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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 50

Obverse 1. 12 gur 2 barig of seed barley, in the large (saggal) gur, 2. Inim-mani-zi, 3. the plough-leader (sag-apin), 4. to the field Sa-ga-tur 5. took away. 6. Month: ga-udu-ura (of the sheep-shearing shed). 7. En-iggal, 8. the overseer (nu-banda), 9. from the E-kisala (storehouse) 10. issued (it) to him. Year 6.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

JCS 46, 011

Obverse 1. 4 sheep (with) dry(?) wool: 2. Nigar-mud. 3. 1 sheep: Ur-uru'a. 4. The governor — 5. (for) the sheep (whose) wool, at the time of plucking, 6. was found short(?) — 7. silver, 5 shekels each, 8. on their necks 9. imposed. Reverse 10. Baranamtara, 11. wife of Lugalanda, 12. governor 13. of Lagaš. (Year) 4.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

LB 0003

Obverse 1. 60 (minas of) HU-wool; 2. 283 (minas of) wool: rations for the adults (gal-gal); 3. 600 minus 10 (= 590) (minas of) wool: rations for the us2; 4. 84 (minas of) wool: Ur-[x]-HA-NI-a; 5. 1 [...... 6 ......] sila, PAP [......]; 6. 1 (mina of) fleece-wool: wool for a bar-dul5 garment. Reverse 7. Total: 1025 (minas of) fleece-wool. 8. Šulme, 9. the steward, 10. from the palace 11. weighed (it) out. 12. [......] 13. Lugalanda, 14. ruler 15. of Lagash. Year 3.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

LB 0007

1 barig 2 ban of cow's cheese, [x] ... emmer: [...] [x cow's cheese,] [x] ... emmer: Ur-ninmar. 2 barig 3 ban of cow's cheese: Ur-eš-irnun. They are cowherds. Ur-igi-ama-še3, the overseer, measured (it) out. URU-KA-gina (Urukagina / Uru-inimgina), king of Lagash. (Year) 5.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

LB 0009

Obverse(?) 1. 1 jar, outstanding (la2-a): lard, 2. (for) Nin-asu; 3. 2 (jars): (for) Nin-anne-si; 4. 2 (jars): (for) Geme-du; 5. 2 (jars): sila3(?) (for) Gan-Baba; 6. 2 (jars): kuš x [x]; 7. A-hi-[li-nu-til].

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

LB 0932

Obverse(?) 1. [Deficit of x shekels of refin]ed [silver], 2. x im-dub-ba-[x] — 3. it is of the field Ḫuburuma (GAN2 ḫu-bu7-rum2-ma). 4. [Ur-igi-ama]še, 5. the overseer 6. of the household of the surveyor (lit. 'man of the measuring-rope'), 7. when he had al-[mu]-ni-du11-da 8. (and) the account was settled with him, 9. he (the official) placed it on his neck (i.e. charged it to him as a debt). Year 6.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MCS 4, 012 01

Obverse col. i 1. 91 nanny goats, 2. 1 [ki]d, fattened, 3. 1 male goat, fattened: 4. Amar-ezem col. ii 5. with Ur-nu 6. has (them). 7. Urukagina, 8. king 9. of Lagaš. Reverse 10. Year 7.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 002

1. 4 hides of rams; 2. 6 hides of male lambs; 3. 3 hides of [......]; 4. 7(?) [...... hides ......]; 5. 20(?) [...... hides of] buck(s), sig(?); 6. En-ku, 7. the livestock-fattener, 8. in the month of the [Festival of] [Baba], 9. [returned (them)]. 10. Baranamtara, 11. wife of Lugalanda, 12. ruler 13. of Lagash. (Year) 2.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 004

Obverse 1. 10 gur-saggal of barley, 2. its 'outer portion' (bar-bi) is for being available (gal₂-še₃) — 3. Lugalanda, 4. Egissu-bidu, 5. the brewer (lungax), 6. has set it aside for him from it (e-na-ta-gar). (Date) Year 4.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 010

1. 1 ox hide, (1) calf hide: 2. for the drinking(-water container?) of the plough(-team), ba-PAD-PAD. 3. 2 ox hides: 4. for the good chariot, were stretched (on). 5. 2 ox hides: 6. for the good IG-NI, were stretched (on). 7. Month: 'The granary heaped up'; 8. used up. 9. [......] ......

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 012

1. Tablet basket: 2. barley of the nig-ena (dues) of the field, transferred, 3. transferred into the storehouse, 4. [are contained (in it)]. 5. [Bara-namtara], 6. wife of Lugalanda, 7. governor (ensi) 8. [of Lagash. (Year) n.]

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 917

Obverse 1. 11 bar-dul garments, weaver('s quality), 2. Ur-igi-ama-še, 3. the overseer (nu-banda); 4. month: 'The granaries are sealed with clay' (iti guru₇ im du₈-[a]); 5. SZUL-bi₂ 6. counted (them) for him. Year 3.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 918

Obverse, col. i 1. 1/3 (mina) of za-KU wool, (by the) mina, 2. Ur-Ninpirig, 3. the leatherworker; 4. 10 shekels: Ur-igi, 5. the foreman; 6. 10 shekels: Šullu; 7. 15 shekels: ŠUL-bi; Obverse, col. ii 8. Ur-igi, 9. the captain (nu-banda), 10. in the house of the surveyor, 11. in the month of the festival of 'Malt-Eating' 12. of Nanše, 13. on their necks 14. [he placed (it)].

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 919

Obverse 1. [...] x, split 2. [x] x, water-poured 3. [x x], water-poured 4. [x] gir(-fish), split 5. 20(?) x geštu(-fish), split 6. 140 geštu(-fish), water-poured 7. 20 esir(-fish) 8. 1 KA-lu-ub(-fish) 9. 2 zubud(-fish) 10. 480(?) [...] [...] 11. 70 cut 12. 20 uncut 13. 15 ki-zi 14. 6 garig

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 005

1. [x +] 10(?) bundles of reeds, x [...] 2. 43 bundles of reeds [...] 3. cut reeds [...] 4. [...] 5. x [...] Inim-duga; 6. 300 bundles of reeds, 7. cut reeds, 8. x [...] 9. it is the second (reed) stack. 10. [Tot]al: [x +] 2 šar 8 geš (= [x +] 7,680) bundles of reeds. 11. [En]-iggal, 12. the overseer, 13. [...] x [...] 14. into the house at the edge of the city 15. brought (them) in. Year 1.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 009

1. Its field (area): 1 bur 1 eše 4 iku. 2. [...... nig]-ena (field). 3. [...] x 4. [...] x [...] 5. x 3 reeds(?) x, sag-sa (side / front measurement) 6. Its field (area): 1 barig 1 ban x 30 sar. 7. x [...]; its field (area): 1 barig, šà-TAR. 8. x x x 9. Ur-šul. 10. Adjoining (the field) Imnun of Akita.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 012

1. 20 men: wool, 2 minas (each); 2. Ur-lumma, 3. son of PI-EN, 4. gave (it) to them. 5. 10 garments of mug-cloth(?): 6. En-ku, 7. gave (it) to them. 8. (For) the hired workers. 9. [...] x 10. Month: Akiti.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 016

(Obverse; no side divisions are marked in the source) 1. [......]-ke4 (agent marker: 'by [......]') 2. [Gu]'abba 3. into the presence of Geme-Baba 4. [......] NU DIŠ 5. [......] for x 6. En-iggal, 7. the overseer, 8. from the house at the edge of the city, 9. gave to him/her. (Year) 3.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 017

1. 1 lam-sag (beam), 10 cubits (long), 2. for the building of the great storehouse(?) 3. [is available]. 4. 4 hoes, 5. 49 harrow-teeth, 6. are available in the tillub. 7. 1 ellag, 3 cubits [...] 8. [...] 9. [...] of its [...](?) 10. gave instruction(s)(?): 11. Puzur-Mama, 12. the plowman.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 018

4 gur saggal of barley — barley of the field of Uru'a — Enigal, the overseer, (into) the granary of Baba, in Lagash. isi: 2.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 020

[x (x)] jars. [1(gur)?] 2(barig) barley, (in) gur-measure. 1(gur)? 2(barig): Ur-šul. 8(gur) 2(barig)?: jars. 1(gur) 3(barig): Ur-gu. 10 (gur) minus 1(barig): jars. 2(gur): Iri-ki-du10. 6(gur): jars. 2(gur) 3(barig): Ur-e2. 5(gur) minus 1(barig): jars. 1(gur): Ur-ur.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 066

279 (4×60 + 40 minus 1) ewes, 16 e3-li, 84 (60 + 20 + 4) male sheep (rams), [...] Lala, to the shepherd — were given.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 091

1 gur 2 barig barley — new loan. Ur-gula, the carpenter. 1 gur — Lugal-uma, Nene, the temple administrator. 2 barig — Nin-nigani, son of Ari.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 094

n(+) 21(?) gur saggal of barley (head-measure) — Ur-abzu. Barley, at that place, filled (si). 6 gur 2 barig — barley (of) TAR-USZ. 7 gur 2 barig, filled — barley, at the place of [...], (of) AL-abzu. 2 barig — PU₃-SAR(?), ...(?). 2 gur — Amar-abzu. U₄-sa. [n] gur 2 barig — Amar-abzu. 1 gur — Ur-...-ka. Barley (of) Ha-mul.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

N 0290

2 barig(c) of u2-hab2-plant; 10 (units), disbursed (ba); 1 furrow-measure (absin3) of cedar aromatic-resin (šembi/šim erin-na); from [PN(?)], to Kish; [...] -tu; [...] -built/-du3; was given (to him) / An-na-šum. Month: "Silver-ŠIM" (ku3-ŠIM); day 10 having passed.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 007

1 (person): Lugal-da-nu-me-a 1 (person): A-bad-mu 1 (person): Lugal-dingir-mu They died. 1 (person): Dingir-kalga — the ruler (ensi2) took (him) away. They are the female workers of Baba. 1 (person): Muni-kalama 1 (person): E-ta-e11 They died. They are the female workers of Tar-sirsira. 1(broken numeral sign)?

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 033

3 bur3 field(s), grain-grown, tenant plowland (apin-la2), having 10 — field of Ha-hara-gur, its total: (by) the scribe. Field of [Urum], (of) Bara-[namtara], wife of Lugal-[an]da, [ruler] of Lagash: En-[ig-gal], the manager (nubanda), measured (the field); (total) 4.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 034

150 1/2 5 gi (rods) — the long side, aligned/verified; 60 gi (rods) — the front (short side), aligned/verified. Its area: 4 bur3 3 iku — the field "Tug-siga" ("cloth-filled" field). 120 1/2 gi (rods) — the long side, aligned/verified; 10 1/2 2 gi (rods), 3 kuš3 (cubits) — the front (short side), aligned/verified. Its area: 1 bur3 2 iku — the "Kigal" field ("high-ground/socle" field). Field of the household-estate (nig2-en-na). Field set aside for the donkeys. Subsistence-allotment (šuku) of the ensi2 (ruler-governor). En-iggal, the nu-banda3 (inspector/overseer). Surveyed (mu-gid2): 4(?).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 036

1 bur3, 1 eše3, 2 1/4 iku, 8 sar (and) one-third of 10 (sar) — the field's (area): a barley-growing field, under plow-lease (tenancy). Its barley: 131 gur 2 barig 4 ban2, by the saggal (standard) measure, at the regular (si-sa2) rate. Ur-du6, the chief herdsman (šusz3). Field of Lugal-ra-mu-gi4, from (the holding of) Nam-engar. Inim-Enlila-andab, (and) Lu-Baba, the farmers, measured (it). 4 (entry/occasion marker).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 037

6 bur3 2 iku field: barley. 1 bur3 2 eše3 3 1/2 1/4 iku field: white emmer. 3 iku field, 20 sar field: wheat. 35 sar: NE-GI-bar barley. Total: 8 bur3 3 1/4 iku field — barley, wheat, (and) emmer. Field of Alimu: 1 (plot). 20 1/2 3 gi-reeds (and) 3 cubits: matching width (sag). 1(aš) 30 1/2 5 gi-reeds: matching length (us2). Its field: 1 bur3 1 eše3 2 iku, adjoining Da-UD-NE. 5 bur3 less 1/2 iku field: barley. 1 bur3 2 eše3 field: white emmer. Field of the ki-ul ('holy/ancient place'): without a holder. Šubur, the manager (nu-banda3). Surveyed (mu-gid2): 1.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 055

125 gur saggal minus 1 ban2 — barley rations, barley of Šulšagana. 141 minus 1 ban2 — barley rations, (of) the house of Baba, (of) the house of Šulšagana, from the gate-house of Baba, (which) was built — its allotment: 6.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 056

2 barig barley rations: Nin-ti-men. 1 barig 2 ban2: Nin-mar-lu-mu. 1 barig 2 ban2: Ur-e. 2 barig: U-U. 3 ban2: Nin-mudakush. 2 barig pig-barley (barley for the pigs): Nin-mudakush. Total: 2 gur 1 barig 1 ban2, by the standard gur (gur-saggal). Barley rations, barley allotted (as an issue), for the people who have no subsistence-field allotment (šuku). Shubur-tur, the manager (nu-banda3), disbursed to them: 1 (numeral-sign ASZxDISZ); it is the 10th (disbursement).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 058

1(gešʼu) 1(geš2) 2(u) 2(aš) 2(barig) 2(ban2) — barley rations, big-gur (measure) RU-lugal of Ningirsu Urukagina ruler of Lagash [Enigal] the overseer gave (it) to them day 2 it is (year) 4

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 065

6 gur, 1 barig of seed-grain (measured by the “saggal”/chief gur-standard) — for U2-U2 (and) Udu'e — who have no GAN2-UL field, was delivered (ba-de6). Eniggal, the overseer (nubanda), from the house of Kisala (e2-ki-sal4-la) allotted it for them. 6.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 066

2 gur 5 ban2 barley (in the sag-gal / "large-head" measure) — barley for regular offerings/rations, for 3 days, for Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nu-banda3), from the New House (granary) — was issued/set out. (Tally notation:) 3 placed(?) — 8 (numeral sign).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 069

3 gur (saggal-standard) barley, oxen-fodder, consumed — Ur-enki. 3 gur — Saga-tuku'a. [3 gur] — Ane-kura. 3 gur — Inim-ani-zi. They are chief-plowmen. Total: 12 gur (saggal-standard) barley. Barley for the tugx(LAK483), finished/filled, consumed, for the field bordering the tir-amma forest (the poplar/Amma-forest edge). Eniggal, the manager (nubanda), from the market-house (e2-ganba) he disbursed it. 6.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 070

2 gur 3 ban2 emmer, by the saggal ("chief") measure — [emmer-seed] for the (person) [lacking a share] in the GAN2-UL field: U2-U2, the ušdura (u2-du-ra), (by) En-iggal, the nubanda (overseer), month: "sheep-shearing" (ga2-udu-ur4), from the Ki-sala storehouse (e2 ki-sal4-la) it was issued — 4th (entry/time).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 071

10 gur (main-standard measure) white emmer-wheat, 5 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 barley — of the new harvest/threshing — barley brought from the field, hauled (by sledge): it was disbursed (in exchange); received. 2 gur white emmer-wheat, its exchange-emmer: 1 barig — for the sheep, barley (and) water of Ningir[su], was carried; received. Ursag, the gal-UN (official), (and) Šubur, the overseer (nu-banda3) — from the market-house (e2-ganba) he set (this) out for him. 5.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 072

[x] minus 4 ban2 barley — [x]-nam — gur-saggal (measure). From the house of the courtyard, it was disbursed. 3 gur barley, U2-U2 (barley/plant-type), it is the steward's. Seed-grain, ox-fodder barley, for the good small field — Nin-girsu-lu-mu, the hauling-worker (lu2-dun-a), for Inimanizi. Month: 'Festival of barley-eating,' (festival) of Ningirsu. [x x]-u2 (broken).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 073

16 gur 2 barig barley, gur-saggal (the large standard measure) — barley for the donkeys to eat. Year(?): [...] for Nin-[...]ki(?) — garment(s): ... garment [...] [Mesan]du(?) [...]

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 075

3 gur barley (saggal-standard measure). Barley for the oxen to eat; 'si-ga' garments (tugx). For the (surveyed) total of the field(s): Ur-Enki, the ox-herdsman — Ur-Ninpirig (in) the month 'Guranabimu' (oxen-fattening month) delivered (it) to him. Enigal, the overseer, from the storehouse of the courtyard issued (it). Total: 3.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 076

7 gur (saggal-standard) white emmer wheat, 1 gur gu-nida wheat, 1 barig wheat, emmer (for) seed — for the field of Du-abu ("the mound of Abu"): Inimanizi, the chief plowman — Enigal, the inspector, placed (it) for him. Barley, the yield, was allotted. Uru-KA-gina, king of Lagash. Year 1.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 077

10 gur, (measured in) gur-saggal, of barley — bought with silver. 2 gur(?), as a loan (ur5), fully repaid (šu-šu-še3-ga). 1 barig 4 ban2 barley — was delivered/carried (ba-de6). The dependents/junior persons (lu2 di4-di4-la) — for rations/consumption (nig2-gu7-de3) — received (it) (šu ba-ti).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 078

3 gur, 1 barig, 2 ban2 barley (measured by) the saggal (standard measure) — barley, donkey fodder (consumed by the donkeys) — for the si-ga placement of the tugx-garment — wage(-portion) of Anekura — (by) the plowman — for the small field of Girgir-Girgir — was delivered/carried: 6.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 080

90 (gur) less 2 barig — barley, gur-saggal (standard) measure — nig-enna barley (household/state barley), it is (from) the field bordering (that of) Sal4. Šeš-ludu, overseer. (reverse) was returned/repaid (šu-a bi2-gi4). Enig-gal, the inspector (nubanda), of the market-house (e2-ganba). (check-mark/notation): i3-si — 5.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 081

616 gur 1 barig 2 ban2 barley, by the head/standard gur — Inimdu, the overseer: returned into hand (i.e., repaid/delivered). Šubur, the manager, of the market-house (e2-ganba). Filled/complete: 1. It is barley of the Small Good Field.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 082

6(geš₂) 30 1(aš) 3(barig) barley, gur-saggal (measure) — barley of the fine [small] field. [...] (break) overseer. Returned/delivered by hand: Šubur, the manager (nu-banda₃), (at/in) the market-house (e₂-ganba). [......]

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 085

270 gur (barley), saggal-measure — it is the purchase price of wool. Ur-emush, chief merchant of the ensi (governor), to Enudana, merchant of the Emunus (Women's Household), gave (it). To Elam it was carried off. (Under) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ensi of Lagash. 1.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 086

12 gur (saggal-standard) barley: Lugal-inun, Dal-mušen. 2 gur 2 barig 4 ban2 (barley): Namahni, the gudu-priest. Total: 14 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 (saggal-standard) barley. Inim-Enlila'anda took charge (dab5) — 4.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 087

2 gur, 2 barig of muš-barley, by the gur-saggal ("head") standard measure — Baba-amadari; Šubur, the overseer (nu-banda3); from the courtyard-house (e2-ki-sal4-la), he gave (it) to him. 4.

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