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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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CUSAS 03, 0502

30 gurdub-baskets of wool, fitted with covers (ka-tab), for the carding(?) at Girsu; conveyed by Baba-ni, the scribe. From Iškur-illat it was withdrawn. In Garšana. Month: Festival of An. Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, fashioned the great barge for Enlil and Ninlil." Copy.

Economy

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0510

8 sila 10 shekels of [sesame?] oil, 1 ban 4 sila 2 shekels of lard, 2 ban 6 sila of groats, 2 talents 28 shekels of bran(?) [...], 33 sheep carcasses, 2 ban 5 2/3 sila of salt(?), 9 1/3 sila 6 shekels of [...], 2 barig of fine dark bran, oil rations and requisitions for the female and male slaves. From Iškur-illat withdrawn. In Garšana. Month: Ubi-gu (month 1). Year: Šu-[Suen, king] of Ur, [built] the temple of Šara in Umma (Šu-Suen 9). Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0632

44 ½ minas of gir-gul wool, from Iškur-illat Aštaqar, the overseer of weavers, received. Month: Festival of Ninazu. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali. (Seal:) Aštaqar, overseer of weavers, servant-woman of Abuni.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0706

1 ša-tag (bundle) of goat-hair (siki-ud5), its weight: 5 minas 10 shekels. Hani, the felt-worker (tug2-du8), weighed (it) out. Month: "Gazelle-eating" (maš-da-gu7). Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the temple of Šara in Umma." (Seal:) Šu-Kabta, the physician, son of Naram-ili: Iškur-illat, scribe, son of Abia, is your servant.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0710

12 shekels of combed wool, fourth-quality (4th grade, second quality), 2/3 mina of combed wool, ordinary quality, [from Aš]taqqar; [Tadina] the felt-[worker] received. [Month:] 'Piglet-eating' (šeš-da-gu₇), year: 'Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the temple of Šara in Umma.' (Seal:) Tadina, felt-worker.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0721

8 talents (and) 1/2 mina of ordinary wool: wool allotment(s) for the female and male workers. [From] Iškur-illat it was [dis]bursed. Conveyor: Ea-šar, the scribe. [In Gar]šana. Month: Akiti. Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the temple of Šara in Umma." Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0843

1 lamb skin — skin of a dead sheep. From Iškur-illat, Anaḫ-ilī, the leatherworker, received (it). [Month]: Akiti. Year: "Šu-Suen, the king, built the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil."

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0845

1 hide of a grain-fed sheep, from Iškur-illat Ana-ḫili, the leatherworker, received. Month: Šu-ešša (month 8 at Garšana), year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, erected the Great Stela for Enlil and Ninlil" (Šu-Suen year 6). (Seal:) Anaḫ-ilī, the leatherworker, son of Saba.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0849

Obverse: 7 leather bags (du10-gan) of dried ti-bala, from Ana-ḫilī; delivered (mu-kux), via Iškur-illat. Month: Ezem-maḫ ("Great Festival"). Year: Šu-Suen, [the king], erected the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil. Seal: Šu-Kabta, the physician, son of Naram-ilī: Iškur-illat, the scribe, son of Abia, (is) your servant.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0882

[2] sheep hides, from Iškur-illat Anaḫ-ilī received. Month: Ezem-maḫ. Year: "The land of Zabšali was destroyed." 2 [sheep hides], from Iškur-illat Anaḫ-ilī, the leatherworker, received. [Month:] Ezem-[maḫ]. Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali." (Seal:) Anaḫ-ilī, the leatherworker, son of Saba.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0917

1 [sheep] skin, tanned (u₂-ḫab₂-treated), 4 sheep skins, tanned with e-ri₂-na, for the weaver(s); [n] leather bag(s)/containers (du₁₀-gan) of ti-bala type; [Ur-E'an]na the scribe was the deputy (maškim). [From] [Iškur]-illat withdrawn. Month: Festival of Šu-Suen. Year: Šu-Suen, [king] of Ur, fashioned the magnificent barge for Enlil and [Nin]lil. Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0973

1 piglet — month: day 1 having passed; 1 grain-fed full-grown billy goat — month: day 10 having passed; 1 piglet — month: day 15 having passed; 1 grain-fed white long-fleeced (alum) sheep — month: day 20 having passed; 1 grain-fed white sheep — month: day 28 having passed: regular offerings (for) the funerary libation-place (ki-a-nag) of Šu-[Kab]ta. From Iškur-illat booked out (expended). In Garšana. Month: ki-siki of Ninazu (month 7). Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the temple of Šara in Umma." Copy.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0976

1 piglet (sucking pig), day 1; 1 barley-fed sheep, day 10; 1 dove (turtledove), day 15; 1 barley-fed sheep, day 20; 1 barley-fed sheep, 1 dove, day 28. Regular offerings for the funerary libation place of Šu-Kabta. From Iškur-illat withdrawn (expended). In Garšana. Month: Festival of An. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, [built] the temple of Šara in Umma. Copy.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0992

[...] dabin-flour, [...] eša-flour, [1] slaughtered ox, for the (city) wall; from Aḫu-waqar withdrawn. Conveyor: Iškur-illat and Puzur-Ninkarak, the scribe. In Garšana. Month: Festival of Šulgi. Year: Šu-Suen the king built the great stele for Enlil (and) Ninlil. Day 7. Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1007

1 jug of dida-beer of ... quality, 1 sila of dabin-flour, [1] sila of eša-flour, for the offering, when the gate of the brewery, the kitchen, and the mill was bound (closed); 1 sila of dabin-flour, 1 sila of eša-flour, offering of ...-ad(?); from Iškur-[illat] withdrawn. Conveyor: Puzur-Ninkar, the scribe. Month: Akiti. Year: "Šu-Suen, [king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zab]šali." Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1021

1 sheep — regular offering (for) Inanna of [Zabalam]; 1 sheep — regular offering (for) [Šara of Umma]. [Withdrawn] from Ili-bi[lani]. Month: "Harvest" (še-sag-ku). Year: "Šu-Suen, [king] of Ur, [...]." (Seal:) Šu-Kabta, the physician, son of Naram-ili: Iškur-illat, the scribe, son of Abia, (is) your servant.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1105

[n (units of)] gazi-spice (mustard/cuscuta), for (preparing) salted/pickled fish — Adallal, the cook, [re]ceived (it); [from Iškur]-illat (it was) [ex]pended. In Garšana. Month: Festival of Ninazu. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali. Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1144

1 gur of [flour], 2 barig of dabin-flour, from Ilī-ašranni, the chief household administrator, Iškur-illat received. Month: Festival of [...]. Year: Šu-[Suen], king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zab[šali]. Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1149

1 sheep, from Ur-mes Iškur-illat received (took in charge). Via (conveyor): Su-kali. In Garšana. Month: "Gazelle-eating" (mašda-gu). Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, fashioned the magnificent barge for Enlil and Ninlil."

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1156

15 [...] from Ili-bilani (it) was withdrawn. Month: "Piglet-eating" (Šeš-da-gu). Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, [built] the great [barge ...]." (Seal:) Šu-Kabta, the physician, son of Naram-ili: Iškur-illat, the scribe, son of Abia, is your servant.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1177

2 sheep, from Ili-bilani withdrawn. Month: "Gazelle-eating" (mašda-gu). Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the [temple] of Šara in Umma." (Seal:) Šu-Kabta, the physician, son of Naram-ili: Iškur-illat, the scribe, son of Abia, (is) your servant.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1183

1 small bird, day 24; 1 small bird, day 30 — dead, for the storehouse (sealed storeroom). Conveyor: Šu-Suen-etel-pi-Enlil. Withdrawn from (the account of) Iškur-illat. Month: Festival of Šulgi. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the temple of Šara in Umma. Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1265

1 udul-vessel of 2 ban (capacity), 1 udul-vessel of 1 ban (capacity), 1 zena (palm-frond container?), 2 masab-baskets — (under) the foreman Ḫalli'a — from Iškur-illat Adalal the cook received. Month: Festival of Šulgi. Year: Šu-Suen the king built the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil. (Seal:) Adalal the cook, servant of Šu-Kabta.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1283

3 axes, 2 minas (weight) each, from Šu-Adad Isu-arik received. Month: Ubi-gu (u5-bi-gu7). Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali." Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1313

120 bundles of reeds [for fuel (?)], 240 bales of [poplar wood (?)] — in order to fire baked bricks. From (the account of) Iškur-illat it was withdrawn. Conveyor: Puzur-Ninkarak, [the scribe]. Month: "Festival of [...]". Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Za[b]šali." Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1390

34 [...] , 1(?) rab-[...], from Aya-kalla did Iškur-illat [receive]. [...] (break) Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, fashioned the magnificent barge for [Enlil] (and) Ninlil."

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 40, 1443

2 ban 5 1/2 sila of ghee, 4 ban 8 sila of cheese, 18 gur 3 barig 3 ban 5 sila of dates — from Šu-Eštar [Nūr-ilī] [received]. Year: Šu-Suen, [king] of Ur, built the temple of Šara in Umma. (He) received. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the temple of Šara in Umma. (Seal:) Nūr-ilī, the scribe, son of Ur-Dumuzi, the scribe.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

LB 0254

84 gur, 3 barig, 3 ban2, 5 sila of barley, barley of the available stock (nig2-gal2-la), from Ur-Dumuzi; sealed tablet of Ur-Baba, son of Ur-Igalim; conveyor (giri3): Lugal-nubanda. Month: "Festival of Dumuzi." Year: "Šu-Suen, the king, built the temple of Šara in Umma." (Seal inscription:) Ur-Baba, scribe, son of Ur-Igalim.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 079

4,890 bundles of reed, at 12 bundles per bale, brought into the storehouse facing the quay. Foreman: Ur-amma. Seal of Akalla. Year: "Shu-Suen, the king, erected the great stele for Enlil (and) Ninlil." (Seal inscription:) Akalla, scribe, son of Lu-sa[ga].

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 128

6 gazelle kids [...], (for) the e-uzga establishment, from Uri-ki[du], the cook; 6 male gazelle kids, šu-gid offerings for the sealed storehouse; from among the deliveries, the 21st day, from Intaea withdrawn. Conveyor: Nur-Suen, the scribe. Month: 'Festival of Mekigal' (month 12). Year: 'Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali' (Šu-Suen year 7, ca. 2030 BCE).

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 15, 376

Tablet basket: (tablets of) the ētum-house (storehouse), debits (capital account) and expenditures of Ur-Nanna; from the month 'Harvest' (še-sag-ku₅) to the month 'Festival of Šu-Suen,' (a period of) 9 months. Year: 'Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the Amorite wall (called) Muriq-Tidnim.'

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

NCC 004

1 male worker for 5 days, to Nippur, (with) oil and milk (for) the house of the neighbor(?) ... [sign damaged] 3 male workers for 2 days, to Nippur, carrying chaff. Foreman: [x]-gala. Sealed tablet of Lu-kalla. Year: Šu-Suen (became) king. (Seal inscription:) Lu-kalla, the scribe, son of Ur-E'e.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Nisaba 15, 0474

3,600 (bundles of) date-palm spines, 5,400 (bundles of) date-palm fronds: requisition of the reed-worker(s). Sealed tablet of Ali-nisu, overseer of the weavers. It is booked out (as an expenditure). Year: "Shu-Suen, king of Ur, fashioned the magnificent barge for Enlil and Ninlil" (Shu-Suen year 8).

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

NRVN 1, 003

8 sar of vacant lot (unbuilt plot), the house of the palace ..., (of/belonging to) Zarrini-...(KU); sealed document of Agu-zaḫalum and Šu-ilī. By the declaration of the city, that no one shall contest this agreement, the name of the king is present (an oath by the king was sworn). 1: Ipālis, 1: Šu-Iškur, 1: Aḫānišu, 1: Bulālia — these are its witnesses. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

NRVN 1, 089

6 shekels of silver, its interest: 1 shekel per 5 shekels (per year), from Ur-Šulpa'e Puzur-Enlil received. Before Enlil-massu, 1 (i.e.) Ur-mes, 1 (i.e.) Lu-saga — they are its witnesses. Month: Ab-e (10th month of the Nippur calendar). Year: Šu-Suen the king erected the great stele (Šu-Suen year 6).

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

NRVN 1, 096

½ mina 2 shekels of silver, its interest: 1 shekel per 5 shekels (i.e., 20%). From Geme-lisina, Ama-saga and Maš-gula, (her) son, received (it). It is to be repaid by whichever (of the two) is present/alive. Before Azida; before Adda-kalla; before Ur-[...]. Month: Gan-gane (month IX), [day x+]7 having passed. Year: "Šu-Suen, the king, erected the Great Stele" (= Šu-Suen year 6).

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Orient 55, 162 no. 8

1 gur, 1 barig, 4 ban of barley rations — under seal of Adumu; 2 gur, 4 barig of barley rations, under seal of Lu-[...]; 5 gur, 3 barig, 2 ban of barley rations, from Šara-kam; 1 barig: Ur-Dumuzida, son of Nam-[tur]; 6 gur, 3 ban, 5 sila: Ur-ga; from the threshing floor of Du-gub-temena. Intercalary month. Year: "Šu-Suen, the king, built the great stele."

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Orient 55, 164 no. 10

1/3 mina of silver, the repaid arrears (deficit) of the gardeners — from Šara-kam Gu-du-du received. Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali."

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Orient 55, 164 no. 11

1 sheep, (for the) siskur-offering at the threshing floor of the field GAN-mah; from Ur-halmuša; sealed tablet of Lu-[Ḫa]ya. Year: "Šu-Suen, the king, caulked the magnificent barge for Enlil and Ninlil." (Seal:) Lu-Ḫaya, the scribe, son of Ur-e'e, the chief livestock administrator.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Orient 55, 168 no. 16

1 fawn of a female gazelle — (from) Dada, the governor; 1 lamb — (from) U'u-mu; 1 lamb — (from) Šeš-kalla. Day 19 (lit. 20 minus 1). Delivery. Inta'ea took (them) in charge. Via Nur-Suen, the scribe. Month: Še-sag-ku (harvest). Year: Šu-Sin (became) king. (edge) 3 (head).

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Orient 55, 169 no. 17

1 ox, one year old, 5 sheep, 1 ewe, 1 lamb — they died; day 21. From Du'udu, Šulgi-irigu has received. Month: u5-bi2-gu7 (third month). Year: Šu-Sin, king of Ur, built the Amorite wall (called) Muriq-Tidnim. (Total:) 1 ox, 7 sheep.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Orient 55, 170-171 no. 19

1 ban₂ of fine flour (eša), 1 ban₂ of barley meal (dabin) — (for) the elders, the barley-assent(?), of the temple of Enlil; from Lugal-dumu-ze, [dis]bursed. Month: NE.NE.gar, the 14th day having passed. Year: Šu-Sin, king of Ur, built the temple of Šara in Umma.

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1278

3,540 bundles of NE-reed, in bales of 15 bundles each; 600 bundles of ŠID-reed, in bales of 20 bundles each. From Pušukin, Iškur-illat has received (it). Via Bēlī-ilī, the overseer of the boat-towers. Month: "Gazelle-feast" (maš-da-gu₇). Year after: Šu-Sîn the king erected the Great Stele for Enlil and Ninlil. Copy.

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

DMNS A554.05

378 female-worker days, harvesting barley; 592 female-worker[-days], stacking sheaves; 90 female workers, at the weir of the lumaḫ-priest; 75 female workers, [doing] sa-du₈-work; 66 female-worker days, earth [taken] from the regulator (sluice); overseer: ...-IM(?)-...; under the seal of Lu-gina. Year after: "Šu-Suen the king built the Amorite wall."

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 076

1 jar of usa-drink, ordinary (quality); 1 ban2 2 sila3 of gu-flour; 5 sila3 of sig15-flour; 3 sila3 of dates; 3 sila3 of esza-flour — from Lugal-niglagare; sealed document of Kas; offering of/for Uku-nuti. Month: Dumuzi. Year after: Šu-Suen the king built the Amorite wall. (Seal) En-kas, scribe, son of Ur-Ištaran.

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 126

4 male gazelles, šu-gid₂ (animals) for the kitchen, on account of the gendarmes; ARAD-mu was the enforcer (maškim). Month: 1 day having elapsed. From Duga-zida they were expended. Via Ip-ḫur, the šarabdu-official. Month: Akiti. Year after: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the Amorite wall (called) Muriq-Tidnim." 4 (head).

~2035 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 182, Bod A 18

2 gur of barley, with interest of 1 barig 4 ban of grain per gur, from Šar-iš, Lu-balasaga, son of the gatekeeper of Dumuzi, has received. That in the month of Šu-numun he will measure it out, he swore by the name of the king. 1: Man-šum; 1: Lugal-ezem; 1: Ud-saga; 1: Ur-Šulpa'e — these are its witnesses. Month: NE-NE-gar (Abu). Year: "The temple of Šara was built." (Seal / caption) Lu-balasaga, son of Ur-dun.

~2033 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAS 024

Obverse: [2 eše] 3 iku of field, reaped and stacked, at 1/2 (and) 1/4 iku (of field per workday); harrowed with the beam-harrow, 3 times, at 4 1/2 iku (of field per workday); the labor of the work-troop involved: 150 days. Field: KWU729-...[...]. [Foreman:] Šeš-[...]. [Sealed tablet] of Ur-E[mah]. Year: "The year after Šu-Suen, [the king], built the Amorite wall." Seal inscription: Ur-Emah, scribe, son of Dada.

~2032 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0166

10 male workers, [n] female workers, overseer: Me-[E]a, to grind malt. Adallal took (them) in charge. Month: "Festival of Šulgi." Year: Šu-Suen, the king, destroyed the [la]nd of Zabšali.

~2032 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0167

[n] male workers, 2(?) female workers, foreman: Me-Ea, to grind malt; Ada-lal, the brewer, took (them) in charge. Inspection performed. Month: "Festival of Šulgi." Year: Šu-Suen, the king, destroyed the land of Zab[ša]li.

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