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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

TSA 38

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TSA 38. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

TSA 39

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TSA 39. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

TSA 42

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TSA 42. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

TSA 43

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TSA 43. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

TSA 45

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TSA 45. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

TSA 46

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TSA 46. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

TSA 48

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TSA 48. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, supp 14

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UET 2, supp 14. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UET 2, supp 21

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UET 2, supp 21. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UM 29-15-617

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 29-15-617. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UM 31-17-010

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 31-17-010. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UM 31-43-245

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 31-43-245. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UM 31-43-246

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 31-43-246. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UM 35-01-147

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 35-01-147. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

VS 14, 005

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — VS 14, 005. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Kress 189

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Kress 189. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

TCBI 1, 016

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) ?) — TCBI 1, 016. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ASJ 16, 043-046 Barton Cylinder

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) ?) — ASJ 16, 043-046 Barton Cylinder. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Nik 1, 317

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Nik 1, 317. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

TCBI 1, 001

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TCBI 1, 001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 009

[Ib]-al6. 1 gu-mug garment, 1 SAL-cloth, 1 multicoloured kilt (íb+3-TÚG-dar): his commissioner (maškim). 1 TUG-NI-NI cloth, 1 multicoloured kilt (íb+3-TÚG-dar): Du-bi-da-li-im. [the rest is broken away]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 011

Ba-ga(?)-ma; 4 kin-measures of wool; […] (broken) A-ba-da-du — he received. 1 gu-dul (mantle), 1 íb-III multicoloured textile (kilt); Gi-da-na-im; […] (broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 013

The man (representative) of En-buš-lim: 1 gu-dùl-cloak, 1 sal-garment, 1 multicoloured íb+3 sash-kilt (of cloth). The son (male child) of I-ti-NE. DAB₅-LU₂, the commissioner (maškim) of Za-ba-rúm.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 014

A-ga-li-im, overseer of Ib-al[…], …-mu-[DU] (delivery). […] 1 dul-garment: I-da-ad-mu, the man of the food-offering of sesame oil. […] [… …] … [… …] … [10] minus 1 (= 9) aktum-garments […]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 015

Irigunu, of the É×PAP (building/shrine), Ibrium gave (it) to him on the journey (campaign) [...] 1 'à-da-um garment (one), 1 aktum garment, 1 íb+3 multicoloured fine textile Kum-NE [...] 1 [n] aktum garment, 2 íb+3 multicoloured fine textiles 1 linen (cloth), 1 níg-lá of the breast (breast-band) 1 gu-zi-dum, [...] textile [...] Dubišum [...] Igduru[...] (Reverse: uninscribed / effaced apart from a ruled band at the top; nothing legible.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 016

Sa-[du]-ur: he received. [...]-da-[...]: he received. 2 SAL(-textiles), 1 íb-III multicoloured garment (kilt) [...] 1 gu-mug garment — Ri-ga-zi [...] (The remainder of the tablet is broken away; the surviving surface preserves only these entries.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 017

GIŠ-DUG-DU (delivery/ceremonial occasion): 1 fine zara-garment — Ibrium. 2 gold daggers of Amorite type [...] and Hazir, the AZU-E (physician?), the pa₄-šeš attendant of Ibrium. [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 019

(obverse, fragment) [n] bracelet(s) of copper (and) gold: 10 (units/shekels?) (for) Tira-il (Break) ... Iški(?) (for) Gamiš 60 minus 3 (= 57) KIN-measures of wool of NI-za-u [n] minus 1(?) [...] textile(s) [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 022

[n] shekel(s) (Dilmun standard) of silver — receipt (šu-ti-ag) [...] Sula-[...] 2 full-grown draught teams (surₓ) 1/2 shekel (Dilmun standard) of silver [...] 1(?) [+ x shekels (Dilmun standard)] of silver: the pri[ce] — receipt (šu-ti-ag) (of) Za-[...] 1 Amorite dagger of gold (for) the son (of) I-[...] [The pr]ice: 2 hundred 'stone'(-weights) of fine wool [...] ... [...]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 025

(Obverse) Zekam(?): handed over (šu mu-tag). 13 minas [of ...], 9 minas 42 shekels of silver by the Dilmun standard — the purchase price [...] (Break) 4 first-quality sashes (nig-la), 2 white triple(-band) kilts of Mari, 1 hundred 3 SAL(-textiles), 1 NI-NI-garment, 1 hundred 50 minus 1 (= 149) multicolored kilts [...], 20 minas 12 shekels of silver by the Dilmun standard — the purchase price of 23 dul-garments, 16 ʾadaʾum-cloaks [...] (text breaks off)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 026

1 fine multicoloured belt-garment, [...] (for) Ibrium. 1 NI-NI-textile (and) 1 multicoloured triple belt-garment (for) Su-ra-bu, and ... [...]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 027

Enna-NI, the man of Ša'um: 1 fine (SAL) textile, 1 multicolored belt-cloth — (for) Šeš-mu. [Break] 1 gu-dul cloak, 1 aktum garment, 1 multicolored belt-cloth — (for) the king (en). [Break]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 028

(obverse) 40 belts (nig2-la2) of GAB-type, (for) the agent (maškim); (Break) [N] bracelets of copper (and) silver: (for) Zikirku (of) Guriš; (Break) [...] gold; 1 woman: Lula-NI, the one of Siga, Dari-... [...] (rest broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 030

(Obverse) 1 gu-dul cloak, 1 SAL-garment, 1 multicolored belt-garment — (for) Buda-malik [...] Dabdar 3 gu-mug (coarse-wool) textiles of grade 1, 3 SAL-garments, 3 multicolored belt-garments [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 032

(obverse, column i) [...]-rum, DAB₅-LU₂ (received? / PN); 1 multicolored, fine-quality ib-textile (belt-garment) with triple band: (for) Il-damu, ... -zu-[...]; (column ii) 1 linen garment: (for) Ibrium; 1 ʾadaum-cloak, 1 fine (sal-)textile, 1 multicolored ib-textile (belt-garment): (for) Saha-a; [remainder broken]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 034

(obverse) [n +] 5 gu-dul₃ garments, 14 fine (SAL) textiles, 15 multicolored íb-III kilts — (for) the singers. 1 [...] 1 ... textile, 1 multicolored íb-III kilt [...] Month: Ibasa. AN-ŠE₃-GU₂. 23 gu-zi ʾa-da-um cloaks. 10 [+ n ...] (rest broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 037

12 guzitum-textiles, 3 aktum-garments, [...]-rum, 1 zara-garment of u-hab (reddish-brown dye), 3 triple(-fringed) ib-sashes of u-hab dye: (for) Zibalum, the brother of Igi, (and for) Ibubu. 10 textiles: delivery (mu-DU) of RAŠ-GA. (Total:) [n] thousand, 1 hundred and 39 multicolored ib-sashes (of) cloth.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 039

(obverse, column fragment) [n+]4 double ('a3-da-um) cloaks, 93 aktum-tunics, 31 zara6-gowns, 20 minus 3 (= 17) NI&NI-textiles, 50 minus 1 (= 49) gu-dul3 cloaks of 'a3-da type, of linen, 40 minus 1 (= 39) fine (SAL) textiles, 5 chest-bands, 10 minus 1 (= 9) head-bands, 2 kilts (with 2 tassels) of top-quality cloth, 1 kilt (with 1 tassel) of ordinary cloth, 72 kilts (with [n] tassels) of good quality [...], [n+]1 [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 043

1 bracelet of two-thirds (a shekel) of silver — (for) 1 man, the man of Išma-damu, the man of Aha-LUM. (Break) 2 bracelets of two-thirds (a shekel each) of silver (and) gold (to) Iriig-malik he gave. (Break)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 045

1 hundred KIN-measures of wool, 1 hundred workmen, received (šu-du8), (of) the sa-zax (the palace administrative complex); [... Break ...] NE-a-u (person/place name): 5 KIN-measures of wool, 1 KIN-measure of [wool ...]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 049

(Obverse) Man of Adasin: 1 (unit of) wool, KIN-quality, first-grade; (Break) [...] 1[+n] tens of TUG2-NI-NI textiles; 27 fine multicoloured ÍB+III (belt/kilt) textiles; 40 minus 1 (= 39) multicoloured ÍB+III textiles. Month: za-LUL. Irmi.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 053

(Obverse, beginning broken) [...] ... (two illegible signs) the king (en) and the badalum-official of Ḫalsum: 1 gu-dùl cloak, 1 aktum-tunic. (Break) the king (en): 2 'à-da-um cloaks of double (quality), 2 aktum-tunics, 2 multicolored belts of fine quality. (Remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 054

The king (en). 1 NI.NI-textile, [n] fine (SAL) garments, [...] — offering (nidba). 3 multicolored íb-belts: (for) Dubi-ab (and) [..]-za. [...] overseer: Hutimu. 1 gu-dul cloak, 2 NI.NI-textiles, 2 fine (SAL) garments: (for) his agent (maškim). x [...] (for) Ruzi-Malik. 10 zara-garments, 20 minus [n ...]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 055

1 'a-da-um cloak, 1 aktum-tunic, 1 fine multicolored íb-sash (íb-III quality), [...] ... his ..., the man of the quay (merchant), 1 fine(?) textile (SAL), 1 multicolored íb-sash, ... ... [...] 1 'a-da-um cloak, 1 aktum-tunic: (for) Iram-malik, ... ... [...] [...] gold, his brother, 2 [...] (Break)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 058

Zikiar, of the sa-za (palace administration): 1 fine multicolored ib-textile (belt/kilt); [...] GIŠ-DUG-DU; 1 woman (of/from) Dub — handed over (šu mu-tag4); wine; 1 ... [...] (for) the šu-du8 official; 1 triple-quality(?) multicolored ib-textile (for) the commissioner (maškim); [...] (rest broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 062

(obverse) [n +] 6(?) ... fine/thin(?) (textiles); 103 ib-garments of triple quality, fine, multicolored; 1 ib-garment of triple quality, fine, multicolored, of first quality; 141 ib-garments of triple quality, multicolored; [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 065

(obverse) 50 KIN-measures of wool, 2 hundred chest-band[s] (níg-lá gaba), I-[...] (name broken), 80 [...], 40 tug2-du8 textiles, 50 KIN-measures of wool, 2 hundred chest-bands, Gati. (Break) [...] [...] 3 hund[red] 20 KIN-measures of wool, 6 hundred 60 tug2-du8 textiles, 7 hundred 50 KIN-measures of wool, 3 thousand [...]; [gr]and total: [...].

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 067

(beginning broken) [... 'a]-da-um cloaks, dul-garments of Mari. 175 aktum-textiles. 42 gu-dul cloaks of linen; 'a-da-um cloak of type 1. 1 zara-garment (dyed) with u-hab plant; 2 TUG2-NI-NI textiles. 73 [... (commodity lost)]. (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 070

(obverse, column fragmentary) [I]šar-malik, the great singers [...] [...]-malik, Za'arum, Gu-NE-du, Išra-il, [...] (Break) Ir'am-da'ar, Igbul-malik, Ib[hur] (received?); 4 coarse-fibre (gu-mug) textiles, 4 fine (SAL) garments. [...] (remainder broken)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

ARET 03, 071

Garment(s and) outer-wrap — of the king (en); Surda-mahu, Puzur-ra-malik, Enna-malik, [Break] 4 gu-dùl cloaks, 4 fine garments, 4 multicoloured kilts, Iš-...[...] (rest broken)

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