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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 412

Obverse: 52 long-timber fir trees (u3-suh5) were brought into the orchard. 10 long-timber fir trees were taken out (of it). Urukagina (Uru-inimgina), ruler (ensi) of Lagash Reverse: month: 'Festival of Eating Malt of Ningirsu'; he gave instruction (na e-ma-ri); year 1.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 426

Obverse 183 bases of roof beams, selected (?); 60 bases of roof beams, (of the) za3-gu2-la2 (type); 23 cut-off branches (and) crowns of roof beams: (from) the grove of the Women's Household. Reverse Lugalanda, ruler of Lagaš, ordered [them] (to be cut) (?). Year 6.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 435

Obverse: 141 roof beams (ur3): Gu-dugga, the boatman, from the forest of the marsh of Baba loaded (them) into the boat. En-iggal, the overseer, counted (them) for him. Reverse: Urukagina, ruler of Lagash. Year 1.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 438

Obverse 35 new roof-beams, wood of Dam-dingirmu, from the marsh forest, were loaded onto boats. 43 old roof-beams from the house of the mound of Me-Kulaba were brought in. In the house of the wool depot of Nin-inimzida they were placed. Reverse En-iggal, the overseer, counted those placed in the house. (Year) 2. Its tablets: 2.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 440

Obverse i 1: 132 large bundles of brushwood (fuel); i 2: 368 (i.e. 370 less 2) small bundles of brushwood; i 3: 607 bound bundles of poplar branches: ii 1: from the forest of the marsh ii 2: of Baba, ii 3: were loaded onto boat(s). Reverse i 1: En-iggal, i 2: the overseer (nu-banda), i 3: brought them into the storehouse of the craftsmen's workshop. ii: Year 2.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 496

Obverse 5 yokes, 2 plough-heads, 2 plough 'mates' (a plough part), [… …] …-de3 — for Ur-Enki, the carpenter; En-iggal, the overseer, Reverse from the courtyard-house (e2 ki-sal4-la) issued (them) to him. (Year) 4.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 535

10 gur (saggal-measure) of seed-barley, barley for the oxen to eat: month gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-a; A2-ne2-kur-ra, the head plowman, for the field U3-gig-ga — En-ig-gal, the overseer, from the storehouse of Baba issued (it) to him for this purpose. The barley is the property of Baba. Sa6-sa6, wife of URU-KA-gi-na, king of Lagash. 2nd (year).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 536

Obverse: 12 gur-saggal of barley: seed barley, and barley for the oxen to eat, for Saga-tuku-a, the plough-leader. Di-Utu, the soldier, brought it to him at the field 'Beside the Thornbush'. Reverse: Barley, the property of Baba. Sasa, wife of Urukagina, king of [Lagash]. Year 2.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 542

Obverse, column i 12 gur of barley, by the large (saggal) gur, barley to be eaten by the oxen: Puzur-Mama gave (it) to him. 10 (gur) of seed barley: Abasa'e gave (it) to him. Obverse, column ii / Reverse The seed barley (and) the barley eaten by the oxen, for the Du'uh field: to Ur-abu, the head of the plough team, Eniggal, the overseer, gave (it). Year 1.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 543

15 gur of barley (by the sag-gal measure), month: "The-grain-heap-was-sealed-with-clay"; from the storehouse of Baba it was issued. 16 gur 2 barig of barley, month: "Ningirsu was conducted into the new house of Antasurra"; from the storehouse of the orchard it was issued. (This is) seed-grain and barley for feeding the oxen. To Di-Utu, chief plowman of the women('s household) of Baba, En-iggal, the overseer, issued it. 4th (year).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 546

2 bur3 2 eše3 of field(-land), eaten by locusts: its seed-grain and the barley consumed by the oxen — 8 gur (by the) saggal (measure); 1 (gur) barley, barley to be strewn upon the field — (for) Inim-ma-ni-zi, the chief plowman. Month: "wool-allotment." En-iggal, the overseer, from the new storehouse issued it to him. 4th (year).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 552

86 gur 1 barig of barley, by the head (gur saggal) measure — Puzur-Mama; 89 gur (60 + 30 less 1) 1 barig — Gala-tur: they are the plowmen. 16 gur of barley — Inim-mani-zi (and) Lu-šinig; 32 gur 1 barig of barley — En-uda-na. (reverse) Total: 223 gur 1 barig of barley, by the head measure — barley of the domain estate (níg-en-na). It is from the field Du'uhka. En-iggal, the overseer (nu-banda), heaped it up (in storage) in the market-house. 5th (year).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 572

8 hoes (gag-al) — Ur-sag; 5(?) — Ur-šerda; 7 — Inim-du; 6 — E-nam; 11 — Šeš-lu-du; 4 — E-me; 11 — Inim-mani-[zi]; [... (remainder of the list broken away)] Total: 62 hoes (gag-al), (for) the canal Enlil-le-šu-mu-gia ("Enlil restored it"). En-iggal, the overseer, allotted them to them. 3rd (year).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 575

3 bur minus 2 iku of field — subsistence land of Ki-duru; field Gir-gir; 2 bur of field "Enlil": the men of Ur-Baba, the cupbearers — Šubur, the overseer, gave (it) to them. Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash: (year) 1.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 576

1 bur'u less 4 iku of field — barley grown (i.e. sown/cultivated with barley); 2 bur of field — white emmer; [...] 1 bur, 1 eše, 4 1/2 iku of field — white emmer; 1 eše of field — gu-nida (emmer variety); 3 iku of field — [...]; 2 bur, 3 iku of field — white emmer; 3 bur(?), 1/2 iku of field — wheat (and) emmer; field of grown barley. Šubur, the scribe.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 621

146 bundles of flax — it is of the field A-limmu. 180 + 30 minus [n] bundles of flax — it is of the field Duḫ. It is the flax of the year. En-iggal, the overseer, on their bird-perches (dal-mušen) has placed it (for them). 4th (year).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 648

60 ninda — the canal (that runs) straight; 10 ninda — the canal at its side: it is the Great Ditch. 140 1/2 (ninda by) the measuring-rope, in ninda — it is the ditch that lies alongside the city wall. It is the ditch of the field Uri-ru'a. En-iggal, the overseer, had it hoed out. (Year) 4.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Erm 14330

1 kid (goat). To the place of Liʾsina, Baranamtara made the offering. Enlu, the cupbearer, brought it with her. Consumed. It is (from) Enku, the fattener. (Year) 5.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Erm 14333

392 gur 2 barig 2 ban2 of barley (by the saggal gur measure), barley of the estate property (nig-en-na), (from) the field "Small Gir-gir," the subsistence allotment of the ruler (ensi). Inima-ni-zi, the foreman, returned it into (his) hand. En-iggal, the overseer, stored it in the market-house. 6th (year).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Erm 14334

(Obverse) 1. 60 less 3 (= 57) gur of barley — 2. Utu-anzu(?), 3. the merchant. 4. ... the courier(?) ... 6(?) ... 5. (as) the purchase price (of) ...; 6. that barley SZUL-bi 7. gave to him. 8. 6 (units/year 6?).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Erm 14335

1. 50 head of si-U-NU (fish), 2. 12 porter-loads of fish: 3. Lugal-megalgal, 4. the fisherman of the brackish waters, 5. in the month "barley (and) water for the sheep of Ningirsu," 6. En-iggal, 7. the overseer, 8. into the Women's House (E-munus) 9. delivered (them). 10. (For) Baranamtara, 11. wife of Lugalanda, 12. the ruler 13. of Lagash. 3rd (year).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FAOS 15/2, 125

1. [x (units of) wool, sheep fleeces,] 2. [delivered (by) Nimgir-eša]tum, 3. the measurer of goods; 4. 3 men who hauled the ma-sa (boat-load?) 5. — one sheep fleece each — 6. [received (it)]. 7. They are the men who brought the barley by water. 8. Baranamtara, 9. wife of Lugalanda, 10. the ruler 11. of Lagash, 12. allotted (it) to them. (Year) 2.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Genava 26, 5

1. 1 jug of butter oil (ghee), 2. oil of the mašdaria-offering, 3. (from) the shepherds of the goats; 4. 1 jug (and) 3 sila of goat oil, 5. 1 barig (and) 1 ban of kashk-cheese: 6. A-inun; 7. 10 sila of oil: Ur-Ebabbar — 8. goat oil, 9. (from) the shepherds of the goats. 10. (For) Lugalanda [...] 11. in the house of the festival, 12. Ur-igi-ama-še, 13. the overseer, 14. poured it out for him. 6th (year).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 04

Obverse 1. 40 gur 3 ban of barley (in) the gur-saggal measure: 2. barley rations of the porters (and) the blind workers, the various ones (registered) on the tablet; 3. 34 (gur) 2 barig ...: barley rations of the female workers (and their) children; 4. [4]3 (gur) less 2 ban: barley for bread, the regular monthly provisions; 5. 15 (gur): barley with its supplement (bar-bi-gal₂). 6. Total: 132 (gur) 2 barig 1 ban(?) of barley (in) the gur-saggal measure. 7. It is the barley for rations (and) barley for bread of the people of Baba. 8. Urukagina, 9. king 10. of Lagash, 11. from the storehouse of B…

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 43

1 (man): URU-KA-gina-Enlile-su, 1 (man): URU-KA-gina-Ningir[su]ke-su, 1 (man): URU-KA-gina-Nanše-su — they are the men who stand (in service) at the water(-works) (a-en-ra); with Lugal-ešduga, the scribe, they live (i.e., are stationed). Total: 3.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 44

Obverse, col. i 1. 7 split (dried) fish, 2. 1 hide of a pig of the canebrake (wild boar), 3. (from) the fishermen of Baba — 4. (their) delivery. Obverse, col. ii 5. E-ur, 6. the overseer, 7. brought (it) in with them. 6th (year).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 45

1. 10 sheepskins with the fleece plucked (bar sar-ra), 2. 2 skins for ...-ing the UL-LAK470 (purpose obscure), 3. to Amar-Ašnan, 4. the leatherworker, 5. En-iggal, 6. the overseer, 7. in the month 'accounting(?) of the canal' (iti niĝ-ka-i-ka), 8. from the E-munus ('Women's House'), 9. gave to him. (Year) 1.

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 47

1. 10 nanny goats of the fattener, 2. 2 nanny goats of the steppe: 3. goats placed under (his) charge — 4. Ur-Baba 5. is the fattener. 6. En-iggal, 7. the captain, 8. in the storehouse of the garden 9. called them out (registered them). 10. Goats, property of Baba. 11. Sasa, 12. wife of Urukagina, 13. king 14. of Lagash. 7th (year).

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 48

1. 5 gurgur-vessels of fine (golden) beer — 2. its emmer(-flour): 3 ban; 3. its malt: 5 ban; 4. its beer-bread (bappir): 3 ban. 5. At the festival 'Barley-Eating' 6. of Nanshe, 7. as regular offerings (and) votive contribution it was brewed (pressed); 8. to the palace 9. it was brought (and) 10. consumed. 11. Amar-giri, 12. the brewer. 5th (year).

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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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