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~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2520

(Obverse, case-ruled account; text organized in registers) [...] , [...] , [...] SIG RAD~a [...] [...] , [...] 1(N02) [...] , X [...] X [...] , [...] , X [...] [...] , [...] [...] , [...] (Reverse: uninscribed)

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2677

(Obverse) 1. [...], [...] EN (lord/high official) — A (water) — NUN(-institution) 2. [...], [...] X X (two illegible signs) 3. [...] 3(units), ŠA (middle/inner) — TAK4 (remainder/allocation) — KAŠ (beer) 4. [...], [...] (broken) 5. 1(unit), GAL (large vessel/'big') — ŠITA(?) (uncertain sign) 6. 1(unit), SI (horn) — KISAL (courtyard) 7. 1(unit), ERIN (troop/team/workforce) 8. GI (reed?) — ŠUBUR (dependent workers/Subarians) — UŠ (length/measure sign) 9. [...], GA₂ (storehouse/container) — ŠE₃ (terminative 'to/until' or grain-marker) — NUN(-institution) — IM(?) (clay/rain sign, uncertain) 10. [.…

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2680

[...] 2(N01) — NUN~b [...] [...] 2(N01) — goat(s) (MASZ2) 1(N01) — ...[...] 1(N01) — ...[...] [...] — [...] 1(N34) — [...] ... barley (SZE~a) ... [...] 2(N34) 6(N01) [...] — sheep (UDU~a) [...] [...] — [...] ...

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2681

1. 2(N01), U8 (ewe[s]) —damaged surface— 2. 2(N14) 8(N01), X [...] —broken— 3. [...] 5(N01), MASZ2 (goat[s]) 4. 1(N01), GU4 (ox) —damaged surface— 5. , [...] —broken— 6. [...] , [...] —broken— 7. 1(N01), GU4 (ox) NE~a —damaged surface— 8. , —broken/blank— 9. [...] , [...] X —broken—

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2684

[...] , [...] [...] 2(N01), NI~a TUR ( "2 units of NI-commodity, small/junior grade") 2(N01), UTUL~a URU~a1@n ("2 units: bowl(-vessel) — of the city/URU-classifier") 1(N01), |DARA3~cxKAR2| ("1 unit: [compound sign DARA3xKAR2, uninterpreted]") 1(N01), ADAB ("1 unit: Adab") 1(N01), ZATU799 ("1 unit: [uninterpreted sign]") [...] , [...] X (break; traces only)

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2686

[...] — [...] 9(N01) — KA~a, RAD~a, DI 7(N01) — BU3, NA~a 1(N14) [...] — RAD~a, DI# [...] [...] — X [...] (blank/entry) — LAGAB~b(?) [...] 2(N14) 6(N01) — TUR, |MUŠENxPAP~a|(?), TI 5(N01) — X [...] [...] — [...] 6(N01) — NUN~b 1(N01) — UDUNITA~a (ram / male sheep) 1(N01) — MAŠ2 (goat) [...] — [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2689

(Obverse, case 1) [...]: 3 (N01) units — [...], (a broken sign), the “mouth” (KA) sign, MA (vessel/boat sign). (Case 2) 3 (N01) units: TAK4 (“remainder/leftover allocation”) — A (water) — GU — ŠA. (Case 3) 2 (N01) units: DUB (tablet/record sign) — MUŠEN (bird) — MAŠ (goat/interest). (Case 4) [...]: [...] (broken). (Case 5) 5 (N01) units: [...] (broken). (Case 6) 3 (N01) units [...]: [...] (broken). (Case 7) 1 (N01) unit: [...] (broken). (Case 8) 1 (N01) unit: [...] (broken). (Case 9) 3(N14) + 1(N01) units: UDU (sheep/small livestock). (Case 10) [...]: APIN (plow/plow-team) — [broken sign] — [.…

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2690

[...] , [...] x [...] , [...] [...] , [...] cloth (TUG2) [...] , [...] 1 (unit) , linen cloth (GADA) 2 (units), 1 (unit) , woman/female — BAR (ration/disbursement) , city/settlement (URU) — sanga-official [...] , cloth (TUG2) [...] , [...] 1 (unit) , [...] 1 (unit) , 1 (unit) [...] BAR , road/journey (KASKAL) — plow (APIN) [...] , [...] x

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2693

[...] , [...] sheep [...] , [...] DA / oil(?)/NI / wood-sign(GIŠ₃) [...] , [...] 3(N01) , NUN (quality/category marker) 2(N01) , goats , X [...] [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2694

1. [...] — [...] 2. 2 (units): EN ("lord"/high priest or institutional head) — EZEN (festival) 3. 1 (unit): KU6 (fish) — MUŠEN (bird) — MAŠ (goat/interest) 4. [...] — [...] 5. 2 (units): KU~b1 (sign uncertain) — AN 6. 3 (units): KU~b1 (sign uncertain) — KAŠ (beer) 7. 2 (units, sign damaged): DA — DU ("brought/delivered," or a personnel designation) 8. [...] — [...] 9. 9 (units): NA — KI (place/locative) — NAB(?) (reading uncertain, sign damaged) 10. 1 (unit): RU ("given/deposited," function uncertain) 11. 1(N14) 1(N01) (units, two different numeral signs): AN — BA ("disbursed/allotted") — GI (…

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2695

[...] 2 (units), billy-goat(?), man 1 (unit), AN, Subarian(s)/dependent workers, mixed 1 (unit), reed(?), bird, NA(?) 2 (units), minister (sukkal), given/deposited 3 (units) [...], green/verdant [...] [...], [...] 1 (unit), disbursed, Kisiga(?) , 1 (N57-unit) disbursed, IB(?), Ur(?) 1 (unit) [...], [illegible] [...] 1 (unit), AN, hand/total(?) 4 (units), green/verdant 1 (unit), NA(?), place/ground 2 (units), storehouse(?), base/seat, [...] [...], [...] mouth/opening(?) 4 (N14-units) 5 (N01-units), sheep, [sign ZATU819] [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2782/01

1 (unit): Uruk (UNUG) 1 (unit): the lord/high official (EN), head (SAG), AN (sky / divine marker) 1 (unit): ZI-bird(s) (MUŠEN), beer (KAŠ) 1 (unit): hand/disbursement (ŠU), [compound sign GIŠ×ŠU2], foot/GIR3 1 (unit): ŠA, remainder/leftover allocation (TAK4), water (A) [...]: X [...] (break) 1 (unit): [...] (break) 1 (unit): X [...] (break) 1 (unit): PAP (supervisor/totaling marker), hand (ŠU) [...] (break) 1 (unit): [...] (break) 1 (unit): [...] (break) [...]: [...] (break) [...] 1 (unit): 1(N57) X [...] (break) the lord/high official (EN), KAL (strong/mighty?), BU-sign, X [...] (break)

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2782/02

[...] , [...] [...] 2(N01) , [...] ... RU [...] , [...] MA KI NUNUZ(?) [...] , [...] SUKUD(?) NI [...] , [...] 2(N01) , ... [...] 4(N01) , BAN(?) ... [...] 3(N01) , [...] [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2782/04

(Obverse, broken) [...], [...] [...], [...] |ŠE~a.NAM₂|# [...], [...] (Numerical/livestock entries, reverse or lower obverse) 1(N14) 7(N01) — she-goats (UD₅~a) 8(N01) — ewes (U₈)#? 1(N14)# [...] 3(N01)# — [...] [...], [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2782/08

[...] , [...] (sign uncertain) 1(N01) , DAR~a NI~a DA~a , BA [...] , [...] DI (sign uncertain) RAD~a [...] , [...] (sign uncertain) [...] , [...] [...] , [...] [...] , (sign uncertain) [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2782/09

[...] [...] NI~a [...] [...] 2 , [type/commodity: ISZ~b?] 2 , X [...] [...] , [...] 1 , GIR3~c [foot-delivery / movement notation] 1 , U2~b GIR3@g~b [plant/pasture + foot notation] 2 [...] , [...] NI~a[?] 1 , LA2 TUG2~a? [hanging/weighing + garment?] 1 , NE~a [...] [fire/fuel commodity?] 6 , X [...] 2 , X [...] [...] , [...] [...] , [...] |SZE~a.NAM2| SAG [barley/grain (NAM2) — chief/first-quality or head-count] [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2782/10

[...] [...] X [...] IDIGNA (Tigris) ME~a X fish [AD~a] large [...] [...] X [...] [...] [...] AN UR5~a A 3(N57) NAM2 DI 1(N57) BA [...] [...] [...] [...] 1(N14)# [...] 1(N14)# 2(N01)? [...] 6(N01)# [...] [...] [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2782/12

[...] 1, X [...] 1, NIM~b2 [...] [...] 2, GI6 A [...] [...], AN [...] 1, [E2~b] X [...] [...], [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2782/13

[...] , [...] (unclear sign) [...] , [...] eggs/spawn(?) — temple administrator(?) [...] , [...] (unclear sign) 3(N01)[?] , [...] (unclear sign) — NI~a — junior/small [...] , [...] [...] , [...] city/settlement

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2782/14

[...] , [...] 2(N01) , [house/storehouse]? brought/delivered — male workers [...] , X [...] [...] , [...] remainder/left-behind? X X 1(N01) , [...] [...] , [...] X 4(N01) [...] , [lord/EN-official] approached/TE [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2782/15

[...] , wool 1 , garment 1 , linen cloth 1 , [...] 4[...] , [...] 2 , linen cloth 1 [...] , 1(N57) woman [ration?] [...] , foot/delivery — priest/official [...] [...] , [...] X ration? [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2782/16

[...] , [...] [...] , [...] |LAGAB~a×SI|(?) 3(N01) , LAL2~a(?) GI(?) 2(N01) , 4(N57) ZATU759 E2~a 2(N01) , NI~a TUR 1(N01) , ISZ~b BU~a 1(N14) 3(N08)(?) [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2843

4 ewes (U8) 7 nanny-goats (UD5) 11 [young?] female sheep (UTUA) 16 rams (UDUNITA) 11 [animals of category] NUN [3]8 goats (MASZ2) [1×60 + 2×10 + 7 =] 87 sheep (UDU) — 1 [large unit] disbursed (BA) [total/summary line]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2862/01

2, temple-administrator [+RAD~a] [...], [...] 1, NA2~a AB~a 2, house(?) PA~a [...], [...] [...], [...] GIR3@g~c SZUBUR SIG RAD~a

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2862/02

[...] [...] SAG[?] X [...] [...] X [...] [...] X [...] 4 (units) [?] [...] 5 (units) X TUR [...] SI |(U8xTAR)~b| AL[?] [...] [...] temple-administrator TE RAD[?] [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2862/05

[...] , [...] [...] 2 , [...] [...] , [...] 3 , X [...] [...] , [...] 2 , [...] 1 , [...] 1 , [...] [...] , [...] [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2862/09

[...] , [...] [...] , [...] X [...] 1(N50) 4(N45)[?] [...] , [...] 1(N63) 1(N50) 4(N48) 7(N34)[?] [...] , X [...] [...] , [...] [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2862/16

[...] , [...] X [...] , [...] (building/house sign) [...] , X AN GUB3~a 1 , beer (KAŠ~c) [+] 1(N04) AN , TE ŠUBUR 1 , GUG2 (grain product?) [+] NI~a [...] , [...] 1(?) , ŠA3~a1(?) [...] 1 , AN SAGŠU 1 , beer (KAŠ~c) bird(s) goat AN NI~a 1 , AN NI~a X [...] [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2862/17

[...] , [...] [...] , [...] house(?) X [...] , [...] [...] , X AN roe/egg-sign 1 , vessel/boat(?) fat/oil(?) 1 , mouth/opening(?) water(?) [...] , [...] 1(?) , [...] given/dedicated(?) 1 , fat/oil(?) water(?) 1 , fish(?) sky/An [...] , [...] [...] , [...] [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/02

[...] , [...] [...] , UTUA~a (oven/furnace?) 1(N14) , UDUNITA~a (male sheep/ram) 2(N14) 7(N01) [= 27 units] , NUN~b (quality/type designator) [...] SIG RAD~a [...] (wool/fine [commodity] + [process/title]) 1(N34) 2(N14) [...] , [...] sheep [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/03

[...] , [...] 2 (units) , LAL2~a NE~a 3 (units) , X [...] [...] , [...] [...] , [...] [...] 1(N34) 2(N14) 3(N01) [?], [...] URU~a1 BU~a PA~a [...] , [...] A [...] , [...] AN X ŠUBUR [...] , [...] APIN~b [...] , [...] X NI~a U4 [...] , [...] X PAP~a SAL [...] , [...] X NI~a MA [...] , [...] X ŠUBUR [...] , [...] X [...] , [...] X

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/04

[...] , [...] X [...] , [...] X SZUBUR EN [ZATU624~b?] NU [...] , RU KI [...] , [...] , URU~a1 [...] , [...] 1(N14) 7(N01) [...] , X [...] [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/05

[...] , [...] 1(N50) 5(N14) , male workers (from the) highland/foreign land, plant/fodder [...] 4(N14) 5(N01) , [...] [...] , [...] 3(N34) 5(N01) , sheep [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/07

41 [units of] barley (?) — head/person — RAD~a [...] — [...] ~90 [units] — |3(N57).E2~b| KITI 62 [units] — |E2~a×3(N58)| ZATU795 LAM~b [...] ~11 [units + mixed signs] — [...] X [...] — [...] X

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/08

3(N14) [large quantity], SU~a PAP~a[?] 4(N01)[?] [...], X [...] 4(N01), X X 1(N01), SZA[?] 1(N01), DI[?] 1(N01)[?], X 1(N01)[?] [...], [...] [...], [...] 1(N34) 3(N14) 2(N01)[?], sheep (UDU~a × TAR) TAK4~a X [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/10

[...] [...] [...] 1 (unit), UTUA (oven/kiln?) 1(N14) 7(N01) (= 17 units), NUN~b (a quality/category marker?) 7 (units), UDUNITA~a (oven/furnace unit?) 9 (units) [uncertain], MASZ2 (goats) [blank / sub-total line], |SZE~a.NAM2| [grain allocation?] 3 (units), UDU~a (sheep) [blank] 5(N14) 1(N01) (= 51 large units), [...] LAGAB~a DUB~a [uncertain] [...] [...] X 3 (units), BAR (half-portions / disbursed share)

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/14

[...] , [...] 1(N01) , NI [GISZ-wood product] 1(N01) , [ZATU694] beer [...] , [...] beer [...] 2(N01) , KUR-mountain(?) herb/plant(?) copper copper 2(N01) , [...] [...] , [...] 1(N01) [...] , [...] 3(N01) , male workers lion(?) 1(N01) [...] , [...] [...] , [...] mouth/opening(?) [...] , [...] 3(N57)? [EN2.E2]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/17

[...] , [...] 2 ewes 22 she-goats (nanny-goats) 1 ram (UTUA) 6 rams (NUN~b type) 1 wether (castrated ram) 1 goat (MASZ2) [3]3 sheep [...] , hands/receipt — ox , [received/disbursed] — MUNSZUB — ox — place [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/21

[...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] SI# LU2 1(N01) , MAR~a I 1(N01) , SZIR~b NI~a [...] [...] X AN [...] [...] [...] [...] 2(N01)# , NUN~b [...] 1(N01)# , UDUNITA~a# [...] [...] KISZ# [...] [...] KISZ# [...] 2(N14)# , [...] [...] 2(N01)# , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/23

[...] , [...] IB~a URI3~a 3(N01) , [...] X [...] , [...] 1(N57) BA X SIG 2(N01) , X 1(N01)[?] [...] , NUN~a[?] [...] [...] , [...] DA~a[?] 1(N01) , U2~b NUNUZ~a1 , NAM2[?] KAB[?] [...] , [...] IB~a[?] [...] , [...] X [...] , [...] X NI~a MA [...] , [...] A[?] GA2~a2[?] [...] [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/27

[...] 1 , X [...] 1 , SZUBUR RAD~a 7 , [commodity?] 1 , E2~b KI [...] 2 , [...] 2 , [...] 2 , X [...] 1 [...] , [...] [...] , [...] AL 2(N57) MUN~a1 [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2863/28

[...] , [...] [...] , 2(N57) PA~a UR3~b2 [...] , [...] [...] , 1(N57) PAP~a SU~a 7(N01) , BA 6(N01) , GI [5(N01)] , [KALAM~b] 1(N14) 8(N01) , [...] DU TE [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2868

8(N34), NUNUZ — [commodity: |ŠE.NAM2|] 8(N34), GA (large?) [commodity] 3(N34), NAM2 PA RAD X [...] 2(N34), DI RAD 1(N34), GIR3 4(N14), NUNUZ — 3(N57) |EN2.E2| 1(N01), EŠDA 2(N48) 2(N34) 4(N14), NUNUZ — NE [...] SANGA — TE RAD

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2869/01

1 [unit] — lion? (PIRIG), sheep (UDU), storehouse (E2), PAP-official, body/hide (SU) [...] — [...] [...] — [...] 1 [unit] — PAP-official, body/hide (SU) 1 [unit] — male workers (ERIM) [blank?] — PAP-official, body/hide (SU) [...] — [...] 4 [units] — NE [fire/fuel?], place (KI) 7 [units] — BU [plant/commodity?], place (KI) 6 [units] — TUR [small/young?], NI [oil/fat?] [...] — [...] barley (SZE)? [...] — [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2869/03

[...] basket(?) / barley / grass(fodder?) [...] 1 (unit), sky/An / male-workers / lion(PIRIG) [...] 1 (unit), fish / male-workers / goat [...] male-workers / lion(PIRIG) [...] [...] [...] [...] goat / place/origin [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2869/04

9(N01) , [...] RU[?] 3(N01) , MAR~a DA~a AN 3(N01) [...] , X X [...] [...] 2(N01)[?] , X [...] 1(N01)[?] [...] , [...] [...] , [...] 1(N57) BA[?] [...] , X [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2869/05

[...] [...] [...] [...] X [...] [...] X [...] [...] SA~a(?) [...] [...] X [...] [...] [...] [...] 3 , person(?) — RU — musician/singer 1 , [ZATU823] 1 , NI~a — fish — NA~b 1 , MAR~a(?) X [...] [...] [...] [...] , [furnace/oven type?] [...] , NUN~b(?) [...] 1 , goat

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2869/06

[...] [...]\n[...] [...] she-goat(?)\n[...] [...] ram\n[...] [...]\n[...] 1 [...] X\n— settlement(?) / person-category\n1 — ewe(?)\n3 — ram(s)\n2 — [NUN~b: quality/type marker?]\n[...] 1 [...]\n[...] [...]\n[...] [...]\n[...] [...]\n[...] [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2869/08

[...] , [...] 1(N01), SU~a PIRIG~b1 EN~a [U2~b] [...] , NUNUZ~a1 NI~a [...] 1(N01) , [X] DA~a [X] [...] 1(N01) , [X] [...] 1(N01) , [X] [...] [...] , [...] [...] , [...] [...] , [...] [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MS 2869/09 + MS 2869/10

[...] 1(N01)[?], [...] 1(N57) salt 2(N01), builder/mason [SZIDIM] [...] 1(N01), vizier [SUKKAL] [...] 1(N01), [sign X] [...] 5(N01)[?] [...], [...] 3(N14)[?] [sign X] [...], [...]

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