All tablets.

Ur-Nanše 26

(1) For Ninĝirsu, Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, built the temple of Tiraš.

Ur-Nanše 27

(1) To Bau, Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, dedicated this (cup).

Ur-Nanše 29

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, built the E-tar.

Ur-Nanše 30a

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, built the Šeše-ĝara.

Ur-Nanše 30b

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, built the E-ĝidru.

Ur-Nanše 31

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the levee alongside Sala of the Amorites. (ii 4) ... the temple of ....

Ur-Nanše 32

(iv 1) Šul-MUŠxPA, the personal god of the king, carried the pure earth-basket. (iv 5) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the shrine of Ĝirsu.

Ur-Nanše 33

(1) To Ninĝirsu, Ur-Nanše, ....

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 008, 1928-439

Obverse (column i, ruled cases; beginnings of lines lost) [... ] iku(?) of field [... ] iku(?) of field [... ] iku(?) of field [... ] iku(?) of field [... ] iku(?) of field [... ] iku(?) of field 1/3 (shekel) of silver [ ... ] 10 shekels(?) of silver [ ... ] 1(?) shekel of silver [ ... ] 1/2 shekel of silver [ ... ] 1 [ ... ] (The remainder of the tablet is broken away; the reverse is uninscribed or wholly effaced.)

Anonymous 270812

1 (unit): Ab-ba 2 (units): E-kur-nin 2 (units): […]-nin 1 (unit): Ur-ganun 1 (unit): Ab-zu-zu 2 (units): Ur-nagar 1 (unit): U₂-U₂-a 2 (units): Pa₄-pa₄ 12 gur of barley. Per day, 1 shekel measured out. 5 ban₂: U₂-U₂-a 4 ban₂: Lugal-ḫe₂

BIN 08, 007

9 (lit. 10 minus 1) men: the Esar (temple); 4: Ašgi; 4: the Esahar (temple); 2: Inanna; 3: Enki; 4: the Edam; 1: Dara-U-Enlil-gar; 1: [...]-esi; 1: An-ne; 8: the small shrines; the house of Utu. (reverse) 17 days (lit. 20 minus 3). The chariot field (GAN₂ gigir₂).

BIN 08, 010

5 shekels of refined silver; 1 talent of white silver(?); 1 talent of kur-PA; 1 talent of ... DIB(?) kur ...; 1 talent of PA TAR-TAR(?), of pure metal; 1 SIG₇(?) of silver; 1 UD-eme; 1 mina of goat wool, AG; 1/3 of nu-gu (flax?). Geme-ur-ganun(?) has taken (them) away.

BIN 08, 012

[17] gur of barley, by the large (gur-saggal) measure — Ur-si; 2 barig — Šu-aš; 2 barig — E-mahda; 1 barig 2 ban2 — U-U; 1 barig 3 ban2 — Ištup-il; 1 gur — Nin-tur-tur; 1 gur — the gudu-priest of E-mud; 1 gur — Du-du; 1 gur — Bara-ara-nu. (reverse) Total: 24 gur 5 ban2 of barley, by the large (gur-saggal) measure. [x] — Lu-mah; [n] 5 — Nam-lugal-ni-du.

BIN 08, 016

5 gur (by the large gur-standard) of barley — Ur-en-sig-nuna(?); 2 (gur), ma-mud; [...]-sag, barley; 5 (gur) of barley, Me-mea; 15 gur, E-geština-su; 2 (gur), Nin-mu-gin-amah; 2 (gur), 2 (gur), Ili-li; [...]-HAR; [...]-...; nu-SAHAR-a; Ma-ma-kiši-gal.

BIN 08, 027

3 gur of barley, repaid (še su-ga): E-gi, son of Ama-NU+NU. 1 gur 1 barig: Amar-giri, the builder. 1 gur of prime barley: Amar-kua-ra, the shepherd. 1 gur 2 barig: Lugal-nigzu. 1 gur 2 barig: Lugal-damda.

BIN 08, 029

Lugal-nigzu (and) Ur-ni-beda removed the peg in the field; as for the donkey that he had released to him, "I will make replacement," he said to him. Before Ur-su, the herdsman of donkeys. The house ... [...] ... a2 ba KU a (unclear) The case is concluded. For the governor of Nippur. ... [...] is present.

Law·Economy

BIN 08, 030

25 aktum-garments; 17 (20 minus 3) NI-textiles; 8 níg-bar-ba; 3 níg-lá gaba (breast-bands / sashes); New tablet: 38 (40 minus 2) remaining (egir).

BIN 08, 038

Obverse 15 gur of barley, the purchase price of 1 sar of house-plot. Nin-pada, wife of Lugal-ša, im-ta-KID(?), received (it). Reverse 1 shekel of silver, 1 gur of barley — [for] KUM-tuš, son of Lugal-[ša], he received. The purchase price [of ......] (the remainder of the reverse is destroyed)

Economy·Law

BIN 08, 040

7 cows, mother(-animals); 2 cows, 3 years old; 1 ox, 2 years old; 1 calf, female, (still) suckling; 1 calf, male, (still) suckling. Its total: 12 (head). Ur-li-kam; U'uma; An-si; Ma-za-uma.

BIN 08, 043

5 gur 2 barig of barley. 1 bar-dul₅ garment: it is (worth) 2/3 mina of silver. 1 aktum garment: it is (worth) 2/3 mina of silver. 1 niglam garment: it is (worth) half a shekel. 1 niglam garment: it is (worth) one-third (of a shekel). 1 gur 2 barig of barley: it is (worth) 2 shekels of silver. It is of the year that is not (recorded). 1 shekel of silver. […] 1 nanny-goat. [n] of silver, 2/3 mina. Brought (from/by way of) the canal […]. […] … brought for An (or: tin brought). 1 (item): into his hand — a … garment, gum(?), taken over.

BIN 08, 044

10 gur of barley: the sealed storehouse of Šu-i. 2 (gur) 2 barig: Igi-si. 2 (gur) 2 barig: Uš, son of Zage. 3 (gur): the sealed storehouse of Šu-i. 2 barig: Ur-gu, son of Lugal-ennu. (All this) is held with Inim-zida. It is barley of the principal (sag); it is that of Ur-ni. (reverse) 4 gur 2 barig of barley: Aba-Enlil, son of Amar-abzu, has received.

BIN 08, 054

4 iku of field — its barley: 12 (gur) 2 barig: (for) E-ki, the chief merchant. 2 1/2 iku of field — 10 less 2 barig of barley: the man of the temple administrator; Lugal-ezem is the overseer. 1 eše 2 iku of field — 40 less 2 (gur) 2 barig of barley: Ama-bara-si (and) Lugal-ildu, the surveyors. 3 iku of field — 12 (gur) 2 barig of barley: E-lu, the surveyor. 3 1/4 iku of field — 15 (gur) 2 barig of barley: Munus-tur, the wife of the surveyor. 1 1/2 iku of field — 5 (gur) of barley: Ur-TAG, the potter.

BIN 08, 065

2¼ iku of field — eš-ba(?); Ama-bara-abzu. 3 iku less ¼ iku; 3½ iku; 3¼ iku — Si-du. 1 eše 4 iku — Ur-namnun. 1 eše 1½ iku — Ur-tulbaza, the lamentation-priest (gala). 2 eše 4 iku — Lugal-a-REC107. 1 eše 2½ iku(?), LIŠ-uš — Magur(?), the overseer(?). 2½ iku, LIŠ-uš; 1½ iku barley; 4 (units) — total: 4½ iku, uš — Enlila, the rope-twiner (gu-sur). 5 iku less ¼ iku; 3 (units) barley; 2 (units) LIŠ-uš — Amar-gula, the shepherd.

BIN 08, 081

420 ninda — old (measure); 300 (ninda) — width; 420 less 2 cubits — the base; 360 less 2 cubits, 1 half-cubit and ½; 301 |GIŠ.BAD| — the foreman, the overseer (nu-banda); 300, 2 cubits — En-tar; 121 ninda — KID; 180 less 1 |GIŠ.BAD| — Abba; [...] ... — Gu-na; 60, 2 cubits — Puni-du; 120, [BAD] cubits — E'a: not filled; 120 BAD — Ekur(?): not filled; 241 — account of Ur-KUŠ₂; 121 — account of Huni-x; (reverse) 6 less 1 — account of NI-a.

BIN 08, 083

54 bundles of grass (fodder): En-akale; 35: Kar-du; 40: Ur-ni; 42: En-tar-si; 36: the foreman of the overseer (nu-banda); 32 1/2: the foreman. (Reverse uninscribed.)

BIN 08, 087

286 (units of) copper — ḫabuda(-implements); 110 (2 gešʾu minus 10) minas of copper; [x] minas, [x] ... from [x] ... […] (line lost) brought out from the ore(-earth); 251 minas of copper — the weaver('s share?), brought out from the palace; the weaver, the overseer of the smiths — given.

BIN 08, 115

1 šar (= 60 bur) 4 bur 2 iku — orchard(s), large (ones); 5 bur — small orchard(s); 1 bur 3 iku — the outer (bar) portion of the field, of the city Ki-anna; 5 bur — orchard(s): the potter Ur-EN-[...], An-na-E[...]; 4 iku — the outer (bar) portion of an orchard, ... A-zu-zu [...]. It is (the account) of the year. (Reverse: uninscribed / surface eroded, no legible signs.)

BIN 08, 173

Obverse […] 4 shekels of silver; 12 lidga (and) 1 barig of barley; 41 sila of pig fat; 2 gur 1 barig of dates; 1 grass-fed pig — this is the purchase price of Nin-gissu-nani. Ur-lugal, the donkey herdsman, gave it to him. Reverse At the wall(?) of the gate of the palace he set its case straight (i.e. rendered the verdict). Du-du, … [ … ] DA AN [ … ] TI [ … ], the witnesses ("men of the word"), they confirm[ed it]. The … [ … ] … AN … (broken).

Law·Economy

CBS 07280

(obverse) [n] ... [...] 2 (measures): Maš-da(5), the attendant(?) [...] 1 (measure) 2 barig: Sag-...-[...] 2 (measures): Ur-Abu 2 barig: Lugal-šeš 2 barig: Enlil-[...] [n]: Nesag(?) [...] (reverse: uninscribed / not preserved)

CBS 08117

1 bardul-garment, of fine (thin) weave, of/for the women(?); Igi-Enlil-še, the chief household administrator (šabra), the porter (ug₃-íl): he paid (it) out to him. Month: "Bricks-placed-in-the-brick-mould" (month III, Nippur calendar), day 7 having elapsed.

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 011

šuš (written |ŠE.NAM₂|) pa-nam₂-šita shrine-išib (purification priest of the shrine) gal-|BAD×DIŠ| (chief …-official) en-IB gal-šita (chief of the šita-office) abgal (sage) kingal (overseer / leader of the assembly) tiru (court attendant) […] sukkal (vizier) […] … stone … ti … |KA×X| … na […] (The remainder of the column, and the reverse, are broken away or effaced.)

CST 001

33 mother-ewes; 29 (lit. 30 less 1) rams; 8 female lambs, nim-lambs; 5 male lambs, nim-lambs; 4 female lambs, e-li-lambs; 3 male lambs, e-li-lambs. Total: 82 ewes together with their lambs. The sheep are the private property of Enda-nirgal. Šubur, the overseer, in the House of the Street plucked (them). With Lugal-ikuš they were kept. (Year) 1.

CST 022

15 gur of barley — Ama-tuku-gal-zu; 1 (gur) 2 barig — Nin-urni; 15 (measures of) lard, UMBIN; 1½ shekels of silver; 2 nig-lam garments; 1 sheep, its silver [...]; 2 pigs for eating; 2 bar-dul garments; 1 dul(?) cloth; 43(?) shekels of silver; goods of [...]; Mu-bi-ki-gal-la[...]; a claim exists against it; 1 mina of silver; its tablet has been handed over.

CUSAS 35, 030

1 eše₃ (of) field — Ma-NI-NI; 1 eše₃ — SIG-mu; 1 eše₃ — Ur-gu, the animal-fattener(?); 1 eše₃ — Ur-peš-tur; 1 eše₃ — Šu-Mama; 1 iku — PA-[…]-bala; Ur-tu; A-ga(?)-le. (Reverse: uninscribed; the modern museum number Ms. 1052/40 is written on it in ink. Right side of the obverse broken away; a large chip is lost at the right edge.)

CUSAS 35, 034

1 iku 2 sar [...] E-zi 3 iku — Lugal-kal 3 iku — Ur-nu 3 iku — ...-adgal ( — ) U-nu-NI-NI [n +] 1 iku [...] 2 iku [...] 2 iku — Lugal-ildu (Reverse: uninscribed / blank)

CUSAS 35, 064

180 loaves of bread; 10 minus [n] jars (of beer); (for) the ruler (ensi) of Gišša (Umma), (and) the ruler (ensi) of Lagaš; (from) the household of the gudu-priest. It is the month of the barley harvest.

CUSAS 35, 081

2 barig of groats (gur measure), 2 barig of malt — for Išme-ilum it was given. Booked expenditure of the house of the gudu-priest. (It is) the month of the barley harvest.

CUSAS 35, 097

120 loaves, 2 (loads) — Ma'u; 60 [loaves], 1 (load) — Ur-šerda; 120 loaves, 2 (loads) — Ilala. It is the load that he is to bring; it has been delivered. Month: ab-e₃-zi-da, day 27.

CUSAS 35, 098

120 loaves of bread — (for) the House of the Children (e₂-dumu). 180 loaves of bread, 3 jars — (for) the House of the gudu-priest. 120 loaves of bread, 2 (jars) — (for) the house of Igi-si₄. 120 loaves of bread, 2 (jars) — (for) Ur-nu. 60 loaves of bread — (for) the house of Nin-mug. [Day 20(?)] + 1 (= the 21st day), [month] Še-sag-ku₅ (the month of the barley harvest).

CUSAS 35, 100

[n] loaves of bread — the household of the children (e₂-dumu); 183 — the household of the gudu-priest; 122 loaves of bread — the household of Igi-si; 122 loaves of bread — Ur-nu; 61 [loaves of bread] — the household of Nin-[mug]. Day 23. Month: Aša-il-šu-gar. (Reverse: uninscribed; the tablet is pierced through by a single perforation.)

CUSAS 35, 102

600 loaves of sig₁₅-bread (fine/sweet bread): 1 ban₂ (of flour), 20 baked (du₈). 600 loaves of barley bread: 1 ban₂ (of flour), 20 baked (du₈). 20 jars. 10 (servings of) soup. (For) the house/temple of [...]. [At that time(?)] the ruler (ensi₂) of Agade had taken up residence (u₃-mu-ti-la-a).

CUSAS 35, 105

3 jars (of pottery) — Ur-Nanše. 6 jars — Ur-Erra, the reed-worker (mat-maker). Šeš-tur. Giri-ni, the stone-cutter. 1 jar — the man of the ḫub-bu (acrobat/dancer). (Break) [n] jars — Lugal-alsa.

CUSAS 35, 120

Obverse 1. [n] (gur), 2 barig — granary gur-measure 2. [...] of Enlil 3. [n] (and) 2 — Ur-ga 4. [n] — Sag-zi 5. 2 — Ur-eš-peš 6. [n] (and) 2 barig — Ur-dingir Reverse 7. the head granary — 8. it is that which was given to An.

CUSAS 35, 124

[n(+)] 1 barig of barley (in gur measure): (for) the textile-worker(s); it is (of/for) Unu; Za-mu the vizier — its commissioner. 1 (gur) 1 barig — female workers, (at) 2 ban each; (for) the House of the Children. 9 (i.e. 10 minus 1) — ENGUR-TUM; 4 ban — Giri-giri. Barley bro[ught (in)]; to Na-[ni] he [gave (it)]. Di-[Utu], the over[seer].

CUSAS 35, 142

1 gur of dabin-flour: Ur-ni. 2 barig of barley (gur-measure): they are the men who came from Isin. 1 ban2 of flour for bread — [...] ... [...] 1 ban2 [...] 1 ban2, Ur-[...] — who went out; A-KA-du (Akadu): it was given to him. (reverse) The House of the Children (e-dumu). Month: "Barley-harvest" (šesagkud).

CUSAS 35, 143

1 gur of dabin-flour[,] 2 barig of beer-bread (bappir), 2 barig of malt, 2 barig of groats — (for) the elder (ab-ba); it was given to him. Ur-[...] is its commissioner (maškim). É-dumu ("house of the children"). Month: Duku (du6-ku3).

CUSAS 35, 144

1 gur of fine flour, 1 gur of beer-bread (bappir), 1 gur of malt, 1 gur of groats — Šeš-bad, the cupbearer; from the overseer (nu-banda) it was given to him. The House of the Child(ren) (E-dumu). Month: še-sag-sig-ga.

CUSAS 35, 150

1 gur of barley, 1 gur of emmer, 2 barig of fine flour (zi₃-sig₁₅), 3 barig of dabin-flour, 2 barig of groats (niĝ₂-ar₃-ra), [n] (measures of) beer-bread (bappir), 2 barig of malt, 3 barig of barley — it is for beer: (these are) of the boatmen. An-ne-šum (disbursed/received it). It belongs to the House of the Children (e₂-dumu). Month: ĝa₂-udu-ur₄ ("sheep-plucking pen").

CUSAS 35, 153

5 gur of flour of emmer (and) wheat — (for) the chief constable (gal5-lá-gal); 5 gur of flour of emmer (and) wheat — (for) the chief herald (nimgir-gal); for the "house of the children" (e₂-dumu) he delivered (it). Ur-Ninmug, the scribe — it was given to him. Month: Duku (the "Holy Mound"). (Summary/label:) emmer (and) wheat — the household of the overseer (nu-[banda]).