All tablets.

CST 012

Obverse (no side divisions are marked in the source; lines numbered here in sequence) 1. 2 iku, barley: field of 2. the gala-priest Nis[qum]. 3. 4 iku, barley; 1¼ iku, UD.GUNU (land): 4. Ḫe-saman. 5. ½ iku, barley; ½ + ¼ iku, UD.GUNU (land): 6. Ur-eš, 7. son of Ḫe-saman. 8. Total: 1 eše ½ iku, barley; 2 iku, UD.GUNU (land). 9. Field surveyed; barley dried (ripe). 10. From Lugal, the tenant (plough-holder). 11. Irrigation district of Sila-du, 12. Zamu, Gu-sur. 13. Year 6, month 4.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian Empire

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CST 013

1. 1½ iku of field: 2. seed placed (sown), 3. labour of 1 day, 4. (in) the meadow-land of the field Uru; 5. Sipazi, 6. the plow-leader. 7. Mezu 8. delivered (it). 9. Year 7, month(!) 8.

Economy

CST 014

Obverse/Reverse (no section division in the source) 1. 3 (jars of) beer, (each) jar of 1 barig 1 ban; 2. 1 (jar of) beer, jar of 5 ban; 3. 1 (jar of) beer, jar of 3 ban: 4. regular allotment for 1 day. 5. Total: 90 (jars of) beer, (each) jar of 1 barig 1 ban; 6. 30 (jars of) beer, (each) jar of 5 ban; 7. 30 (jars of) beer, (each) jar of 3 ban: 8. regular allotment for 1 month. 9. 36 gur 1 barig of barley (for) beer, (in) gur of the 'great head' (standard). 10. [n year(s)], 1 month.

CST 016

1(?) (jar of) beer: 1 barig of barley per jar; 5 sila of fine flour: this is (the allotment) for 1 day. Barley for beer: 3 gur 3 barig, (by the) standard gur sag-gal; emmer for beer: 1 gur 1 barig: this is (the allotment) for 1 month. Total: n+20 [... gur], (by the gur) sag-[gal] ...; total: [......] ... it is(?). [......] ...(?) [......]-a(?) will be added. [......] (rest destroyed)

CST 018

(Obverse / continuous text; no side markers in the source) 1. 3 bur'u (= 30 bur) of field, 2. meadow-district of Amar-uga; 3. 3 bur'u (= 30 bur), PAP field, 4. meadow-district of Edin-hu?-[...]-gid?; 5. 1 bur'u 2 bur (= 12 bur), PAP field, 6. meadow-district of Amer-zatur; 7. 1 bur'u (= 10 bur), PAP field, 8. meadow-district of Barbara; 9. 2 bur'u (= 20 bur), PAP field, 10. meadow-district of Dapeš. 11. Total: 1 šar 4 bur'u 2 bur (= 102 bur) of field: 12. field taken over (dab5-ba) 13. (by) Eṭib-mer.

CST 019

2 barig of sesame oil: Si-AN-HA; 2 barig: Pap-gi-su4; 2 barig: Si-nam-ki-ri-ir; 2 barig: Adda-SIG-ba; (these are those) of Bad-da-elam. For the tablet of mehi (?), not hubūtu.

CST 020

Obverse (and continuation; no side markers in the source) 1. 80 gur of barley: 2. Adda; 3. (at/from) the ox-house (?) of Meme. 4. 42 (gur): Ur-še; 5. 30 (gur): Ur-niĝ; 6. it is the barley of Ur-še. 7. ma-buru4 (meaning unclear); 8. barley that is on hand.

CST 023

Obverse(?) 1. [...] gur of barley [at disposal(?)], ... seed: 2. [Da]da, son of Ur-e. 3. 24 gur of barley, seed: 4. Ur-Šara. 5. 6 gur 2 barig of barley, seed: 6. Adda-tur. 7. 220 gur of barley, seed. 8. 144 gur 2 barig less 2 ban, 1(?) of barley, threshed. 9. x-x-si. 10. The arrears of the chief plowmen(?) [... plow]men(?) 11. [are] to be brought out. 12. 1(?) year [n months].

CST 026

(Obverse / reverse sequence as given; no side markers in the source) 1. 6 sila of first-quality [ghee], 2. 3 sila of [gh]ee, 3. 6(?) [......]: Ur-Enlila. 4. 6 sila of ghee: 5. Ur-emega. 6. 12 sila of ghee: 7. E-ki. 8. Total: 1 jar (and) 17 sila of ghee, 9. [o]il poured out(?). 10. ...... [......]-si(?)

CST 172

1. 2 bur 1 eše of field: 2 days; 2. 1 bur 1 eše 1 iku of field: 1 day; 3. 1 bur 1 iku of field: 1 day; 4. 1 bur 1 eše of field: 1 day; 5. 1 bur 3 iku of field: 1 day; 6. total: 7 bur 5 iku of field, 7. barley harvested; 8. labour: 6 days; 9. foreman: Ur-gigir. 10. 1 bur 2 iku of field: 1 day; 11. foreman: Lugal-si. 12. 1 eše 3 iku of field: 1 day; 13. foreman: Ur-dumu. 14. Lugal-KA.

CST 197

Obverse (sections as given in the source; no side markers are supplied) 1. 1 mother ewe 2. 1 ram 3. 1 male lamb, fattened 4. 4 mother nanny-goats 5. 2 kids 6. (These are) of Ur-Šara. 7. 1 female lamb, fattened 8. 3 lambs, fattened 9. 2 full-grown kids/he-goats 10. 2 female kids, fattened 11. 2 kids, fattened 12. (These are) of Ur-Suen. 13. The sheep (and goats), the deficit of [x?] Abilu, 14. are with him (i.e. are in his keeping). 15. Year 2, month 8.

CST 204

(Beginning destroyed) 1′. [...] 2′. man (who) bought a house (lit. 'man of the purchased house'); 3′. 1 ox, 1 donkey: 4′. Ur-ga₂[?]; 5′. 4[?] oxen: Ur-pirig-tur; 6′. 10 [oxen], 7′. 2 donkeys: 8′. I-ta-[x] (and) 9′. Ur-ga₂-[x]. (Rest destroyed or not provided)

CUSAS 19, 201

Obverse / Reverse (the edition gives no side markers) 1. 2 barig of dates (gur-measure): 2. Ur-PA, 3. son of A-ni-ta; 4. 2 barig: Ur-lu; 5. 1 barig 3 ban: Me-zi; 6. 1 barig: Ur-barra; 7. 1 ban: the shepherd; 8. (these are the) men of E-miri-KI-a. 9. 4 ban: the wife of Nita-zi. 10. Expenditure 11. (of) Ili-beli.

CUSAS 20, 037

Obverse(?) 1. 7 minas of flax (fibre), 2. 2 gurdub-baskets of SUMASZ@g garlic — 3. (these) are on hand. 4. 3 ban of small peas(?), 5. 1 ban of cumin: 6. to Ur-Lulu 7. Adda 8. has sent (them). 9. To Ur-Lulu 10. speak: 11. Adda 12. says: 13. "Lu-gid 14. let him send back!"

Economy·Daily Life

CUSAS 26, 078

Obverse/Reverse (no side division marked in the source): 1. 40 minus 1 (= 39) ewes, 2. 1 sixty 10 (= 70) rams, 3. 7 nanny-goats, 4. 5 LAK020 (goats), 5. sheep (and goats) of Mištiti, they are; 6. with the governor 7. to Agade 8. they were driven. 9. Month: Ga-udu-ur ("sheep-shearing"). 10. Year: the canal of Meskigala 11. was dug.

CUSAS 26, 107

[...] nig2-su-a; [...] ša3-ga-du3 garment(s): [Ma]ma-ummi. [...] su-bala: [Geme-]Enlila. [Si]bitum. [Month] Še-KIN-ku5 (12th month).

CUSAS 26, 145

Obverse / Reverse (no side division is marked in the supplied transliteration; lines numbered consecutively here) 1. 7 gur: from the Emaḫ, 2. (to/with) Lugal-itida 3. and Ur-nigar. 4. 1 gur 1 barig: from Ur-nigar; 5. 1 barig 2 ban: from x-Iškur; 6. 4 ban: x [...]-x; 7. 2 gur: from AN-x; 8. 4 gur: from Ba-zaza; 9. 15 gur: with Ur-nigar; 10. 9 gur (literally 10 minus 1): (at) the fortress (of) Ur-abba. 11. The Emaḫ (ergative: 'the Emaḫ [did ...]') 12. Nin-x-[(x)]-x.

CUSAS 26, 199

Obverse/Reverse (no side markers in the source; lines numbered sequentially here) 1. 60 gur of barley, (by the) large gur, 2. (equal to) 30 gur (by the) standard gur: 3. Errara 4. received (it). 5. 2 gur 2 barig 3 ban, (by the) large gur, 6. Irizisu 7. — hand of Ba-zi[zi] — 8. rec[eived] (it). 9. 2 gur 2 barig 3 ban, (by the) [standard] gur: 10. Lu-dingira. 11. Total: 60 (gur) 2 barig 3 ban, (by the) large gur; 12. total: 32 gur 2 barig 3 ban, (by the) standard gur. 13. Hand of E-šegid.

CUSAS 26, 221

(Beginning destroyed) [...] ... [...] ... 2 [...] ... [...+]12 workmen: Lugal-DIRI-DI 46 workmen: Dingir-nu-mea [...+]20[+...] [...] Total: 7 sixties less 2 (= 418) workmen, 9 foremen; Ur-sag-Utu. [...] ... [...] 5[x+]1 workmen, [...?] seah(?) [...] head(s)(?) [...?]

CUSAS 26, 232

Obverse / Reverse (no side division is marked in the source) 1. 25 talents 23 minas of wool: 2. Lugal-abzua. 3. 23 talents less 7 minas of wool: 4. Ur-ad₆. 5. From it, 3 talents of wool [...] 6. Inim-mani 7. received. 8. (This is) wool of the sheep of Inanna, 9. (which) was plucked.

CUSAS 26, 235

Obverse(?) 1. 16 (curved notation: 1 × 600 + 6 × 60 = 960) gur of barley, cap[ital], in order, 2. barley rations [......]: 3. Ur-[......] 4. [has] received. 5. 1(× 600) [+ n] gur of barley, capital; 6. [n+]1 mina(s), 10 each(?): 7. the men of the mar-za 8. have received. (The transliteration supplied ends here)

CUSAS 26, 237

[n] shekels of silver, the purchase price of Ur-nukam, the en weighed out for it. That silver, Nanna-anzud with Lugal-KA had (as a claim) — Lugal-KA …

CUSAS 26, 240

1. 10 gur of barley: 2. Ur[rani] 3. rec[eived]. 4. 2 min[as] 15 shekels of copper: 5. Ama-[......]. 6. ½ [mina] of copper: 7. Nanna-ikuš. 8. 2 barig of barley (gur-measure), 9. on account of the 2 barig of barley (that) he measured out.

CUSAS 26, 243

[...]-ri received. 1 gur of dabin-flour, baked into bread: [...]-da-ka [...] received. [n (gur of)] dabin-flour, baked into [bread]: x-lum-lum [...] received. [(n gur)] 2 barig of dabin-flour, ...

CUSAS 26, 244

(Beginning of the text as given) 1. 2 gur of barley, (by the gur) of Akkade; 2. beer-bread ... [...] ...; 3. 1 barig 1 ban 5 sila [...] from(?) [...]; 4. 1 barig 1 ban of barley, [...]-zizi(?); 5. 2 ban 5 sila ... [...] ... (End of the transliteration as given)

CUSAS 26, 247

1. [n] (vessel(s)) of drinking beer, 1 jug (for) the road: 2. Enne-ne. 3. 2 ban of bread, 5 sila of pea flour, 4. 1 (vessel) of drinking beer, 1 jug (for) the road: 5. Ur-ganungal.

Economy·Daily Life

CUSAS 26, 248

[n] gur of fine-quality beer-bread, (measured by) the large gur; 5 gur of fine-quality groats: (for) Gišgal-esi. 2 barig of fine-quality beer-bread, 2 barig of fine-quality groats: (for) Mīrānum, the household administrator. 2 barig of ordinary-quality beer-bread, 2 barig of ordinary-quality groats: (for) Ēṭib-mēr, the wine-man. ISZ-ISZ-gi4-x, the temple administrator of Ninazu, received (it). Expended.

CUSAS 26, 249

1. 4 minas of wool: 2. Agugi; 3. Nig-KA-zu(?), 4. man of Atume; 5. [......] 6. [......] 7. [A?]dabar; 8. Binitum; 9. 1: x-(x)-mum; 10. KI(?) x GAN2(?) ......

CUSAS 26, 253

Obverse(?) 1. [...] x AN x 2. [n sheep(?)] grain-fed, 3. [(x)] cut off from the field(?); 4. Abzu-kiduga. 5. 2 boats (of) food offerings; 6. [month] Šesagku. 7. 3 grain-fed sheep; 8. Nanna-ra[mu]gi. 9. [month] Akiti.

CUSAS 26, 259

(Beginning destroyed) 1. [x]: the man of Lagaš 2. [x]: Dudu 3. 2: E-edinne 4. 3: Išar-aḫi 5. [x]: Amar-x 6. 2?½: Lu-marza, 7. son of Meluḫḫa 8. [x]: Gutium (rest destroyed)

CUSAS 26, 275

(1) [n ...] knife/knives, ..., šum-knife (2) [n] less 2 NI of copper, knife/knives (3) Lugal-šu (4) 2 (for) Amar-x (5) [...] (6) [...] ... [...] (7) 13 (for) Lugal-šu (8) 4 (for) Lugal-iri (9) [...] (10) n n [...] copper, šum (11) [re]ceived.

CUSAS 26, 287

(Line numbers added for reference; the source has none.) 1. 1 (person): the wife of x-[...] 2. 1 (person): the wife of Ur-x-[(...)]-dudu 3. 1 (person): the wife of Lu-[...] 4. man of Lugal?-[...] 5. 1 (person): the wife of Lugal-[...] 6. x [...] 7. 1 (person): AGA3-x-[...] 8. 1 (person): the wife of [...]

CUSAS 27, 058

1. Thus (says) 2. Isu-ilum, 3. the chief scribe, 4. to Šu-ilissu: 5. Concerning(?) the field of the ereš-dingir priestess 6. and the seized (persons/property) — 7. their case 8. let it be settled(?); 9. and whatever 10. ...(?) 11. they carried off, 12. let him make (them) hand (it) over.

CUSAS 27, 060

1. Thus (says) 2. Šu-Mama 3. to Šu-ilīsu: 4. To the slave-woman and the slave 5. 2 barig of barley, 1 barig of fish, 6. (and) [2] sila of lard 7. let him give. 8. I myself, 9. when I come, 10. will repay(?) it to him. 11. He must not withhold (it). 12. Who is like (my) brother?

CUSAS 27, 071

1. Thus (says) 2. Ur-Ištaran 3. to Zuzu: 4. 1 gur 3 barig of barley 5. which from 6. Bazizi 7. Sulumsu-saga 8. received — 9. to Buzuzu 10. and Ur-ur 11. let him give (it). 12. He has nothing (even) for the riding-donkey.

CUSAS 27, 176

1. 14 (gur) 1 barig — barley ra[tions, in gur] of Agade, 2. month: "Setting the brick in the brick-mold" (Sig-šubba-gar); 3. 12 gur — barley rations, 4. month: "Sowing" (Šu-numun); 5. 6 gur of barley 6. for groats; 7. [x] barley(?) ... , 8. month: "Sowing," the second time (i.e., the intercalary second Šu-numun). 9. Total: 33 gur of barley in the (measure of) Agade. 10. [......] 11. [......] 12. It is the deficit; 13. Ba-KA-aš (is accountable for it?); 14. its account has not been settled.

CUSAS 35, 109

1. 2(geš₂) less 7 (= 113) gur 3 ban of barley, 2. Ur-kum 3. to Ur-lu, 4. the boatman, 5. gave (it). 6. ...-za-... (broken) 7. it was measured out. 8. Barley expended (zi-ga) 9. (of) Ur-kum. 10. Di-Utu 11. (was) the overseer.

CUSAS 35, 237

1. 2 gur 3 barig of barley, gur (measure), new (barley); 2. 1 (gur) of old barley; 3. 1 (gur) 1 barig of new barley; 4. 3 barig of old barley: 5. (for/of) Guri-ki(?). 6. 1 (gur) 1 barig, new, barley(?); 7. [n (gur)] 2 barig of new barley: 8. (for/of) Nin-baragesi.

CUSAS 35, 268

1. Lugal-amu 2. (is who) speaks: 3. to my brother 4. say (this): 5. 1 — the merchant, 6. 1 — Ur-ešpeš: 7. servants of the king [they are]. 8. In Lagash 9. they are dwelling. 10. May he give them to you.

CUSAS 35, 459

1. [n ...] jars, 2. [n ...] figs (and) bread, 3. 1 [...]-tukur-... sack — 4. La'ani, the governor of Subir (Subartu), 5. dispatched (these) to the governor; 6. Šu-Eštar, the gendarme of the governor, 7. brought (them); 8. Baragani 9. received (them). 10. [...] 2, year; 11, month(?) (i.e., [year n+]2, 11th month).

CUSAS 35, 485

1. 6 gur of flour, in the Agade (measure); 2. [n +] 1 gur 4 ban of beer-bread; 3. 1 gur 4 ban of malt; 4. 3 gur 4 ban of groats; 5. 1 large jar of oil; 6. 70 sila of processed oil; 7. 1 gur 1 barig of fish, on hand; 8. [n ...]-NI-... (broken); 9. [n +] 6 earth-baskets (corvée baskets); 10. deficit: 11. (that) of [...] Annanum, 12. which to/at Gasur 13. he brought — (this is what it is).

DCS 045

1. 1 Nin-maše, 2. 1 [...]-gi(?), 3. 1 [...]-gal, 4. 1 Mamma, 5. 1 Ammama, 6. 1 [...]-gal, 7. 1 Nin-lu, 8. [1] Munus-ge, 9. with Lugal-...-KA; 10. 1 Papa, the doorkeeper, 11. 3 (persons) with Abba the scribe; 12. 1 Nin-zi, 13. with NINA(-ka).

DCS 083

1. 1(aš) 2(diš) workmen (guruš), 2. overseer: Bazige; 3. 2(diš) 2(aš) 26 men on duty (stationed men) are they; 4. 10 less 1 (= 9) plowmen, 1 standard-bearer, 5. 2 men, ...-sidaum(?), 6. overseer: ...-Mama; 7. 1(aš) 30 workmen, 8. overseer: Ur-abba; 9. 2(geš₂) 10 (= 130) workmen, 10. overseer: Lugal-mu-ḫetil. 11. Total: 9(geš₂) 6 (= 546) workmen; 12. total: 13 men withdrawn (booked out). 13. Inspection of the work-troop.

ETB 2, 15

1. 7 silig-axes, 2. 8 chairs, 3. [...] ... 2, 4. [...] ibex skin(s), 5. [...] ...-gan, 6. 1 (for) Da-bulug, the captain(?), 7. 1 nurum-garment, 8. 1 niglam-garment, 9. [1] (for) RU-zi-gur.

FAOS 19, pl. 9, Ki 2

1. Thus (says) 2. Eštar-balik 3. to Dabibi: 4. Eštar-tukultī, 5. the fowler — 6. Ḫarim-bēlī, 7. the commissioner, 8. has seized (him). 9. The tablet concerning 10. his sustenance-allotment 11. may the gentleman 12. grant to me; 13. and the tablet — I have given (it) to him(?); 14. and let Ilšu-aḫa 15. come here!

FAOS 19, pl. 9, Ki 4

1. Thus (says) 2. Warassuni 3. to Tašmatum: 4. "1 (man): Warad-ebum, 5. and 1 (man): Bilalum — 6. they are fugitives. 7. If 8. they come to you, 9. seize them!"

Fowler X66-1609

1. 1(geš₂) (= 60) male sheep, 2. 1(geš₂) 3(u) 4(aš) (= 94) ewes, 3. 2(u)(?) (= 20?) gur of li-(aromatic?), 4. x (x) gur of li-(aromatic?), (Break) 5'. ...-mu (a personal name?), 6'. ... ... copper(?), 7'. ... it is (that) of [...](?), (rest broken)

Fs Kienast, no. 1

1. This is what Ur-nigar 2. says: 3. to my master 4. speak — 5. Concerning the fish that were promised (lit. 'spoken of') 6. to the wife of Al-il'aba: 7. the oil(?), the first-rate(?), 8. has not been given to me. 9. In the house 10. there is nothing whatsoever. 11. The [...] of wood (geš-ab-[...]) 12. — let him keep his hand upon it. 13. As for the door-bolt of Ur-nim(?), 14. one man of Durum(?) (Lu-durum) 15. has wrecked the house.

Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 514-545 06

1. [...] ... 2. 5 male lambs, 6 female lambs, with fleece, 3. male(s); 4. [n+]20 minus 3 (= 17) ewes, [n+]23 breeding rams: 5. [Ur]-En[ki]. 6. 52 ewes, 24 breeding rams, 7. 2 male lambs, 2 female lambs with fleece, at the fore (igi-še), 8. 34 ewes: Azuzu; 9. Ur-abzu. 10. 82 [+n] ewes, 40 [+n breeding rams], 11. 3? [...] 12. Total: [...] 1,565 [+n] ewes, [n] male lambs [...], plucked (of their wool) [and?] inspected. 13. [Tablet set in or]der [...].

Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 514-545 07

1. [n foals] of steppe jennies — 2. Puzur-Malik; 3. [n] foals of steppe jennies — 4. KA-ki, the donkey herder; 5. [n] foals of steppe jennies — 6. Sag-šu, the donkey herder; 7. 1 foal of a steppe jenny — 8. E-edine, the donkey herder. 9. Total: 7 foals of steppe jennies. 10. Lugal-kure 11. ... (e-PA-PA).