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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0865

Obverse: [2 gur] 1 barig 2 ban 1/2 sila (sila) of dabin-flour, regular offerings; 3 ban minus 2 sila of zi-dabin-flour — for the festival of the orchard. [1] 1/2 sila of bread [...] zi-dabin-flour — (for the) Ne-Ne-gar (festival/month); Igizi (in charge). Reverse: [Total]: 2 gur 1 barig 4 sila of dabin-flour, regular offerings; [total]: 4 ban 4 sila of zi-dabin-flour. Expended by order. [Month: Du]kug.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0874

Obverse 1. Igibare 2. said: 3. "The troops of the land, 4. beloved of Dingirmah, 5. beloved of Ašgi — 6. to Šar-kali-šarri Reverse (the start is broken) 7. [...] 8. [...] 9. [...] donkey(?) [...] ... [...] gave(?) 10. (I) have no irrigated land. 11. Let him give me some irrigated land!"

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0878

Obverse 4 bán (of barley): A-a, the carpenter; 4 bán: Bu-ša-ti-e, the potter; (these are) men. 3 bán: A-ra-ne-x; 3 bán: Im-[...]; 3 bán: Zi-[...]; [3 bán]: Na-[...]; [3 bán]: Du-[...]; (these are) wo[men]. Reverse Total: 2 men at 4 bán (each), 5 women at 3 bán (each). Their barley rations: 4 barig less 1 bán. Month: Akiti.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0885 + 1062

Obverse [What] Lugal-gesz says, [say] to Lugal-maszkim: “My messenger — a man killed (him). That matter [...] let it be [...]; to [Ki-babbar], let him transfer (it/him).” (End of text; the reverse contains the closing lines, partly broken.)

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0890

Obverse 6 [ropes of KAxKID-type] — [......] 3 [......] 6 — [...]-mer 3 — Ilulu(?) 3 — Lugal-im 3 — Lani 3 — Kibad 3 — Ur-GAN2-ISZ (Reverse) 3 — Šu-ilisu Total: 30 ropes (eš2 |KAxKID|) he gave to them.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0892

Obverse [17 (20 minus 3) gur of barley]: [...]-enki and Ur-gal; U-ru, the overseer, brought it. 10 gur of barley: Lu-gu-mu-da; Geme-arsar brought it. Total: 27 (30 minus 3) gur of barley. Reverse ... [...] house of Ka-gula (?) was loaded (?); it was counted as one (lot). [...] ... [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0901

Obverse 3 gur 2 barig 1 ban 5 sila of dabin-flour (for) 69 consumers, (of) Akkade; [...] 1 gur 2 barig of groats (nig2-ar3-ra), (for) 48 consumers; 4 gurdub-containers of beer-bread; 7 gurdub-containers of malt; 2 (units) of fish, for the sa-ZI.ZI (?). Reverse Returned. It is (the account) of the [...] time.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0910

Obverse: 71 gur, 2 barig, 4 ban [...] 2/3 sila of barley, by the gur-measure of Akkade: (the) remainder with Bizaza is on hand in Adab.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0926 + 1076

Obverse 2 gur of barley; 12 gur 1 barig 4 ban of emmer: to the storehouse of the granary it was brought in. Reverse Second time (delivery no. 2). (rest of reverse uninscribed)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0932

Obverse 1. 2 eše (of field) [the word 'field' is left out by the scribe]: šega-ze2 (barley), 2. for the captain (nu-banda3); 3. 1 barig for the foreman; 4. 3 ban for the work-troop: 5. šega-ze2 (barley). Reverse 6. [...] for the captain; 7. 2 ban for the foreman; 8. 1 ban for [the work-troop]; 9. it is barley [...].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0933

Obverse: 2 barig of sesame: A'a'a. 1 ban (and) 3(?) sila of 'drinking-stuff' flour: Lugal-tešmu. Reverse: Sesame (and flour) expended; Ur-Emah.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0938

Obverse 1. 3 gur of barley: 2. barley for groats, 3. (for) Mesag. 4. 3 (gur), principal: an exchange made for old barley, 5. (for) Zatum. Reverse 6. 1 barig: Kirbanum, the cook. 7. Total: 6 gur 1 barig of barley, 8. barley brought out of the sealed storehouse. 9. En-annatum.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0941

Obverse [An]si. [4]1 gur, 4 ban, 5 sila of barley: [at the] barber's house, in the residence of the craftsmen. Ansi. Reverse [...] 3(?) gur of emmer: [at the] outer barber's house, in the residence of the [cra]ftsmen. [An]si.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0944

Obverse 1. [6?] gur (big gur) of emmer wheat, 2. emmer of Šu-Eštar, ga-x; 3. 3 barig of emmer: 4. [...] Puzur-Mama, 5. brother of Imarum. Reverse 6. [Grand] total: 6? gur [3 barig] of emmer, big gur, 7. regular offerings of the gods [...]. 8. En[lil], the scribe, 9. [re]ceived (it).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0947

Obverse 1 ban 2 sila of za-flour (of the) Agade (standard/type); 1 ban 3 sila of gu-flour; [n sila] of groats; 4 sila of arzana-groats: (for) the table of the governor. 5 sila of za-flour: Ur-še, his man, the nu-eš priest. Reverse Total: 1 ban 7 sila of za-flour; [to]tal: 2 ban 5 sila of barley (products). [Ex]pended by Sipa-anne.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0948

Obverse 2 barig 3 ban of barley (for) fattened oxen; 3 ban: Lugal-gude'a. Total: 1 month. (Reverse / continuation) 2 barig 3 ban: fattened oxen [grain-fed]; 3 ban: Lugal-[gu]de'a; 2 ban: In-u. Issued (by) Bizaza.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0951

Obverse 2 barig of sesame: the chief constable (gal-la-gal); 1 barig: the chief smith; 1 barig: Lugal-ušur, [the smith?]; [...] Reverse Total: 1 gur of sesame. Ur-gu delivered it; the household administrator received it.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0953

Obverse [...] 31 gur 1 barig of barley, (in) Akkade gur; 48 (literally 50 minus 2) gur of emmer; Reverse [...]-gu2: expended. Total: 342 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 5 sila of barley, [gur] of Akkade.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0961

Obverse 5 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley: Ur-e; 2 [gur]: Ur-Ištaran; 5 [gur] less 1 barig: E-zi[da]. Reverse Total: 12 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0964

3 ban of nu-u2-nunuz barley: Meme. 2 ban of emmer (and) wheat, 3 ban of nu-u2-nunuz barley: Igini. Total: 1 barig of nu-u2-nunuz barley; total: 2 ban of emmer (and) wheat. They received it as seed. Month: [...] ...

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0965 + 1016-1

Obverse [...] emmer, (by the) large gur; [... to ...]-tu; 2 barig: (to) Atu; [n]: (to) Lalla. Reverse Total: 4 gur 2 barig of emmer, (by the) large gur, [regular] offerings for the gods(?). Enlil, the scribe, received (it). Month: Še-sag-sa-ga.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0968

45 gur, 2 barig(?), 3 ban(?), 3 sila, 15 shekels of barley; per gur [...] 15 sila [...] (this barley) is set aside (lit. 'is placed outside'), (for / of) the porters.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0972

Obverse 1 barig 4 ban 5 sila (= 105 sila) of [large] chickpeas: Ur-Ištaran, the lu-u5 (rider?); 3 ban (= 30 sila): Lugal-mah; 2 ban (= 20 sila): Lugal-itida, Reverse the scribe, and Ur-nigar. (blank space) Total: 2 barig 3 ban 5 sila (= 155 sila) of large chickpeas. It is an expenditure.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0973

Obverse 29 gur 1 barig 5 sila of [barley]; 3 barig 1 ban 6 sila of dabin flour; 1 ban (variant ban sign) 2 sila of large legumes (gu-gal); [n sila] of small legumes (gu-tur); 3 sila of coriander. Reverse Issued (out). Enannatum. Month: 'later' Bahir.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0979

Obverse 2 gurdub-baskets of dates, E-un, choice (quality); 50 fish, 10 gamgam-fish: niĝdu-provisions of the fishermen. 1 ban minus 1 sila of dabin-flour of [Aga]de. [...] Delivered (mu-kux).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0982

[80 gur-mah of barley]: Lugal-nam-mah; 10 (gur-mah): E-sukkal-gesi. Total: 90 gur-mah of barley. Barley of Ur-rani, the vizier (sukkal), received. It is (the account) of the year.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0985

6 sila of dabin-flour, Agade (measure); 3 sila of gu-flour; 2 sila of dabin-flour; 1 sila of barley-[...]; 6 2/3 sila of [...]; Ka-en-en-ne (?); Igi-zi; 1 (vessel of) beer, 3 ban; Ki-Utu.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0988

Month: “Festival-of-Ninmug.” Until the 6th day had elapsed — the grain: its spoilage was present; the barley of the GI×U(-store) was booked out (as expenditure); it perished. (reverse) Ama-ga bound up the opening of the wall. On the 7th day the day(?) was released (i.e. it was opened again).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 0989

3 ban of [barley — ...] Nin-urdu 4 ban: Ama-sukkal 4 ban: Nin-ḫili 4 ban: Nin-ušur-mu [n]: Ku-burina [n]: Igi-du-du 3 ban: Nin-ḫili 4 ban: Nam-ušur 4 ban: Nin-ama-mu 4 ban: Nin-šerzi 3 ban: Geme-gigir [Total:] 5 gur 2 barig [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 1007

(obverse) [...] [...] beer; An-gu, the general (šagina). 1 da-bulug bread, 2 (measures of) beer: x-en-[...], the general(?). [...] da-[bulug] bread, [...] beer; geš-nim [...] ... 1 load (gu₂) of flax, not [...]-split(?), 3 bundles of flax(?), 1 bundle of cress (še-lu₂), [...]-house(?), KU, gold, [...]-tum₂ (delivered/brought?). (The tablet is broken at the beginning and along the lower obverse; the reverse and the inscribed edges are largely effaced and cannot be read line by line.)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 1014

1 barig less 5 sila of dabin-flour, (by the) Agade (measure): Da-bulug — bread. 3 ban: they are the Meluhhans. 1 barig: Nabi'um. Total: 2 barig 2 ban 5 sila of dabin-flour, (by the) Agade (measure). Expended (for) the porters. Conveyor: Gen-na. Commissioner(?): Ili.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 1015

864 bread(-loaves); its flour: 1 less 1, 1 [+ n sila], by the gur-measure of Agade; 1, ½ sila of ḪI×DIŠ barley — (for) the select ones (nisqū) and the soldier[s]. Barley expend[ed]. En-anna-tum. Month: Šu-[gar].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 1057

[...] flour (dabin) [... ] flour-for-sprinkling (zi3-dub-dub) Igi-zi 1 sila of flour (dabin) 1 sila of groats (nig2-[ar3-ra]) — when the plough was released — expenditure. Sipa-ane, the cook. Month: Duku.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 1067

3 jars of oil, 4 sila (each); (for) Ur-Utu, overseer of the great boats, for the sea — he [delivered/issued] to him. (reverse) [...] Lu-x-zi, the cupbearer, is its commissioner (maškim). Month: še-sag-sa₆-ga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 1095

Month: "Harvest" (month of the reaping). 5 days having elapsed, work was done at the clod-crushing (of the plot); 10 days having elapsed, the barley was reaped; 15 days — that being the two of them added together — the field is confirmed.

Economy·Daily Life

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 1099

Obverse 1. 10(?) [...] ..., 2. their barley ration: 4 gur 3 ban (in the measure) of Agade; 3. 1 ox, 4. its barley ration: 2 barig 3 ban. 5. Total: 4 gur 3 barig of barley (in the measure) of Agade, 6. expenditure of Bizaza, 7. in Adab.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Adab 1104

Obverse 1. 4,800 (6 × 600 + 2 × 600) barbar-reeds, 2. [...] persons(?)/head(?) ... of Agade, 3. [...] ... Nin-[...], 4. [...] ... ... [...], 5. [...] 6. [...] (Reverse) 7. [...] ... flax(?) [...], 8. [...]-si-eš-gur(?) (a personal name?), 9. [Total:] 8,683 (7 × 600 + 7 × 600 + 4 × 60 + 40 + 3) barbar-reeds, 10. (for/of) the boatmen.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 270825

1. 1 (man): Kar-dug 2. 1 (man): Guza(?) 3. 1 (man): Lulum(?) 4. 1 (man): Ur-tur(?) 5. 1 woman: A-nu-dul 6. 1 (man): Utu-ursag 7. 1 (man): [...]-uri 8. from ...-..., 9. the overseer.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 270828

1. 3(šar) 5(gešʾu) 5(geš) 5(u) less 2 (= 14,148), given; 2. field of the E-šula (estate); 3. returned to hand (i.e., received/accounted for); 4. E-sursi(?); 5. A-maḫ(?); 6. the matter was confirmed(?) (lit. "the word arose"); 7. Ur-Ninmug(?).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 270829

1. 1 barig 2 ban of emmer wheat — (of/for) Agade; 2. the trader(?) (ga-eš₈); 3. 1 barig 4 ban of emmer, 2 barig 1 ban of wheat; 4. 7 sila of emmer, allotted; 5. 1 ban 3 sila of emmer — the Amorite(s); 6. 6 sila — the son of Sabul; 7. 1 barig 2 ban of emmer for emmer-flour; 8. Total: 1 gur 4 ban 6 sila of emmer; 9. 6(?) sila of wheat — the boat (at) the quay, ...(TAG?-NE).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 270830

Obverse 1. 2 barig of dabin-flour, 2. (to) the man of Šuruppak 3. it was given (an-na-šum2). 4. Šeš-bad3, 5. the cupbearer, 6. was its commissioner (maškim). 7. (At/for) the e2-dumu (the 'children's house'); 8. Di-Utu 9. (was) the overseer (nu-banda3). 10. Month: "Barley harvest" (iti še-gur10).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 270834

Obverse 1. 3 jugs of beer: Tišida(?); 2. 2 (jugs of) beer: ḫalḫal-beer; 3. 2 (jugs of) beer, 1 basket: Geme-Ašgi; 4. 2(?) (jugs of) beer, 1 basket: Bilatum; 5. 2 (jugs of) beer, 1 basket: Dudaga(?); 6. 3 drinking jars: Lul-e; 7. 4 ban of bread of emmer flour, barley [...]; 8. 5 ban (and) 5 breads of barley [...]; 9. 15 breads: Lu-ag(?); 10. 6 breads: Ur-[...].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 270837

Obverse (col. i) 1. 3 ban of dabin-flour: Kid-Enlil-gar(?), 2. 4 ban: Ma'u, 3. 3 ban: Ur-šerda, 4. 1 barig: Ur-..., 5. 3 ban: Nuna, 6. 2 ban: ... ..., 7. (line illegible: ... ... ... ...) (col. ii) 8. 7 months (or: the 7th month); 9. it is the month of "barley harvest" (še-gur). 10. 5 ban: Sipa-nam, 11. (traces: ... ...)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 271221

Obverse: 1. 2 ban of barley, fodder, 2. (for) a jenny donkey, 3. (of) Adda; 4. 15 days. 5. [... of barley, fodder,] 6. (for) a full-grown jenny donkey; 7. 20 less 2 (= 18) days. 8. 1 ban less 1 sila of barley, fodder, 9. (for) a jenny donkey, 10. (of) NE-NE; 11. 20 days. Reverse: 12. Month: itix (UD×PAP); there are 4 (of them). 13. 20 less 1 (= 19) years (year 19?).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 271222

Obverse 1. 2 ban of dates, 2. 3 wooden nig-du (pegs?), left behind, ..., 3. 2 wooden nig-du(?), ..., 4. (for) Dingir-lugal-iri-bar; 5. (for) drinking (and) rearing (or: for watering the saplings), 6. (to) Lugal-imšul-nu-eš 7. it was given (an-na-šum).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 271225

Obverse: 1. 1 (man): Ur-emega (the scribe wrote ME-UM in error), 2. 1 (man): Lugal-kešda, 3. 1 (man): Ur-gu, 4. 1 (man): Lugal-nigzu, 5. 1 (man): Zamu, 6. 1 (man): E-uri, 7. 1 (man): Amar-ku, 8. (to) Ida-il, 9. Lu-KU, the temple administrator, 10. gave (them). (The reverse is uninscribed.)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 271226

1. 2 female workers: 1 barig (of barley each); 2. 1 girl: 2 ban; 3. overseer: Mama-ummi. 4. 1 ... died; 5. 1 female worker fled; 6. overseer: Dar. 7. 2 female workers; 8. overseer: Nin-girgal. 9. 1 female worker fled; 10. overseer: ... [...] 11. [...] (rest broken)

Economy·Daily Life

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 271229

1. 2(geš₂) loaves of bread, 2 (units) — 2. E-tur; 3. 2(geš₂) loaves of bread, 2 (units) — 4. Ma-u; 5. 2(geš₂) loaves of bread, 2 (units) — 6. Ur-šerda; 7. 2(geš₂) loaves of bread, 2 (units) — 8. Ur-nu; 9. 2(geš₂) loaves of bread, 2 (units) — 10. Ilala. 11. Month: Šu-gar. 12. The overseer: 13. at (lit. toward) the field Gaba-gigal 14. he stationed (them) / they stood on duty (there with him).

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Anonymous 271230

1. 1/2 sila of oil, 2. 1 ox hide on hand (gal₂), 3. having been processed (ab-ak); 4. 2 1/2 sila (for) the house of the barber (e₂ šu-i); 5. 20 minus 2 (= 18) sila of oil, 6. 6 speckled(?) steppe(-hides?) (edin? ba-ru-um), 7. having been processed; 8. 1 sila (of oil): ox hide, ... alkali(?), 9. having been processed.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Anonymous 271232

1. [...] ... 2. Izi-ḫu (?) 3. 3 ban of LAK720 (a foodstuff), 4. (for) the plow, 5. (to) Rāši-ilum; 6. ... ... ... (three illegible signs) 7. zi-ra (?); 8. 5 sila of LAK720, 9. 4 servants; 10. 2 ban of LAK720, 11. 5 [...] 12. NE-[...] 13. 2 ban of bread [...], 2 ban of bread [...], 2 (units of) bread ... [...] 14. 20 [...] ... [...]

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