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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 026

1. [...] the long side(s) are equal, 2. [...] 2½ (rods), the short side(s) are equal, 3. [...] besides/set apart (bar-ra gal₂); 4. its field area: 7 bur₃ 5 iku of field (GAN₂) — 5. (the field) of Bēla (šu Be-la). 6. 4½(?) (rods), the long side(s) are equal, 7. 60 [+ ...] and ½ (rods), the short side(s) are equal; 8. its field [area]: 7 bur₃ of field (GAN₂) — 9. (the field of) Ḫuḫir, 10. in Maškan-tur. 11. (It is an) iškaru work-assignment, 12. held (as pledge) (šu du₈-a).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 031

1. 2(eše)? 2¼ iku of field — 2. 3? gur [...], 1 ban 5 sila of barley: 3. purchase (price) of the field, for Erra(-ra). 4. 1 eše 1 iku of field — 5. 1 gur 2 barig of wheat. 6. 1 bur 1 eše of field — 7. 3 barig of emmer, received by ... 8. 1 bur of field — 9. 3 gur 3 barig of barley, 10. received by Zira. 11. Total: 8 gur 3 barig [... gur]. 12. Šu-ilī[su?].

Economy·Law

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 035

1. 4 [+ ...] ½ sila of barley, (allotted) for the field, (at the rate of) 1 [sar] — 2. Šu-Eštar and Zazum; 3. 4½ sila of barley, for the field, (at) 1 sar — 4. Zukiki and Išmā-ilum; 5. [...] sila (and) ⅓ of barley, for [...] 6. [...]-ilīsu [...] 7. [... sila of barley, for] the field, (at) 1 sar — 8. Puzur-ekal [...], 9. in Arik-dīn; 10. 4 sila of barley, for the field, (at) 1 sar — 11. Erenti, 12. in Dūr-šarrim ("King's Fortress").

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 039

1. 2(eše₃) 2(iku) ½(iku) of field (area), 2. 3 gur less 3 ban of seed barley — 3. (for) Enbu-ilum, 4. brother of Tulili. 5. 1(bur₃)? [...] of field (area), 1 gur 3 barig of seed barley — 6. barley ... (šu-kad₅) scattered(?) (i.e., sown/allotted), 7. (in the) hand of Šu-Bela.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 042

1. 13 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban of barley, 2. barley of the šu-KAD5 ... allotment(?), 3. from 4. Sirni, 5. Galili, 6. and Atie, 7. the two merchants, 8. in Maškan-gal 9. he received — 10. Er'e-Utu (received it); 11. it was measured out.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 046

1. Deficit: 35 gur, 2 barig, 1 ban, 4 1/3(?) sila of barley, 2. (this is) of the barley ... (ŠU.KAD₅) ... (RI); 3. at the quay (kārum) 4. it is (available).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 049

1. 10 less 1 (= 9) gur of barley — 2. Šu-ilīsu, 3. elder of the city; 4. [...] 3(?) gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley — 5. Puzur-Eštar; 6. [...] gur of barley — 7. Išma-ilum-TUR-DAR (?), 8. at Maškan-gal ("the great threshing floor"). 9. Total: 26 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, 10. (this is) of the deficit (arrears).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 050

1. [...] barley, [in gur] 2. [...] 3. [...] ... [...] 4. [...] 5. [...]-e 6. [...] 7. [...] ... 8. [...] ... 9. [...] gur 10. of the grain-store (kārûm) 11. 2 gur of dabin-flour, 12. the remainder (šittum), 13. (charged) upon Uḫluk.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 061

1. [... x] 2 gur of barley 2. [(to/from) PN ...]-la 3. 2 gur of large pulses 4. 3 gur less 3 ban of small pulses 5. [(to/from) PN ...]-ḫir 6. [...] ... 7. [...] 3 ban of large pulses 8. [(to/from) PN ...]-bu?-bu 9. [...] Zariqum 10. [...]...-zum

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 062

1. 43 gur 3 barig 3 ban 7 sila of [barley], 2. [...] gur 3 ban(?) 6 sila of dabin-flour, 3. 1 ban of malt: 4. [...]-la-i-kizih; 5. that of Kurma, 6. in Gasur.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 074

1. 1 gur 1 barig of barley, 2. 1 gur 3 ban of emmer, 3. 3 barig 3 ban of wheat, 4. [...] the farmer [...] 5. rec[eived(?)]. 6. 4(?) [gur ...] 7. ... [...] (remainder broken)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 075

1. 7 gur 3 barig 4 ban of emmer wheat, 2. for seed, 3. Išma-ilum 4. received. 5. [(This was) the 1st] time. 6. [...] gur 7. — the 2nd time — 8. Išma-ilum (received).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 078

1. 1 gur of dabin-flour — 2. the 1st time; 3. 2 barig 3 ban of dabin-flour — 4. the 2nd time; 5. 1 barig 3 ban of dabin-flour — 6. the 3rd time; 7. 5 ban of dabin-flour — the 4th time; 8. 1 barig 1 ban 5 sila of dabin-flour — 9. the 5th time.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 082

1. 3 gur, 3 barig, 3 ban, 4 [sila] of barley, in the standard gur — 2. Tiriku; 3. 2 gur, 1 ban, 7 sila of barley, in the standard gur — 4. Aḫu-ṭāb (a-hu-du10): 5. Ana-šumša(?) 6. received (it). 7. Barley in the charge (lit. 'hand') of Nani-... 8. Month: Ḫani[t].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 088

1. 23 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban of barley, 2. (for) Ḫamadarum; 3. 12 gur of barley, 4. (for) Rabī-ilum; 5. 26 gur of barley, 6. (for) Uḫluk. 7. Threshed barley (barley beaten from the stalk). 8. Zuzu, the land-registrar. 9. In Nišbe.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 111

1. 922 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, 2. from Minkum; 3. 21 gur 2 barig of barley, 4. in the hand of (credited to) Badzanze; 5. 18 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, 6. [charged to (lit. "in")] Gudami[šum], 7. (as an) interest-bearing loan; 8. 143 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, 9. in the hand of (assigned for) groats.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 128

Obverse: 1. 2 ban: Šu-ma-[ma], 2. 2 ban: I-[...], 3. 2 ban: Pù-[...], 4. 2 ban: Pù-[...], 5. 2 ban: Bēlī-[...], 6. 2 ban: Ba-rí-[...], 7. [2 ban]: I-[...]. 8. Total: 3 barig 3 ban [...].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 135

1. 3 ban (of grain) — the wife of [...] 2. 3 ban — Ilu-ilum 3. 1 barig — the wife of UD-iš 4. 3 ban — Suma-ilum 5. 1 barig — Išbum 6. 3 ban — Imi-ilum 7. 3 barig — Danuda 8. 1 barig — Zaʾue 9. 1 barig — Bukuzum

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 136

1. (This is a) nigiddûm(-account/transfer). 2. 2 barig of barley 3. Abuli 4. has received — 5. barley of the house of Zuzu. 6. 1 gur of barley 7. from(?) Lamašum 8. Abuli 9. received. 10. 3 gur of emmer 11. Tirku 12. received, 13. in/from Nišbe(?).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 140

1. 368 gur of barley — (measured in) the gur of Agade — 2. 65 gur of emmer: 3. Šu-Eštar. 4. 134 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley: 5. Kari. 6. 56 gur 3 ban [+ n gur of barley]: 7. Sir[ni]. 8. 62(?) [+ n gur of barley], 9. 10(?) [+ n gur of emmer].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 142

1. 2 barig — Išmā-ilum; 2. 2 barig — Ilī, the scribe; 3. 2 barig — Šu-ilīsu, the city elder; 4. [...] — Zuki[ki]; 5. [...] — Adda-[...]; 6. 1 barig — Ḫiwi[riš]; 7. 1 barig — ...[...]; 8. [...] ... [...]; 9. [...] Šarrum, the woman(?) [...]; 10. [... I]lū-ilum; 11. [...] Babanien; 12. 1 barig — Ēšum; 13. 1 barig — Iddi-šum; 14. 1 barig — Abulum; 15. 1 barig — Barbar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 150

(Beginning broken) 1. [......] for [...] 2. [... Eš]tar (?PN ending in -Eštar) 3. [...]-bil 4. [...] Zuzu 5. [... n] old za-flour; 1 gur of emmer flour — 6. Surini gave (it) to him; 7. 1 gur 2 barig of dabin-flour — flour of Surini — 8. (for) Išma-ilum the younger; 9. 200 loaves of bread, juniper(-flavored?), fine beer-bread — 10. (for) Išma-ilum the elder; 11. [n] gur of fine groats — 12. (for) [Tab]siga(?); 13. [n gur of] fine [gro]ats — 14. (for) [...]-ilum, the merchant; 15. [...] ... [...] (rest broken)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 190

1. 1 (person): Buzi — 2 barig (of barley); 2. 4 male workers — 1 barig (each); 3. 2 female workers — 3 ban (each); 4. 2 boys — 3 ban (each); 5. 2 boys — 2 ban (each); 6. 2 girls — 2 ban (each). 7. (Subtotal:) 1 gur, 4 barig, 2 ban of barley rations — 8. (this is) of 1 month. 9. Total: 7 gur, 2 barig, 2 ban of barley rations — 10. (this is) of 4 months. 11. The son of Abšam, 12. Kinakum, 13. received (it).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 194

1. [...] ... [...] 2. [...] ... ... [...] 3. [...] ... ... 4. [...] male worker(s) 5. [...]-gu-uš (personal name, broken) 6. [...]-ki-ḫi (personal name, broken) 7. [...]-ḫi (personal name, broken) 8. [...]-... (broken) 9. [...]-... (broken) 10. [n +] 4 female workers 11. [...]-silatum (personal name, broken) 12. [n] ... ... (broken entry) 13. [n +] 5 female workers, 14. in Gasur.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 195

1. 2 [...] 2. ...[...] 3. those of the threshing floor (šūt maškan), 4. [n] able-bodied men, 1 [...] 5. Išmā-ilum [...] 6. [n] able-bodied men [...] 7. [...] 8. [...] 9. [...] 10 ... 10. [n+]13 male children, 11. [n+]42 female workers, 12. [n+]26 able-bodied men.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 196

1. [......] female workers (geme₂) 2. [PN ......]-x-da 3. [n +] 11 female workers 4. Enana 5. 8 boys, 2 girls — 6. overseer: Simumu 7. 8 boys, 3 girls — 8. [...]-dudu

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 197

1. 2 male children, 2. sons of Bazizi; 3. 1: Zalili, 4. son of Zalīlī, 5. a male child of Zašši; 6. 2 suckling children: 7. (one) a child of Šu-GAN-ri, 8. (one) a child of Dirium; 9. 1 suckling child of Tiru-šaqi — 10. for Im-ama's 11. de[bt], 12. to Huzuzi.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 199

1. 1 (person): Eštar-ummī 2. 1 (person): Diri-ni 3. 2 (persons): female workers (geme₂) 4. 1 (person): Gagadanum(?) 5. 1 (person): Kibturu 6. 1 (person): Dingir-muda 7. 1 (person): Aḫuma 8. 1 (person): Bēlī-ilum 9. Total: 5 male workers (guruš)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HUCA 49, 016 & 051 14

1. 2 iku of field — donkeys were stationed (there); 2. (at) A-ka-du (the canal-mouth installation); 3. 4 1/4 iku: Nig-NI, the temple administrator; 4. 2 1/4 iku: U-u-ildu; 5. 2 1/4 iku: the chief carpenter (nagar-gal); 6. 1 iku: Ur-ennezu; 7. 1/2 (and) 1/4 iku: Anna.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

JCS 01, 348, 11

Thus (says) Tamtalik: to the equerry (ŠUŠ₃, livestock official) speak: 203 gur of barley, (in the) saggal-measure — Misua; 143 gur of barley — Ida-ilum; Total: 346 gur of barley, (in the) saggal-measure. Tamtalik has received (it).

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 4, 014 04

(Obverse — top broken) [...] ... [...]-muti, [...]-tebisir; 1 gur 4 barig — ...-ruk...; 1 gur 2 barig — Inzu; 1 gur 4 barig — Baruksir; 2 gur — Atiti; 1 gur 4 barig — Kiti; [n +] 1 gur — ...-imma; [...] ... . (Reverse) [Total: ... n gur] 4 barig 2 ban of barley, by the gur-measure, [...] ...-gar; foreman: Kiti. (Remainder of reverse uninscribed)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CT 50, 049

566 sheep, 303 female goats — confirmed on the broad tablet. 135 sheep, 12 lambs: these are sheep of the slaughter-rotation. Sheep at pasture. Year: the expedition-yoke at the drinking-hall was established.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 11, 283

143 gur of barley — its field-area: 1 bur3. Month of Še-sag-kal, day 7. Field of Mu-nu11-mah; [Field of Gada-gar-Ib]-ni-Suen — it is (this).

~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 [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 001

3 [units] of finest-quality bread; 36 gu2-zi jars; 18 jars of [...]; [...] received. At the mouth of the small canal — bread disbursed. Lugal-an-dul3, chief cupbearer; Mes-ki-gal-la, governor of Adab.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 004

[n ...] weaver(s) [...]... [...]-lum [...] house [...] their commissioner [...] bank of the city [n?] I-lum-gar3, scribe — An-na-šum2. 1 merchant: An-na-šum2. A garment has been issued.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 006

32 + [n] sheep Adda [n +] 23 — Inim-ma-ni-zi 30 — E2-dam-si 30 — Nin-da [n +] 8 — [lu2...]-u2-[...] [remainder broken]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 009

11 gur, 1 barig, 1 ban2 of flour 25 gur of barley 3 gur of beer-bread [...] (broken) [n+]1 gur, 2 barig of groats 48 gur, 1 barig, 1 ban2 — grand total Annašum

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 013

[n] goat(s) — Sag-zi; 1 goat — Ili-ili; [n] goat(s) — [...]-ba; 1 goat — Ur-tir; 1 male sheep — Ka-ku3, son of Ur-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 018

[...]-gu [...]: [Thus] speak: To my lord, say: 'The troops have been set in order. On day 4, [they] perished — mace(?). 15 troops were [...] [...]-na-ga [...] [...] gathered [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] year / name (?) [...] in the palace. A person who has nothing [...] may he bring it.'

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 020

1 silver ring [hu-la] — its weight: 1/3 mina 1 naš-pāru garment 1 first-quality, fully finished garment — (for the) bala rotation 1 weaver's garment — (for the) bala rotation 1 (vessel of) fine oil — 2 sila; (1) rope 1 (unit of) bitumen — for the house (for / by) Bēlī-il-abā 1 weaver's garment — (for the) bala rotation (for / by) Elīšta-kal lu2-ku (official) [the] gleaming ornament(s) [of / for] the king they brought [it/them]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 021

1 bala-garment, 1 (unit of) bitumen (for) the ox-stall of the house, 1 leather bag — (for) Ḫulium; 1 bala-garment, 1 (unit of) bitumen of the house, 1 leather bag — [U]ṣium; Men of the nig₂-mul (institution), (of) Lagaš, from Zira — they brought [it there]; they received (it). Month: Šesagkalga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 023

[1] silver ring, spiral, its weight: 1/3 (shekel) 1 garment of naspārum-type 1 heavy garment, perfectly finished 1 fine garment, ušbar-weave 1 [1-sila3 vessel of] sweet oil [n unit(s) of] bitumen, house-[allotment] [n] gur of barley, (for/at) Agade [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 024

1 silver ring, unraveled — its weight: 1/3 shekel. 1 garment of naṣparu-type. 1 garment, second-quality, bala(-type). Enna-num, coppersmith — for the king's statue; [having come with it?] [An-mu?] — garments expended. Month: du6-ku3 (the Sacred Mound).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 025

[n] garment(s), nāsparu type 2 garments, fine-grade (nig₂-lam₂), second quality 2 garments, šagadu type, second quality 2 garments, šage-dab type 1 (jar of) good oil, 1-sila measure 1 (unit of) bitumen, house-allocation his/her command: [was given to him?]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 026

10 mana of wool, 1 sila of sesame oil, 1 sila of lard, 1 [unit of] bitumen — house ration: Al-la, the steward of the household. 1 sila of sesame oil: Puzur-Enlil, the barley commissioner, gave [it] to him. Oil: disbursed. Month: mu-tir.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 027

10 minas of wool; 1 sila of sesame oil [and] garlic; 1 (unit) of bitumen — house ration. Ur-Gibil, the gardener, [...] small, small [...]; [came] to him; [he] gave to him. The oil is the expenditure. Lugal-amu. Month: mu-tir.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 029

2 bar-dul5-cloaks — weaver; 2 sila of pig fat: Lu-ane, the nu-eš (cultic functionary), Ursu, the cupbearer — their commissioner. 2 bar-dul5-cloaks — weaver; [X] bar-dul5-cloak(s) — šabra (estate manager). Sealed account — to Amur-um he gave [it] to him. Month: Šuba-nun. It is a garment disbursement.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 031

3 sila of oil; 1 garment — Naspāru; 2 sila of oil; 15 leather gu-tum items; [x x — illegible]; 1 sila of oil (signs damaged); chariot of Da-da; ½ sila of oil; Du-du; Pīrāum — oil expenditure: this is its designation.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 032

[n (units of)] sweet oil [from Aga]de — 1 [vessel?] from the storehouse — Da-kum, brother of Ur-Marada, was given to him. Oil expenditure. [Month:] [barley-har]vest.

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