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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 308

4(gešʼu) split eštub-carp — fish of the E2-DU-DU-DU-DU (house/place "DU-DU-DU-DU") — (from/of) the E2-igara-su building — the fishermen of the fresh (sweet) water — delivered (it). En-iggal, the manager, received (it) into the fish-house (fish-loft). Fish, the yield — (for) Baba. Sa6-sa6 (the scribe). Wife of Uru-KA-gina, king of Lagash. Year 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 335

1 (unit) — Lugal-gešbur 1 (unit) — Šanugal 1 (unit) — E-igara-su 1 (unit) — Anukuš 1 (unit) — Uršu-illa 1 (unit) — Lugal-igi 1 (unit) — Gu'u Total: 4 + 3 = 7 persons (on this) tablet. They are fishermen, (recipients of) dates. En-iggal, the manager (nubanda). For this account it was written (registered). Gu'u, its foreman: 3.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 336

20(?) small sur-bread(s) 10 sur-bread(s), (for) oxen 90 sal4-bread(s) 5 NI-bread(s) 1 sur-gug2-cake 1 gug2-cake, finished (šu-du7-a) 1 ox rib 3 gir2-fish, prepared (du3-a) (For/Of) the women's house (e2-munus).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 340

1 barig malt, (for) pale beer, 1 barig malt, (for) dark beer, (assigned to) Muanedu — it is for the shrine. 1 barig 2 ban malt: Mesandu, 4 ban malt — it is for the house of the god. 1 barig 2 ban malt: place of [Utu] — malt of Nammahni, (assigned to) Muanedu, to the brewer — it was given to be consumed. 2 [(sign, broken)]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 341

300 gir-fish (a-de2 type), 600 sumasz-fish: the governor (ensi2), for the offering (nidba), tied (them) up. 360 sumasz-fish: the woman (munus), for the offering (nidba), tied (them) up. Fish, (as) wages, disbursed. Enna-Umu has (them) at his disposal/in his charge. 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 349

1(šar2) 1(geš2) 3(u) sa gi (3,690 bundles of reeds) Enig-gal, the overseer (nu-banda3), of the second (occasion/field) — from the adjoining field (GAN2 i3-us2-ta), he brought (it) (mu-de6); to the house at the edge of the city (e2 za3 iri-ka-ka) it was delivered (i3-kux(DU)). Labor-allocation of the 2nd day: 2 (units).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 350

810 bundles of reed, fuel (u2-bil): Ur-šerda. 24 bundles of reed: Inim-du. They are the overseers. From the date(-orchard) produce it was delivered. En-iggal, the manager, (received it) at the house at the edge of the city. Delivery: 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 355

60 bundles of reed: its base (ur2-ni), malt-reed (munu4-mu2), cut reed (gi ku5-ra2). Inim-du is the foreman. From the a-us2 field — U2-U2, u2-du (uncertain term) — was weighed out/delivered to the house at the edge of the city. Enigal, the manager (nubanda): receipt: 3. Labor-allotment of the 7th day.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 356

7(geš2) bundles of reed — reed (that was) cut — (under) Inim-du, the foreman; from the field Austa (GAN2 a-us2), (by) Anekura, the chief plowman (sag-apin); (it) was tied/bound (mu-la2) (into) the storehouse at the edge of the city; Enigal received (it) — 3rd (entry); labor of 9 days (10 days minus 1).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 357

7(geš'u) sa gi (= 420 bundles of reed) gi ku5-ra2 (cut reed) Inimdu is the foreman. From the field "A-us2": Inimanizi, the chief plowman, (delivered it) to the house at the edge of the city. Enigal, the administrator, received it (delivery) — 3rd (entry). Labor-duty of the 10th day.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 358

7(geš'u) sa gi (=420) bundles of reed — reed that was cut. Inim-du11 is the foreman. Field A-uš2-ta ("from the field A-uš2"): Ane-kura, (and) the chief plowmen — it was weighed out/delivered. En-ig-gal, the steward (nubanda), (brought it) to the house at the edge of the city. Delivered: 3. Labor-duty of the 12th day.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 359

1(gesz2) [=60] minus 5(asz), each counted individually: bundles of reed — the men of Lugal-dalla. Enigal, the manager, returned (them) into his hand at the House-at-the-Edge-of-the-City. Day 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 360

50 bundles of reed — first-fruits offering (ne-sag). 50 bundles of reed — (for) Lugal-ša, the fishermen of the elders. From the field of A'uš — carried/received. En-iggal, the overseer (nubanda), counted it. Into the granary of the orchard it was delivered. 90 bundles of reed (1(geš2) 3(u) sa gi) — (for) Dam-dingir-mu, labor of day 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 361

7 gešʼu (420) bundles of reed, cut reed — (under) Inim-du, who is the foreman. From the field 'A-us2', Inimanizi hauled (it). Eniggal, the overseer, into the house at the edge of the city delivered (it). Labor of 11 days.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 364

1(geš'u) 7(geš2) sa ma-nu — 1020 bundles of rope, Inim-du, the overseer, from KA-geš-ta, delivered (it). En-ig-gal, the manager, into the storehouse of Mes-an-du, received (it). (Account of) Bara-namtara, wife of Lugal-anda, ruler of Lagaš. 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 365

1(gešʼu) 2(geš2) 5(u) la2 3(aš) sa ma-nu (=767 bundles of manu-wood/reed), Šeš-lu-du, the overseer (of the workers); from Lagaš, it was brought/loaded by boat; (to/by) En-ig-gal, the nubanda (inspector), (into) the reed-granary of Mesandu; delivery: 2nd.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 366

1,160 (2(gešʾu) minus 40) bundles of rope(-cord: sa ma-nu) Emelamsu(-) overseer: (the one who) delivered (them) — of the grass-cutters (u2 ku5-ra2), (via) Lu-kurrebigi; (under) En-iggal, the inspector (nubanda); (into) the storehouse of Mesandu. Delivery (i3-kux(DU)): 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 367

96 bundles (sa) of cord/rope — the reckoned (total): the first (delivery) — it was brought. 40 bundles (sa) of cord/rope — the reckoned (total): the second (delivery) — it was brought. Enigal, the overseer, from the garden of the gate-house removed (them); to the storehouse of the garden he brought (them). Total: 2 (deliveries).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 368

1(680 in count) bundles (sa) of hay/fodder for the penned (animals) [3(gešʾu) minus 2(geš2) sa u2 durunx-na]: (from) U2-U2, the overseer of the town(-district), brought (it). Cut hay/grass: (from) Emelamsu (E2-me-lam2-su3). Overseer: En-iggal, the general (nubanda). (Delivered to) the storehouse of Mesandu (Ganun Mes-an-du). Delivery/receipt: 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 369

1,090 (i.e. 2×600 + 10 − 2×60) bundles of hay/fodder for penned (livestock), green (fresh) hay — it is (the) U₂-U₂(-plant/fodder), (brought by) the men of U₂-U₂; (one) brought (it). Into the storehouse of Mes-sa-du it was delivered/brought in. 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 370

678 bundles of cord (rope) of šuszin-reed — its total tally: 80 (sar) — (under) En-iggal, the manager, from the marsh: [Mu-sig(?)] — (to) En-ušurre, the man of the accounts-house — was counted out to him. (Account of) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. Year 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 372

371 bundles (sa) of combed/plucked fiber (gu-suḫ₅) — it is thread/flax of the palace (e2-gal). 272 bundles (sa) of sar-type fiber, processed (sur-ra) — from Ĝeš-AN-tur(a). (Recipient/account holder:) Šasha (Sa6-sa6), wife of Uru-KA-gina (Uruinimgina), king of Lagash. Year-entry (mu-SIG7): 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 380

145 bundles of flax — its furrow-rows are 8 — from the place of delivery, from the field of Gir-ka, (under) En-iggal, the overseer; Mu-sig(7); Enna-Umu counted (it) for her. Baranamtara, wife of King Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash: year 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 382

80 bundles of plucked flax (gu-suh-ha), 90 bundles of second-quality flax (gu-us2, "following"), 44 bundles of third-quality flax (gu, third one, "following"), (from) the allotted place — from the field of Uugig, (under) Enigal, the manager; Musig (and) Uu, the overseer, have counted (verified) them: 6. (Account of) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 412

52 u'suh-wood(s), long timber — (from) the garden of the storehouse (e2-ku4). 10 u'suh-wood(s), long timber — were brought/taken out. Urukagina, ruler (ensi2) of Lagash. Month: 'Festival of Malt-Consumption' of Ningirsu. The tablet/document was deposited (na e-ma-ri): 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 426

183 base-units (ur2) of gesz-ur3 (reed/wood beams), plucked/trimmed (suh5-ha), 60 base-units (ur2) of gesz-ur3, the za3-gu2-la2 type, 23 cut branch-tips (pa-ku5 aga3) of gesz-ur3, from the grove (tir) of the Women's House (e2-munus), (by authority of) Lugalanda, ruler (ensi2) of Lagash: a peg/marker was driven in it (na ba-ni-ri) — 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 435

141 tow-ropes (ur3) — Gudua (gu3-du10-ga), the boatmen — (from) the marsh thicket, from (the estate of) Baba, were placed on the boat. Eniggal, the inspector, recorded (this) for him. Uru-inimgina, ruler of Lagash. Year 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 438

35 new ur3-beams (roof-poles) — timber of Dam-dingirmu — from the ambar-thicket (marsh grove) — were loaded onto the boat. 43 old ur3-beams — from the "du6" (mound-storehouse) of Me-kulaba — were delivered (received in). (They) are held in the house of the wool-workers (é-ki-siki-ka) of Nin-inimzida. En-iggal, the overseer (nubanda), counted what is present in the house: 2. Its tablets: 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 440

132 large firewood-bundles (u2-bil2-la, "big"), 368 small firewood-bundles (u2-bil2-la, "small") [370 minus 2], 607 bundled poplar branches (pa sa la2-a asal2), (from) the marsh thicket, from (the estate/household of) Baba, were loaded into the boat. En-iggal, the manager (nu-banda3), (delivered them to) the storehouse of the carpentry workshop (ganun gesz-kin-ti). Delivery: 2nd.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 496

5 (units): yokes. 2 (units): plow-shares (lit. "plow-heads"). 2 (units): plow-poles ("plow-mates"). [...] ...-de3 (two signs broken/illegible). Ur-Enki, the carpenter — En-iggal, the overseer: from the house of the courtyard (storeroom) he delivered (it) to him. 4 (occasion/total-mark).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 535

10 gur-saggal: seed grain, barley consumed by the oxen (draft-team fodder). Month: 'Oxen-are-led-forth' (gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-a). For Anekura, the chief plowman, for the field U'igga — Enigal, the overseer, from the granary of Baba set (it) out for him. Barley, granary-stock, of Baba, (under authority of) Sasa, wife of Urukagina, king of Lagash. 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 536

12 gur of barley, saggal-measure — seed barley, barley for the oxen to eat — (for) Saga-tuku'a, (and for) Sag-apin, (by) Di-Utu the gendarme (aga₃-us₂), to the edge of the field, at Kišiga, he delivered (it). Barley of the threshing-floor(-store) (u₂-rum) — was allotted — (by) Sasa, wife of Uru-KA-gina, king [of Lagash]. Year 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 542

1. 12 gur barley (by the sag-gal measure) — 2. barley for the oxen to eat — 3. to Puzur-Mama 4. he gave (it). 5. 10 (gur) seed barley, 6. to Aba-sa'e 7. he gave (it). 8. Seed barley (and) barley for the oxen to eat, 9. for the field of Duluhka, 10. to Ur-abu, 11. the chief plowman — 12. Enigal, 13. the overseer (nubanda), 14. gave (it) to him. 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 543

15 gur barley, main (standard) measure — month: "Granary-Opening" (guru7-im-du8-a) — from the storehouse (ganun) of Baba — was withdrawn (issued out). 16 gur 2 barig barley — month: "Ningirsu's New House of Antasura" — was transported (carried away) — from the garden storehouse — was withdrawn (issued out). Seed-grain, barley for the oxen to eat — (for) Diutu, chief plowman of the female workers of Baba — Enigal, the manager (nubanda), issued it out to him. 4 (notation/total mark).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 546

2 bur3 2 eše3 iku — field(s) consumed by locusts. The seed-grain, barley that the oxen consumed, its equivalent: 8 gur, sag-gal measure. 1 gur barley — barley to be repeatedly charged against the field; (concerning) Inimanizi, to the chief plowman. Month: "Wool disbursement." En-iggal, the inspector, from the new granary had it brought out/allotted for him. 4th (entry/document).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 552

86 gur 1 barig barley (by the gur-saggal measure): Puzur-Mama. 89 gur 1 barig: Gala-tur (and) Engar-me. 16 gur barley: Inim-manizi, Lu-šinig. 32 gur 1 barig barley: En-udana. Total: 223 gur 1 barig barley, by the gur-saggal measure — barley of the nig-enna (the ruler's institutional holdings), it is (from) the field of Duluh. En-iggal, the nubanda (overseer), (had it) filled into the e2-ganba (market-house). 5 [unit-sign, uncertain].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 572

8 hoe-pegs — Ursag. 5(?) — Ur-šerda. 7 — Inim-du. 6 — E-nam. 11 — Šeš-lu-du. 4 — E-me. 11 — Inim-mani-[zi]. [...] (break/lacuna) Total: 62 hoe-pegs. (For) the canal (called) "Enlil has restored (it) by hand" (i7-Enlil-le-šu-mu-gi4-a). En-iggal, the overseer. It was distributed to them: 3 (special notation).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 575

3(bur3) less 2(iku) GAN2 — šuku ki-duru5 (a “wet-ground” subsistence allotment), the field (named) Girgir; 2(bur3) GAN2, the field of Enlil. The men of Ur-Baba, the cupbearers (sagi): Šubur, the overseer (nu-banda3), gave (it) to them. Lugalanda, ruler (ensi2) of Lagash. 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 576

1 bur'u (10 bur3) less 4 iku — field of barley, grown. 2 bur3 — field of white emmer. [...] (break) 1 bur3, 1 eše3, 4 1/2 iku — field of white emmer. 1 eše3 — field of gu-nida (a grain/flax-emmer). 3 iku — field of [...]. 2 bur3, 3 iku — field of white emmer. 3(?) bur3, 1/2 iku — field of wheat (and) emmer. Field of barley, grown. Šubur — of/by the scribe.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 621

146 bundles of flax-cord (gu-sa) — (of) the field of Alimu. 210 minus [n] bundles of flax-cord — (of) the field of Duluh. It is this year's flax. En-iggal, the overseer: for their bird-nets (lit. "their flying birds") — it is with them. 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

DP 648

1(gešʼu=60) ninda: the canal Sisa ("Straight Canal"). 10 ninda: the canal Daba — it is the Great Ditch. 140 ½ eš2-ninda: it is the ditch that is (located) at the mouth/opening of Dabad, it is the ditch of the field of Uriru. Enigal, the overseer (nubanda) — hoe-work was performed: 4 (units, special labor-notation ASZxDISZ).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Erm 14330

1 goat, booked to the account of Lisina; Baranamtara had (it) allotted/assigned. Enlu, the cupbearer, carried it (along); (it was) consumed. (It is) Enku's, the fattener's — (tablet) 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Erm 14333

392 gur 2 barig 2 ban2 barley, by the gur-saggal measure — barley of the nig2-en-na (fund/category), (from) the field of Girgir-tur (the "small" field of Girgir), the szuku-prebend land of the ensi2 (ruler) — Inimanizi, the overseer, delivered (it) by hand (šu...gi4). En-iggal, the nu-banda3 (manager/inspector), at/of the e2-ganba (the "market/exchange-rate house"). Isi(?), day/month 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Erm 14334

57 gur barley (1(gešʼ2) la2 3(diš) gur — i.e. 60 minus 3) — Utu-anzu(?) — the merchant — KAS4(?) AZ(?) 6(ašʼc)(?) NA(?) — its purchase price (nig2-sa10) (…) — its barley: ŠUL-bi2(?) — was given to him (e-na-šum2) — 6 (|AŠxDIŠ@t|)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Erm 14335

50 head of si-U-NU (a fish/animal designation), 12 gab₂-il₂ (carriers) of fish — (for) Lugal-me-gal-gal, (from) the fisherman A-ses. Month: 'sheep-for-barley-and-water of Ningirsu.' En-iggal, the overseer, into the women's household delivered (it). Bara-namtara, wife of Lugal-anda, ruler (ensi₂) of Lagash. Year 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FAOS 15/2, 125

[x wool, sheep's back-wool] — [for Nimgireš]'atum, the administrator ("man of accounts"); 3 men, boat-haulers, carrying — sheep's back-wool, 1 (unit) each, [they received]. (These are) the men who are barley-irrigators (water-bringers for the grain). Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash — she gave (it) to them; 2nd (delivery/occasion).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Genava 26, 5

1 jar of fine oil, oil (as) maš-da-re-a offering, for the shepherds of the nanny-goats. 1 jar (and) 3 sila3 of nanny-goat oil, 1 barig 1 ban2 of ga'ar-cheese (curd), (for) A-inun. 10 sila3 oil, (for) Ur-Ebabbar, nanny-goat oil, for the shepherds of the nanny-goats, (under) Lugal-anda. [...] (break) In the house of the festival (e2-ezem-da), to Ur-igi-ama, the manager (nu-banda3), he delivered/poured out: 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 04

40 gur (and) 3 ban2 barley, gur-saggal (measure) — barley rations of the porters (and) the blind, (recorded) on various tablets. 34 gur 2 barig ... barley rations of the female workers (and) children. [10] 30 3 gur less 2 ban2 barley (for) bread, regular offering, monthly. 15 gur barley, its bar-bi-gal2 (portion). Total: 132 gur 2 barig 1 ban2(?) barley, gur-saggal (measure) — barley rations, barley for bread, of the people of (the household of) Baba. Uru-KA-gina, king of Lagash, from the granary of Baba he gave to them; (year) 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 43

1 (each): Uru-KA-gina-Enlil-le-su 1 (each): Uru-KA-gina-Ningirsu-ke4-su 1 (each): Uru-KA-gina-Nanše-su — men who stand (in service) for A-en; Lugal-ešdugana, with the scribe, resided/remained — 3 (total).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 44

7 split fish, 1 pig hide of the reed marsh (gešgi): delivery of the fishermen of Baba; (to) the E2-UR2 (storehouse/foundation-house); overseer: E-da-ku(x). 6.

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