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~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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MVN 05, 043

1 nanny-goat, dead (slaughtered); delivery; Gu-la; from Ur-Utu; under seal of Lu-kalla. Month: "Harvest" (šeš-sag-kud). Year after: "En-unugal was installed (as en-priest) of Inanna." (Seal inscription:) [Lu-kalla], [the scribe], son of Ur-[E'e, the chief herdsman].

Economy

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Akkadica 137, 200-203 06

337 sheep, 34 lambs, 147 full-grown billy-goats, 11 goats — (this is) the 3rd day. From Abbasaga, Intaea took them in charge. Month: "Festival of Šulgi." Year: Šašru was destroyed. (summary) 529 sheep (in total).

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Amherst 035

5 gur, 1 barig, 3 ban2 of dabin-flour (by the royal gur-measure) — provisions for the workers/troops who have no barley, (at/from) the e2-ab (storehouse), stationed at the mouth of the canal, (on) the boat of Ur-šugalama, from Ninana; sealed by Lugal-ezem. Month: extra month, 'Harvest' (sze-sag11-ku5). Year: Shashrum was destroyed. Lugal-ezem, the scribe, son of Dada.

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 010

180 grain-fed sheep, 1 sila of barley each, for 30 days — its barley: 18 gur. Fodder for the grain-fed sheep of the bala (obligation), via Bida; sealed document of the governor. Month: “Harvest” (še-sag-ku₅). Year: “Šašru was destroyed.”

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 051

60 grain-fed sheep, 1 sila of barley each — regular offerings of Šara; 20 grain-fed sheep, 1 sila each — regular offerings of Šulgi; 20 grain-fed sheep, 1 sila each — regular offerings of Amar-Suen; for 1 day. For 30 days, its barley: 10 gur. From Alulu. Sealed tablet of the governor (ensi). Month: Dumuzi. Year: Šašru was destroyed.

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Orient 55, 167-168 no. 15

1 nanny-goat, ibex-crossbreed, has died; day 28. From Lu-dingira, Šulgi-irimu has received (it). Month: Festival-of-Ninazu. Year: Šašru was destroyed.

~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

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.

~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.

~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0478

1 ban 6 sila of ordinary beer, the regular allotment (sá-du₁₁) of the builders, when the wall was being built. Via Ea-šar. From Erra-bani it was expended. In Garšana. Month: ki-siki-Ninazu. Year: "The great barge was fashioned for Enlil and Ninlil." 8th day — copy (gaba-ri).

~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0897

2 leather bag(s) (du₁₀-[gan]), ti-bala type, dried; 1 pair (é-ba-an) of shoes (e-sir₂), ordinary quality; from Anah-ili booked out (ba-zi). Month: U₅-bi₂-gu₇. Year: "The great barge was fashioned for Enlil and Ninlil." (Seal:) Šu-Kabta, the physician (a-zu), son of Naram-ili: Iškur-illat, the scribe, son of Abi'a, is your servant.

~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

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.

~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.

~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.

~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.

~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.

~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.

~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.

~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 ......].

~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.

~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.

~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).

~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.

~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.

~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, [...]

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0088

3 workmen, [builders], men of the niĝ-ba (gift-allotment) [of Baba?]; 3 workmen, [builders], servants of the household. Therefrom: [n] workmen, builders, at the brick-mould — baked bricks; [n] workmen, builders, at the brick-mould — bricks set in place; [n] workmen, builders, stationed to build the E-kibagara ("House-set-in-its-place"). It is the expenditure (of labour). Inspection carried out. Via Iškur-illat, the chief household administrator (šabra). Month: U'bi-gu. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali. 4th day.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0235

10 bundles of thorn-wood (acacia brush). The work-quota of a workman: 4 bundles each; its labor: 2 1/2 workdays. To the field Karkar — thorn-wood cut. 4 workmen for 1 day: from Garšana to Karkar, boat towed (upstream). 4 workmen for 1 day: boat loaded. 4 workmen for 1 day: from Karkar to Garšana. 4 workmen for 1 day: from the quay to the storehouse, carrying. Overseer: Šu-Dumuzi. Month: ezem-Šulgi ("Festival of Šulgi"). Year: Šu-Suen [(became) king].

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0314

[...] 3,600 [...] nam-10 (the "group/office of ten") [...] 480 ša-[...] 360 bi-[...] 1,200 [...] 120 [...] 240 [...] 600 [...] 440 [...] 300 [...] 240 [...] [...] [Month: festival(?) of] Ninazu. [Year:] Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0315

73 1/3 sar of bricks — its consumption (bi₂-gu₇) has been deducted therefrom. Delivery. Iddin-Ea, foreman of the hired workers. Via Ba-zi. Account (reckoning). Via Iškur-illat and Puzur-Ninkar, [the scribe]. Month: festival-of-Ninazu. Year: Šu-Suen the king erected the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil. (This tablet is a) copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0319

840 bricks — Ta-ri-bu; 660 (bricks) — Za-bu-ku-a; [n (bricks)] — Me-na-zi; [n (bricks)] — Šu-Mama; [n (bricks)] — Na-a-a; [n (bricks)] — Šu-la-num; [n ...]; [Month:] Akiti. [Year:] Šu-Sîn, king of Ur, erected the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil (= Šu-Sîn year 3).

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0326

240 bricks — Šarrum-bani; 240 (bricks) — Puzur-Išum; 240 (bricks) — Ahuni; [...] [...] [...] carried(?) [...] Month: Akiti. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, erected the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil. "to be delivered"(?) [...]

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0354

[...] Work-assignment: [per workman, 10] gín each; its workmen: 4, for 1 day; hired at 6 sila of barley each. Earth excavated, heaped up at the quay of Ki-mura. Delivery of Dingir-su-dan (Ilšu-dan), the overseer; booked out (as an expenditure). Month: Ezem-mah. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali (Šu-Suen year 7). Copy (duplicate tablet).

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0355

[...] 4 shekels [(volume of)] earth; its length: 72 ninda; the work-assignment per workman: 2 1/2 shekels each; its workmen: 1,297, for 1 day; they were hired at 6 sila of barley each. Earth expended (for) the kisâ (retaining terrace) of the house of Bu[tanum]. Delivery. Lilâ, overseer of the hired men. Via Puzur-Ninkar, the scribe, and Iškur-illat, the chief household administrator (šabra). Month: "Festival of Mekigal." Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, [destroyed the land of] Zab-šali.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0359

188 sar 10 gin of bricks — its consumption was not deducted; counted within the lot-assignment. Via Ea-šar. (Situated) adjoining the Agamum watercourse. Delivery. Mē'ea, overseer of the hired workers. Month: Akiti. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, fashioned the magnificent barge for Enlil and Ninlil. (Seal:) Šu-Kabta, the physician, son of Naram-ili. Iškur-illat, scribe, son of Abi'a — is your servant.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0380

2 sila of ordinary beer each: Ennema, 1: Bēlī-azu — they are men of Isin. 1 sila: Mašum, servant of Ea. (Total:) 3 (persons). Its ordinary beer: 5 sila. The workmen drank (it). From (the account of) Ilī-uz[ra]nni it was [ex]pended. Via Iškur-illat, the chief household administrator, and Puzur-Ninkarak, the scribe. Month: kisiki-Ninazu. [Year:] Šu-Suen, king of Ur, [erected] the great stele for [Enlil] (and) Ninlil. [Day] 23. Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0382

2 jars of [beer], for the cauldron(s); the work-troops stationed at the construction of the [wall] have [consumed] (it). Via Puzur-[Nin]kar; from Iškur-illat it was expended. In Garšana. Month: ki-siki-Nin-[azu]. Year: Šu-Sîn the king erected the [great] stele for Enlil and Ninlil (= Šu-Sîn year 6). Day 25. Copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0385

[n] sila of bread; [n sila] of semolina flour (dabin); [n] sila of barley; 1 sila 10 gin of fine groats — fodder-rations of the builders. 5 sila of bread: the foreman of the hired workers consumed (it). 3 sila: the messenger of Šu-Kabta. 1 sila of semolina flour, 1/2 sila of fine flour (eša): for the strewing (of flour), for building the buttress wall of the house. Via Puzur-Ninkar, the scribe. From Malik-bani it was expended. In Garšana. Month: ki-siki-Ninazu. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, erected the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil. [Day] 7.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0391

[n] sila of groats, [fine quality?], for the work-troops(?), the men of the household of Šu-Suen — it was apportioned to them when [the house] [was coated with mud-plaster]. [...] (break) [From] Iškur-illat it was expended. Month: "ki-siki of Ninazu" (month ii), Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil. (Copy/duplicate.)

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0398

9 sila of ordinary beer — the builders drank it. From Ili-uznani it was expended. Under the authority of Iškur-illat and Puzur-Ninkarak, the scribe. Month: "Festival of Ninazu." Year: Šu-Suen, the king, erected the Great Stele for Enlil (and Ninlil). (caption/notation:) copy.

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0408

[...] Barley rations of the scribes, from Iškur-illat withdrawn (expended); within Garšana. [...] [Year:] Šu-[Sîn, king] of Ur, [fashioned] the great stele for [En]lil and Ninlil.

~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.

~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.

~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).

~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.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianOur engine

Erišum I 06

Attests Erišum I's construction of Aššur's temple in the god's own city, anchoring the earliest stratum of Assyrian royal piety and the vice-regent (iššiak Aššur) titulature that defined Old Assyrian kingship.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianOur engine

Erišum I 10

Erišum I consecrates the Aššur temple 'Wild Bull' by mixing ghee and honey into the mortar — one of the earliest Assyrian royal building inscriptions, and evidence that the ritual deposit of clay cones as dynastic markers was already standard practice c. 1900 BCE.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

Šamši-Adad I 02

Claims the Emašmaš temple in Nineveh as a restoration of a structure built by Maništušu of Agade, asserting Assyrian dynastic continuity across seven generations of post-Akkadian history.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 11

Attests Šamši-Adad I's self-presentation as temple-builder of Aššur, anchoring his reign within the city-god's cult at the moment Assyria first emerged as a territorial kingdom.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianRIAo

Aminu 2001

(1) Rībam-ilī, scribe, servant of Aminu.

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianRIAo

Aminu 2002

(1) Muqaddimum, servant of Aminu.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianRIAo

Azuzu 2001 / Man-ištušu 2002

(1) Man-ištūšu, the king of the world. Azuzu, his servant, dedicated (this spear) to the god Beʾal-SI.SI.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

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