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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

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).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

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)

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 0024

1. [1 (man):] Ur-Nin-..., 2. [1 (man):] Lugal-zame, 3. 1 (man): Lugal-itida, 4. 1 (man): Me-me, 5. 1 (man): Lugal-a/da(?), 6. [1 (man)?:] Ne-sag — 7. with Lugal-baragesi(?) 8. (and) Geme-Nanše 9. they are living (i.e., they dwell in their household).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 0089

1. 5(?) (jars of) fine beer, 2. 16 (jars of) ordinary beer: 3. it is the regular delivery (sa₂-du₁₁); 4. 2 (jars of) fine beer: 5. Rigea; 6. 1 (jar of) fine beer, 7. 1 (jar of) beer: 8. the gate(?) (ka₂-me?); 9. 1 jug (and) 6 sila of ordinary beer: 10. Lu-geš-KALAM(?); 11. 4(?) (jars of) fine beer, 12. 3 (vessels of) cream [...]: 13. U-u; 14. booked expenditure (zi-ga). The 15th(?) [day]; 15. month: "Malt-eating" (munu₄-gu₇).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 0214

1. 5 sila of beer, 2. 5 sila of bread; 3. 5 sila of beer, 4. 5 sila of bread, 5. for the water-libation of the house; 6. 5 sila of beer, 7. 5 sila of bread, 8. (for) the prayer-rite [...], 9. (for the one) who came from Nippur. 10. Intercalary month.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 0217

1. 1(?) gur 3 barig — bar-bread(?) of emmer, (of) Ištaran(?), (measured by the) gur(?), 2. 3 barig of emmer beer, 3. pressed (decanted) into jars; 4. for the [...] field(?) 5. he received (it). 6. Expenditure (booked out).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 1116

1. 2(barig) kad-fiber(?), surplus, filled in(?) — 2. (for) Enlila, 3. from Anše-geš; 4. 1(barig) — Ze; 5. 4(ban) to (the place of) Lugal-KU; 6. 3(ban) for Ur-šekianaba(?); 7. 1(ban) — Il (the carrier?); 8. 3(barig) of dates, (reckoned by the) gur(-measure), 9. kad-fiber(?), surplus, filled in(?) — 10. (for) Ur-ninpirig(?), 11. (and) ...-kitur(?) (name written with the signs UD.NUN.TAR); 12. 2(barig) — Egal-amen(?) 13. (and) Asisi; 14. 1(ban) — E-usakar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 1122

1. 1 gur of dates: 2. Ur-zu; 3. 2 barig: Zaktum; 4. 3 ban: Lu-šeš of Uruk(?); 5. 2 ban: the chief scribe; 6. 2 barig: Igi-geš; 7. Lugal-nigzu.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 1130

4 barig of dates, (in the) gur (measure): brought to the palace. 1 barig 2 ban: Ur-li, the fuller, to Nippur he brought (it). 3 ban: Lugal-la, for the cupbearer. 3 ban made into gi-lam (packed/strung dates): Lugal-la. 2 ban: Dudu; it was written down. Total: 1 gur 2 barig 2 ban of dates.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 001

1. Izzinum 2. ŠU.BAD 3. Si-ḫursag 4. Kurub-ilī ('Pray-to-the-gods') 5. Dadī 6. Ilum-kimat ('The-god-is-the-family') 7. Šu-Mama ('He-of-(the-goddess)-Mama') 8. Zunānum 9. Kirbānum 10. Bēlī-ursag ('My-lord-is-a-hero'), 11. the lamentation priest (gala)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 195

Obverse 2(eše) 3(iku) of field (GAN₂), its price: 16 shekels (and) 2 small minas of silver — Dingir-kal (Ilum-dān). 1(eše) of field, its price: 6 shekels (and) 2 small minas of silver — [I]lī-aḫī. 80 sar (1 géš 20 sar of field), its price: 1 shekel of silver less 1/3 (of a) small (mina) — UD-kum. Total: 1(bur₃) 4(iku) of field less [20 sar]. Total: 1/3 (mina) [3] shekels (and) 2/3 (of a) small (mina of silver). [...]-ir-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 271

1. 1 (gur) 1 barig — Ubarum; 2. 4 barig — Naṣrum; 3. 4 ban — Nin-nin; 4. 3 ban — Ubartum; 5. 3 ban — Abuna. 6. Total: 2 gur 1 barig 4 ban of barley.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 272

1. 5 large beams (ur₃ gal), 2. those of Mari; 3. 31 large šedu-timbers, 4. those of the carrying-off (tabāl), 5. (via) Udatum; 6. 30 large beams: 7. Ilum-bala, 8. the one of the chariot(s); 9. 50 ...-objects (KA×KID₂), 10. those of the storage-place (maškani): 11. Šu-gubu 12. (and) Iḫzuzum.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 273

1. [4 barig of barley, (fodder for) oxen:] 2. Abba; 3. 4 barig: Dadi; 4. 4 barig: Kurub-ilī; 5. 4 barig: Si-hursag; 6. 4 barig: Dada; 7. 4 barig: Eštar-nu'id; 8. 4 gur 1 barig of barley: 9. Zawi; 10. 2 barig: Utu-e; 11. Total: 10 gur less 3 barig of barley. 12. Month: Irisat.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 276

1. Servant(?): Sumu-tar; 2. 1 (man): Ibbi-bi; 3. 1 (man): Erē'um — 4. (these are) in the charge of Ama-Inanna; 5. 1 (woman): Meme, 6. the kar-ke woman (harlot/quay-worker); 7. 1 (person): Šu-gu[bu].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 280

1. 142 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban of barley (lit. 2 sixties 20 gur 2 barig 3 ban), 2. (that) of the threshing-floor (maškanim?), 3. (that) of the household, 4. Ibbi-bī, 5. of (fem.) Gabala. 6. 2 gur of barley: Gigi; 7. 2 (gur): Ibbisa, 8. of Salim-ahu; 9. 2 (gur): Ibbi-bī, 10. of Šu-ilīsu; 11. 3 (gur): Utu-e (E₂ written over an erroneous SA), 12. of Zuzu, of (fem.) Amālum; 13. 4 gur of barley, 14. (as) an interest-bearing loan (hubullum), 15. of Zuzu, of (fem.) Amālum.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 281

1. [...] 3 ban(?) of gu-flour 2. [... Eštar]-nu'id 3. [br]ought (it) here. 4. [...] barley 5. [... g]u-[flour] 6. [... g]roats 7. [... Eštar]-nu'id 8. [...] groats 9. [...] ... [...] 10. 1 ban of barley: Sali-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 282

1. Thus (says) 2. Šu-Mama: 3. "For the daughter-in-law (é-gi₄-a) 4. 4 shekels of silver by the small mina 5. Erē'um 6. took, and 7. to Kabartum 8. he gave (it). 9. If indeed 10. you deny (it), 11. let Sirkum 12. [a]s witness (in the eldership) 13. [si]t."

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 283

1. [I]da-ilum 2. [...]-um 3. [... to Ag]ade 4. [...] 5. [...]-mu(?) 6. [he we]nt. 7. [Wi]th(?) 8. Ida-ilum 9. there is (an amount); 10. he shall pay 11. the deficit.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 284

4 barig of barley (fodder for) oxen — Abba; 4 barig — Si-ḫursag; 4 barig — Dadi; 4 barig — Kurub-ilī; 2 gur of barley — Zawi: barley ration of 1 month; 4 gur of barley — Dada: barley ration of 5 months; 1 gur 3 barig of barley — Eštar-nu'id: barley ration of 2 months.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 285

1. 3 sheep — 2. Šu-Mama; 3. 2 sheep — 4. Ida-ilum; 5. 2 sheep — 6. Puzrum. 7. Total: 7 sheep, 8. (of/for) Irisaĝrig.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 286

1. 40 minas of aromatic cedar wood, 2. 25 (units) of sumelum-aromatic, 3. 25 (units) of suballulum-aromatic (juniper?), 4. x (units) of ayazum-aromatic, 5. 10 (units) of ballukum-aromatic.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 289

1. 4 gur of gu-nida grain — 2. Šu-gubu; 3. 4 (gur) — Galzu; 4. 4 (gur) — Dingir-kal; 5. [2] (gur) — Ilulu; 6. 2 (gur) — Puzrum; 7. 2 (gur) — Ilī-dan; 8. 1 (gur) — Dingir-su-kal; 9. 1 (gur) — Ilu-da[nu]. 10. Total: 20 gur of gu-nida grain.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 291

1. 14 shekels of silver, 2. 16 gur of barley — 3. as an interest-bearing loan 4. Ṭāb-aḫī (Du-aḫī) 5. received. 6. 2 gur 3 barig 2 ban of barley, 7. 5 minas of wool, 8. [x] sila of oil 9. [as] barley rations (for) 10. Tamtalik 11. and the children.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 293

1. 4 barig (of barley) — Abba; 2. 4 barig — Kurub-ilī; 3. 4 barig — Si-ḫursag; 4. 4 barig — Dadi; 5. 4 barig — Dada; 6. 4 barig — Eštar-nuʾid; 7. 4 gur 1 barig of barley — 8. Zawi; 9. [2 barig] — Utu-e₂. 10. Total: 10 gur less 3 barig of barley — 11. barley for the oxen. 12. Month: Ḫalūt.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 295

1. 4 barig of barley — Dadi; 2. 4 barig — Si-ḫursag; 3. 4 barig — Dada; 4. 4 barig — Kurub-ilī; 5. 4 barig — Abba; 6. 4 barig — Eštar-nu'id; 7. 2 barig — Utu-e; 8. 4 gur 1 barig of barley — 9. Zawi. 10. Total: 10 gur less 3 barig of barley. 11. One month: (the month) Za'atum.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 296

1 Uzāzum 1 Zabukānum 1 Kīnum-bala 1 Pirḫašum 1 U-KA-KA 1 Šu-Mama 1 Zunānum 1 Kirbānum 1 Ilum-kīmat 1 Megir-ilī-ilī ("Favorite-of-the-gods") [...]-zu [broken name]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 297

1. 8 gur of barley, seed grain — 2. Abi-bi; 3. 3 gur 2 barig 3 ban — Ilī-dān; 4. 2 gur — Ilšu-dan; 5. 2 gur — Ilu-dānu; 6. 2 gur — Itutu; 7. 10 gur of barley — Iškiki; 8. 10 gur of barley — Galzu. 9. [Total: 3]7 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, seed grain. 10. Barley (account) concluded.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MCS 4, 014 04

(Obverse — top broken) [...] ... [...]-muti, [...]-tebisir; 1 gur 4 barig — ...-ruk...; 1 gur 2 barig — Inzu; 1 gur 4 barig — Baruksir; 2 gur — Atiti; 1 gur 4 barig — Kiti; [n +] 1 gur — ...-imma; [...] ... . (Reverse) [Total: ... n gur] 4 barig 2 ban of barley, by the gur-measure, [...] ...-gar; foreman: Kiti. (Remainder of reverse uninscribed)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CT 50, 049

566 sheep, 303 female goats — confirmed on the broad tablet. 135 sheep, 12 lambs: these are sheep of the slaughter-rotation. Sheep at pasture. Year: the expedition-yoke at the drinking-hall was established.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 11, 283

143 gur of barley — its field-area: 1 bur3. Month of Še-sag-kal, day 7. Field of Mu-nu11-mah; [Field of Gada-gar-Ib]-ni-Suen — it is (this).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

JCS 32, 169 1

Wood(en) ... not ... [...] Wooden [object], [its] face/front, [sign uncertain], ... not (At the) foot / path of the city The path(?) of Utu is made just [...] ...-[broken] A man [...] path(?) [...] to measure [...] vessel(?) Toward its throne dais(?) A man who does not return (what he owes to) a man A man who does not add (what is due) to a man [...] Wood(en) [...] ... [...] Wood(en?) binding [...] The term of office passes ... [...] [...] for its destiny, a judgment is rendered Alas — it was brought out [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 001

3 [units] of finest-quality bread; 36 gu2-zi jars; 18 jars of [...]; [...] received. At the mouth of the small canal — bread disbursed. Lugal-an-dul3, chief cupbearer; Mes-ki-gal-la, governor of Adab.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 004

[n ...] weaver(s) [...]... [...]-lum [...] house [...] their commissioner [...] bank of the city [n?] I-lum-gar3, scribe — An-na-šum2. 1 merchant: An-na-šum2. A garment has been issued.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 006

32 + [n] sheep Adda [n +] 23 — Inim-ma-ni-zi 30 — E2-dam-si 30 — Nin-da [n +] 8 — [lu2...]-u2-[...] [remainder broken]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 009

11 gur, 1 barig, 1 ban2 of flour 25 gur of barley 3 gur of beer-bread [...] (broken) [n+]1 gur, 2 barig of groats 48 gur, 1 barig, 1 ban2 — grand total Annašum

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 013

[n] goat(s) — Sag-zi; 1 goat — Ili-ili; [n] goat(s) — [...]-ba; 1 goat — Ur-tir; 1 male sheep — Ka-ku3, son of Ur-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 018

[...]-gu [...]: [Thus] speak: To my lord, say: 'The troops have been set in order. On day 4, [they] perished — mace(?). 15 troops were [...] [...]-na-ga [...] [...] gathered [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] year / name (?) [...] in the palace. A person who has nothing [...] may he bring it.'

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 020

1 silver ring [hu-la] — its weight: 1/3 mina 1 naš-pāru garment 1 first-quality, fully finished garment — (for the) bala rotation 1 weaver's garment — (for the) bala rotation 1 (vessel of) fine oil — 2 sila; (1) rope 1 (unit of) bitumen — for the house (for / by) Bēlī-il-abā 1 weaver's garment — (for the) bala rotation (for / by) Elīšta-kal lu2-ku (official) [the] gleaming ornament(s) [of / for] the king they brought [it/them]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 021

1 bala-garment, 1 (unit of) bitumen (for) the ox-stall of the house, 1 leather bag — (for) Ḫulium; 1 bala-garment, 1 (unit of) bitumen of the house, 1 leather bag — [U]ṣium; Men of the nig₂-mul (institution), (of) Lagaš, from Zira — they brought [it there]; they received (it). Month: Šesagkalga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 023

[1] silver ring, spiral, its weight: 1/3 (shekel) 1 garment of naspārum-type 1 heavy garment, perfectly finished 1 fine garment, ušbar-weave 1 [1-sila3 vessel of] sweet oil [n unit(s) of] bitumen, house-[allotment] [n] gur of barley, (for/at) Agade [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 024

1 silver ring, unraveled — its weight: 1/3 shekel. 1 garment of naṣparu-type. 1 garment, second-quality, bala(-type). Enna-num, coppersmith — for the king's statue; [having come with it?] [An-mu?] — garments expended. Month: du6-ku3 (the Sacred Mound).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 025

[n] garment(s), nāsparu type 2 garments, fine-grade (nig₂-lam₂), second quality 2 garments, šagadu type, second quality 2 garments, šage-dab type 1 (jar of) good oil, 1-sila measure 1 (unit of) bitumen, house-allocation his/her command: [was given to him?]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 026

10 mana of wool, 1 sila of sesame oil, 1 sila of lard, 1 [unit of] bitumen — house ration: Al-la, the steward of the household. 1 sila of sesame oil: Puzur-Enlil, the barley commissioner, gave [it] to him. Oil: disbursed. Month: mu-tir.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 027

10 minas of wool; 1 sila of sesame oil [and] garlic; 1 (unit) of bitumen — house ration. Ur-Gibil, the gardener, [...] small, small [...]; [came] to him; [he] gave to him. The oil is the expenditure. Lugal-amu. Month: mu-tir.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 029

2 bar-dul5-cloaks — weaver; 2 sila of pig fat: Lu-ane, the nu-eš (cultic functionary), Ursu, the cupbearer — their commissioner. 2 bar-dul5-cloaks — weaver; [X] bar-dul5-cloak(s) — šabra (estate manager). Sealed account — to Amur-um he gave [it] to him. Month: Šuba-nun. It is a garment disbursement.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 031

3 sila of oil; 1 garment — Naspāru; 2 sila of oil; 15 leather gu-tum items; [x x — illegible]; 1 sila of oil (signs damaged); chariot of Da-da; ½ sila of oil; Du-du; Pīrāum — oil expenditure: this is its designation.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 032

[n (units of)] sweet oil [from Aga]de — 1 [vessel?] from the storehouse — Da-kum, brother of Ur-Marada, was given to him. Oil expenditure. [Month:] [barley-har]vest.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 033

[n sila3 of] fine oil; [n sila3 of] garlic — Gu-zi, the uz-ga official; 1 sila3 of pig fat — Da-[di], steward of the [temple]; [...] for/to [...]; [came / was brought ...], [...] (it) was given to him.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 034

1 sila of pig fat — Da-si, donkey herder. Sarru-bani. 1 sila of pig fat, 1 [unit of] bitumen [as] household ration — A-ḫu-mu-pi, temple steward.

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