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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 017

[1 barig (of barley):] A-ka-du [1 barig:] E-dam-si DIB(?) — silver ... 1 barig: Lugal-ennun 1 barig: Ur-naru[a] Sag-zi, the overseer of the household 1 barig: Bulani, brother of Ki-e(?) (reverse: uninscribed / surface effaced)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 019

1 cowhide, (from/by) Šu-agiam(?), Lu-na-[nam], [...] the house of [...], delivered. Month: Šu-gar. (In the governorship of) Mes-ki-gal[a], governor (ensi) of Adab.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 023

56 (lit. 60 less 4) gu-loads of ninni-reed; 10 zibatum, LAGAB(-measure); Ur-gu; (for) the city wall — deliv[ery]. Month: A[ki]ti. Mes-kigal[la], governor of Adab, from the cedar mountain [recei]ved.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 02

35 male workers, second (grade) — Di-[Utu]; 30 [...]; 31 — Amar-šuba; 26 — Ur-ildu; 36 — [...]-zi; [21] — Ur-saman, the vizier (sukkal); 36 — A-zu-zu. Total: 215 male workers, second (grade).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 05

[...] field(?) [...] the mound of Lagaš [...] 3 (units) — its name/year [...] field beside the woodland (da-tir) [...] — its name/year 1 field (unit) DA 2 (units) — its name/year 1 field (unit) [...] 2 (units) — its name/year 1 ENGUR(?) BI, the house(hold) 5 gur of barley, head (capital?) measure 1 (unit): Šeš-pa'e, the plowman [...] 1 (unit): NI-NUN-bi 1 (unit): Gu-ni-DU [...] DU

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 10

[... gur(?)] of barley — [PN], the overseer (nu-banda); 2 barig of barley — Gešgal-ni; 3 barig of barley — the scribe; 5 ban of barley — Bara-sag-nudi. The palace — delivered(?) — the chief(?). Month 5. (Reverse: uninscribed)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 11

1 barig 4 ban₂ of barley — the overseer (nu-banda₃); 2 barig of barley — the scribe; 1 barig of barley — Bara-sag-nudi; 1 barig of barley — Ur-nirah; 4 ban₂ of barley — the fisherman.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 17

[...] 2 kid(?) ..., Nin-mu; 5 — Gan-li-si; 4 — Za-mu; 60 minus 2 (= 58) — A-[...]; Mi-na-ni; [x] — Nin-sa; [...] [...] [...] 2 — Na-na; 1 — Nin-ki. Total: 5 gur of barley, 1 [...]; 13 (gur) — year; month 5.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 18

1 gur of barley — Gan-saman(x); 1 gur 1 barig — Nin-DU; 1 gur — Ama-tir; 1 gur — Ama-ki; 1 gur — Ama-da; 1 gur — Nin-naga; 1 gur — Maš-tur; 1 gur — Nin-muda; (Break) [... the] overseer (nu-banda); [...] Mi-na-ni.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 22

[n] gur of flour — month(s): 11. 2 barig 4 ban2 — month(s): 3. 3 gur less 1 barig 2 ban2 — month(s): 1. [Flour] held in reserve. Šubur. (Reverse: uninscribed / surface eroded.)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 28

[...] gur [...] ... [1 (gur)] Gan-saman [1 (gur)] Nin-nigna [1 (gur)] Maš-tur 1 (gur) Nin-mu-dib 1 (gur) Ama-ki 1 (gur) Ama-da 1 (gur) Nin-KA 1 (gur) Ama-tir-ku 2 barig 4 ban₂ Nin-abba 8 months, 2 years.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 29

5 gur of flour — (for) the E-nig-su (the "storehouse"), given; 2 barig — (for) Ur-šubur, given; the wife of the ensi (city-ruler), (from) the place Kur-kur; 13 years, 5 months.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 34

Obverse [...] Ama-ki 2 barig 3 ban of (grain) — the overseer (nu-banda) [x] barig 3 ban — Za-mu 2 barig 4 ban — Nin-mu-dib [x amount] — Gan-[e] 2 barig 2 ban — Nin-KA [x amount] — Mi-na-ni Reverse [x] 1 ban — Nin-KA 1 barig — Ama-ki 2 ban — Mi-na-ni

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 35

3 barig of flour (gur measure) — Nin-mu-dib; 2 barig — Gan-samanx; [x] — Maš-tur; 2 barig — Nin-šeš-da; 1 barig 2 ban2 — Maš-tur; 1 barig — Nin-KA; 1 barig — Za-mu; 1 barig — Nin-ab-ba; 1 barig — Sag-li; 4 ban2 — E-ta-e.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 36

[n] gur of flour, the deficit (outstanding): Nin-mu-dib; 2 barig — Maš-tur; 1 barig — KUM-tuš-še; 1 barig 2 ban2 — Za-mu; 4 ban2 — E-ḫi-<li>-su; 2 ban2 — Nin-ir; 2 ban2 — Nin-abba; 1 barig — Me-ane; 1 barig — Gan-e; 14 (gur) — year, 7 months. (Reverse: uninscribed.)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 38

3 gur 1 barig 2 ban2 of dabin-flour (for) white bread, baked in loaves; (for) the wife of the temple administrator (sanga). A-igi-e (name). Umma — delivered. 9 months, 2 years.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 39

2 (gur) 2 barig of dabin-flour, gu; for Lal-e; brought (delivered). [...] (line lost) the work-troop: bread was distributed; the kab-tar (assessment/survey); field of Ildu; DUR2-lal-e. 1 (gur) 1 barig of dabin-flour: the wife of the sanga (temple administrator). Month 12, year 5.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 41

3 barig of dabin-flour — Maš-tur. 3 barig — Nin-šeš-da. 2 barig 4 ban2 — Ama-ki. 2 barig 4 ban2 — Za3-mu. 1 barig 4 ban2 — Mi-na-ni. 2 barig 2 ban2 — Nin-mu-dib. 13 (persons/units); year: month 7. (Reverse: uninscribed.)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 47

4 ban(?) — 1(?) fish, a-de'a-fish, bundle(s), gagia; 1 fish of the SAGxTAG4-type. Received. Registered (lit. "drawn/measured out"). It is fish of the great canebrake. (For) the temple administrator, Tibira; Mutila. 2 years (and) 5 months.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 50

3 gur of barley — Mar-tum; 1 (gur) — Il-su-su; 2 barig — Ur-šubur; 1 barig — Lugal-ildu; 1 barig — Lugal-tir; 4 ban of barley — Mar-da. (reverse) Seed-grain, from the shrine given, (of) Inanna.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 002

Obverse: 2 Tugdu (?) 1 Bahar (potter) 2 Anene 1 Šu-saḫar (?) 1 Lani, shepherd 5 donkey-herders 1 Šeš-pada 2 donkey-herders 1 Enlil-saga [n] donkey-herders UD-UD (?) 2 donkey-herders 1 Il 1 Lu-tir

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 008

Obverse 1 (man): Ur-sudda, son of Al-sa, 1 (man): Ur-Iškur, son of Muni-kalama, 1 (man): Lugal-kar, son of Lugal-irida, 1 (man): Lugal-kigala, son of Eda-ḫul, 1 (man): Ur-namnun, son of Nammaḫni: men of Šuruppak; they are ones who committed robbery (sa-gaz). Reverse Puzur-Mama ... [...] (rest broken)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 020

1 (person): Gazaza, servant of the sukkal (vizier); 1 (person): Ur-gu, servant of Nin-ikuš; 1 (person): En-gi, servant of [...]; 1 (person): Lugal-ušurmu, servant of Ur-BARA; servant(s) of the provisioner (u-a): Lugal-ezem returned (them) / took (them) back.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 025

(obverse, column i) 1 (man): A-ulgal, the inspector (lu₂-igi). 1 man: A-zuzu — Lugal-meše-gal returned (him). (column ii) 1 man — Ur-Šulpa'e took (him) out. 1 man — Ur-Abzu took (him) out. 1 man — Nesag took (him) out. (reverse uninscribed)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 026

(Obverse) [...] the year's end (za₃-mu); 7: Lu-geškam; 14: Ur-saga; [x]: Il-susu; 5: the donkey-herdsman. Total: 73 men of the city (iri)-AN, counted. [x]: Zur-zur; [...] AN.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 027

(obverse, column i) 3 women — it is the second (group?) ; 8 men — for the 2nd(?) (group) ; 10 persons: Aba-Enlil, son of Ur-Ninazu; [En]lil-sipa (column ii) [...] USZ(?) of the ka-ba (allotment? place?) he returned (them). 1 fisherman: Igi-mu he brought/took out (?). 3 persons: Enlil-sipa. (reverse uninscribed)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 033

Obverse 4 fish, to the shrine; 4 (for) Ninurta; 4 (for) Dingirmah; 4 (for) Enki — PAP; 4 (for) Nintinuga — [PAP?]; [...] 2(?) (for) An(?) — PAP(?); 2 (for) Enlil-zi; 2 (for) En-ur; 2 (for) Utu — PAP; 2 (for) Irda — PAP. Reverse: uninscribed.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 042

(obverse) 2 barig: Ur-Enlil. 2 barig: Ur-Šubur. [x]: AN-nini. [x]: Lugal-ennu. 1 child of hers: 2 ban. 1 barig: Nin-ena. 1 child of hers: 2 ban. 1 barig: Namma. 1 barig: Nin-[x]-a. (reverse) 61: Nin-hili. 122: Nin-ku. Regular provisions (sa-dug).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 045

Munus-pirig-tur. It is (the allotment for) the field Gesh-me. 120 (units) — Bad; 20 — E-gam-gam; 45 — [...]; 10 — Lugal-[...]; 40 — Lugal-ana-tum. It is (the allotment for) the field Gesh-gi-dul-[la]. [x] — a man(?) [...]; [...] It is (the allotment for) the field Du-lul. [...] [...] for seed he received.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 055

4 shekels of silver, seed for the field (of) ...-gar; the field of Mu-nu(?); 3 shekels of silver, beside the wood(?) ... (place?); 1 shekel of silver, the field of the lapidary (zadim); 5 shekels of silver, malt, malt; barley: (n) (and) 2 lidga-measures.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 057

6(gesz2) 2(u) [= 380] (ninda) — the long side, (of) the nig2-ra2 (plot); 1(gesz2) [= 60] (ninda) — its short side: A-ul4-gal. 1(gesz2) 4(u) [= 100] — Ili-aḫi. 2(gesz2) 4(u) [= 160] — Lu-GAN2-gid2. 1(gesz2) 3(u) [= 90] — A-ru-[a]. (reverse uninscribed)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 059

Obverse 2 bur 2 eše of field; its barley: 60 lidga. Field (of) E-ga-nigin. 5 bur 1 eše of field; its barley: 102 (lidga). Field of Nin-Isin. 2 bur of field; its barley: [38 (lidga)]. Field [...]. Reverse Its total: 200 (3 sixties and 20) lidga of barley — barley of the rented (plough-)fields. x oxen. (Property) of the house of Ašda-ma-il.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 060

20 men, 3 iku of field each; 1 bur of field (for) the foreman Lugal-ra. 21 men, 3 iku of field each; 1 bur of field (for) the foreman Inanna-ursag. Total: 8 bur 2 eše 3 iku of field. Field (of) Ama-ra. (reverse: uninscribed)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 062

5 bur of field: Ur-Enlil. [...] 1 bur 3 iku: Lugal-mah(?). 2 bur: Ur-tur. 1 bur 1 eše: Lu-Ezida. 1 bur: [...]. [...]: the 2nd (parcel/class). 2 eše: the 3rd (parcel/class). 2 iku: the 4th (parcel/class). Isarum.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 064

1 bur 1 eše of field — Lugal-šude; (at/of) Iri-sagrig. 1 bur 1 eše — Bad-KU. 1 bur 1 eše of field — Ur-Enlil, the felt-worker. 1 bur 1 eše — Ur-ur. 2 bur — Šubur-[...]. It is field of the overseer (nu-banda). [...] ... city ... La-gipum for rental (ploughing-lease) gave (it) to them.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 065

67½ nindan, the long side (length), the short side (width): (so that the area is) 1 iku of field. (Result:) 1 nindan, 5 cubits, 2 šu-du-a (spans), 3 fingers and ⅓ finger. Il-il (?).

Astronomy & Mathematics

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 066

Obverse 4 bur3 1 eše field (GAN2), tug-tag (of the weavers?): En-lil-al-sa. 3 bur3 2 eše 1 iku: Ka-ba. 6 bur3 2 eše: Lugal-teš-mu. 1 bur'u 5 bur3 2 1/2 iku: Zur-zur. [1 bur'u] ... : Ša-AB. 1 bur'u: Ur-šubur. 1 bur'u 4 iku: Sag-be-ea. 1 bur'u 4 bur3: Lugal-kiši-gal. Reverse Total: 1 bur'u 3 bur3 1 eše 1 1/2 iku field (GAN2), tug-tag.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 069

Obverse, col. i 1 bur 1 eše (of) field: Baza. 1 eše (of) field: the vizier of An. 1 eše: the son of Lugal-idmu. 2 bur 2 eše (of) field: Kišum; its barley: 10 lidga. Col. ii 1 bur 1 eše subsistence plot: Lugal-ša, son of Lugal-lu. (It is) the field of Nin-isin[a]. Reverse: uninscribed.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 070

3 bur 1 eše of field (area), AN-[...] [...] 1 bur 1 eše: Ur-abzu, son of Balu; 1 bur 1 eše: Lugal-hegal. Field of Ninurta.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 073

(obverse) 180 (ninda) the front (short side), nig-ra; its length (long side): 240 (ninda); 24 bur (of) field. 85 (ninda) the front (short side); its length (long side): 85 (ninda); 4 bur (of) field. 2 long (strips); 2 bur 2 eše (of) field. 3 long (strips); 1 [...] ...; 4 bur (of) field. (reverse: uninscribed)

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 074

3 bur3 of field — Lugal-kišigal; [...] 1 eše3 — Ur-Numušda; [...] — the en (lord/priest); 1 bur3 — the lagar (priest); 2 eše3 — Atu; 3 (units) — the builder(s); field of u₂-...-ba.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 076

1 ox — the field of U-...-ba-ki(?); 1 ox — the great storehouse (ganun-mah); hired laborer(s) [...]; 2 oxen — Da-[...]; the great storehouse [...]; Eneda-[...] gave (them) to him. Month: Festival of Gusisu (ezem-gu4-si-su). Year(?): Zur-zur [...] ... (when) the king built the palace.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 080

(obverse) [x +] 40(?) yoked (draft) oxen, 5 ox-calves: (under) Utu-ikuš. [x] yoked (draft) oxen, [x] raft-hauling oxen: (under) Ur-Ninurta, brother of Dingir-kalga. In the ...-house(?) he counted (them). They are house-born oxen. ... total(?) ... (line obscure) Dingir-gabe gave (them) [to them]. Month: Šu-numun (the sowing month; sign written BAL in error). Year: Mari [was] destroyed.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 081

42 oxen — Ur-rani. With him(?) ... The tablet that was transferred with him; inspection thereof(?). Month: Duku (the "Holy Mound"). Year: En-ša[kušana] smote Agade. In the courtyard(?) of ...-kun, Ur-rani did not deliver (them). The temple administrator (sanga) transferred its tablet.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 082

1 black ox — it is (the ox) of the man of the storehouse; the house of Ninurta consumed it. Beginning of the month, (at the) new crescent, [the month] of emmer. Year: Lugal-zagesi the king[ship] received.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 086

[n] oxen from Sag-Enlilda, 10 sheep from A'ulgal — it being the food offering of Sargon — were consumed. Month: "Emmer" (ziz₂-a). Year: Urua was destroyed.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 087

65 sheep, — their barley (fodder): 16 lidga (and) 1 barig of barley; 26 (male) goats, — their barley: 6 lidga (and) 2 barig of barley; 110 ducks, — their barley: 5 lidga of [barley]. Its grand total: 27 lidga (and) 3 barig of barley. Month: "Emmer" (iti ziz2-a). Year in which the a-SI-A-ab was carried out.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 091

760 goats — kun-... ; 150 goats (and) lambs — Dada; 150 suckling goats; suckling lambs; 60 loads of rushes; 60 minas of linen thread; 40 aktum-garments; 40 linen garments. From (the office of) the scribe; delivered (to) the palace.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 094

4 returned sheep — Kar-ni; 2 — Lugal-annatum; 2 — the man of Uruk; from Lugal-kiag; 1 sheep from Im(-ta)(?); 1 kid — month: 'carcass' (a dead animal?); 2 lambs for the gods, from Dingir-igidu. Month: Gangane.

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TMH 05, 100

Obverse: 60 less 3 (and) two-thirds (= 56⅓) minas of suluḫu-fleece(-wool), to (the place of) Lugal-tešmu, Ur-Lisi brought (it). Reverse: Month: 'When the plough is unhitched' (apin-du₈-a). Year: '(when) ... (AŠ₂ NA) was destroyed.'

Economy

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