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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 012

1 gur of barley (?) Lugal-igi-du. 3 barig — for Me-ki-bi. 2 gur (?) — DU-HA-A-pa-e₃, the gala-priest. 2 gur 2 barig — the herald (nimgir).

~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.

~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.

~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).

~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

~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)

~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.

~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.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Anonymous 271233

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Anonymous 271233. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

BE 01/2, 107

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BE 01/2, 107. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

BIN 08, 013

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

BIN 08, 021

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 021. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

BIN 08, 093

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 093. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09576

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09576. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09596

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09596. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09647

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09647. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09653

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09653. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09676

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09676. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09677

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09677. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09678

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09678. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09681

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09681. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 002

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CDLI Lexical 000027, ex. 012

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CDLI Lexical 000027, ex. 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 015

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) ?) — CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 015. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 036

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 036. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 037

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 038

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 038. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 039

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 039. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 040

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 040. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 041

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 041. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 042

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 042. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 043

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 043. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 044

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 044. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 045

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 045. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 046

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 046. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 047

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 047. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 048

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 048. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 049

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 049. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 050

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 050. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 051

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 051. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 052

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 052. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 053

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 053. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 054

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 054. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 055

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 055. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 056

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 056. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 057

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 057. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 058

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 058. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 059

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 059. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 060

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 060. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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