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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 023

Obverse(?) 1. [...] mina(s) (and) 8 shekels of silver; 2. 1/2 mina, 'small' (weight), less 4(?) shekels, of gold; 3. 3 bala-garments; 4. 1 dul-garment (cover/cloak); 5. 4 (items of) bronze; 6. [...] 7. [...]-rim, 8. those of Angu, the musician.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 024

Obverse/Reverse (single sequence as given): 1. 5 gur of barley, (by the) sag-gal₂ (measure), 2. by the gur UL, less 2 (sila); 3. of it (?), 11 sila each, 4. (is) the increase (?). 5. Naḫšum-bala 6. from Ilī-ištakal 7. received (it), 8. in Dugal.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 025

Obverse(?) 1. 59(?) sheep (lit. 60 less 1): 2. [Šu]-Enlil(?) 3. [rec]eived (ŠU.DU8). 4. [n sheep] 5. [......] 6. the cook 7. for 8. the commissioner 9. received (ŠU.DU8). 10. 1 sheep: 11. Bubu(?), 12. the man of [......] 13. the king, 14. the cook, 15. received (ŠU.DU8).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 026

[n sheep] [t]o(?) KI.AN 3; 5 sheep to KI.AN 7; 4 sheep [......]; 2 sheep: Bubu(?); šu-[du8] (held in charge / taken over).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 028

1 (man): Dingir-azu, foreman: Ili-ili. 1 (man): Ili-tabba, foreman: Lu-uš-[udu]. 1 (man): Šuma-[zaba?], [foreman: ......]. [1 (man): ......], [foreman: ......]. Total: 4 messengers, for bar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 029

(Beginning destroyed?) 1. [foreman:] Ilili; 2. 1 (man): Ilala, 3. foreman: Kuku; 4. 1 (man): Ilšu-aḫa, 5. foreman: Lu-ušudu (lu₂-uš₂-udu); 6. 1 (man): Iš-esinat (iš₁₁-e-si-na-at), 7. foreman: Nīšu-dannam.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 030

1. Edamu 2. (and/son of?) Šuruš-kīn 3. from 4. Warassuni received: 5. 4 1/2 shekels of silver; 6. 1 mina 5 shekels — Edamu. 7. The remainder 8. against them 9. is [outstanding].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 031

(obv.) 1. [the ov]erseer A-pum-[...] 2. 3 ban less 3 sila (of barley), 1 (unit/person): Lugal-iti[da], 3. the scribe; 4. 4 barig (of barley), 1 (unit/person): Ili-bilani, 5. son of the enku-official (or: son of Enku).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 032

1. Urua(?) ... to [...] 2. concerning the wife [of ...] 3. he said, [and] 4. he did not go out(?) [...] / did [not] re[lease(?) ...] 5. [Na]ḫšum-[bala] 6. [...] ... [...] 7. [...] (the) city [...] 8. [...] ... [...] 9. [...] 10. in(?) Irisa[grig].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 033

Overseer: Ipšum. 1 (man): Gurātum, son of Āya-pum; [1 (man)]: Ilum-asû, son of Ilak-nuʾid. Overseer: Alī-lī. 1 (man): Šu-Zababa, son of Igi-su; [1 (man)]: Išmā-ilum, (son of?) [Zi]nāe; 1 (man): Ilum-tabba, [...] ... [...] (rest broken)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 034

1 Bubu, son of Inin[nu?]; 1 Puzur-Eštar, son of Ilum-azu; 1 Kurub-ilak, son of [...], son of Ilum-mu[da]; in Agade. Total: 14 [workmen], overseer: Aru[ru].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 038

(Beginning destroyed) 1'. it was not delivered; 2'. 2 textiles, 3'. ... ... to [...], 4'. by the servant, 5'. the man of Sadu-ilum — 6'. it was not delivered; 7'. [n] shekel(s) of silver, 8'. [f]or(?) the plow-field, 9'. [I]titi(?) 10'. [...] 11'. son(?) of [...] 12'. of [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 042

1 1 kid (goat) 2 1 nanny goat [...] (break) 3 the cupbearer, 4 the merchant, 5 (and) the governor 6 received (it). 7 1 kid (goat): 8 Nabi-Suen. 9 1 kid (goat): 10 the man of the house(hold) of [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 046

1 (worker): Ikulum, 1 (worker): Sumnum, — 2: son(s) of Ilī-sāliq — 1 (worker): Ilum-kalī, son of Ku-[...], with (ište) Ilī-sāliq. Total: 3 able-bodied men (guruš), zabi'u(-workers), regular (personnel).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 048

1. [F]or the purchase price of the field, 2. that of Zabia, 3. the daughter-in-law 4. has weighed out (the silver). 5. Išqu-ilum, 6. [...]-lugal(?), 7. 1 Ilīš-takal, 8. son of Ilšu-KAL, 9. 1 Libūr-mēšum, 10. [...] the slave(?) (SAG). 11. [Total:] 6 witnesses/elders in Kish.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 049

1 (man): Dingir-su-kal, son of Ilulu; 1 (man): Gi-šum, son of Ilī-dan; 1 (man): Ubarum, son of [A]ḫu-mu-pi; [1 (man):] Puzur-[...] (remainder of the entry broken)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 052

1. [...] 5(?) gur 2 2/3 [sila of barley] (in the) gur (measure), 2. 44 gur 2 barig 1 ban 2 sila of barley (in the) gur (measure), 3. for the E-mash (the goat-house); 4. 53 gur 3 barig(?) [...] 6 ... sila of [barley(?)] (in the) gur (measure).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 053

[1 (man):] Tirum, of Tirum; [1 (man):] Utu-lidin; [1 (man):] Pusu-du; [1 (man):] Dingir-azu; 1 (man): Ili-dan — those of Ida-Suen. 1 (man): Warassu[ni]; 1 (man): Ur-[...]; 1 (man): Puzur-[...] — those of the house(?) [of ...]. [1 (man):] Hu-hu-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 060

1. 1 (woman): Temītum, 2. slave-woman of Ilul-ilum (i-lu5-DINGIR), 3. child of Enna-ilum, 4. in Agade(?) 5. she has been commissioned (wuʾʾurat). 6. Warassuni (ARAD2-su2-ni) 7. and Ersutum, 8. 2 (men): brothers of Ilul-ilum — 9. both(?) of them (ki-lu-lu) to Kish 10. are going (out), 11. and he will instruct/inform(?) (them).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 061

(Beginning destroyed) 1'. [......] 2'. [...]-AN-[...] 3'. [n] basket(s) of large dried fish, 4'. [n] basket(s) of tigali-fish; 1 garment — 5'. Izani(?); 6'. in the hand of (credited to) Amur-ilum. 7'. 1 basket of fish [...], 8'. 1 agala-sack of [barley(?)]-flour — 9'. Ersutum(?). 10'. [......] 11'. [......] 12'. [...] basket(s) [...] (rest destroyed)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 070

1. 2 (gur) of barley (in the) sag-gal₂ (measure): 2. Imī-Ea 3. received. 4. 3 (gur): Imī-[...] 5. received. 6. 6 (gur) of barley (in the) sag-gal₂ (measure): 7. Ilī-aḫī, 8. the elder of the city, 9. received. 10. 1 (gur) of barley (in the) sag-gal₂ (measure): 11. Ea-rīzi. 12. Total: 12 (gur) of barley (in the) sag-gal₂ (measure). 13. Barley of Išmā-Eštar; 14. Bēlīlī 15. gave (it).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 071

1. [n (measures of) first-quality barley:] 2. Ela-ilum, 3. the Amorite, 4. brought (here). 5. 20 (measures of) first-quality barley: 6. [Ku?]ru-AN, [son of] Dirium, 7. brought (here). 8. 10 (measures of) first-quality barley: 9. Sadutu 10. — checked (PAP-PAP) — 11. brought (here).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 072

[n shekels of silver] [...] barley (measured by the) sag-gal (gur), [E]damu received, (as) the price of his son, Ali-ahu. 4 gur of barley (by the sag-gal gur) Gubatum, for the price of a field, received.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 073

1. 2(aš)? [n (gur of)] white barley, 2. 1 barig of large pulses (chickpeas), 3. 1 barig of beer-bread, 4. 2 barig of malt, 5. 20 zinatum (palm-frond ribs), 6. 5 šulīpum, 7. 4 bubu-wood (implements), 8. 2 kum.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 075

1. [Th]us (says) 2. [Zu]zu: 3. to Pususu — 4. from 5. [Šu]-ilišu 6. [...] 3(?) shekels of bronze 7. let him take, 8. [and to ...] 9. let him give (it).

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 077

1. 3 barig 2 ban of <barley> — Mu-[...]-sa-[...]; 2. 2 barig 2 ban of barley for consumption — 3. Aḫrium; 4. 4 (gur) 3 barig of barley in the sag-gal (gur-measure) — 5. Banium. 6. Barley of the (interest-bearing) loan. 7. Bēlī-bara: 8. expended (issued).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 079

(obv.) 1. 2 gur of barley in the sag-gal measure — 2. Pū'a; 3. 1 gur of barley in the sag-gal measure — 4. Ukāli: 5. (it is) a ḫubuttum-loan. 6. 3 barig 4 ban of barley, that of day 1; 7. 3 barig of barley, 8. that of day 2; 9. 3 barig of <barley>, that of day 3; 10. 3 ban of <barley> — Bubu. 11. The cupbearer to 12. Guda'im 13. brought (it).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 080

1. 1 gur 2 barig first-quality barley: 2. Aḫī-ṭāb, 3. the scribe. 4. 5 gur first-quality barley 5. Warad-Ea 6. brought (here). 7. 3(?) gur [+ ...] first-quality barley 8. Bubu 9. brought (here). 10. [... gur] first-quality barley 11. [Ī]tum-ilum(?) 12. brought (here).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 084

Silver: 3 1/2 small shekels, 1 sheep, 1 (measure of) first-quality barley — (from/for) Iwir-mupi, son of Ea-kal: ME-nin-su-AN, his mother, received (it).

Economy·Daily Life

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 087

1. [...(number lost)...] barley (in the) sag-gal₂ (gur measure), 2. in Dimti ("the tower"): 3. Kalbum. 4. 75 (gur) barley (in the) sag-gal₂ measure: 5. Burzum. 6. 150 (gur) barley (in the) sag-gal₂ measure: 7. Inimmum. 8. Delivery.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 088

16 1/2 shekels of silver Bēlī-lī, the steward, received. 240 less 10 (= 230) gur of barley (in the measure) of Agade, expenditure; old barley.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 091

1. Nunu, 2. Lugal-niglulua: 3. his tablet (ṭuppaśu?) 4. in Akuzum[...] 5. ... reed(?) ... (illegible sign) 6. in Lakuri. 7. Lamanam(?) / the bad one(?) 8. Kubigi(?) 9. Thus (says) 10. Amur-ilum 11. to [......]

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 092

1. 3 ban: Pusu-su 2. 3 ban: Puzur-suni 3. 3 ban: Ilum-bani 4. 3 ban: Malasu(?) 5. 3 ban: Šu-Ma[ma] 6. 3 ban: Puzur-[...]

~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.

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