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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 093

The lord (en) went forth; at the crescent (new-moon) — Utu; he took up residence; [barley] consumed: 2 gur. The lord (en) went forth; at the crescent (new-moon) — Utu; he took up residence; barley consumed: 1 gur, 2 barig, 2 ban.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 094

Obverse [n] food-offerings (nidba), gir2 (dagger/blade) — ak — the ruler (en); [month(?)]-sar: be-lim; [...] the ruler (en); [...] (broken) 1 kid (goat), [...]-rum2; [...] (broken) 1 kid (goat): AN-ma-LUM; (two illegible signs) 1 kid (goat) (the remainder of the tablet is broken away or too eroded to read)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 098

The lord (en). In 4 days, 12 work-troops (erin₂) consumed barley: 3 gur 5 barig. Purchase (equivalent): Ti-na-tim: 2 barig; Iš-gi: 1 barig; KA-URU: 3 ban₂. Month: iti-sar, third (?) |LAGAB×SIG₇|.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 102

At the disposal of(?) — the fortification wall: barley has been harvested. Ḫal-ti(?). 2 [units], 1 [unit] — [Tab]-la-a-lim. 240 [units] — Ar-ši-a-ḫu. 200 — Ar-rum. [n] hundred (and) 30 — [... (name lost)]. 131 [units] — Kur-i-[lum]. 2 hun[dred] — (remainder lost).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 103

Wool, plucked (shearing); (of/for) A'šalum: 1 gešʾ2 40 (= 100); [1 gešʾ2] 40 (= 100); 1 gešʾ2 40 (= 100); 1 gešʾ2 40 (= 100); 1 gešʾ2 3 (= 63); wool of the bar-ASZ (grade): 3, SIKIL (clean/pure).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 105

Ewes (female sheep), delivery; account of (lit. "with/from"): |HIxDISZ|-šum; 1 hundred (and) 2 sheep; 10 grass-fed lambs; 2 she-goats (LAK020). Month: iti-sar. Beli-ZI. (Reverse: uninscribed.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 113

Month: Sar-nenegar (NE.NE.GAR). The lord (en), on the journey (to?) Udara: donkeys: 11; work-troop (erin₂); barley consumed: 7 barig. The lord went (ba-gin). Donkeys: 12; work-troop (erin₂); barley consumed: 2 gur 4 barig 2 ban₂. 3 days he/they stayed (al-tuš).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 114

New-moon day of Be-lim(?); šu, u₂, šim(?); the ruler (en) went (there); 3 days he stayed. Donkeys (and) 22 work-troop (men) — barley consumed: 2 gur 1 barig 3 ban₂. Purchase goods(?): |GA₂×NE+E₂| (vessel/container): 2 ban₂.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 115

Lu-geš-DU: 5. Goods (nig₂): 1 gur 5 ban₂. The overseer Lu-geš-DU: 1 (gur) 1 barig 3 ban₂. Bari, (of the) sheep: 4 (gur) 5 barig 3 ban₂. The wife: 6. Goods (nig₂): 4 barig. Aḫatum: 2 barig. Šu-kabba: 2 barig. Azazu: 1 barig. Receipt (šu) of Ḫar-da-nu: 8. Goods (nig₂): 8 barig 2 ban₂. Plough-donkeys: 2 — the work-gang (erin₂). Barley consumed (as fodder/rations): 5 barig. Total: 4 gur 2 ban₂. Month-record (iti-sar): Bēlī-ZI.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 116

Lu-geš-DU: 5 (gur). Goods(?): 1 gur 5 ban. The overseer of the lu-geš-DU men: 1 (gur) 1 barig 3 ban. Bari, (of the) sheep: 4 (gur) 5 barig 3 ban. Šu-kabba: 1 (gur) 2 barig. (His) wife: 6 (gur) 4 barig. Aḫatum: 1 (gur) 2 barig. Azazu: 1 (gur) 1 barig. The female child (daughter): 1 (gur) 4 ban. Milling work (nig₂-KIN-KIN): 2 gur. Month: sar of Belim.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 121

[Ḫal]-ti: [n+]2 gur 3 barig (of grain). Tab-la-a-lim: 5 gur. Ar-ši-a-ḫu: 3 gur 4 barig. Ar-rum: 4 gur 3 barig [+ n]. kur(?) Kur-i-lum: 1 gur 3 barig 3 ban.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 122

(Obverse) The lord (en) of Nagar(?), in 4 days: 4 gur (of barley). The lord — Ur-bar: 4 barig 4 ban₂. The lord — [Su]-lum: [n gur] 1 barig 4 ban₂. (Reverse) The lord — AN-ma-LUM: 1 gur 6 barig. (Total:) 6 gur 3 barig 2 ban₂. Month-record: third (month of) |LAGAB×SIG₇|.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 135

[Male sheep] (rams). Ir-e-UD…[…]. […] sheep: 70. […] […] Lambs: 27. Lambs put to the knife (slaughtered): 11. … …: 10. LAK020 (she-goats?): 12. […] Hides: 21.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 140

Obverse 1. Barley — RU(-share): 5 barig 2. Receipt (lit. "hand") of the gate: 1 (gur) 1 barig 3. Receipt (lit. "hand") of the E-eš (house of the rope): 1 (gur) 1 barig 4. Overseer of the lu₂-ĝeš-DU (workmen): 4 (gur) 3 barig Reverse 5. Grand total: 6. 2 hundred 7. (and) 5 gur

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 02, 142

wives(?): 7 [...]-ki-um: [n] 1 male wives(?): 6 [...] ...-IGI [...] I(?)-[...]: 1 male 4 wives(?) 'A3-da, second(?): 3 [n] males wives(?): [x]

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 148

Obverse 1. Food-offering (nidba); 2. dagger(?) — made(?) — for/of the ruler (en); 3. iti-sar, AN-SAG(?); 4. U-la-šum; 5. a kid (mašdaria/goat): 1; 6. female child (daughter); 7. Ašlum; 8. AN-a-[x]-tum; 9. 1 kid. Reverse: uninscribed. (Edges: no ancient writing; modern museum notations only.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 153

Sheep for shearing. Rams (male sheep). Palace. 1 hundred. Ewes: 1 hundred. 60. Grass-fed lambs: 46. Month: iti-sar, (of) Utu.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 158

Obverse: Sheep for shearing; rams; Lu-salim. 1 hundred ewes. 1 hundred, 85; 3 LAK020 (caprines); grass-fed lambs: 43. Reverse: iti-sar of Utu.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 164

Sheared sheep (wool-plucked sheep). Rams. 'A₃-šalum. 20+ [...]. Ewes. 1 hundred, 5 sheep. Grass-fed lambs: 40+ [...]. Month(?) iti-sar of Utu (Šamaš).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 166

[sheep] (for) plucking/shearing [sheep], male (rams) Aḫu-ṭāb: 1 female sheep (ewes) 1 hundred 40 less 1 (= 39) 1 LAK020 (she-goat?) grass-fed lambs: 53 [month:] ... of Utu (Šamaš) (The left-hand edge of every line is broken away; the signs in brackets are restored. No separate reverse text is given in the transliteration beyond the closing date line.)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 200

The ruler (en), in (the) Land — 7 barig 3 ban 5 sila (of barley) — on the 2nd day; [n] 5 barig 3 ban 5 sila — on the 3rd day; 7 barig 3 ban 5 sila — on the 4th day. A-ba-la-da: 60 (units), 4 ban.

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Subartu 12, 207

[Month:] Bēlī-ZI(?) 7 gur (of grain) KUR-ilum 4 gur 5 barig [...] ... [...] [...]-ḫa — 2 [...] ... 12 (gur)

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 010

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 010. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 018

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 018. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 020

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 020. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 021

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 021. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 040

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 040. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 047

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 047. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 048

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 048. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 056

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 056. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 069

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 069. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 079

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 079. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 086

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 086. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 094

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 094. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 096

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 096. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 121

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 121. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 123

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 123. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 126

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 126. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 138

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 138. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 156

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 156. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 157

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 157. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 161

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 161. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 163

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 163. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 184 + 188

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 184 + 188. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 220

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 220. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 223

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 223. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 228

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 228. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 241

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 241. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 256

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 256. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

ARET 03, 276

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 276. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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