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~2270 BCE·Akkadian Empire

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Lippmann Coll 245

[4(gešʼ×60)] 10 5 [hides of] sheep (= 255 sheep hides) He-dabra — were given (to him). 30 hides of sheep — Ur-a — 30 su-si — were given (to him). Total: 255 hides of sheep. Its designation: (by) the scribe [...].

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 246

20 hides, dag-ga (soaked/prepared) — Ur-a2, the chief tanner (aszgab gal); 21 hides, dag-ga (soaked/prepared) — the gala-tanner (gala aszgab); for the chariot, the royal offering (nidba) — An-ne-šum2 (gave/received). Month: Ab-e'zi-ga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 250

2 hides of oxen, 7 hides of donkeys, 3(+n) hides of lions, 20 hides of sheep, 3 sila of pig fat (lard) — having been processed: hides for the equipment of battle — to Ur-a2, the leatherworker, were given. Month: Mutir.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 251

[n] sila3 of lard (pig-fat). 20 sheep hides — (in) Dugan[...], the governor — he processed (it). 1/3 sila3 of lard, 1 ox hide — he processed (it). ... the donkey — it is the royal offering (nidba lugal). Ur-a — to the leatherworker (aszgab) — he gave (it) to him. The fat/oil: booked out (expenditure). Month: Niĝkiri'a ("garden month").

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 252

1 ox-hide, 20 (units of) bitumen — for the storehouse — is on hand. 1 ox-hide, 16 (units of) bitumen — for the storehouse — is on hand. 12 hides, surplus (nig2-diri), were weighed out (disbursed). Ur-a2 — to the leatherworker — was given. Month: še-KIN-a.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 253

1. 20 hides of goat(s), 2. for Ummu (EDIN.A); 3. 10 hides of sheep, 4. for e-ri-na-leather; 5. Ur-Enlil, 6. (the) susi(-worker/measurer)(?); 7. 1 hide of sheep, 8. bitumen-treated leather, 9. to be filled(?); 10. 2 hides of [...], 11. Dugan.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 256

1. 10 (units) of ummu-leather(?) (EDIN.A) 2. [oil] was applied/processed 3. [n] hide(s) of donkey 4. [n] (measure of) bitumen — for the house 5. 1 hide of donkey 6. covering for the chariot 7. [...] sila (liquid measure) 8. [n] sila of lard/pig-fat 9. 3(?) hide(s) of ... 10. was made/processed 11. [...] (break) 12. [...] (break) 13. [n] hide(s) [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 257

5(asz@c) bar-dul5 garments — (product of) the weaver(s) — to Gigire — Ur-a2 took in charge — to the leatherworker — [was] given [to him]. [...] weaver [... to] [...] given? Month: Akiti (festival of the equinox).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 259

12 (units) bitumen — the household ration — via Giri-gena (the courier), the household manager: was disbursed. [n] (units) bitumen — the household ration — (for) Šeš-šeš, (and) Lu-am-GIŠGALxIGI. 5 (units) bitumen — (for) the governor — returned/accounted for (in hand): it is (the charge of) Ur-a2. Month: Šu-gar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 266

1 bar-dul5 garment, its weight: 6 minas, 5 shekels. 1 bar-dul5 garment, its weight: 4 1/2 minas. [......] [......] It is (for/of) the stone-cutter (bur-gul).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 269

1 rope: dur-ab-sag (type) its weight: 2 mina 1 (unit) bitumen its weight: 1/3 (mina) 4 ropes: ...-da (type) [n] 2 ropes: a2-an (type) [its weight]: 26 mina 1 leather plow-rope received — by Ili-ahi, servant of the governor. Returned to hand (repaid). It is the matter of the seal-cutter. Month: Šugar.

~2112 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

RTC 263

3 talents 11 minas of top-quality wool — weighed out. Deficit: 29 minas. Lu-Dumuzi. 3 talents 34 minas — [weighed out]. [...] x [...] Wool of sheep [...] Ur-Abba, governor. Year: Ur-Namma, the king, put the road in order from the lowlands to the highlands.

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 059, 1924-0553

24 talents of gir-gul wool, by the weight-stone of 1 talent 1 2/3 mina each, via Šulgi-mišar; wool of the sheep-house of Tummal, from [PN]-Inanna — delivery. Nur-Suen received it. Month: "šu-eš-ša"; Year: "The throne of Enlil was fashioned."

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 093, 1935-541

16 sar 10 gin2 of bricks — (for) Agagaa, the singer/musician. 20 sar of bricks — within the hamlet (e2-duru5). 3 2/3 sar 5 gin2 — within the mill-house (e2-kikken-na) — (for) the boatman. Bricks carried, as reckoned (szid-da). [...] Umani — via [conveyor?]. Month: 'e2-iti-6' (month 6). Year: 'the throne of Enlil was fashioned.'

~2099 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

MS 1739/1

Obverse: 1 gur of barley, royal (standard measure), for the price of 1 shekel of silver [plus] one quarter-shekel, from Katar, Puzur-Haya received. Witness: Ur-Duku-ga; Witness: Puzur-Haya (II). Month: intercalary Šekinku[5] (harvest month), Year: the throne of Enlil was fashioned. Reverse (second transaction): 1 gur of barley [...] Year: [...] Witness: Puzur-[...] Month: intercalary Še[kinku5], Year: the throne of [Enlil was fashioned].

~2086 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 055, 1923-427

15 kaskal-...[broken] 7 doves (tu-gur8) delivered into the palace, from Lugal-ku3zu, via ...[PN broken], under seal of Ur-[Šul]-pa-e3. Month: Dal. Year: 'The throne of Enlil was fashioned.' (Seal:) Ur-Šulpa-e3, scribe, son of Lugal-ku3ga-[ni].

~2085 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 059, 1924-0555

2 lambs, the 28th day; from Abba-saga — Intaea took in charge (received them). Month: extra month, following the festival of Me-ki-gal; Year: "the throne of Enlil was fashioned" (Šu-Suen year 5). 2 (total).

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAS 048

1 milch cow, 1 milk[-fed] ox, (1) calf of a draft ox — via Abbagina, the herdsman, a courier received (them). Year: Harshi and Kimaš were destroyed.

~2033 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAS 024

[2 eše] 3 iku of field — tug2-gur bundling work, [at a rate of] ½ iku [+] ¼ iku per [worker-day]; for rafter-wood work, times 3, [at a rate of] 4 iku ½ iku per [worker-day] — [The labor] of the workers thereof: 150 days. [The field:] KWU729-x-[…]. [Overseer:] Šeš?-[…]. [Sealed by] Ur-emah. Year after Šu-Suen, [the king], built the Martu (Amorite) wall. Ur-emah, scribe, son of Dada.

~2017 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

TLB 05, 10

1 nahbatum-container of royal kakkara(-oil?) Black sheep-skin (of a ram): 9 [units] its price: 5 shekels 8 pairs of sandals with toe-caps — royal kakkara(-quality) — 1 (for) each 2 Ox-hide, u'habbu-processed: 5 shekels Black billy-goat skin: 2/3 [shekel] 3 masabbu-baskets of bread (and) cake their bitumen/pitch: 5 sila (All this) for the offering-storehouse Via: Ur-alla and Iddin-Adad, the cook Overseer: Anah-ili Day n Month: Abu (the 'fires of Ab') Year: Ishbi-Erra, the king, defeated Shimashki and Elam [Tablet-]copy

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianRIAo

Aminu 2001

(1) Rībam-ilī, scribe, servant of Aminu.

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2003

(1) Šamšī-[Adad (I)], appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur: Amaduga, his female servant.

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2004

(1) Šamšī-[Adad (I)], appointee of [the god Enlil], vice-regent of the god [Aššur]: [Ya]matti-[El, his] servant.

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2005

(1) Šamšī-[Adad (I)], appointee of the god [Enlil], vice-regent of the god Aššur: Yaḫuzānum, son of Zamāmu, his servant.

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2006

(1) Šamšī-[Adad (I)], strong king. Ammī-iluna, son of Irra-i[...], his servant.

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2007

(1) Yattiya, son of Samsī-malik, servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2008

(1) [Ya]matti-[El], son of Ḫata ..., servant of [Ša]mšī-Ad[ad (I)].

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2009

(1) Tarim-š[akim], servant of Šamšī-[Adad (I)].

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2010

(1) Umannisuṭa, son of Idin-[...], servant of Šamšī-[Adad (I)].

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2011

(1) Adad-saga, son of Ḫaziya, servant of Šamšī-[Adad (I)].

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2012

(1) [M]ašiya, son of Šalim-[...], servant of Šam[šī-Adad (I)].

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2013

(1) Lu-Ninsianna, son of ..., servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2014

(1) [Zi]mrī-ḫammu, [son of S]umu-ammim, servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2015

(1) D[agān-...], son of ...[...], servant of Šamšī-Ad[ad (I)].

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2016

(1) Ṣurri-Adad, [son of Z]idriya, [servant of] Šamšī-Adad (I).

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2017 / CDLI Seals 009443

(1) Ibāl-eraḫ, son of Kiabkurānu, servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2018

(1) Laḫar-abī, the scribe, son of Kakisum, servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2019

(1) Sîn-iqīšam, son of Būr-Adad, servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2020 / CDLI Seals 008051

(1) Rīš-ilu, son of Aduanniam, servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2021

(1) Pazaya, son of Aḫi-šakim, servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2022

(1) Kunnat[um], son of Mezi..., servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2023

(1) Samiya, son of Ḫani-m[alik], servant of Šamš[ī-Adad (I)].

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianRIAo

Sargon I 1 / CDLI Seals 003474

(1) The divine Sargon (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Ikūnum, vice-regent of the god Aššur.

~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 088

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of Assyria: tribute of the land Sūḫu.

Economy·Writing & Literature

~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 2006 / CDLI Seals 006501

(1) Property of [...]. (2) (erasure) (3) Mušēzi[b-Ninurta dedicated] (this) to the god Sa[mnuḫa] for his life.

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2003

(1) Seal of Bēl-tarṣi-ilumma, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of the world, the governor of the city Kalḫu (and) the lands [Ḫamed]ê, Temeni, (and) Yaluna. I have trusted in you, O Nabû, let me not be put to shame!

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2009

(1) He gave (this) to Ištar-dūrī, eunuch of Nergal-ilāʾī (and) field marshal, his protector. Property of Bīrtāyu, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2015

(1) Seal of Nabû-šarru-uṣur, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2017

(1) Seal of Bēl-dayyānī, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 15 042. Feeding Hittite Deportees (ABL 1082)

[To the king, my] lord, your servant [NN]: / [May there be] well-being for the king, my lord. [Concerning] / the Hittites whom the king, my lord, [sent word to me about]: / 'You wrote to me, saying: the previous [rations] / of barley that were stored, x+[...] / have been issued — [...] / that was tallied before them [...] / I asked him — why [...] / the previous ones ate x+[...] / that to the king, my lord, [...] / their mouth(s) [...] / [I] wrote [...] / [...] x+[...] BÁN [...] / [...] ...[...]'

Daily Life·Economy