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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 070

1. 2 (gur) of barley (in the) sag-gal₂ (measure): 2. Imī-Ea 3. received. 4. 3 (gur): Imī-[...] 5. received. 6. 6 (gur) of barley (in the) sag-gal₂ (measure): 7. Ilī-aḫī, 8. the elder of the city, 9. received. 10. 1 (gur) of barley (in the) sag-gal₂ (measure): 11. Ea-rīzi. 12. Total: 12 (gur) of barley (in the) sag-gal₂ (measure). 13. Barley of Išmā-Eštar; 14. Bēlīlī 15. gave (it).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 071

1. [n (measures of) first-quality barley:] 2. Ela-ilum, 3. the Amorite, 4. brought (here). 5. 20 (measures of) first-quality barley: 6. [Ku?]ru-AN, [son of] Dirium, 7. brought (here). 8. 10 (measures of) first-quality barley: 9. Sadutu 10. — checked (PAP-PAP) — 11. brought (here).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 072

[n shekels of silver] [...] barley (measured by the) sag-gal (gur), [E]damu received, (as) the price of his son, Ali-ahu. 4 gur of barley (by the sag-gal gur) Gubatum, for the price of a field, received.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 073

1. 2(aš)? [n (gur of)] white barley, 2. 1 barig of large pulses (chickpeas), 3. 1 barig of beer-bread, 4. 2 barig of malt, 5. 20 zinatum (palm-frond ribs), 6. 5 šulīpum, 7. 4 bubu-wood (implements), 8. 2 kum.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 075

1. [Th]us (says) 2. [Zu]zu: 3. to Pususu — 4. from 5. [Šu]-ilišu 6. [...] 3(?) shekels of bronze 7. let him take, 8. [and to ...] 9. let him give (it).

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 077

1. 3 barig 2 ban of <barley> — Mu-[...]-sa-[...]; 2. 2 barig 2 ban of barley for consumption — 3. Aḫrium; 4. 4 (gur) 3 barig of barley in the sag-gal (gur-measure) — 5. Banium. 6. Barley of the (interest-bearing) loan. 7. Bēlī-bara: 8. expended (issued).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 079

(obv.) 1. 2 gur of barley in the sag-gal measure — 2. Pū'a; 3. 1 gur of barley in the sag-gal measure — 4. Ukāli: 5. (it is) a ḫubuttum-loan. 6. 3 barig 4 ban of barley, that of day 1; 7. 3 barig of barley, 8. that of day 2; 9. 3 barig of <barley>, that of day 3; 10. 3 ban of <barley> — Bubu. 11. The cupbearer to 12. Guda'im 13. brought (it).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 080

1. 1 gur 2 barig first-quality barley: 2. Aḫī-ṭāb, 3. the scribe. 4. 5 gur first-quality barley 5. Warad-Ea 6. brought (here). 7. 3(?) gur [+ ...] first-quality barley 8. Bubu 9. brought (here). 10. [... gur] first-quality barley 11. [Ī]tum-ilum(?) 12. brought (here).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 084

Silver: 3 1/2 small shekels, 1 sheep, 1 (measure of) first-quality barley — (from/for) Iwir-mupi, son of Ea-kal: ME-nin-su-AN, his mother, received (it).

Economy·Daily Life

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 087

1. [...(number lost)...] barley (in the) sag-gal₂ (gur measure), 2. in Dimti ("the tower"): 3. Kalbum. 4. 75 (gur) barley (in the) sag-gal₂ measure: 5. Burzum. 6. 150 (gur) barley (in the) sag-gal₂ measure: 7. Inimmum. 8. Delivery.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 088

16 1/2 shekels of silver Bēlī-lī, the steward, received. 240 less 10 (= 230) gur of barley (in the measure) of Agade, expenditure; old barley.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 091

1. Nunu, 2. Lugal-niglulua: 3. his tablet (ṭuppaśu?) 4. in Akuzum[...] 5. ... reed(?) ... (illegible sign) 6. in Lakuri. 7. Lamanam(?) / the bad one(?) 8. Kubigi(?) 9. Thus (says) 10. Amur-ilum 11. to [......]

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 092

1. 3 ban: Pusu-su 2. 3 ban: Puzur-suni 3. 3 ban: Ilum-bani 4. 3 ban: Malasu(?) 5. 3 ban: Šu-Ma[ma] 6. 3 ban: Puzur-[...]

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 095

1. 1 barig [of ...] 2. 2 barig 3 ban: A-[...]; 3. 2 ban: [...]; 4. 4 ban: [...]; 5. 2 ban(?): [...]; 6. 1 barig: Ulu-[...]; 7. 2 ban: A-[...].

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 099

(Obverse) 1. 30 minus 1 (= 29 rods on the) east (side), 30 minus 2 (= 28 on the) [west (side)]; 2. 25 (on the) south (side), 22 (on the) [north (side)]; 3. field: 1 eše 1/2 iku 1/4 iku of area; ... barley: 2 (gur?) 1 barig. 4. 30 minus 2 (= 28 on the) south, 30 (on the) [north]; 5. [6]2 (on the) east, 40 (on the) [west]; 6. [fi]eld: 2 eše 2 iku 1/2 iku 1/4 iku of area; barley: 1 barig. 7. [...] 2(?) (on the) north, 20 minus [n (on the) south]; 8. [...] 13(?) (on the) we[st, ... (on the) east]; 9. [...] 10. [...] (Break) 11. ... and ... carried(?) ... house(?); 12. 1 iku of field [...] barley .…

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 100

1. 2 wooden beds(?), [tu]rned/rounded(?), 2. [to Mug]dan; 3. [...] sheep, 4. [... wooden] beds(?), rounded(?), 5. Ida-badar(?), 6. to Mugdan, 7. Ub-ilum.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 105

5 iku of field — Lu-nimgir; 4 iku — Sidu; 2 eše 1 iku of field — Lugal-entarsu; 1 eše 3½ ¼ iku — Ur-Enki. Total: 1 bur 2 eše 1½ ¼ iku of field, (of) Šeš-šeš, the farmer, for the price of an ox.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 109

1. 2 gešʾu 20 less 3 (= 137) good-quality beer-bread(s), 2. the first time; 3. 3 gešʾu 20 (and) 1 (= 201) beer-bread(s), 4. [the] second time: 5. into the E-ur ("roof-house") 6. it entered.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 110

1. 1 bardul-garment, 2. 1 šu-garment, 3. 3 niĝdudu-garments, 4. 2 old bardul-garments, 5. 3 minas of wool, 6. 2 bundles(?) ... of wool, 7. 2 bur-garments, 8. 5 shekels of tin (for) copper(-alloying), 9. 2 yokes(?), 10. 1 šagadu-sash; 11. (this is) the property of Ur-saga.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 112

1. 1 šargal 4 geš₂ (= 216,240) ninda 4 cubits — the 'seed' made equal (one side); 2. 1 šar₂ 1 geš₂ 32 (= 3,692) ninda 1 cubit — the 'seed' made equal (the other side); 3. (By) Ur-Ištaran. 4. 7 šarkid 4 šar'ugal 7 šar₂ 1 bur'u 7 bur₃ 1 eše₃ 3 ½ iku of field (area), (plus) 10 sar 16 ⅔ gin₂, 5. was found (= computed).

Astronomy & Mathematics

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 113

1. 3 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban of dabin-flour (barley flour), (in the) standard gur; 2. 4 ban, 5 sila of gu-flour (fine flour); 3. 3 ban, 5 sila of sig-flour (fine-quality flour); 4. 1 ban of beer-bread (bappir); 5. 4 ban of arzana-groats; 6. from Geme-TAR. 7. [...] sig-flour (fine-quality flour), 8. [...] gu-flour (fine flour): 9. (that) of Dada. 10. The city 11. received (it).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 114

1. [...] oxen(?) — Namu(?) 2. 3(?) oxen — Ali-aḫu 3. 1 ox — Kititi(?) 4. 1 ox — Beli-dan 5. [n oxen] — Šaṭpum 6. [n oxen — ...]-takkal 7. [n oxen] — Ilulu 8. [...] (rest broken)

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 116

1 Dingir-su-kal, son of Šu-ilīsu, the canal inspector(?); 1 Šu-ilīsu(?), son of Ur-[...]; 1 Pūsu-[...], son of Dingir-aba; 1 [...], son of AN-[...]; 1 [...], son of [...]; 1 Puzur-Zababa, son of ...-ra-ra; [1] Gišum, son of Ilala.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAH 16200

1. Mea, the fisheries inspector (enku). 2. 20 duck eggs: 3. Lu-NIM-ga(?); 4. 30 minus 2 (= 28) duck eggs: 5. Lugalda, 6. the cupbearer; 7. 120(?) duck eggs: 8. Lu-zulumhi; 9. 10 duck eggs: 10. Uguni (or: charged to his account); 11. 240 minus 10 (= 230) duck eggs: 12. Lu-gešbar-e; 13. 10 duck eggs: 14. Ur-ŠE-[...]...

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAH 16229

1. 30(?) gur 2 ban of barley, in the great gur of Agade — 2. (for/of) I-IS-ḪUR-sinat; 3. 11 gur 3 barig 2 ban of barley, in the gur of Agade(-«ki», sign erased) — 4. barley rations of the household administrator (šabra); 5. ... [...] ... [...] 6. the cupbearer(?) ... ... (...); 7. 54 gur minus 2 ban of barley, in the gur of Agade: 8. expenditure (booked out). 9. Šeš-šeš(?).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAH 16291

1. 4 bur₃ 4 iku of field, kankal-land (hard, uncultivated ground), 2. (this is) the field of the god; 3. 2 bur₃ 1½ iku of field, 4. (this is) the field of U₂-du (the shepherd); 5. 6 bur₃ 5½ iku of field, kankal-land — 6. (this is) the great field.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAH 16670

1. 3 barig 3 ban 2½ sila of dabin-flour (coarse barley flour), 2. 4 ban ⅓ (sila) of fine gu-flour, 3. 2 ban 6½ sila of first-quality flour (for) bread, 4. 2 ban of milled barley, 5. 5 ban 4⅔ (sila) of sig-flour (fine/yellow flour), 6. 5 sila of GI-flour, tablet(?); 7. (these are the) regular provisions (sa₂-du₁₁). 8. Month: "Festival of Baba"; 9. the 24th(?) day having passed.

Economy

~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)

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 230

1. 1 gur of barley (in the measure) of Agade — 2. the household administrator (šabra); 3. 1 gur of barley — 4. the chief scribe; 5. 1 gur of barley — 6. the land registrar; 7. 1 gur of barley — 8. the temple administrator (sanga) of [...]; (Break) 9. Total: 14 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley (in the measure) of Agade. 10. Barley of the men of the storehouse, 11. to be brought out 12. to me. 13. 3 years (?).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 231

1. 35 bur, 2 eše, 3½ iku of field 2. in the irrigation district of Edur-GAGa the Greater; 3. 34 bur of field 4. in the irrigation district of Edur-GAGa the Lesser; 5. 30 bur of field 6. [in the district of ......] Inanna. 7. He holds (it) (/ Tukal). 8. Gališ-[nu]-ide: 9. delivery.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 239

1. 4 gešʾu (= 240) gur of barley, (in the) sag-gal₂ (standard measure): 2. Ur-sag of Agade; 3. 3 šušana 10 (= 190) gur of barley: 4. Un-il, the household administrator (šabra); 5. 60 gur of barley: 6. Tir-ku, the lapidary (zadim); 7. 60 gur of barley: 8. Dada (of the temple of) Nindara — 9. barley of the sagaz(-people); 10. 10 gur of barley: 11. Ur-abzu, son of Suru. 12. Total: 560 gur of barley, (in the) sag-gal₂ (standard measure). 13. [Barley] booked out (expended); 14. Lugal-entarsu. 15. [n] years, 6 months.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 240

1. 5(gešʾ2) (= 300) gur of barley, (in the measure) of Agade, 2. 1(gešʾ2) 3(u) (= 90) gur of dried fish, 3. 3(u) (= 30) gur of salt, 4. 4(u) (= 40) jars of lard, 5. 1(gešʾu) 5(gešʾ2) (= 900) small brick-molds, 6. 4(u) (= 40) gur of straw — 7. (from) Umma, 8. Na'id-maḫ, the scribe, 9. took away. 10. Year 2, month 7(?).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 250

1 sheep: Dada, the merchant; 1 sheep: Inim-Šara, the farmer — Nigar (was) the bailiff. 1 sheep: Nin-gu; 1 sheep: Nin-... — Nimgir-kiag (was) the bailiff. 1 sheep: Nigar, the merchant — Lu-Šara (was) the bailiff. 1 sheep: Ur-lu — Nigar (was) the bailiff. Case closed (di til-la).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 251

1. Thus (says) 2. the chief household administrator of the house(hold) 3. to Mesag: 4. 11 jugs of 1 ban (each) of cow's butter, 5. 20 jugs of 2 ban (each) of ghee, 6. 3 gur 1 barig of cheese — 7. to Dada, 8. [which(?)] Iddi-Erra 9. [t]o(?) the uzga(-establishment) 10. shall give. 11. Enuri, 12. the scribe. 13. Delivery. 14. [n] year(s), 7 month(s).

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 252

1. Ur-Utu — 2. (this is) what he says: 3. to Šeš-šeš-mu 4. speak! 5. [A]gade — it is the king('s)! 6. A man of Agade 7. must not be killed. 8. To the place where the servants are to be returned 9. let a man be sent back. 10. [n years, n months]

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 254

1. 60 breads, 1 ban of 5-ban beer; 2. 1 ban of 3-ban beer (per) gur — Banum; 3. 2 ban of beer — Imtalik; 4. [1 ban] of 5-ban beer — Ilī-aḫī; 5. [1 ban(?) of beer], 1 barig 1 ban(?); 1 ban of 3-ban beer — 6. Šar-ruru; 7. [Total: 60] breads, 50 baked(?); 8. [1 ban of beer], 1 barig 1 ban — [jug(s)]; 9. 1 (jug): 1 ban of 5-ban beer — jug; 10. 2 ban of 3-ban beer — jug; 11. 1 ban 2 sila of Agade-flour; 12. 1 barig 5 ban less 1 sila of barley for beer; 13. [...] month, day 7.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 257

1. 2 barig 4 ban of dabin-flour (by the) Agade (standard) 2. — Lu-u; 3. 1 ban — Mama-hursag; 4. 1 barig 1 ban 5 sila 5. — Libur. 6. Total: 4 barig 5 sila of dabin-flour (by the) Agade (standard). 7. 2nd year, 7th day.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 258

1. 1 [šar of field ...] 2. 2 ban ... KA [of barley?] 3. its field (area): [49 šar]; 4. 4 gur 2 ban of emmer, (measured in) the saggal-gur, correct (measure), 5. barley threshed (lit. 'beaten with the stick'), 6. (from) the irrigated tract of the field La-tur 7. (and) the field of (the god) Šara. 8. Dada (son of?) Ninkalla; 9. Adda-tur, 10. the granary supervisor, received (it). 11. Ur-teš was the bailiff (maškim).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 260

1. 1 silver ḫar-ring of ḫulla(-type), (weighing) 1 mina, 2. 1 gú-lagab garment (with) sil[ver], 3. its weight: 1 mina, 4. 1 našpa[r]um-garment, 5. 2 bala-garments, 6. 1 chariot, 7. 1 kunga-equid, 8. 4 donkey neck-cloths, 9. 4 blinkers, 10. 1 šakkan-flask of fine oil, 11. 1 (pair of) sandals, é-ba(-type), 12. gift of Bē[lī]-galzu, 13. the man of Dudu. 14. 1(?) [...]-abni: 1 (pair of) sandals, 15. 1 garment (for) the soldier (aga-ús).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 261

1. 1(iku)(?) of UD-land, [n] of UD-land(?) — 2. (for) Amar-su; 3. 1(eše) of barley(-land), 1(bur) of [UD-land] — 4. (for) En-anatum; 5. ½(iku) of barley(-land), 1(iku) ½(iku) of UD-land — 6. (for) Lu-Šara. 7. Total: 1(eše) 1(iku) ½(iku) of barley field, 8. the "long field" of white barley; 9. field of the courier (sukkal), field not worked (uncultivated); 10. the irrigated district of the Gu-edina; 11. Nigar(-)gusur — (where) the (measuring) cord was drawn; 12. 5 years, 3 months.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 262

1. 1 kid (young goat), 2. 5 split fish, 3. 600 giri-us fish: 4. (for) the governor (ensi) of Uruk. 5. 1 mountain sheep, 6. 10 minus 1 (= 9) duck eggs, 7. 80 split fish, 8. 300 giri-us fish: 9. (for) the pašeš-priest of Uruk.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 266

1. 1(bur3) 1(eše3) of field — 2. Ur-mega, the scribe; 3. 1(bur3) — Sag-[...], 4. the Amorite (Martu); 5. [n less] 2(aš) — NIG2-ul; 6. [n] 1(eše3) 3(iku) of field — 7. Ur-Lamma, 8. the scribe. 9. Total: 3(bur3) 2(eše3) of field, sown with seed, 10. (in) the Niḫa meadow (agar4). 11. Dudu, the cupbearer, 12. took (it) in charge.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 276

1. 1 field (plot of one) sar, 2. its barley: 2 ban 1 sila — 3. Igi-zi-maḫ. 4. 1 field (plot of one) sar, 5. its barley: 1 ban 2 sila — 6. the sukkal-maḫ (chief envoy/minister). 7. 1 field (plot of one) sar, 8. its barley: 2 ban — 9. Si-du. 10. Field of the kab₂-du₁₁ (inspection/testing), 11. arable tract, field of [...].

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MRAH O.5005

1. 4 team donkeys, at 4 ban of barley each, 2. for the 2nd day (i.e., 2 days); 3. its barley: 1 gur, 1 barig, 2 ban of barley. 4. (To) Lugal-ennun, 5. the donkey herder, 6. it was given. 7. The donkeys are those of the en, 8. Ur-Utu. 9. Month: "Harvest" (še-sag-ku5).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MRAH O.5006

1. 3 gur of fine (gu-)flour, (measured) by the bronze sila each, 2. 2 gur of zatum-flour, (measured) by the bronze sila each — 3. (to) E-ĝeš, 4. the cupbearer, 5. who came here 6. from Agade 7. to Išarrum, 8. it was given. 9. Month: Šuba-nun.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MRAH O.5007

1. ½(?) sila of bread, 5 sila of fine (quality bread/flour), 2. 1 (jar of) beer: 3. (for) Puzur-Eštar. 4. 5 sila of bread, 5 sila of beer: 5. (for) Ur-mega. 6. 5 sila of bread(!), 5 sila of beer: 7. (for) E-geš. 8. 5 sila of bread, 5 sila of beer: 9. (for) Lugal-matum. 10. 5 sila of bread, 5 sila of beer: 11. (for) Lamma-mušendu (the fowler). 12. 1 sick man(!). 13. Foreman: Ariri. 14. Month: "Harvest" (še-sag-ku₅).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MRAH O.5008

1. 3 ban (of) fine flour, 2. 3 ban (of) za-tum flour: 3. (to) Šarru-ilī, 4. who had come here for the barley (— the sign before 'barley' is uncertain —), 5. to Agade 6. it was given. 7. Ur-da, 8. the scribe, 9. was the responsible official (maškim) thereof. 10. Month: Šuba-nun.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MRAH O.5009

3 gur of barley — (for) beer; 3 gur of barley — (for) beer, for the E-IGI (household); month: "mu-asal" (poplar?) (and month) Šuba-nun; its term (za3-bi) is the (month) Al-mu(?). 14(?) gur of barley — beer(!) ...(sign unclear), (to) Ur-gu: they are the brewers. 16 gur 2 barig of barley — (for) bread, (for) the palace, (and for) the lamentation priest (gala). 1 gur 1 barig of barley (for) Gisal-tura. Month: Šuba-nun ...(dag?); month: AB-us.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MRAH O.5010

(obv. 1) 20 minus 2 (= 18) taka-sheep (udu-taka): E-zi-šagal; (2) 12: Ur-sag; (3) 10 minus 1 (= 9): Ur-Enlil, (4) son of E-šu; (5) 10: A-geštin. (6) Its total: 50 taka-sheep. (7) Girini, the cattle administrator, (8) gave (them) to them.

Economy

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MRAH O.5058

1. 1 gug-cake of 1 ban(?) (of flour per) sila-measure, 2. 3 gug-cakes of 5 sila (each), 3. (for) the Emaḫ (temple); 4. 2 gug-cakes of 1 ban, 5. 1 gug-cake of 5 sila, 6. (for) the household É-GAN-IŠ; 7. 1 gug-cake of 1 ban, 8. 1 gug-cake of 5 sila, 9. 5 sila of sag-šum ('onion-head') bread, 10. 1 gug-cake of 1 sila, 11. (for) the household É-...(AŠ×BAD)-za. 12. Total: 4 gug-cakes of 1 ban; 13. total: 5 gug-cakes of 5 sila; 14. total: 5 sila of sag-šum bread; 15. total: 10 gug-cakes(?) of 1 sila.

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