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~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.
Economy
~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).
Economy
~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…
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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).
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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).
Economy
~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).
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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].
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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. [......] ......
Economy
~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.]
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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)].
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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.
Economy
~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.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
MVN 03, 094
n(+) 21(?) gur saggal of barley (head-measure) — Ur-abzu. Barley, at that place, filled (si). 6 gur 2 barig — barley (of) TAR-USZ. 7 gur 2 barig, filled — barley, at the place of [...], (of) AL-abzu. 2 barig — PU₃-SAR(?), ...(?). 2 gur — Amar-abzu. U₄-sa. [n] gur 2 barig — Amar-abzu. 1 gur — Ur-...-ka. Barley (of) Ha-mul.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
N 0290
2 barig(c) of u2-hab2-plant; 10 (units), disbursed (ba); 1 furrow-measure (absin3) of cedar aromatic-resin (šembi/šim erin-na); from [PN(?)], to Kish; [...] -tu; [...] -built/-du3; was given (to him) / An-na-šum. Month: "Silver-ŠIM" (ku3-ŠIM); day 10 having passed.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 007
1 (person): Lugal-da-nu-me-a 1 (person): A-bad-mu 1 (person): Lugal-dingir-mu They died. 1 (person): Dingir-kalga — the ruler (ensi2) took (him) away. They are the female workers of Baba. 1 (person): Muni-kalama 1 (person): E-ta-e11 They died. They are the female workers of Tar-sirsira. 1(broken numeral sign)?
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 033
3 bur3 field(s), grain-grown, tenant plowland (apin-la2), having 10 — field of Ha-hara-gur, its total: (by) the scribe. Field of [Urum], (of) Bara-[namtara], wife of Lugal-[an]da, [ruler] of Lagash: En-[ig-gal], the manager (nubanda), measured (the field); (total) 4.
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 034
150 1/2 5 gi (rods) — the long side, aligned/verified; 60 gi (rods) — the front (short side), aligned/verified. Its area: 4 bur3 3 iku — the field "Tug-siga" ("cloth-filled" field). 120 1/2 gi (rods) — the long side, aligned/verified; 10 1/2 2 gi (rods), 3 kuš3 (cubits) — the front (short side), aligned/verified. Its area: 1 bur3 2 iku — the "Kigal" field ("high-ground/socle" field). Field of the household-estate (nig2-en-na). Field set aside for the donkeys. Subsistence-allotment (šuku) of the ensi2 (ruler-governor). En-iggal, the nu-banda3 (inspector/overseer). Surveyed (mu-gid2): 4(?).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 036
1 bur3, 1 eše3, 2 1/4 iku, 8 sar (and) one-third of 10 (sar) — the field's (area): a barley-growing field, under plow-lease (tenancy). Its barley: 131 gur 2 barig 4 ban2, by the saggal (standard) measure, at the regular (si-sa2) rate. Ur-du6, the chief herdsman (šusz3). Field of Lugal-ra-mu-gi4, from (the holding of) Nam-engar. Inim-Enlila-andab, (and) Lu-Baba, the farmers, measured (it). 4 (entry/occasion marker).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 037
6 bur3 2 iku field: barley. 1 bur3 2 eše3 3 1/2 1/4 iku field: white emmer. 3 iku field, 20 sar field: wheat. 35 sar: NE-GI-bar barley. Total: 8 bur3 3 1/4 iku field — barley, wheat, (and) emmer. Field of Alimu: 1 (plot). 20 1/2 3 gi-reeds (and) 3 cubits: matching width (sag). 1(aš) 30 1/2 5 gi-reeds: matching length (us2). Its field: 1 bur3 1 eše3 2 iku, adjoining Da-UD-NE. 5 bur3 less 1/2 iku field: barley. 1 bur3 2 eše3 field: white emmer. Field of the ki-ul ('holy/ancient place'): without a holder. Šubur, the manager (nu-banda3). Surveyed (mu-gid2): 1.
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 055
125 gur saggal minus 1 ban2 — barley rations, barley of Šulšagana. 141 minus 1 ban2 — barley rations, (of) the house of Baba, (of) the house of Šulšagana, from the gate-house of Baba, (which) was built — its allotment: 6.
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 056
2 barig barley rations: Nin-ti-men. 1 barig 2 ban2: Nin-mar-lu-mu. 1 barig 2 ban2: Ur-e. 2 barig: U-U. 3 ban2: Nin-mudakush. 2 barig pig-barley (barley for the pigs): Nin-mudakush. Total: 2 gur 1 barig 1 ban2, by the standard gur (gur-saggal). Barley rations, barley allotted (as an issue), for the people who have no subsistence-field allotment (šuku). Shubur-tur, the manager (nu-banda3), disbursed to them: 1 (numeral-sign ASZxDISZ); it is the 10th (disbursement).
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 058
1(gešʼu) 1(geš2) 2(u) 2(aš) 2(barig) 2(ban2) — barley rations, big-gur (measure) RU-lugal of Ningirsu Urukagina ruler of Lagash [Enigal] the overseer gave (it) to them day 2 it is (year) 4
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 065
6 gur, 1 barig of seed-grain (measured by the “saggal”/chief gur-standard) — for U2-U2 (and) Udu'e — who have no GAN2-UL field, was delivered (ba-de6). Eniggal, the overseer (nubanda), from the house of Kisala (e2-ki-sal4-la) allotted it for them. 6.
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 066
2 gur 5 ban2 barley (in the sag-gal / "large-head" measure) — barley for regular offerings/rations, for 3 days, for Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nu-banda3), from the New House (granary) — was issued/set out. (Tally notation:) 3 placed(?) — 8 (numeral sign).
Economy
~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 069
3 gur (saggal-standard) barley, oxen-fodder, consumed — Ur-enki. 3 gur — Saga-tuku'a. [3 gur] — Ane-kura. 3 gur — Inim-ani-zi. They are chief-plowmen. Total: 12 gur (saggal-standard) barley. Barley for the tugx(LAK483), finished/filled, consumed, for the field bordering the tir-amma forest (the poplar/Amma-forest edge). Eniggal, the manager (nubanda), from the market-house (e2-ganba) he disbursed it. 6.
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 070
2 gur 3 ban2 emmer, by the saggal ("chief") measure — [emmer-seed] for the (person) [lacking a share] in the GAN2-UL field: U2-U2, the ušdura (u2-du-ra), (by) En-iggal, the nubanda (overseer), month: "sheep-shearing" (ga2-udu-ur4), from the Ki-sala storehouse (e2 ki-sal4-la) it was issued — 4th (entry/time).
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 071
10 gur (main-standard measure) white emmer-wheat, 5 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 barley — of the new harvest/threshing — barley brought from the field, hauled (by sledge): it was disbursed (in exchange); received. 2 gur white emmer-wheat, its exchange-emmer: 1 barig — for the sheep, barley (and) water of Ningir[su], was carried; received. Ursag, the gal-UN (official), (and) Šubur, the overseer (nu-banda3) — from the market-house (e2-ganba) he set (this) out for him. 5.
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 072
[x] minus 4 ban2 barley — [x]-nam — gur-saggal (measure). From the house of the courtyard, it was disbursed. 3 gur barley, U2-U2 (barley/plant-type), it is the steward's. Seed-grain, ox-fodder barley, for the good small field — Nin-girsu-lu-mu, the hauling-worker (lu2-dun-a), for Inimanizi. Month: 'Festival of barley-eating,' (festival) of Ningirsu. [x x]-u2 (broken).
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 073
16 gur 2 barig barley, gur-saggal (the large standard measure) — barley for the donkeys to eat. Year(?): [...] for Nin-[...]ki(?) — garment(s): ... garment [...] [Mesan]du(?) [...]
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 075
3 gur barley (saggal-standard measure). Barley for the oxen to eat; 'si-ga' garments (tugx). For the (surveyed) total of the field(s): Ur-Enki, the ox-herdsman — Ur-Ninpirig (in) the month 'Guranabimu' (oxen-fattening month) delivered (it) to him. Enigal, the overseer, from the storehouse of the courtyard issued (it). Total: 3.
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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Nik 1, 076
7 gur (saggal-standard) white emmer wheat, 1 gur gu-nida wheat, 1 barig wheat, emmer (for) seed — for the field of Du-abu ("the mound of Abu"): Inimanizi, the chief plowman — Enigal, the inspector, placed (it) for him. Barley, the yield, was allotted. Uru-KA-gina, king of Lagash. Year 1.
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