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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 275

Basket-of-tablets (label): Fish, dusu-basket (type); Fish for the table, monthly; Fish-deliverers of the elders; Fish of the ZIZI-net; Fish-deliverers of good/sweet water — it is in his (A-du₁₀-ga's) custody: 4 units.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 276

[x] gi (bundle-units) of agargara-fish, ab-ba(-type); 9 (lit. 10 minus 1) za3-ubi fish; 2 za3-gesztu fish; 2 za3-gir fish; 10 adartun-fish, its assorted (kinds). First-fruits offering (ne-sag). The fishermen (szu-ku6) brought (it) (mu-de6).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 279

Deficit: 1(gešʼ) 2(aš) [= 62] bundles of wool — (charged against) Nin-baradari, female worker of/at Kigu(ka), (and) Šubur, the overseer: the tablet was transferred (i.e., the account was passed on); it was set/charged upon his account (lit. "his neck") — 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 282

6 ma-dul10 (containers) of white mes-wood, 5 ma-dul10 of sze-du10, 61 kab2-ku (measures) of poplar (ildag4), 240 kab2-ku (measures) of apple-wood (haszhur): (for) the wife of the ensi2 of Adab — (from) Bara-namtara.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 285

30(+)4 ur3-beams (roof-beams), 1 door of dressed/finished wood, 1 door-bolt (sag-kul) — (for) the house of Lugal-ušumgal. [...]-th [...] (break / illegible) The overseer (nu-banda3). Its wood was counted/reckoned: 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 288

56 eme-tug, siga (tongue-shaped [cloth/wool] items, set/placed) — 64 eme-numun (tongue-shaped seed[-funnel] items) — (of) the house of manu-wood — were delivered (ba-kux/DU). 18 (20 less 2) labor-units of plow(-work) — (of) the house of the courtyard — were delivered. En-iggal, the overseer (nu-banda3). Month: "Festival-of-malt-eating," of Nanše. The house of the courtyard (and) its house of manu-wood: delivered — 2 (units/occasions).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 289

3 (units of) šedu10 (fine/choice barley-grain?), 2 gul-bu (a type of tree/wood), 3 u₃-suh₅ (fir/pine-wood), crafted (handmade), 20 less 1 (= 19) asal₂ (poplar-wood) — month: "Lugal-iribara," water for the bathing (ceremony); En-iggal, the overseer, from the orchard/garden set (it) in place / drove in (the peg) — into the house of the courtyard, delivery: 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 290

70 bundles of reed — Lu-pa'e. 50 bundles of reed — Ne-sag. 50 bundles of reed — Lugal-ša. 20 bundles of reed — Šubur. Total: 190 bundles of reed. From the field of A'us(ta) — the old fishermen carried (it). En-iggal, the overseer, to the storehouse of the orchard delivered (it). Labor(-assignment) of the 3rd day.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 291

70 tied bundles of fronds (pa-sa), 20 large bundles of brushwood (u2-bil), 57 (60 less 3) small bundles of brushwood — of the garden of the gate-house (e2-ku4); 47 (50 less 3) tied bundles of fronds (pa-sa) — of the garden of e-ta-e11 ("the Ascent"); En-iggal, the overseer (nu-banda3). Tally: 2nd.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 292

6 1/2 mana 2 shekels refined (washed) silver, the [...]-th (delivery/installment), [... E]ur-bidu, the merchant, from Elam he brought (it). (For) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 295

1/3 shekel (and) 3 grains of silver, weighed-out (bar-dub2-ba) silver: Adda, the merchant, to Dingir-kalga, to Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nu-banda3) — it was weighed out to him. Lugalanda, ruler (ensi2) of Lagash. Year 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 297

1/2(asz@c) mana of wool, white(-dyed) plant(-quality), (for) Geshgal-si, the gala (lamentation-priest), for the outer part of the gu2-la2 garment. It was returned/delivered to the agazi(-official), to be finished (made good). Geshgal-si holds (on balance): 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 299

(Break — beginning missing) Its weight: 13 mana(-weight) — weighed out from/against the stone-weight of the wool ration. Ur-šul. 2 ḫa-zi [......] (goods/items, name broken) Its weight: 10 minus 1 (= 9) mana(-weight) — weighed out from/against the stone-weight of the wool ration. The second (entry). Ur-šul. (Break — remainder missing)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 302

1(asz@c) 2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool (tug₂) ... [......] ...... [......] 1(asz@c) [2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool] — Sasa(?) 1(asz@c) 2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool — Enkisalsi [1(asz@c) 2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool] — [......] [1(asz@c) 2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool] — [......] [1(asz@c) 2(disz@t) mina(s) of wool] — U-U the swineherds (sipa šáḫ) from the storehouse of the festival (ganun ezem-da-ta) to Ur-igi-ama the overseer (nu-banda₃) he gave (e-ne-šum₂) 5 (total)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 304

12 (units of) copper/bronze — zabar3-|KAxX|-zi (type) 12 (units of) copper/bronze — šu ("hand"-type) 6 (units of) copper/bronze — Dilmun-boat (type) 3 (units of) copper/bronze — sim-zabar3 (strainer/vessel type) 12 garments — šu-du8-ur3 12(?) garments — nig2-lam2, thin/fine 4 garments — nig2-lam2, long 9 (10 minus 1) — a-dab6 (cloth/garment) 1 — u3-la2 (garment) 2 garments — kusz2(?) 6 garments — nig2-bar-ba 10 garments — bar-dul5, thin (break) [...] [...]-la2 [...]-gar

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OIP 014, 058

5(disz) hired men (lu2 hun-ga2) 1st day. ga'ar-DU-NI-su (personal name / entry designation). 1 hired man (lu2 hun-ga2) 6th day. 20 minus 10 (= 10) — 3rd day. 1 — 2nd day. 10 minus 1 (= 9) — servants (ARAD2 ARAD2). [60] (plus) 20 hired men (lu2 hun-ga2).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OIP 014, 060

30 hired workers (lu2-hun-ga2), 10 less 1 (= 9) servants (ARAD2), 10 copper ha-buda-implements (ha-bu3-da uruda) — (for) Ur-Suen: was given. 30 less 1 (= 29) copper ha-buda-implements — (for) Ur-lam: was given.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OIP 014, 063

1(aš) — Ba-anše(?) 2(?) 1(aš) — Adda-tur 1(aš) — Gan-ki 1(aš) — Usar-gindu 1(aš) — Šu-Ištaran(?) smith(s)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OIP 014, 066

[n] shekels of silver [...] [...] (traces, illegible) [...] Ur-lamsag(?) 1/3 (mina) 4 (shekels): nu-esz3 (official) Nin-ezem 1/3 (mina): Ur-um-x 1 ban2: KA-esar(?) 1/3 (mina) minus 2 shekels of silver 1 (unit): head/foremost Suda-zi 1 (unit): head/foremost 12 shekels of silver Mu-...-bala son of Muszen-buru5-dal silver of Shuruppak — was brought out (from there).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OIP 014, 075

[x shekels of silver] — for Šeš-aranu; (erased: "ur") 2 shekels of silver — (for) Ur-mes, the fisherman; 2(?) shekels of silver — for Igi-Enlil-še; 2 shekels of silver — (for) Šebidani, the Elamite; (for) Me-al-nudi — it was delivered/brought. Ur-eš3 is the man of its testimony (the witness).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OSP 1, 016

3 hides of a male sheep — for the shrine; 1 hide of a male sheep; 1 hide of a suckling lamb (lit. "lamb that drinks milk") — Enlil-zi; food-offering (nidba); Adab; Lugal-an-DU; was given to him; month: "Bricks Placed in the Mold" (sig4 u5-[šub-ba] gar).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OSP 1, 017

5(units) ... [...] (broken/illegible) its purchase price: 1 mina 15 shekels of silver. A lapis-lazuli block: 13 shekels of silver is its price. Lugal-Enlil. 2 shekels of silver: Lu-zi, the barber. [SZIMxKUSZU2 item]: 2/3 mina of silver is its price. From the chief merchant: Šeš-gazira — it was given (to him).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OSP 1, 022

(obverse) When the governor (ensi) had weighed out 5 minas of silver to the son of Ur-Enlil, 13 shekels of silver from Ur-Egal — its total(?) — ... (two signs illegible) ... U-AN-[x] (and) the brothers, the minister (sukkal): it was given to him. (reverse) Month: 6th.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OSP 1, 026

1 barig (of barley): Lugal-ennu. 1 barig: E-lu. 1 barig: Girini. (Break) 5 old women (worn-out female workers), 1 female child: (under) Lugal-saga. An-da-še. (Break) [...] female weaver(s), [...] shekel(s) of barley, [...] ...-meza, [x] male [children], [x female] children.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OSP 1, 119

Their total: 5 bur3 2 iku of field [...] 1 eše3 3 iku of field [...] field on the bank (gu2) of MUNUS-U8-DI [...] chief cupbearer [...] 2 eše3 of field [...] [...]-ga [...] (The right-hand portion of every line is broken away; the reverse is uninscribed or wholly effaced.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OSP 1, 127

1 ox, 4 aktum-textiles — E-duru-mah (the 'great hamlet' estate); 1 ox — the house of Nisaba (E-Nisaba); 1 aktum-textile — E-šita-[tum]; 1 [aktum-]textile — the house of [...]; 1/3 (shekel of) silver — the house of [...]; 3 [...] [...] not [...] / Nu-[...]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OSP 1, 130

(obverse) [One-third (of a mina) of silver] — šana — it is (the price) of an ox. 5 shekels of silver — it is (the price) of a sheep. One-third (of a mina) of silver — šana — (and) 4 shekels: it is (the price) of an aktum-[garment]. [...]-tum(?) One-third (of a mina) of silver — šana — it is (the price) of an ox. [x] shekels of silver — it is (the price) of a sheep. [One-third (of a mina) of] silver — šana — (and) 4 shekels ... (remainder broken)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OSP 1, 144

[x ... lamb(s)], suckling(?), (for/of) Ur-[...]damu; 1 female lamb, suckling(?), (for/of) Gegesi; 1 female lamb, suckling(?), ... [...] [...] [...] ... [...] 1 ... [...] (for/of) Ur-[...]; 2 ... [...] (for/of) Ur-[...].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OSP 1, 148

3 loads (gu2) of ninni5-rush — [PN ...]-gi-[...]: [x] of it on hand (deposited); 2 (loads): La-gipum; 2 (loads): the son of A-kigal; 2 (loads): Puzurra; 1(?) (load): [...]; 3 (loads): [Nin-me]-sag(?); 3 of it on hand (deposited).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

OSP 1, 153

[x] Ur-sag, [x] Aš-ne, 2: Lu-[...], 1: Ad-da, 1: Ur-dub-[la], [...]-ka(?) [...], [...]-a-bu-[...], 1: Lu-...-[...], 1: Ur-eš-[lila], 1: Lu-...-il. [Its total:] 25 (men).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

PSE 1, 1

676 gur-saggal of barley, 197 gur 1 barig 3 ban 10 (sila) of white emmer, — barley of the nig-ena (the lord's estate produce) — (from) the small field, the field of the Gu-edina, the subsistence plot of the ruler. En-iggal, the overseer, threshed it (lit. 'beat it with the flail'). Inim-du, the foreman, transferred it to him. Lugalanda(-nuhunga), ruler of Lagash. Year 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIAA 041

35 bur of land: property of the en (lord), (in) the field Huburum; 15 bur of field, taken out from the ŠA-zi (land); Total: 50 bur — property of the en, of (the god) Šul-šagana. Ur-[...] ... [...] [...] Lagash. 2(nd year?).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIAA 081

Lugal-abbamu, Ur-lumma, Dam-aba, 1 (person): Huhuma, Dingir-gabar, E-gaba-gire, A-geštin-su, E-gab-e, [...]-hu?-mi?-[...], [... remainder broken ...]

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 025

6 minas of refined copper (arudu-copper), in order to purchase silver, Dadulul, the merchant, to Umma took. Baranamtara, the wife of Lugalanda, the ruler (ensi) of Lagash, from the palace weighed it out to him. (Year) 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 026

72 minas of aruda-copper — the aruda-copper is (the price) of barley; 20 minas — the aruda-copper is (the price) of cedar (resin); 96 minas — the aruda-copper is (the price) of scented oil; 26 minas — the aruda-copper is (the price) of emmer. (This is) the merchandise which from the land of Dilmun Ur-Enki, the merchant, to Dim-tur, the wife of the governor, brought. (Year/instance:) 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 036

5 tar-fish, 780 suhur-carp, 60 kimu-fish, 300 gir-fish of fresh water: (from) Nesag; 120 ubi-fish: (from) Lugal-šala-tuku. They are sea fishermen. It is fish for the (offering) table. In the month of 'sheep-plucking in the pen' they brought (it). En-iggal, the overseer, into the Women's House (É-munus) brought it in. 4th (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 037

2 talents of split adartun-fish, 5 bundles of agargara-fish (spawn, packed in rushes) — U-du, the fisherman of the sweet waters, in the month of the wool distribution brought (them). En-iggal, the overseer, into the storehouse delivered (them). (For) Bara-namtara, wife of Lugal-anda, ruler of Lagash. 4th (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 041

7 ewes, 3 female nim(?)-animals, 4 rams — sheep, the private property of Nin-tur. Lugal-nigani, the shepherd, the drover of Ka'a, took (them) out: 2 (units/head marked).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 043

1 stunted goat, as a masdaria-offering of the wife of the temple-administrator (sanga) of the god Nindara — to Baranamtara, in the month of the festival of malt-eating of (the goddess) Nanše, she delivered it. Enku, the animal-fattener, carried it off. (Year) 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 045

3 ewes, 7 female sheep — issued(?), 12 male lambs — issued(?), which came out from Lul-gu; they are lambs. At the plucking of the full-grown sheep, En-iggal, the overseer, set (them) aside. Ur-du, the chief herdsman, returned (them) into his own hand (i.e. took them back into his charge). It was not entered on the broad tablet; the deficit was not deducted from it. 3rd (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 057

168 gur (measured by) the gur-saggal standard of barley, 98 (gur) of white emmer: total: 266 gur (by) the gur-saggal standard. Barley, the property of En-entar-zi, ruler (ensi) of Lagaš. Lugal-pirig-tur, the temple administrator (sanga), had (it) threshed. (Year) 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 062

Deficit: 1 jar of pig-fat (lard) — Aḫi-li-nutil. 10 sila of oil — Nin-uma, mother of E-gissubi. 5 sila of oil — Nin-šešda, (consigned) to Ur-igi-ama the overseer. E-gissubi charged it to his account. (Year) 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 063

12 jars (and) 6 sila of pig-fat (lard): U'u. 1 jar (and) 2(?) sila: Gan-Baba. 1 (jar): Nin-asu. 1 (jar): Gissu. 1 (jar): Dam-da-nusa. Ur-igi-amaše, the overseer (nu-banda), in the house of the surveyor (the "man of the long rope") poured (it) out. (reverse / colophon) Uru-inimgina (Uru-KA-gina), king of Lagash — (year) 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RTC 065

1 gur 2 barig 4 ban₂ of barley (by the gur-saggal measure), barley threshed with the sledge, of the field Dur-re-gar-ra; 1 barig 2 ban₂ of barley threshed with the sledge — it is of the field U-du-ku. En-iggal, the overseer, in the month "Sheep-for-barley of Ningirsu," from the courtyard storehouse delivered it to him. 3rd (year).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

StLouis 047

3 ban₂ of barley — the wife of Il₂, the fisherman; Lu-dun-a, Amar-[…]-da, Ur-[…]; [its] commissioner (maškim). 1 ban₂ of barley — provisions (níg-gu₇-a): Amar-gu₄; its overseer (ugula) has consumed (it); Šul-bi; [its] commissioner (maškim). 6 (units).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 004

3 male heads (male slaves), they belong to the sanga (temple administrator); from Ibi'a Imaba'a [...] 1 1/2 mana of silver, 4 mana of silver, silver of the ašda; Lu-[x], En-[...], I-ḫulḫula, Ur-šul the governor (ensi), Geš-kulab — it is at his disposal (an-da-gal₂).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 009

2 eše minus 1 iku of field — Me-su; 1 eše — Nigar; 2 eše 2 (iku) — Ur-sag-utu; 1 bur — ...-tir; [n] minus 1 iku — Me-su; ... [field], 2 1/2 iku of field; ... ... ... (the remaining signs are illegible) (Reverse: surface eroded; a few faint wedges survive in the upper part, no continuous text recoverable.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 010

20 furrow-rows (of onions); mountain-onions (szum2 kur); [...]-elum; [10] onions(?) [...]; 35(?) crushed onions (szum2-gaz); 5 szum-sikil ("pure/white onion"); 10 onions of the tu-type; 80 (1 gesz2 20) furrow-rows of onions; sag-ki (heading / "foremost" entry).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 012

1 gur of barley (?) Lugal-igi-du. 3 barig — for Me-ki-bi. 2 gur (?) — DU-HA-A-pa-e₃, the gala-priest. 2 gur 2 barig — the herald (nimgir).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 017

[1 barig (of barley):] A-ka-du [1 barig:] E-dam-si DIB(?) — silver ... 1 barig: Lugal-ennun 1 barig: Ur-naru[a] Sag-zi, the overseer of the household 1 barig: Bulani, brother of Ki-e(?) (reverse: uninscribed / surface effaced)

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