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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

Achaemenid Persian

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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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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.

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~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.)

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~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.

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~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.

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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.

Economy

~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.

Economy

~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).

Economy

~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, 0355

CUSAS 03, 0359

CUSAS 03, 0380

CUSAS 03, 0382

CUSAS 03, 0385

CUSAS 03, 0391

CUSAS 03, 0398

CUSAS 03, 0408

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