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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 1, 154

(Beginning broken) 1. [...] beer 2. (for) the potter 3. [... the] overseer (nu-banda) 4. [... Ur]-sag 5. [... Ur]-[ašgi] 6. 2 (measures): Puzur-Eštar 7. 1 (measure): Sig-e(?) 8. 1 (measure): Šu-ili[šu] 9. 1 (measure): Lu-u 10. (of) Umma 11. 1 (measure): Lu-lugal 12. 1 (measure): Ide-de 13. 1 (measure): [...] 14. [Its total]: 15. [...] beer

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 001

Obverse 1. [2]4 jars of [wine], 2. [1]0+20 (= 30) jars of honey/syrup, 3. 20 gurdub-baskets of iš₁₁(-fruit), 4. 20 gurdub-baskets of lam(-nuts), 5. [...] ĝeš-[ri ...], 6. (for/of) Enlil 7. (of) Nippur. 8. 3 jars of wine, 9. 5 jars of honey/syrup. 10. Total: 35 jars of honey/syrup(?). 11. [Total:] 45 gurdub-baskets of iš₁₁(-fruit). 12. [Total:] 45 gurdub-baskets of lam(-nuts). 13. [Total: n+]3 dal-vessels of ...-[...].

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 007

1. 12 sheep; 20 minus 5 (= 15) (portions of) meat; 2. 2 gešʾu 4 geš minus 5 (= 1,435) sila of soup; 3. 2 gešʾu minus 17 (= 1,183) split fish; 4. 3 gur 3 barig minus 1 ban of dried fish; 5. 3 geš 50 minus 1 (= 229) bundles of greens; 6. 4 ban 2 sila of salt; 7. 8 geš 40 (= 520) jars of beer; 8. 15 gur of dates; 9. 1 gur of apples.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 010

1. Ititi, (the man) of the sukkal (envoy); 2. [...], the overseer (nu-banda); 3. [...] (of) the city gate; 4. [n (measures of) barley ... each]; 5. 5 [sila of dried fish each]; 6. 1/2 [sila of salt each]; 7. 64 [...]; 8. [...] mu-sar; 9. [...]...-lim; 10. 60 [...] gim; 11. [...]-galla (the bailiff); 12. [...] (rest broken)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 015

1. [...] ... [...] 2. 1 Ki-num-[...] 3. 1 He-li-[...] 4. 1 I-šar-...-[...] 5. 1 I-ku-num 6. 1 Be-li-an-dul 7. 1 Lugal-[...] 8. 1 I-šar-be-[li] 9. 1 Ti-uš?-[...] 10. 1 Er-[...] 11. Total: 10? [...] 12. [...] (rest broken)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 019

1. 7 shekels less one-quarter (shekel) of kirrat-gold, 2. (that) belonging to 1 right arm and 1 left thigh; 3. (this is) the total in hand. 4. Delivery. 5. For the ṣibtu of 1 Bani-la, the junior gudu-priest, 6. Puzrum 7. received (it).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 020

1. [...] shekels of gold 2. [...] 3. [...] shekels 4. [1] arm and 1 [left] thigh, 5. for 1 face of a small(?) laḫmu(-figure): 6. Adda-ki 7. delivery; 8. he received.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 023

1. [n mi]nas [...] small minas 2. [...] ...-da 3. [n minas] 10 minus 1 shekels 4. [...] ...-li 5. [Total: x] 1/3(?) mina [...] 1(?) small mina of gold 6. [for ...] Ušumgal, the male 7. [...] ...

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 024

1. 8 bison(-figures) (kusarikkū), 2. 2 laḫmu-figures (laḫmān), 3. (of) gold — 4. Išmuṭu(?) 5. and Ikbari 6. fastened (them). 7. 8 copper bases (for) ... (GAN₂).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 025

1. 2 silver manufactured objects (nig₂-dim₂) of the GAN₂-type, 2. 2 tusān(-objects) of silver, 3. 4 belts of silver, 4. 6 dal-vessels of silver, 5. [...] ... of silver, 6. [1] ...-GIR-... of silver; 7. [its silver]: 6(?) talents 20 minas. 8. [...] 9. [...] 10. in the house of ... [...] 11. [...]-mati-..., the small(er) one, 12. they are (present).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 026

(obverse) 1. [For x] laḫmu [...] 2. 40 talents 15 mi[nas] 3. for 6 large brick-[sets?] [...] 4. [...] talents 32 mi[nas] 5. 6 ... [...] 6. 20(?) [...] 7. 10(?) [...] 8. 24 ... [...] 9. 3 [...] (rest destroyed)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 027

(Beginning destroyed) 1. [...] shekels of copper 2. [for x] urakkum(s) of the ration (allotment), 3. those of 1 reed each; 4. [n] mina(s) 4 shekels of copper 5. [for ...]matum; 6. [n mi]na(s) 6 shekels of copper 7. [for 1] large urakkum; 8. [... for ... urakkum(s)] small. (rest destroyed)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 028

1. 10 less 1 (= 9) ganūnu 2. for 1 apsasītum (water-buffalo figure) of the bolt; 3. 10 less 1 (= 9) ganūnu 4. for 1 apsasītum (water-buffalo figure) of the bolt; 5. 3 ganūnu 6. for the peg(s); 7. 2 ganūnu 8. for the small ones; 9. 1 ganūnum 10. for the support (and) 1 fitting of the city gate. 11. Third (tablet), following.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 029

1. 13½ ganūnu 2. for 1 bolt (of/with) a dragon, 3. 1½ ganūnu 4. for the saḫartum, 5. 5 ganūnu 6. for pegs. 7. The sixth (entry), following in sequence.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 030

[F]or 1 ... [...]: 4 ga[nūnu]; for 1 ... [...]: 3½ ga[nūnu]; for 1 ... [...]: 4½ [ganūnu]; for 1 [...]: 4 ga[nūnu]; for 1 wooden bo[lt ...]: 3½ ga[nūnu]; for 1 wooden [bolt ...]: [nth (item), second (grade) / adjoining].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 031

(Beginning not preserved in the given text) 1. The 22nd [(section), following (us2)]: 2. 630(+?) [talents (gu2)]; 3. the 23rd (section), [following]: 4. 640 talents; 5. the 24th (section), [following]: 6. 635 talents. (rest not given)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 053

1. [1]: Lugal-nidba'e, 2. 1: Nin-igara (the scribe wrote GA for gara₂), 3. 2: E-sar; 4. 3 iku of field: Ati-[ḫi]; 5. the U.ŠA (plot) is (that) of Adda; 6. the ka of the dusu-[...] 7. he has set (it) aside / left (it) out.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 056

1. 1 eše of field, 2. field in which (the field called) Ab-za-[na] is located (lit. 'the Ab-za-[na] field that is there'), 3. its purchase price: 4. 1/3 (shekel? / mina?) of silver. 5. Ḫe-[šer]-da 6. 1 [......] 7. [......] 8. 1 Lugal-ša(?) 9. 1 Lugal-[......]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 066

1. 1 [...] 2. 10(?) en-[...] 3. 1 barig of ab-zana(?) 4. 3 iku of field (at) KA-ki[mdu] 5. 2 e-šar (house-plots?) 6. 5 male [slaves] 7. 2 female [slaves] 8. property of Lugal-[KA]-gi[na], 9. the merch[ant]; 10. it is [on hand].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

OSP 2, 067

1. 4 iku [of field], 2. field of Ab-za[na], 3. is present (there). 4. 3 iku of field, 5. (at) Kimdua, 6. is present (there). 7. [2] e₂-šar (house-plots?), 8. 5 male slaves, 9. [2] female slaves — 10. the |U.ŠA| (holdings?) of Lugal-inimgina, 11. (this is) that of the merchant; 12. it is present/available.

~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-[...]-[...]

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