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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CST 001

33 mother ewes 29 male sheep (30 minus 1) 8 female spring lambs 5 male spring lambs 4 female late-born lambs 3 male late-born lambs Total: 82 — their ewes and lambs Pasture-fed sheep (Account) of Enda-nirgal Šubur (dependent worker / labor category) Superintendent (nu-banda₃) At the house of the street Gathered / collected Lugal-ikuš [Was tallied alongside]: 1 [special unit]

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CST 022

15 gur of barley — for Ama-tuku-gal-zu; 1 gur, 2 barig — for Nin-ur-ni; 15 (units of) pig fat — UMBIN(-type); 1½ shekels of silver — its value; 2 (gur of) nig2-lam2; 1 sheep — its silver [value: ...]; 2 pigs — (for) consumption; 2 bar-dul5-garments; 1 dul(?)-garment; 43(?) shekels of silver; property of x-[...]; [year/name(?)]: [...]-ki-gal-la(?); in the matter of An-gal2; 1 mina of silver; its clay was given (document issued).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 030

1 eše₃ of field: Ma-NI-NI; 1 eše₃: SIG-mu; 1 eše₃: Ur-gu, the animal-fattener (?); 1 eše₃: Ur-Peš-tur; 1 eše₃: Šu-ma-ma; 1 iku: PA-[...]-bala, Ur-tu; [A]ga?-le.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 034

1 iku 2 sar [damaged sign?] (for) E2-zi[#] ('house of life' or personal name) 3 iku — Lugal-kal 3 iku — Ur-nu 3 iku — [x]-ad-gal (area lost/unwritten) — U-nu-NI-NI [n] 1 iku — [...] 2 iku — [...] 2 iku — Lugal-ildu

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 064

180 ninda-bread; 10, less [n?] vessels (dug) — [deficit]; the ensi (governor); the geszax-official; the ensi of Lagash; the household of the gudu-priest. Month: it is the barley-harvest month.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 081

2 barig of groats (gur-standard) 2 barig of malt Išme-ilum An-na-šum Disbursement Storehouse of the gudug(-priest) Month: the barley-harvest month

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 097

122 ninda-bread-loaves — Ma-u2. 61 [ninda]-bread-loaves — Ur-Šer7-da. 122 ninda-bread-loaves — I-la-la. Neck-load delivery; it is his bringing: has been brought. Month: Ab-e3-zi-da, day 27.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 098

120 [loaves of] bread — House of the Children. 180 [loaves of] bread, 3 jars — House of the Gudu-priest. 120 [loaves of] bread, 2 jars — House of Igi-si4. 120 [loaves of] bread, 2 jars — Ur-nu. 60 [loaves of] bread — House of Nin-mug. [Day 2]1(?) — Month of [barley-]harvest.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 100

[n] loaves of bread — House of the Child: 183 (3 sixties, 3); House of the Gudu-priest: 122 loaves of bread (2 sixties, 2); House of Igi-si4: 122 loaves of bread (2 sixties, 2); Ur-nu: 61 [loaves of bread,] House of Nin-[mug]. Day 23. Month: [the month of] lifting the field.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 102

600 (units of) fine bread; 1 ban2 and 20 du8-bread, 600 (units of) barley bread; 1 ban2 and 20 du8-bread, 20 jars, 10 (portions of) soup — (from) the house of [...], [when] the governor of Agade was kept alive (restored to life).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 105

3 vessels: Ur-Nanše. 6 [vessels]: Ur-Era — the reed-craftsman, Šeš-tur. Via him: the stone-cutter. 1 vessel: the man of HUB2-BU. [...] [n] vessel(s): Lugal-alsa.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 120

[n+] 2 barig, granary barley — [for] Enlil-la; [n+] 2 asz — Ur-ga; [n+] — Sag-zi; 2 asz — Ur-eš-peš; [n+] 2 barig — Ur-dingir. (From the) head granary: it has been given.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 124

[n] 1 barig of barley — gur: (for the) garment-fuller (tug₂-du₈), from the storehouse. New Year (festival): the sukkal (minister/vizier). Its maškim (inspector/supervisor): 1 (gur) 1 barig — female workers, 2 ban — house of the children (e₂-dumu). 9 (units) — ENGUR-TUM. 4 ban — foot-runners (giri₃-giri₃). Barley deliv[ered]. To h[im] [he] g[ave]. Di-[Utu], nu-[banda₃] (lieutenant/captain).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 142

1 asz (gur) of emmer flour — (for) Ur-ni. 2 barig of barley, gur — (for) the people who came from Isin. 1 ban of bread flour. [...] x [...] 1 ban of [...] 1 ban of Ur[...]- (going) out. A-KA-du3 was given to him [or: (by) An-na-šum] — (from) the children's house. Month: the barley-cutting (month 1).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 143

1 gur of flour (dabin) [— partially preserved —]; 2 barig of beer bread (bappir); 2 barig of malt (munu4); 2 barig of coarse grain (nig2-ar3-ra). Ab-ba, An-na-šum, Ur-[...] — their overseer (maškim). Institution: House of the Son (e2-dumu). Month: Du6-ku3 (the Holy Mound festival).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 144

1 gur of fine flour 1 gur of beer-bread 1 gur of malt 1 gur of groats [Šeš]-bad, the cupbearer — from the deputy; it was given to him; [at the] e₂-dumu Month: the first barley harvest (sze-sag-sig15-ga)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 150

1 gur of barley; 1 gur of emmer wheat; 2 barig of fine flour; 3 barig of dabin-flour; 2 barig of groats; [n unit(s) of] beer bread; 2 barig of malt; 3 barig of barley — it is (for) beer — (for) the boatmen, Annessum, it is the house of the son; month: ewe-shearing.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 153

5 gur of dark-emmer flour — Gal5-la2-gal. 5 gur of dark-emmer flour — Nimgir-gal, the Great Herald. To the house of the son, it was brought. Ur-Ninmug, the scribe — An-na-šum gave [it]. Month: Du6-ku3 (the Sacred Mound). Dark emmer wheat[...] House of the nu-[banda3].

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 181

[X] male sheep — Na-ni — given to him. 3 male sheep — Na-ni — given to him. Via Giri-gen-na. Utu-tešmu. Children's house. Di-Utu, officer. Month: [the] barley-harvest [month].

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 182

[...]-x [x]-ba [House] of the son it is: 18 sheep (HAR-type) Month: Ab-e3-zi-ga [...] [...] Ur-[ga2] Farmer [x?] Di-Utu Overseer (nu-banda3) Via Giri-gen-na [...]

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 202

[n] Igi-zi: [(10) minus (1) =] 9 chariot(s) — szubur [dependent workers]; 4 [units of] mud; 3 plowmen (sag-apin); [n] workers (erin₂); (belonging) to the é-dumu [children's house]; brought/delivered [to/by] AN; Month: [of] sheep-pen shearing.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 203

10 — [items:] long and new Ur-Dumuzida [n] long? [...] A-zuzu Isin [x] from SIG₂ — he travels/is dispatched 5 long wooden implements, deposited A-zuzu Isin

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 207

21 minas of copper — Az, the overseer: 20½ [minas] — Lugal-hul 10½ [minas] — Lugal-nig-bara-du 4 [minas] — Lugal-ezem, the cook 3½ [minas] — Ama-ab-zu-si 3 [minas] — E-ki Copper that has come out from above Inim-zida — its commissioner

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 209

1 gur, 2 barig of dates — to Ur-[lu], the boatman, [routed] toward the SAG-NAGAR [official] — was given. [House of the son:] Di-Utu, captain (nu-banda3). Month: Akiti.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 232

1 (unit) [...] 1 (unit) [...] [...] it is (a measure of) field person [...] farmer [+ uncertain sign] [mouth/gate sign]-[...]-[...] [...] [...] Mu-lah Ur-gu Pu-ta-pada-ra [An]-na-šum Month: sheep-shearing; Year: bricks of Karkara deposited/placed

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 315

Row 1: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 2: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 3: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 4: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 5: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 6: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 7: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 8: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Row 9: 10 10 10 [10] 10 10

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 399

40 [loaves of] ninda-UD bread, fine quality 7 [vessels of] |UKKENxGUG2| beer, [measured in] sila — [for] the weaver 3 [vessels of] szim-[x] aromatic, [measured in] sila — u2-u2-la [plant] 5 [vessels of] DIN-SZE beer, [measured in] sila 10 [measures of] fine beer, [in] sila

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 403

24 ewes 13 lambs 10 sheep, 2-year-old 10 sheep, gu-gu type 2 prime goats [for] collection 27 gazelles Sheep-fattener of the great storehouse; shearing: 27; year, 7th month

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 407

2 ewes — Uzug 2 rams — ki-de5-de5 2 ewes, 2 rams — A-zu-zu 1 ewe, 1 ram — Ur-Abzu 2 ewes — Amar-ki-ku3 2 rams — Gu-ni-DU 1 ewe, 1 ram — male shepherd 1 [she-goat] — En-sila-si 3 she-goats — Du11-ga-ni Sheep from the street — |LAK617×HI| — 29 [days?] — year, 4th month[?] — [me-an-ne2-du10] (damaged) Fattening ration (kuruszda) — given Total: 22 sheep

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 412

13 — Si-du₃ 27 (= 30 minus 3) — Ur-ni 25 — the overseer, [who is the] nu-banda₃ officer 20 — Ur-nin-ildu₃ 15 — Ur-sag-Utu 12 — Du₁₁-[ga]-ni-du₁₀ 11 — E₂-kur-nu-si 19 (= 20 minus 1) — Ur-en-nun Total: 142 [...]

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 413

20 ewes; 4 fattened ewes, 1 ram — prime-quality. 15 lambs; [x?] x x lambs; [...] x; 2 male lambs, 3 female kids (bar-li category) — collected. 7 shorn female kids, 3 fattened sheep — prime-quality. 10 ewes, 15 male lambs, shorn — gazelles — collected, fattened, [and] given [out]. [...] great storehouse [...] for shearing: 30(?) minus 3 — year 7, month [x].

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 419

½ shekel of refined silver — [disbursed:] Ba-NI 1 male sheep — Lugal-ezem 1 shekel: Lu-x-[...] 2 shekels — silver, purchase price: [name broken] 2 shekels — silver, purchase price: Dingir-lu-mah 2 shekels — silver, purchase price: Ur-Pu-sag 2 shekels — silver, purchase price: Di-Utu and Lugal-ezem ⅓ shekel — silver, purchase price: Ur-sag-Utu [n] shekels silver [...] [...two signs illegible...] 4⅓ shekels silver — Ab-ba-tur 2 goats

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 476

2 gur 3 barig of barley — coarse groats: [account of] GAN-NE 10 minas of garlic — (as) purchase commodity ½ (unit) of silver — received 12 minas of wool 1 (vessel of) beer 1 person ½ (unit) of ritual cleansing liquid 50 orchard fruits [account of] GAN-NE 3 ban2 of emmer wheat 30 orchard fruits 10 aktum-garments 10 (loaves of) bread; 1 (unit): silver account

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 027

Tablet-basket [record]: Fish (for) the dusu-basket; fish for the banszur-table — the fishermen of the elders who brought (them) — fish of A-du10-ga, which is with him/her: finest quality. Wife of Uruinimgina, king of Lagash — 3 [measures].

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 039

353 gur-saggal of barley; 193 [gur-saggal] of white emmer wheat; 53 [gur-saggal] of gu2-nida grain; 10 [gur-saggal] of gig wheat. Grand total: 609 gur-saggal. Field ki-ti — subsistence allotment of En-e-tar-zi, governor of Lagaš. At ki-ti, trees were felled. Ur-šer7-da transferred [it] to him. [Year/term] 4.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 052

10 loaves of finest bread — as food rations; 50 [measures of] sur-product; 10 [measures of] milk for the junior official; 40 [measures of] mudx-grade milk; (for) Nanše: 30 [measures of] sur-product; 20 [measures of] mudx-grade milk; (for) Nindar: [bread,] pure milk; Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, governor of Lagash — 4 [...]

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 061

1 ram, returning — belonging to (the district of) Abzu-gu. (Property) of the governor (ensi₂), for the holdings of his šagan-official, when it came — for Bara-namtara, a mark was applied [branded/tallied]; a ram for consumption. Enku is the fattener (kuruszda). Total: 2.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 064

1 male sheep — (for) Nindara; 1 sheep — (for) Ninmush-bar(?); 1 sheep — (for) Ninmar; [when] Nindara('s statue) [was] led/brought [into] her [new] house, Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash, had (it) allotted (as offering); sheep consumed (in offering). (Under) Enku, the fattener. Total: 2.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 079

1 ram, a bar-nigin (rounded-up/fattened ram) — disbursed. Bara-namtara, (wife of) the ensi (ruler of Lagash), at the mouth of the [Pirig-tur-gin-du] canal, Muti-la(?) [delivered] to her. [Sheep consumed (as offering)]. Ur-du6, the cowherd (šuš3-official).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 080

1 sheep: the ruler (ensi2). 1 goat: the priest (sanga) of Nanše. 1 lamb, 1 goat: the priest of Ninmar. — consumed together (at the riverbank/collective meal). 1 sheep: of the ruler's (household). 1 sheep: the chief scribe. On the day of the funeral bier, at the libation place, (these) were consumed. 1 sheep ... [...] Total, [summed up]: was brought to be eaten. It is (the) sheep (that) were consumed.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 085

1 lamb — [regular offering (maš-da-re-a)] — [...] [1 goat] — (for) the day of Ninuma, wife of Lala the herald; 1 short-horned goat — (for) the sanga-priest of Nanše. Month: "Festival of Lugal-uru11" — completed. To Baranamtara it was delivered. Enku, the animal-fattener (is responsible). ... 5.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 090

1 ram, shorn (ready for delivery) — mašdaria-offering (obligatory gift): Ninbur, wife of the land-surveyor, (to) Baranamtara. Month: 'Festival of Malt-Eating'. Of Lugal-urukaka, to the Women's House it was delivered. Enku, the (livestock) fattener, carried it. 2 (entry/total).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 103

1 toe(?), numbering 1(?) — a toe (was) dug out/cut — (of) Dingir-šešmu, who is a cowherd — (by) Ninĝirsu-lumu('s) dal-bird (goose) — he/it was pecked/struck. Its silver: 10 shekels. Sasa, wife of Uru-inimgina, ruler of Lagash, into the palace, into her hand, caused it to be returned. 1.

Law·Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 104

50 large goats/kids — maš-dun-a goats (driven/led goats), (for) Enku, the fattener. Enig-gal, the overseer, after the malt-eating festival of Nanše — (from) Lugal-inim, shepherd of the goats, at the gate of the house of Eki(?) — was given to him. Not entered on the summary (wide) tablet. 3.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 140

16 men: Ur-šerda. 18: Inim-du. 15: U₂-U₂. 4: boatmen. 1 leather-worker: 2 barig. 1 carpenter: 2 barig. 3 barig each: carpenters. 15: Ur-sag. Foreman of the porters (il₂-workers). En-iggal, the nubanda (administrator). Tablet of barley rations of Ningirsu — he wrote (it) out. 1.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 142

2 gur (of the gur-saggal measure), 2 ban2: barley rations, NE-GI-bar barley, gur-saggal measure — (for) Sag-Ningirsuda; 1 gur, 2 barig: Enku; 1 gur, 1 barig, 1 ban2: Lugal-sipa. Total: 5 gur less 3 ban2, NE-GI-bar barley, gur-saggal measure. Month: [...]. Of (the estate/house of) Ningirsu: En-iggal, the overseer, to the porters (íl-workers) disbursed (it). 4 (units/persons) — it is (confirmed as) 4. 1 gur: I(d)-lu-sikil, son of Ur-Ninmar, man of Inimanizi.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 143

2 barig barley — for the birds to eat — En-ushurre carried (it) off. 4 ban2 barley — the man of Umma: Ur-mud (and) Andatila — as barley rations, carried (it) off. Consumption: barley of the cut threshing-floor, of Geme-Tarsirsira. Month: "the oxen are pastured." En-iggal, the manager (nu-banda3), disbursed (rations) to them: 2.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 146

22 gur 2 barig of white emmer wheat, in the gur-saggal (standard) measure: the regular offering for 2 months — (for/from) Amar-girid. 20 gur of emmer wheat: the regular offering of dark beer for 1 month, was set in its place there. Ili-beli, one of the brewers. Enšugigi, the steward, from the storehouse of good appearance, has allocated (it) — 6th (entry).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 147

22 gur 2 barig of white emmer, by the gur-saggal (standard) measure — regular delivery, month 2. (Account of) Amar-giri16. 20 (gur) emmer, regular delivery of black beer, for month 1, was set in its place. Ili-beli, (they are) the brewers. Enshugigi, the steward — from the storehouse 'Before-my-true-eye' (Igizimušebar), he set out for them: 6, 3 were set.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 151

Total: 67 gur less 2 ban2 (in) the sagal-standard gur — barley rations for the people holding ration-plots (šuku-holders). 29 gur, 1 barig, 2 ban2: barley rations for the carriers, the blind, (and) the craftsmen, (recorded) on separate individual tablets. 42 gur, 1 barig, 2 ban2: barley allocated as the regular delivery, its additional portion existing besides. Grand total: 138 gur, 2 ban2 of barley, in the sagal-standard gur — barley rations, barley allocations, of the House of Baba, from the granary of the House of Baba, the (next) following (disbursement). Enshugigi, the steward, disbursed…

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