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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
LB 2360 & LB 0285
27 gur, 1 barig, 6 1/3 sila, 1 shekel barley, royal measure — the remaining balance (si'tum), account audited. Ur-Baba, son of Ur-Idina. Year following: "Simurrum (and) Lullubu [were destroyed for the ...th time]" — a-ra2 [...] 27 gur, 1 barig, 6 1/3 sila, 1 shekel barley, royal measure — the remaining balance, account audited. Seal of Ur-Baba, son of Ur-Idina. Year following: "Simurrum (and) Lullubu were destroyed for the 9th time (10 minus 1)." [Ur]-Baba, [scribe], [son of] Ur-Idina.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
MVN 05, 001
3 gur 4 ban2, royal (measure) — regular offering of (the god) Šara. From Ur-lisi, Esagil received. Month: "Min-eš". Year: "Karahar was destroyed for the second time". Lu?-AN.[...]
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
MVN 05, 003
1 ban2 8 sila3 ghee (butter fat), 2 1/2 mina of good/sweet reed, 2 mina minus 5 shekels of gir2, 8 sila3 gu4-KA-ru aromatic (šim), from Ur-lisi, Dingira received. Month: Šu-numun ("month of the seed"), year following the year: "Simurum was destroyed for the third time."
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
MVN 05, 004
2(gesz'u) ... total: 2736 bundles of reed, ŠID (a qualifier — "counted" or a type-designation); 1560 bundles of reed, NE (a qualifier — possibly "fired/burned" or another type-designation); from Šeš-kalla, An-gugu received. Month: "E-iti-6" (the 6th month), year: "the house of Puzur-Dagan was built."
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
MVN 05, 005
15 gur of fresh fish, 3 calves — for Puzur-Erra; under seal of Ur-Enun. Year: "The house of Puzur-Dagan was built." Ur-Enun, son of Umani.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
MVN 05, 008
[x] female laborers, for 5 days, from Umma — Puzur-Iškur carries the malt-flour. Foreman: Ur-Nintu. Under seal of: Nabasa. Month: 'E-iti-6' (the 6th month), year: 'Šašrum was destroyed.' (Seal:) Nabasa, scribe, son of Ugudu.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
MVN 05, 015
1 habuda(-object) — its weight: ... shekels — from Ur-Enlila — sealed by Warad — month: Pa'u'e — year: 'The en-priestess of Nanna was chosen by (extispicy) omen' — Lugal-itida, scribe, son of Šeš-kalla.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
MVN 05, 016
3(gešʼu) 7(geš2) 20 7 [= 2247] bundles of good reed, en-du8-du (reed) — its bales: 11 each. 2(gešʼu) 3(geš2) 10 2 [= 1392] bundles of a-ba-gal reed — its bales: 20 minus 1 (= 19) each. Into the storehouse of the house of Sagdana it was brought in. 12 gil(-bundles). From Ur-mes, by order, received. Month: Ševsagkud ("Grain-harvest"). Year: Simurrum was destroyed for the 9th time. By order — the scribe, son of La'asa.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
MVN 05, 017
9 minas of gi-wool, from Halla, Lugal-itida received. Year: "Simurrum (and) Lullubum were destroyed for the 9th time."
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Orient 55, 158-159 no. 4
612 bundles of reed, for lading the bread-boat and for the building of two boats, for the bala-obligation; from Lugal-azida, sealed tablet of Huwawa, via Gatie. Year: "Šaššūrum was destroyed for the second time." (Seal:) Lu-[Ebgal], the scribe, son of Ur-gepar.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Orient 55, 159 no. 5
1 (worker): E-ki, from the month 'Dal' (onward); 1 (worker): Lugal-daba'an, from the month 'Sowing' (Šu-numun onward); 1 (worker): ARAD-hula, from the month 'House-of-the-sixth-month' (E-iti-6 onward); — fallen (deceased/dropped from the roster). Foreman: Basa. Sealed tablet of the šatam-office (accountability) of Ur-amma. Year: 'The en-priest(ess) of Eridu was installed' (Amar-Suena year 8). (Seal:) Ur-amma, the scribe, son of Na-silim.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Orient 55, 160 no. 6
16 workmen for 2 days: towing an empty barge from Umma to Du-geš-i(ka); for 2 days: threshing the barley and loading it onto the barge; for 1 day: towing the barge to the Salla canal; for 3 days: unloading the barley, transferring the barley, and plastering the granary (grain heap) with mud. Foreman: Ur-Šakkan. Sealed tablet of Ur-Šara. Year: "The en-priest(ess) of Gaeš was installed" (Amar-Suen year 9). (Seal inscription:) Ur-Šara, scribe, son of Šeš-kalla.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
PPAC 5, 1646
5 (gur), šuku-allotment, field A-uri; foreman: Ur-Geštinanka. 5 (gur): Ur-Ištaran. The barley of the field — its case is to be investigated. [...] šuku-allotment, from Ur-Geštinanka and Ur-Ištaran: barley of the Ki-sumun field, leased (plow-)land of Abba-kalla, the foreman. Regarding the barley rations — its case is to be investigated.
EconomyLaw~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
PTS 1073bis
6 gur 3 barig of barley, barley for flour. Sealed tablet of Lugal-kisal. On the 5th day, from the storehouse a man may take it and bring it out — he swore by the name of the king. Foreman: Buka. Month: Lisi.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
QNAR 1, Fig. 3
Šu-Suen, mighty king, king of Ur, king of the four quarters — Arad-Nanna, the grand vizier (sukkal-mah), son of Ur-Šulpa'e, the grand vizier: (he is) your servant.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
RA 009, 043 SA 24
1 lamb — (for) Utu: delivery of the governor of Gudua (Cutha). 1 lamb — (for) Enlil, 1 lamb — (for) Ninlil: delivery of the zabar-dab official. 1 lamb — (for) Nusku, 1 lamb — (for) Ninurta: delivery of Lugal-melam; the zabar-dab official was the responsible official (maškim). 2 sheep — (for) Dada the scribe; ARAD-mu was the responsible official (maškim). Expenditure, on the 10th day. Month: 'Festival of Šulgi.' Year: 'Kimaš and Hurti were destroyed.'
EconomyReligion & Myth~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies)
1 barig of barley (royal measure) — Lugal-ušur, son of Ur-Eanna; 1 barig — Lu-Nindara, son of Lu-pada; 1 barig — Lu-isa, son of Ur-Enki. Total: 3 male workers at 1 barig each; its barley: 3 barig. Conscripted workers (ḫe-dab) of the temple of Nindara. Month: "Gana-maš." Year after "Kimaš was destroyed."
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. add164
For Nanna, the impetuous calf of An, the first-born son of Enlil, his lord — Ur-Namma, the mighty man, king of Ur, built his E-temen-ni-guru.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
RIME 3/2.01.01.26, ex. add17
For Enlil, king of all the lands, his master, Ur-Namma, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, built his temple for him, (and) dug for him the En-erin-nun canal, his canal of food offerings.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
RIME 3/2.01.02.012, ex. add10
For Ningirsu, the mighty warrior, his lord — Šulgi, the mighty man, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, built his (Ningirsu's) temple.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
RIME 3/2.01.03.15, ex. add69
[(Amar-Suena, called by name by Enlil in Nippur, supporter of)] the temple [of Enlil], mighty king, king of Ur, king of the four quarters — for Enki, his beloved king, his beloved Abzu [he built].
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
RIME 3/2.01.04.11, ex. 01
Šu-Suen, beloved of Enlil, the king whom Enlil chose as the beloved of his heart, mighty king, king of Ur, king of the four quarters, his beloved god — Habaluge, governor of Adab, his servant, built for him his beloved temple.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Rochester 216
2 gur 3 barig of barley, royal measure, food allowance of the land of [...] ... ga-tug, from Ur-sagku; sealed tablet of Lu-dingira, the foreman. The overseer: Lu-Baba. Month: "Harvest" (še-sag-ku). Year: "Kimaš [was destroyed]." (Seal:) Lu-dingira, foreman, son of Ur-gigir, (of the) Enun-[...].
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
ROM 925.062.009
247 ewes, 286 rams, 5 lambs — regular offerings of (the god) Dumuzi; from Gudea, son of Ug-IL, (received) under the seal of Lu-igimaše, the animal-fattener of Dumuzi. Year: "En-mahgal(-ana) was installed as en-priestess of [the god] Nanna." (Seal:) Lu-igimaše, son of Ur-saga, the animal-fattener.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
SEL 34-36, 263 no. 01
24 gur of barley by the royal (measure), barley loan; sealed tablet of Atu, son of Lu-gešbare, the cattle manager (šuš). Month: "Barley harvest" (še-sagku). An oath by the name of the king was placed (sworn). (Seal inscription:) Atu, son of Lu-gešbare, the cattle manager.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Smithsonian 09
2 grain-fed sheep, (as) regular offering; 1 male kid, for the daughter of Kur-girini; 2 grain-fed full-grown billy goats: Talim-Enlil; 2 male kids: Me-Ištar; 1 female kid: Šu-Kubum. The 5th day of the month having passed, delivery of Šulgi-simti; Šulgi-ili took charge (of the animals). Month: Šu-ešša (7th month at Puzriš-Dagan); year following (the year) 'Kimaš was destroyed' (Šulgi year 47).
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Smithsonian 16
1 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban of barley (= 450 sila), fodder for the ziggum-equids, from the mill-house, from ARAD, Lu-Ninšubur received. Month: "Barley at the harbor" (Umma month 3). Year after: "Urbilum was destroyed" (Šulgi year 46). (Seal:) Lugal-emaḫe, the scribe, son of [Lugal-kugani].
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Smithsonian 27
500 sar (of field) hoed, at 5 sar (per workday) each — its labor: 100 days. Field: A'uda-gula ("Greater A'uda"). 1,395 sar of diḫ-thorns cut, at 15 sar (per workday) each — its labor: 93 days. Field: E-girgilu. Oxen overseer: Lugal-inim-gina. Foreman: Šara-kam. Sealed tablet of Da'aga. Year: "The land of Zabšali was destroyed." (Seal:) Da'aga, scribe, son of Ur-geš-šaga.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
SNAT 185
3 barig 2 ban of groats (milled grain), its barley (equivalent): 2 barig 1 ban 3 1/3 sila; 2 gur 1 barig 4 ban of ... bran, its barley (equivalent): 2 barig 2 ban; (total:) 4 barig 3 ban 3 1/3 sila, in ...-sabum, in the timber storehouse; conveyor: Ur-Igalim and Lu-Utu, his brother. Month: Amar-a'asi; year: "The en-priest(ess) of Inanna was chosen by means of the (omen-)kid." The 5th day.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
SNAT 236
One-third (shekel) of sil[ver], the wages of Ur-Ningešzida — in the name of Ur-Ningešzida, the smith; sealed tablet of Ur-Ningešzida, the leatherworker. It is to be repaid by the new moon. Wages. Month: "Harvest" (še-sag-ku). [One-third (shekel) of silver], [the wages of Ur]-Ningešzida, the smith — [in the name of Ur-Nin]gešzida, the smith; sealed tablet of Ur-Ningešzida, the leatherworker. It is to be repaid by the new moon. ... (two signs illegible) [...] (Seal:) Ur-Ningešzida, the leatherworker, son of Ur-E(?).
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
SNAT 258
34 gur 1 ban of fresh fish, (measured by) the royal gur — of this fish, (that destined for) the female weavers of Girsu, Ahum-beli received; 6 gur 3 barig 2 ban, (for) the female weavers of the nin-dingir priestess of Baba — from La'a the female weavers received it. Month: "Barley harvest" (še-sag-ku). Year: "Huhnuri was destroyed" (= Amar-Sin, year 7, ca. 2040 BCE).
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
TLB 03, 148
6 gur of barley (by the) royal (measure), barley loan (for) the soldiers of the governor, citizens of Uruk, from the granary of Barasiga, from Ur-Nanshe; sealed tablet of Lu-girizal. Foreman: Shesh-lugal-pa'e. Captain: Ur-Baba, son of Ur-saga. Month: extra (intercalary) 'Barley harvest' (13th month). Year: 'Harshi, Hurti, and Kimash were destroyed.' (Seal:) Lu-girizal, scribe, son of Lu-Ashnan.
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
TMH NF 1-2, 235
(obverse) [x] textile(s) [...] their weight: [...] [n +] 1 cape garment(s) (tug2 gu2-e3) [n +] 1 fine-quality garment(s) (tug2 nig2-lam2) [...] ... [...] Ur-AN-[...], the scri[be]. [...] (remainder lost)
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
TMH NF 1-2, 334
Month: Kin-Inanna (the 6th month at Nippur). (Seal legend:) [Amar-]Suen, [mighty king], [king of Ur], [king] of the four quarters of heaven, Lugal-melam, governor of Nippur; [PN], scribe of the treasury(?), son of [...]-Enlil, scribe of the gipar of Nippur, servant of [...].
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
TSU 091
[...] (quantity lost) oil rations for the gods; 4 sila of syrup (lal) for the festival — (for) the temple of Ningirsu and the temple of Baba — received from Ur-Egal, the mer[chant]. Lugal-GIR-gal, the scri[be], son of Lu-Ba[ba?].
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
UET 3, 0690
½ mina 5 shekels of silver, for one (image of) Lagamal — from Ur-guedina Ahu-waqar received. Month: "Harvest" (še-sag-ku), the 9th day having passed. Year: [... (year-name illegible)].
Economy~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
UT 1599-27
3 gur of barley (by the) royal (measure), requisition (nig-dab) for the festival of Šu-numun; from Ur-Lisi Lugal-gu'ene received. Year: "For the third time Karhar was destroyed." 3 gur of barley (by the) royal (measure), goods for the festival of the month Šu-numun; from Ur-Lisi Lugal-gu'ene Lugal-gu-... [broken].
Economy~2049 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Akkadica 135/1, 084-086 06
1 ram, with fleece (bar-gal2), died. From Lu-Utu. Under seal of Lu-kalla. Month: Pa'ue. Year: "Huhnuri was destroyed." Lu-kalla, scribe, son of Ur-e'e, the herdsman (šuš3).
Economy~2049 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Anonymous 481001
1(aš) 3(ban2) [barley]: Ur-dani, son of Ur-amma, the plowman (farmer) — from Lugal-kuzu, the overseer of oxen (ox-driver foreman). 1(aš) 3(ban2) [barley]: Šara-ma'adu, charged against Akalla, the foreman(?) — is to be added from the ...-day(?) [dal]. Month: 'Min-eš' (the second eš-month). Foreman: Lugal-mea. Year: 'The (golden) throne of Enlil was fashioned.' [...] (break — text lost) Scribe: [...], son of Lugal-AN?-...
Economy~2048 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
AAICAB 1/3, pl. 224, Bod S 186
2 gur 4 barig 2 ban of barley, (measured by the) royal (gur), the deficit of the barley expenditures at Nippur; (charged to) ARAD — they being land registrars — it is to be repaid. On behalf of the land registrar, the sealed tablet of Kaguna is present. Month: Dal. Year: "Anshan was destroyed." (Seal:) Kaguna, the scribe, son of Ur-[...].
EconomyLaw~2048 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Anonymous 458904
18 (units of) mixed wood(s) — from Ur-e'e; for/in the name of the farmers (engar-e-ne); sealed by Lugal-x-x (name partly broken); Year: 'Simurrum (and) Lullubum were destroyed for the 9th time.'
Economy~2047 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
AAICAB 1/3, pl. 182, Bod A 14
3 gur of barley ... [...], out of the 3 (gur) [...] ... , from Ur-[...] ... [...]; for (the account of) Ur-Ningešzida, son of Lugal-saga. Sealed tablet of Ur-šuš-Baba, son of Na-ib-[...]. Barley of Wili-ḪA-... . Month: "Harvest" (še-sagku). Year: "The great stele of Enlil was erected." (Seal inscription:) Ur-šuš-Baba, the scribe, son of Na-[...].
Economy~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Akkadica 135/1, 082-083 05
20 (earth-carrying) baskets, for the weir of Apisal — the female weavers carried the baskets; ... they carried(?) [two signs illegible]. From Kugani Šeš-saga received (them). Year: "Amar-Suen (became) king." (Seal:) Šeš-[saga], scri[be], son of Lugal-gu[dea].
Economy~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Amherst 034
4 gur (royal measure) of dabin-flour (coarse flour), for the rations (šagal) of the erin2-workers of the e2-sukkal (the household/office of the vizier), from Nin'ana, under seal of Ur-gigir, the overseer. Month: intercalary month, "the month of ŠE-sag11-ku5" (grain-harvest), Year: "Šašrum was destroyed."
Economy~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Anonymous 497561
14 gur royal-measure barley — the deficit, repaid. (From) Lu-Baba, son of Ur-saga. From Ur-bagara, Lu-bimu received (it). Year: "Kimaš was destroyed."
Economy~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
JCS 54, 002, 04
5 shekels less one-sixth (shekel) of silver — Ur-eškuga gave it to Du-ili. Because the sealed document of Ur-eškuga was not available, Girini received it from him. Month: "Eating-of-the-u-bird" (Ubi-gu). Year: "Amar-Suen (became) king."
Economy~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
LB 0262
26 5/6 minas and 7 shekels of ordinary-quality (gi) wool, 2 barig, 2 ban, 2 sila of sesame, 3 dabatum-garments: the remaining balance concerning the house of Puzur-Dagan. Sealed tablet of Lugal-tiraš, son of Namu; it is to be repaid. Year: "Amar-Suen (is) king." (Seal:) Lugal-tiraš, the scribe, son of Namu.
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~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
AAS 048
1 suckling cow, 1 suckling ox — calves of the cattle-drive (driven animals); via (giri3) Abba-gina, the cowherd, Kas4 took (them) in charge. Year: "Ḫarši (and) Kimaš were destroyed." (= Šulgi year 48)
Economy~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
Anonymous 481004
1. 1 rope, (for) the female donkey and the nanny-goat — 2. its weight: 1 talent(?), 18 1/3 mina of wool(?) — 3. the towing-rope of the donkey, (for) the boat 4. of the governor; 5. from Šara-[...], 6. under seal of the governor. 7. Year: 'The boat of Enki was caulked.'
Economy~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine
JAC 24, 060 07
2 female workers, full-time (listed at the head of the tablet), died. From the month 'Gazelle-feast' (month I) to the month 'Barley harvest' (month XII): the labor involved: 720 female-worker workdays; it is (a period of) 12 months. From (the account of) Anana withdrawn (booked out). Year: 'Amar-Suen, the king, destroyed Urbilum.' (Amar-Suen year 2)
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