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~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0062

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0062. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0070

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0070. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0074

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0074. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0084

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0084. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0087

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0087. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0089

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0089. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0106

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0106. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0108 + 0153

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0108 + 0153. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0177

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0177. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0181

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0181. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0252

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0252. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0253

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0253. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0271

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0271. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0309

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0309. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0321

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0321. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0326

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0326. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0332

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0332. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, 0341

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0341. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Fs Krecher 338 05

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) ?) — Fs Krecher 338 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Fs Krecher 354-355 22

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) ?) — Fs Krecher 354-355 22. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

JAC 29, 023-030 03

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — JAC 29, 023-030 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CDLI Seals 006634 (physical)

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — CDLI Seals 006634 (physical). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Early Town on the Deh Luran Plain 154, 156

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — Early Town on the Deh Luran Plain 154, 156. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Fs Krecher 330-332 01

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) ?) — Fs Krecher 330-332 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Fs Krecher 336-337 03

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) ?) — Fs Krecher 336-337 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Fs Krecher 340 08

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) ?) — Fs Krecher 340 08. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Fs Krecher 342-343 11

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) ?) — Fs Krecher 342-343 11. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Fs Krecher 343-344 12

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) ?) — Fs Krecher 343-344 12. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Anonymous 270814

Line 1: [x x] x Ur-Amaraka [x] Line 2: 1 gur, 1 barig — fisherman — to Šuruppak, delivered Line 3: [...] overseer of boatmen Line 4: 1 gur, 1 barig — storehouse scribe Line 5: 1 gur, 1 barig — agent (PA-official)

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

AoF 41, 010-014

8 bur of field — the gešur field. 2 bur 1 eše of field — KA-banda. 3 bur 1 eše [?] of field — the sal₄-la mound. 3 bur 1 eše of field — the al-lu₂ furrow. 2 bur 1 eše of field — the Nam-gi mound. Fields of Ur-lugal-gub. 5 brothers — allotments — were disbursed. Field — household allotment — belonging to Gišgal-si.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 010

[...] she-goat(?) [LAK20] — [...] place(?) — not having [...] ... place GU [...] LUM — not having [...] servant/Subarian [...] MAR — not having [... ...] ... not(?) — [dairy/ghee?] [complex sign cluster] — not eggs/roe — fish — not LI TAR [...] ... [...] KU [... ...]

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 32, 002

Enuru, [... serpent(?),] dark — of the Abzu [...]; its tail rising, its nature — the mouth opened and opened. Its mouth-enclosure — matched, declared. The serpent bites; the great dragon bites. The spotted field — [pure-water ...] [laden-water ...] [...] ... The serpent — its mouth laden. Its tongue, the voice — very small, very small — filled. The serpent — mouth burdened — [the sun's mouth?] — may it not [harm ...] [harm ...]. The sanga-administrator Ur-Gibil, the scribe, [wrote it].

Religion & Myth

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 028

1 Ur-Ninmug, 1 Ur-Šer7-da — Adab: they are stationed there; may [it] be settled; asz11-lum, iritum — šu-[x]-DU-NI (plural).

Daily Life·Economy

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 228

6 nig2-lam2 suluh-garments 6 ib2-ba-du3 suluh-garments 4 nig2-la2(!) suluh-garments 1 du5-gi4 suluh-garment 13 nig2-la2 7 ib2-ba-du3 2 nig2-lam2 4 ha-la-um 2 aktum

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 269

1 (person): Ur-E2, [son of] Lugalsisa, fisherman; 1 (person): Enlil-la, cupbearer; 1 (person): Du-du; Ur-lu2, farmer; 1 (person): Ur-Nin-[...], Ur-E2-Igi-Nim; An-ne-šum2; Be-li2-du10.

Daily Life·Economy

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 034

[...] 2 junior workers (apprentices), Di-[Utu], foreman. Lu-Ad, [...] Sud-ur-sag, foreman. 25 — Ur-e2-gal, foreman. 20 musicians — AK. 12 (units of) malt — KA-zi-[da]. [...] chief [...] [man?]-di, (blank) [was] delivered.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 036

2 si, large-grade; 40 si-[NUxU], prime quality; 7, 4 ban of si; 105 si-[NUxU], prime quality; 7, 4 ban of si; 51 si-[NUxU], prime quality; 7, 2 ban of si; 42 si-[NUxU], prime quality; 23 si; 118 si-[NUxU], prime quality; [Account of the] fisherman? (šu-[ku₆?]); Received (šu ba-ti); si; [ba-za?]

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 021

[...] [...] ox/bull(?) 3 gaba-sheep 1 URUDU-sheep — An-na-sum Enlil [...] URUDU-sheep Temple of Sud-Anzu(?) 2 [...] [En]lil 12 [...]

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 025

1 ban of barley — Ur-Sud 2 ban — Lugal-ana 2 ban — Adda-tur [2] ban — Ur-Abzu [...] (line broken) [...] (line broken) 1 ban — [name lost] 2 ban — [sign(s) unread, name lost] 2 ban — [name lost]

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 030

[...] barley: issued 1 gur, 2 barig — Ur-BAD-DAB 1 gur, 2 barig — Sud-ur-sag 1 gur, 2 barig — Lugal-GAR-NI [x,] 1 barig(?) — Na-diri(?) 1 gur, 2 barig — Ur-mes Ur-[ni](?) [...]

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 032

[...] Sur[ra] [...] [x]-Sud [...] é-ur₂ [...] a-eren₂ Labor: 1 day 2 ban₂ — Ur-Sud 3 ban₂ — Adda-tur Day 2

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 035

2 barig — Šeš-nu-kuš₂, shepherd, [LAK020] 1 barig — Di-utu, [of the] E₂×KASKAL 2(?) barig — Ur-sag(?), the malt-grower 1 barig — Munus-ma 1 barig — Pa₄-nu-kuš₂, boatman

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 036

2 barig, 1 ban of barley — [lid2-ga] — Sag-nin-tuku; 1 barig, 1 ban — Me-[NIGIN2]-[x]; 4 ban — Nin-ama-na; 3 barig — [Bara2]-[x]-[gal2].

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 037

[x] 1 barig of barley — [for] Ša3-gigir[?] (the chariot[-depot]?), the cupbearer; 2 barig — Geszgal-si, GAM-GAM; 1 barig of semolina — Lu2-ezen; [...] 3 barig of barley — Ama-abzu-si.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 058

4 (asz) + 1 barig of semolina, sealed [in storage] — Munus-a-nu-kusz; Semolina, [AB institution]; 3 barig of semolina; 20 [units of] semolina, sealed [in storage], from Za3-sud3, Ur-Inanna.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 067

1 asz 3 barig of beer, [measured in] sila: Ur-ni. 1 asz: U2-KA. 2 barig: E2-ur2-bi-du10. 1 barig: Nin-ig-gal. 1 asz: Enlil-a2-mah.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 072

13 sila of beer; 3 sila of beer — [from/at] Zaningata: [x] 2 sila of beer, [x x] AN[...], 17 sila of beer — Ur-ni.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 073

7 sila of beer — Ur-ni [...] 4? [sila] — the courier's house 4 [sila] — Enlil-amah 1 [sila] — Munus-ma [...] 2 barig of beer [in sila] [...]-si [...] from Za-sudu 2 barig [of ...] [...]

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 078

Lu-iri-sari'g: 1 TAR-jar of barley-beer. Ur-Ur: 1 TAR-[jar] of barley-beer. Lu-Adab: 1 ba-an-ASZ-measure of barley-beer. Lu-Umma.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FTP 079

2 shekels of silver — Ezi 2 (shekels) — Mes-pa3 2 (shekels) — Ur-šubur 1 (shekel) — Lu-nanam 1 (shekel) — Engar-zi 1 (shekel) — Šubur 1 (shekel) — Ur-nin-USŠ scribe

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