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~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 141

Obverse 899 (units of) nig-du gamur; 8 (lidga) 3 ban of gamur, šu-kam — in lidga measure; 20 less 1 barig 3 ban of gamur, šu-tag — in lidga measure; (account of) the herdsman(?). 111 (units of) nig-du gamur; 1 (lidga) 1 barig of gamur, šu-kam — in lidga measure; 2 barig 3 ban of gamur, šu-tag; (account of) the cowherd. Reverse Grand total: 1,010 gamur of the nig-du (type); 9 (lidga) 1 barig 3 ban of gamur, šu-kam — in lidga measure; 20 (lidga) 1 barig of gamur, šu-tag — in lidga measure.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 142

2 gešʾu (= 1,200) si-|NUxU|; 2 gešʾu (= 1,200) |(TIR&TIR)xU₂|: (for) the ensi-GAR, En-zi-u-di. 1 geš (= 60) si-|NUxU|: (for) Gal-Dilmun, Šubur, the barber (šu-i), the sanga-GAR. 1 geš 3 u (= 90) si-|NUxU|: (for) the son of Gal-Dilmun, GAR-ḪU-DUR₂-BU, the kinda-barber. (Reverse: uninscribed.)

Economy

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 145

170 (2 gešʾu 50) nigdu-figs/dates — Adab (of?) Ha-ur; 350 (5 gešʾu 50) nigdu-figs/dates — Ti'e [...]; 100 (1 gešʾu 40) nigdu-figs/dates — the festival of the courtyard; 180 (3 gešʾu) nigdu-figs/dates — gal-UN (the "great people" / senior personnel). (Reverse: surface broken and eroded; no legible text preserved.)

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 151

20 mana of copper: A-NI-NI; 20 (mana): É-ḫursag (the "House of the Mountain"); 20 (mana): É-en-ra; 20 (mana): Iškur; 20 (mana): É-zi-pa-è; 4 (mana): Ur-gibil; 4 (mana): Amar-KISAL-NUN; 4 (mana): |DUMU×NUN|-šita; 4 (mana): Munus-ki-nu-zu; 4 (mana): Šita; 20 (mana): A-si; [... ...] (two signs illegible) (reverse / total) Total: 140 mana of copper.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CT 50, 015

2 garments, 2 linen [garments] — U5-ri the carpenter. The bailiff [who will] return [them]: to the storehouse they are to be brought. 1 [and] 1/2 garments. The king's bailiff. A-ḫu-ti has returned [them]. To Mes-lu2-nu [they were] brought along.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

LAK p. 73, no. 1

4? [units of] bar-gada cloth, fine-quality — female courier(s) 2 SUR 2 GI-GI 2 female farmer(s) 2 lady-mother(s) 5 TU-AB 2? [x] woman(?) [...] 1 EN-bird [x] 3? brother-calf [x] 3 DA-GE 3 small birds 1 [DUG×HI] — barley-barley [x] 3 ESZ16, lion-[x] 8? [x x] [x] Total: 38? [units of] bar-gada cloth x x

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 003

[...] ... [n] zi#-zu-[...] [n] herald(-na-me-ub-[...]) 2 ne-[...] [...] [n] a-en-da 4 — House of Shadow (é-gissu) 10 women of the lord 4 USZ [...] 20 [x]-nin-[x] [...]

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TSŠ 0869

n [šeš-tur] 7 Mes-lu₂-nu-ḫun 1 Bilx(PAP.GEŠ.BIL)-a₂-nu-kuš₂ 7 Bara₂-sag₇-nu-di 1 Du₆-du₆ 1 Si-du₃ 1 En-kas₄ 6 shepherds [...] wood(?) [...] BAD

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 038

5 asz 2 barig of barley — loan, [now] committed; 11 shekels of silver — purchase price of the field. 1 eše₃ — that field. [Seller,] eminent [person], son of Sud-da-zi; An-na-šum₂; Lu₂-na-nam, [his] brother, eminent [person]. Witness: GAM-GAM. The buyer.

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 002, 1924-465 + photo, pl. 1

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 002, 1924-465 + photo, pl. 1. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 052

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 052. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 007

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 17, 001

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) ?) — CUSAS 17, 001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 17, 009

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — CUSAS 17, 009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

DP 037

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — DP 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 001

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 002

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 003

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 004

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 005

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 005. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 006

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 008

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 009

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 010

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 010. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 011

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 011. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 013

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 015

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 015. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 016

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 016. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 017

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 017. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 018

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 018. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 019

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 019. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 022

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 022. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 023

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 023. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 024

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 024. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 026

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 026. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 027

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 027. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 028

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 028. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 029

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 029. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 031

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 031. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 033

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 033. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 038

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 038. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 039

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 039. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 040

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 040. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 041

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 041. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 043

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 043. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 044

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 044. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 045

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 045. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 046

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 046. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 047

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 047. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

FTP 048

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 048. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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