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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAH 16291

1. 4 bur₃ 4 iku of field, kankal-land (hard, uncultivated ground), 2. (this is) the field of the god; 3. 2 bur₃ 1½ iku of field, 4. (this is) the field of U₂-du (the shepherd); 5. 6 bur₃ 5½ iku of field, kankal-land — 6. (this is) the great field.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAH 16670

1. 3 barig 3 ban 2½ sila of dabin-flour (coarse barley flour), 2. 4 ban ⅓ (sila) of fine gu-flour, 3. 2 ban 6½ sila of first-quality flour (for) bread, 4. 2 ban of milled barley, 5. 5 ban 4⅔ (sila) of sig-flour (fine/yellow flour), 6. 5 sila of GI-flour, tablet(?); 7. (these are the) regular provisions (sa₂-du₁₁). 8. Month: "Festival of Baba"; 9. the 24th(?) day having passed.

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

MCS 9, 230

1. 1 gur of barley (in the measure) of Agade — 2. the household administrator (šabra); 3. 1 gur of barley — 4. the chief scribe; 5. 1 gur of barley — 6. the land registrar; 7. 1 gur of barley — 8. the temple administrator (sanga) of [...]; (Break) 9. Total: 14 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley (in the measure) of Agade. 10. Barley of the men of the storehouse, 11. to be brought out 12. to me. 13. 3 years (?).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 231

1. 35 bur, 2 eše, 3½ iku of field 2. in the irrigation district of Edur-GAGa the Greater; 3. 34 bur of field 4. in the irrigation district of Edur-GAGa the Lesser; 5. 30 bur of field 6. [in the district of ......] Inanna. 7. He holds (it) (/ Tukal). 8. Gališ-[nu]-ide: 9. delivery.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 239

1. 4 gešʾu (= 240) gur of barley, (in the) sag-gal₂ (standard measure): 2. Ur-sag of Agade; 3. 3 šušana 10 (= 190) gur of barley: 4. Un-il, the household administrator (šabra); 5. 60 gur of barley: 6. Tir-ku, the lapidary (zadim); 7. 60 gur of barley: 8. Dada (of the temple of) Nindara — 9. barley of the sagaz(-people); 10. 10 gur of barley: 11. Ur-abzu, son of Suru. 12. Total: 560 gur of barley, (in the) sag-gal₂ (standard measure). 13. [Barley] booked out (expended); 14. Lugal-entarsu. 15. [n] years, 6 months.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 240

1. 5(gešʾ2) (= 300) gur of barley, (in the measure) of Agade, 2. 1(gešʾ2) 3(u) (= 90) gur of dried fish, 3. 3(u) (= 30) gur of salt, 4. 4(u) (= 40) jars of lard, 5. 1(gešʾu) 5(gešʾ2) (= 900) small brick-molds, 6. 4(u) (= 40) gur of straw — 7. (from) Umma, 8. Na'id-maḫ, the scribe, 9. took away. 10. Year 2, month 7(?).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 250

1 sheep: Dada, the merchant; 1 sheep: Inim-Šara, the farmer — Nigar (was) the bailiff. 1 sheep: Nin-gu; 1 sheep: Nin-... — Nimgir-kiag (was) the bailiff. 1 sheep: Nigar, the merchant — Lu-Šara (was) the bailiff. 1 sheep: Ur-lu — Nigar (was) the bailiff. Case closed (di til-la).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 251

1. Thus (says) 2. the chief household administrator of the house(hold) 3. to Mesag: 4. 11 jugs of 1 ban (each) of cow's butter, 5. 20 jugs of 2 ban (each) of ghee, 6. 3 gur 1 barig of cheese — 7. to Dada, 8. [which(?)] Iddi-Erra 9. [t]o(?) the uzga(-establishment) 10. shall give. 11. Enuri, 12. the scribe. 13. Delivery. 14. [n] year(s), 7 month(s).

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 252

1. Ur-Utu — 2. (this is) what he says: 3. to Šeš-šeš-mu 4. speak! 5. [A]gade — it is the king('s)! 6. A man of Agade 7. must not be killed. 8. To the place where the servants are to be returned 9. let a man be sent back. 10. [n years, n months]

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 254

1. 60 breads, 1 ban of 5-ban beer; 2. 1 ban of 3-ban beer (per) gur — Banum; 3. 2 ban of beer — Imtalik; 4. [1 ban] of 5-ban beer — Ilī-aḫī; 5. [1 ban(?) of beer], 1 barig 1 ban(?); 1 ban of 3-ban beer — 6. Šar-ruru; 7. [Total: 60] breads, 50 baked(?); 8. [1 ban of beer], 1 barig 1 ban — [jug(s)]; 9. 1 (jug): 1 ban of 5-ban beer — jug; 10. 2 ban of 3-ban beer — jug; 11. 1 ban 2 sila of Agade-flour; 12. 1 barig 5 ban less 1 sila of barley for beer; 13. [...] month, day 7.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 257

1. 2 barig 4 ban of dabin-flour (by the) Agade (standard) 2. — Lu-u; 3. 1 ban — Mama-hursag; 4. 1 barig 1 ban 5 sila 5. — Libur. 6. Total: 4 barig 5 sila of dabin-flour (by the) Agade (standard). 7. 2nd year, 7th day.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 258

1. 1 [šar of field ...] 2. 2 ban ... KA [of barley?] 3. its field (area): [49 šar]; 4. 4 gur 2 ban of emmer, (measured in) the saggal-gur, correct (measure), 5. barley threshed (lit. 'beaten with the stick'), 6. (from) the irrigated tract of the field La-tur 7. (and) the field of (the god) Šara. 8. Dada (son of?) Ninkalla; 9. Adda-tur, 10. the granary supervisor, received (it). 11. Ur-teš was the bailiff (maškim).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 260

1. 1 silver ḫar-ring of ḫulla(-type), (weighing) 1 mina, 2. 1 gú-lagab garment (with) sil[ver], 3. its weight: 1 mina, 4. 1 našpa[r]um-garment, 5. 2 bala-garments, 6. 1 chariot, 7. 1 kunga-equid, 8. 4 donkey neck-cloths, 9. 4 blinkers, 10. 1 šakkan-flask of fine oil, 11. 1 (pair of) sandals, é-ba(-type), 12. gift of Bē[lī]-galzu, 13. the man of Dudu. 14. 1(?) [...]-abni: 1 (pair of) sandals, 15. 1 garment (for) the soldier (aga-ús).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 261

1. 1(iku)(?) of UD-land, [n] of UD-land(?) — 2. (for) Amar-su; 3. 1(eše) of barley(-land), 1(bur) of [UD-land] — 4. (for) En-anatum; 5. ½(iku) of barley(-land), 1(iku) ½(iku) of UD-land — 6. (for) Lu-Šara. 7. Total: 1(eše) 1(iku) ½(iku) of barley field, 8. the "long field" of white barley; 9. field of the courier (sukkal), field not worked (uncultivated); 10. the irrigated district of the Gu-edina; 11. Nigar(-)gusur — (where) the (measuring) cord was drawn; 12. 5 years, 3 months.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 9, 262

1. 1 kid (young goat), 2. 5 split fish, 3. 600 giri-us fish: 4. (for) the governor (ensi) of Uruk. 5. 1 mountain sheep, 6. 10 minus 1 (= 9) duck eggs, 7. 80 split fish, 8. 300 giri-us fish: 9. (for) the pašeš-priest of Uruk.

~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.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 043

12 gur of dates, 120 gur-dub baskets — delivered; as interest [given] to the launderer, to Akkad, was given to him. [n] dates, [n gur-dub baskets] — delivered; Puzur-Ilaba. 2 barig 3 ban2 of dates, 5 gur-dub baskets — delivered; the lamentation-singer, boat-puller. 1 barig of dates, 2 gur-dub baskets — deliv[ered]; Zu-zu, the commissioner, [for] barley.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 044

[n (barig of)] dates [...]-x-x [n (for)] Lugal-itida [n (for)] Ur-mes 1 barig — Ka-[x] 2 barig — Amur-um 1 barig 2 ban — Giri-gen-na, šabra of the household 3 ban — Igi-si4 Total: 1 gur 3 barig 1 ban of dates [...] kal# [...] [...] x x

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 045

5 ban2 of dates — a gurdub-basket, times 1. 3 ban2 — Bad-di-NE. 3 ban2 — Amurum. [n ban2] — Ti-[...] [...] [...] 2 ban2 [n] — Ur-[...]-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 047

1 (asz-unit) — Lu-Inanna 1 (unit) — Gissu 1 (asz-unit) — Il 1 (asz-unit) — Lugal-nita-zi, 1 (additional unit) Lugal-an-dul[...(?)] [n] — Igi-si4 [n] — Gissu [n] — Lugal-nita-zi, 1 (additional unit) [n] — Lugal-nam-mah, 1 (additional unit) 1 (asz-unit) — Lu-banda, 2 (additional units) 1 (asz-unit) — Ur-Utu, 2 (additional units) [n] — Igi-si4 [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 048

[...] x [...] [...]-Inanna, 2 Amar-edina, 2 Gissu, 2 Lugal-geš, 2 Ur-erra, 2 Ur-gu, 1 Lugal-nig: Total: 12 [carriers?]. Giri-gen-na, šabra of the estate. 2 Lugal-geš, 3 Gissu, 1 [n] Amar-edina, [n] Gissu, 2 Lugal-geš.

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Lippmann Coll 051

[n] dates, basket(s) — [ti]mes 1; 2 ban2 of dates — times 2; 1 ban2 of dates, 1 ban2 of apples, basket(s) — times 3; 2 ban2 of split fish, basket(s) — times 4; for Amur-um, [it was] given to him.

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Lippmann Coll 052

2 prime-quality sheep 30 dates — in gurdub baskets 30 fish — in gurdub baskets 5 pure garlic — in gurdub baskets [For the] 1st [time] — month: Šuba-nun 2 [+n] prime-quality sheep 30 dates — in gurdub baskets 10 fish — in gurdub baskets 5 pure garlic — in gurdub baskets [For the] 2nd time Month: Barley-harvest For Amurrum: it was given to him.

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