All tablets.

Lippmann Coll 271

2 šallatum-objects, their weight: 1 mina; 1 ešmunsub(-object) (sign corrected from EREN), Dadi — received; returned (to hand); (the) seal-cutter.

Lippmann Coll 274

1 gur, 4 ban2 dabin-flour — the chief smith. 2 gur, 2 barig — the chief carpenter. [n] — the gala-nagar (subordinate/attendant carpenter). [n] ban2 — Susi. [n] — Ur-edam. [n] — Lugal-ennun. [n gur], 1 sila3 — the chief leatherworker. 1 gur — Dudu, the leatherworker.

Lippmann Coll 275

2 female workers (geme2): Mamum[mi] 2 female workers: Geme-Enlil 2 female workers: Aštar 1 female worker: Taniya 2 female workers: Nin-adgal 2 female workers: Nig-banda 2 female workers: Nin-[nigzu] 2 female workers: Sebe[tum] 1 female worker: Me-nigin-ta Total: 16 female workers. (To) Adda were given (i-na-šum2).

Lippmann Coll 276

2 female workers (geme2), overseer: Mama-ummi. 2 — Geme-Enlil, 2 — Aštar, 2 — Tania, 2 — Nin-adgal, 2 — Nigbanda, 2 — Nin-nigzu. Total: 14 female workers. Ur-Usu, scribe. An-na-šum (given to him / personal name).

Lippmann Coll 278

3(asz@c) female workers (geme2) (for/under) Mama-ummi 3(asz@c) Geme-Enlil 3(asz@c) Aštar 3(asz@c) Taniya 2(asz@c) Nin-adgal 2(asz@c) Nig-banda 3(asz@c) Nin-nigzu 1(asz@c) Sebetum

Lippmann Coll 279

1 female worker: Mama-ummi. 1 female worker: Geme-Enlil. 1 female worker: Aštar. 1 female worker: Tani. 1 female worker: Nin-adgal. 2 female workers: Nin-nigzu. 3 (workers): nig2-banda3 (subordinate/junior personnel).

Lippmann Coll 281

1 (unit) — Mama () — Geme-Enlil 3 (units) — Aštar 2 (units) — Nin-adgal 1 — Tani 1 — Nig-banda 1 — Sebetum

Lippmann Coll 282

1 barig(@c): Hubbi(-bi2) — new female worker, (of) the nigbanda-official. 1 barig(@c): Meki-[...], Nin-adgal. 1 barig(@c): Šebetum. 1 barig(@c): Ezi — Geme-Enlil.

Lippmann Coll 285

1. 84 female laborers (geme2): 1 barig (each) 2. 3 male laborers (gurusz): 1 barig 2 ban2 3. 3(+n) boys (dumu-nita): 1 barig 4. 4 boys (dumu-nita): 2 ban2 5. 2 girls (dumu-munus): 2 ban2 6. 7 suckling boys (dumu-nita-ga): 1 ban2 7. 6 suckling girls (dumu-munus-ga): 1 ban2 8. "(These are) the old (ones)" — libir-me 9. 42 boys (dumu-nita): 1 barig 10. 5 suckling boys (dumu-nita-ga): 1 ban2 11. 4 suckling girls (dumu-munus-ga): 1 ban2 12. "(These are) the new children" — dumu gibil-me 13. 2 fuller-men (lu2 azlag2): 1 barig 2 ban2; 7 SIG7 za3-szu4 (workers): 1 barig 2 ban2; 1 doorkeeper (i3-du8) 1…

Lippmann Coll 286

1(asz@c) Ur-sud(a)?# [name partially damaged] 1(asz@c) E-zi 1(asz@c) Ulu-digal# [complex sign, reading uncertain] 1(asz@c) Gala-mah ("chief lament-singer") Overseer of the chief lament-singer 1(asz@c) Lugal-lu 1(asz@c) Lugal-kura 1(asz@c) Ur-li Utu-[a]-mu# [line broken, numeral not preserved]

Lippmann Coll 287

1 (man): Ugu-du 1 (man): Ur-kalga overseer of the gala (lament-singers) they are leatherworkers (aszgab) 1 (man): A-mu (a) carpenter (nagar) 1 (man): Ur-mes 1 (man): E-lala they are smiths (simug) overseer: Da-da Total: 5 men — craft-workshop personnel (geš-kin-ti)

Lippmann Coll 289

1(aš@c) Da-[x]-ban, 1(aš@c) Amar-šuba, 1(aš@c) Nig₂-na-ga — smith(s). 1(aš@c) Lugal-engar-zi, 1(aš@c) Lu₂-banda₃ — they are carpenters. 1(aš@c) Inim-ma-ni-zi, 1(aš@c) Lugal-lu, 1(aš@c) A-ba-Enlil — they are reed-worker(s) [...].

Lippmann Coll 290

1 (each): A-geštin overseer: Ur-a 1 (each): Imta 1 (each): Kar-gag overseer: (of) the gala (lament-singer) 1 (each): Lugal-lu 1 (each): Šeš-gula — woodworkers/sawyers (geš-šu-ri-ri-me) 1 (each): Dudu, the leatherworker

Lippmann Coll 291

1: Kada 1: A-geština 1: Lugal-entarsu [foreman]: Ura they are leatherworkers [1]: Kaku [1]: Nadurum foreman: Burgul they are fullers they are men in attendance / on duty

Lippmann Coll 292

3 smiths foreman: Dada 3 carpenters [foreman]: E-mah 2 reed-workers (ad-kup4) 1 ki-[...] (broken) [...] (broken) Total: 23 workers, they are stationed/on-duty workers.

Lippmann Coll 293

1 (worker): Lugal-ka — overseer: Dada 1 (worker): Duga-ni — overseer: Ur-a [1 (worker)]: Amar-ašnan — overseer: Kiku [1 (worker)]: Lu-ašgi — [overseer]: Dudu 1 (worker): Ur-li — overseer: Bur-gul Total: 5 geškinti-workers (craftsmen) — they are fugitive men.

Lippmann Coll 294

1 (worker): Amar-Šuba-be2, overseer: Dada. 1 (worker): Amar-Ašnan, overseer: Kiku. 1 (worker): Ur-Ištaran, overseer: Bur-gul. Total: 3, craftsmen (geškinti-workers) — they are fugitive men.

Lippmann Coll 295

5 cupbearers, 1 barber, 1 fuller (launderer), 1 ka-ku3 (title/craftsman uncertain), 5 craftsmen (geš-kin-ti), 4 men of Iškur (workers/personnel of the Iškur temple). Total: 20 minus 3 — (i.e.) 17 men. (To) Lu-Iškur — were given / he gave.

Lippmann Coll 296

1 (man): En-zara 1 (man): E'a-sar 1 (man): Duraga 1 (man): Malagar 1 (man): Lugal-kuli Total: 5 men — to Agade were led/dispatched. Palace.

Lippmann Coll 299

1 (unit): Inimanizi 1 (unit): gala (lamentation-priest), son of Ur-ba 1 (unit): Edam 1 (unit): Lugal-alkal 1 (unit): Dada 1 (unit): Girine, sons of Lugal-alkal (pl.) [1] (unit): gala (lamentation-priest), son of Ur-narua [1] (unit): Ur-Ishtaran 1 (unit): Ur-ur 1 (unit): Az, son of Aba-muna Total: 10 — merchants (dam-gar3)

Lippmann Coll 300

1 sheep: Ur-Ašgi, the herder of donkeys. 1 sheep(?): Ur-Šulpa'e(?) — [......]: ..., Lu-... (name broken), the elder brother — mašdaria-offering.

Lippmann Coll 302

1. 2 gir(-animals), 1 ox 2. Ugu-du 3. 2 gir(-animals) — Lugal-zi 4. 2 oxen — Ur-Utu 5. 1 ox — Azuzu 6. 1 gir(-animal) — Nimgir-abzu 7. 1 [+n] gir(-animal[s]) — the man of the wool-house (siki-gi) 8. 3 mature cows 9. Ama-ab 10. 2 mature cows 11. the man of the wool-house (siki-gi) 12. conveyed by Gula, the elder/great

Lippmann Coll 305

1 (unit): ...-an, 1 (unit): Mizati, 1 (unit): Uluga — (they are) smiths. The governor has ordered (as follows): "(To) Mes-zi, the scribe, speak! The smiths (are to work) the king's bronze for the task — let it be worked; let it be placed in (their) hands."

Lippmann Coll 306

Lugal-amu — (this is) the message. His name(sake)/identification — to the field-surveyor (lu2-eš2-gan2-gid2), son of Ama-tura, speak! [...] its/his claw(?)-mark (umbin) — [1(?)] gi-muš(-reed?) [...] claw(?)-mark (umbin), and 1 (unit) mud — let him give (it) to you! 2 (units) šumti, (in) gurdub-vessel(s), 3 ban2. Before/witness: Ha-mu-ni-du8.

Lippmann Coll 311

11 talents, 4 mina of wool — Baddine, Ga-eše, (at/of) E’urra (the storehouse): it was weighed out to him. [n] talents of wool, [n] shekels of silver — Baddine, Ursu-pasikil: it was weighed out to him. Month: Gaudu’ur.

Lippmann Coll 312

5 gur barley: Kaku, the farmer. 5 (gur): Mes-e. 5 (gur): Dugani. 5 (gur): Ur-zigumma. 1 (gur): Ur-a. [1 (gur)]: ...za...(broken name). Total: 22 gur barley.

Lippmann Coll 318

5 gur 3 ban2 sesame (sze-gesz-i3) — first time (a-ra2 1-kam). 1 gur 2 barig minus 1 ban2 sesame (sze-gesz-i3) — second time (a-ra2 2-kam). 2 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3 sesame (sze-gesz-i3) — third time (a-ra2 3-kam). Lugal-[...], [he] brought/delivered ([mu-de6?]).

Lippmann Coll 320

4 (units): al (hoe / agricultural implement) 4 (units): gin2 (axe/adze) 4 (units): nig2-gul (object/tool, meaning uncertain) 4 (units): gi-lub (object, meaning uncertain — possibly reed vessel or container) 4 (units): gur10 (sickle) 4 (units): ha-[zi] (axe-type tool, sign partly broken) 2 (units): zu2 (tooth/blade-tool) 2 (units): naga4 (grindstone/millstone) 2 (units): [x] (sign broken/illegible)

~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 AssyrianOur engine

Erišum I 03

Documents Erišum I's temple construction at Aššur and its ritual furnishings — bronze duck weights and beer vats — giving the earliest detailed record of cultic equipment in an Assyrian royal building inscription.

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianOur engine

Erišum I 06

Attests Erišum I's construction of Aššur's temple in the god's own city, anchoring the earliest stratum of Assyrian royal piety and the vice-regent (iššiak Aššur) titulature that defined Old Assyrian kingship.

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianOur engine

Erišum I 10

Erišum I consecrates the Aššur temple 'Wild Bull' by mixing ghee and honey into the mortar — one of the earliest Assyrian royal building inscriptions, and evidence that the ritual deposit of clay cones as dynastic markers was already standard practice c. 1900 BCE.

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

Šamši-Adad I 02

Claims the Emašmaš temple in Nineveh as a restoration of a structure built by Maništušu of Agade, asserting Assyrian dynastic continuity across seven generations of post-Akkadian history.

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 11

Attests Šamši-Adad I's self-presentation as temple-builder of Aššur, anchoring his reign within the city-god's cult at the moment Assyria first emerged as a territorial kingdom.

Aminu 2001

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

Aminu 2002

(1) Muqaddimum, servant of Aminu.

Azuzu 2001 / Man-ištušu 2002

(1) Man-ištūšu, the king of the world. Azuzu, his servant, dedicated (this spear) to the god Beʾal-SI.SI.

Erišum I 01

(1) [...] ... Erišum (I), overseer of (the god) Aššur, [son of Ilu-šūma], overseer of (the god) Aššur; Ilu-šūma (was) the son of Šalim-aḫum, [overseer of (the god) Aššur]; (and) Šalim-aḫum (was) the son of Puzur-Aššur (I), [overseer of (the god) Aššur]. (4) Erišum (I), vice-regent of Aššur: I [built] the holy [Step] Gate, (and) the chapel [for] my lord. I built a [high] throne (and) adorned the front of it with a precious stone (ḫušāru). I installed (its) doors. (8b) With (the god) Aššur, my lord, standing by me, I reserved land for (the god) Aššur, my lord, from the Sheep Gate to the…

Erišum I 02

(1) Eriš[um (I)], vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Ilu-šūma, vice-regent of the god Aššur. (7) He built the temple (and) all of the temple area for the god Aššur, his lord, for his life, and the life of his city. (15) When I started the work, (when) my city was under my command, I made silver, gold, copper, tin, barley, and wool, as well as the payment of bran and straw, exempt from taxes. (26) I mixed ghee and honey into (the mortar of) every wall and (then) laid one layer of bricks. With the god Aššur, my lord, standing by me, I cleared houses from the Sheep Gate to the People’s Gate.…

Erišum I 04

(1) Erišum (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Ilu-šūma, vice-regent of the god Aššur. (7) For the god Aššur, his lord, for his life, and the life of his city, he built the entire temple area of the temple of the god Aššur and the holy Step Gate, (as well as) the chapel of (the god) Aššur.

Erišum I 05

(1) Erišum (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Ilu-šūma, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur. (7) For his life and the life of his city, he built all of the temple area for (the god) Aššur, his lord. He installed (its) doors.