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~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 043
Obverse: 5 iku of field — Me-mah-nusa; 5 iku — Abzu-kidu; 1 eše 3 iku — the galla-officer; 2 iku — A-da-DUR; 5 iku — Anzu, the farmer; (at) An-še-gu (the "upper bank"). Reverse: (Total:) 1 bur 1 eše 2 iku of field — Lumma.
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 055
Obverse: 11 gur-mah (and) 2 barig of barley — great storehouse (ganun-mah); 6 gur of barley; 3 1/2 gur (and) 2 barig — storehouse (ganun); Gur-gur; seed barley; An-še-gu (the "upper bank"?). Reverse: 21 gur-mah of barley, seed barley; 37 bur, 1 eše, 3 iku (of field).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 059
1 iku of field: Lugal-ezen. 1 iku: Ur-EŠ?-ḪA. 3 iku: Ur-Lamma. 3 iku: Ur-Nin-girin. 3 iku: E-kur-pa'e. 1 eše (= 6 iku): Amar-šuba. 4 iku: AN-sag-tuku. 3 iku: AN-URUDU-si. 1 eše (= 6 iku): Il. 3 iku: Anzu. 1/2 iku: A-NI-NI. 1/2 iku: UŠ.
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 064
(obverse) 10 lidga (large capacity measures) — Mes-uba; 4 lidga, 1 (lidga of) nag-duga (a drink/libation product?) — Nin-ulgal; 2 lidga — for AN-ur, the shepherd; 3 lidga of barley(?), 1 (for) Ša-guba; (reverse — totals) 23 (lidga): the palace; 16 (lidga): ... (sign illegible).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 079
(obverse) [...] 1(?) lidga of barley — delivery. 2 barig 2 ban barley expended, (for) the ... (tagx) of the boatman, Mes-pada. 2 (measures), tagx (of) malt. 1(?) [+ x] barig (for) Ur-Sud, the boatman. Lugal-Enlil. (Break) (reverse) 2 barig (for) the reed-weaver. Delivery.
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 080
(obverse) 5 (gur?) 3 barig of barley, (measured) by the lidga — En-hegal; 2 (and) 2 barig(?) — Me-pa'e; 1 — Bil-anu-kush; 1 — Adda; 2 (and) 2 barig — Pa-ningal (and) Me-me; 1 — AN-nume; 1 — Amar-Isin. (reverse uninscribed)
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 085
3 sixties less 3 (= 177) gur-mah of barley — Lugal-a-mah; 1 sixty (and) 50 less 2 (= 108) — (for/of) the E-KA-nun (storehouse); 1 sixty (and) 27 and a half (= 87½); 36 and a half — Si-du; 4 sixties less 1 (= 239) gur-mah; 51 and a half (gur) 1 barig of barley, in gur of 2 (units); 6 sixties (and) 50 less 2 (= 408) gur of barley — Sud-anzu.
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 088
(obverse) 2 great gur of barley — the land registrar (sa₁₂-du₅); 2 (great gur) — DUMU×NUN-šita, the PA-sud official; 2 (great gur) — Lamma, the granary supervisor (ka-guru₇); 1 (great gur) — A-LAK358-si, the IB official; 1 (great gur) — Munus-geštin, the vizier. (reverse uninscribed)
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 090
(obverse) 1½ gur-mah of barley — Munus-geštin. 6 barig — A-pa'e. [...] 2 barig(?) — An-dab-[si]. ... [...] 1(?) ... [...] [n gur] — Bil-anukuš. 1(?) — Ad-[da(?)]. [...] ... (reverse) ... the herdsman (na-gada).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 092
(obverse) 182 (3×60+2) able-bodied men — Uruk; 192 (3×60+12) — Adab; 94 (1×60+34) — Nippur; 60 (1×60) — Lagash; 56 — Šuruppak; 86 (1×60+26) — Umma: men who are stationed (settled in place), (of) Kiengi (Sumer). DU-DU handed (them) over. (reverse) Total: 670 (1×600 + 1×60 + 10) able-bodied men, men who are stationed.
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 093
(obverse) 1,532 able-bodied male workers (guruš), 40 minus 1 (= 39) sons of the builders, 41 female workers (geme), (reverse) grand total: 1,612 persons who consume food (ration recipients). 50 minus 3 (= 47) men gone to Kish.
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 094
(obverse) 122 (2×60 + 2) able-bodied laborers, men stationed at Uruk; 215 (3×60 + 35) — Adab; 74 (1×60 + 14) — Nippur; 110 (1×60 + 50) — Lagash; 66 (1×60 + 6) — Šuruppak; 128 (2×60 + 8) — Umma. (reverse) Grand total: 650 (1×600 + 1×60, less 10) able-bodied laborers, men stationed of Kiengi (the land of Sumer).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 101
670 workmen going to battle (me₃ du), — food (rations consumed); 1,612 workmen (of) the assembly (ukken) — food (rations consumed); fine oil (i₃-šeš₄).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 109
(obverse) [1] Ur-Utu [1] Lu-lal 1 E-munus 1 E-na-lulu 1 En-kas 1 En-abzu-mud 1 E-šeš 1 Amar-edin 1 Lamma 1 Lu-siki-UŠ-AK (reverse uninscribed)
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 116
13 ninda(-loaves), sila-measure — [...] Lugal-nig-ba-bara-du. 12 — Ur-absi(?). 7 — Engar-tuš-še. [...] ...-KA(?). (Reverse: uninscribed / blank.)
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 122
1 (person): Amar-PA; 1 (person): Il-lu-sar; 1 (person): Nin-ukken-a; 1 (person): Lu-lu, [...](-[...]) [...]; 1 (person): Dingir-šeš-mu. (Under) Nin-ursag, the overseer (ugula). 1 (person): Ad-da; 1 (person): Mes-[...]-[...]; 1 (person): Lu-nanam; 1 (person): Utu-amu; 1 (person): Na-ni. (Under) Utu-ursag.
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 123
(obverse) [...] ... [... ]-zi 3 (units): Ni-kura 3 (units): UŠ 3 (units): Ak-sud 3 (units): Ursag-ata 2 (units): Ur-[...] [x] GI? [...] (reverse) 3 (units): Pa'en-da-[...] 2 (units): Sud-...-[...] 2 (units): Nin-[...] 2 (units): Šeš-[...] 2 (units): ...-[...] 3 (units): AN-[...] 3 (units): [...]
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 136
10 garments: Šumu-Aštar, the man of …; […] […] … the vizier (sukkal); 1: Nanna, the cupbearer; 1: Šeš-gu; 1 (and) 3 barig: Utu-ursag, the barber; sanga-GAR (the temple administrator …); (Total:) 14 garments — É-šud-du, the gal-dilmun (Dilmun-chief). (Reverse: uninscribed; bears only the modern museum numbers 12451 and 195 in ink.)
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 139
1/3 (mina) 5 shekels of silver, 1 aktum-garment — carried/received (il₂): Ur-Enki, son of NI-ba-ḫi-li, has (them) with him (i.e. owes them). Giri-ni-ba-dab₅, Ḫe-egal; apart (bar): NI-ḫi-li, his lu-munsub (attendant/herdsman), Ku-an — does/do not know (of it). (Reverse: uninscribed.)
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 140
10 (measures of) ghee (i₃-nun): the E-uri (household). 10 (measures): En-kas. 2: |DUMUxNUN|-šita. 2: Ur-Utu. 2: the overseer of the donkeys (ugula-anše). 1: Tug-TE-DU. 1: Lu-max(SI). 2: A-zuzu. 2: Lamma. 5: the gardener (nu-kiri₆). 1: Šeš-tur. 1: En-abzu-mud. 1: Nig-luguda. Grand total (an-šè-gu₂) of ghee: 40.
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 141
Obverse 899 (units of) nig-du gamur; 8 (lidga) 3 ban of gamur, šu-kam — in lidga measure; 20 less 1 barig 3 ban of gamur, šu-tag — in lidga measure; (account of) the herdsman(?). 111 (units of) nig-du gamur; 1 (lidga) 1 barig of gamur, šu-kam — in lidga measure; 2 barig 3 ban of gamur, šu-tag; (account of) the cowherd. Reverse Grand total: 1,010 gamur of the nig-du (type); 9 (lidga) 1 barig 3 ban of gamur, šu-kam — in lidga measure; 20 (lidga) 1 barig of gamur, šu-tag — in lidga measure.
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 142
2 gešʾu (= 1,200) si-|NUxU|; 2 gešʾu (= 1,200) |(TIR&TIR)xU₂|: (for) the ensi-GAR, En-zi-u-di. 1 geš (= 60) si-|NUxU|: (for) Gal-Dilmun, Šubur, the barber (šu-i), the sanga-GAR. 1 geš 3 u (= 90) si-|NUxU|: (for) the son of Gal-Dilmun, GAR-ḪU-DUR₂-BU, the kinda-barber. (Reverse: uninscribed.)
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 145
170 (2 gešʾu 50) nigdu-figs/dates — Adab (of?) Ha-ur; 350 (5 gešʾu 50) nigdu-figs/dates — Ti'e [...]; 100 (1 gešʾu 40) nigdu-figs/dates — the festival of the courtyard; 180 (3 gešʾu) nigdu-figs/dates — gal-UN (the "great people" / senior personnel). (Reverse: surface broken and eroded; no legible text preserved.)
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
WF 151
20 mana of copper: A-NI-NI; 20 (mana): É-ḫursag (the "House of the Mountain"); 20 (mana): É-en-ra; 20 (mana): Iškur; 20 (mana): É-zi-pa-è; 4 (mana): Ur-gibil; 4 (mana): Amar-KISAL-NUN; 4 (mana): |DUMU×NUN|-šita; 4 (mana): Munus-ki-nu-zu; 4 (mana): Šita; 20 (mana): A-si; [... ...] (two signs illegible) (reverse / total) Total: 140 mana of copper.
Economy~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.
Economy~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
Economy~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] [...]
Economy~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
Economy~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.
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
AAICAB 1/1, pl. 002, 1924-465 + photo, pl. 1
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 002, 1924-465 + photo, pl. 1. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 052
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 052. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & Literature
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 007
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 007. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & Literature
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
CUSAS 17, 001
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) ?) — CUSAS 17, 001. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythWriting & Literature
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
CUSAS 17, 009
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — CUSAS 17, 009. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & Literature
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
DP 037
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — DP 037. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 001
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 001. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 002
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 002. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 003
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 003. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 004
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 004. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 005
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 005. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 006
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 006. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 008
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 008. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 009
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 009. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 010
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 010. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 011
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 011. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 013
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 013. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 015
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 015. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 016
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 016. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 017
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 017. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy
~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
FTP 018
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 018. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Economy