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~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.

Economy

~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.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 45

10 sheep hides, plucked (wool removed) — bar-sar-ra. 2 hides — UL LAK470-ri-de3. Amar-Ašnan, for/to the leatherworker. En-iggal, the overseer (nu-banda3). Month: 'nig2-ka-i7-ka-ka' (the canal-mouth/canal-completion month). From the E2-munus (the Women's Household/estate). He gave (it) to him: 1 (total/unit — ASZxDISZ notation).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 47

10 fattened nanny-goats, 2 steppe (open-country) nanny-goats, nanny-goats led/driven, (under) Ur-Baba, is the fattener. En-iggal, the overseer — (at) the storehouse of the orchard/garden it was proclaimed (called out). Nanny-goats, produce, of (the estate/goddess) Baba. Sasa, wife of Uru-KA-gina (Uruinimgina), king of Lagash. 7 (numeral notation ASZxDISZ).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 48

5(asz@c) gur4-gur4-vessels of fine beer (kaš sig15) — its imgaga3(-malt-product): 3 ban2, its munu4 (malt): 5 ban2, its bappir (beer bread): 3 ban2 — (for) the festival "barley-eating" (ezem-še-gu7) of Nanše. The regular offering (sa2-du11), having been brought/deposited (ru-a), was poured out (ba-sur), into the palace (e2-gal-la) it was brought (ba-de6), consumed (gu7-a) — (by/for) Amar-giri16, the brewer (lu2 lunga), 5(units).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

HSS 03, 50

12 gur 2 barig of seed-grain (measured in) gur-saggal (the standard 'big gur' measure): Inimanizi, the chief plowman (sag-apin) — to the field 'Saga-tur' ("Good-Little(-Field)") he carried (it). Month: 'ga2-udu-ur4' ("shearing of sheep"). Enigal, the manager (nubanda), from the e2-ki-sal4-la (storehouse/threshing-floor building) set it out for him. 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

JCS 46, 011

4 sheep, dry(-fleece) wool — (for/from) Nigar-mud; 1 sheep — Ur-Uru'a, the governor; sheep whose wool was sheared on shearing day, set aside at the edge/boundary; silver, 5 shekels each, was placed against their necks (charged to their account). Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, governor of Lagash. Year 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

LB 0003

1(geš2) HU-wool [i.e. 60 units of HU-grade wool]; 283 wool-rations, large (grade); 590 (= 600 minus 10) wool-rations, second (us2) grade; 84 wool (belonging to) Ur-[x]-HA-NI-a; 1 [...] [6? ...] sila3, total [...]; 1 (unit of) bar-udu, wool of bar-dul5-type. Grand total: 1,025 (units) bar-udu wool. (Under authority of) Šulme, the steward (agrig), in the palace, was weighed out (disbursed). [...] (Year:) Lugalanda, ensi2 (ruler) of Lagash, year 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

LB 0007

1 barig 2 ban2: cow's cheese/curd. [x] ... emmer wheat. (break) [x ... cow's cheese/curd] (restored) [x] ... emmer wheat. Ur-Ninmar. 2 barig 3 ban2: cow's cheese/curd. Ur-Eshirnun — they are cowherds. Ur-igi-ama-she, the overseer, measured (it) out. Urukagina, king of Lagash. 5 (units, notation |ASZxDISZ@t|).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

LB 0009

1 jug (of) suspended/measured-out fat, pig fat — (for) Nin-asu. 2 (units): Ninanesi. 2 (units): Geme-dug. 2 sila(?) (of) Ganbaba. 2 hides/leather ...[...] Ahi-[linutil].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

LB 0932

[Deficit: x shekels of refined] silver. ... document/tablet of ..., it is the field of Huburuma. To Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nu-banda3), in the house of the man of the measuring-rope (the surveyor), it was declared. When the account was rendered with him, it was placed upon his account (as debt): 6 (units).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MCS 4, 012 01

91 nanny goats, 1 kid, in good condition, 1 he-goat, in good condition, (under) Amar-ezem, Ur-nuda, Edalu. Urukagina, king of Lagash. 7 (notation: ASZxDISZ numeral sign)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 002

4 hides, male sheep; 6 hides, male lambs; 3 hides, [......]; 7(?) [...... hides ......]; 20(?) [...... hides,] kid(s), [......]; the harbor official (en-ku3), by the fattener (kuruszda) — month: festival of Baba — returned into (his) hand. (Transaction of) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. Year 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 004

10 gur barley, sag-gal measure (i.e. of the 'large-head' capacity standard) — as much as its portion (bar) is (still) outstanding/available — Lugalanda — (from/of) the storehouse 'E-gišubidu' ("House-whose-shade-is-good") — to the man, the brewer — he set (it) out for him. 4 (notation).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 010

1 hide of ox, hide of calf — for the plow('s fitting/harness) — allotted (ba-PAD-PAD). 2 hides of ox — for the good chariot — disbursed/weighed out (ba-la2). 2 hides of ox — for the IG-NI-du10 (object/fitting) — disbursed/weighed out (ba-la2). Month: 'Granary Heaped Up' (guru7 dub-ba-a). Was consumed/allotted (ba-gu7). [......] (traces, illegible).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 012

Basket of tablets: Barley of the nig₂-en-na (obligatory/lordly dues), of the field, (concerning) the transfer(s); (concerning) transfer(s) to the storehouse (ganuna) — [it is on hand / in her custody]. [Bara-namtara], wife of Lugal-anda, ensi₂ (governor) [of Lagash — n (tablets)].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 917

11 bar-dul5 garments — (of) the weaver(s) — for Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nu-banda3). Month: 'the granary, the clay (tablet) opened' [iti guru7 im-du8-a]. Šulbi — he counted for him: 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 918

1/3 mana of za-KU wool — (for) Ur-Ninpirig, the leatherworker. 10 shekels — Ur-igi, the overseer. 10 shekels — Šullu. 15 shekels — ŠUL-bi2. Ur-igi, the captain (nu-banda3). (At) the house of the man of the surveying-rope (surveyor). Month: 'Festival of malt-eating' of Nanše, in the gu2-ne-ne-a (storeroom), [it was placed/deposited].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MLVS 919

Obverse (arranged in two columns of cases, read top to bottom, right column then left, per archaic tablet convention): 1. [...] ..., split/processed 2. [...] ..., poured (libated) 3. [... ...], poured (libated) 4. [...] gir-fish, split/processed 5. 20(?) [...], gestu(-fish/ear-item), split/processed 6. 140 (2(gesz2) 2(u)), gestu(-fish/ear-item), poured (libated) 7. 20, bitumen (esir) 8. 1, KA-lu-ub2 9. 2, zubud 10. 480(?) (8(gesz2)#?), [...], [...] 11. 70 (1(gesz2) 1(u)), tar 12. 20, nu-tar 13. 15, ki-zi 14. 6, garig (REC333) (Reverse: blank/uninscribed — no cuneiform signs, only the modern…

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 005

[x] 1(u@c)(?) bundles of reed ... 43 bundles of reed [...] cut reed(s) [...] (break) ... "good word" (Inim-duga) 5(gešʼ2) [= 300] bundles of reed cut reed(s) ... (break) It is the 2nd granary. Total: [x] 2 šár 8 geš2 [= 7,680+x] bundles of reed. Enigal, the overseer (nu-banda3). [...] (break) (To) the storehouse "House at the Edge of the City": delivered: 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 009

Its area: 1 bur3, 1 eše3, 4 iku, (of) iku(-measure). [...the] nig₂-en-na(-goods) [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... 3 reeds(?) ... matching/aligned heads (sag-sa2) Its area: 1 barig, 1 ban2, ... 30 sar ... its area: 1 barig, šag-TAR ... (illegible) Ur-šul adjoining (the watercourse) Imnun, at Akita.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 012

20: wool-workers (lu2 siki), 2 minas (each). Ur-lumma, son of PI-EN: was given (to him). 10: mug-garments (tug2 mug), Enku, the fisherman: was given (to him). The hired man(s) (lu2 hun-ga2): [...] ... Month: Akiti.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 016

[...]-ke4 (subject/commodity, broken — ergative marker) [Gu]abba (place name, partly broken) for/under the account of Geme-Baba — [...] NU DISZ (signs broken, function unclear) [...] ...-ra (broken) En-iggal, the overseer (nu-banda3), from the storehouse at the edge of the city, gave to him/her: 3 (units).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 017

1 lamsag-leather (sack), 10 (units) — in the house, the great granary that is built, [are on hand]. 4 hoes, 49 teeth of the field-harrow (GAN2-ur3) — in the tilluba(-storeroom) are on hand. 1 leather ball, 3 [...] [...] [...] its/that ...-ka he/it brought (na-i3-mi-ri) Puzur-Mama, the farmer.

~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.

~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.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 066

279 (4×60 + 40 minus 1) ewes, 16 e3-li, 84 (60 + 20 + 4) male sheep (rams), [...] Lala, to the shepherd — were given.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MVN 03, 091

1 gur 2 barig barley — new loan. Ur-gula, the carpenter. 1 gur — Lugal-uma, Nene, the temple administrator. 2 barig — Nin-nigani, son of Ari.

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