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~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 141

899 [units of] standard gamurx; 8 [units] 3 ban2 of gamurx — sealed receipt (šu-kam4 lid2-ga); 20 [units] minus 1 barig 3 ban2 of gamurx — hand-touching receipt (šu-tag lid2-ga); [Under] na-gada (the cowherd). 111 [units of] standard gamurx; 1 [unit] 1 barig of gamurx — sealed receipt (šu-kam4 lid2-ga); 2 barig 3 ban2 of gamurx — hand-touching [received]; [Under] unu3 (the herdsman). Grand total: [1,0]10 [units of] standard gamurx; 9 [units] 1 barig 3 ban2 of gamurx — sealed receipt (šu-kam4 lid2-ga); 20 [units] 1 barig of gamurx — hand-touching receipt (šu-tag lid2-ga).

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~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 142

1,200 [units of] si-|NUxU| 1,200 [units of] |(TIR&TIR)xU2| — [for] ensi-GAR — [and] lord Zi-u4-di 60 [units of] si-|NUxU| — [for] the Chief of Dilmun — [and] the Subarians (dependent workers) — [and] the barber — [and] the temple administrator of GAR 90 [units of] si-|NUxU| — [for] the son of the Chief of Dilmun — [and] GAR-HU-DUR2-BU — [and] the kinda2-worker

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~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 145

170 dates — standard allocation — Adab, ha-ur2 350 dates — standard allocation — eagle [...] 100 dates — standard allocation — festival of the courtyard 180 dates — standard allocation — gal-UN

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~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

WF 151

20 minas of copper — a-NI-NI 20 [minas] — é-Ḫursag 20 [minas] — é-en-ra 20 [minas] — Iškur 20 [minas] — é-zi[-pa-e₃] 4 [minas] — Ur-gibil 4 [minas] — Amar-KISAL-NUN 4 [minas] — [Dumu-x-]NUN-šita 4 [minas] — munus-ki-nu-zu 4 [minas] — šita 20 [minas] — a-si₄ [x x — illegible] Total: 140 minas of copper

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 008, 1928-439

[...] field [...] field [...] field [...] field [...] field [...] field 1/3 (unit) — silver [...] 10 — silver, shekel(?) [...] 1(?) — silver, shekel [...] 1/2 (unit) — silver, shekel [...] 1 [...]

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Anonymous 270812

1 (gur) — Abba 2 (gur) — Ekur-nin 2 (gur) — [x]-nin 1 (gur) — Ur-ganun 1 (gur) — Ab-zu-zu 2 (gur) — Ur-nagar 1 (gur) — U2-U2-a 2 (gur) — Pa4-pa4 —— 12 gur of barley (total) Day 1: 1 shekel measured —— 5 ban2 — U2-U2-a 4 ban2 — Lugal-he2

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 007

9 workers — [for/of] e2-sar; 4 — [for] Ašgi; 4 — [for] e2-sahar; 2 — [for] Inanna; 3 — [for] Enki; 4 — [for the e2]-dam; 1 — Dara-[U]-Enlil-gar; 1 — [x]-e2-si; 1 — An-ne; 8 — small sanctuaries; [temple of] Utu; day 17 (= 20 minus 3); [field of] the chariot.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 010

5 shekels of refined silver 1 [unit?] of silver(?), [by the] talent 1 [unit] mountain PA, [by the] talent 1 [unit] x DIB(?) mountain x, [by the] talent 1 [unit] PA TAR-TAR(?), [of] pure silver, [by the] talent 1 [unit] yellow-green(?), silver 1 [unit] UD-tongue/blade 1 mina of female-goat wool, weighed 1/3 [unit] nu-gu Geme-Ur-Ganun(?) — was delivered

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 012

[17] gur-saggal of barley — Ur-Si 2 barig — Shu-ash3 2 barig — E2-mah-da 1 barig 2 ban2 — U2-U2 1 barig 3 ban2 — Ishtup-Il 1 gur — Nin-tur-tur 1 gur — the gudu4-priest of E2-mud 1 gur — Du-du 1 gur — Bara2-a-ra2-nu2 Total: 24 gur 5 ban2 of barley, gur-saggal measure [x?] — the lu2-mah (chief official) [n?] 5 gur? — Namlugal-nidum

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 016

5 large-gur (gur-saggal) of barley — Ur-en-sig-nun-na; 2 [large-gur,] ma-mud; [...]-sag, barley; 5 [large-gur] of barley — Me-me-a; 15 gur — the Vine-House (E₂-geštin-su₁₃); 2 [gur] — Nin-mu-gin₇-a-mah; 2 + 2 [gur] — Ili-ili; [...]-HAR; [...] (broken); Nu-SAHAR-a; Ma-ma-kišī-gal.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 027

3 gur of barley, received — Egi, son of Ama-NU+NU. 1 gur 1 barig — Amar-giri, builder. 1 gur of prime barley — Amar-ku6-ara2, shepherd. 1 gur 2 barig — Lugal-niĝzu. 1 gur 2 barig — Lugal-damda.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 029

Lugal-nigzu — Ur-nibeda — from the field a peg was pulled out; a donkey was released there; milk was declared there — before Ur-su, the donkey herder; house ... [broken] wages — distributed — [KU] ... the matter is concluded; to the governor of Nippur; ... [is] available.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 030

25 aktum-garments 20 minus 3 NI-garments [= 17] 8 nig2-bar-ba [items] 3 nig2-la2 gaba [chest-pieces] New tablet: 40 minus 2 — balance [= 38]

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 038

15 gur of barley — purchase price for 1 house of 1 sar — it is. Nin-pada, wife of Lugal-ša, who drew [it] from the [clay] tablet [?] — received. 1 shekel of silver, 1 gur of barley — KUM-tuš-[ša3?], son of Lugal-[ša], received. Purchase price of [x x x]

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 040

7 mother cows 2 cows, 3 years old 1 bull, 2 years old 1 female suckling calf 1 male suckling calf Total thereof: 12 Ur-likam Uʾuma Ansi Mazauma

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 043

5 gur 2 barig of barley 1 bar-dul5 garment — silver: 2/3 mina 1 aktum garment — silver: 2/3 mina 1 nig2-lam2 cloth — [value:] ½ shekel 1 nig2-lam2 cloth — [value:] ⅓ [shekel] 1 gur 2 barig of barley — 2 shekels of silver (for which there is no year-date) 1 shekel of silver [n] 1 she-goat [n] silver — 2/3 mina brought by canal [...] brought thereto 1 — into his/her hand — a garment, gum(-quality), was received [...]

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 044

10 gur of barley — (from) the storehouse of the barber: 2 gur 2 barig: Igi-si. 2 gur 2 barig: Usz, son of Za-ge. 3 gur: (for) the storehouse of the barber. 2 barig: Ur-gu, son of Lugal-ennu. Inim-zida (witness). An-da-gal (witness). It is the principal barley; it is its source (base account). 4 gur 2 barig of barley: Aba-Enlil, son of Amar-Abzu, received (it).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 054

4 iku of field — 10+2 asz, 2 barig: its barley — [belonging to] the storehouse of the great merchant. 2½ iku of field — 10 less 2 barig: barley of the man [who is] sanga Lugal-ezem, the foreman. 1 eše3 [+] 2 iku of field — 40 less 2 asz, 2 barig: barley of Ama-bara-si [and] Lugal-ildu, the rope-stretchers. 3 iku of field — 10+2 asz, 2 barig: barley — [belonging to] the household of the rope-stretcher. 3¼ iku of field — 10+5 asz, 2 barig: barley of the junior woman, wife of the rope-stretcher. 1½ iku of field — 5 asz: [barley] of Ur-TAG, the potter.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 081

420 — old bread-rations 300 — wide [bread] 418 — kusz3-type, base-grade 358 — kusz3, 1 šu-bad, ½ 301 — GIŠ.BAD — overseer and deputy-overseer 302 — kusz3 — En-tar 121 — ninda-KID bread 179 — GIŠ.BAD — the elder [...] x — [...]-na 62 — kusz3 — Puni-dug 120 BAD kusz3 — not deposited in the storehouse 120 BAD — [Ekur(?)] — not deposited 241 — account of Ur-KUSZ2 121 — account of Huni-[x] 5 — account of NI-a

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 083

54 [bundles of] fodder-grass — En-a-kal-le; 35, quay construction; 40, Ur-ni; 42, En-tar-si; 3[6], overseer-foreman; 32½, overseer.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 087

286 (units) of copper — ha-bu11-da [grade/type] 110 minas of copper [x] minas, [x] from [x] [x] [...] brought out from the dust/rubble: 251 minas of copper — weavers, issued from the palace; weavers under the overseer of the smiths — given.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

BIN 08, 115

1 šar 4 bur 2 iku of garden, [designated:] great, 5 bur of small garden, 1 bur 3 iku, outer field of the city-place of AN, 5 bur of garden — [potter?] Ur-en-[X], [house of] AN-[X], 4 iku, outer garden, [X] a-zu-zu [(X)], [it is] the year[ly account].

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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

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 [...]

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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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