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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 084

Silver: 3 1/2 small shekels, 1 sheep, 1 (measure of) first-quality barley — (from/for) Iwir-mupi, son of Ea-kal: ME-nin-su-AN, his mother, received (it).

Economy·Daily Life

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Achaemenid Persian

MAD 5, 087

1. [...(number lost)...] barley (in the) sag-gal₂ (gur measure), 2. in Dimti ("the tower"): 3. Kalbum. 4. 75 (gur) barley (in the) sag-gal₂ measure: 5. Burzum. 6. 150 (gur) barley (in the) sag-gal₂ measure: 7. Inimmum. 8. Delivery.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 088

16 1/2 shekels of silver Bēlī-lī, the steward, received. 240 less 10 (= 230) gur of barley (in the measure) of Agade, expenditure; old barley.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 091

1. Nunu, 2. Lugal-niglulua: 3. his tablet (ṭuppaśu?) 4. in Akuzum[...] 5. ... reed(?) ... (illegible sign) 6. in Lakuri. 7. Lamanam(?) / the bad one(?) 8. Kubigi(?) 9. Thus (says) 10. Amur-ilum 11. to [......]

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 092

1. 3 ban: Pusu-su 2. 3 ban: Puzur-suni 3. 3 ban: Ilum-bani 4. 3 ban: Malasu(?) 5. 3 ban: Šu-Ma[ma] 6. 3 ban: Puzur-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 095

1. 1 barig [of ...] 2. 2 barig 3 ban: A-[...]; 3. 2 ban: [...]; 4. 4 ban: [...]; 5. 2 ban(?): [...]; 6. 1 barig: Ulu-[...]; 7. 2 ban: A-[...].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 099

(Obverse) 1. 30 minus 1 (= 29 rods on the) east (side), 30 minus 2 (= 28 on the) [west (side)]; 2. 25 (on the) south (side), 22 (on the) [north (side)]; 3. field: 1 eše 1/2 iku 1/4 iku of area; ... barley: 2 (gur?) 1 barig. 4. 30 minus 2 (= 28 on the) south, 30 (on the) [north]; 5. [6]2 (on the) east, 40 (on the) [west]; 6. [fi]eld: 2 eše 2 iku 1/2 iku 1/4 iku of area; barley: 1 barig. 7. [...] 2(?) (on the) north, 20 minus [n (on the) south]; 8. [...] 13(?) (on the) we[st, ... (on the) east]; 9. [...] 10. [...] (Break) 11. ... and ... carried(?) ... house(?); 12. 1 iku of field [...] barley .…

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 100

1. 2 wooden beds(?), [tu]rned/rounded(?), 2. [to Mug]dan; 3. [...] sheep, 4. [... wooden] beds(?), rounded(?), 5. Ida-badar(?), 6. to Mugdan, 7. Ub-ilum.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 109

1. 2 gešʾu 20 less 3 (= 137) good-quality beer-bread(s), 2. the first time; 3. 3 gešʾu 20 (and) 1 (= 201) beer-bread(s), 4. [the] second time: 5. into the E-ur ("roof-house") 6. it entered.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 110

1. 1 bardul-garment, 2. 1 šu-garment, 3. 3 niĝdudu-garments, 4. 2 old bardul-garments, 5. 3 minas of wool, 6. 2 bundles(?) ... of wool, 7. 2 bur-garments, 8. 5 shekels of tin (for) copper(-alloying), 9. 2 yokes(?), 10. 1 šagadu-sash; 11. (this is) the property of Ur-saga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 112

1. 1 šargal 4 geš₂ (= 216,240) ninda 4 cubits — the 'seed' made equal (one side); 2. 1 šar₂ 1 geš₂ 32 (= 3,692) ninda 1 cubit — the 'seed' made equal (the other side); 3. (By) Ur-Ištaran. 4. 7 šarkid 4 šar'ugal 7 šar₂ 1 bur'u 7 bur₃ 1 eše₃ 3 ½ iku of field (area), (plus) 10 sar 16 ⅔ gin₂, 5. was found (= computed).

Astronomy & Mathematics

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 113

1. 3 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban of dabin-flour (barley flour), (in the) standard gur; 2. 4 ban, 5 sila of gu-flour (fine flour); 3. 3 ban, 5 sila of sig-flour (fine-quality flour); 4. 1 ban of beer-bread (bappir); 5. 4 ban of arzana-groats; 6. from Geme-TAR. 7. [...] sig-flour (fine-quality flour), 8. [...] gu-flour (fine flour): 9. (that) of Dada. 10. The city 11. received (it).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 114

1. [...] oxen(?) — Namu(?) 2. 3(?) oxen — Ali-aḫu 3. 1 ox — Kititi(?) 4. 1 ox — Beli-dan 5. [n oxen] — Šaṭpum 6. [n oxen — ...]-takkal 7. [n oxen] — Ilulu 8. [...] (rest broken)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 5, 116

1 Dingir-su-kal, son of Šu-ilīsu, the canal inspector(?); 1 Šu-ilīsu(?), son of Ur-[...]; 1 Pūsu-[...], son of Dingir-aba; 1 [...], son of AN-[...]; 1 [...], son of [...]; 1 Puzur-Zababa, son of ...-ra-ra; [1] Gišum, son of Ilala.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAH 16200

1. Mea, the fisheries inspector (enku). 2. 20 duck eggs: 3. Lu-NIM-ga(?); 4. 30 minus 2 (= 28) duck eggs: 5. Lugalda, 6. the cupbearer; 7. 120(?) duck eggs: 8. Lu-zulumhi; 9. 10 duck eggs: 10. Uguni (or: charged to his account); 11. 240 minus 10 (= 230) duck eggs: 12. Lu-gešbar-e; 13. 10 duck eggs: 14. Ur-ŠE-[...]...

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAH 16229

1. 30(?) gur 2 ban of barley, in the great gur of Agade — 2. (for/of) I-IS-ḪUR-sinat; 3. 11 gur 3 barig 2 ban of barley, in the gur of Agade(-«ki», sign erased) — 4. barley rations of the household administrator (šabra); 5. ... [...] ... [...] 6. the cupbearer(?) ... ... (...); 7. 54 gur minus 2 ban of barley, in the gur of Agade: 8. expenditure (booked out). 9. Šeš-šeš(?).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAH 16291

1. 4 bur₃ 4 iku of field, kankal-land (hard, uncultivated ground), 2. (this is) the field of the god; 3. 2 bur₃ 1½ iku of field, 4. (this is) the field of U₂-du (the shepherd); 5. 6 bur₃ 5½ iku of field, kankal-land — 6. (this is) the great field.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAH 16670

1. 3 barig 3 ban 2½ sila of dabin-flour (coarse barley flour), 2. 4 ban ⅓ (sila) of fine gu-flour, 3. 2 ban 6½ sila of first-quality flour (for) bread, 4. 2 ban of milled barley, 5. 5 ban 4⅔ (sila) of sig-flour (fine/yellow flour), 6. 5 sila of GI-flour, tablet(?); 7. (these are the) regular provisions (sa₂-du₁₁). 8. Month: "Festival of Baba"; 9. the 24th(?) day having passed.

~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

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.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 035

1 sila3 of lard — the man (who is) the szabra of the house; 1 sila3 (for) Pu-zu-zu, the man (who is) the szabra of the house, (and) commissioner of the grain boats; 5 sila3 (for) the junior officer (lu2-banda3), son of A[...]-zi; 1/3 sila3 of bitumen — (classified as) drawn oil: such is its designation. Month: Šu-gar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 037

3 (jars of) prime pig-fat — (for) Ur-supa-sikil, the cupbearer: he gave (it) to him. 1 (jar of) prime pig-fat — [...]-tu returned, [...]-šè, Ani-ni (?), chief herald of the king — Lugal-alsa: its bailiff. 1 (jar of) prime oil, 5 (units of) donkey hide — was processed.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 039

8 [+ n sila of] oil [from] Agade — thereof: 1 sila of oil: Adda, estate steward, bailiff [x x]; 1 sila of oil: Dadi, bailiff of gesz-ki-[x] — oil disbursed. Month: sheep-shearing [month].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 040

1 sila of sesame oil from Agade — (for) I-gaz-bara2, [man of the] king; [...] ... [...] [...] Im-ši-gen-na. 1 sila of sesame oil from Agade — Šu-Aštakkal, man of [...]na; mu-da-[...]; oil expended. [Month:] nig2-kiri6.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 041

2 gurdub-baskets of dates, 3 ban2 [each]; Zu-zu, inspector, [of] grain — 5 gurdub-baskets of dates, 3 ban2 [each]; Igunum, inspector — Lú-dula to Agade brought.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 042

4 gur 3 ban2 of dates — 30 gurdub-baskets; was given. To Amur-um, to Agade, he gave to him. 3 ban2 of dates — first-cut [dates]; was brought. 3 ban2 (to) Uri-Enlil, 3 ban2 (to) Ur-Dumuzi-da: he gave to them.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 043

12 gur of dates, 120 gur-dub baskets — delivered; as interest [given] to the launderer, to Akkad, was given to him. [n] dates, [n gur-dub baskets] — delivered; Puzur-Ilaba. 2 barig 3 ban2 of dates, 5 gur-dub baskets — delivered; the lamentation-singer, boat-puller. 1 barig of dates, 2 gur-dub baskets — deliv[ered]; Zu-zu, the commissioner, [for] barley.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 044

[n (barig of)] dates [...]-x-x [n (for)] Lugal-itida [n (for)] Ur-mes 1 barig — Ka-[x] 2 barig — Amur-um 1 barig 2 ban — Giri-gen-na, šabra of the household 3 ban — Igi-si4 Total: 1 gur 3 barig 1 ban of dates [...] kal# [...] [...] x x

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 045

5 ban2 of dates — a gurdub-basket, times 1. 3 ban2 — Bad-di-NE. 3 ban2 — Amurum. [n ban2] — Ti-[...] [...] [...] 2 ban2 [n] — Ur-[...]-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 047

1 (asz-unit) — Lu-Inanna 1 (unit) — Gissu 1 (asz-unit) — Il 1 (asz-unit) — Lugal-nita-zi, 1 (additional unit) Lugal-an-dul[...(?)] [n] — Igi-si4 [n] — Gissu [n] — Lugal-nita-zi, 1 (additional unit) [n] — Lugal-nam-mah, 1 (additional unit) 1 (asz-unit) — Lu-banda, 2 (additional units) 1 (asz-unit) — Ur-Utu, 2 (additional units) [n] — Igi-si4 [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 048

[...] x [...] [...]-Inanna, 2 Amar-edina, 2 Gissu, 2 Lugal-geš, 2 Ur-erra, 2 Ur-gu, 1 Lugal-nig: Total: 12 [carriers?]. Giri-gen-na, šabra of the estate. 2 Lugal-geš, 3 Gissu, 1 [n] Amar-edina, [n] Gissu, 2 Lugal-geš.

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