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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 094

Obverse [n] food-offerings (nidba), gir2 (dagger/blade) — ak — the ruler (en); [month(?)]-sar: be-lim; [...] the ruler (en); [...] (broken) 1 kid (goat), [...]-rum2; [...] (broken) 1 kid (goat): AN-ma-LUM; (two illegible signs) 1 kid (goat) (the remainder of the tablet is broken away or too eroded to read)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 098

The lord (en). In 4 days, 12 work-troops (erin₂) consumed barley: 3 gur 5 barig. Purchase (equivalent): Ti-na-tim: 2 barig; Iš-gi: 1 barig; KA-URU: 3 ban₂. Month: iti-sar, third (?) |LAGAB×SIG₇|.

Economy

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 102

At the disposal of(?) — the fortification wall: barley has been harvested. Ḫal-ti(?). 2 [units], 1 [unit] — [Tab]-la-a-lim. 240 [units] — Ar-ši-a-ḫu. 200 — Ar-rum. [n] hundred (and) 30 — [... (name lost)]. 131 [units] — Kur-i-[lum]. 2 hun[dred] — (remainder lost).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 103

Wool, plucked (shearing); (of/for) A'šalum: 1 gešʾ2 40 (= 100); [1 gešʾ2] 40 (= 100); 1 gešʾ2 40 (= 100); 1 gešʾ2 40 (= 100); 1 gešʾ2 3 (= 63); wool of the bar-ASZ (grade): 3, SIKIL (clean/pure).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 105

Ewes (female sheep), delivery; account of (lit. "with/from"): |HIxDISZ|-šum; 1 hundred (and) 2 sheep; 10 grass-fed lambs; 2 she-goats (LAK020). Month: iti-sar. Beli-ZI. (Reverse: uninscribed.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 113

Month: Sar-nenegar (NE.NE.GAR). The lord (en), on the journey (to?) Udara: donkeys: 11; work-troop (erin₂); barley consumed: 7 barig. The lord went (ba-gin). Donkeys: 12; work-troop (erin₂); barley consumed: 2 gur 4 barig 2 ban₂. 3 days he/they stayed (al-tuš).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 114

New-moon day of Be-lim(?); šu, u₂, šim(?); the ruler (en) went (there); 3 days he stayed. Donkeys (and) 22 work-troop (men) — barley consumed: 2 gur 1 barig 3 ban₂. Purchase goods(?): |GA₂×NE+E₂| (vessel/container): 2 ban₂.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 115

Lu-geš-DU: 5. Goods (nig₂): 1 gur 5 ban₂. The overseer Lu-geš-DU: 1 (gur) 1 barig 3 ban₂. Bari, (of the) sheep: 4 (gur) 5 barig 3 ban₂. The wife: 6. Goods (nig₂): 4 barig. Aḫatum: 2 barig. Šu-kabba: 2 barig. Azazu: 1 barig. Receipt (šu) of Ḫar-da-nu: 8. Goods (nig₂): 8 barig 2 ban₂. Plough-donkeys: 2 — the work-gang (erin₂). Barley consumed (as fodder/rations): 5 barig. Total: 4 gur 2 ban₂. Month-record (iti-sar): Bēlī-ZI.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 116

Lu-geš-DU: 5 (gur). Goods(?): 1 gur 5 ban. The overseer of the lu-geš-DU men: 1 (gur) 1 barig 3 ban. Bari, (of the) sheep: 4 (gur) 5 barig 3 ban. Šu-kabba: 1 (gur) 2 barig. (His) wife: 6 (gur) 4 barig. Aḫatum: 1 (gur) 2 barig. Azazu: 1 (gur) 1 barig. The female child (daughter): 1 (gur) 4 ban. Milling work (nig₂-KIN-KIN): 2 gur. Month: sar of Belim.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 121

[Ḫal]-ti: [n+]2 gur 3 barig (of grain). Tab-la-a-lim: 5 gur. Ar-ši-a-ḫu: 3 gur 4 barig. Ar-rum: 4 gur 3 barig [+ n]. kur(?) Kur-i-lum: 1 gur 3 barig 3 ban.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 122

(Obverse) The lord (en) of Nagar(?), in 4 days: 4 gur (of barley). The lord — Ur-bar: 4 barig 4 ban₂. The lord — [Su]-lum: [n gur] 1 barig 4 ban₂. (Reverse) The lord — AN-ma-LUM: 1 gur 6 barig. (Total:) 6 gur 3 barig 2 ban₂. Month-record: third (month of) |LAGAB×SIG₇|.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 135

[Male sheep] (rams). Ir-e-UD…[…]. […] sheep: 70. […] […] Lambs: 27. Lambs put to the knife (slaughtered): 11. … …: 10. LAK020 (she-goats?): 12. […] Hides: 21.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 140

Obverse 1. Barley — RU(-share): 5 barig 2. Receipt (lit. "hand") of the gate: 1 (gur) 1 barig 3. Receipt (lit. "hand") of the E-eš (house of the rope): 1 (gur) 1 barig 4. Overseer of the lu₂-ĝeš-DU (workmen): 4 (gur) 3 barig Reverse 5. Grand total: 6. 2 hundred 7. (and) 5 gur

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 142

wives(?): 7 [...]-ki-um: [n] 1 male wives(?): 6 [...] ...-IGI [...] I(?)-[...]: 1 male 4 wives(?) 'A3-da, second(?): 3 [n] males wives(?): [x]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 148

Obverse 1. Food-offering (nidba); 2. dagger(?) — made(?) — for/of the ruler (en); 3. iti-sar, AN-SAG(?); 4. U-la-šum; 5. a kid (mašdaria/goat): 1; 6. female child (daughter); 7. Ašlum; 8. AN-a-[x]-tum; 9. 1 kid. Reverse: uninscribed. (Edges: no ancient writing; modern museum notations only.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 153

Sheep for shearing. Rams (male sheep). Palace. 1 hundred. Ewes: 1 hundred. 60. Grass-fed lambs: 46. Month: iti-sar, (of) Utu.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 158

Obverse: Sheep for shearing; rams; Lu-salim. 1 hundred ewes. 1 hundred, 85; 3 LAK020 (caprines); grass-fed lambs: 43. Reverse: iti-sar of Utu.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 164

Sheared sheep (wool-plucked sheep). Rams. 'A₃-šalum. 20+ [...]. Ewes. 1 hundred, 5 sheep. Grass-fed lambs: 40+ [...]. Month(?) iti-sar of Utu (Šamaš).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 166

[sheep] (for) plucking/shearing [sheep], male (rams) Aḫu-ṭāb: 1 female sheep (ewes) 1 hundred 40 less 1 (= 39) 1 LAK020 (she-goat?) grass-fed lambs: 53 [month:] ... of Utu (Šamaš) (The left-hand edge of every line is broken away; the signs in brackets are restored. No separate reverse text is given in the transliteration beyond the closing date line.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 200

The ruler (en), in (the) Land — 7 barig 3 ban 5 sila (of barley) — on the 2nd day; [n] 5 barig 3 ban 5 sila — on the 3rd day; 7 barig 3 ban 5 sila — on the 4th day. A-ba-la-da: 60 (units), 4 ban.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 207

[Month:] Bēlī-ZI(?) 7 gur (of grain) KUR-ilum 4 gur 5 barig [...] ... [...] [...]-ḫa — 2 [...] ... 12 (gur)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 140, 1971-349

1. 20 gur barley (by the sag-gal₂ ["great-head"] measure) — 2. (for) the gala-priest (and) the chief carpenter; 3. 20 — Ur-e₂, the leatherworker; 4. 20 — Inim-Utu; 5. 20 — En-ane, the SIG₁₅; 6. (n, not given) — the gala, the SIG₁₅; 7. 20 — Adkup-gal (the [chief] reed-worker/mat-weaver); 8. they are the men of Nu-ira; 9. the farmer is their commissioner (maškim).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 245, Bod S 295

2 barig beer bread (of) Akkade 2 barig groats 2 barig malt 2 barig flour 2 ban2 fine flour (for) Mama-hursag Total: 1 gur 3 barig 2 ban2 flour, by the Akkade gur-standard 2 ban2 fine flour Year 3, month 7 (ITI sign: |UDxSZE.TIL| — a locally-named month).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 340

1. 1 barig, 3 ban2 fine flour (zi3-sig15) of Agade (a-ga-de3) 2. 1 gur, 1 barig zi3-gu-flour 3. 3 gur dabin-flour (coarse flour) 4. 2 gur, 3 ban2(?) barley malt-flour (zi3-munu4) 5. 2 ban2 [...] AN(?) [...] (broken) 6. A(?) [......] (broken, largely illegible) 7. [......] (illegible) 8. 1 barig(?) [......] (broken) 9. 2 years, 2 months

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

AAS 009

2 jars of 5-ban2 beer, 2 jars of 3-ban2 beer, (for) the additional first-fruits offering (nesag diri). Total: 2 barig 4 ban2 — its barley (equivalent). 6 years, 8 months.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

AAS 012

2 sheep, "chosen by the heart" (selected/designated) 1 lamb, the flank(?) of UD-ḪUB2 (uncertain term/name) 1 lamb (for) Dumuzi 1 lamb (for) Lugal-pa'e 1 sheep (for) the cook 5 lambs (for) the Abzu [1]1 sheep, (for) the diviner (maš-šu-gi4-gi4) Total: 14 sheep, 10 minus 1 (= 9) lambs — booked out (disbursed).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

AAS 202

x x [...] (traces, illegible) 1 [...] kal-la(?) — (name, ending in -kalla) 1 Me-pa-x(?) — (personal name) 1 Ur-[...] — (personal name) 1 Lugal-maškim [1] Lu2-[...] — (personal name) [1] Lu2 [...] — (personal name) [...] pa-geš-[...] (traces) Its inspection was performed (gurum2-bi i3-ak). 7 years, 5 months.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 4, 014 04

(Obverse — top broken) [...] ... [...]-muti, [...]-tebisir; 1 gur 4 barig — ...-ruk...; 1 gur 2 barig — Inzu; 1 gur 4 barig — Baruksir; 2 gur — Atiti; 1 gur 4 barig — Kiti; [n +] 1 gur — ...-imma; [...] ... . (Reverse) [Total: ... n gur] 4 barig 2 ban of barley, by the gur-measure, [...] ...-gar; foreman: Kiti. (Remainder of reverse uninscribed)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CT 50, 049

566 sheep, 303 female goats — confirmed on the broad tablet. 135 sheep, 12 lambs: these are sheep of the slaughter-rotation. Sheep at pasture. Year: the expedition-yoke at the drinking-hall was established.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 11, 283

143 gur of barley — its field-area: 1 bur3. Month of Še-sag-kal, day 7. Field of Mu-nu11-mah; [Field of Gada-gar-Ib]-ni-Suen — it is (this).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 001

3 [units] of finest-quality bread; 36 gu2-zi jars; 18 jars of [...]; [...] received. At the mouth of the small canal — bread disbursed. Lugal-an-dul3, chief cupbearer; Mes-ki-gal-la, governor of Adab.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 004

[n ...] weaver(s) [...]... [...]-lum [...] house [...] their commissioner [...] bank of the city [n?] I-lum-gar3, scribe — An-na-šum2. 1 merchant: An-na-šum2. A garment has been issued.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 006

32 + [n] sheep Adda [n +] 23 — Inim-ma-ni-zi 30 — E2-dam-si 30 — Nin-da [n +] 8 — [lu2...]-u2-[...] [remainder broken]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 009

11 gur, 1 barig, 1 ban2 of flour 25 gur of barley 3 gur of beer-bread [...] (broken) [n+]1 gur, 2 barig of groats 48 gur, 1 barig, 1 ban2 — grand total Annašum

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 013

[n] goat(s) — Sag-zi; 1 goat — Ili-ili; [n] goat(s) — [...]-ba; 1 goat — Ur-tir; 1 male sheep — Ka-ku3, son of Ur-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 018

[...]-gu [...]: [Thus] speak: To my lord, say: 'The troops have been set in order. On day 4, [they] perished — mace(?). 15 troops were [...] [...]-na-ga [...] [...] gathered [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] year / name (?) [...] in the palace. A person who has nothing [...] may he bring it.'

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 020

1 silver ring [hu-la] — its weight: 1/3 mina 1 naš-pāru garment 1 first-quality, fully finished garment — (for the) bala rotation 1 weaver's garment — (for the) bala rotation 1 (vessel of) fine oil — 2 sila; (1) rope 1 (unit of) bitumen — for the house (for / by) Bēlī-il-abā 1 weaver's garment — (for the) bala rotation (for / by) Elīšta-kal lu2-ku (official) [the] gleaming ornament(s) [of / for] the king they brought [it/them]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 021

1 bala-garment, 1 (unit of) bitumen (for) the ox-stall of the house, 1 leather bag — (for) Ḫulium; 1 bala-garment, 1 (unit of) bitumen of the house, 1 leather bag — [U]ṣium; Men of the nig₂-mul (institution), (of) Lagaš, from Zira — they brought [it there]; they received (it). Month: Šesagkalga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 023

[1] silver ring, spiral, its weight: 1/3 (shekel) 1 garment of naspārum-type 1 heavy garment, perfectly finished 1 fine garment, ušbar-weave 1 [1-sila3 vessel of] sweet oil [n unit(s) of] bitumen, house-[allotment] [n] gur of barley, (for/at) Agade [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 024

1 silver ring, unraveled — its weight: 1/3 shekel. 1 garment of naṣparu-type. 1 garment, second-quality, bala(-type). Enna-num, coppersmith — for the king's statue; [having come with it?] [An-mu?] — garments expended. Month: du6-ku3 (the Sacred Mound).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 025

[n] garment(s), nāsparu type 2 garments, fine-grade (nig₂-lam₂), second quality 2 garments, šagadu type, second quality 2 garments, šage-dab type 1 (jar of) good oil, 1-sila measure 1 (unit of) bitumen, house-allocation his/her command: [was given to him?]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 026

10 mana of wool, 1 sila of sesame oil, 1 sila of lard, 1 [unit of] bitumen — house ration: Al-la, the steward of the household. 1 sila of sesame oil: Puzur-Enlil, the barley commissioner, gave [it] to him. Oil: disbursed. Month: mu-tir.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 027

10 minas of wool; 1 sila of sesame oil [and] garlic; 1 (unit) of bitumen — house ration. Ur-Gibil, the gardener, [...] small, small [...]; [came] to him; [he] gave to him. The oil is the expenditure. Lugal-amu. Month: mu-tir.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 029

2 bar-dul5-cloaks — weaver; 2 sila of pig fat: Lu-ane, the nu-eš (cultic functionary), Ursu, the cupbearer — their commissioner. 2 bar-dul5-cloaks — weaver; [X] bar-dul5-cloak(s) — šabra (estate manager). Sealed account — to Amur-um he gave [it] to him. Month: Šuba-nun. It is a garment disbursement.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 031

3 sila of oil; 1 garment — Naspāru; 2 sila of oil; 15 leather gu-tum items; [x x — illegible]; 1 sila of oil (signs damaged); chariot of Da-da; ½ sila of oil; Du-du; Pīrāum — oil expenditure: this is its designation.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 032

[n (units of)] sweet oil [from Aga]de — 1 [vessel?] from the storehouse — Da-kum, brother of Ur-Marada, was given to him. Oil expenditure. [Month:] [barley-har]vest.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 033

[n sila3 of] fine oil; [n sila3 of] garlic — Gu-zi, the uz-ga official; 1 sila3 of pig fat — Da-[di], steward of the [temple]; [...] for/to [...]; [came / was brought ...], [...] (it) was given to him.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 034

1 sila of pig fat — Da-si, donkey herder. Sarru-bani. 1 sila of pig fat, 1 [unit of] bitumen [as] household ration — A-ḫu-mu-pi, temple steward.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 035

1 sila3 of lard — the man (who is) the szabra of the house; 1 sila3 (for) Pu-zu-zu, the man (who is) the szabra of the house, (and) commissioner of the grain boats; 5 sila3 (for) the junior officer (lu2-banda3), son of A[...]-zi; 1/3 sila3 of bitumen — (classified as) drawn oil: such is its designation. Month: Šu-gar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 037

3 (jars of) prime pig-fat — (for) Ur-supa-sikil, the cupbearer: he gave (it) to him. 1 (jar of) prime pig-fat — [...]-tu returned, [...]-šè, Ani-ni (?), chief herald of the king — Lugal-alsa: its bailiff. 1 (jar of) prime oil, 5 (units of) donkey hide — was processed.

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