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Page 210 / 1518

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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Smithsonian 27

500 sar (of field) hoed, at 5 sar (per workday) each — its labor: 100 days. Field: A'uda-gula ("Greater A'uda"). 1,395 sar of diḫ-thorns cut, at 15 sar (per workday) each — its labor: 93 days. Field: E-girgilu. Oxen overseer: Lugal-inim-gina. Foreman: Šara-kam. Sealed tablet of Da'aga. Year: "The land of Zabšali was destroyed." (Seal:) Da'aga, scribe, son of Ur-geš-šaga.

Economy

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

SNAT 185

3 barig 2 ban of groats (milled grain), its barley (equivalent): 2 barig 1 ban 3 1/3 sila; 2 gur 1 barig 4 ban of ... bran, its barley (equivalent): 2 barig 2 ban; (total:) 4 barig 3 ban 3 1/3 sila, in ...-sabum, in the timber storehouse; conveyor: Ur-Igalim and Lu-Utu, his brother. Month: Amar-a'asi; year: "The en-priest(ess) of Inanna was chosen by means of the (omen-)kid." The 5th day.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

SNAT 236

One-third (shekel) of sil[ver], the wages of Ur-Ningešzida — in the name of Ur-Ningešzida, the smith; sealed tablet of Ur-Ningešzida, the leatherworker. It is to be repaid by the new moon. Wages. Month: "Harvest" (še-sag-ku). [One-third (shekel) of silver], [the wages of Ur]-Ningešzida, the smith — [in the name of Ur-Nin]gešzida, the smith; sealed tablet of Ur-Ningešzida, the leatherworker. It is to be repaid by the new moon. ... (two signs illegible) [...] (Seal:) Ur-Ningešzida, the leatherworker, son of Ur-E(?).

Economy

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

SNAT 258

34 gur 1 ban of fresh fish, (measured by) the royal gur — of this fish, (that destined for) the female weavers of Girsu, Ahum-beli received; 6 gur 3 barig 2 ban, (for) the female weavers of the nin-dingir priestess of Baba — from La'a the female weavers received it. Month: "Barley harvest" (še-sag-ku). Year: "Huhnuri was destroyed" (= Amar-Sin, year 7, ca. 2040 BCE).

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

TLB 03, 148

6 gur of barley (by the) royal (measure), barley loan (for) the soldiers of the governor, citizens of Uruk, from the granary of Barasiga, from Ur-Nanshe; sealed tablet of Lu-girizal. Foreman: Shesh-lugal-pa'e. Captain: Ur-Baba, son of Ur-saga. Month: extra (intercalary) 'Barley harvest' (13th month). Year: 'Harshi, Hurti, and Kimash were destroyed.' (Seal:) Lu-girizal, scribe, son of Lu-Ashnan.

Economy

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

TMH NF 1-2, 235

(obverse) [x] textile(s) [...] their weight: [...] [n +] 1 cape garment(s) (tug2 gu2-e3) [n +] 1 fine-quality garment(s) (tug2 nig2-lam2) [...] ... [...] Ur-AN-[...], the scri[be]. [...] (remainder lost)

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

TMH NF 1-2, 334

Month: Kin-Inanna (the 6th month at Nippur). (Seal legend:) [Amar-]Suen, [mighty king], [king of Ur], [king] of the four quarters of heaven, Lugal-melam, governor of Nippur; [PN], scribe of the treasury(?), son of [...]-Enlil, scribe of the gipar of Nippur, servant of [...].

Economy

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

TSU 091

[...] (quantity lost) oil rations for the gods; 4 sila of syrup (lal) for the festival — (for) the temple of Ningirsu and the temple of Baba — received from Ur-Egal, the mer[chant]. Lugal-GIR-gal, the scri[be], son of Lu-Ba[ba?].

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

UET 3, 0690

½ mina 5 shekels of silver, for one (image of) Lagamal — from Ur-guedina Ahu-waqar received. Month: "Harvest" (še-sag-ku), the 9th day having passed. Year: [... (year-name illegible)].

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

UT 1599-27

3 gur of barley (by the) royal (measure), requisition (nig-dab) for the festival of Šu-numun; from Ur-Lisi Lugal-gu'ene received. Year: "For the third time Karhar was destroyed." 3 gur of barley (by the) royal (measure), goods for the festival of the month Šu-numun; from Ur-Lisi Lugal-gu'ene Lugal-gu-... [broken].

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Drehem Cattle-Distribution Tablet

A window into the world's first total state. The Ur III administration tracked every animal, every worker, every shekel — for a population in the millions. The level of paperwork was not exceeded until the modern era.

Smithsonian 27

SNAT 185

SNAT 236

SNAT 258

TLB 03, 148

TMH NF 1-2, 235

TMH NF 1-2, 334

TSU 091

UET 3, 0690

UT 1599-27

Drehem Cattle-Distribution Tablet

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