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Page 115 / 1618

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 160

1. 1 gur of onions, (by the gur) of Akkade; 2. 3 gur of large legumes; 3. 1 gur of small legumes; 4. [...]-lu, [n] gur; 5. [...] salt, [n] gur; 6. [n+]1 gur of gazi-spice.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 165

Obverse 1. 1 jar of sesame oil, 5 umbin: 2. Dingir-sipa; 3. it is (for) the barley of An-na-šum. 4. 2 jars of sesame oil: 5. [...]-ni-gu [...]. Reverse 6. Ur-erra 7. returned (it). 8. Month: Ab-e-ziga.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 169

1. 1 jar of oil: 2. Ur-zigumma. 3. 1 jar of oil, less 1 sila: 4. Anna. 5. 1 jar of oil (and) 4 sila: 6. [N]ammaḫ. 7. 1 jar of oil, less [1] [1/2] [sila]: 8. Lugal-iri.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 170

(Beginning destroyed) 1. [...] shekel(s) [... of oil], [...] sila 2. [...] ... 3. [...] ... 4. [...] 5. MUŠ3xAN, 6. for the šešuš (ŠE.NAM2) (ceremony?), 7. went there; 8. he gave (it) to him. 9. Oil expended. 10. Month: Še-sag-saga.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 171

Obverse 1. 1 jar of ghee: 2. Igisu. 3. 1 (jar): Abamuna. 4. 11 2/3 sila: IM-ki. 5. 11 sila less 1/6 (sila): 6. Ur-zigumma. 7. 10 less 1 sila: Ur-gu.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 179

Obverse 1. 2 gurdub-baskets of apples: 2. Erin-dani; 3. 2 (baskets): Lugal-keš; 4. 1 (basket): Ur-li; Reverse 5. 2 (baskets): Ur-manugal. 6. Total: 7 gurdub-baskets of apples, 7. outstanding (deficit).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 181

1. 2 talents of rushes (ninni5) 2. to Šu-ne-KA 3. he gave. 4. 1 gur of white alkali-plant (naga): 5. Gissu. 6. 1 gur 2 barig of alkali-plant (naga): 7. Bur-gul. 8. 4 talents of white gypsum (im-babbar2): 9. Bur-gul. 10. 1/3 (mina) 4 shekels of su3:gan2: 11. Dada.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 186

Obverse (Beginning destroyed) [...] ...-a (dar?) 2 barig of beer-bread, 2 barig of malt, 2 barig of barley, 3 ban of fish, 1 sila of oil, 1 leather suhuš (sandal sole?), [...] 1 bar-dul5 cloak, its weight: 8 minas, [1] šagada [garment], [...] he gave to him/her. It was taken away (delivered).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 187

(Beginning destroyed) 1. [...] 2. Lu-na[nam?] ... 3. 94 (lit. 1 sixty, 3 tens, 4 units): Szubur-tur; 2 (tilted units) 4. 75 (lit. 1 sixty, 1 ten, 5 units): Sag-dingir-tuku 5. 70 (lit. 1 sixty, 1 ten): for the ildu

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 189

Obverse 1. [...] Lugal-nigbara-dug 2. [...] its [ho]use of shade 3. 3 [...]: [...]-Enlila 4. 1 ban: En-x-x 5. 1 ban: Malah-gal 6. 2 barig: Di-Utu, 7. the overseer 8. 2 barig 1 ban: E-šar 9. Erim-lara-AN 10. Ur-E-iginim

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 190

1. 2 barig 1 ban [...] 2. 1 gur 3 ban, Ur-[...] 3. 2 barig 3 ban, Lugal-[...] 4. 1 gur 1 barig 2 ban [...] 5. 1 barig, Ša-[...]

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 192

Obverse 1. 2 ban [...], (by the) Akkade (ban), 2. 3 ban 2 sila, (by the) royal ban: 3. Geme-arsar. Reverse 4. 4 ban, (by the) Akkade (ban): 5. Nin-andul. 6. 3 ban: Ama-duzu.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 198

1. 16 wooden horn(-objects), 2. 5 daggers: 3. Dada. 4. 15 wooden horn(-objects), 5. 5 daggers: 6. Lugal-e. 7. 34 wooden horn(-objects), 8. 1 dagger: 9. Ur-ega, 10. the soldier. 11. 30 daggers: 12. Šume.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 199

40 [...] she-asses [...] n 5 male donkeys, 4 she-asses, 3 male donkeys, 3 she-asses, 2 male donkeys, 2 she-asses, 1 male donkeys, 1 2 prime male donkeys Total: 88 equids, (at) the mouth of the Ešubur canal; the surveyor.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 201

40 bundles of reeds: Lu-Inanna, the reed-mat worker; 20: Enlilla; 15: Enlilla, the reed man. Ibi, the gala, gave (them) to them. Total: [...] bundles of reeds, (for) the weaver(s); Enlilla, the reed man, it is. Month: Ga-udu-ur. Day 12 having passed.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 202

(Beginning destroyed) its price: 1/2 mina 5 shekels of silver; with (?) the silver, barley [...]; n (units), Lugal-...[...]; its field: 1 sar. Total: 2 sar 2/3 [...]; ... Lugal-... ...-kam; Tirku, his son; ......

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 203

Obverse(?) (Beginning destroyed) [......] dates, its name(?); Gudea, son of Enne, the commissioner, took (it). 1 shekel of silver: RU-RU, son of Ur-Enlil, on behalf of Dudu. 1 Ergu, 1 Ša-DI.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 206

3 slave women, died; 2 suckling boys, died; 2 suckling girls, died; total: 7 runaway persons in Agade died.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 212

Obverse 1/3 (shekel) 11 1/2 grains of [silver]: it is the interest of the field. 1/3 (and) 6 1/2 shekels, 20 minus 2 grains of silver: it is the silver of the sheep. Returned (to the hand). Reverse Lugal-nam.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 213

15 shekels of silver, rent of a field, (namely) the field of Nin-isin; Nag-nina, Amar-Gešzida; [...] [...] ...[...] 260 (units): Lugal-[...], Lu-kindu; 4 [...] [Month: Mu]-tir.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 215

64 (items of) bronze (and) copper; their weight: 36 minas less 10 shekels; 2 1/3 minas 5 shekels. (This is) of KU-šen.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 216

[... mi]rror(s) of bronze; [...] its bronze; [...] large ḫazabu(-vessel)s of bronze; 1 small ḫazabu(-vessel) of bronze; [...]-x of bronze; [...] of bronze; [...] x of copper; [...] x

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 219

1 eše of field less 3 sar: Ur-nigar. 2 1/2 iku of field: E'ur. 4 iku: E'ur. 2 iku [...] of field: Nin-nigbara'e. [...] field: Ahusunu. [...] field: Lugu. [...] of field: Ur-Teš. [...] field: Ur-a, the stone-cutter. [...] of field: Enlila. [...] [...] of field: ...... [...] of field: Lugal-ennu.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 220

(Obverse) 20 less 2 (= 18) gur of barley, (by the) sag-gal₂ (measure); 2 barig 2 ban of barley, kur; the agar-field of Maš-da[lu]. 5 gur 2 barig of barley, (by the) sag-gal₂ (measure); 1 gur of barley, (by the) sag-gal₂ (measure), its gešgaba-tab; [1 barig] of barley, [kur]; [the agar-field of the A]šamah. (Reverse) Total: 25 gur 1 barig 2 ban of barley, (by the) sag-[gal₂ (measure)], threshed barley; Kalaba, the farmer.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 221

Obverse 1. 3 barig 4 ban of barley, 2. 1 barig of barley, kur: 3. field Mašdalu. 4. 3 [1 barig] 5(?) ban [of barley], (by the) "great" gur, 5. 1 (gur) of barley, (by the) "great" gur: 6. Gešgabatabbi; 7. field Ašamah. 8. [3 barig] of barley, [kur]: 9. field Enlil. Reverse 10. Total: 6 gur 1 barig 4 ban of barley, (by the) "great" gur, 11. threshed barley; 12. Ili-tabba, the plowman.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 222

23 nindan: the long sides; 3 nindan: the fronts; its area: 70 minus <1> (= 69) sar of orchard; 53 large trees, their silver: [...] 1/3 (shekel); 240 male trees, their silver: 2/3 (shekel?) ...

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 225

137 (written 2 × 60 + 20 minus 3) sheep; their wool: 3 talents 5 minas; Lugal-ušurmu. 59 (written 60 minus 1) sheep; their wool: 2 talents; Ur-Enlil. Total: 196 sheep; total: 5 talents 5 mi[nas]: it is wool of sheep taken in charge (dab5); Emaš.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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).

Economy

~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 [...]

Law

~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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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]

Economy

~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

Economy

~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-[...]

Economy

~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.'

Economy

~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]

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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 [...]

Economy

~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).

Economy

~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?]

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

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