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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
BIN 08, 173
Obverse […] 4 shekels of silver; 12 lidga (and) 1 barig of barley; 41 sila of pig fat; 2 gur 1 barig of dates; 1 grass-fed pig — this is the purchase price of Nin-gissu-nani. Ur-lugal, the donkey herdsman, gave it to him. Reverse At the wall(?) of the gate of the palace he set its case straight (i.e. rendered the verdict). Du-du, … [ … ] DA AN [ … ] TI [ … ], the witnesses ("men of the word"), they confirm[ed it]. The … [ … ] … AN … (broken).
LawEconomy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 011
šuš (written |ŠE.NAM₂|) pa-nam₂-šita shrine-išib (purification priest of the shrine) gal-|BAD×DIŠ| (chief …-official) en-IB gal-šita (chief of the šita-office) abgal (sage) kingal (overseer / leader of the assembly) tiru (court attendant) […] sukkal (vizier) […] … stone … ti … |KA×X| … na […] (The remainder of the column, and the reverse, are broken away or effaced.)
Writing & LiteratureDaily Life
~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.
LawEconomy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 092
6(gur) barley, gur-saggal measure, (from) Ur-Ebabbar; 3(gur) su-ag(-barley), (they are) the overseers. As a barley loan, to Ur-igi-ama, the inspector (nu-banda3), he gave (it) [...].
EconomyLaw
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 112
3 gur 1 barig 2 ban2 barley, by the sag-gal ("head/chief") measure — barley standing (outstanding, i.e. on loan); 2 barig barley — its silver-interest — has been repaid. Ur-Baba, the ox-driver. 6 gur 2 barig 4 ban2 barley standing (outstanding); 3 barig barley — its silver-interest — has been repaid. Ur-Emush, the chief merchant. Inim-Enlila-andab: 6.
EconomyLaw
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 117
1 gur saggal (measure), 2 barig, 4 ban2 of barley — barley outstanding (standing barley), (of/for) Memush. 1 (unit) barley: the interest on the silver was paid out — to KUM-tuš, the man of Lu-Baba. 1 (unit) barley: the interest on the silver was paid out — (to) Ur-Baba, the leatherworker, son of Abamu.
EconomyLaw
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 120
1 gur 2 barig barley — as silver-interest (maš-ba): Lugal-nigani (the) fisherman. 1 gur 2 barig barley, standing (allocated/outstanding). 1 gur barley — as silver-interest — he has repaid (i₃-su₃). (This is the) account of the person (nig₂-lu₂), (by) the man of the accounting (lu₂ nig₂-ag₂).
EconomyLaw
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 122
1 gur 2 barig barley, the silver interest, was paid — (for) Di-Utu. 2 gur 2 barig barley, standing (outstanding), 1 gur barley, the silver interest, was paid — (for) Lugal-me, son of Nigdu-pa'e. Inim-Enlila-andabe, 3.
EconomyLaw
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 313
10(u@c) 2(asz@c)? gin2 ku3 [12(?) shekels of silver] (break) 2/3 (mina) minus 2 shekels of silver — Ur-era (and) Utu-lu-saga, from Elam had come; (this) was placed upon his account (as debt). Lugal-uma: 1 gazelle — Besuga (and) Lala, (of) the house of Ninmar, (this) was placed upon his account (as debt). These are the witnesses to this matter.
Law
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 318
(Break) [n] n ... (Break) [n] loaves (of) Ur-gibil Total: 6 loaves — delivered into his hand, 3 loaves — for the man PN-[...] (Break) ... ... 1 jug of thick beer, 10 loaves — Lugal-iri, the scribe. These are the men who are parties to the matter (witnesses); its oil was applied/performed at the boundary.
Law
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
PBS 15, 20
(obverse) [n minas] of silver, [n] shekels — [...]-KAK-KAK (personal name); [n] shekels of silver — [...] ... ... [...] (Break) 1 bur3 3 iku of prime field (GAN2-mah): its purchase price — 10 shekels of silver.
Law
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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].
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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].
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)]
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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] ...
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
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)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
TMH 05, 065
67½ nindan, the long side (length), the short side (width): (so that the area is) 1 iku of field. (Result:) 1 nindan, 5 cubits, 2 šu-du-a (spans), 3 fingers and ⅓ finger. Il-il (?).
Astronomy & Mathematics
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
TMH 05, 141
3 dark mes-trees, 3 white mes-trees, 30 less 2 (= 28) fig trees — in the orchard. 65 plants (u₂), 70 less 1 (= 69) [......], 30 less 1 (= 29) large eb, 13 small eb. (reverse — totals) 83, 84, 43, 5.
Writing & Literature
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
TMH 05, 172
Ur-Ennugi Ur-Šulgame Ur-Nina-LAK590 Ur-SIG₄ (Ur-Sig) Ur-Nin-SIG₄ (the same sequence repeated:) Ur-<En>-nugi Ur-Šulgame Ur-Nin-|GEŠ×KID₂|-a-x Ur-SIG₄ Ur-Nin-SIG₄
Writing & Literature
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
TMH 05, 211
1 (unit of) [...], (charged to) A-zu-[zu], the brewer. From the month "Harvest," it is held against him. That tablet was transferred (rolled over), (when) the governor of Nippur was residing together with (the man of) Iri-sagrig.
Law
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
BIN 08, 021
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 021. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Law
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
CBS 09647
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09647. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythWriting & Literature
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
CBS 09678
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09678. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythWriting & Literature
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 002
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & Literature
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
CDLI Lexical 000027, ex. 012
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CDLI Lexical 000027, ex. 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & Literature
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 015
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) ?) — CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 015. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & Literature
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
Nik 1, 126
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Nik 1, 126. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & Literature
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
Nik 1, 309
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Nik 1, 309. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Daily LifeEconomy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
OSP 1, 019
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — OSP 1, 019. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Law
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
OSP 1, 037
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — OSP 1, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureDaily Life
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
RIME 1.11.add06.01, ex. 01
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RIME 1.11.add06.01, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
RIME 1.11.add20.01, ex. 01
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RIME 1.11.add20.01, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
RIME 1.11.add52.01, ex. 01
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RIME 1.11.add52.01, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
RIME 1.11.add54.01, ex. 01
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RIME 1.11.add54.01, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
RIME 1.11.add55.01, ex. 01
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RIME 1.11.add55.01, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
RIME 1.11.add57.01, ex. 01
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RIME 1.11.add57.01, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
RIME 1.11.add58.01, ex. 01
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RIME 1.11.add58.01, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial
RIME 1.11.add59.01, ex. 01
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RIME 1.11.add59.01, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth