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Page 55 / 1427

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 039

353 (6 gešʾu minus 7) gur-saggal of barley; 193 gur-saggal of white emmer; 53 gur-saggal of gu-nida (a fine emmer/wheat variety); 10 gur-saggal of wheat. Total: 609 (10 gešʾu plus 10 minus 1) gur-saggal. (From) the Kiti field, the sustenance land (šuku) of Enentarzi, ruler (ensi) of Lagaš. At Kiti it was threshed ("beaten with wood"). Ur-Šerda transferred (it) to him. (Year) 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 052

10 fine gu-breads, provisions (food to be consumed); 50 sur-(vessels); 10 small (jars) of milk; 40 mud-vessels of milk — (for) Nanshe. 30 sur-(vessels); 20 mud-vessels of milk — (for) Nindar(a). [Bread] (and) pure milk. Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. (Year) 4.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 061

1 gur-ra sheep — it belongs to the Abzu on the bank. When the ruler went for the matter of the šagan, Baranamtara made the offering with it; the sheep was consumed. Enku, he is the fattener. (Year) 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 064

1 ram — (for) Nin-[dar]; 1 sheep — (for) Nin-[MUŠ₃]-bar(?); 1 sheep — (for) Nin-[MAR.KI]. [When(?) Nindar(?)] [was brought into] his new [temple], [Bara]-namtara, wife of Lugal-anda, ruler [of Lagash], performed the offering. (reverse) Sheep consumed. Enku, the fattener. (Year) 2.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 079

1 sheep with its fleece still wrapped (unshorn) — (for) Baba; Baranamtara, (wife of) the ruler, when she resided at the gate of Pirig-[tur-gin₇]-du, [delivered (it) to her]. (reverse) [Sheep consumed.] [Ur-du], the chief herdsman, [it is (his account)].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 080

1 sheep — the ruler (ensi); 1 kid — the sanga-administrator of Nanše; 1 lamb, 1 kid — the sanga-administrator of Nin-MAR.KI: on the bank they were consumed. 1 sheep of the ruler; 1 sheep — the chief scribe: on the day of his banquet, at the place of the funerary libation (ki-a-nag) they were consumed. 1 sheep ... [broken] total of the [grand] sum: they were brought to be consumed. These are the sheep (that were) consumed.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 085

1 lamb, [a gift-offering (masz-da-re-a)], [...] [1 male goat], UD — Nin-uma, wife of Lala, the herald. 1 short (stunted) male goat — the temple administrator of Nanše. In the month of the festival of Lugal-URU₁₁, at its completion, to Bara-namtara he delivered (them). Enku, the fattener, set (them) aside. (Year) 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 090

1 plucked ram — the mašdaria-gift of Nin-bur, wife of the man of the long measuring-rope (the surveyor); to Bara-namtara in the month of the Festival of Malt-Eating of Lugal-URU11 she delivered it into the women's house. En-ku, the fattener, carried it off. 2nd (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 103

1 gir-animal, one year old, a gir of the "dun" (kind/place) — Dingir-šešmu: he is the cowherd. Ningirsu-lumu, together with Dal-mušen, was put under admonition (oath) in the matter. Its silver: 10 shekels. To Sasa, wife of Uru-inimgina (Urukagina), ruler of Lagash, in the palace he returned it into her hand. (Year) 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 104

50 full-grown goats, goats of the dun-a class, (from) the enku-official — it is the fattener's (charge). En-iggal, the overseer, after the malt-eating festival of Nanše, to Lugal-inim, the goat-herd, at the gate of the É-ki[...] [gave] them to him. It was not entered on the broad tablet. 3rd (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 140

16 men — Ur-šerda; 20 minus 2 (18) — Inim-du; 15 — U-U; 4 — boatmen; 1 reed-worker: 2 barig; 1 carpenter: 2 barig; 3 barig — (the man) from Keš, carpenter; 15 — Ur-sag. (These are) the foremen of the porters. En-iggal, the overseer (nu-banda), from the tablet of the barley rations of Ningirsu had it copied out. 1st (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 142

2 gur 2 ban of barley rations — NE-GI-bar barley, (measured) by the head-gur: Sag-Ningirsuda; 1 gur 2 barig: Enku; 1 gur 1 barig 1 ban: Lugal-sipa. Total: 5 gur less 3 ban of [NE]-GI-[bar] barley, [head-gur measure]. Month [...] of Nin[girsu]. Eniggal, the overseer, distributed (it) to the carriers. 4th (year). It is the 4th distribution. 1 (gur): Id-lu-sikil, son of Ur-Ninmar, Lu-inimanizi.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 143

2 barig of barley, to feed the birds — En-ušure brought (it). 4 ban of barley: the man of Umma who resides with Ur-mud; it was brought as his barley ration. Fodder: barley of the bara-gur₅-a. It belongs to Geme-Tarsirsir. Month: gu₄-ra₂-bi₂-mu₂-a. En-iggal, the overseer, distributed (it) to them. 2nd (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 146

22 gur 2 barig of white emmer, (by) the saggal-gur measure — the regular provision for 2 months: (for) Amar-giri. 20 (gur) of emmer — the regular provision for dark beer for 1 month, it is set in its place (as replacement): (for) Ili-beli. They are the brewers. En-šugigi, the steward, from the storehouse (called) Igi-zi-mu-še-bar issued (it) to them. 6th (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 147

22 gur 2 barig of white emmer, by the saggal-gur measure: regular provisions (sá-du₁₁) for 2 months — Amar-giri. 20 (gur) of emmer: regular provisions of dark beer, for 1 month — it has been set in its place (as a replacement issue) — Ili-beli. They are the brewers. En-šu-gigi, the steward, from the storehouse Igi-zi-mu-še-bar issued it to them. (Year) 6. It is the 3rd issue.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 151

Total: 67 gur less 2 ban (of barley), by the standard (sag-gal) gur — barley rations of the men who hold subsistence allotments. 29 gur, 1 barig, 2 ban: barley rations of the porters (íl), the igi-nu-du₈ workers, the craftsmen of the workshop, and the various šà-dub personnel. 42 gur, 1 barig, 2 ban: barley set out as the regular (sá-du₁₁) provisions, its bar-portion being on hand. Grand total: 140 less 2 gur, 2 ban of barley, by the standard gur — barley rations and barley set out, of the House of Baba. From the granary of the House of Baba, the adjoining one. En-šu-gi₄-gi₄, the steward (…

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 170

1 gur, 1 ban2, 3 sila of dub-bread — (for) fine beer; 1 ban2 3 sila of warm bread; 2 ban2, its beer-bread (bappir); 3 ban2, its malt — (this is) good dark beer. To Nin-emuše, to the lady, the woman, it was brought. 3 ban2 of beer-bread for fine beer, 5 ban2 of malt — its beer was brewed at the woman's (household) place. Consumed. Amar-giri, the man of the brewer. (Year) 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 178

5 (units of) wool, sheep-fleece — (for) Abgal; 2 (units of) wool, sheep-fleece — (for) Nimgir-esha-tum; 5 men who carry the ma-sa₂(-vessel) — wool, sheep-fleece, 1 (unit) each — they received (it). The men who brought the pure milk. Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash, allotted (it) to them. 1st (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 199

1 sheep — (for) Nin-MAR.KI; 1 sheep — (for) the E-tur (the cattle-pen); for the calf-watering rite — Baranamtara "touched the wood" (i.e. made the offering). Nin-mu-ma-da-ag, the barber, brought (them) in for her. (The sheep) were consumed. (reverse) It is (the account) of Enku the fattener. (Year) 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 200

1 sheep — (for) Mes-an-du; 1 sheep — (for) Nin-šubur. Baranamtara, in the month of the festival of Lugal-URU11 (Lugal-URUxKAR2), at its ending, when she went to the House of the Crescent in the Holy City, made the offering. The sheep, having been consumed — it is (the account) of Enku the fattener. (Year) 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 201

1 sheep, for (the god) Mes-andu: Bara-namtara, after the festival "Barley-eating of Nanše," offered (it); it was consumed (eaten). (Account) of Enku the fattener. Year 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 202

1 sheep, 1 kid; beer (and) bread, together with (the offerings for) the threshing floor — to the place of the ruler (ensi) he brought (them). Grain-fed sheep. Enku, the fattener. (Year) 5. (The reverse is uninscribed.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 204

10 (loaves of) bread of fine gu-flour, 30 sur-(loaves), 1 nig-banda (vessel) of milk, 25 mud-jars of milk — (for/of) Nanshe; 20 sur-(loaves), 1 nig-banda (vessel) of milk, [x] mud-jars of milk — (for/of) Nindar. Holy bread (and) milk: to Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, the ruler of Lagash, it was delivered. 2nd (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 209

1 ram, 1 male kid, 1 small (lesser-quality) kid: as the mašdaria-offering, A-agrigzi, the temple administrator (sanga) of (the goddess) Ninmar, in the month of the festival "Malt-eating of Ningirsu," to Bara-namtara delivered it. Enku, the fattener, took them out (into his charge). 4th (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 210

1 short goat kid, (as) mašdaria-offering, (from) Gešgalsi, the chief-UN official; 1 wool-bearing kid (from) the temple administrator Dugru: (for) Baranamtara, in the month of the festival 'Malt-Eating of Nanshe', into the palace it was delivered to her. Enku, the fattener, took them out. (Year) 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 217

Obverse: 1 ewe, as a mašdaria-gift; it is (the contribution of) the wife of the sanga-priest of the E-babbar. At the Abzu on the bank of the canal, Baranamtara in the month of "plucking the sheep's wool" performed the offering rites (lit. "touched the wood"). It was consumed. Enku is the fattener (in charge). Niglu, the sukkal (vizier/steward), was the responsible official (maškim) for it. 5th (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 219

1 ram — for Bara-irnun, the wife of Alla the felt-worker, when she had given birth to a child: at the end of the month of the festival of Lugal-Urub it was nicely prepared for her in the kitchen. Sheep consumed. (From) Enku, the animal fattener it is. (Year) 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 232

10 less 2 (= 8) one-year-old oxen, oxen (that are) the private property of Lugalanda, the ruler of Lagash — in the palace, calves returned to hand (i.e., weaned calves taken back into care) — to Dingir-šešmu, the cowherd, he gave them. (Year) 1. From their (respective) cowherds they were not deducted.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 259

1 wool sheep — Nigar-mud; 1 wool sheep — Lugal-da: they are shepherds of wool-sheep. In the month of the festival 'Malt-eating of Nanshe', it was imposed(?) upon them (as an obligation). Urukagina, the ruler of Lagash, in the palace had it returned into (his) hand. (Year) 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 260

1 wool-sheep, plucked of its wool (?), in the month of the wool allotment: En-DU, the shepherd of the wool-sheep, returned it into the hand of Sasa, the wife of Urukagina, the king of Lagash, at the palace. 1st (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 261

2 wool-bearing sheep — from En-DU, the shepherd of the wool sheep, they strayed away. In the month 'gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2' (when the oxen are yoked/grown), Sasa, when she had gone to the new-moon (crescent) house [of] Nigin, in Nigin returned them (restored them into hand). The hides of the sheep are the property of Baba. Urukagina, king of Lagash. Year 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 262

2 wool-bearing sheep, in the month '(when) barley (is given) to the sheep, of Ningirsu': from En-DU, the shepherd of the wool sheep, they were culled (set apart). Sasa (Ša(g)ša(g)), the wife of Urukagina, king of Lagash, received them into the palace. (They are) sheep, the property of (the goddess) Baba. Urukagina, king of Lagash. Year 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 263

4 wool-bearing sheep — in the month when Baba was brought into her new house — strayed away from En-DU, the shepherd of the wool sheep. Sasa, the wife of Urukagina, the king of Lagash, returned them into his hand in the E-munus (the 'Women's House'). Year 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 264

Obverse: 4 jugs of aromatic oil for the feet(?) — the kur-vessels thereof being 2 — En-šu, the keeper of the šagan-flasks, returned into (his) hand. Reverse: En-iggal, the overseer, in the month 'barley [(and) water] for the sheep of Ningirsu', in the Women's House (E-munus) poured out the oil. (Year) 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 266

Obverse: 6 sila of pig fat — it is fat of the third year — (from) Girini-badab; 13 sila: (from) Nin-e-ansu. It is on deposit with Girini-badab. Reverse: Out of it, 10 sila of pig fat were brought out. (Year) 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 267

Obverse: 10 jugs of aromatic (scented) oil — conveyor: Il, its perfumer — he returned it into (the administration's) hand. Month "when the oxen are yoked(?)" (gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-a): Eniggal, the overseer, poured it out in the Women's House (e2-munus). Year 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 269

11 jugs of scented oil, via Enšu, the ka-šagan (oil-steward) — in the month "When-the-oxen-are-grown(?)" (gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-a) of (the goddess) Nanše he returned it into hand (i.e. duly delivered/repaid it). (For) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, the ruler of Lagash, into the storehouse it was brought. Year 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 270

5 jars of princely oil (butter oil), 10 jars of cow's butter, to Enšugigi, the keeper of the šagan-flasks, in order to prepare aromatic (perfumed) oil, did Eniggal, the overseer, in the month 'Barley carried for the sheep of Nanše', in the Women's Household, pour out for him. (Year) 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 271

Obverse: 10 jugs less 4 sila of butter (ghee) were brought out from the storehouse; 4 jugs of butter the goat herders poured (delivered). In order to process it into aromatic (scented) oil, to Il, the perfumer, Baranamtara, Reverse: the wife of Lugalanda, the ruler of Lagash, delivered it (all) from the women's household. 3rd (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 273

5 jugs of oil of stall-fed cows, 1 gur (and) 1 barig of cheese, in the gur-saggal measure: (from) Nam-dam. 4 jugs of oil, 1 (gur) of cheese: (from) Me-sag-nu-di. Total: 10 less 1 (= 9) jugs of cow's oil, 2 gur (and) 1 barig of cheese, in the gur-saggal measure. Cow's oil, the private property of En-entarzi, the ruler (ensi) of Lagash. In the palace its inspection was carried out. 4th (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 285

10 tar-fish(?), 1 load of gur-fish(?), 3 loads of ubi-fish, 3 carrying-crates of salt, 2 reed baskets of sea-spawn (small sea fish), — fish (brought in) baskets for the malt-eating festival of Nanshe — Gala-tur, the anointed (gudu-)priest of A-duna, brought (this). 1st (year).

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 287

(obverse) [x] tar-fish, 480 (8 × 60) ubi-fish: (from) Lugal-ša; it is what was brought out (in settlement) of the arrears owed to the (offering) table. 20 tar-fish, 420 (7 × 60) ubi-fish, 60 kimu-fish: (from) Ne-sag; they are fish of the basket-duty (dusu-obligation). (reverse) En-iggal, the overseer, in the [month] of the Festival of Malt-Eating of Nanshe, into the house built (as) the E-bar of Gilgamesh (Bil-aga-mes), delivered (them). (Year) 2.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 288

(obverse) [...] split [...], its various (items); 1,380 (2 geš'u 3 geš) split adar-tun fish — it is (the delivery?) of the woman Lika(?) [...]; the scribe of the ruler counted (them). (reverse) The fishermen return them into the hand of En-iggal, the overseer. (Year) 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 292

5 talents of adartun-fish — for Ur-igiama, the fisherman of the Tigris (i7-mah, "great river"): it was returned/delivered by hand. En-iggal, the overseer (of the transaction). [The storehouse (e2-bar)], [built for Bil-agames], [was brought in / entered]. Bara-namtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. Year 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 306

1. 10 sumaš (fish) 2. — fish, (it is) a dusu-basket (of them) 3. Month: 'Festival, barley-eating 4. of Nanše' — 5. Lugal-šala-tuku, 6. the fisherman of the sea, 7. brought (it). 8. En-iggal, 9. the manager (nubanda), 10. into the Women's House (é-mí) 11. it was delivered (placed in hand). 12. 3 (entry/tablet count).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 307

1200 (2(geš'u)) gir-fish — poured out (processed); 600 (1(geš'u)) agargara-fish — poured out (processed); Month: 'the granary is opened' (guru7-im-du8-a); for making into fish-sauce (ku6-hab2) — to prepare; Amar-giri16, the cook — En-iggal, the overseer (nubanda), gave (it) to him. Fish of the u2-rum (reserve/store) — (of) Baba, (for) Sasa, wife of Urukagina, king of Lagash. 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 308

4(gešʼu) split eštub-carp — fish of the E2-DU-DU-DU-DU (house/place "DU-DU-DU-DU") — (from/of) the E2-igara-su building — the fishermen of the fresh (sweet) water — delivered (it). En-iggal, the manager, received (it) into the fish-house (fish-loft). Fish, the yield — (for) Baba. Sa6-sa6 (the scribe). Wife of Uru-KA-gina, king of Lagash. Year 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 335

1 (unit) — Lugal-gešbur 1 (unit) — Šanugal 1 (unit) — E-igara-su 1 (unit) — Anukuš 1 (unit) — Uršu-illa 1 (unit) — Lugal-igi 1 (unit) — Gu'u Total: 4 + 3 = 7 persons (on this) tablet. They are fishermen, (recipients of) dates. En-iggal, the manager (nubanda). For this account it was written (registered). Gu'u, its foreman: 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 336

20(?) small sur-bread(s) 10 sur-bread(s), (for) oxen 90 sal4-bread(s) 5 NI-bread(s) 1 sur-gug2-cake 1 gug2-cake, finished (šu-du7-a) 1 ox rib 3 gir2-fish, prepared (du3-a) (For/Of) the women's house (e2-munus).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 340

1 barig malt, (for) pale beer, 1 barig malt, (for) dark beer, (assigned to) Muanedu — it is for the shrine. 1 barig 2 ban malt: Mesandu, 4 ban malt — it is for the house of the god. 1 barig 2 ban malt: place of [Utu] — malt of Nammahni, (assigned to) Muanedu, to the brewer — it was given to be consumed. 2 [(sign, broken)]

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