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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

FAOS 19, pl. 9, Ki 4

1. Thus (says) 2. Warassuni 3. to Tašmatum: 4. "1 (man): Warad-ebum, 5. and 1 (man): Bilalum — 6. they are fugitives. 7. If 8. they come to you, 9. seize them!"

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian Empire

Achaemenid Persian

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Fowler X66-1609

1. 1(geš₂) (= 60) male sheep, 2. 1(geš₂) 3(u) 4(aš) (= 94) ewes, 3. 2(u)(?) (= 20?) gur of li-(aromatic?), 4. x (x) gur of li-(aromatic?), (Break) 5'. ...-mu (a personal name?), 6'. ... ... copper(?), 7'. ... it is (that) of [...](?), (rest broken)

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Fs Kienast, no. 1

1. This is what Ur-nigar 2. says: 3. to my master 4. speak — 5. Concerning the fish that were promised (lit. 'spoken of') 6. to the wife of Al-il'aba: 7. the oil(?), the first-rate(?), 8. has not been given to me. 9. In the house 10. there is nothing whatsoever. 11. The [...] of wood (geš-ab-[...]) 12. — let him keep his hand upon it. 13. As for the door-bolt of Ur-nim(?), 14. one man of Durum(?) (Lu-durum) 15. has wrecked the house.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 514-545 06

1. [...] ... 2. 5 male lambs, 6 female lambs, with fleece, 3. male(s); 4. [n+]20 minus 3 (= 17) ewes, [n+]23 breeding rams: 5. [Ur]-En[ki]. 6. 52 ewes, 24 breeding rams, 7. 2 male lambs, 2 female lambs with fleece, at the fore (igi-še), 8. 34 ewes: Azuzu; 9. Ur-abzu. 10. 82 [+n] ewes, 40 [+n breeding rams], 11. 3? [...] 12. Total: [...] 1,565 [+n] ewes, [n] male lambs [...], plucked (of their wool) [and?] inspected. 13. [Tablet set in or]der [...].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 514-545 07

1. [n foals] of steppe jennies — 2. Puzur-Malik; 3. [n] foals of steppe jennies — 4. KA-ki, the donkey herder; 5. [n] foals of steppe jennies — 6. Sag-šu, the donkey herder; 7. 1 foal of a steppe jenny — 8. E-edine, the donkey herder. 9. Total: 7 foals of steppe jennies. 10. Lugal-kure 11. ... (e-PA-PA).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

FTP 093

1. 8 gur of barley — 2. Igi-dalani; 3. 4 (gur) 2 ban₂ — the male singer; 4. 1 (gur) 2 ban₂ — Ea-bani; 5. 1 (gur) 3 ban₂ — the son of Bulalum; 6. 5 (gur) — Ḫabatum; 7. 2 (gur) — Gar-ili; 8. 15 (gur) — Ba'aba; 9. 15 (gur) — Ḫalia; 10. 10 (gur) — Manua. 11. Total: 40 [+4 gur 1 barig 1 ban₂ of barley].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Hebenstreit 038

1. [2(?)] jars (containing) 22 sila of good-quality sheep fat, 2. 2 jars (containing) 6(?) sila of oil — (for/of) the overseer (nu-banda), 3. 2 jars (containing) 15 sila of oil — (for/of) the foreman (ugula), 4. 5 jars (containing) 20(?) less 3 sila of sesame oil: 5. Nam-ḫani 6. received (it). 7. Expenditure.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HMA 9-01900

1. 1 grain-fed ox — 2. Dada, the household administrator (šabra), 3. from Abba-iri; 4. 1 grain-fed ox — 5. Lugal-gigir, the travelling merchant, 6. from Utu-pirig; 7. 1 grain-fed ox — 8. Durgum, 9. (for) the uzga (sanctuary/fattening establishment), 10. from E-dumuzi; 11. 1 grain-fed gir-calf — 12. Balaga. 13. Expended (booked out).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 008

1. Thus (says) 2. Ur-sa: 3. to Ilī 4. speak! 5. What did you see (i.e., what were you thinking), that 6. to where(?) the brewer 7. the beer-bread of wheat(?) 8. took ou[t, and] 9. you kept silent?

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 010

1. Thus (says) 2. Ursa: 3. to Ilī 4. speak! 5. [1] Aḫu-sunu, 6. 1 Bisasa, 7. 1 Ilī-ištakal — 8. in the house of detention 9–11. until I come, let them stay. 12. 1 barig of large legumes (chickpeas), 13. 1 barig of small legumes (lentils) 14. let him send to me.

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 012

1. [Thus (says) ...] 2. [...] 3. [To ...] 4. [speak]: 5. With[ou]t (the consent of) 6. the governor, 7. to Kinussam 8. and Puzur-Suen 9. he must not go in; 10. until the governor 11. has given him instructions.

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 017

1. 1 bur3 2 eše3 3 1/4 iku of field, 2. its seed grain: 6 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 5 sila — 3. ARAD2-suni, 4. the overseer. 5. 1 eše3 3 iku [...] of field, 6. [......] 7. [......] 8. GAN-UN.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 018

1. 45 (ninda on the) north (side), 40 (on the opposite side); 2. 110 (ninda on the) east (side), 80 (on the opposite side); 3. [...] field set aside (left over); 4. [its area:] 2 bur3 of field; 5. property of the field of Ur-sag.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 021

1. 2 ninda less 2 cubits — (the) north (width): 2 (sides); 2. 5 ninda less 1 cubit — the length, (which) is equal (on both sides); 3. its field(-area): 9 1/4 sar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 022

1. 72(?) [...] (and) ½, highland(?) (kur), equalized/checked (i₃-sa₂); 2. 50 (and) ½, u₅(?), equalized/checked (i₃-sa₂); 3. its field-area: [...] iku (GAN₂); 4. (of) Bukašum; 5. field ... [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 024

1. 30 (nindan) — the width(s) being equal; 2. 120 (nindan) — the length(s) being [equal]; 3. its area: 2 bur3 of field — 4. Itur-EN[...]. 5. 20 (nindan) — the width(s) being [equal]; 6. [...] 60 (nindan) — the length(s) being [equal]; 7. Da-[...]. 8. 20 (nindan) — the width(s) being equal; 9. 120 (nindan) — the length(s) being equal; 10. its area: 2 bur3 of field — 11. Išbu. 12. 1 bur3 of field, (at) the levee of Dada.

Astronomy & Mathematics·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 026

1. [...] the long side(s) are equal, 2. [...] 2½ (rods), the short side(s) are equal, 3. [...] besides/set apart (bar-ra gal₂); 4. its field area: 7 bur₃ 5 iku of field (GAN₂) — 5. (the field) of Bēla (šu Be-la). 6. 4½(?) (rods), the long side(s) are equal, 7. 60 [+ ...] and ½ (rods), the short side(s) are equal; 8. its field [area]: 7 bur₃ of field (GAN₂) — 9. (the field of) Ḫuḫir, 10. in Maškan-tur. 11. (It is an) iškaru work-assignment, 12. held (as pledge) (šu du₈-a).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 031

1. 2(eše)? 2¼ iku of field — 2. 3? gur [...], 1 ban 5 sila of barley: 3. purchase (price) of the field, for Erra(-ra). 4. 1 eše 1 iku of field — 5. 1 gur 2 barig of wheat. 6. 1 bur 1 eše of field — 7. 3 barig of emmer, received by ... 8. 1 bur of field — 9. 3 gur 3 barig of barley, 10. received by Zira. 11. Total: 8 gur 3 barig [... gur]. 12. Šu-ilī[su?].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 035

1. 4 [+ ...] ½ sila of barley, (allotted) for the field, (at the rate of) 1 [sar] — 2. Šu-Eštar and Zazum; 3. 4½ sila of barley, for the field, (at) 1 sar — 4. Zukiki and Išmā-ilum; 5. [...] sila (and) ⅓ of barley, for [...] 6. [...]-ilīsu [...] 7. [... sila of barley, for] the field, (at) 1 sar — 8. Puzur-ekal [...], 9. in Arik-dīn; 10. 4 sila of barley, for the field, (at) 1 sar — 11. Erenti, 12. in Dūr-šarrim ("King's Fortress").

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 039

1. 2(eše₃) 2(iku) ½(iku) of field (area), 2. 3 gur less 3 ban of seed barley — 3. (for) Enbu-ilum, 4. brother of Tulili. 5. 1(bur₃)? [...] of field (area), 1 gur 3 barig of seed barley — 6. barley ... (šu-kad₅) scattered(?) (i.e., sown/allotted), 7. (in the) hand of Šu-Bela.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 042

1. 13 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban of barley, 2. barley of the šu-KAD5 ... allotment(?), 3. from 4. Sirni, 5. Galili, 6. and Atie, 7. the two merchants, 8. in Maškan-gal 9. he received — 10. Er'e-Utu (received it); 11. it was measured out.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 046

1. Deficit: 35 gur, 2 barig, 1 ban, 4 1/3(?) sila of barley, 2. (this is) of the barley ... (ŠU.KAD₅) ... (RI); 3. at the quay (kārum) 4. it is (available).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 049

1. 10 less 1 (= 9) gur of barley — 2. Šu-ilīsu, 3. elder of the city; 4. [...] 3(?) gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley — 5. Puzur-Eštar; 6. [...] gur of barley — 7. Išma-ilum-TUR-DAR (?), 8. at Maškan-gal ("the great threshing floor"). 9. Total: 26 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, 10. (this is) of the deficit (arrears).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 050

1. [...] barley, [in gur] 2. [...] 3. [...] ... [...] 4. [...] 5. [...]-e 6. [...] 7. [...] ... 8. [...] ... 9. [...] gur 10. of the grain-store (kārûm) 11. 2 gur of dabin-flour, 12. the remainder (šittum), 13. (charged) upon Uḫluk.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 061

1. [... x] 2 gur of barley 2. [(to/from) PN ...]-la 3. 2 gur of large pulses 4. 3 gur less 3 ban of small pulses 5. [(to/from) PN ...]-ḫir 6. [...] ... 7. [...] 3 ban of large pulses 8. [(to/from) PN ...]-bu?-bu 9. [...] Zariqum 10. [...]...-zum

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 062

1. 43 gur 3 barig 3 ban 7 sila of [barley], 2. [...] gur 3 ban(?) 6 sila of dabin-flour, 3. 1 ban of malt: 4. [...]-la-i-kizih; 5. that of Kurma, 6. in Gasur.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 074

1. 1 gur 1 barig of barley, 2. 1 gur 3 ban of emmer, 3. 3 barig 3 ban of wheat, 4. [...] the farmer [...] 5. rec[eived(?)]. 6. 4(?) [gur ...] 7. ... [...] (remainder broken)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 075

1. 7 gur 3 barig 4 ban of emmer wheat, 2. for seed, 3. Išma-ilum 4. received. 5. [(This was) the 1st] time. 6. [...] gur 7. — the 2nd time — 8. Išma-ilum (received).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 078

1. 1 gur of dabin-flour — 2. the 1st time; 3. 2 barig 3 ban of dabin-flour — 4. the 2nd time; 5. 1 barig 3 ban of dabin-flour — 6. the 3rd time; 7. 5 ban of dabin-flour — the 4th time; 8. 1 barig 1 ban 5 sila of dabin-flour — 9. the 5th time.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 082

1. 3 gur, 3 barig, 3 ban, 4 [sila] of barley, in the standard gur — 2. Tiriku; 3. 2 gur, 1 ban, 7 sila of barley, in the standard gur — 4. Aḫu-ṭāb (a-hu-du10): 5. Ana-šumša(?) 6. received (it). 7. Barley in the charge (lit. 'hand') of Nani-... 8. Month: Ḫani[t].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 088

1. 23 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban of barley, 2. (for) Ḫamadarum; 3. 12 gur of barley, 4. (for) Rabī-ilum; 5. 26 gur of barley, 6. (for) Uḫluk. 7. Threshed barley (barley beaten from the stalk). 8. Zuzu, the land-registrar. 9. In Nišbe.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 111

1. 922 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, 2. from Minkum; 3. 21 gur 2 barig of barley, 4. in the hand of (credited to) Badzanze; 5. 18 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, 6. [charged to (lit. "in")] Gudami[šum], 7. (as an) interest-bearing loan; 8. 143 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, 9. in the hand of (assigned for) groats.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 128

Obverse: 1. 2 ban: Šu-ma-[ma], 2. 2 ban: I-[...], 3. 2 ban: Pù-[...], 4. 2 ban: Pù-[...], 5. 2 ban: Bēlī-[...], 6. 2 ban: Ba-rí-[...], 7. [2 ban]: I-[...]. 8. Total: 3 barig 3 ban [...].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 135

1. 3 ban (of grain) — the wife of [...] 2. 3 ban — Ilu-ilum 3. 1 barig — the wife of UD-iš 4. 3 ban — Suma-ilum 5. 1 barig — Išbum 6. 3 ban — Imi-ilum 7. 3 barig — Danuda 8. 1 barig — Zaʾue 9. 1 barig — Bukuzum

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 136

1. (This is a) nigiddûm(-account/transfer). 2. 2 barig of barley 3. Abuli 4. has received — 5. barley of the house of Zuzu. 6. 1 gur of barley 7. from(?) Lamašum 8. Abuli 9. received. 10. 3 gur of emmer 11. Tirku 12. received, 13. in/from Nišbe(?).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 140

1. 368 gur of barley — (measured in) the gur of Agade — 2. 65 gur of emmer: 3. Šu-Eštar. 4. 134 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley: 5. Kari. 6. 56 gur 3 ban [+ n gur of barley]: 7. Sir[ni]. 8. 62(?) [+ n gur of barley], 9. 10(?) [+ n gur of emmer].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 142

1. 2 barig — Išmā-ilum; 2. 2 barig — Ilī, the scribe; 3. 2 barig — Šu-ilīsu, the city elder; 4. [...] — Zuki[ki]; 5. [...] — Adda-[...]; 6. 1 barig — Ḫiwi[riš]; 7. 1 barig — ...[...]; 8. [...] ... [...]; 9. [...] Šarrum, the woman(?) [...]; 10. [... I]lū-ilum; 11. [...] Babanien; 12. 1 barig — Ēšum; 13. 1 barig — Iddi-šum; 14. 1 barig — Abulum; 15. 1 barig — Barbar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 150

(Beginning broken) 1. [......] for [...] 2. [... Eš]tar (?PN ending in -Eštar) 3. [...]-bil 4. [...] Zuzu 5. [... n] old za-flour; 1 gur of emmer flour — 6. Surini gave (it) to him; 7. 1 gur 2 barig of dabin-flour — flour of Surini — 8. (for) Išma-ilum the younger; 9. 200 loaves of bread, juniper(-flavored?), fine beer-bread — 10. (for) Išma-ilum the elder; 11. [n] gur of fine groats — 12. (for) [Tab]siga(?); 13. [n gur of] fine [gro]ats — 14. (for) [...]-ilum, the merchant; 15. [...] ... [...] (rest broken)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 190

1. 1 (person): Buzi — 2 barig (of barley); 2. 4 male workers — 1 barig (each); 3. 2 female workers — 3 ban (each); 4. 2 boys — 3 ban (each); 5. 2 boys — 2 ban (each); 6. 2 girls — 2 ban (each). 7. (Subtotal:) 1 gur, 4 barig, 2 ban of barley rations — 8. (this is) of 1 month. 9. Total: 7 gur, 2 barig, 2 ban of barley rations — 10. (this is) of 4 months. 11. The son of Abšam, 12. Kinakum, 13. received (it).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 194

1. [...] ... [...] 2. [...] ... ... [...] 3. [...] ... ... 4. [...] male worker(s) 5. [...]-gu-uš (personal name, broken) 6. [...]-ki-ḫi (personal name, broken) 7. [...]-ḫi (personal name, broken) 8. [...]-... (broken) 9. [...]-... (broken) 10. [n +] 4 female workers 11. [...]-silatum (personal name, broken) 12. [n] ... ... (broken entry) 13. [n +] 5 female workers, 14. in Gasur.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 195

1. 2 [...] 2. ...[...] 3. those of the threshing floor (šūt maškan), 4. [n] able-bodied men, 1 [...] 5. Išmā-ilum [...] 6. [n] able-bodied men [...] 7. [...] 8. [...] 9. [...] 10 ... 10. [n+]13 male children, 11. [n+]42 female workers, 12. [n+]26 able-bodied men.

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HSS 10, 196

1. [......] female workers (geme₂) 2. [PN ......]-x-da 3. [n +] 11 female workers 4. Enana 5. 8 boys, 2 girls — 6. overseer: Simumu 7. 8 boys, 3 girls — 8. [...]-dudu

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HSS 10, 197

1. 2 male children, 2. sons of Bazizi; 3. 1: Zalili, 4. son of Zalīlī, 5. a male child of Zašši; 6. 2 suckling children: 7. (one) a child of Šu-GAN-ri, 8. (one) a child of Dirium; 9. 1 suckling child of Tiru-šaqi — 10. for Im-ama's 11. de[bt], 12. to Huzuzi.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 199

1. 1 (person): Eštar-ummī 2. 1 (person): Diri-ni 3. 2 (persons): female workers (geme₂) 4. 1 (person): Gagadanum(?) 5. 1 (person): Kibturu 6. 1 (person): Dingir-muda 7. 1 (person): Aḫuma 8. 1 (person): Bēlī-ilum 9. Total: 5 male workers (guruš)

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HUCA 49, 016 & 051 14

1. 2 iku of field — donkeys were stationed (there); 2. (at) A-ka-du (the canal-mouth installation); 3. 4 1/4 iku: Nig-NI, the temple administrator; 4. 2 1/4 iku: U-u-ildu; 5. 2 1/4 iku: the chief carpenter (nagar-gal); 6. 1 iku: Ur-ennezu; 7. 1/2 (and) 1/4 iku: Anna.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

JCS 01, 348, 11

Thus (says) Tamtalik: to the equerry (ŠUŠ₃, livestock official) speak: 203 gur of barley, (in the) saggal-measure — Misua; 143 gur of barley — Ida-ilum; Total: 346 gur of barley, (in the) saggal-measure. Tamtalik has received (it).

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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

JCS 15, 080 39

(Beginning broken) 1. [...] ... 2. [...] Lugal-itida, 3. [...]-nin(?), the overseer (nu-banda), 4. ... Lugal-agrigzi, 5. 4 barig: Nin-hegal, 6. 1 ban: Ur-[...], 7. 4 barig: Nin-[...], 8. 1 (gur): Nin-[...], 9. 4 barig: ... [...], 10. 1 (gur): [...], 11. 1 (gur): Sag-[...], 12. Month: "(When) the plough is released" (iti apin-du8-a).

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Kress 150

1. 4(?) rams — 2. Lugal-namgusu; 3. 4 (male) kids — Ur-nagar; 4. 1(?) kid — Ur-Inanna; 5. 1(?) kid — Dingir-ta; 6. 2 kids — Lugal-entarsu; 7. 4 sheep ... (two illegible signs); 8. Nita-tur, the shepherd, drove (them) off; 9. 1 sheep — Ur-...; 10. regular(?) sheep (and) kids, 11. Du-du consumed (them); 12. ...(?) 3rd(?) year(?).

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LB 0014

obv. 1. [n]+10 full-grown pigs, 2. 35 piglets, 3. [...] ... ...-a(?) [...], 4. 90 pigs [...], (break) 5. Total: 195(?) pigs — 6. (they are) pigs standing (on hand/allocated).

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LB 0023

(Beginning destroyed) [...] [...] ... sa6 [...] [n (area units)] — Dadaga; 1 eše (of field) — Lu-Nibru; 1 eše — U-mu-NI; 1 eše — E-gubbu; 1 eše — Ur-Ištaran; n (area units) — E-zi, the gala (lamentation priest). Total: 3 bur 1 eše of field (GAN2). [...] hoe(?) [...] [...] [...] Total: 1 bur [...]. Field of Si-[...]. ... field(?) ... (rest too damaged to read)

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