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Akkadian Empire

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Lippmann Coll 090

1 GUR [...] A-aš₂-[...] 1 jar, minus 2 sila, of oil — the sanga-priest of Ašgi; 15 sila of oil for Ur-er[...]: (the oil) was distributed. Ur-Su: his commissioner. 1 jar — Ur-Ur; Ga-eš₈, A-rum₂-[x]: was delivered.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 092

[n] oil jar(s), 2⅓ sila [each] — Nam-mahni. 1 oil jar — Nimgir-abzu. 1 oil jar, 2⅓ sila — Iggi. 11 sila of oil — Karkar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 096

1 jar of sesame oil — its price: 2 shekels of silver; 1 garment of [nig2-su] type — its price: ½ shekel of silver. His title: scribe — Lugal-itida. (He/she) gave [it] to him.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 098

1 sze-du10 1 poplar 4 u3-suh5 — [belonging to] his eminence 1 poplar — orchard of Urtu-asz8gi4 2 sze-du10 — orchard of asz8-gi4 6 sze-du10 — orchard of Enlil

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 099

3 hum-trees (and) mes-trees, 10 zarda-trees, lying, [garden of] Ur-Gibil(?): 2 asznan-gam(-trees), small, 2 cedar, bordering, [garden of] Ur-Ninpirig: 3 cedar, bordering — Ur-su: 2 hum-trees (and) mes-trees — Ur-sudda: 2 [...]-ma trees — Lugal-karre: the ab-[...]-tree — it is its name.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 103

[x+]42 [bundles of] large reeds; [x+]27 bundles of small reeds. Lugal-ma-gur8, man of Ur, who brought (them). Lugal-a-mu, governor. Month: Šu-gar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 106

8 bundles of reeds — Lu-Inanna, the reed-craftsman, delivered. 6 — Inim-mani-zi delivered. Total: 14 bundles of reeds, returned to hand. [Credited to] Enlil-la, the man of the reed thicket. Month: Akiti.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 111

1,230 (units of) twisted thread — (for the) chief lamentation priest. 990 (units of) twisted thread — (for) Ezi; Karkar — (under the) overseer of the chief lamentation priests. The thread: it is a deficit. Month: Ab-éziga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 112

60 [talents of] thread — [for the] chief lamentation priest; 20 — Ulux-di-gal; 33 — E2-zi; 10 — Lugal-itida, son of Ur-ga; 10 — Lugal-itida, son of Utu-a; [10] — Ur-dam [...]; Total: 143 [talents of] thread. [These are] the thread workers — ba-ḫa (distributed/issued?), it was given to them.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 115

2,190 (bundles of) twisted cord — its weight: 40 talents; stone weight: 1 talent each. To the lord it was given. For the primary tablet. Month: še-sag₁₁-ku₅-a.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 116

86 [bundles of] thread-cord — from stone[-weight] minas, 2 minas' [worth], was weighed out. To the lord was given to him. The thread is in his hand — was disbursed. Month: [barley-]harvest.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 118

120 gu [sa] Ur-a, the nubanda; 30: Ur-ašgi, the assigned man; 120: Kin-gal; 600: the chief scribe — received / returned. Adda is the scribe.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 119

5 talents (and) 7 minas of wool — wool that was brought into the storehouse (é-níg-gur₁₁-ra); it is the governor's wool. Lugal-amu weighed it out for him. Month: Du₆-kù.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 125

168 garments — outstanding balance [from] personal property; 176 garments — personal property. Total: 344 garments — personal property. Garments of the quay — they are present. Garments of the palace — they are present.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 130

40 nig2-la2 garments — nig2-su-a [type] 1 basket — in stock 30 [...] 1 basket — [in stock] 30[+?] [...] 1 basket — in stock 35 nig2-la2 garments 1 basket — in stock 70 šà-ga-dù garments 1 basket — in stock 80 šà-ga-dù garments 10 nig2-la2 garments 1 basket — [in stock]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 135

2 garments of šagadu-type — [for the] governor 2 garments of šage-dab-type — [for the] governor Ur-Šupa-sikil gave to him [Total: n garment(s),] various [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 136

[...] x [...] garment(s)?, delivery/rotation [...] its weight: 18 minas, [1]0(?) shekels x x [...] [x] x [...] [...] 4 mi[nas] [...] [...] was given to him/her [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 146

60 sheep hides, sealed at the opening — Ki-ni-du₁₀, [x x], at Adab gave to him. The hide of Ur-su was brought from Nita-me-me. [It was] drawn/issued. Month: Mu-tir. For the king.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 147

233 sheep hides — first installment; 22 sheep hides — [second installment]; to Munira [lit. 'for his account'], it was given to him. Month: šu-gar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 151

[20+n] sheep hide(s) — 1st time; 29 hide(s) — 2nd [time]; [n+]2 sheep hide(s); 64 bar-dul5 garments — weaver(s); [at] the treasury: is registered. Month: Ab-e3. 3rd time.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 152

(20 minus 2), times [1] 8 times 2 [total] existing 8 leatherworkers 6 workers of Inanna 24 [x] [x] therefrom 6 workers of Inanna 8 leatherworkers 2 — mu-ni

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 153

3 1/3 mana of quality refined [commodity] — its silver (value): 6 2/3 shekels; 1 2/3 mana of copper — its silver (value): 2 1/2 [shekels]. Total: 9 shekels, 1/6 (shekel). Ur-Inanna, the merchant, delivered (it). Month: Barley Harvest.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 156

1 [item/person] — tukul[(?)], [set right(?)], Ur-e2-dam, Lu-dun-a, Ur-a2; 1 temple administrator (sanga) of Asz8-gi4; [1?] Ha-zi-gula, Lugal-[x]-zi; 1 Ha-zi, Urua — he/she gave it to him/her. Month: Du6-ku3 (the Holy Mound).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 157

35[?] long timbers — new wood. 31 long timbers — old wood; wood [given as] replacement. 37 stripped timbers. 240 pegs. 60 pegs without tips. [Deposited in] the storehouse of accumulated goods: on record. Month: barley-harvest.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 158

75 caps, old caps. 60 baskets in stock (available). 42 new caps, 5 old caps. Copper — the work (is) finished. 17 (i.e. 20 minus 3) spear-shafts (long-wood) — (for) the Emah. 35 spear-shafts, 31 old shafts (wood) — (for) the storehouse (E-nigur).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 163

68 old garlic — 32 new garlic — total: 100 [garlic] — its name (designation) — to the scribe it was given. [Month]: harvest of barley (barley-cutting).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 165

[3 units of garlic] — Mes-[...], 4 units — the house/institution of [...], 11 units — [...], 3 units — from the well (or: at the cistern), year 2, 3 units — in the hand of [PN]-na, Total: 24 units of garlic. The deficit has not been cleared. Year: [...].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 166

20 (units) garlic/onions — Ur-Usu, the scribe. 10 — Ur-mah. 5 — Ur-Enlil. 6 — Dada. [n] — Ebabbar — they are the registrars (sa12-du5). 13 — Adda, the scribe — given to them(?). Total: 54 (units) garlic. Garlic — it is a disbursement (booked-out expenditure). Month: 'Grain-harvest.'

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 169

[n] cumin, 1 (unit), [n] sila; 5 sila of zizānu-flour (a wheat/emmer product); Egi; the man of the sausage/pork-product; [...] (broken, two signs illegible) [...]; 2 gur, ma-sim-measure of groats; 2 gur, ma-sim-measure of zizu-flour; 4 gur 2 barig; Naba(?)lu; the brewer; Lugal-hegal.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 171

1 (unit): carded wool, sur(-quality) 1 (unit): hide, select/front-grade, sur 1 (unit): leather nose-strap, sur 1 (unit): garment — black belt/sash (recipient/responsible party:) Ur-gibil

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 172

[...] 68 dates (measured in) gurdub-containers of 3 ban2 (each) 2 igi-dim garments, bar-dul5 (garments), (from) the weaver 10 hoes 40 [...] (illegible) [...] 50 fish, (for) the offering table 2 wagon-loads of goods — the 'house of allotment' 10 pa-nig2(?), (of) bronze (and) copper

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 174

39 minas of wool — Adda 23 minas of wool — Ursu Wool of the palace [which] has been brought in: for the weaver — Ašdarra gave to him

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 176

30 mana of wool — Mamummi; 30 — Nin-nig; 40 — Ašdar; 30 — Tani'a; 30 — Nin-adgal; 20 — Me-nigin-ta. Grand total: 3 talents of wool. [Wool? for] Ur-[su?]-pa-sikil? [...] From the wool[-account/handlers] [...] He gave to him. Month: Ab-eza-ziga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 177

2 talents of wool — (for) Mama-ummi; 2 (talents, for) Nin-adgal; 2 (talents, for) Se[be]tum; 2 (talents, for) Nin-nigzu. Total: 8 talents of wool. From the wool-workers, they received. Month: GAN₂-eš-gar-šu-gar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 178

10 talents of wool, deficit: 20 minas — from the wool-workers received. 20 minas of wool — Nin-ama-mu received. Month: Nig-kiri6. 4 talents [of] wool, 22 minas — from the wool-workers received. 20+[n minas,] Nin-ama-mu — Month: Mu-tir. 10 [for] Lu2-[x x] — 10 [for the] shepherd [...] wool [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 179

1 talent, 27 minas of wool — Ur-Enlil. 1 talent, 7 minas — Enlil-lē. [x] talents, 40 minas — Du-du the shepherd. 1 talent, 17 minas — [first] installment. [x] talents, 1⅔ minas — [second] installment: Ur-a2, the scribe. Total: 11 talents, 32⅔ minas of prime wool [...]. From the wool-workers. Received.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 180

1 [bale of] wool — 23 minas, [...] ...-a, was [drawn out/weighed from], 3 [bales of] wool — 18 [minas]; — (these) are wools from [the] place. Total: 4 [bales of] wool — 41 minas. [...] is available/on hand.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 185

2 [+n] mina(s), less 5 shekels — Ma-ma-um-mi. 2 minas, less 5 shekels — Geme-Enlil. 2 minas — Ashdar; total. [n] mina(s), less 5 shekels — Ta-ni-a, [inspector]. 2 minas, less 5 shekels — Nin-adgal.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 186

8 minas of carded wool: Mama-ummi. 14 (minas): Nin-nigzu. 10 minas less 1/3 (shekel): Aštar. 13 minas less 10 shekels: Tania. 10 (minas): Nin-adgal. Total: 54 1/2 minas of carded wool. Outstanding balance (deficit). It is from the wool account. Month: Šugar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 187

17 (minas) mug-wool: Geme-Enlil. 11 2/3 (minas): Nin-[nig]-zu. 2 (minas): Nig-banda. 2(?) (minas): Sebetum. 8 1/2 (minas): Nin-amamu. It was delivered.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 188

[n] minus 1 mana(s) of wool — Mamummi. 15 (mana) — Geme-Enlil; 1 1/2 shekels of silver. 30 (mana) — Aštar. 15 1/2 (mana) — Taniya. [n] 20 (mana) — Nin-adgal. 32(?) (mana) — Nigbanda. [n] 3 (mana) — Me-nigin-ta. [n (mana)] — Nin-nigzu. [n (mana)] — Sebetum. ... ...-na. [Total:] [n] talent(s) 11 mana(s) — its amount. The scribe(?) gave (it) to him.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 191

15 nig-la2 textiles, 14 šagadu garments, from Me-nigin — he gave (them) to him. 21 nig-la2 textiles, 21 šagadu garments, it is (at the disposal of / with) Ki-mura.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 196

29 bar-si sashes (headbands), from the total — released (issued). From the total — given to him. 15 bar-si sashes, 2 bar-dul5 cloaks, (of) the weaver — returned/accounted for (in hand). It is from the wool (account).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 197

1 bardul-garment, (of the) weaver — its weight: 3 mana — (for) Mama-ummi. 1 bardul-garment, (of the) weaver — its weight: 3 mana — (for) Aštar. 2 bardul-garments, (of the) weaver — their weight: 2 [n mana] — (for) Nin-adgal. 1 bardul-garment, (of the) weaver — its weight: 2 1/3 [mana ...] — (for) Nin-nig. Returned by hand.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 201

2 nig-lam garments (fine-quality cloth) — of the weaver; 1 bar-dul cloak — of the household manager (šabra); its weight: 9 minas. Sebetum(?) ... [sign broken] 3 nig-lam garments — of the weaver; its weight: 9 minas. 1 bar-dul cloak — of the weaver; its weight: 7 minas. Grand total. Month: Shubanun. Month: Abusa'a.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 204

19 fine-grade (nig₂-lam₂) garments, second quality (uš₂); 10 šagadu-garments, second quality; 10 šagedab-garments, second quality; 57 fine-grade (nig₂-lam₂) garments, [from] the weavers; [n] šagadu-garments, [from the] weav[ers]; 11 [...]-garments; [n] na[spāru?]-garments; 57 šagadu-garments, personal allotment/private stock (nig₂-su-a); Total: 439 garments, of both (kinds). Weavers — 3rd month.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 205

17 nig-la2 garments, fine quality. 16 nig-la2 garments, delivered (accounted for). 2 nig-la2 garments, a donkey-load (bale). [...] the storehouse/house [...] [n shagadu] garments, fine quality. 14 shagadu garments, delivered (accounted for). From the total.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 206

12 minas less 15 shekels of wool — ...(ri?): Mamummi. 7 minas, Nin-nig; 4 minas, 15 minas, Aštar; 4 1/2 minas, 12 minas, Taniya, 12 1/3 minas, Nin-adgal, 1x+4 minas, ...(damaged)..., Nigbanda, 11 1/2 minas, Nin-nigzu; 5 minas, 14 2/3 minas, Meniginta. Returned (brought back into hand) — it is from the wool-workers. Month: Nig-kiriš.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 208

2 bar-dul5 garments: the weaver — 1 (each) Mamummi 2 (units): Geme-Enlil 6 (units): Aštar; 6 (shekels?) silver 1: Tania — 1 1: Nin-adgal — 1 (...): Nigbanda [...] [n], 1: Nin-nigzu — 1 1: Sebetum Garments that are on hand (in stock) — they are from the wool (stores). Month: Ab-e'zi-ga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 209

[n] gur of barley: Mama-ummi; 2 gur 2 barig: Nin-nigzu; 5 (units): Aštar; 2 gur: Tani; 2 gur: Nin-adgal; 3 gur: Nig-banda; 2 gur: Nin-[...] (name broken); 1 gur 2 barig: from Menigin.

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