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~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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CUSAS 03, 0908

3 sheep hides, 1 goat hide, from Iškur-illat, Anah-ilī has received. Month: akiti (Festival of the Akītu). [Year:] "the great barge for Enlil and Ninlil he fashioned." (caption/label:) Annah-ilī, leatherworker, son of Saba.

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~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0909

1 hide of a grain-fed full-grown male goat, from Iškur-illat, Ana'aḫ-ilī has received. Month: Akiti. Year: "The magnificent barge for Enlil and Ninlil [he] fashioned." (seal/attribution:) Anna'aḫ-ilī, leatherworker, son of Sa'ba.

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~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1154

1 fat-tailed sheep, 3 ewes(?) |U8+ḪUL2|, 4 fat-tailed male lambs, 2 fat-tailed female lambs, 2 full-grown billy-goats, 3 nanny-goats: the month having elapsed to the 15th day; from Iškur-illat Ili-bilani took (them) in charge. Month: Maš-da-gu ("gazelle-eating"). Year: "The great barge for Enlil and Ninlil was fashioned." (Seal:) Ili-bilani, servant of Šu-Kabta.

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~2038 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Akkadica 135/1, 090-092 09

5(ban2) 6 sila3 dabin-flour (= 56 sila3), day 28, from Lu-dingira, sealed by the governor, month: Dal, year: "The boat of Enki was caulked" (Šu-Suen year 8). (Seal legend:) Šu-Suen, mighty king, king of Ur, king of the four quarters, Aya-kalla, governor of Umma, is your servant.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Akkadica 135/1, 088-090 08

2 gur 3 barig 5 ban2 8 1/3 sila of ŠU-bread, expenditure for the divine standard (šu-nir); from In-sa₆-sa₆; under seal of the governor. Month: Pa'u'e. Year: Šu-Suen (became) king. (Seal inscription) [Šu]-Suen, mighty king, king of Ur, king of the four quarters: Ayakalla, governor of Umma, is your servant.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Akkadica 135/1, 096-098 12

15 workmen, for 1 day, at Ka-girida, stationed at the bar-la₂ of the Dubla-Utu; overseer: Lugal-itida. Sealed tablet of Šeš-ani. Year: Šu-Suen the king erected the great stele (⟨⟨gal⟩⟩ erased). (Seal inscription) Šeš-ani, the scribe, son of Dada.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Akkadica 135/1, 098-100 13

5 bur3 of field, harrowed (with the gišur3-harrow), one time, at a rate of 4 1/2 iku of field (per worker per day): its workforce labor is 60 (worker-)days. Field: Nin-ura. Foreman: Ur-ama. Under the seal of Šeš-ani. Year: Šu-Sîn, the king, erected the magnificent stele for Enlil and Ninlil. (Seal inscription) Šeš-ani, scribe, son of Dada.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Anonymous 429941

10 gur — EN — at 1 barig each, barley to be carried, to the ...... of Kamari; from Lu-gina; sealed tablet of Šeš-ani. Month: "Barley-brought-to-the-quay"(?). Year: Šu-Suen (became) king. (Seal inscription:) Šeš-[ani], scri[be], [son of ......].

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Anonymous 497531

60 bundles of reeds — (for) En-dudu, the courier of the "various men"; from Šeš-kalla; sealed tablet of Ikalla; within (the account of) the bala; day 10, month: Dal, year: "Šu-Sîn, the king, built the temple of Šara." (Seal:) Ikalla, scribe, son of Lu-saga.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AuOr 24, 149

15 pigeons (tu-gur₄), from Elumma'e, the household administrator (šabra): delivery. Ba'aga, the animal-fattener, took (them) in charge. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the temple of Šara in Umma.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0011

2 workmen, builders, men of Tunium; 1 workman, builder, man of Dimat-Kalbum; 3 workmen, builders, men of [Izin-Erra]. In Garšana. Month: ki-siki-Ninazu. Year: Šu-Sîn the king fashioned the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil (= Šu-Sîn year 2).

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0067

[n male workers, builders], [n] male workers, 6 female workers — foreman: Ba-zi; stationed to crush malt. [Inspection] performed. [Via Iškur]-illat, the chief household administrator (šabra), [and Puzur-]Ninkar[ak], the scribe. In Garšana. Month: "Festival of Šulgi." Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, [erected] the Great Stele for Enlil [and Ninlil]. Day 28.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0068

16 male workers, 7 female workers, overseer: Ba-zi, stationed to grind malt. Inspection carried out. Via Iškur-illat and Puzur-Ninkar, the scribe. In Garšana. Month: “Festival of Šulgi.” [Year:] Šu-Suen, the king, built the great stele for Enlil [and Ninlil]. Day 29.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0070

[n] male workers, [n] female workers, [foreman]: Ba-zi, employed to grind [malt], [via Iškur]-illat [and] Puzur-Nin[kar]rak, the scribe. [In Gar]šana. [Month:] "Festival of Šulgi." [Year:] Šu-Sin, the king, [...]

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~2033 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAS 024

[2 eše] 3 iku of field — tug2-gur bundling work, [at a rate of] ½ iku [+] ¼ iku per [worker-day]; for rafter-wood work, times 3, [at a rate of] 4 iku ½ iku per [worker-day] — [The labor] of the workers thereof: 150 days. [The field:] KWU729-x-[…]. [Overseer:] Šeš?-[…]. [Sealed by] Ur-emah. Year after Šu-Suen, [the king], built the Martu (Amorite) wall. Ur-emah, scribe, son of Dada.

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~2031 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Amherst 033

6 gur (royal measure) of barley, for the provisions of the workers (erin2), from Ur-gigir, under seal of A-saga; captain: A-hu-a. Month: Mušudu. Year: 'Šašrum was destroyed.' Nimgir-šakuš(?), the scribe, son of Magure.

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~2017 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

TLB 05, 10

1 naḫbatum (leather bag/pouch), royal ka-kara4 (leather strap/gear) — sheep hide, ram(?)-hide, its black (portion): 9; its cord/sinew: 5 shekels. 8 shoes (with) hoof-fittings(?), royal ka-kara4, 1 (or) 2 each. Ox hide, its tanning-agent (u2-ḫab2): 5 shekels. Billy-goat hide, its black (portion): 2/3. 3 baskets of gug2-cake (bread); its bitumen: 5 sila. For the offering of the granary. Via Ur-alla and Iddin-Adad, the cook; overseer: Anaḫ-ili. Day [n]. Month: NE-NE-gar. Year: Išbi-Erra, the king, defeated Šimaški and Elam. Copy (gaba-ri).

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~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianOur engine

Erišum I 03

Documents Erišum I's temple construction at Aššur and its ritual furnishings — bronze duck weights and beer vats — giving the earliest detailed record of cultic equipment in an Assyrian royal building inscription.

CUSAS 03, 0908

CUSAS 03, 0909

CUSAS 03, 1154

Akkadica 135/1, 090-092 09

Akkadica 135/1, 088-090 08

Akkadica 135/1, 096-098 12

Akkadica 135/1, 098-100 13

Anonymous 429941

Anonymous 497531

AuOr 24, 149

CUSAS 03, 0011

CUSAS 03, 0067

CUSAS 03, 0068

CUSAS 03, 0070

AAS 024

Amherst 033

TLB 05, 10

Erišum I 03

Erišum I 06

Erišum I 10

Šamši-Adad I 02

Šamši-Adad I 11

Aminu 2001

Aminu 2002

Azuzu 2001 / Man-ištušu 2002

Erišum I 01

Erišum I 02

Erišum I 04

Erišum I 05

Erišum I 07

Erišum I 08

Erišum I 09

Erišum I 1001

Erišum I 11

Erišum I 12

Erišum I 13

Erišum I 14

Erišum I 15

Erišum I 16

Erišum I 17

Ikunum 1

Ikunum 2

Ikunum 3

Ikunum 4

Ikunum 5add (formerly Šamši-Adad I 03)

Ilu-šumma 1

Ilu-šumma 2

Puzur-Sin 1001

Šalim-aḫum 1

Šamši-Adad I 01