish, lidga-measure; for the second time: 5 eštub-fish, lidga-measure — Lugal-nigzu. Its total: 73 [eštub-fish, lidga-measure]. [...] (break) Its total: 126(?) split fish; 70 ... split fish; 2 ... fish, lidga-measure; 1 jar of fish-oil. Fish of the field U-x-ba-ki; Lugal-nigzu, son of Ur-ura, has measured (them) out to him.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 119

21 lidga 2 barig of flour — Su-bir (the Subarean). 20 (lidga) 1 barig — the house-born servants (ama-tu); they are Enlil's. 2 barig — Lu-ka'a ("the fox man"); 1 (lidga) 3 barig — the boatman; 3 lidga 2 barig 2 ban of fish — Su-bir (the Subarean). 20 less 2 (= 18) lidga 1 barig of flour — from the place of allotment.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 128

15 lidga of barley — Nin-šita, wife of Giri-ni, (of/at) Du-barra, measured out to him/her. It is the purchase price; it is (for) the house. The barley is [that] of the é-luḫḫu(-house). From Ur-[...] [he measured (it) out to him/her].

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 129

135 lidga of barley — the brewers measured (it) out. Month: "Silver-of-the-Brewer" (ku₃-ŠIM). From Nag-<su>-dur(?)-gin₇-nu₂-a. It is the barley of the city(?), of the place of the young workmen(?). A-mi-mi (scribe/responsible party).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 130

190 lidga of barley — it is the principal ("head") barley. 95 lidga of barley — it is the *za* barley. It is the 1st year. Lugal-inim-gina holds it on account. To Inanna-ursag, the barley-carrier, he gave it. (Reverse: uninscribed apart from the two ruled cases at the top, which carry the closing lines.)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 136

10 lidga of barley — Lugal-sisa, the barber. 10 — Nin-danir. 10 — Sag-gaga, the carpenter. 15 — Zamu, the musician. 10 — A-zuzu. 4 lidga of barley each — Puzur-ra. 10 — A-zuzu, the barber. Total: 129 (2 gešʾu 10 minus 1) lidga of barley.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 137

Obverse 47 lidga of barley — ha-ri — brought in for |ZI&ZI.ŠÈ|. [The field] of Zur-zur. 60 less 1 (= 59) barley, ha-ri: day 1. 65: day 2. The field of Lu-ḫegal.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 140

3 (units of) mašti-ḪAR; 10 (units of) u₂-ḫab (dye-plant), ... of/with date-palm — Lugal-kisalsi, king of Uruk. 10 KID-DU-|GIR₂×AŠGAB| bundles; 1 (jar of) honey, (for) the nig₂-banda (junior official); 2 barig of u₂-ḫab (dye-plant), by the gur measure — Mes-kalam-si, the royal son (prince). Girini-badab, the boatman of Uruk, brought (them) to them.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 142

Obverse 940 (1 geš'u 6 geš minus 20) roof-beams (ur₃), 480 (8 geš) ubil-timbers, 180 (3 geš) for the É-me-sig, Total: 1,620 (2 geš'u 7 geš) roof-beams — (of/for) the reed-orchard (kiri₆-gi₄). En-lil₂-al₆-sa₆ — it was given to him (an-na-šum₂).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 144

114 [ ]-beams, [x] 20(?) [x] wood-[...], 33 apples, 25 long reeds, 8 [...] — it is the orchard of the overseer (nu-banda). [Total(?):] 20(?) [...] [...] (reverse) the house of [...] ...-UD Mu-su.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 149

[beginning broken] 1 neck-garment (bale of cloth), aruda-copper, 1 mina of silver, 2/3 (mina) of silver — (that is) šanabe, 1 ring: Lugal-TAR to Puzur-Mama gave (them). "Deliver (it) to the place of Il," he said to him.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 150

30 bronze (implements) of copper, their weight: 15 mina 5 shekels — (from) the weavers, returned; it belongs to the House of the Bedchamber. Month: Šu-numun ("Seed-sowing"). Year: the Amsi-ḪAR canal was dug.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 152

7 (lit. 10 minus 3) talents of copper — long-poles (lances), belonging to Ur-Ningirim. 28 talents of copper — long-poles (lances), (for) Lugal-duganni. 1 talent — long-poles (lances), (for) E-manu-[...]. (Reverse: uninscribed / surface effaced.)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 157

2 sheep; 6 baskets of dates, 1 barig (each), select quality; 4 baskets of dates, 2 ban2 (each); 2 baskets of dates, SUG5-type; 2 baskets of apples; 3,600 loaves of fine bread; 180 loaves of beer-bread (bappir); 120 KA — consumed; 4 (measures of) za-tum flour, regular delivery; 1 prime (measure of) za-tum flour, regular delivery; 1 (jar of) fine oil, a šagan-DI vessel. (Reverse: uninscribed. Top and bottom edges carry the continuation of the ruled cases; the traces there are largely worn.)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 160

6 goats, 5 long timbers — these are for (the festival of) the Holy Mound (du6-ku3). 5 goats, [n] pigs, 1 …(broken sign) — these are for the festival "Oxen-going-forth" (ezem-gu4-si-su). (reverse) Ur-gu, the land registrar (sa12-du5), brought (them).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 161

1 white goat — Ardu-tur brought (it); Iriš was the commissioner. 1 fat-tailed sheep — for the new-moon (offering) at the head of the month, month: Gan-gan-e (month IX); Ilī-bēlī was the commissioner. From Ur-ur. Dub-dagal (the "broad tablet"). Total: 2 head (of livestock).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 162

4 rams, 1 kid (goat), 1 gur 1 barig of crushed malt, 2 gur 2 barig of nig-bara (coarse barley groats), 1 lidga of fine flour, 2 gur of dabin-flour, 1 lidga 1 barig of gu-flour, 60 (loaves of) beer-bread — (for) the inspection. (From) the E-GAN (the "House of the Field"). The overseer of the temple of Inanna. A mašdarea-offering. (For) the journey. Month: Duku.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 163

[n] male sheep — Ili-beli (Ilī-bēlī), overseer of the city. 1 female kid — Dam-egal, of the house of ŠE+KU. 1 male lamb — Aba-Enlil, the fuller. (These are) mašdarea-offerings. Month: Gangan-e (ninth month). (the scribe wrote a superfluous MU sign in the month name)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 165

18 sheep (20 minus 2), 1 goat — Lugal-TAR. 3 [...]-ga, 1 [...]-la, 1 [...] — Lugal-ennu. Month: Ziz-a (emmer month). The mašdaria-offering of Dingir-ga'abe. From the palace.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 169

3,600 (units of) e-me-sig: the ruler (ensi); Al-darra. 150 (units of) e-me-sig: I-ursag, the boatman(?). 120 (units of) e-me-sig: U-munizal, the u5-man. 240 (units of) e-me-sig. 300 numun2-rushes, [...]. 300 za-la-il. Lugal-šud. (Reverse uninscribed; a few traces on the lower edge, illegible.)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 171

1 (person): Lugal-nigzu, the man of Zi-mu — Lugal-UN, son of Inanna-ur[sag], the man of A-su-…, from the temple administrator (sanga) he [brought] him here. 1 (person): Ur-mes, the man of Erisz — Ur-abzu from the temple administrator (sanga) brought him here.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 179

96 (units of) e-gu₄, 2 (of them) prime/head, from among it: 15 (units of) e-gu₄ — the ŠE-GIN₂ consumed; 50 (units of) e-gu₄ — for the 2nd (occasion/instalment). (The reverse appears to be uninscribed.)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 181

(obverse) [...] [...] talent(s)(?): a long copper (implement) with wooden (haft), the weaver's — it belongs to Ur-lu. (reverse) To Lugal-kigala, in order to mount (it) on the wood, it was given to him. Month: Šu-numun ("Seed-time"). From Ugula-E (the household overseer). Year: Sargon destroyed the city (Uru...).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 182

[...] [...] disbursed(?), the year(?) [...] ... the house(?) of ...-gi 1 ewe (and) lamb 1(?) [...] U-muni-zal (from/for) the household of Mama 1 kid AN-lu-mah [...] 1 kid(?) Ur-du (from/for) the household of Ašdamail

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 200

(obverse) [...] ... [...] 1 (unit): Ur-[...] [...] [...] their foreman [...] [...] 1(?) man [...] Sa-du (the registrar) Il-ga(?) their foreman flour ... Ab-šega was given (out). (total) Grand total: 6(?) [... of barley?] lidga-measures [...] man(?) / men(?)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 203 + frags.

1 (lidga) 3 barig of emmer, (by) the lidga-measure — A-lu. [x] — Lugal-ane. 1 (lidga) 1 barig — Lugal-saga. 1 (lidga) 3 barig — Lugal-[...]. 2 barig — Lugal-ezem. [x] 1(?) barig — Enlil-alsa. 1 barig of gunida-emmer — A-lu. 3 barig — Lugal-saga. 1(?) barig — Adda-[...]. Kur-mu-GAM-ra received (it). Month: "Harvest" (šeKIN-[ku₅]).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 205

[Tablet of the account]ing, the balanced account of the foreman(s) of the weavers [...] [Tablet] of the accounting, the balanced account of the foreman(s) of the fullers [...] [Tablet] of the accounting: labor (assessed) for the city, silver received [...] (The remainder of each line is broken away; the reverse of the fragment is blank/effaced.)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 211

1 (unit of) [...], (charged to) A-zu-[zu], the brewer. From the month "Harvest," it is held against him. That tablet was transferred (rolled over), (when) the governor of Nippur was residing together with (the man of) Iri-sagrig.

Law

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 222

1 aktum-textile (garment), (via) Girini, the man of Sud-ur-sag; [...] ... [Lugal?-En]lil, from [...], [...] was clothed; [...] ... he clothed(?) with it — the temple administrator (sanga) of Iri-saĝrig has taken (it) in charge.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TSA 29

1 (gur) fine barley, (from) the ma-dul vessel of Har-ḫada; 7 (gur) fine barley, (from) the ma-dul vessel of Nig-šu; 8 (gur) fine barley, (in) the ban-measure; 4 (gur) fine barley, (of) saḫar-gi; 4 (gur) to be set aside — from the storehouse of the courtyard. En-iggal, the overseer, to Lugal-pa'e, the swineherd, gave it. (Year) 6.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TSA 49

[Basket] of tablets: (records of) the [fisher]men of the sea and the fishermen of the sweet water, which they delivered. Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler (ensi) of Lagash. (Year) 2.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

UET 2, supp 07

1 (unit/person): AN [...] DU 1 (unit/person): Lugal-šu 1 (unit/person): Ša-nugal 1 (unit/person): A-nuzu 1 (unit/person): [two signs, illegible] [... break ...] 1 (unit/person): Dada 1 (unit/person): A-utu-ta (?) 1 (unit/person): Ur-Šubur (Reverse: uninscribed; the surface bears only modern museum markings.)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

UET 2, supp 12

(beginning broken) 1 (person): Da-[da] 1 (person): Sag-ti 1 (person): Ur-Nintu [1 (person)]: Lugal-ur-x [1 (person)]: Amar-Ninkilim [1 (person)?]: Lugal-Nanna-ra-tum 1 (person): Lugal-lu-titi 1 (person): Lugal-enishe 1 (person): Lugal-ki 1 (person): Nigar-[mud] (remainder lost)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

VS 14, 029

75 gur 2 barig 1 ban2 of barley, by the gur-saggal (standard) measure — barley rations of the female workers, (their) children, the porters, (and) the igi-nu-du8 workers. 47 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 of barley for the regular monthly bread offerings. 10 gur of barley: its bar-portion is on hand. Total: 133 gur less 2 ban2 of barley, by the gur-saggal measure — barley rations, barley issued, (for) the people of Baba. URU-KA-gi-na (Uru-inim-gina), king of Lagash, from the granary of Baba distributed it to them. 5th (year).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Anonymous 271233

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Anonymous 271233. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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