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~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 188

1(N01) , NAM-ESZDA 1(N01) , NAM2 KAB[?] 1(N01) , NAM2 DI 1(N01) , NAM2 NAM2 1(N01) , NAM2 URU[?] 1(N01) , PA~a ŠE~a NAM2 1(N01) , NAM2 RAD~a 1(N01) , AB~a ME~a[?] 1(N01) , GAL~a X 1(N01)[?] , EN[?] [...] 1(N01)[?] , X [...] 1(N01)[?] , X [...] 1(N01)[?] , [...] 1(N01)[?] , [...] [N] 1(N14) , EN~a 2(N57) [E2 ...]

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~2800 BCE

·Early Dynastic

Our engine

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 191

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 034

1 unit — NAM2[...] 1 unit — GAL~a (great/large) SZAH2~a 1 unit — NAM2 APIN~a (plow [official]) 1 unit — GAL~a [...] 1 unit — GAL~a SZAB~a 1 unit — PA~a NAM2 [...] 1 unit — AB~a [...] 1 unit — GAL~a [...]

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FMB 27

PA~a GU4(?) 4(N14) — NESAG~a, KI~a, EN~a, NAM2, KAB, GAR 5(N14) — GAN2, AB~a, X, EN~a(?) 3(N14) — X, AD~c(?) 3(N14) — KA~a, DU6~a 2(N50) 7(N14)(?) — GAN2, |SILA3~a×DUG~a| [X] — IB~a, MASZ, URUDU~a [X] — TUM3, DUB~b [X] — MUSZ3~a, X 2(N14) — GISZ×SZU2~a, X [...] 2(N14) — BU~a# [...] 2(N14) — X, BU~a# [...] 4(N14) — GAL~a, X, SZUBUR(?) [...]

Law

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MS 1952/37

1. [fish (KU6~a)] TU~b 2. NAM2 NAM2 3. NAM2(?) GIR2~b 4. DU AN A 5. SZUDUN(?) RI 6. SZUDUN(?) GIR2~b 7. [X] A NI~b 8. NE~a U4 RA 9. NI~b RA 10. SZE3 BU~a 11. U4 SZIDIM GIR3@g~b[?] 12. IL GUB3~c [X] 13. [X] ZATU726~a(?) UR~a(?) NI~b DUR2(?) 14. HI A[?]

Religion & MythDaily Life

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 010

[...] she-goat(?) [LAK20] — [...] place(?) — not having [...] ... place GU [...] LUM — not having [...] servant/Subarian [...] MAR — not having [... ...] ... not(?) — [dairy/ghee?] [complex sign cluster] — not eggs/roe — fish — not LI TAR [...] ... [...] KU [... ...]

Religion & MythDaily Life

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 028

1 Ur-Ninmug, 1 Ur-Šer7-da — Adab: they are stationed there; may [it] be settled; asz11-lum, iritum — šu-[x]-DU-NI (plural).

Daily LifeEconomy

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 269

1 (person): Ur-E2, [son of] Lugalsisa, fisherman; 1 (person): Enlil-la, cupbearer; 1 (person): Du-du; Ur-lu2, farmer; 1 (person): Ur-Nin-[...], Ur-E2-Igi-Nim; An-ne-šum2; Be-li2-du10.

Daily LifeEconomy

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MRAH O.5012

24 [barley ...] al-mu (?) 24 — URIx 10 — Giri-ni men of the wall (?) Barley of the house of Šà-lu boat of Lugal-iti-da An-si Month: du6-ku3 ("pure mound") Month: nig2-kiri6 ("orchard") given to An-na Month — 9 days elapsed [of/at] Adab these are the witnesses

Law

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 029

Lugal-nigzu — Ur-nibeda — from the field a peg was pulled out; a donkey was released there; milk was declared there — before Ur-su, the donkey herder; house ... [broken] wages — distributed — [KU] ... the matter is concluded; to the governor of Nippur; ... [is] available.

LawEconomy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 038

15 gur of barley — purchase price for 1 house of 1 sar — it is. Nin-pada, wife of Lugal-ša, who drew [it] from the [clay] tablet [?] — received. 1 shekel of silver, 1 gur of barley — KUM-tuš-[ša3?], son of Lugal-[ša], received. Purchase price of [x x x]

EconomyLaw

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 173

[x]+4 shekels of silver, 12 gur 1 barig barley (lidga-quality), 41 sila of pig fat, 2 gur 1 barig dates, 1 grass-fed pig: this is the purchase price of Nin-gišnani. Ur-lugal, the donkey-herder, gave (it) to her — (for) the wall of the gate of the palace. Its case was put in order (settled). Dudu, ...... ...... [......], the men of the (legal) statement — they confirmed (it under oath). The oath ...... [......]

LawEconomy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 011

šušx pa-nam-šita chief purification priest (iszib) great [BADxDIŠ-official] lord of IB chief šita-official abgal (grand sage) kingal tiru (palace attendant) [...] sukkal ([...] vizier/messenger) [...] x stone(?) x life/arrow(?) KAx[...] na [...] (too fragmentary to render)

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 419

½ shekel of refined silver — [disbursed:] Ba-NI 1 male sheep — Lugal-ezem 1 shekel: Lu-x-[...] 2 shekels — silver, purchase price: [name broken] 2 shekels — silver, purchase price: Dingir-lu-mah 2 shekels — silver, purchase price: Ur-Pu-sag 2 shekels — silver, purchase price: Di-Utu and Lugal-ezem ⅓ shekel — silver, purchase price: Ur-sag-Utu [n] shekels silver [...] [...two signs illegible...] 4⅓ shekels silver — Ab-ba-tur 2 goats

Law

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

JCS 32, 169 1

Wood(en) ... not ... [...] Wooden [object], [its] face/front, [sign uncertain], ... not (At the) foot / path of the city The path(?) of Utu is made just [...] ...-[broken] A man [...] path(?) [...] to measure [...] vessel(?) Toward its throne dais(?) A man who does not return (what he owes to) a man A man who does not add (what is due) to a man [...] Wood(en) [...] ... [...] Wood(en?) binding [...] The term of office passes ... [...] [...] for its destiny, a judgment is rendered Alas — it was brought out [...]

Law

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Tukulti-Ninurta I 43add

(1) Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, strong king, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), sun(god) of all of the people, exalted priest, chosen of (the god) Aššur and Enlil, attentive ruler, creature of the gods Anu and Ea, the capable, the ferocious, loved one of the gods Šamaš and Adad, valiant dragon, favourite of the gods Marduk and Zababa, exceeding in strength, the strong one whose support is the god Ninurta — the hero of weapons — loved one of the divine power (manifest in) the goddess Ištar’s banquet, true shepherd, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the Upper…

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 188

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 191

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 034

FMB 27

MS 1952/37

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 010

CUSAS 35, 028

CUSAS 35, 269

MRAH O.5012

BIN 08, 029

BIN 08, 038

BIN 08, 173

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 011

CUSAS 35, 419

JCS 32, 169 1

Tukulti-Ninurta I 43add

Tukulti-Ninurta I 44add

Ashurnasirpal II 140 add (Ashurnasirpal II 141 add)

Ashurnasirpal II 151 add

Ashurnasirpal II 152 add

Adad-nerari III 02

Adad-nerari III 2018 add

Tiglath-pileser III Series A Annals

Tiglath-pileser III Series B Annals

SAA 15 042. Feeding Hittite Deportees (ABL 1082)

SAA 15 072. Adda-rami and Horses (CT 53 606)

SAA 15 105. Horses and Recruitment Officers of Calah (ABL 0127)

Sargon II 117

SAA 17 083. Pardoning the Offences of Borsippa (ABL 1076)

SAA 17 090. Watch of Ekur and Nippur (CT 54 011)

SAA 16 081. Jewellery for the King (ABL 0847)

Esarhaddon 1026

Esarhaddon 1029

SAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 206. Prayers and Rituals against Retrograding Mars (ABL 1401) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]

SAA 13 073. Complaint of Sickness (ABL 0203)

SAA 14 107. A Court Decision on Behalf of Aššur-šallim (*638-IV) (ADD 0163)

Ashurbanipal 1001

Ashurbanipal 1002

Ashurbanipal 1003

Ashurbanipal 1004

Ashurbanipal 1005

Ashurbanipal 1006

Ashurbanipal 1007

Ashurbanipal 1009

Ashurbanipal 1008

Ashurbanipal 1010

Ashurbanipal 1011

Ashurbanipal 1012