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~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.

Economy

~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)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 019

1 cowhide, (from/by) Šu-agiam(?), Lu-na-[nam], [...] the house of [...], delivered. Month: Šu-gar. (In the governorship of) Mes-ki-gal[a], governor (ensi) of Adab.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 1, 023

56 (lit. 60 less 4) gu-loads of ninni-reed; 10 zibatum, LAGAB(-measure); Ur-gu; (for) the city wall — deliv[ery]. Month: A[ki]ti. Mes-kigal[la], governor of Adab, from the cedar mountain [recei]ved.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 02

35 male workers, second (grade) — Di-[Utu]; 30 [...]; 31 — Amar-šuba; 26 — Ur-ildu; 36 — [...]-zi; [21] — Ur-saman, the vizier (sukkal); 36 — A-zu-zu. Total: 215 male workers, second (grade).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 05

[...] field(?) [...] the mound of Lagaš [...] 3 (units) — its name/year [...] field beside the woodland (da-tir) [...] — its name/year 1 field (unit) DA 2 (units) — its name/year 1 field (unit) [...] 2 (units) — its name/year 1 ENGUR(?) BI, the house(hold) 5 gur of barley, head (capital?) measure 1 (unit): Šeš-pa'e, the plowman [...] 1 (unit): NI-NUN-bi 1 (unit): Gu-ni-DU [...] DU

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 10

[... gur(?)] of barley — [PN], the overseer (nu-banda); 2 barig of barley — Gešgal-ni; 3 barig of barley — the scribe; 5 ban of barley — Bara-sag-nudi. The palace — delivered(?) — the chief(?). Month 5. (Reverse: uninscribed)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 11

1 barig 4 ban₂ of barley — the overseer (nu-banda₃); 2 barig of barley — the scribe; 1 barig of barley — Bara-sag-nudi; 1 barig of barley — Ur-nirah; 4 ban₂ of barley — the fisherman.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 17

[...] 2 kid(?) ..., Nin-mu; 5 — Gan-li-si; 4 — Za-mu; 60 minus 2 (= 58) — A-[...]; Mi-na-ni; [x] — Nin-sa; [...] [...] [...] 2 — Na-na; 1 — Nin-ki. Total: 5 gur of barley, 1 [...]; 13 (gur) — year; month 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 18

1 gur of barley — Gan-saman(x); 1 gur 1 barig — Nin-DU; 1 gur — Ama-tir; 1 gur — Ama-ki; 1 gur — Ama-da; 1 gur — Nin-naga; 1 gur — Maš-tur; 1 gur — Nin-muda; (Break) [... the] overseer (nu-banda); [...] Mi-na-ni.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 22

[n] gur of flour — month(s): 11. 2 barig 4 ban2 — month(s): 3. 3 gur less 1 barig 2 ban2 — month(s): 1. [Flour] held in reserve. Šubur. (Reverse: uninscribed / surface eroded.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 28

[...] gur [...] ... [1 (gur)] Gan-saman [1 (gur)] Nin-nigna [1 (gur)] Maš-tur 1 (gur) Nin-mu-dib 1 (gur) Ama-ki 1 (gur) Ama-da 1 (gur) Nin-KA 1 (gur) Ama-tir-ku 2 barig 4 ban₂ Nin-abba 8 months, 2 years.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 29

5 gur of flour — (for) the E-nig-su (the "storehouse"), given; 2 barig — (for) Ur-šubur, given; the wife of the ensi (city-ruler), (from) the place Kur-kur; 13 years, 5 months.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 34

Obverse [...] Ama-ki 2 barig 3 ban of (grain) — the overseer (nu-banda) [x] barig 3 ban — Za-mu 2 barig 4 ban — Nin-mu-dib [x amount] — Gan-[e] 2 barig 2 ban — Nin-KA [x amount] — Mi-na-ni Reverse [x] 1 ban — Nin-KA 1 barig — Ama-ki 2 ban — Mi-na-ni

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 35

3 barig of flour (gur measure) — Nin-mu-dib; 2 barig — Gan-samanx; [x] — Maš-tur; 2 barig — Nin-šeš-da; 1 barig 2 ban2 — Maš-tur; 1 barig — Nin-KA; 1 barig — Za-mu; 1 barig — Nin-ab-ba; 1 barig — Sag-li; 4 ban2 — E-ta-e.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 36

[n] gur of flour, the deficit (outstanding): Nin-mu-dib; 2 barig — Maš-tur; 1 barig — KUM-tuš-še; 1 barig 2 ban2 — Za-mu; 4 ban2 — E-ḫi-<li>-su; 2 ban2 — Nin-ir; 2 ban2 — Nin-abba; 1 barig — Me-ane; 1 barig — Gan-e; 14 (gur) — year, 7 months. (Reverse: uninscribed.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 38

3 gur 1 barig 2 ban2 of dabin-flour (for) white bread, baked in loaves; (for) the wife of the temple administrator (sanga). A-igi-e (name). Umma — delivered. 9 months, 2 years.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 39

2 (gur) 2 barig of dabin-flour, gu; for Lal-e; brought (delivered). [...] (line lost) the work-troop: bread was distributed; the kab-tar (assessment/survey); field of Ildu; DUR2-lal-e. 1 (gur) 1 barig of dabin-flour: the wife of the sanga (temple administrator). Month 12, year 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

TCBI 2/1, 41

3 barig of dabin-flour — Maš-tur. 3 barig — Nin-šeš-da. 2 barig 4 ban2 — Ama-ki. 2 barig 4 ban2 — Za3-mu. 1 barig 4 ban2 — Mi-na-ni. 2 barig 2 ban2 — Nin-mu-dib. 13 (persons/units); year: month 7. (Reverse: uninscribed.)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Anonymous 271233

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Anonymous 271233. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

BE 01/2, 107

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BE 01/2, 107. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

BIN 08, 013

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

BIN 08, 021

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 021. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

BIN 08, 093

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 093. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09576

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09576. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09596

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09596. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09653

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09653. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09676

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09676. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09677

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09677. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CBS 09681

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CBS 09681. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 036

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 036. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 037

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 038

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 038. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

CUSAS 35, 039

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — CUSAS 35, 039. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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