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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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?) ...

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~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.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 226

1 kid, son of [...]; 1 kid: Bara-Enlil-[gar]. 2 kids, ...[...]; 1 sheep, [...]; 3 kids, [...]; 1 kid, [...]; 1 kid, [...]; [1 kid], [...]; 1 [kid]: Bara-En[lil-gar]. Total: 1 sheep, 11 [kids]: sheep (and goats) expended. Month: Akiti.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 227

[1] fattened sheep, 3 sheep: the nin-dingir priestess of Ninšubur. 3 sheep: Lugal-urie. 3 sheep: Munimah. 2 (gur) 1 ban minus 1 sila of sheep ur2-[cuts], (for) the kitchen. Total: 1 fattened sheep; total: 11 (gur) 1 ban minus 1 sila, sheep ur2-cuts (and sheep). (This) is the expenditure.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 229

1 kid, for the tēnnum(?) of the ŠIM PI-PI garden; 1 sheep, ašgi, within 7 days; 1 lamb, for Nin-gilim. Issued, (of) the kizûtum. Month Šu-gar, day <n>.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 232

Obverse 1. 10 sheep skins, 2. skins for leather sacks, 3. to Ur-zigumma, 4. the cook, 5. were given. Reverse 6. 6 sheep skins: 7. the GIN₂ (and) the mat(s) of Edudu (and) the boat of Iškur-andul 8. were fitted (with them). 9. Leather expended, 10. Lugal-itida; 11. Susi.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 233

4 hides: goat (hides), (for) the man of the stretched things; he gave (them) to him. 2 hides: hides for the leather bag of the governor; Gala, the leather-worker, he gave (them) to him. 2 hides: for the á-gá of linen, from his own labour, the leather-worker; he gave (them) to him. Total: 8 white hides; they are hides that were expended.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 236

1 nig-lam garment, 1 šaga-du garment: Lugal-nir, the shepherd. 1 bar-dul garment: Bulali, [...] the carpenters. 1 bar-dul garment: Lu-saga, the chief farmer. Total: 4 garments, returned; for the 7th time. [...]-x (was) the commissioner.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 241

Obverse 1. 19 gur 2 barig of barley: Ur-Inanna; 2. (see line 1) 3. 10 gur 2 barig 5 ban: TAR-ta; 4. 10 gur minus 2 barig: Lu-BI; 5. 12 gur: E-ur; 6. 3 gur 2 barig: Aš-ane, the temple administrator; 7. 1 gur: Sipa-ane, the cook; 8. 64 gur: Šakuge. Reverse 9. Total: 120 minus 2 gur, (plus) 2 barig of barley, 10. it is the [arr]ears of last [year]; 11. Mesa[g].

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 244

[n] 2 ban [of ...], barley, ...-th (?); 2 gur of barley from the house of Lugal-ša-x; [...]-KA [...] [Ur]-Ababa. [Total:] n (gur) 2 barig minus 1 ban 5 sila [of barley], (in) gur, regular deliveries: the cupbearer received (it). [Month: barley] harvest.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 245

[n+]5 gur of barley (by the) Agade (measure): Ur-Inanna; [n+]3 (gur): Ur-Ennun; 4 (gur) 1 barig 2 ban: TAR-ta; 4 (gur): E-[...]; ...[...]; 2 (gur) 2 barig 3 ban: [...]; 2 (gur) 1 barig: Ša-kuge [...]. Total: 16 gur 1 barig 2 ban 5 sila of barley (by the) Agade (measure), [rec]eived by the brewers.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

TCBI 1, 246

20 less 2 (= 18) gur of barley, standard (gur), from the E-niggur-gula; 12 (gur) from the E-mah. Beer, 2 (units) each, until the month [...]; beer, 1 jar of 10 sila, until the 4th month. Received by Ur-Inanna.

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~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.

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~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).

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~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.

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~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.

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~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]

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~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

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~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-[...]

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~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.'

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~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]

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~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.

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~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 [...]

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~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).

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~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?]

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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].

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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.

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~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

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~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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