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~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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CUSAS 03, 0242

8 workmen at full wage, 2 workmen at 2/3 (wage) each — they are fullers; for [1] day stationed to deliver hand-moulded bricks, (for) the construction work of the É-[ki]mura. From Puzur-Akum it was expended. Month: kisiki-Ninazu. Year: "The magnificent barge was fashioned for Enlil and Ninlil." (Seal inscription) Šu-Kabta, physician, son of Naram-ili, the vizier(?), doorkeeper(?): Ea-šar, scribe, is your servant.

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~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0474

9 workmen for 1 day, barley: 6 sila each — hired. Stationed at Imsili, Munanum(?). Foreman: Babani. Month: u₅-bi₂-gu₇. Year: "The great barge for Enlil and Ninlil was fashioned." (Seal) Šu-Kabta, physician, son of Naram-ili, the sukkal (minister), the doorkeeper(?): Ea-šar, the scribe, (is) your servant.

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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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~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, 0242

CUSAS 03, 0474

Akkadica 135/1, 090-092 09

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

Šamši-Adad I 03 (= Ikunum 5add)

Šamši-Adad I 04

Šamši-Adad I 05

Šamši-Adad I 06

Šamši-Adad I 07

Šamši-Adad I 08

Šamši-Adad I 09

Šamši-Adad I 10

Šamši-Adad I 1001

Šamši-Adad I 12

Šamši-Adad I 2001