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Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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CUSAS 03, 1245

8 sheep, grain-fed; 1 sheep [...]; 16 [x ...]; from Iškur-illat; Simu, the fattener, received (them). Month: "Harvest" (ix); Year: "En-amgalana was installed (as high priestess)" [Amar-Suen year 4]. 25 (total); Simu, the fattener, servant/subordinate of Šu-Kabta.

Economy

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1253

[...] barley for the bird(s) [...] (in) hand, to be transferred/exchanged [...] 6 grain-fed geese (ir7), 30 grain-fed doves (tu-gur4), Dada'a, the poultry-herder, house of [...] Šuna-zi, the poultry-herder, house of [...]

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1268

3 jars of ... (sign broken/unclear) [...] from Iškur-illat, Šu-Iškur, the man of Iddin-abum, received. Month: "Festival of Mah" (ezem-mah). Year: "The great stele was fashioned" (mu-du3). Seal of Nu-ub-ra.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1273

4 poplar-wood beams (e2-da), 30 bundles of reed — NE(?), 1 broad-tailed weir(?) (kun-gu2-dagal), doubled (tab-ba), length: 5 ninda, [...]-gu, in the orchard of Garšana, was set up/installed, from Iškur-illat, Akbazum received (it). Month: 'Festival of Mekigal' (ezem-me-ki-gal2). Year: 'The great stele for Enlil and Ninlil was erected' (mu-na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3). Akbazum, son of Abba.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1275

1 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 [... of ...], 1 gur 4 barig n ban2 5 sila3 [... of ...], 15 [...]-ka, poplar-wood, 2 cubits each, 30 dusu-baskets [...], month: [...], year: "The great stele of Enlil and Ninlil was erected," copy.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1303

180 poplar-wood gešur-implements (harrows), 180 poplar-wood e2-da (door-boards/house-boards), 130 eme-sig ("thin-tongue") implements, heaped up (piled), from Suhuški-in, Iškur-illat received; via Ikūnum. Month: Šueša, Year: "the land of Zabšali was destroyed" (Šu-Sin year 7). [...] (text breaks off; remainder lost)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1317

7 (units), beer (and) bread, 5 sila3 each, for Šimaški(?); ...(broken personal name/phrase)...; year: “the magur-boat was built” (occasion); Šu-Kabta, physician, son of Naram-ili; Ur-Suʾana, cupbearer, is his servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1321

1(gesz2) 2(u) [=80] bundles of reed(-torches), for smoking fish black. Šu-Erra was the commissioner (maškim). Within Umma: booked expenditure (zi-ga) of Šu-Dada, from Iškur-illat it was withdrawn (ba-zi). Month: 'Festival of Ninazu.' Šu-Kabta, the physician(?); Šu-Erra, the scribe, your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1330

[n] beer (and) bread, at 2 sila3 each, for the beer of [...], Tahulam (was) the responsible official (maškim); it was withdrawn/expended. Month: "Festival of Šulgi." Year: "The great magur-boat was caulked." (Seal:) Tahulam, servant of Šu-Kabta.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1369

1 boat, (capacity) 60 gur — was destroyed (damaged/lost). Its bitumen was recorded as lost (missing); its towline/rigging does not exist (is not present). From (the account of) Iškur-illat it was withdrawn (written off). Conveyed by Ibni-Iškur, the scribe. Month: 'Festival of Meki-gal.' Year: 'The en-priestess of Inanna of Uruk was chosen by the goat (omen).' Ibni-Iškur, scribe, son of Libur-ili.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1378

1. 1(geš2) [=60] gazi-ropes, plied a second time (two-ply), doubled, length: 1 1/2 ninda each; 2. 1(geš2) 2(u) [=80] reed-cords/reed bundles, NE(?); 3. (for) the storehouse E-kibagara; 4. was assigned/placed to Dada; 5. via Puzur-Ninkarak, the scribe; 6. [from] Iškur-illat it was withdrawn.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1389

1 (unit) [PN]-na? [...] [...] [...] [...]-uš (broken) Month: u5-bi2-gu7. Year: 'The great barge of Enlil (and) Ninlil was built for them.' Šu-Kabta, physician, son of Naram-ili. Iškur-illat, scribe, son of Abi'a, is your/his servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1398

1 bur3 of field: doubled sheaves of straw, not (yet) threshed. Sealed by Šarrum-ili. Ili-andul is to deliver (it) — Ili-andul, son of Warad-ebum, the scribe.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1399

3 ban2 [of ... (broken)] 1 gur 2 barig 2 ban2 [of ... (broken)] 150 [... (broken)] 4 talents (gu2) [of ... (broken)] Šu-Erra, son of Ili-ani, servant of Šu-Kabta.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Fs Leichty 504

1: Tišatal, the governor; 80 workmen — they are men of Ninua. (In) the [temple of Nin]urta, they swore an oath. Via Bazaza, son of Bušama. Month: Gan-gan-e3, day 28 having passed. Year: Šimanum was destroyed.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Fs Milano 339-340 02

49 male workers, 6 shekels of lard each, its lard: 4 5/6 sila₃ 4 shekels — oil-ration for the porters (ug₃-il₂), received. Foreman: ...-šu-da Month: “Harvest” (sze-sag11-ku5) Year: “Huhnuri was destroyed.”

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Hattori diss. p. 280, N 1192

[Lu]-Enlila [...]-...-ga [...]-daga [...]-Suen [...]-... [...]-... [...]-... Lu-[Enlila?] Da?-[...] son of Ur-[...] merchant(s)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

HLC 005 (pl. 004)

1 gur (royal measure) of barley — wages of hired workers, (for) the various shrines, from the boat of Ur-Suen — is to be repaid; sealed by Lu-Baba — is to be repaid; it was not delivered. Year after: "Urbilum was destroyed" (year name). Lu-Baba, scribe, son of Ur-dam.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

HLC 040 (pl. 011)

24 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 barley, royal measure (gur-lugal), as fodder, taken in charge; and by the labor-troops, consumed at the harvest. Seal of Lu-Lagaš. (break) Year: "Urbilum was destroyed." [Ur?]-mes, scribe. ... Šulgi (break)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

HSS 68, 462

12 gazelles, delivered dead (as carcasses). Month: Akiti (the a2-ki-ti festival month). 2 gazelles, delivered dead; month: ezem-mah (the Great Festival month). Šu-Kubum received (them). Year following the year: "Simurrum was destroyed for the third time." Geme-Suen, wife of Šulgi, king of Ur. (Seal of) Šu-Kubum, the mounted courier (rāgaba), your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

JAC 24, 060 06

30 usz-bar textiles, its weight: 1 talent 45 mana — mountain wool (siki-kur-ra). 11 usz-bar textiles, its weight: 36 1/2 mana 5 shekels — gi-wool (siki-gi). 1 mug-textile, kal-quality; 21 mug-textiles, muru13-quality; 1 mug-textile, small (tur); its weight: 1 talent 14 1/2 mana 5 shekels. Wages of the weaver(s) (a2 usz-bar). From Šeš-saga — Ur-ašar received (it). Month: 'Festival of Šulgi' (iti ezem-šulgi). Year: 'Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed' (mu Ḫuḫnuri ba-ḫul).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

JAC 24, 061 08

2 grain-fed sheep, for the house of EN, from the sheep-house of the palace, from Amar-šuba, Imtidam received (took in charge). Month: GANmaš, day 5 passed. Year following the year: Huhnuri (was destroyed).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

JAC 29, 023-030 02

1 sila3 soup, 1 fish — Puzur-Iškur, the king's messenger, on the day he went from BAD₃.AN to the king; 1 sila3 soup, 1 fish — Šu-Suen, the king's messenger, on the day he went to seize the fugitive troops, the palace slaves — booked expenditure. Month: festival of Šulgi. Year: Huhnuri was destroyed. Day 27.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 198

2 gug-bread(loaves), 2 sila each; 12 bread(loaves), 1/2 sila each; its bread: 1 ban2; 3 sila of nig-idea (oil-poured food); 2 oil-bread(loaves) — for the eshesh-festival of the House-of-the-15th-Day; [from the king]; via Ur-Šulgi, the cupbearer; booked out (as expenditure). Month: Kirsiak. Year: 'the en-priest(ess) of Eridu was installed.'

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 203

[n] gur barley, royal (measure), [from?] Ur-gigir, Lugal-bara-e, via Silašu, received. Month: Dumuzi, Year: “Karhar was destroyed for the second time.”

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 226

1 gazelle, grain-fed, slaughtered/dead, 25th day; from Utamišaram, Šulgi-irimu received it. Month: 'festival of Meki-gal' (?); year: Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 228

5 sila3 [...] 5 ban2 [...] day 11. 1 ban2(?) 6 1/2 sila3 beer(?) 2 ban2 5 sila3 ordinary beer. day 12. from Šara-izu; under seal of the governor (ensi2). Month: Pa'ue. Year following (the year): '...-Suen, the king, [...]'

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 230

15 workmen, for 5 days, stationed at the e2-szitim (the builders'/brickmasons' house), stationed at the e2-masz (the goat-house), foreman: Ukkene, via Lu-girizal, under seal of Bidugga. Year: "Kimash was destroyed."

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 244

1. [...]-ta ("from/by ...", broken) 2. [...] x (illegible sign, broken) 3. [...] x x [...] (two illegible signs, broken) 4. n(?) 2(iku) field-area(GAN2), 1(u) 1(disz)-ta ("11 each") 5. therein (sza3-ba): 1(esze3) field-area(GAN2), field(a-sza3) [...], 1(u) 1(disz)-ta ("11 each"), i3-[...] (broken) 6. field(a-sza3): u2-du-[...] (broken)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 294

1 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 barley, royal measure, rations (šagal) for the craftsmen (gaszam), from Lu-kalla, Lu-Ningirsu received. Year: "the en-priest of Eridu (was installed)." [1 gur 1 barig 3 ban2] barley, royal measure, [rations for] the craftsmen, [from] Lu-kalla, seal of Lu-Ningirsu. Lu-Ningirsu, the scribe, son of x-[...].

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 001

3 gur 4 ban2, royal (measure) — regular offering of (the god) Šara. From Ur-lisi, Esagil received. Month: "Min-eš". Year: "Karahar was destroyed for the second time". Lu?-AN.[...]

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 003

1 ban2 8 sila3 ghee (butter fat), 2 1/2 mina of good/sweet reed, 2 mina minus 5 shekels of gir2, 8 sila3 gu4-KA-ru aromatic (šim), from Ur-lisi, Dingira received. Month: Šu-numun ("month of the seed"), year following the year: "Simurum was destroyed for the third time."

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 004

2(gesz'u) ... total: 2736 bundles of reed, ŠID (a qualifier — "counted" or a type-designation); 1560 bundles of reed, NE (a qualifier — possibly "fired/burned" or another type-designation); from Šeš-kalla, An-gugu received. Month: "E-iti-6" (the 6th month), year: "the house of Puzur-Dagan was built."

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 005

15 gur of fresh fish, 3 calves — for Puzur-Erra; under seal of Ur-Enun. Year: "The house of Puzur-Dagan was built." Ur-Enun, son of Umani.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 008

[x] female laborers, for 5 days, from Umma — Puzur-Iškur carries the malt-flour. Foreman: Ur-Nintu. Under seal of: Nabasa. Month: 'E-iti-6' (the 6th month), year: 'Šašrum was destroyed.' (Seal:) Nabasa, scribe, son of Ugudu.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 015

1 habuda(-object) — its weight: ... shekels — from Ur-Enlila — sealed by Warad — month: Pa'u'e — year: 'The en-priestess of Nanna was chosen by (extispicy) omen' — Lugal-itida, scribe, son of Šeš-kalla.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 016

3(gešʼu) 7(geš2) 20 7 [= 2247] bundles of good reed, en-du8-du (reed) — its bales: 11 each. 2(gešʼu) 3(geš2) 10 2 [= 1392] bundles of a-ba-gal reed — its bales: 20 minus 1 (= 19) each. Into the storehouse of the house of Sagdana it was brought in. 12 gil(-bundles). From Ur-mes, by order, received. Month: Ševsagkud ("Grain-harvest"). Year: Simurrum was destroyed for the 9th time. By order — the scribe, son of La'asa.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 017

9 minas of gi-wool, from Halla, Lugal-itida received. Year: "Simurrum (and) Lullubum were destroyed for the 9th time."

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Orient 55, 158-159 no. 4

612 bundles of reed, for lading the bread-boat and for the building of two boats, for the bala-obligation; from Lugal-azida, sealed tablet of Huwawa, via Gatie. Year: "Šaššūrum was destroyed for the second time." (Seal:) Lu-[Ebgal], the scribe, son of Ur-gepar.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Orient 55, 159 no. 5

1 (worker): E-ki, from the month 'Dal' (onward); 1 (worker): Lugal-daba'an, from the month 'Sowing' (Šu-numun onward); 1 (worker): ARAD-hula, from the month 'House-of-the-sixth-month' (E-iti-6 onward); — fallen (deceased/dropped from the roster). Foreman: Basa. Sealed tablet of the šatam-office (accountability) of Ur-amma. Year: 'The en-priest(ess) of Eridu was installed' (Amar-Suena year 8). (Seal:) Ur-amma, the scribe, son of Na-silim.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Orient 55, 160 no. 6

16 workmen for 2 days: towing an empty barge from Umma to Du-geš-i(ka); for 2 days: threshing the barley and loading it onto the barge; for 1 day: towing the barge to the Salla canal; for 3 days: unloading the barley, transferring the barley, and plastering the granary (grain heap) with mud. Foreman: Ur-Šakkan. Sealed tablet of Ur-Šara. Year: "The en-priest(ess) of Gaeš was installed" (Amar-Suen year 9). (Seal inscription:) Ur-Šara, scribe, son of Šeš-kalla.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

PPAC 5, 1646

5 (gur), šuku-allotment, field A-uri; foreman: Ur-Geštinanka. 5 (gur): Ur-Ištaran. The barley of the field — its case is to be investigated. [...] šuku-allotment, from Ur-Geštinanka and Ur-Ištaran: barley of the Ki-sumun field, leased (plow-)land of Abba-kalla, the foreman. Regarding the barley rations — its case is to be investigated.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

PTS 1073bis

6 gur 3 barig of barley, barley for flour. Sealed tablet of Lugal-kisal. On the 5th day, from the storehouse a man may take it and bring it out — he swore by the name of the king. Foreman: Buka. Month: Lisi.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

QNAR 1, Fig. 3

Šu-Suen, mighty king, king of Ur, king of the four quarters — Arad-Nanna, the grand vizier (sukkal-mah), son of Ur-Šulpa'e, the grand vizier: (he is) your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

RA 009, 043 SA 24

1 lamb — (for) Utu: delivery of the governor of Gudua (Cutha). 1 lamb — (for) Enlil, 1 lamb — (for) Ninlil: delivery of the zabar-dab official. 1 lamb — (for) Nusku, 1 lamb — (for) Ninurta: delivery of Lugal-melam; the zabar-dab official was the responsible official (maškim). 2 sheep — (for) Dada the scribe; ARAD-mu was the responsible official (maškim). Expenditure, on the 10th day. Month: 'Festival of Šulgi.' Year: 'Kimaš and Hurti were destroyed.'

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies)

1 barig of barley (royal measure) — Lugal-ušur, son of Ur-Eanna; 1 barig — Lu-Nindara, son of Lu-pada; 1 barig — Lu-isa, son of Ur-Enki. Total: 3 male workers at 1 barig each; its barley: 3 barig. Conscripted workers (ḫe-dab) of the temple of Nindara. Month: "Gana-maš." Year after "Kimaš was destroyed."

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. add164

For Nanna, the impetuous calf of An, the first-born son of Enlil, his lord — Ur-Namma, the mighty man, king of Ur, built his E-temen-ni-guru.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

RIME 3/2.01.01.26, ex. add17

For Enlil, king of all the lands, his master, Ur-Namma, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, built his temple for him, (and) dug for him the En-erin-nun canal, his canal of food offerings.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

RIME 3/2.01.02.012, ex. add10

For Ningirsu, the mighty warrior, his lord — Šulgi, the mighty man, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, built his (Ningirsu's) temple.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

RIME 3/2.01.03.15, ex. add69

[(Amar-Suena, called by name by Enlil in Nippur, supporter of)] the temple [of Enlil], mighty king, king of Ur, king of the four quarters — for Enki, his beloved king, his beloved Abzu [he built].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

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