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~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)

Economy

~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)

Economy

~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]

Economy

~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)

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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)

Economy

~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)

Economy

~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 ...]

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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)

Economy

~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 ...]

Economy

~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)

Economy

~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)

Economy

~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)

Economy

~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: [...].

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 067

(beginning broken) [... 'a]-da-um cloaks, dul-garments of Mari. 175 aktum-textiles. 42 gu-dul cloaks of linen; 'a-da-um cloak of type 1. 1 zara-garment (dyed) with u-hab plant; 2 TUG2-NI-NI textiles. 73 [... (commodity lost)]. (remainder broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 070

(obverse, column fragmentary) [I]šar-malik, the great singers [...] [...]-malik, Za'arum, Gu-NE-du, Išra-il, [...] (Break) Ir'am-da'ar, Igbul-malik, Ib[hur] (received?); 4 coarse-fibre (gu-mug) textiles, 4 fine (SAL) garments. [...] (remainder broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 071

Garment(s and) outer-wrap — of the king (en); Surda-mahu, Puzur-ra-malik, Enna-malik, [Break] 4 gu-dùl cloaks, 4 fine garments, 4 multicoloured kilts, Iš-...[...] (rest broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 072

Sa-nab-zugum: 1 gu-mug textile (coarse-fiber garment), 1 triple(-banded) multicolored belt-garment — Ennu-LUM, the commissioner; [...]-lu: 3 dul-garments (cloaks) — Azi of Manuwad; 1 gu-mug textile (coarse-fiber garment) — Aduna of Manuwad.

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 075

1 zara-textile, 11 aktum-textiles, 13 gu-dul cloaks (and) 1 'à-da-um garment, 1 TUG2-NI-NI textile, [... ... textile(s) ...] (remainder broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 077

(Column i) 1 woman(?) / fine(?) (garment), 1 multicolored ib-textile (sash) — (for) Enna-Il [...] (break) (of) the sa-za (the palace administrative center); 1 gu-mug (coarse-wool) textile — (for) the captive(?) of Armi, the man of ʾA-še(?) [...] (break)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 080

1 belt (íb-lá), 1 siti-dum, 1 dagger with curved blade ('tail'-dagger) of 30 (shekels) of gold — for the man of [...] [...] 1 linen garment, 1 fine (garment), 1 double-íb garment of multicolored cloth [...]

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 081

Exchange transaction (šu-bala-ak): 50 shekels (Dilmun standard) of gold — 1 plate (ingot): Bur-ḫaš of Adabig. 10 shekels (Dilmun standard) of silver: Kum-NE. (Break) 1 mina and 40 shekels (Dilmun standard) of silver: NE-a-dum. 3 kunga-equids: Ri'i-ḫalam received. 15 [shekels (Dilmun standard)] of silver [...] (text breaks off)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 083

Overseer: Garaman. 1 'a-da-um cloak, [n] fine (garments), 1 multicolored kilt with n (pins?); (for) GIŠ-DUG-[DU]; Gar-mu. 1 textile [...] (for) the wife of the man Sa-[...]; (of/for) the king. [Break] 1 chest-band, 1 head-band; 60 minus 3 (= 57) multicolored kilts of fine quality; 1 multicolored kilt, red-dyed; 1 hundred sixty-six (= 166) multicolored kilts. Total: [...]

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 084

14 íb-garments (kilts), of good quality, multicolored; 20 minus 2 (= 18) triple íb-garments (kilts), multicolored — textiles. Total: 63 textiles. Outgoing (expenditure). Month: MAxGANA₂-SAG. 10 minus 2 (= 8) gu-mug (coarse tow-cloth) textiles; 10 kin-measures of wool.

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 087

(obverse) [n] 'a3-da-um cloaks of double (quality), 1 aktum-tunic, 1 fine multicolored kilt: Dubi-zikir, [...] the man of the quay, (and) Manuwad, resident of Zušagabu. 1 fine garment: Išdala, one ... (gab). [...] (of) Kak[mi]um, resident: NI-tiba. (Subtotal:) 4 gudul-garments, 4 fine garments, 6 [...] (rest broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 089

to [the city of] ...rar (a toponym, sign LAGAB×UŠ₂ + ra-ar), [n +] 4 fine garments, [n +] 4 multicoloured kilts (íb-III textiles), (Break) [for] Kakmium, the king (en); 13 kin-measures of [wool].

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 091 + unp. frag.

(obverse, fragmentary) [...] shekels (Dilmun standard) of silver, 1 ŠIR-za plaque — (for) a tablet(?) — from (KI) Ibrium; [...] (for the city of) [Kak]mium. 1 mina and 12 shekels (Dilmun standard) of silver: the price of 12 linen garments [...] [...]-radum, Dahir-malik, Mašardum. 13 shekels (Dilmun standard) of silver [...] (remainder broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 097

[n] gu-mug textiles: the wife of 'A-za-du. 1 aktum-textile, 1 kilt of [n]-quality [...] 1 'a-da-um cloak of double (quality), 1 aktum-textile, 1 kilt of triple (quality), multicoloured, of fine cloth: (for) Du-bi-damu, son of the king (en). [...] to ...-NE-[...] (place or person, broken). 1 'a-da-um cloak of single (quality), 1 aktum-textile [...] (rest broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 098

15 shekels (Dilmun-standard) of silver [...] 6 shekels (Dilmun-standard) of gold, 1 zi-bar, [...] exchanged (converted at the exchange rate). 3 shekels (Dilmun-standard) of gold [...] received. 10 shekels (Dilmun-standard) of silver [...]

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 099

Ibazi-minu, the man of Ada: 1 ʾadaum-cloak (single quality), 1 aktum-tunic, 1 multicolored kilt — (through) the agent NE-zi-malik; (as) announcement-gift (for the news that) Ibrium erected stelae (at/of) [...]-DU. (Break) [...] [...] 1 aktum-tunic, 1 fine kilt [...], (for) Kura-gar-ru (and/of) A-PEŠ-danu. 13 ʾadaum-[cloaks ...]

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 117

(obverse, col. i?) [...]-...-KU-ra: 1 'a3-da-um double cloak, 1 aktum-tunic, 1 [n-fold?] kilt of multicoloured fine cloth [...] (to) Abu-malik, the man of Iti-NI-lam. 4 'a3-da-um double cloaks, 4 aktum-tunics, 4 kilts of multicoloured fine cloth [...] (Break) (for/of) Kish: 1 'a3-da-um double cloak, 1 aktum-tunic, 1 three-fold kilt of multicoloured fine cloth, 51 [shekels] of gold, 1 [...] (text breaks off)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 120

[...] 21(?) gu-dul cloaks (and) 'a-da-um garments of type I; 1 NI&NI-textile; 67 fine (SAL) garments; 14(?) [...]

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 122

[1] aktum-garment, 1 multicoloured, fine-quality sash (belt of four strands), 2 bracelets of agar-copper (plated with) gold, [x] young men [...], 1 gu-mug-textile: (for) Asi-malik, son of Ri-... [...] (rest broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 125

1 gu-dul textile, 1 fine garment — Ada-ur (of?) Dusigu he gave (it) to him. [...] (break) The overseer: Ibrium. 1 fine garment: Gugulanu. [...] (text breaks off)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 129

Ir'am-da'ar, Gasa: 4 kin-measures of wool. Enna-BE: 6 kin-measures of wool [...] 6 kin-measures of wool: Buda-Malik, Ama-Malik, [...] the man of Ir-iba; Ir-iba, the man of [...]

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 130

1 ziru-measure of wool, ordered (du₁₁-ga) [...] (for) I-in-ilum, (for) Iti-mud-il, [...] (for) Miga, (for) Durium, the man of the quay, [...] AN-ŠE₃-GU₂ (meaning uncertain: perhaps a place-name or orientation term) [...]

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 131

(obverse) Zikir-raku (and) Guriš, who were struck down in Armi. [... Break ...] The lord (the king) received (it). 1 ʾadaum-cloak, 1 gu-mug (coarse) cloth, 3 fine (garments), 3 multicoloured ib-sashes: (for) Raʾizu. [... rest broken ...]

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 132

(obverse) 1 'a-da-um cloak of double (quality), 1 dul-garment in the Mari style, 1 chest-sash (níg-lá of the breast), (Break) [given to(?)] Iri-igze, the commissioner (maškim) of Iš'arum. (Break — remainder of the text is lost)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 133

(obverse) [n] kilts (ÍB+n-TÚG), (for) Dubišum, the man of ...da-[x]-na, (of) the palace administration (SA.ZAx). [x] NI-NI textiles [...] (for) the brother of Ibrium. 1 gu-dul₃ tunic, 1 fine garment, 1 multicoloured triple(-band) kilt: (for) Zikirra-il, the man of Darmaʾa [(...)] [... (the remainder is broken)]

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 136

(column i) The wife of Ibrium [...] ... [...] Iti-agu and Harada-miki, the commissioner(s) [...] (column ii) Enna-NI delivered (it). A BUR-KAK vessel (for/of) NI-da-KUL (of) Luban [...]

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 141

(Obverse, beginning broken) [...] ʾa-da-um cloak(s), 10 minus 1 (= 9) aktum-textiles, 10 minus 1 (= 9) fine multicoloured sashes: ʾA-zi, Agušum, Dubuhu-ʾAda, Dubi-zikir, the man of EN-[...], (of) Nirar — he/they delivered (them). Gula-ʾadum, the king [...] sheep in/at [...] (after the break:) 63 gu-mug (coarse) textiles.

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 142

(beginning broken) [... n] 'a-da-um cloaks of double (quality), [n] aktum-tunics, [n] multicoloured kilts (with triple wrapping) (gap) (for the people of) NIrar. 1 'a-da-um cloak of double (quality), 1 aktum-tunic, 1 fine multicoloured kilt (with triple wrapping): (for) the king; (gap) 2 multicoloured kilts: (for) his elders. 1 'a-da-um cloak of double (quality), 1 aktum-tunic, 1 fine multicoloured kilt (with quadruple wrapping) [...] (remainder broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 146

(obverse) [n] ʾa-da-um cloaks of double (format), [n +] 2 aktum-tunics [...], 1 coarse gu-mug textile, 1 fine(-quality) textile, 1 multicoloured kilt (íb-III garment): the queen (maliktum) received. 1 linen cloth, TAR-TAR [...] (remainder broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 151

8 belts of rush-fiber (ZI&ZI-A), (dyed) red-brown (with the ḫab-plant); 5 belts of rush-fiber (ZI&ZI-A), black; (Break) 2[+n] zara-textiles; 5 guzitum-garments; 1 aktum-garment; (Break)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 152

Ruzi-malik — his courier (mazalum): 3 ʾa-da-um cloaks of the double type (ʾa-da-um-TÚG-II), 3 aktum-textiles, 3 kilts (íb-III-TÚG), multicoloured, of fine quality [...] (remainder broken)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 153

1 coarse gu-mug textile, of poor quality; 1 multicoloured íb+III kilt — (for) Igbul, PAP-GAR [...] Rasap; 1 fine multicoloured íb+III kilt — (for) Dubi-zikir, the man of Irig-[...].

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 158

(Fragment; beginning lost) [...]-du, Alradamu, Idanikimu, Ilum-ahu, (Break) Dagmul-damu: 1 zimu (object/ornament) of silver he drew forth (išrud). (Break) Magašadu, Maga-[...] (Remainder lost)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 165

(Break) [...] 1 fine, multicoloured kilt (íb+n-textile) — (for) Ir'am-malik (of) Arḫadu. 2 'a-da-um cloaks of type 1, 2 aktum-textiles, 2 multicoloured triple kilts — (for) his commissioner. (Break)

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 171

(Obverse, first preserved column) [...] ... 2 (men of) Armi, 2 'a3-da-um cloaks of the second type, 2 aktum-tunics, 2 multicoloured fine kilts (of the íb+III type): (for) Išbu-[x]-du. (Break) [...] 'a3-da-um cloaks of the second type, 1 'a3-da-um cloak of the first type, 2 aktum-tunics, 1 multicoloured fine kilt, 1 multicoloured kilt: (for) Ra-'a-ag. 1 'a3-da-um cloak [...] (Break) [...] 1 aktum-tunic, 1 fine multicoloured kilt, 40 (shekels?) [...], 1 belt, 1 dagger with sheath(?) — (for) the incantation-priest(?): (for) Iram-malik.

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