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~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 088

2 large gur of barley — Sa12-du5; 2 large gur, |DUMUxNUN|-šita — PA-sud3; 2 large gur, lamma — ka-guru7; 1 large gur, a-LAK358-si — IB; 1 large gur, munus-geštin — sukkal.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 090

1½ gur-mah of barley — [for] Munus-geštin ('Vine-Woman'); 6 barig [for] A-pa-e; [...] 2 barig(?) [for] An-dab-[si]; x [...]; 1 gur-mah(?) x-[...]; [n gur-mah for] Bil-a-nu-kuz; 1 gur-mah(?) [for] Ad-[da?]; [...] x; [responsible official:] the herdsman (na-gada).

Economy

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 092

182 male workers — Uruk; 192 — Adab; 94 — Nippur; 60 — Lagash; 56 — Šuruppak; 86 — Umma. Men who have been stationed [in these cities], [throughout] Sumer — dispatched [and] delivered, [and] handed over. Grand total: 670 male workers [who] have been stationed.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 093

1,532 male workers (guruš); 39 (= 40 less 1) child construction workers (dumu-dumu šitim); 41 female workers (geme₂); an-še₃-gu₂ [subtotal]; 1,612 persons receiving rations (lu₂ nig₂-gu₇); 47 (= 50 less 3) persons [of] Kiš — delivered (DU)

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 094

122 workmen — men stationed at Uruk; 215 — Adab; 74 — Nippur; 110 — Lagash; 66 — Šuruppak; 128 — Umma. Grand total: 650 workmen [600 + 60, minus 10], men stationed in Sumer.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 101

670 workers — battle muster — deployed (their) food rations 1,612 workers assembly (their) food rations oil — [fine/sesame]

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 109

[1] Ur-Utu [1] Lu-lal 1 E-munus 1 E-na-lu-lu 1 En-kas4 1 En-abzu-mud 1 E-šeš 1 Amar-edin 1 Lam-ma 1 Lu-siki-USZ-AK

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 116

13 bread-rations of (one) sila (each) — [for] Lugal-nig-ba-bara-du; 12 — Ur-ab-si[?]; 7 — (for) the settled farmer; [...] ...[KA?]...

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 122

1 Amar-PA 1 Illu-sar 1 Nin-ukken-a[?] 1 Lu-lu [...] 1 Dingir-šeš-mu Nin-ur-sag — overseer 1 Adda 1 Mes-[...]-x 1 Lu-na-nam 1 Utu-a-mu 1 Nani Utu-ur-sag

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 123

[...]-x [...]-zi 3 (units) — Ni2-kur-ra 3 (units) — USZ 3 (units) — AK-sud3 3 (units) — Ur-saga-ta 2 (units) — Ur-[...] [x units?] GI[?] [...] 3 (units) — Pa-en-da[-...] 2 (units) — Sud3-[...] 2 (units) — Nin-[...] 2 (units) — Šeš-[...] 2 (units) — [...]-[...] 3 (units) — AN-[...] 3 (units) — [...]

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 136

10 garments: Su-mu-aštar[,] man [PN PN —] [...broken...] [...] [traces —] minister[;] 1 (garment): Nanna, cupbearer; 1 (garment): Šeš-gu10; 1 [and] 3 barig: Utu-ursag, barber, temple administrator; 14 garments: e2-šud3-du10, chief of Dilmun.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 139

5⅓ gin₂ (sheqels) of silver; 1 aktum-garment — [he] carried/received: Ur-Enki, son of NI-ba-hi-li. He owes [it] with him. His feet were seized [he has been detained]. HE2-e2-gal — bar (separate category/section); NI-hi-li, his fuller (textile-worker) — Ku3-an: unknown.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 140

10 (units of) clarified butter — (for) the Uri₃ storehouse; 10 (for) En-kaš₄; 2 (for) [DUMU×NUN]-šita; 2 (for) Ur-Utu; 2 (for) the donkey-overseer; 1 (for) Tug₂-TE-DU; 1 (for) Lú-SI; 2 (for) the physician; 2 (for) Lamma; 5 (for) the gardener; 1 (for) Šeš-tur; 1 (for) En-abzu-mud; 1 (for) Nig₂-lugud-da; Grand total: clarified butter — 40.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 141

899 [units of] standard gamurx; 8 [units] 3 ban2 of gamurx — sealed receipt (šu-kam4 lid2-ga); 20 [units] minus 1 barig 3 ban2 of gamurx — hand-touching receipt (šu-tag lid2-ga); [Under] na-gada (the cowherd). 111 [units of] standard gamurx; 1 [unit] 1 barig of gamurx — sealed receipt (šu-kam4 lid2-ga); 2 barig 3 ban2 of gamurx — hand-touching [received]; [Under] unu3 (the herdsman). Grand total: [1,0]10 [units of] standard gamurx; 9 [units] 1 barig 3 ban2 of gamurx — sealed receipt (šu-kam4 lid2-ga); 20 [units] 1 barig of gamurx — hand-touching receipt (šu-tag lid2-ga).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 142

1,200 [units of] si-|NUxU| 1,200 [units of] |(TIR&TIR)xU2| — [for] ensi-GAR — [and] lord Zi-u4-di 60 [units of] si-|NUxU| — [for] the Chief of Dilmun — [and] the Subarians (dependent workers) — [and] the barber — [and] the temple administrator of GAR 90 [units of] si-|NUxU| — [for] the son of the Chief of Dilmun — [and] GAR-HU-DUR2-BU — [and] the kinda2-worker

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 145

170 dates — standard allocation — Adab, ha-ur2 350 dates — standard allocation — eagle [...] 100 dates — standard allocation — festival of the courtyard 180 dates — standard allocation — gal-UN

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 151

20 minas of copper — a-NI-NI 20 [minas] — é-Ḫursag 20 [minas] — é-en-ra 20 [minas] — Iškur 20 [minas] — é-zi[-pa-e₃] 4 [minas] — Ur-gibil 4 [minas] — Amar-KISAL-NUN 4 [minas] — [Dumu-x-]NUN-šita 4 [minas] — munus-ki-nu-zu 4 [minas] — šita 20 [minas] — a-si₄ [x x — illegible] Total: 140 minas of copper

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CT 50, 015

2 garments, 2 linen [garments] — U5-ri the carpenter. The bailiff [who will] return [them]: to the storehouse they are to be brought. 1 [and] 1/2 garments. The king's bailiff. A-ḫu-ti has returned [them]. To Mes-lu2-nu [they were] brought along.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

LAK p. 73, no. 1

4? [units of] bar-gada cloth, fine-quality — female courier(s) 2 SUR 2 GI-GI 2 female farmer(s) 2 lady-mother(s) 5 TU-AB 2? [x] woman(?) [...] 1 EN-bird [x] 3? brother-calf [x] 3 DA-GE 3 small birds 1 [DUG×HI] — barley-barley [x] 3 ESZ16, lion-[x] 8? [x x] [x] Total: 38? [units of] bar-gada cloth x x

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 003

[...] ... [n] zi#-zu-[...] [n] herald(-na-me-ub-[...]) 2 ne-[...] [...] [n] a-en-da 4 — House of Shadow (é-gissu) 10 women of the lord 4 USZ [...] 20 [x]-nin-[x] [...]

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TSŠ 0869

n [šeš-tur] 7 Mes-lu₂-nu-ḫun 1 Bilx(PAP.GEŠ.BIL)-a₂-nu-kuš₂ 7 Bara₂-sag₇-nu-di 1 Du₆-du₆ 1 Si-du₃ 1 En-kas₄ 6 shepherds [...] wood(?) [...] BAD

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 038

5 asz 2 barig of barley — loan, [now] committed; 11 shekels of silver — purchase price of the field. 1 eše₃ — that field. [Seller,] eminent [person], son of Sud-da-zi; An-na-šum₂; Lu₂-na-nam, [his] brother, eminent [person]. Witness: GAM-GAM. The buyer.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 008, 1928-439

[...] field [...] field [...] field [...] field [...] field [...] field 1/3 (unit) — silver [...] 10 — silver, shekel(?) [...] 1(?) — silver, shekel [...] 1/2 (unit) — silver, shekel [...] 1 [...]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Anonymous 270812

1 (gur) — Abba 2 (gur) — Ekur-nin 2 (gur) — [x]-nin 1 (gur) — Ur-ganun 1 (gur) — Ab-zu-zu 2 (gur) — Ur-nagar 1 (gur) — U2-U2-a 2 (gur) — Pa4-pa4 —— 12 gur of barley (total) Day 1: 1 shekel measured —— 5 ban2 — U2-U2-a 4 ban2 — Lugal-he2

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 007

9 workers — [for/of] e2-sar; 4 — [for] Ašgi; 4 — [for] e2-sahar; 2 — [for] Inanna; 3 — [for] Enki; 4 — [for the e2]-dam; 1 — Dara-[U]-Enlil-gar; 1 — [x]-e2-si; 1 — An-ne; 8 — small sanctuaries; [temple of] Utu; day 17 (= 20 minus 3); [field of] the chariot.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 010

5 shekels of refined silver 1 [unit?] of silver(?), [by the] talent 1 [unit] mountain PA, [by the] talent 1 [unit] x DIB(?) mountain x, [by the] talent 1 [unit] PA TAR-TAR(?), [of] pure silver, [by the] talent 1 [unit] yellow-green(?), silver 1 [unit] UD-tongue/blade 1 mina of female-goat wool, weighed 1/3 [unit] nu-gu Geme-Ur-Ganun(?) — was delivered

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 012

[17] gur-saggal of barley — Ur-Si 2 barig — Shu-ash3 2 barig — E2-mah-da 1 barig 2 ban2 — U2-U2 1 barig 3 ban2 — Ishtup-Il 1 gur — Nin-tur-tur 1 gur — the gudu4-priest of E2-mud 1 gur — Du-du 1 gur — Bara2-a-ra2-nu2 Total: 24 gur 5 ban2 of barley, gur-saggal measure [x?] — the lu2-mah (chief official) [n?] 5 gur? — Namlugal-nidum

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 016

5 large-gur (gur-saggal) of barley — Ur-en-sig-nun-na; 2 [large-gur,] ma-mud; [...]-sag, barley; 5 [large-gur] of barley — Me-me-a; 15 gur — the Vine-House (E₂-geštin-su₁₃); 2 [gur] — Nin-mu-gin₇-a-mah; 2 + 2 [gur] — Ili-ili; [...]-HAR; [...] (broken); Nu-SAHAR-a; Ma-ma-kišī-gal.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 027

3 gur of barley, received — Egi, son of Ama-NU+NU. 1 gur 1 barig — Amar-giri, builder. 1 gur of prime barley — Amar-ku6-ara2, shepherd. 1 gur 2 barig — Lugal-niĝzu. 1 gur 2 barig — Lugal-damda.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 029

Lugal-nigzu — Ur-nibeda — from the field a peg was pulled out; a donkey was released there; milk was declared there — before Ur-su, the donkey herder; house ... [broken] wages — distributed — [KU] ... the matter is concluded; to the governor of Nippur; ... [is] available.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 030

25 aktum-garments 20 minus 3 NI-garments [= 17] 8 nig2-bar-ba [items] 3 nig2-la2 gaba [chest-pieces] New tablet: 40 minus 2 — balance [= 38]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 038

15 gur of barley — purchase price for 1 house of 1 sar — it is. Nin-pada, wife of Lugal-ša, who drew [it] from the [clay] tablet [?] — received. 1 shekel of silver, 1 gur of barley — KUM-tuš-[ša3?], son of Lugal-[ša], received. Purchase price of [x x x]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 040

7 mother cows 2 cows, 3 years old 1 bull, 2 years old 1 female suckling calf 1 male suckling calf Total thereof: 12 Ur-likam Uʾuma Ansi Mazauma

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 043

5 gur 2 barig of barley 1 bar-dul5 garment — silver: 2/3 mina 1 aktum garment — silver: 2/3 mina 1 nig2-lam2 cloth — [value:] ½ shekel 1 nig2-lam2 cloth — [value:] ⅓ [shekel] 1 gur 2 barig of barley — 2 shekels of silver (for which there is no year-date) 1 shekel of silver [n] 1 she-goat [n] silver — 2/3 mina brought by canal [...] brought thereto 1 — into his/her hand — a garment, gum(-quality), was received [...]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 044

10 gur of barley — (from) the storehouse of the barber: 2 gur 2 barig: Igi-si. 2 gur 2 barig: Usz, son of Za-ge. 3 gur: (for) the storehouse of the barber. 2 barig: Ur-gu, son of Lugal-ennu. Inim-zida (witness). An-da-gal (witness). It is the principal barley; it is its source (base account). 4 gur 2 barig of barley: Aba-Enlil, son of Amar-Abzu, received (it).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 054

4 iku of field — 10+2 asz, 2 barig: its barley — [belonging to] the storehouse of the great merchant. 2½ iku of field — 10 less 2 barig: barley of the man [who is] sanga Lugal-ezem, the foreman. 1 eše3 [+] 2 iku of field — 40 less 2 asz, 2 barig: barley of Ama-bara-si [and] Lugal-ildu, the rope-stretchers. 3 iku of field — 10+2 asz, 2 barig: barley — [belonging to] the household of the rope-stretcher. 3¼ iku of field — 10+5 asz, 2 barig: barley of the junior woman, wife of the rope-stretcher. 1½ iku of field — 5 asz: [barley] of Ur-TAG, the potter.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 065

2 1/4 iku — field: Ešba(?) — (for) Ama-bara-abzu 3 iku less 1/4 iku; 3 1/2 iku; 3 1/4 iku — (for) Sidu 1 eše + 4 iku: Ur-Namnun 1 eše + 1 1/2 iku: Ur-Tulbaza, the gala-priest 2 eše + 4 iku: Lugal-a-[...] 1 eše + 2 1/2 iku(?), the long side (lisz-us2) (for) Magur, the overseer 2 1/2 iku, long side; 1 1/2 iku, grain(?), 4 units; total: 4 1/2 iku, long side (for) Enlila, the gusur-official 5 iku less 1/4 iku; 3 grain-units; 2 long-side units (for) Amar-gula, the shepherd

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 081

420 — old bread-rations 300 — wide [bread] 418 — kusz3-type, base-grade 358 — kusz3, 1 šu-bad, ½ 301 — GIŠ.BAD — overseer and deputy-overseer 302 — kusz3 — En-tar 121 — ninda-KID bread 179 — GIŠ.BAD — the elder [...] x — [...]-na 62 — kusz3 — Puni-dug 120 BAD kusz3 — not deposited in the storehouse 120 BAD — [Ekur(?)] — not deposited 241 — account of Ur-KUSZ2 121 — account of Huni-[x] 5 — account of NI-a

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 083

54 [bundles of] fodder-grass — En-a-kal-le; 35, quay construction; 40, Ur-ni; 42, En-tar-si; 3[6], overseer-foreman; 32½, overseer.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 087

286 (units) of copper — ha-bu11-da [grade/type] 110 minas of copper [x] minas, [x] from [x] [x] [...] brought out from the dust/rubble: 251 minas of copper — weavers, issued from the palace; weavers under the overseer of the smiths — given.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 115

1 šar 4 bur 2 iku of garden, [designated:] great, 5 bur of small garden, 1 bur 3 iku, outer field of the city-place of AN, 5 bur of garden — [potter?] Ur-en-[X], [house of] AN-[X], 4 iku, outer garden, [X] a-zu-zu [(X)], [it is] the year[ly account].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 173

[x]+4 shekels of silver, 12 gur 1 barig barley (lidga-quality), 41 sila of pig fat, 2 gur 1 barig dates, 1 grass-fed pig: this is the purchase price of Nin-gišnani. Ur-lugal, the donkey-herder, gave (it) to her — (for) the wall of the gate of the palace. Its case was put in order (settled). Dudu, ...... ...... [......], the men of the (legal) statement — they confirmed (it under oath). The oath ...... [......]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CBS 07280

[broken] x [...] 2 gur — Masz-da5, [pa4?] [broken] 1 gur 2 barig — Sag-[x]-[(broken)] 2 gur — Ur-Abu 2 barig — Lugal-shesh 2 barig — Enlil-[broken] [broken] — [nesag?] [broken]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CBS 08117

1 garment, bar-dul5 (covering cloak), fine-grade (sal-la), for the women — before [the temple of] Enlil: the szabra (temple administrator), Ug-il, weighed [it] out. Month: Brick-mold Placed, day 7 having passed.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 011

šušx pa-nam-šita chief purification priest (iszib) great [BADxDIŠ-official] lord of IB chief šita-official abgal (grand sage) kingal tiru (palace attendant) [...] sukkal ([...] vizier/messenger) [...] x stone(?) x life/arrow(?) KAx[...] na [...] (too fragmentary to render)

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CST 001

33 mother ewes 29 male sheep (30 minus 1) 8 female spring lambs 5 male spring lambs 4 female late-born lambs 3 male late-born lambs Total: 82 — their ewes and lambs Pasture-fed sheep (Account) of Enda-nirgal Šubur (dependent worker / labor category) Superintendent (nu-banda₃) At the house of the street Gathered / collected Lugal-ikuš [Was tallied alongside]: 1 [special unit]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CST 022

15 gur of barley — for Ama-tuku-gal-zu; 1 gur, 2 barig — for Nin-ur-ni; 15 (units of) pig fat — UMBIN(-type); 1½ shekels of silver — its value; 2 (gur of) nig2-lam2; 1 sheep — its silver [value: ...]; 2 pigs — (for) consumption; 2 bar-dul5-garments; 1 dul(?)-garment; 43(?) shekels of silver; property of x-[...]; [year/name(?)]: [...]-ki-gal-la(?); in the matter of An-gal2; 1 mina of silver; its clay was given (document issued).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 030

1 eše₃ of field: Ma-NI-NI; 1 eše₃: SIG-mu; 1 eše₃: Ur-gu, the animal-fattener (?); 1 eše₃: Ur-Peš-tur; 1 eše₃: Šu-ma-ma; 1 iku: PA-[...]-bala, Ur-tu; [A]ga?-le.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 034

1 iku 2 sar [damaged sign?] (for) E2-zi[#] ('house of life' or personal name) 3 iku — Lugal-kal 3 iku — Ur-nu 3 iku — [x]-ad-gal (area lost/unwritten) — U-nu-NI-NI [n] 1 iku — [...] 2 iku — [...] 2 iku — Lugal-ildu

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 064

180 ninda-bread; 10, less [n?] vessels (dug) — [deficit]; the ensi (governor); the geszax-official; the ensi of Lagash; the household of the gudu-priest. Month: it is the barley-harvest month.