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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 072

Obverse/Reverse (no section markers given in the source): 1. 16 (units of) ghee, 2. 8 sza3-du10 goats: 3. (this) is of Urni. 4. It is the deficit of the assigned (goods); 5. it is outstanding against him. 6. 3 (units of) ghee, 7. 8 sza3-du10 goats: 8. (this) is of Amar-abzu. 9. Deficit 10. of the assigned (goods); 11. it is outstanding against him.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 076

1. 3 ban (Sargonic measure) of dabin-flour; 2. 3 ban 5 sila of zigu-flour; 3. 2 ban of flour for 'head' bread; 4. 4 ban of zatum-flour; 5. one-third (sila) of zikum-flour: 6. regular offering (sa-du).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 078

Obverse(?) 1. 7 kaš(?) (and) 13 minas of wool 2. for the rations of the servants; 3. 40 minas of wool: 4. Rubātum; 5. 40 minus 1 (= 39) minas 6. for guzi-garments: 7. Isarum.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 079

Obverse/Reverse (sections not marked in the source): 1. Laya: 2. 2 copper sickles; 3. Ilu-ilum (written I-lu₅-DINGIR): 4. 3 copper sickles; 5. Ṭāb-aḫī: 6. 1 copper sickle. 7. ki-bi ir-da-ba-an (meaning uncertain; perhaps 'their place/replacement' plus a verb or personal name Irdaban); 8. not received (lā maḫirūtum).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 080

1. 3 gur 4 barig of barley, 2. purchase (price): 6 shekels of silver, 3. for the purchase (from/by) Ilum-nāṣir, 4. Eštar-qar(?) (and) Abu-su-IM(?). 5. 4 gur 4 barig of barley, 6. [...]-x. 7. Old barley, that of the granary 8. of the elders(?). (End of supplied text)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 083

Obverse(?) 1. 20 (gur) barley: x-[...] 2. [...]-ru-[...]; 3. 6 gur barley: DIN-A-x-[...]; 4. 6 gur barley: Ilal-[...]; 5. 4 gur barley: Dingir-kugal; 6. 2 gur barley: Išmagi. 7. Total: 38 gur barley, 8. hubu[...] (loan?), 9. of Warad-[...] / of the servant [...].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 085

1. 15 gur of barley: 2. purchase price (paid to?) Ur-gu, the maltster. 3. 10 (gur): Ur-PA, son of Lugal-karra-utuku. 4. 10 (gur) 2 barig: Sila-ta(?), 5. son of Zamu-sag-NI-NI. 6. 4 (gur) minus 1 barig: the wife 7. of Lugal-uma, 8. Irani(?). 9. [...] (They are) fattened(?) pigs, (barley) fed (to them).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 088

1 shekel of silver: Šu-ilda; 2 (shekels): Ur-Inanna; 1 (shekel): Bar-ene; 1 (shekel): Ur-šagake; 2/3 (shekel) ma(?): Lugal-nig-bara-du, the silversmith; 1 (shekel): Dada; 1/6 (shekel): Ba-anda; 1 (shekel): Mani.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 089

1. 4 oxen, 2. 1 its plow; 3. 1 (man): U-da, 4. head of the plow (team); 5. 1 (man): U-u, 6. (driver) of the oxen. 7–8. To be added to the tablet of the plow (teams). 9. Month: 'Festival of eating malt' (ezem-munu-gu), 10. (when) 3(?) days had passed.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 100

Obverse/Reverse (no side division marked in source): 1. 1 equid (dusu), 2. 1 male equid (dusu), 3 (years old?); 3. their silver: 13 shekels, 2 small minas. 4. Gala-sipa (or: the gala, the shepherd) — 5. Nin-ura 6. received (it) as their purchase price. 7. Ezi 8. weighed (it) out. 9. [...] barley, shekel(s) of silver. 10. 1: Alulu, 11. 1: Papa, wife of Tirku: 12. they are its witnesses. 13. At that time, barley: (for) 1 shekel of silver, 3 ban (= 30 sila) 14. was measured out.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 103

Obverse (?) 1. 2 gur 2 barig of barley: it is (barley) of/for silver. 2. 2 barig: for KUM.KU, 3. from the king's son (or: the prince). 4. 2 barig: the wife of Dugani. 5. 2 barig: Nin-nigzu. 6. 2 barig: Lugal-nigzu. 7. 2 barig: GANG-abzu. 8. 2 barig: Ur-Enlila. 9. [2 barig]: Lugala. 10. 2 barig: Amar-ezem. 11. 1 barig: Ur-PA, 12. son of Ur-sisi. 13. 1 gur: ARAD?-e, son of x-e.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 107

1. E-nam, the chair-bearer, 2. with Ur-zu, the chair-bearer, 3. concerning the slave-woman of Bēlī-dan, 4. that they will not reverse (the matter), 5. swore by the king's name. 6. 1 (person): Ur-ab, the physician; 7. 1: Dada, the cupbearer, overseer; 8. 1: E-uri, 9. the fuller; 10. 1: Lu-dingira, 11. son of Lugal-da, shepherd of the donkeys of Lugal-KA; 12. 1: Šešše, 13. son of Ursag, shepherd of the donkeys of Lugal-KA: 14. they are the witnesses.

Law·Daily Life

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 109

Obverse/Reverse (no section division given in the source): 1. 2 mother goats (nanny goats), 2. 2 kids, 3. 4 sila of ghee, 4. 4 (units) of goat hair: 5. Ur-Utu, the shepherd, 6. i3-da-šex (has agreed / is in charge of them with him). 7. (Period:) 6 years, 3 months.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 110

Obverse (?) 1. [...]-ka 2. 120 (loaves of) bread; 1 barig 1 ban; 1 ban beer; 1 barig 1 ban; 1 ban beer, 5 ban; 3. 2 ban beer, 3 ban: Ibni-šarrum. 4. 60 (loaves of) bread; 1 ban beer, 5 ban; 1 ban beer, 3 ban: 5. Šeš-šeš. 6. 60 (loaves of) bread; 1 ban beer, 5 ban; 1 ban beer, 3 ban: 7. U-barrum. 8. 60 (loaves of) bread; 1 ban beer, 5 ban; 1 ban beer, [n ban] (name lost or omitted). 9. 30 (loaves of) bread; 1 ban beer, 5 ban: I-mi-Utu. 10. [Total]: 510 (loaves of) bread, 50 du8-loaves (?); 11. [...] bread; 1 barig 1 ban 2 (?); 2 ban beer, 5 ban, (in) jars; 12. [...] 1 ban beer, 3 ban, (in) jars…

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MVN 03, 114

2 gur4-gur4 (jars) of beer: (for) the man of Beli-ursag. 1 gur4-gur4 (jar) of beer: (for) Ur-sa, the man of Ur-nim. 1 gur4-gur4 (jar) of beer: (for) the man of Lugal-ezem. Total: 1 jar (dug) (and) 1 gur4-gur4 (jar) of beer, expended. Utu-lu.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

NM 44.0016

1. 30 gur of flour(?) [......] 2. 1 gur 2 barig of A-flour; 3. 12 large u3; 4. 6(?) small u3; 5. 8 u3-suh5 (fir?) of the ubara'u(?); 6. 240 bar-si-cloths (4 × 60); 7. 12 ma-[x]; 8. 18 (lit. 20 minus 2) (units of) red wool; 9. that which belongs to the magur-boat 10. and NI-NI, 11. from 12. Du11-ga-me(?)-AN-til-la-bi, 13. son of the lady (or: sister) of Ur-ega.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

NM 44.0017

1 gur 3 barig of barley, (by the measure of) Agade; 1 ban of imgaga (emmer) flour; 1 ban of groats; (for) Wadarum. x (units) of barley [......]; (for) Dumu-mešar: 1 gur of barley, 2 barig of dabin-flour, 1 ban of dabin-flour, sa (quality/processing uncertain), 1 (unit) of aromatics, 1 shekel of silver, 1 sila of oil.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

NMS A.1978.439

Obverse / Reverse (no section markers supplied in the source) 1. [60?] (loaves of) bread, 1 (jar of) beer, 1 barig 1 ban (capacity) jug(s); 2. 120? (units of) beer, 4-ban jug(s): 3. Ur-Nintu. 4. 60 (loaves of) bread, (for the) table?: Šu-ilīsu. 5. 60: Lu-lugal-pa'e. 6. 60: the boatman. 7. 4: the Amorite singer(s). 8. 5/6: the man of the steppe. 9. 20 minus 2 (= 18): the men of the (large) cargo-boat, bread from ...[x]... 10. Total: 3×60 + 30 + 4 (= 214) (loaves of) bread, 50? baked; 11. 1? (jar of) beer, 1? barig (n) jug(s); 12. 1 (jar of) beer, flour, jug; 13. 4 ban 3? sila of Akkad-flour; 14…

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

NMS A.1978.440

1. 3 gur 1 barig 4 ban 7 sila of dabin-flour, (measured by the) sag-gal₂ gur; 2. 1 gur 2 barig 3 ban 1 sila of fine flour; 3. 3 gur 3 ban 4 ½(?) sila of groats, gur; 4. 1 gur 3 barig 2 ban of beer-bread, gur; 5. 1 gur 2 barig 2 sila of ba-ba malt, gur; 6. 2(?) gur 2 ban 8 ½(?) sila of malt, gur; 7. flour (and) malt, which went out from the city; 8. labour of 4 days; 9. (at) the Ipa'e canal; 10. received.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

NMSA 3650

Obverse/Reverse (no section markers given in the source): 1. Sesame oil, (by the) Sumerian sila: 2. Enlil-mes (received an unstated amount); 3. 1 sila, Sumerian (measure): 4. NI.TUKU-gal. 5. Lugal-pada 6. (was) its commissioner. 7. Year 2, month 8.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

NYPLC 348

Obverse/Reverse (no section markers in source): 1. Lugal-kisal(?), 2. son of E-u'e, 3. the merchant: 4. 35 workmen; 5. Adab(?): 6. 25 workmen; 7. [...]-x-lugal [... (workman/workmen)]; 8. Total: 61 workmen. 9. Lugal-sigar, 10. the elder (ad-da) of the city, took charge (of them).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OAIC 01

Obverse/Reverse (no side division supplied): 1. 1 (person): Ili-gal, the temple administrator (sanga); 2. 1: Zuzu; 3. 1: Ilulu; 4. 1: Enamra; 5. 1: Ḫulium; 6. 1: Ilala; 7. [1]: Ea-ili; 8. 1: Dan-ili. 9. Total: 10 less 2 (= 8), witnesses 10. (that) Mututu 11. the house to Ilum-azu 12. conveyed (by measuring out).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OAIC 03

1. Egi, 2. the one of Tabsiga; 3. Ešdar-šadu; 4. Warad-Inanna; 5. Mašum, 6. son of Maštum: 7. the witnesses. 1 barig of barley 8. Gi-nunu 9. to Dar-etum 10. gave. 11. Female slave: Ibbubu.

~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.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 033

[n sila3 of] fine oil; [n sila3 of] garlic — Gu-zi, the uz-ga official; 1 sila3 of pig fat — Da-[di], steward of the [temple]; [...] for/to [...]; [came / was brought ...], [...] (it) was given to him.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 034

1 sila of pig fat — Da-si, donkey herder. Sarru-bani. 1 sila of pig fat, 1 [unit of] bitumen [as] household ration — A-ḫu-mu-pi, temple steward.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 035

1 sila3 of lard — the man (who is) the szabra of the house; 1 sila3 (for) Pu-zu-zu, the man (who is) the szabra of the house, (and) commissioner of the grain boats; 5 sila3 (for) the junior officer (lu2-banda3), son of A[...]-zi; 1/3 sila3 of bitumen — (classified as) drawn oil: such is its designation. Month: Šu-gar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 037

3 (jars of) prime pig-fat — (for) Ur-supa-sikil, the cupbearer: he gave (it) to him. 1 (jar of) prime pig-fat — [...]-tu returned, [...]-šè, Ani-ni (?), chief herald of the king — Lugal-alsa: its bailiff. 1 (jar of) prime oil, 5 (units of) donkey hide — was processed.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 039

8 [+ n sila of] oil [from] Agade — thereof: 1 sila of oil: Adda, estate steward, bailiff [x x]; 1 sila of oil: Dadi, bailiff of gesz-ki-[x] — oil disbursed. Month: sheep-shearing [month].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 040

1 sila of sesame oil from Agade — (for) I-gaz-bara2, [man of the] king; [...] ... [...] [...] Im-ši-gen-na. 1 sila of sesame oil from Agade — Šu-Aštakkal, man of [...]na; mu-da-[...]; oil expended. [Month:] nig2-kiri6.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 041

2 gurdub-baskets of dates, 3 ban2 [each]; Zu-zu, inspector, [of] grain — 5 gurdub-baskets of dates, 3 ban2 [each]; Igunum, inspector — Lú-dula to Agade brought.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 042

4 gur 3 ban2 of dates — 30 gurdub-baskets; was given. To Amur-um, to Agade, he gave to him. 3 ban2 of dates — first-cut [dates]; was brought. 3 ban2 (to) Uri-Enlil, 3 ban2 (to) Ur-Dumuzi-da: he gave to them.

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