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~2270 BCE·Akkadian Empire

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Lippmann Coll 191

15 nig-la2 textiles, 14 šagadu garments, from Me-nigin — he gave (them) to him. 21 nig-la2 textiles, 21 šagadu garments, it is (at the disposal of / with) Ki-mura.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 196

29 bar-si sashes (headbands), from the total — released (issued). From the total — given to him. 15 bar-si sashes, 2 bar-dul5 cloaks, (of) the weaver — returned/accounted for (in hand). It is from the wool (account).

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Lippmann Coll 197

1 bardul-garment, (of the) weaver — its weight: 3 mana — (for) Mama-ummi. 1 bardul-garment, (of the) weaver — its weight: 3 mana — (for) Aštar. 2 bardul-garments, (of the) weaver — their weight: 2 [n mana] — (for) Nin-adgal. 1 bardul-garment, (of the) weaver — its weight: 2 1/3 [mana ...] — (for) Nin-nig. Returned by hand.

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Lippmann Coll 201

2 nig-lam garments (fine-quality cloth) — of the weaver; 1 bar-dul cloak — of the household manager (šabra); its weight: 9 minas. Sebetum(?) ... [sign broken] 3 nig-lam garments — of the weaver; its weight: 9 minas. 1 bar-dul cloak — of the weaver; its weight: 7 minas. Grand total. Month: Shubanun. Month: Abusa'a.

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Lippmann Coll 204

19 fine-grade (nig₂-lam₂) garments, second quality (uš₂); 10 šagadu-garments, second quality; 10 šagedab-garments, second quality; 57 fine-grade (nig₂-lam₂) garments, [from] the weavers; [n] šagadu-garments, [from the] weav[ers]; 11 [...]-garments; [n] na[spāru?]-garments; 57 šagadu-garments, personal allotment/private stock (nig₂-su-a); Total: 439 garments, of both (kinds). Weavers — 3rd month.

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Lippmann Coll 205

17 nig-la2 garments, fine quality. 16 nig-la2 garments, delivered (accounted for). 2 nig-la2 garments, a donkey-load (bale). [...] the storehouse/house [...] [n shagadu] garments, fine quality. 14 shagadu garments, delivered (accounted for). From the total.

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Lippmann Coll 206

12 minas less 15 shekels of wool — ...(ri?): Mamummi. 7 minas, Nin-nig; 4 minas, 15 minas, Aštar; 4 1/2 minas, 12 minas, Taniya, 12 1/3 minas, Nin-adgal, 1x+4 minas, ...(damaged)..., Nigbanda, 11 1/2 minas, Nin-nigzu; 5 minas, 14 2/3 minas, Meniginta. Returned (brought back into hand) — it is from the wool-workers. Month: Nig-kiriš.

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Lippmann Coll 208

2 bar-dul5 garments: the weaver — 1 (each) Mamummi 2 (units): Geme-Enlil 6 (units): Aštar; 6 (shekels?) silver 1: Tania — 1 1: Nin-adgal — 1 (...): Nigbanda [...] [n], 1: Nin-nigzu — 1 1: Sebetum Garments that are on hand (in stock) — they are from the wool (stores). Month: Ab-e'zi-ga.

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Lippmann Coll 209

[n] gur of barley: Mama-ummi; 2 gur 2 barig: Nin-nigzu; 5 (units): Aštar; 2 gur: Tani; 2 gur: Nin-adgal; 3 gur: Nig-banda; 2 gur: Nin-[...] (name broken); 1 gur 2 barig: from Menigin.

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Lippmann Coll 211

1 barig 2 ban 5 sila of fine flour: Mamumi. 3 barig: Nin-nig. 2 barig 4 ban: Aštar. 1 barig: Tani. 2 barig: Nin-adgal. 1 barig 2 ban 5 sila: Nig-banda. 3 ban: Nin-nigzu. [4 ban]: Me-niginta. Total: 3 gur 4 ban of fine flour, being the surplus (outside the main account), [at the disposal of] the wool-workers. Month: Duku.

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Lippmann Coll 212

2 ḫaluam-garments, first-quality/head-type, 1 ḫaluam-garment, weaver's-type — their weight: 6 minas — (for) Beli-mēn. [n] nig-lam garments [...] [...] their weight: [n] minas — (from) Ezi, returned / received back. Month: 'GAN-eš-gar-šugar.'

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Lippmann Coll 214

10 bar-dul5 cloaks, weaver's work, their weight: 50 minus 3 (= 47 minas) — Nin-ikuša. 10 bar-dul5 cloaks, weaver's work, weight: 35 (minas) — Šu-imduga. 10 bar-dul5 cloaks, weaver's work, their weight: 36 (minas) — Kešmen.

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Lippmann Coll 216

15 bar-dul5 garments — (the concern of) the majordomo of the king — to the man, the chief fuller, were given (to him). Garment(s) for/within the street. Lugal-itida (was) its commissioner. Month: Ab-e-ziga.

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Lippmann Coll 217

21 níg-lá garments, 20 šagadu-garments — property/assets, garments of Kimura — they are on deposit (on record). To Lugal-ka he gave (them). Month: "Harvest (of grain)".

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Lippmann Coll 218

3 bar-dul5 cloaks (of) the chief steward (szabra) — it is from wool. [n] bar-dul5 cloaks (of) the chief steward (szabra) — it is cloth from the belly(-wool) of a lamb. To Lugal-amah he gave (them). Month: Duku.

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Lippmann Coll 220

44 nig-lam garments, standard (second) grade, 5 nig-lam garments, weaver-quality, 20 šagadu garments, 20 šagedab garments, total: 89 assorted garments, returned/accounted for, belonging to the fuller. Month: šugar.

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Lippmann Coll 221

22 nig-la2 garments, 18 (20 less 2) šagadu-garments, nig-su-a type, old garment(s) to be weighed/balanced — (recorded) in the House of the Scepter: there is (this much). 13 nig-la2 garments, 20 šagadu-garments, nig-su-a type, with the chief fuller — is present (with him). Weaver. Month: "Harvest" (barley-cutting).

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Lippmann Coll 223

29 (30 minus 1) hides, selected/sorted leather — leather, current (daily) goods, received (returned to hand): Ur-Enlil, (the) tenth / Susi(?), (from/for) the house of the fullers, delivery, month: Šuba-nun, Lugal-a.

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Lippmann Coll 224

[n and] 1/3 mina minus 2 shekels of bronze; 7 nails. Its total was recorded (set down). [For] Lugal-amu, [the temple administrator] of Iškur; Dada, the smith, weighed it out to him. Month: Abe'eziga.

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Lippmann Coll 225

4 mina of muš (a metal or material), 1/3 (mina) of Aratta-quality ..., ni-na — according to its measuring-rod: the 15th (unit) — Dada, the smith: it was weighed out to him. Month: Šugar.

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Lippmann Coll 226

4 minas of muš-[...], 2/3 mina of Aratta-a-nina(?), (to) Dudu, (to) Dada — it was given to him. 9 sugan-units of copper, at one-third shekel [each], (to) Dada — it was given to him.

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Lippmann Coll 228

3 1/2 minas of 'numun-kalga' (a strong/hardened seed-commodity, possibly a metal type); 6[+x] minas, 6 shekels of 'muš' (another commodity, possibly a metal or material); (for) Ax-kù-pa'e, the king (or: a royal official/dependent), was weighed out for him. Month: 'ab-e-zi-ga' (the going-forth of the ab).

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Lippmann Coll 229

1 mana less 7 shekels of 'strong seed' (raw metal?), 1 mana 10 shekels of polished/cleansed muš-metal, [......] [......] for the thick-necked axe (ḫazi), for the total account (sagšu), (to) AxKU3-pa-e3, the smith — it was weighed out to him.

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Lippmann Coll 230

1/2 shekel of silver: Nin-nigzu — the delivered goods — he brought (it). Dada, the smith, (for) 2 wagons of the estate, [...] — it was weighed out to him. 1/2 shekel of silver: Teni-šazu brought (it). (To) Ur-Ninmug it was weighed out.

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Lippmann Coll 231

12 1/3 (units of) garlic — its weight: 3 minas, 35 1/2 shekels. Returned to hand (received/accounted for). Dada, the smith. Month: ŠE-ŠE-kin (harvest month).

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Lippmann Coll 232

64 (units of) garlic/onion — its weight: 16 1/2 minas, 4 shekels. Received (lit. 'returned to hand'). Dada, the smith. Month: 'barley-harvest' (sze-sag11-ku5).

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Lippmann Coll 234

16 garlic(-units) — the overseer (nu-banda3). 9(?) — mu-ta(?). 10 — Ur-Ašgi. 10 — Lugal-ezem. 10 — Lugal-uri. Total: 55 garlic(-units). Returned to hand (received/accounted for). The overseer (nu-banda3).

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Lippmann Coll 235

4 (units) bronze, gold — their weight: 1 mana. 19 (units) bronze, silver — their weight: [...]+4 mana. 30 (units) bronze, copper-bronze — their weight: 15 mana. "Returned to hand" (received/accounted for): Dada, he is the smith. Month: "Nig-kiri" (Garden-month).

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Lippmann Coll 238

1 shekel of silver — (for) the house of the išib-priest of Enki, the house of the ...-thing, for the sagšu (official): Dada gave (it) to him. 5 shekels of silver — [...]-kam (broken; destination or purpose lost). 2 shekels of silver — (for) Ur-Inanna, the merchant, for the gu2 of the long-wood (pole/spear): Dada gave (it) to him. The silver (is) the property of the za-ha-container, (that had been) placed/deposited.

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Lippmann Coll 243

1 (unit) mud — Gigir-nigšu (?) 2 (units) — Dada 4 (units) — U(?) 4 (units) — Girizi(?) An-gu-[x x] Ur-Inanna Lu-edin-gur he gave (it) to him/them (mu-na-šum2).

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Lippmann Coll 245

[4(gešʼ×60)] 10 5 [hides of] sheep (= 255 sheep hides) He-dabra — were given (to him). 30 hides of sheep — Ur-a — 30 su-si — were given (to him). Total: 255 hides of sheep. Its designation: (by) the scribe [...].

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Lippmann Coll 246

20 hides, dag-ga (soaked/prepared) — Ur-a2, the chief tanner (aszgab gal); 21 hides, dag-ga (soaked/prepared) — the gala-tanner (gala aszgab); for the chariot, the royal offering (nidba) — An-ne-šum2 (gave/received). Month: Ab-e'zi-ga.

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Lippmann Coll 250

2 hides of oxen, 7 hides of donkeys, 3(+n) hides of lions, 20 hides of sheep, 3 sila of pig fat (lard) — having been processed: hides for the equipment of battle — to Ur-a2, the leatherworker, were given. Month: Mutir.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 251

[n] sila3 of lard (pig-fat). 20 sheep hides — (in) Dugan[...], the governor — he processed (it). 1/3 sila3 of lard, 1 ox hide — he processed (it). ... the donkey — it is the royal offering (nidba lugal). Ur-a — to the leatherworker (aszgab) — he gave (it) to him. The fat/oil: booked out (expenditure). Month: Niĝkiri'a ("garden month").

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 252

1 ox-hide, 20 (units of) bitumen — for the storehouse — is on hand. 1 ox-hide, 16 (units of) bitumen — for the storehouse — is on hand. 12 hides, surplus (nig2-diri), were weighed out (disbursed). Ur-a2 — to the leatherworker — was given. Month: še-KIN-a.

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Lippmann Coll 253

1. 20 hides of goat(s), 2. for Ummu (EDIN.A); 3. 10 hides of sheep, 4. for e-ri-na-leather; 5. Ur-Enlil, 6. (the) susi(-worker/measurer)(?); 7. 1 hide of sheep, 8. bitumen-treated leather, 9. to be filled(?); 10. 2 hides of [...], 11. Dugan.

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Lippmann Coll 256

1. 10 (units) of ummu-leather(?) (EDIN.A) 2. [oil] was applied/processed 3. [n] hide(s) of donkey 4. [n] (measure of) bitumen — for the house 5. 1 hide of donkey 6. covering for the chariot 7. [...] sila (liquid measure) 8. [n] sila of lard/pig-fat 9. 3(?) hide(s) of ... 10. was made/processed 11. [...] (break) 12. [...] (break) 13. [n] hide(s) [...]

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Lippmann Coll 257

5(asz@c) bar-dul5 garments — (product of) the weaver(s) — to Gigire — Ur-a2 took in charge — to the leatherworker — [was] given [to him]. [...] weaver [... to] [...] given? Month: Akiti (festival of the equinox).

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Lippmann Coll 259

12 (units) bitumen — the household ration — via Giri-gena (the courier), the household manager: was disbursed. [n] (units) bitumen — the household ration — (for) Šeš-šeš, (and) Lu-am-GIŠGALxIGI. 5 (units) bitumen — (for) the governor — returned/accounted for (in hand): it is (the charge of) Ur-a2. Month: Šu-gar.

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Lippmann Coll 266

1 bar-dul5 garment, its weight: 6 minas, 5 shekels. 1 bar-dul5 garment, its weight: 4 1/2 minas. [......] [......] It is (for/of) the stone-cutter (bur-gul).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 269

1 rope: dur-ab-sag (type) its weight: 2 mina 1 (unit) bitumen its weight: 1/3 (mina) 4 ropes: ...-da (type) [n] 2 ropes: a2-an (type) [its weight]: 26 mina 1 leather plow-rope received — by Ili-ahi, servant of the governor. Returned to hand (repaid). It is the matter of the seal-cutter. Month: Šugar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 270

1 eš-munsub (a chariot fitting/part); 1 bar-ra of a chariot (a side-piece/rail); 1 šallatum (a chariot part); their weight: 2 2/3 mina; (they are from) an old chariot of the ensi (governor); to Ur-a2 it was given; returned to hand (received/accounted for) — it is (the responsibility/matter) of the seal-cutter. Month: ab-e3-zi-ga.

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Lippmann Coll 271

2 šallatum-objects, their weight: 1 mina; 1 ešmunsub(-object) (sign corrected from EREN), Dadi — received; returned (to hand); (the) seal-cutter.

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Lippmann Coll 274

1 gur, 4 ban2 dabin-flour — the chief smith. 2 gur, 2 barig — the chief carpenter. [n] — the gala-nagar (subordinate/attendant carpenter). [n] ban2 — Susi. [n] — Ur-edam. [n] — Lugal-ennun. [n gur], 1 sila3 — the chief leatherworker. 1 gur — Dudu, the leatherworker.

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Lippmann Coll 275

2 female workers (geme2): Mamum[mi] 2 female workers: Geme-Enlil 2 female workers: Aštar 1 female worker: Taniya 2 female workers: Nin-adgal 2 female workers: Nig-banda 2 female workers: Nin-[nigzu] 2 female workers: Sebe[tum] 1 female worker: Me-nigin-ta Total: 16 female workers. (To) Adda were given (i-na-šum2).

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Lippmann Coll 276

2 female workers (geme2), overseer: Mama-ummi. 2 — Geme-Enlil, 2 — Aštar, 2 — Tania, 2 — Nin-adgal, 2 — Nigbanda, 2 — Nin-nigzu. Total: 14 female workers. Ur-Usu, scribe. An-na-šum (given to him / personal name).

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Lippmann Coll 278

3(asz@c) female workers (geme2) (for/under) Mama-ummi 3(asz@c) Geme-Enlil 3(asz@c) Aštar 3(asz@c) Taniya 2(asz@c) Nin-adgal 2(asz@c) Nig-banda 3(asz@c) Nin-nigzu 1(asz@c) Sebetum

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Lippmann Coll 279

1 female worker: Mama-ummi. 1 female worker: Geme-Enlil. 1 female worker: Aštar. 1 female worker: Tani. 1 female worker: Nin-adgal. 2 female workers: Nin-nigzu. 3 (workers): nig2-banda3 (subordinate/junior personnel).

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Lippmann Coll 281

1 (unit) — Mama () — Geme-Enlil 3 (units) — Aštar 2 (units) — Nin-adgal 1 — Tani 1 — Nig-banda 1 — Sebetum

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Lippmann Coll 282

1 barig(@c): Hubbi(-bi2) — new female worker, (of) the nigbanda-official. 1 barig(@c): Meki-[...], Nin-adgal. 1 barig(@c): Šebetum. 1 barig(@c): Ezi — Geme-Enlil.