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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 26, 235

Obverse(?) 1. 16 (curved notation: 1 × 600 + 6 × 60 = 960) gur of barley, cap[ital], in order, 2. barley rations [......]: 3. Ur-[......] 4. [has] received. 5. 1(× 600) [+ n] gur of barley, capital; 6. [n+]1 mina(s), 10 each(?): 7. the men of the mar-za 8. have received. (The transliteration supplied ends here)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 26, 237

[n] shekels of silver, the purchase price of Ur-nukam, the en weighed out for it. That silver, Nanna-anzud with Lugal-KA had (as a claim) — Lugal-KA …

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 26, 240

1. 10 gur of barley: 2. Ur[rani] 3. rec[eived]. 4. 2 min[as] 15 shekels of copper: 5. Ama-[......]. 6. ½ [mina] of copper: 7. Nanna-ikuš. 8. 2 barig of barley (gur-measure), 9. on account of the 2 barig of barley (that) he measured out.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 26, 243

[...]-ri received. 1 gur of dabin-flour, baked into bread: [...]-da-ka [...] received. [n (gur of)] dabin-flour, baked into [bread]: x-lum-lum [...] received. [(n gur)] 2 barig of dabin-flour, ...

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 26, 244

(Beginning of the text as given) 1. 2 gur of barley, (by the gur) of Akkade; 2. beer-bread ... [...] ...; 3. 1 barig 1 ban 5 sila [...] from(?) [...]; 4. 1 barig 1 ban of barley, [...]-zizi(?); 5. 2 ban 5 sila ... [...] ... (End of the transliteration as given)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 26, 247

1. [n] (vessel(s)) of drinking beer, 1 jug (for) the road: 2. Enne-ne. 3. 2 ban of bread, 5 sila of pea flour, 4. 1 (vessel) of drinking beer, 1 jug (for) the road: 5. Ur-ganungal.

Economy·Daily Life

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CUSAS 26, 248

[n] gur of fine-quality beer-bread, (measured by) the large gur; 5 gur of fine-quality groats: (for) Gišgal-esi. 2 barig of fine-quality beer-bread, 2 barig of fine-quality groats: (for) Mīrānum, the household administrator. 2 barig of ordinary-quality beer-bread, 2 barig of ordinary-quality groats: (for) Ēṭib-mēr, the wine-man. ISZ-ISZ-gi4-x, the temple administrator of Ninazu, received (it). Expended.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 26, 249

1. 4 minas of wool: 2. Agugi; 3. Nig-KA-zu(?), 4. man of Atume; 5. [......] 6. [......] 7. [A?]dabar; 8. Binitum; 9. 1: x-(x)-mum; 10. KI(?) x GAN2(?) ......

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 26, 253

Obverse(?) 1. [...] x AN x 2. [n sheep(?)] grain-fed, 3. [(x)] cut off from the field(?); 4. Abzu-kiduga. 5. 2 boats (of) food offerings; 6. [month] Šesagku. 7. 3 grain-fed sheep; 8. Nanna-ra[mu]gi. 9. [month] Akiti.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 26, 259

(Beginning destroyed) 1. [x]: the man of Lagaš 2. [x]: Dudu 3. 2: E-edinne 4. 3: Išar-aḫi 5. [x]: Amar-x 6. 2?½: Lu-marza, 7. son of Meluḫḫa 8. [x]: Gutium (rest destroyed)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 26, 275

(1) [n ...] knife/knives, ..., šum-knife (2) [n] less 2 NI of copper, knife/knives (3) Lugal-šu (4) 2 (for) Amar-x (5) [...] (6) [...] ... [...] (7) 13 (for) Lugal-šu (8) 4 (for) Lugal-iri (9) [...] (10) n n [...] copper, šum (11) [re]ceived.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 26, 287

(Line numbers added for reference; the source has none.) 1. 1 (person): the wife of x-[...] 2. 1 (person): the wife of Ur-x-[(...)]-dudu 3. 1 (person): the wife of Lu-[...] 4. man of Lugal?-[...] 5. 1 (person): the wife of Lugal-[...] 6. x [...] 7. 1 (person): AGA3-x-[...] 8. 1 (person): the wife of [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 27, 058

1. Thus (says) 2. Isu-ilum, 3. the chief scribe, 4. to Šu-ilissu: 5. Concerning(?) the field of the ereš-dingir priestess 6. and the seized (persons/property) — 7. their case 8. let it be settled(?); 9. and whatever 10. ...(?) 11. they carried off, 12. let him make (them) hand (it) over.

Daily Life·Economy

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CUSAS 27, 060

1. Thus (says) 2. Šu-Mama 3. to Šu-ilīsu: 4. To the slave-woman and the slave 5. 2 barig of barley, 1 barig of fish, 6. (and) [2] sila of lard 7. let him give. 8. I myself, 9. when I come, 10. will repay(?) it to him. 11. He must not withhold (it). 12. Who is like (my) brother?

Daily Life·Economy

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CUSAS 27, 071

1. Thus (says) 2. Ur-Ištaran 3. to Zuzu: 4. 1 gur 3 barig of barley 5. which from 6. Bazizi 7. Sulumsu-saga 8. received — 9. to Buzuzu 10. and Ur-ur 11. let him give (it). 12. He has nothing (even) for the riding-donkey.

Daily Life·Economy

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CUSAS 27, 176

1. 14 (gur) 1 barig — barley ra[tions, in gur] of Agade, 2. month: "Setting the brick in the brick-mold" (Sig-šubba-gar); 3. 12 gur — barley rations, 4. month: "Sowing" (Šu-numun); 5. 6 gur of barley 6. for groats; 7. [x] barley(?) ... , 8. month: "Sowing," the second time (i.e., the intercalary second Šu-numun). 9. Total: 33 gur of barley in the (measure of) Agade. 10. [......] 11. [......] 12. It is the deficit; 13. Ba-KA-aš (is accountable for it?); 14. its account has not been settled.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 35, 109

1. 2(geš₂) less 7 (= 113) gur 3 ban of barley, 2. Ur-kum 3. to Ur-lu, 4. the boatman, 5. gave (it). 6. ...-za-... (broken) 7. it was measured out. 8. Barley expended (zi-ga) 9. (of) Ur-kum. 10. Di-Utu 11. (was) the overseer.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 35, 237

1. 2 gur 3 barig of barley, gur (measure), new (barley); 2. 1 (gur) of old barley; 3. 1 (gur) 1 barig of new barley; 4. 3 barig of old barley: 5. (for/of) Guri-ki(?). 6. 1 (gur) 1 barig, new, barley(?); 7. [n (gur)] 2 barig of new barley: 8. (for/of) Nin-baragesi.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 35, 268

1. Lugal-amu 2. (is who) speaks: 3. to my brother 4. say (this): 5. 1 — the merchant, 6. 1 — Ur-ešpeš: 7. servants of the king [they are]. 8. In Lagash 9. they are dwelling. 10. May he give them to you.

Daily Life·Economy

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CUSAS 35, 459

1. [n ...] jars, 2. [n ...] figs (and) bread, 3. 1 [...]-tukur-... sack — 4. La'ani, the governor of Subir (Subartu), 5. dispatched (these) to the governor; 6. Šu-Eštar, the gendarme of the governor, 7. brought (them); 8. Baragani 9. received (them). 10. [...] 2, year; 11, month(?) (i.e., [year n+]2, 11th month).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

CUSAS 35, 485

1. 6 gur of flour, in the Agade (measure); 2. [n +] 1 gur 4 ban of beer-bread; 3. 1 gur 4 ban of malt; 4. 3 gur 4 ban of groats; 5. 1 large jar of oil; 6. 70 sila of processed oil; 7. 1 gur 1 barig of fish, on hand; 8. [n ...]-NI-... (broken); 9. [n +] 6 earth-baskets (corvée baskets); 10. deficit: 11. (that) of [...] Annanum, 12. which to/at Gasur 13. he brought — (this is what it is).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

DCS 045

1. 1 Nin-maše, 2. 1 [...]-gi(?), 3. 1 [...]-gal, 4. 1 Mamma, 5. 1 Ammama, 6. 1 [...]-gal, 7. 1 Nin-lu, 8. [1] Munus-ge, 9. with Lugal-...-KA; 10. 1 Papa, the doorkeeper, 11. 3 (persons) with Abba the scribe; 12. 1 Nin-zi, 13. with NINA(-ka).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

DCS 083

1. 1(aš) 2(diš) workmen (guruš), 2. overseer: Bazige; 3. 2(diš) 2(aš) 26 men on duty (stationed men) are they; 4. 10 less 1 (= 9) plowmen, 1 standard-bearer, 5. 2 men, ...-sidaum(?), 6. overseer: ...-Mama; 7. 1(aš) 30 workmen, 8. overseer: Ur-abba; 9. 2(geš₂) 10 (= 130) workmen, 10. overseer: Lugal-mu-ḫetil. 11. Total: 9(geš₂) 6 (= 546) workmen; 12. total: 13 men withdrawn (booked out). 13. Inspection of the work-troop.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

ETB 2, 15

1. 7 silig-axes, 2. 8 chairs, 3. [...] ... 2, 4. [...] ibex skin(s), 5. [...] ...-gan, 6. 1 (for) Da-bulug, the captain(?), 7. 1 nurum-garment, 8. 1 niglam-garment, 9. [1] (for) RU-zi-gur.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

FAOS 19, pl. 9, Ki 2

1. Thus (says) 2. Eštar-balik 3. to Dabibi: 4. Eštar-tukultī, 5. the fowler — 6. Ḫarim-bēlī, 7. the commissioner, 8. has seized (him). 9. The tablet concerning 10. his sustenance-allotment 11. may the gentleman 12. grant to me; 13. and the tablet — I have given (it) to him(?); 14. and let Ilšu-aḫa 15. come here!

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

FAOS 19, pl. 9, Ki 4

1. Thus (says) 2. Warassuni 3. to Tašmatum: 4. "1 (man): Warad-ebum, 5. and 1 (man): Bilalum — 6. they are fugitives. 7. If 8. they come to you, 9. seize them!"

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Fowler X66-1609

1. 1(geš₂) (= 60) male sheep, 2. 1(geš₂) 3(u) 4(aš) (= 94) ewes, 3. 2(u)(?) (= 20?) gur of li-(aromatic?), 4. x (x) gur of li-(aromatic?), (Break) 5'. ...-mu (a personal name?), 6'. ... ... copper(?), 7'. ... it is (that) of [...](?), (rest broken)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Fs Kienast, no. 1

1. This is what Ur-nigar 2. says: 3. to my master 4. speak — 5. Concerning the fish that were promised (lit. 'spoken of') 6. to the wife of Al-il'aba: 7. the oil(?), the first-rate(?), 8. has not been given to me. 9. In the house 10. there is nothing whatsoever. 11. The [...] of wood (geš-ab-[...]) 12. — let him keep his hand upon it. 13. As for the door-bolt of Ur-nim(?), 14. one man of Durum(?) (Lu-durum) 15. has wrecked the house.

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 514-545 06

1. [...] ... 2. 5 male lambs, 6 female lambs, with fleece, 3. male(s); 4. [n+]20 minus 3 (= 17) ewes, [n+]23 breeding rams: 5. [Ur]-En[ki]. 6. 52 ewes, 24 breeding rams, 7. 2 male lambs, 2 female lambs with fleece, at the fore (igi-še), 8. 34 ewes: Azuzu; 9. Ur-abzu. 10. 82 [+n] ewes, 40 [+n breeding rams], 11. 3? [...] 12. Total: [...] 1,565 [+n] ewes, [n] male lambs [...], plucked (of their wool) [and?] inspected. 13. [Tablet set in or]der [...].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 514-545 07

1. [n foals] of steppe jennies — 2. Puzur-Malik; 3. [n] foals of steppe jennies — 4. KA-ki, the donkey herder; 5. [n] foals of steppe jennies — 6. Sag-šu, the donkey herder; 7. 1 foal of a steppe jenny — 8. E-edine, the donkey herder. 9. Total: 7 foals of steppe jennies. 10. Lugal-kure 11. ... (e-PA-PA).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

FTP 093

1. 8 gur of barley — 2. Igi-dalani; 3. 4 (gur) 2 ban₂ — the male singer; 4. 1 (gur) 2 ban₂ — Ea-bani; 5. 1 (gur) 3 ban₂ — the son of Bulalum; 6. 5 (gur) — Ḫabatum; 7. 2 (gur) — Gar-ili; 8. 15 (gur) — Ba'aba; 9. 15 (gur) — Ḫalia; 10. 10 (gur) — Manua. 11. Total: 40 [+4 gur 1 barig 1 ban₂ of barley].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Hebenstreit 038

1. [2(?)] jars (containing) 22 sila of good-quality sheep fat, 2. 2 jars (containing) 6(?) sila of oil — (for/of) the overseer (nu-banda), 3. 2 jars (containing) 15 sila of oil — (for/of) the foreman (ugula), 4. 5 jars (containing) 20(?) less 3 sila of sesame oil: 5. Nam-ḫani 6. received (it). 7. Expenditure.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HMA 9-01900

1. 1 grain-fed ox — 2. Dada, the household administrator (šabra), 3. from Abba-iri; 4. 1 grain-fed ox — 5. Lugal-gigir, the travelling merchant, 6. from Utu-pirig; 7. 1 grain-fed ox — 8. Durgum, 9. (for) the uzga (sanctuary/fattening establishment), 10. from E-dumuzi; 11. 1 grain-fed gir-calf — 12. Balaga. 13. Expended (booked out).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 010

1. Thus (says) 2. Ursa: 3. to Ilī 4. speak! 5. [1] Aḫu-sunu, 6. 1 Bisasa, 7. 1 Ilī-ištakal — 8. in the house of detention 9–11. until I come, let them stay. 12. 1 barig of large legumes (chickpeas), 13. 1 barig of small legumes (lentils) 14. let him send to me.

Daily Life·Economy

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HSS 10, 012

1. [Thus (says) ...] 2. [...] 3. [To ...] 4. [speak]: 5. With[ou]t (the consent of) 6. the governor, 7. to Kinussam 8. and Puzur-Suen 9. he must not go in; 10. until the governor 11. has given him instructions.

Daily Life·Economy

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HSS 10, 017

1. 1 bur3 2 eše3 3 1/4 iku of field, 2. its seed grain: 6 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 5 sila — 3. ARAD2-suni, 4. the overseer. 5. 1 eše3 3 iku [...] of field, 6. [......] 7. [......] 8. GAN-UN.

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HSS 10, 018

1. 45 (ninda on the) north (side), 40 (on the opposite side); 2. 110 (ninda on the) east (side), 80 (on the opposite side); 3. [...] field set aside (left over); 4. [its area:] 2 bur3 of field; 5. property of the field of Ur-sag.

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HSS 10, 021

1. 2 ninda less 2 cubits — (the) north (width): 2 (sides); 2. 5 ninda less 1 cubit — the length, (which) is equal (on both sides); 3. its field(-area): 9 1/4 sar.

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HSS 10, 022

1. 72(?) [...] (and) ½, highland(?) (kur), equalized/checked (i₃-sa₂); 2. 50 (and) ½, u₅(?), equalized/checked (i₃-sa₂); 3. its field-area: [...] iku (GAN₂); 4. (of) Bukašum; 5. field ... [...]

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HSS 10, 024

1. 30 (nindan) — the width(s) being equal; 2. 120 (nindan) — the length(s) being [equal]; 3. its area: 2 bur3 of field — 4. Itur-EN[...]. 5. 20 (nindan) — the width(s) being [equal]; 6. [...] 60 (nindan) — the length(s) being [equal]; 7. Da-[...]. 8. 20 (nindan) — the width(s) being equal; 9. 120 (nindan) — the length(s) being equal; 10. its area: 2 bur3 of field — 11. Išbu. 12. 1 bur3 of field, (at) the levee of Dada.

Astronomy & Mathematics·Economy

~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)

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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.

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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).

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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 [...]

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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.

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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.

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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]

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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

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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-[...]

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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.'

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