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~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.

~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.)

~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.)

~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).

~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).

~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.

~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)

~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.

~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.)

~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.

~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.)

~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...).

~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

~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(?)

~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]).

~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.)

~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.

~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.

~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.

~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.)

~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)

~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).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 009

[Ib]-al6. 1 gu-mug garment, 1 SAL-cloth, 1 multicoloured kilt (íb+3-TÚG-dar): his commissioner (maškim). 1 TUG-NI-NI cloth, 1 multicoloured kilt (íb+3-TÚG-dar): Du-bi-da-li-im. [the rest is broken away]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 011

Ba-ga(?)-ma; 4 kin-measures of wool; […] (broken) A-ba-da-du — he received. 1 gu-dul (mantle), 1 íb-III multicoloured textile (kilt); Gi-da-na-im; […] (broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 013

The man (representative) of En-buš-lim: 1 gu-dùl-cloak, 1 sal-garment, 1 multicoloured íb+3 sash-kilt (of cloth). The son (male child) of I-ti-NE. DAB₅-LU₂, the commissioner (maškim) of Za-ba-rúm.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 014

A-ga-li-im, overseer of Ib-al[…], …-mu-[DU] (delivery). […] 1 dul-garment: I-da-ad-mu, the man of the food-offering of sesame oil. […] [… …] … [… …] … [10] minus 1 (= 9) aktum-garments […]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 015

Irigunu, of the É×PAP (building/shrine), Ibrium gave (it) to him on the journey (campaign) [...] 1 'à-da-um garment (one), 1 aktum garment, 1 íb+3 multicoloured fine textile Kum-NE [...] 1 [n] aktum garment, 2 íb+3 multicoloured fine textiles 1 linen (cloth), 1 níg-lá of the breast (breast-band) 1 gu-zi-dum, [...] textile [...] Dubišum [...] Igduru[...] (Reverse: uninscribed / effaced apart from a ruled band at the top; nothing legible.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 016

Sa-[du]-ur: he received. [...]-da-[...]: he received. 2 SAL(-textiles), 1 íb-III multicoloured garment (kilt) [...] 1 gu-mug garment — Ri-ga-zi [...] (The remainder of the tablet is broken away; the surviving surface preserves only these entries.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 017

GIŠ-DUG-DU (delivery/ceremonial occasion): 1 fine zara-garment — Ibrium. 2 gold daggers of Amorite type [...] and Hazir, the AZU-E (physician?), the pa₄-šeš attendant of Ibrium. [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 019

(obverse, fragment) [n] bracelet(s) of copper (and) gold: 10 (units/shekels?) (for) Tira-il (Break) ... Iški(?) (for) Gamiš 60 minus 3 (= 57) KIN-measures of wool of NI-za-u [n] minus 1(?) [...] textile(s) [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 022

[n] shekel(s) (Dilmun standard) of silver — receipt (šu-ti-ag) [...] Sula-[...] 2 full-grown draught teams (surₓ) 1/2 shekel (Dilmun standard) of silver [...] 1(?) [+ x shekels (Dilmun standard)] of silver: the pri[ce] — receipt (šu-ti-ag) (of) Za-[...] 1 Amorite dagger of gold (for) the son (of) I-[...] [The pr]ice: 2 hundred 'stone'(-weights) of fine wool [...] ... [...]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 025

(Obverse) Zekam(?): handed over (šu mu-tag). 13 minas [of ...], 9 minas 42 shekels of silver by the Dilmun standard — the purchase price [...] (Break) 4 first-quality sashes (nig-la), 2 white triple(-band) kilts of Mari, 1 hundred 3 SAL(-textiles), 1 NI-NI-garment, 1 hundred 50 minus 1 (= 149) multicolored kilts [...], 20 minas 12 shekels of silver by the Dilmun standard — the purchase price of 23 dul-garments, 16 ʾadaʾum-cloaks [...] (text breaks off)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 026

1 fine multicoloured belt-garment, [...] (for) Ibrium. 1 NI-NI-textile (and) 1 multicoloured triple belt-garment (for) Su-ra-bu, and ... [...]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 027

Enna-NI, the man of Ša'um: 1 fine (SAL) textile, 1 multicolored belt-cloth — (for) Šeš-mu. [Break] 1 gu-dul cloak, 1 aktum garment, 1 multicolored belt-cloth — (for) the king (en). [Break]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 028

(obverse) 40 belts (nig2-la2) of GAB-type, (for) the agent (maškim); (Break) [N] bracelets of copper (and) silver: (for) Zikirku (of) Guriš; (Break) [...] gold; 1 woman: Lula-NI, the one of Siga, Dari-... [...] (rest broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 030

(Obverse) 1 gu-dul cloak, 1 SAL-garment, 1 multicolored belt-garment — (for) Buda-malik [...] Dabdar 3 gu-mug (coarse-wool) textiles of grade 1, 3 SAL-garments, 3 multicolored belt-garments [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 032

(obverse, column i) [...]-rum, DAB₅-LU₂ (received? / PN); 1 multicolored, fine-quality ib-textile (belt-garment) with triple band: (for) Il-damu, ... -zu-[...]; (column ii) 1 linen garment: (for) Ibrium; 1 ʾadaum-cloak, 1 fine (sal-)textile, 1 multicolored ib-textile (belt-garment): (for) Saha-a; [remainder broken]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 034

(obverse) [n +] 5 gu-dul₃ garments, 14 fine (SAL) textiles, 15 multicolored íb-III kilts — (for) the singers. 1 [...] 1 ... textile, 1 multicolored íb-III kilt [...] Month: Ibasa. AN-ŠE₃-GU₂. 23 gu-zi ʾa-da-um cloaks. 10 [+ n ...] (rest broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 037

12 guzitum-textiles, 3 aktum-garments, [...]-rum, 1 zara-garment of u-hab (reddish-brown dye), 3 triple(-fringed) ib-sashes of u-hab dye: (for) Zibalum, the brother of Igi, (and for) Ibubu. 10 textiles: delivery (mu-DU) of RAŠ-GA. (Total:) [n] thousand, 1 hundred and 39 multicolored ib-sashes (of) cloth.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 039

(obverse, column fragment) [n+]4 double ('a3-da-um) cloaks, 93 aktum-tunics, 31 zara6-gowns, 20 minus 3 (= 17) NI&NI-textiles, 50 minus 1 (= 49) gu-dul3 cloaks of 'a3-da type, of linen, 40 minus 1 (= 39) fine (SAL) textiles, 5 chest-bands, 10 minus 1 (= 9) head-bands, 2 kilts (with 2 tassels) of top-quality cloth, 1 kilt (with 1 tassel) of ordinary cloth, 72 kilts (with [n] tassels) of good quality [...], [n+]1 [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 043

1 bracelet of two-thirds (a shekel) of silver — (for) 1 man, the man of Išma-damu, the man of Aha-LUM. (Break) 2 bracelets of two-thirds (a shekel each) of silver (and) gold (to) Iriig-malik he gave. (Break)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 045

1 hundred KIN-measures of wool, 1 hundred workmen, received (šu-du8), (of) the sa-zax (the palace administrative complex); [... Break ...] NE-a-u (person/place name): 5 KIN-measures of wool, 1 KIN-measure of [wool ...]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 049

(Obverse) Man of Adasin: 1 (unit of) wool, KIN-quality, first-grade; (Break) [...] 1[+n] tens of TUG2-NI-NI textiles; 27 fine multicoloured ÍB+III (belt/kilt) textiles; 40 minus 1 (= 39) multicoloured ÍB+III textiles. Month: za-LUL. Irmi.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 053

(Obverse, beginning broken) [...] ... (two illegible signs) the king (en) and the badalum-official of Ḫalsum: 1 gu-dùl cloak, 1 aktum-tunic. (Break) the king (en): 2 'à-da-um cloaks of double (quality), 2 aktum-tunics, 2 multicolored belts of fine quality. (Remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 054

The king (en). 1 NI.NI-textile, [n] fine (SAL) garments, [...] — offering (nidba). 3 multicolored íb-belts: (for) Dubi-ab (and) [..]-za. [...] overseer: Hutimu. 1 gu-dul cloak, 2 NI.NI-textiles, 2 fine (SAL) garments: (for) his agent (maškim). x [...] (for) Ruzi-Malik. 10 zara-garments, 20 minus [n ...]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 055

1 'a-da-um cloak, 1 aktum-tunic, 1 fine multicolored íb-sash (íb-III quality), [...] ... his ..., the man of the quay (merchant), 1 fine(?) textile (SAL), 1 multicolored íb-sash, ... ... [...] 1 'a-da-um cloak, 1 aktum-tunic: (for) Iram-malik, ... ... [...] [...] gold, his brother, 2 [...] (Break)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 058

Zikiar, of the sa-za (palace administration): 1 fine multicolored ib-textile (belt/kilt); [...] GIŠ-DUG-DU; 1 woman (of/from) Dub — handed over (šu mu-tag4); wine; 1 ... [...] (for) the šu-du8 official; 1 triple-quality(?) multicolored ib-textile (for) the commissioner (maškim); [...] (rest broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 062

(obverse) [n +] 6(?) ... fine/thin(?) (textiles); 103 ib-garments of triple quality, fine, multicolored; 1 ib-garment of triple quality, fine, multicolored, of first quality; 141 ib-garments of triple quality, multicolored; [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 065

(obverse) 50 KIN-measures of wool, 2 hundred chest-band[s] (níg-lá gaba), I-[...] (name broken), 80 [...], 40 tug2-du8 textiles, 50 KIN-measures of wool, 2 hundred chest-bands, Gati. (Break) [...] [...] 3 hund[red] 20 KIN-measures of wool, 6 hundred 60 tug2-du8 textiles, 7 hundred 50 KIN-measures of wool, 3 thousand [...]; [gr]and total: [...].

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