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Page 4 / 1319

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 046

PAP~a — female (SAL) 2 rams (UDUNITA~a) — SZUR2~a 3 rams (UDUNITA~a) — AN [broken] [broken] ... [broken] [broken] ... [broken] [broken] — 3 sheep (UDU~a) — carpenter/craftsman (NAGAR~a) — [broken]

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 049

1(N01) ewe 3(N14) rams 1(N01) ram — for ŠE3 [fodder/grain allocation?] 1(N14) 1(N01) [commodity unclear] [...] 2(N01) [NUN~b category] 4(N14) 5(N01) goats 9(N01) ewes 1(N01) ram 9(N01) she-goats 1(N01) goat 1(N14) ŠU GI [reed ration / hand + reed?] 9(N01)# [...] 3(N14) 9(N01) — 1(N57) sheep [subtotal marker] 1(N34) 3(N14) — GURUSZDA~a |DU8~c × UDU~a| DA~a PA~a [finished/released sheep — overseer category] 2(N34) 9(N01) — LAGAB~b UDU~a [enclosure/pen sheep]

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 050

5 , BAR + sheep (female) 4 , goat (male) 3 , BAR + ram (male sheep) 3 , BAR + goat (male) [...] , [...] [3(N14)] 8(N01) , [...] 8 , BAR + she-goat 1(N14) 6(N01) [= 16] , sheep 1(N14) 3(N01) [= 13] , ram (male sheep)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 053

Obverse: 2 ewes 2 rams 2 she-goats 5 goats 1 [...] 3 [NUN~b category] 5 goats [...] [...] [...] [...] Reverse / lower section: 2 [...] 2 she-goats 3 [NUN~b category] [...] [...] 2(N14) [...] sheep

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 055

Obverse: 3 (N01) grain-fed(?) rams — U4 (day/date?) — UR; 1 (N01) grain-fed(?) ram, large — NAM2 — received(?) — MU; 2 (N15) 2 (N02) ewes; 2 (N15) 1 (N02) rams. Reverse: AN — MAR (sign group of undetermined function).

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 061

(obverse) [...] she-goat(?), storehouse [...] delivered. 1 given/deposited [...] [...] , [...] 1 — small (category?), BU. 1 — AN, the NAMEŠDA (official/class). 1 — UB (storage bin?), flour/ration. [...] , [...] [...] , [...] (remainder broken; reverse uninscribed or eroded)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 062

(obverse) [...] 4 (units); 4 ... carp (SUHUR) 8 (units): carp (variant sign, SUHUR@t) 94 (1×60 + 3×10 + 4): fish (KU6) 50 (5×10): ... (SUKUD-doubled sign, an unidentified commodity or fish category) [...]: settlement (URU) [... broken entry ...] (reverse) BU+DU6 (compound sign — an institution, place, or official) GIR3 ZATU714 (undeciphered sign) [... broken entry ...] [... broken entry ...] (two illegible signs) Uruk (UNUG)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 063

1 — the UKKIN×DIN (assembly-house product/official); [...] — [...] (line lost); 2 (small measures) — carp, disbursed (BA); 2 (small measures) — carp, (grade/qualifier) '5'; 'House' (E2×1) — '5'; 1 — female worker, (category) ZATU676b; 1 — female worker, young (girl); 1 — female worker, (category) ZATU676b; 2 — female workers, head-count received (SAGŠU); 1 — carp, (grade/qualifier) '5'; (of the) 'House' (E2×1).

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 064

(obverse) [...] , [...] 25 (2×10 + 5) she-goats, BAR (disbursement portion) ZATU773 (category heading; commodity unidentified) [...] , [...] 30 [+ ...] + 1 kids, wool 20 kids, BAR (portion), wool DA PA (classifying marks) 187 (3×60 + 7)# , [...] (probably a total; entry broken)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 065

(obverse) 52 (5×10+2) — dark(?) (DARA4) sheep, 25 (2×10+5) — sheep (and) goats, 8 — ... grain-fed(?) sheep, [...] — deposited(?) [...], 27 (2×10+7) — dark(?) (DARA4) kids, 52 (5×10+2) — small kids, 3 — grain-fed(?) sheep, 18 (1×10+8) — sheep (and) kids, BAR-portion; DA [PA] (classifying/official mark).

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 068

(obverse) [...] : AN, ZATU788, female(?), NUNUZ 2(N34) 3(N14) (= 150) : female(s) of the animal-pen, ME 1(N34) (= 60) : DUB 1(N14) (= 10) : deficit (LA2), SUG5 1(N01) (= 1) : ZI, UB, dark(?) goat, ZATU682 [...] 2(N01) (= 2) : [...] IB, dark(?) goat, sheep, SUG5, head, interior(?), UR2, HI, DA, PA, AK [...] 7(N34) (= 420) : dark(?) goat, sheep, IB, SUG5, head [...] : [...] (remainder broken)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 071

(obverse) 2 (units): AN, SAR, AN (a divine(?)/commodity entry with the 'plant/garden' sign); 2 (units): barley (of the) UR5-type (processed grain(?)); 2 (units): [...]; [...]: A (water(?)/liquid entry); 2 (units): fish — (of/for) the courtyard; 2 (units): X (sign illegible); 1 (unit): GISZ3; 1 (unit): [...] fine(?) (SAL); 1 (unit): TUM, house(hold), NAM2 (official/category designation); 1 (unit): ZATU659 (unidentified archaic sign); (subscript) SZU2 — (of the) city; (reverse) ZATU659; SZU2 — (of the) city.

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 072

(obverse) [...] , [...] [...] , barley — deposited (RU) 1(N14) , GIR3(?) — barley, ZATU773 3(N14) , barley — for the musician(?) (NAR), A (reverse) 6(N14) 4(N01) 1(N39a) 1(N24) , barley — new (fresh)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 075

1 (N01) — female (worker?), UB, ZI (entry of uncertain meaning) 1 (N24) — NA, MUD (a commodity of unknown identity), BU 1 (N24) 1 (N28) — ZATU714, MU, HI 1 (N26) — DI 1 (N14) — female (worker?), ME, of the cattle pen 7 (N14) 2 (N39a) 1 (N26) 1 (N24) — barley, DA, disbursed (BA), IM

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 077

(obverse) 1(N14) — purchase/exchange of barley; KI (place/origin). 1(N14) 2(N01) — storehouse(?); barley; the EN (lord/priest-ruler); NUNUZ. 1(N14) 3(N01) — barley; given/deposited (RU). 2(N19) — given/deposited (RU). [3(N19)] — [...] (entry broken). 2(N19) 4(N04) 3(N41) — given/deposited (RU). 4(N14) — barley; fish/fishermen (KU6). (reverse — totals) 7(N14) 5(N01) — barley. 7(N19) 4(N04) 3(N41) — (grain measures, no commodity sign preserved). [1(N45)? 5(N14)? 3(N01)?] 3(N41) — barley [...] (remainder lost).

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 079

Obverse 2(N34) 2(N36) 6(N14) 3(N19) 2(N01) — new (grain), barley; purchase-price; |U4×2(N57)|; NAM2 3(N34) 1(N14) 5(N01)# — barley 2(N46) 2(N19) — 3(N14)# [...] — 3(N19) [...] 3(N04)# — (Reverse: surface largely broken; further numerical entries and impressed round/oblique number-signs are visible but not covered by the transliteration.)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 080

Obverse 1(N01) 2(N39a) 1(N24) — GI [...] — EN~a, DUR2, ZATU751~a, ŠU [...] 5(N14) 2(N19) 5(N01) 2(N39a) 1(N24) — barley; 2(N57) ŠU; EN~a, EN~a, DUR2, ZATU751~a, PA~a 5(N14) 1(N01) 2(N39a) 1(N24) — barley (Reverse / final entry) 2(N19) 4(N04) (The numerical signs are given here in their archaic notation: N14, N19, N01, N39a, N24 and N04 are distinct units of the archaic grain-capacity system, and N57 belongs to a further numerical series. Several cases are broken away and cannot be read.)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 081

Obverse 1(N34) — road (KASKAL), 3(N57) house/storehouse, barley 1(N19) — I(?), delivered [...] [...] — [...] |ZATU737×DI| — temple administrator (SANGA) [...] 1(N14) 1(N19) — barley [...] — barley 4(N19) — (Remaining entries broken; the reverse and edges bear further ruled cases whose signs are largely effaced.)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 082

Obverse […] 1 (N14 unit) — barley; AN; festival(?); consumed; ZATU659; PA […] — […] 1 (N39a) — GAL (chief/large); [unreadable sign] 3 (N39a) — beer 1 (N39a) — delivered; temple administrator; the city 1 (N39a) — GI (reed-unit); NIN 2 (N39a) 1 (N24) — SAL SAL (fine/female, twice) 2 (N39a) 1 (N24) — […] […] — […] 1 (N39a) 1 (N30a) — temple administrator; SZIR 1 (N39a) 1 (N30a) — SAL (fine/female); [unreadable sign] 1 (N39a) 1 (N30a) — [unreadable sign] 1 (N39a) — NE (fire/fuel) 1 (N39a) — […] (Reverse uninscribed.)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 084

(obverse, column i) [...] , [...] 8(N14) , PAP~a Šubur 1(N45) , [...] [...] , DUB~a 1(N45) , [...] 2(N14) , [...] [...] 2(N34) , [...] barley (ŠE~a), DUB~a [...] (Remaining cases and the reverse are broken away; no further text is preserved on the surviving fragments.)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 086

Obverse column i 1. 3 (N01) 2 (N59) — GAL~a ME~a SZESZ~a 2. 4 (N01) 3 (N59) — SAL SZA GU~a 3. 2 (N14)? 2 (N01) 1 (N59) — [...] 4. [...] — [...] 5. [...] — [...] 6. [...] — [...] (Break) Reverse [...] — SZU TUR ("in hand of / received — small")

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 088

Obverse (fragmentary, ruled into cases) 6 (N01) — oxen (GU₄) […] (N…) — horn(s) (SI) […] (N…) — onion/garlic (ŠUM) copper (URUDU~c)(?) … (unidentified sign ZATU777) 5 (N14) — barley (ŠE~a); (then, in successive cases:) AN — KID~b — BA (allotment) — TAK₄~a — ERIM~a (work-troop/men)(?) — GIŠ (wood) — NIM~a — EN~a (lord) — ḪI — ŠITA@g~a — DU (delivered/brought) — KU₃~a (precious metal/silver) — IB~a — SUḪUR (carp) Reverse: uninscribed, or wholly effaced — no signs recoverable.

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 090

Obverse 2(N14) barley — AN, NUNUZ ("egg/spawn"), ZATU788 3(N01) barley — TA(?), Uruk, HI ("mixed") 3(N04) — AB (cattle-stall/institution), beer 1(N41) 1(N28) — |U₄ × 2(N01)| (day-sign enclosing 2) [...] (one case with an illegible sign) Reverse / second section 2(N19) — AN, NUNUZ, ZATU788 3(N04)[?] — TA(?), Uruk, HI ("mixed") 2(N41) — |U₄ × 1(N01)| (day-sign enclosing 1), AB (cattle-stall/institution) 1(N04) — consumed / disbursed as rations.

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 092

obverse (?) [...] — GIŠ₃~a (timber/wooden item) 1(N19) 3(N14) 1(N01) — |LAGAB~b.TE|, barley, SI (horn), delivered, SI4~f 2(N14) 2(N01) — barley 1(N19) 5(N04) — [no entry preserved] [...] — [...] (Remainder broken; the opposite face is entirely eroded and preserves no legible signs.)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 095

(obverse) 1. [...] kid(s)/young goat(s) [...] 2. [...] storage-heap; beer 3. 1(N45) 5(N14) 3(N01) 3(N39~a) 1(N24) 1(N29~a) 1(N30~c) — barley (reverse) 4. 7(N19) 5(N04) 1(N29~b) 5. consumed (rations disbursed)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 097

Obverse 1 (N01) — [...] NE~a (fire/fuel) 2 (N42~a), 1 (N25) — TUR3~a (cattle-pen) ME~a [...] — [...] (illegible sign) 1 (N42~a) — ZATU729(?) 1 (N42~a) — LU2, AMA~a, UDU~a (sheep) Reverse [...] — [...] EN~a (lord/institutional head) [...] — [...] ŠU, UR5~a 3 (N41) — TAR~a [...] 1 (N20)(?) — U2~b (fodder/plant material), KU6~a (fish)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 099

Obverse 4 (N01) — barley — U4×2(N57) 1 (N14) — barley — RU 1 (N14) — barley 2 (N14) — barley — seed-grain (NUMUN), BU~a 1 (N45) 5 (N14) — barley 1 (N14) 3 (N01) — barley — the household (E2~a) RU 1 (N45) 1 (N14) — A(?), NAR 3 (N14) — ZATU773~a, GIR3@g~b 2 (N14) — DU (delivery/bringing) 1 (N14) 4 (N01) — TUR, GIŠ3~b 4 (N14) — the settlement (URU~a1×KI), the lord (EN~a) 3 (N14) 2 (N01) — PAP~a, BU~a, [NAM2], barley (Break) [...] — X, SAR~a(?), NIR~b, the settlement (URU~a1)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 100

Obverse 1. 5(N14) — barley: BU~a, PAP~a, NAM2 2. DU (delivered), ŠE3, NI~a, BU~a 3. NAGAR~a, ZI~a, SANGA~a (the temple administrator) Reverse 1. 1(N34) 1(N45) 5(N14) 4(N1) — barley 2. 6(N19) 3. DU (delivered), ŠE3, NI~a, BU~a 4. NAGAR~a, SANGA~a (the temple administrator), ZI~a (The numerals are given in the archaic ŠE capacity system and are left in their sign values rather than converted; the small circular and D-shaped impressions on both faces are the counters themselves.)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 101

(obverse, columns/cases — mostly broken) [...] , [...] 7(N14) , barley — consumed (rations) [...] , [...] [...] 4(N14) , [...] [...] 5(N14) , [...] [...] 2(N14) , [...] [...] , [...] [...] 4(N01) , [...] [...] 1(N04)(?) , [...] [...] , [...] [...] , [...] [...] 1(N01)(?) , [...] [...] , [...] (No further legible text; the remaining cases and the reverse are effaced or broken away.)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 107

Obverse (proto-cuneiform, case-ruled) case 1: [...] — [...] case 2: [...] 2(N14) — TA, fine(?)/female, mixed(?) case 3: [...] 3(N19) — PAP, Uruk case 4: 1(N04) 1(N41) — assembly (UKKIN), NA, fish (KU6) case 5: 2(N41) — TA, fine(?)/female, mixed(?) case 6: [...] — [...] (Reverse: no legible inscription preserved; surface eroded and broken away.)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 109

(obverse) […] , […] (one illegible sign) […] 1(N46), 1(N14), 1(N57) — the storehouse (E2~a); disbursed (BA) 5(N19), 2(N57) — the storehouse (E2~a) […] , […] […] , […] […] , […] (reverse) 1(N46), 6(N19) — disbursed (BA); the storehouse (E2~a)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 111

Obverse (col. i) 4(N14) 2(N01) 3(N39~a) 1(N24) 1(N30~c) — barley (ŠE) [...] 1(N04) 1(N41) [...] — [...] (col. ii / lower register) 2(N18) 4(N03) 1(N30~c) 1(N39~a) 1(N24) 1(N28) — |ḪI×1(N57)| GU [...] — [...] (Reverse: uninscribed / blank)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 112

(obverse) [...] 2 (N34) — [...] beer, LAGAB~b (container/enclosure) [...] — (unidentified sign) [...] N (numeral) — (unidentified sign) 2 (N14) — barley 1 (N18) 1 (N03) — (commodity lost) 1 (N14) 1 (N01) — (unidentified sign) HI@g~a [...] — [...] (blank/broken) — [...] (The remainder of the surface, including the reverse, is broken or too eroded to yield a continuous reading; the transliteration ends here.)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 115

Obverse (left column) 1. 1(N14) — barley, ration(s) for |GIŠ×ŠU₂~a| (an office/institution) 2. 1(N14) — barley, ration(s) for IM~a 3. 1(N14) — barley, ration(s) for NAGA~a 4. 1(N14) — barley, ration(s) for [...] 5. 2(N14) — barley, ration(s) for UNUG~b (Uruk) 6. [...] — [...] the temple administrator (SANGA~a) 7. [...] — (one illegible sign) 8. 1(N39~a) 1(N24) — barley, UB, new (GIBIL) 9. 1(N01) — barley, fish / fishermen (KU₆~a) 10. 1(N04) — GIŠ₃~b PA~a KÙ~a 11. 1(N19) 12. [...] — [...] (Further section / totals) 13. 1(N01) 1(N39~a) 1(N24) — LAGAB~b (container/aggregate), barley 14. 1(N19) 1…

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 118

(obverse, upper cases — destroyed) [...] , [...] [...] , [...] 1(N01) , [...] ZATU714, ŠA₃~a1, MU [...] [...] , [unreadable sign] [...] (lower cases) [...] 1(N01) , GAR, LAGAB~b 2(N01) , U₄, GAR 3(N14) , [...] [...] 1(N14) , [...] (remainder lost; reverse uninscribed/effaced)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 119

Obverse: 4 — fodder(?) (U2), mound/threshing place(?) (DU6), day(s); 5 — food portions (GAR), day, ...-NUN(?) day(?); 2 — day(s), stretched/tanned(?) hides (DU8), fodder(?); 1 — day, stretched/tanned(?) hide; [...] — [...] (Break) 10 — food portions (GAR), day(s), fodder(?); 10 — the temple administrator (SANGA), ... (illegible sign), cattle-stall/institution (AB), axe(?) (TUN3); [...] — [...] (Break) Reverse: 2 — temple/house (E2) of An(?); 3 — SZITA-implements(?); 1 — TAK4(?), place (KI); — beer; 1 — An(?), temple/house; 1 — TAK4(?), place (KI); — jar(s).

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 126

(obverse) [...] : the ABZU(?) (institution) 3 (N39a units) : deficit(?), SUG5 1 (N28 unit) : GUG2-bread 1 (N28 unit) : AN(?), precious metal (KU3) [...] : ŠUBUR, GUG2-bread(?) 1 (N30a unit) : NIM [...] : HI(g) [...] : the ABZU(?) [...] : [...] 1 (N28 unit) : DU8 GUG2-bread ... 1 (N39a unit) : female (worker)(?), 'hand/received'(?), PAP-official(?) [...] : [...] '6 months' (time notation) : barley (reverse — total/subscript) '6 months' (time notation)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 130

obverse (beginning of text broken) [...] ... [...] [...] 1(N14) [= 10 units] , HI×1(N57) NE [...] 1(N42a) 1(N25) 1(N28c) 1(N30a) [fractional measures] , 1(N57) HI-gunû ("mixed"?) [...] 1(N28) [fractional measure] , MAR [...] 1(N05) 2(N42a) [...] , [...] (remainder broken; reverse uninscribed/effaced)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 131

1(N05) 1(N42a) (grain measures) — cattle-stall/institution (AB), ZATU714 (undeciphered sign); 1(N01) — ZATU710 (undeciphered sign), supervisor (PAP), (of the office/unit) UB-ZI; 1(N01) — SI (horn?), TUN3 (vessel?); 2(N42a) — ZATU710, UB-ZI, KU3 ('pure/metal'?), AD; 3(N42a) — ZATU710, (of) Uruk; 3(N42a) — ZATU710, UB-ZI, (of) Uruk; 3(N42a) — UB-ZI, (of) Uruk; 1(N05) — UB-ZI, barley (ŠE), delivered (DU), A (water?); 1(N05) — UB-ZI, I, the SUKKAL-official; 1(N05) 1(N42a) 1(N25) — field (GAN2), IŠ; 1(N42a) — ZATU714; 3(N14) — ... (sign illegible); 1(N05) — DAR, GU (flax/cord?); (Total:) 2(N20) 4(N…

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 133

(Obverse? — mostly destroyed) [...] 4 (units, N01) [...] [...] ... (two unidentified signs) [...] [...] storehouse (E2), UB(-unit) [...] ..., seed(-grain)? 1 (unit, N01), ... (unidentified sign) 1 (N24 measure), HI ("mixed"?) 1 (N39 grain-measure), barley? (Final entry:) SUHUR — the cattle-stall/institution (AB)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 135

(obverse) [...] barley — allotted; 1 (N01 unit) — field, deposited(?), ... (UR2), the city; 3 (N57 units) — ... (ŠU2), the border district(?); 1 (N01 unit) — the en (lord/priest-ruler): delivery(?); wood, carp(?), reed-bundle(s), ... (GIŠ3), overseer(?)-mark, precious metal, water(?), ... (sign unclear); 1 (N01 unit) — the en: ..., delivery(?), small/junior ..., [...]; (Break) [...] — [...] [...] — [...] [...] — [...] (remainder of the tablet lost or illegible)

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 136

(Obverse) Line 1: 1(N01) 4(N39a) — [entry lost] Line 2: [...] — [...] Line 3: [...] — [...] Line 4: [...] — [...] Line 5: 2(N42a) 1(N25) — PIRIG, allotted (BA) Line 6: 1(N01) — HI ('mixed'?) Line 7: [...] — [...]

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 137

1(N51) [...] 1(N28): NE, GUG2 (a grain-cake/foodstuff) X (number lost): [...] 1(N14): [...] 1(N28): NE, GUG2 (grain-cake) 1(N14): [...] GUG2 (grain-cake) — the settlement 2(N39): the institution/cattle-stall, fattened(?), the settlement, returned(?) [...] 1(N03) [...]: [...] X (number lost): the settlement — consumed/disbursed The settlement — purchase/exchange; the institution; |U4×1(N01)| (day/date notation) — consumed/disbursed, fattened(?) Purchase/exchange — consumed/disbursed

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 138

(obverse) 10 (1(N14)): LAGAB×ŠA-vessels(?), LAGAB×ŠITA-implements(?) 2 (2(N01)): jars (of the DUG~c×1(N58) type) 2 (2(N01)): ŠEN metal vessels (cauldrons) 1 (1(N01)): jar (DUG~a) 1 and a fraction (1(N01) 1(N26)): DU6 (mound/heap[?]) 5 and a fraction (5(N01) 1(N29~a)): persons (SAG, 'heads') 2 (2(N01)) [...]: food portions (GAR) ...(?) AN — allotted (BA) (Break) [...] fish (KU6~a) [...]

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 139

(obverse) 2(N34) 1(N14) 1(N01) [i.e. two large units, one ten, one unit] — GUG₂ (a foodstuff/grain product), ŠU ("received"/"in hand") 2(N34) [two large units] — SI A [...] — [...] 2(N14) [two tens] — bird(s) (MUŠEN), UB (storage/accounting category) [...] — [...] (reverse, total line) [...] 6(N34) [...] 1(N14) [...] 3(N01) [i.e. six large units ... one ten ... three units]

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~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 144

(Obverse; all lines fragmentary) [...] 2 N14 (= 20, or 12 in the grain-capacity system) [...] — barley (ŠE) [...] 1 N14 (= 10, or 6) [...] — [...] [...] — (one illegible sign) [...] — [...] 3 N01 (= 3 units) — HI ("mixed"?) (and) GAR ("ration/deposited"), with the compound signs ZATU714×HI and ZATU651×GAR (unread designation, likely an official's title or name) [...] — [...] [...] 2 N14 (= 20, or 12) [...] [...] — [...] (Remainder of obverse lost; reverse uninscribed or effaced)

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~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 146

(obverse) [...] : [...] 5 (units) : DU8 (a processed product) 6 (units) : [...] 11 (units) : (illegible commodity) consumed/disbursed — NAGA — 'day 1' — the temple administrator (and) the chief temple administrator 1 (small fractional measure, N24) : [...] (reverse/final section) [...] : TE [...] (rest broken)

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~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 153

(column/section as preserved) [...] — [...] [...] — NU11 [AN] [...] (and) 1 — AN, ŠA, UR2 [...] — [PA], "pure" A, [GIŠ3] 1 (N22-measure) — GUG2-cake (with) beer, BAR-category 1 GUG2-cake 1 — ZATU776 ... (unidentified commodity) [...] — [...] (Break) 1 — tablet (of) the SANGA-administrator 1 — GA2-container, ME, the EN (lord/priest-ruler), delivered by hand 1 — cattle-pen; 5 (N57-units) 2 — ME, DAR, PAP (supervisor) 2 — AN, NU11 [...] 10 — ZATU776 ... (unidentified commodity) (final entry/subscript:) A, HAL, AL

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~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 157

Obverse: 4 (N39) units: fish, ZATU710 (product); 3 (N39) units: ZATU714+HI (product), ME; (under) the SANGA-official (of) the cattle-pen. 1 (N39) 1 (N24) units: day(?)-ration deposited (U4 GAR); 1 (N39) 1 (N24) units: ZATU710 (product), fish, (of) the courtyard; 10 (N14) units: cattle-pen, ME; 2 (N01) units: ZATU710 (product), HAL, ZATU714+HI (product). Reverse: uninscribed (no text preserved beyond surface traces).

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~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 160

(Obverse) 4 (units, N01): NINDA₂×HI (bread/ration measure) — the SANGA (temple administrator); 2 (units, N01): GISZ₃ — the SANGA; 2 (units, N01): the EN (lord/institutional head) [...]; [2 (units, N01)]: [...]; ME; jar(s) (DUG) [...]; (Reverse) 10 (1 N14): jars (DUG), allotted (BA) — (for/of) the AMA×E₂ (the 'mother-house' institution/household).

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