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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 364

1(geš'u) 7(geš2) sa ma-nu — 1020 bundles of rope, Inim-du, the overseer, from KA-geš-ta, delivered (it). En-ig-gal, the manager, into the storehouse of Mes-an-du, received (it). (Account of) Bara-namtara, wife of Lugal-anda, ruler of Lagaš. 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 365

1(gešʼu) 2(geš2) 5(u) la2 3(aš) sa ma-nu (=767 bundles of manu-wood/reed), Šeš-lu-du, the overseer (of the workers); from Lagaš, it was brought/loaded by boat; (to/by) En-ig-gal, the nubanda (inspector), (into) the reed-granary of Mesandu; delivery: 2nd.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 366

1,160 (2(gešʾu) minus 40) bundles of rope(-cord: sa ma-nu) Emelamsu(-) overseer: (the one who) delivered (them) — of the grass-cutters (u2 ku5-ra2), (via) Lu-kurrebigi; (under) En-iggal, the inspector (nubanda); (into) the storehouse of Mesandu. Delivery (i3-kux(DU)): 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 367

96 bundles (sa) of cord/rope — the reckoned (total): the first (delivery) — it was brought. 40 bundles (sa) of cord/rope — the reckoned (total): the second (delivery) — it was brought. Enigal, the overseer, from the garden of the gate-house removed (them); to the storehouse of the garden he brought (them). Total: 2 (deliveries).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 368

1(680 in count) bundles (sa) of hay/fodder for the penned (animals) [3(gešʾu) minus 2(geš2) sa u2 durunx-na]: (from) U2-U2, the overseer of the town(-district), brought (it). Cut hay/grass: (from) Emelamsu (E2-me-lam2-su3). Overseer: En-iggal, the general (nubanda). (Delivered to) the storehouse of Mesandu (Ganun Mes-an-du). Delivery/receipt: 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 369

1,090 (i.e. 2×600 + 10 − 2×60) bundles of hay/fodder for penned (livestock), green (fresh) hay — it is (the) U₂-U₂(-plant/fodder), (brought by) the men of U₂-U₂; (one) brought (it). Into the storehouse of Mes-sa-du it was delivered/brought in. 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 370

678 bundles of cord (rope) of šuszin-reed — its total tally: 80 (sar) — (under) En-iggal, the manager, from the marsh: [Mu-sig(?)] — (to) En-ušurre, the man of the accounts-house — was counted out to him. (Account of) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. Year 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 372

371 bundles (sa) of combed/plucked fiber (gu-suḫ₅) — it is thread/flax of the palace (e2-gal). 272 bundles (sa) of sar-type fiber, processed (sur-ra) — from Ĝeš-AN-tur(a). (Recipient/account holder:) Šasha (Sa6-sa6), wife of Uru-KA-gina (Uruinimgina), king of Lagash. Year-entry (mu-SIG7): 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 380

145 bundles of flax — its furrow-rows are 8 — from the place of delivery, from the field of Gir-ka, (under) En-iggal, the overseer; Mu-sig(7); Enna-Umu counted (it) for her. Baranamtara, wife of King Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash: year 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 382

80 bundles of plucked flax (gu-suh-ha), 90 bundles of second-quality flax (gu-us2, "following"), 44 bundles of third-quality flax (gu, third one, "following"), (from) the allotted place — from the field of Uugig, (under) Enigal, the manager; Musig (and) Uu, the overseer, have counted (verified) them: 6. (Account of) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 412

52 u'suh-wood(s), long timber — (from) the garden of the storehouse (e2-ku4). 10 u'suh-wood(s), long timber — were brought/taken out. Urukagina, ruler (ensi2) of Lagash. Month: 'Festival of Malt-Consumption' of Ningirsu. The tablet/document was deposited (na e-ma-ri): 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 426

183 base-units (ur2) of gesz-ur3 (reed/wood beams), plucked/trimmed (suh5-ha), 60 base-units (ur2) of gesz-ur3, the za3-gu2-la2 type, 23 cut branch-tips (pa-ku5 aga3) of gesz-ur3, from the grove (tir) of the Women's House (e2-munus), (by authority of) Lugalanda, ruler (ensi2) of Lagash: a peg/marker was driven in it (na ba-ni-ri) — 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 435

141 tow-ropes (ur3) — Gudua (gu3-du10-ga), the boatmen — (from) the marsh thicket, from (the estate of) Baba, were placed on the boat. Eniggal, the inspector, recorded (this) for him. Uru-inimgina, ruler of Lagash. Year 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 438

35 new ur3-beams (roof-poles) — timber of Dam-dingirmu — from the ambar-thicket (marsh grove) — were loaded onto the boat. 43 old ur3-beams — from the "du6" (mound-storehouse) of Me-kulaba — were delivered (received in). (They) are held in the house of the wool-workers (é-ki-siki-ka) of Nin-inimzida. En-iggal, the overseer (nubanda), counted what is present in the house: 2. Its tablets: 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 440

132 large firewood-bundles (u2-bil2-la, "big"), 368 small firewood-bundles (u2-bil2-la, "small") [370 minus 2], 607 bundled poplar branches (pa sa la2-a asal2), (from) the marsh thicket, from (the estate/household of) Baba, were loaded into the boat. En-iggal, the manager (nu-banda3), (delivered them to) the storehouse of the carpentry workshop (ganun gesz-kin-ti). Delivery: 2nd.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 496

5 (units): yokes. 2 (units): plow-shares (lit. "plow-heads"). 2 (units): plow-poles ("plow-mates"). [...] ...-de3 (two signs broken/illegible). Ur-Enki, the carpenter — En-iggal, the overseer: from the house of the courtyard (storeroom) he delivered (it) to him. 4 (occasion/total-mark).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 535

10 gur-saggal: seed grain, barley consumed by the oxen (draft-team fodder). Month: 'Oxen-are-led-forth' (gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-a). For Anekura, the chief plowman, for the field U'igga — Enigal, the overseer, from the granary of Baba set (it) out for him. Barley, granary-stock, of Baba, (under authority of) Sasa, wife of Urukagina, king of Lagash. 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 536

12 gur of barley, saggal-measure — seed barley, barley for the oxen to eat — (for) Saga-tuku'a, (and for) Sag-apin, (by) Di-Utu the gendarme (aga₃-us₂), to the edge of the field, at Kišiga, he delivered (it). Barley of the threshing-floor(-store) (u₂-rum) — was allotted — (by) Sasa, wife of Uru-KA-gina, king [of Lagash]. Year 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 542

1. 12 gur barley (by the sag-gal measure) — 2. barley for the oxen to eat — 3. to Puzur-Mama 4. he gave (it). 5. 10 (gur) seed barley, 6. to Aba-sa'e 7. he gave (it). 8. Seed barley (and) barley for the oxen to eat, 9. for the field of Duluhka, 10. to Ur-abu, 11. the chief plowman — 12. Enigal, 13. the overseer (nubanda), 14. gave (it) to him. 1.

~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).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

BE 01/2, 107

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BE 01/2, 107. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

BIN 08, 013

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

BIN 08, 093

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 093. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09576

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09576. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09596

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09596. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09647

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09647. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09653

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09653. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09676

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09676. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09677

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09677. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09678

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09678. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09681

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09681. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 002

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CDLI Lexical 000027, ex. 012

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CDLI Lexical 000027, ex. 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 015

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) ?) — CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 015. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 036

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 036. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 037

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 038

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 038. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 039

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 039. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 040

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 040. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 041

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 041. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 042

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 042. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 043

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 043. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 044

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 044. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 045

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 045. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 046

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 046. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 047

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 047. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 048

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 048. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 049

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 049. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 050

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 050. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 051

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 051. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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