All tablets.

Nik 1, 292

6 1/2 mana 2 shekels refined (washed) silver, the [...]-th (delivery/installment), [... E]ur-bidu, the merchant, from Elam he brought (it). (For) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. 4.

Nik 1, 295

1/3 shekel (and) 3 grains of silver, weighed-out (bar-dub2-ba) silver: Adda, the merchant, to Dingir-kalga, to Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nu-banda3) — it was weighed out to him. Lugalanda, ruler (ensi2) of Lagash. Year 5.

Economy

Nik 1, 297

1/2(asz@c) mana of wool, white(-dyed) plant(-quality), (for) Geshgal-si, the gala (lamentation-priest), for the outer part of the gu2-la2 garment. It was returned/delivered to the agazi(-official), to be finished (made good). Geshgal-si holds (on balance): 3.

Nik 1, 299

(Break — beginning missing) Its weight: 13 mana(-weight) — weighed out from/against the stone-weight of the wool ration. Ur-šul. 2 ḫa-zi [......] (goods/items, name broken) Its weight: 10 minus 1 (= 9) mana(-weight) — weighed out from/against the stone-weight of the wool ration. The second (entry). Ur-šul. (Break — remainder missing)

Nik 1, 302

1(asz@c) 2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool (tug₂) ... [......] ...... [......] 1(asz@c) [2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool] — Sasa(?) 1(asz@c) 2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool — Enkisalsi [1(asz@c) 2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool] — [......] [1(asz@c) 2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool] — [......] [1(asz@c) 2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool] — U-U the swineherds (sipa šáḫ) from the storehouse of the festival (ganun ezem-da-ta) to Ur-igi-ama the overseer (nu-banda₃) he gave (e-ne-šum₂) 5 (total)

Nik 1, 304

12 (units of) copper/bronze — zabar3-|KAxX|-zi (type) 12 (units of) copper/bronze — šu ("hand"-type) 6 (units of) copper/bronze — Dilmun-boat (type) 3 (units of) copper/bronze — sim-zabar3 (strainer/vessel type) 12 garments — šu-du8-ur3 12(?) garments — nig2-lam2, thin/fine 4 garments — nig2-lam2, long 9 (10 minus 1) — a-dab6 (cloth/garment) 1 — u3-la2 (garment) 2 garments — kusz2(?) 6 garments — nig2-bar-ba 10 garments — bar-dul5, thin (break) [...] [...]-la2 [...]-gar

OIP 014, 058

5(disz) hired men (lu2 hun-ga2) 1st day. ga'ar-DU-NI-su (personal name / entry designation). 1 hired man (lu2 hun-ga2) 6th day. 20 minus 10 (= 10) — 3rd day. 1 — 2nd day. 10 minus 1 (= 9) — servants (ARAD2 ARAD2). [60] (plus) 20 hired men (lu2 hun-ga2).

OIP 014, 060

30 hired workers (lu2-hun-ga2), 10 less 1 (= 9) servants (ARAD2), 10 copper ha-buda-implements (ha-bu3-da uruda) — (for) Ur-Suen: was given. 30 less 1 (= 29) copper ha-buda-implements — (for) Ur-lam: was given.

OIP 014, 063

1(aš) — Ba-anše(?) 2(?) 1(aš) — Adda-tur 1(aš) — Gan-ki 1(aš) — Usar-gindu 1(aš) — Šu-Ištaran(?) smith(s)

OIP 014, 066

[n] shekels of silver [...] [...] (traces, illegible) [...] Ur-lamsag(?) 1/3 (mina) 4 (shekels): nu-esz3 (official) Nin-ezem 1/3 (mina): Ur-um-x 1 ban2: KA-esar(?) 1/3 (mina) minus 2 shekels of silver 1 (unit): head/foremost Suda-zi 1 (unit): head/foremost 12 shekels of silver Mu-...-bala son of Muszen-buru5-dal silver of Shuruppak — was brought out (from there).

OIP 014, 075

[x shekels of silver] — for Šeš-aranu; (erased: "ur") 2 shekels of silver — (for) Ur-mes, the fisherman; 2(?) shekels of silver — for Igi-Enlil-še; 2 shekels of silver — (for) Šebidani, the Elamite; (for) Me-al-nudi — it was delivered/brought. Ur-eš3 is the man of its testimony (the witness).

OSP 1, 016

3 hides of a male sheep — for the shrine; 1 hide of a male sheep; 1 hide of a suckling lamb (lit. "lamb that drinks milk") — Enlil-zi; food-offering (nidba); Adab; Lugal-an-DU; was given to him; month: "Bricks Placed in the Mold" (sig4 u5-[šub-ba] gar).

OSP 1, 017

5(units) ... [...] (broken/illegible) its purchase price: 1 mina 15 shekels of silver. A lapis-lazuli block: 13 shekels of silver is its price. Lugal-Enlil. 2 shekels of silver: Lu-zi, the barber. [SZIMxKUSZU2 item]: 2/3 mina of silver is its price. From the chief merchant: Šeš-gazira — it was given (to him).

OSP 1, 022

(obverse) When the governor (ensi) had weighed out 5 minas of silver to the son of Ur-Enlil, 13 shekels of silver from Ur-Egal — its total(?) — ... (two signs illegible) ... U-AN-[x] (and) the brothers, the minister (sukkal): it was given to him. (reverse) Month: 6th.

OSP 1, 026

1 barig (of barley): Lugal-ennu. 1 barig: E-lu. 1 barig: Girini. (Break) 5 old women (worn-out female workers), 1 female child: (under) Lugal-saga. An-da-še. (Break) [...] female weaver(s), [...] shekel(s) of barley, [...] ...-meza, [x] male [children], [x female] children.

OSP 1, 119

Their total: 5 bur3 2 iku of field [...] 1 eše3 3 iku of field [...] field on the bank (gu2) of MUNUS-U8-DI [...] chief cupbearer [...] 2 eše3 of field [...] [...]-ga [...] (The right-hand portion of every line is broken away; the reverse is uninscribed or wholly effaced.)

OSP 1, 127

1 ox, 4 aktum-textiles — E-duru-mah (the 'great hamlet' estate); 1 ox — the house of Nisaba (E-Nisaba); 1 aktum-textile — E-šita-[tum]; 1 [aktum-]textile — the house of [...]; 1/3 (shekel of) silver — the house of [...]; 3 [...] [...] not [...] / Nu-[...]

OSP 1, 130

(obverse) [One-third (of a mina) of silver] — šana — it is (the price) of an ox. 5 shekels of silver — it is (the price) of a sheep. One-third (of a mina) of silver — šana — (and) 4 shekels: it is (the price) of an aktum-[garment]. [...]-tum(?) One-third (of a mina) of silver — šana — it is (the price) of an ox. [x] shekels of silver — it is (the price) of a sheep. [One-third (of a mina) of] silver — šana — (and) 4 shekels ... (remainder broken)

OSP 1, 144

[x ... lamb(s)], suckling(?), (for/of) Ur-[...]damu; 1 female lamb, suckling(?), (for/of) Gegesi; 1 female lamb, suckling(?), ... [...] [...] [...] ... [...] 1 ... [...] (for/of) Ur-[...]; 2 ... [...] (for/of) Ur-[...].

OSP 1, 148

3 loads (gu2) of ninni5-rush — [PN ...]-gi-[...]: [x] of it on hand (deposited); 2 (loads): La-gipum; 2 (loads): the son of A-kigal; 2 (loads): Puzurra; 1(?) (load): [...]; 3 (loads): [Nin-me]-sag(?); 3 of it on hand (deposited).

OSP 1, 153

[x] Ur-sag, [x] Aš-ne, 2: Lu-[...], 1: Ad-da, 1: Ur-dub-[la], [...]-ka(?) [...], [...]-a-bu-[...], 1: Lu-...-[...], 1: Ur-eš-[lila], 1: Lu-...-il. [Its total:] 25 (men).

PSE 1, 1

676 gur-saggal of barley, 197 gur 1 barig 3 ban 10 (sila) of white emmer, — barley of the nig-ena (the lord's estate produce) — (from) the small field, the field of the Gu-edina, the subsistence plot of the ruler. En-iggal, the overseer, threshed it (lit. 'beat it with the flail'). Inim-du, the foreman, transferred it to him. Lugalanda(-nuhunga), ruler of Lagash. Year 2.

RIAA 041

35 bur of land: property of the en (lord), (in) the field Huburum; 15 bur of field, taken out from the ŠA-zi (land); Total: 50 bur — property of the en, of (the god) Šul-šagana. Ur-[...] ... [...] [...] Lagash. 2(nd year?).

RIAA 081

Lugal-abbamu, Ur-lumma, Dam-aba, 1 (person): Huhuma, Dingir-gabar, E-gaba-gire, A-geštin-su, E-gab-e, [...]-hu?-mi?-[...], [... remainder broken ...]

RIME 1.09.04.14, ex. 08

(First copy) [... For the goddess Inanna, Enannatum,] ruler of Lagash, fashioned KIB-objects for her, (and) for the Eanna he declared (dedicated) them to her. (Second copy, duplicate) [... the ruler] of Lagash fashioned KIB-objects for her, (and) for the Eanna he declared (dedicated) them to her.

RIME 1.12.06.02, ex. add04

(Obverse) ... the prayer gathered in the heart which was spoken to him, which came to him — Giššakidu, the beloved shepherd, the beloved friend of Ištaran, the mighty ruler of Enlil, the king called by name by Inanna, constructed that (boundary) levee. (Reverse uninscribed/eroded)

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 05

[When En]lil [truly] called him, and joined for him the en-ship together with the kingship, in Uruk he exercises the en-ship, in Ur he exercises the kingship — Lugal-ki[gine]-du[du], with great [joy ...] (remainder broken)

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 09

For Enlil, king of all the lands, Lugal-kigine-[dudu] — when Enlil spoke truly to him (i.e., truly summoned him), and joined for him the en-ship [together with] the kingship — in [Uruk] [the en-ship (he exercised)]; [for his life] [he] dedicated (this vessel) [to him].

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 15

For Enlil, king of all the lands — for Lugal-kigine-dudu: when Enlil truly summoned him (called to him with a faithful voice), and the lordship (en-ship) together with the kingship he combined for him — in Uruk the lordship he exercises, and in Ur the kingship he exercises. Lugal-kigi[ne-dudu ...] (the text breaks off here; the remainder of the dedication is lost on this exemplar)

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 04

(beginning lost) [...] may he (Enlil) look upon me [favorably]; the good fate (which the gods have decreed for me) — may they never alter it for me. May I forever be the foremost shepherd, standing at the head. Forever may [I be so]. For his life, to Enlil, his beloved king, he dedicated [this vessel].

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 10

(Beginning lost) [... lumaḫ-priest of the goddess] Nisaba, fed wholesome milk by Ninhursag, man of (the god) Mes-sanga-unug, attendant raised [by] Ningirim, the mistress of Uruk, chief steward of the gods — when Enlil, king of all the lands, (to) Lugalzagesi [gave the kingship of the Land ... (text breaks off)]

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 13

(vessel fragment; beginnings of all lines lost) [...] of [...], the exalted [...], for the [...]s, [when] Enlil, king of all the lands, to Lugalzagesi the [king]ship of the Land had [gi]ven, [and the eyes(?)] of the Land [he had directed toward him] ...

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 34

(Break) [... (Enlil, king of all the lands,) ...] the eyes of the land he directed toward him, all the foreign lands at his feet he placed, and from sunrise (the east) [to sunset (the west) he made them submit to him ...] (Break) ... [the s]ea(?) [...] king(?) [...] (Break)

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 42

[nom]inated by name by the god Utu, chief minister of the god Suen — (before whom) the throne-holders of Sumer (and) the rulers of all the lands at Uru[k submitted to his princely authority] — ... [(the god Enlil,)] king of all the lands, to An, his beloved father, [may he speak his prayer(?)] [...] (remainder broken)

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 43

(Break) [... looked] upon [truly] by [An], king of all the lands; chief ruler for [the god] Enlil; given wisdom by [the god] En[ki]; (Break) he raised [the head of Ur heavenward] (lit. "he raised up"); Larsa, the beloved city of Utu, he made rise in jubilation — he [...] (text breaks off)

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 44

(Fragment of a longer titulary and dedication; preserved portion:) grand ruler (ensi) of [the god En]lil, given [wisdom by the god Enki], [... the nation, in joy,] made merry under him, the sovereigns (lit. 'thrones') of Sumer (and) the rulers of all the lands at Uruk [bowed down] to the divine powers of prince[ship] [...] (remainder lost)

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 47

(beginning broken) [... beloved of the god Utu(?)] ... [...] with rejoicing [made merry] under him, [Umma], verily raised [its] horn [aloft]. (gap — intervening text lost) May the Land upon a fair place look, under me! The good fate which [they (An and Enlil)] have de[termined for me ...] (remainder broken)

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 49

(beginning broken) [... he] set [it (all the lands at his feet)], from [the] rising of the sun (the east) to the setting of the sun (the west), he made (them) subject to him. At that time, [from the] Sea (the [Lower] Sea), from the [lower(?)] ..., Umma, the city [...], [of the god] Šara [...] (remainder broken)

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 53

(beginning broken) [For Enlil, king of all the] lands(?), [Lugal]zagesi, king of Uruk, king of the Land [(kalam)], [išib-priest] of An, [...] (Break) at (his) feet [he laid the foreign lands(?)], he directed straight [the eyes of the Land toward him(?)], [from] the rising of the sun [...], [to] the setting of the sun [...], [En-... (Enlil? / lord ...)] (remainder broken)

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 70

[... (cared for by the goddess Nin)]girima, mistress of Uruk, chief steward for the [god]s, [... En]lil ... [...] Larsa, the beloved city of Utu, [raised a cry of] jubilation.

RIME 1.15.add036.01, ex. 01

(Beginning broken) [...] [...] ... (trace) [...]-... (trace) [...] ... (trace) [...] ... (trace) ... [...] 70 (units of) barley [...] from the ...-goods, delivered [...] 2 shekels of silver, 2 (gur) 2 barig of barley, received (by the lid₂-ga measure), [n] + 10 [...] ...-goods [...] (Remainder broken)

RTC 025

6 minas of refined copper (arudu-copper), in order to purchase silver, Dadulul, the merchant, to Umma took. Baranamtara, the wife of Lugalanda, the ruler (ensi) of Lagash, from the palace weighed it out to him. (Year) 6.

RTC 026

72 minas of aruda-copper — the aruda-copper is (the price) of barley; 20 minas — the aruda-copper is (the price) of cedar (resin); 96 minas — the aruda-copper is (the price) of scented oil; 26 minas — the aruda-copper is (the price) of emmer. (This is) the merchandise which from the land of Dilmun Ur-Enki, the merchant, to Dim-tur, the wife of the governor, brought. (Year/instance:) 1.

RTC 036

5 tar-fish, 780 suhur-carp, 60 kimu-fish, 300 gir-fish of fresh water: (from) Nesag; 120 ubi-fish: (from) Lugal-šala-tuku. They are sea fishermen. It is fish for the (offering) table. In the month of 'sheep-plucking in the pen' they brought (it). En-iggal, the overseer, into the Women's House (É-munus) brought it in. 4th (year).

RTC 037

2 talents of split adartun-fish, 5 bundles of agargara-fish (spawn, packed in rushes) — U-du, the fisherman of the sweet waters, in the month of the wool distribution brought (them). En-iggal, the overseer, into the storehouse delivered (them). (For) Bara-namtara, wife of Lugal-anda, ruler of Lagash. 4th (year).

RTC 041

7 ewes, 3 female nim(?)-animals, 4 rams — sheep, the private property of Nin-tur. Lugal-nigani, the shepherd, the drover of Ka'a, took (them) out: 2 (units/head marked).

RTC 043

1 stunted goat, as a masdaria-offering of the wife of the temple-administrator (sanga) of the god Nindara — to Baranamtara, in the month of the festival of malt-eating of (the goddess) Nanše, she delivered it. Enku, the animal-fattener, carried it off. (Year) 2.

RTC 045

3 ewes, 7 female sheep — issued(?), 12 male lambs — issued(?), which came out from Lul-gu; they are lambs. At the plucking of the full-grown sheep, En-iggal, the overseer, set (them) aside. Ur-du, the chief herdsman, returned (them) into his own hand (i.e. took them back into his charge). It was not entered on the broad tablet; the deficit was not deducted from it. 3rd (year).

RTC 057

168 gur (measured by) the gur-saggal standard of barley, 98 (gur) of white emmer: total: 266 gur (by) the gur-saggal standard. Barley, the property of En-entar-zi, ruler (ensi) of Lagaš. Lugal-pirig-tur, the temple administrator (sanga), had (it) threshed. (Year) 3.

RTC 062

Deficit: 1 jar of pig-fat (lard) — Aḫi-li-nutil. 10 sila of oil — Nin-uma, mother of E-gissubi. 5 sila of oil — Nin-šešda, (consigned) to Ur-igi-ama the overseer. E-gissubi charged it to his account. (Year) 4.