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Ur-Nanše 1

(1) To Nanše, the mighty lady, Ur-Bau dedicated this (vessel) for the well-being of Ur-Nanše, the šennu priest, the beloved en priest of Nanše, and for his own well-being.

Ur-Nanše 10

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the shrine of Ĝirsu. (ii 4) He built the temple of Nanše. (iii 1) He built the Ebgal. (iii 3) He built the Kinir. (iv 1) He built the temple of Ĝatumdug. (iv 3) He built the Abzu-ega. (iv 5) He built the Tiraš. (v 1) He built the shrine of Bagara. (v 3) He built the E-dam. (v 5) He built the Kame.

Ur-Nanše 11

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the temple of Nanše. (ii 2) He fashioned (the statue of) Nanše, the mighty lady. (ii 4) He built the shrine of Ĝirsu. (ii 5) He fashioned (the statue of) Šul-šagana. (ii 7) He built the Ebgal. (iii 2) He fashioned (the statue of) Lugal-urtur. (iii 4) He fashioned (the statue of) Lugal-Uruba. (iii 6) He built the Kinir. (iv 1) He fashioned (the statue of) Nineš-REC107. (iv 3) He fashioned (the statue of) Ninĝidru. (iv 5) He built the temple of Ĝatumdug. (iv 7) He fashioned (the statue of) Ĝatumdug. (v 2) He built the Bagar…

Ur-Nanše 12

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the temple of Nanše. (ii 4) He built the shrine of Ĝirsu. (iii 2) He dug the Ninĝirsuke-pada (canal) .... (iv 1) He built the Abzu-ega. (iv 3) He built the E-dam.

Ur-Nanše 13

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the temple of Nanše. (ii 4) He built the shrine of Ĝirsu. (iii 1) He built the Ebgal. (iii 3) He built the E-ĝidru. (iii 5) He built the temple of Ĝatumdug. (iv 2) He built the temple of Ninmarki. (iv 4) He built the E-dam.

Ur-Nanše 14

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the temple of Nanše. (ii 4) He built the shrine of Ĝirsu. (iii 2) He built the Ebgal. (iii 4) He built the Kinir. (iii 6) He built the E-dam. (iv 2) He built the Bagara. (iv 4) He built the Abzu-ega.

Ur-Nanše 15

Ur-Nanše 16

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the temple of Nanše. (ii 3) He built the shrine of Ĝirsu. (ii 5) He built the temple of Ĝatumdug. (iii 1) He built the E-ĝidru. (iii 5) He built the E-dam. (iv 1) He built the Nine-ĝara. (iv 3) He built the Bagara. (iv 5) He built the Kinir.

Ur-Nanše 17

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the temple of Nanše. (ii 1) He fashioned (the statue of) Nanše. (ii 3) He dug the ... canal, and ... water into the ... canal for Nanše. (iii 1) He fashioned (the statue of) Ešir. (iii 3) He chose Ur-nimin (as) the spouse of Nanše by extispicy. (iii 7) He built the A-eden. (iv 1) He built the Nine-ĝara. (iv 3) He built the E-ĝidru. (iv 5) He built the city wall of Lagaš. (v 1) He fashioned (the statue of) Lugal-Uruba. (v 3) He established control of the Dilmun-boats (coming) from the foreign countries.

Ur-Nanše 18

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the Ebgal. (ii 4) He built the Kinir. (ii 6) He built the Nine-ĝara. (iii 2) He built the Bagara. (iii 4) He built the E-dam. (iii 6) He built the Tiraš (iv 2) He built the A-eden. (iv 4) He built the E-ĝidru.

Ur-Nanše 19

(1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, built the temple of Ninĝirsu.

Ur-Nanše 20

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, built the temple of Ninĝirsu. (i 7) He built the Ebgal. (i 9) He built the temple of Nanše. (ii 1) He built the Kinir. (ii 3) He built the Bagara. (ii 5) He built the E-dam. (ii 7) He built the E-ĝidru. (ii 9) He built the Šeše-ĝara. (iii 1) He built the Tiraš. (iii 3) He built the temple of Ĝatumdug. (iii 5) He built the Abzu-ega. (iii 7) When he built temple of Ninĝirsu, he provided the temple with 70 guru of barley. (iv 1) He established control of the Dilmun-boats (coming) from the foreign countries. (iv 4) He built the city wall of Lagaš. (i…

Ur-Nanše 21

(1) To Ninĝirsu, when he built for him the shrine of Ĝirsu, Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, dedicated this (door socket). (9) He built the temple of Nanše. (11) He built the Ebgal. (13) He built the Kinir. (15) He built the Bagara. (17) He built the E-dam. (19) He built the temple of Ĝatumdug. (21) He built the Tiraš.

Ur-Nanše 22

(1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the temple of Ninĝirsu. (8) He built the temple of Nanše. (10) He built the temple of Ĝatumdug. (12) He built the E-dam. (14) He built the temple of Ninmarki. (16) He established control of the Dilmun-boats (coming) from the foreign countries. (19) He built the Ebgal. (21) He built the Kinir. (23) He built the E-ĝidru.

Ur-Nanše 23

(1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the temple of Ninĝirsu. (8) He built the temple of Nanše. (10) He built the Šeše-ĝara. (12) He built the Abzu-banda. (14) He built the Bagara. (16) He established control of the Dilmun-boats (coming) from the foreign countries.

Ur-Nanše 24a

(1) For/to Ninĝirsu, Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, ....

Ur-Nanše 24b

(1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, ....

Ur-Nanše 25

(1') He established control of the Dilmun-boats (coming) from the foreign countries.

Ur-Nanše 26

(1) For Ninĝirsu, Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, built the temple of Tiraš.

Ur-Nanše 27

(1) To Bau, Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, dedicated this (cup).

Ur-Nanše 29

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, built the E-tar.

Ur-Nanše 30a

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, built the Šeše-ĝara.

Ur-Nanše 30b

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, built the E-ĝidru.

Ur-Nanše 31

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the levee alongside Sala of the Amorites. (ii 4) ... the temple of ....

Ur-Nanše 32

(iv 1) Šul-MUŠxPA, the personal god of the king, carried the pure earth-basket. (iv 5) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the shrine of Ĝirsu.

Ur-Nanše 33

(1) To Ninĝirsu, Ur-Nanše, ....

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 008, 1928-439

Obverse (column i, ruled cases; beginnings of lines lost) [... ] iku(?) of field [... ] iku(?) of field [... ] iku(?) of field [... ] iku(?) of field [... ] iku(?) of field [... ] iku(?) of field 1/3 (shekel) of silver [ ... ] 10 shekels(?) of silver [ ... ] 1(?) shekel of silver [ ... ] 1/2 shekel of silver [ ... ] 1 [ ... ] (The remainder of the tablet is broken away; the reverse is uninscribed or wholly effaced.)

Anonymous 270812

1 (unit): Ab-ba 2 (units): E-kur-nin 2 (units): […]-nin 1 (unit): Ur-ganun 1 (unit): Ab-zu-zu 2 (units): Ur-nagar 1 (unit): U₂-U₂-a 2 (units): Pa₄-pa₄ 12 gur of barley. Per day, 1 shekel measured out. 5 ban₂: U₂-U₂-a 4 ban₂: Lugal-ḫe₂

BIN 08, 007

9 (lit. 10 minus 1) men: the Esar (temple); 4: Ašgi; 4: the Esahar (temple); 2: Inanna; 3: Enki; 4: the Edam; 1: Dara-U-Enlil-gar; 1: [...]-esi; 1: An-ne; 8: the small shrines; the house of Utu. (reverse) 17 days (lit. 20 minus 3). The chariot field (GAN₂ gigir₂).

BIN 08, 010

5 shekels of refined silver; 1 talent of white silver(?); 1 talent of kur-PA; 1 talent of ... DIB(?) kur ...; 1 talent of PA TAR-TAR(?), of pure metal; 1 SIG₇(?) of silver; 1 UD-eme; 1 mina of goat wool, AG; 1/3 of nu-gu (flax?). Geme-ur-ganun(?) has taken (them) away.

BIN 08, 012

[17] gur of barley, by the large (gur-saggal) measure — Ur-si; 2 barig — Šu-aš; 2 barig — E-mahda; 1 barig 2 ban2 — U-U; 1 barig 3 ban2 — Ištup-il; 1 gur — Nin-tur-tur; 1 gur — the gudu-priest of E-mud; 1 gur — Du-du; 1 gur — Bara-ara-nu. (reverse) Total: 24 gur 5 ban2 of barley, by the large (gur-saggal) measure. [x] — Lu-mah; [n] 5 — Nam-lugal-ni-du.

BIN 08, 016

5 gur (by the large gur-standard) of barley — Ur-en-sig-nuna(?); 2 (gur), ma-mud; [...]-sag, barley; 5 (gur) of barley, Me-mea; 15 gur, E-geština-su; 2 (gur), Nin-mu-gin-amah; 2 (gur), 2 (gur), Ili-li; [...]-HAR; [...]-...; nu-SAHAR-a; Ma-ma-kiši-gal.

BIN 08, 027

3 gur of barley, repaid (še su-ga): E-gi, son of Ama-NU+NU. 1 gur 1 barig: Amar-giri, the builder. 1 gur of prime barley: Amar-kua-ra, the shepherd. 1 gur 2 barig: Lugal-nigzu. 1 gur 2 barig: Lugal-damda.

BIN 08, 029

Lugal-nigzu (and) Ur-ni-beda removed the peg in the field; as for the donkey that he had released to him, "I will make replacement," he said to him. Before Ur-su, the herdsman of donkeys. The house ... [...] ... a2 ba KU a (unclear) The case is concluded. For the governor of Nippur. ... [...] is present.

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BIN 08, 030

25 aktum-garments; 17 (20 minus 3) NI-textiles; 8 níg-bar-ba; 3 níg-lá gaba (breast-bands / sashes); New tablet: 38 (40 minus 2) remaining (egir).

BIN 08, 038

Obverse 15 gur of barley, the purchase price of 1 sar of house-plot. Nin-pada, wife of Lugal-ša, im-ta-KID(?), received (it). Reverse 1 shekel of silver, 1 gur of barley — [for] KUM-tuš, son of Lugal-[ša], he received. The purchase price [of ......] (the remainder of the reverse is destroyed)

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BIN 08, 040

7 cows, mother(-animals); 2 cows, 3 years old; 1 ox, 2 years old; 1 calf, female, (still) suckling; 1 calf, male, (still) suckling. Its total: 12 (head). Ur-li-kam; U'uma; An-si; Ma-za-uma.

BIN 08, 043

5 gur 2 barig of barley. 1 bar-dul₅ garment: it is (worth) 2/3 mina of silver. 1 aktum garment: it is (worth) 2/3 mina of silver. 1 niglam garment: it is (worth) half a shekel. 1 niglam garment: it is (worth) one-third (of a shekel). 1 gur 2 barig of barley: it is (worth) 2 shekels of silver. It is of the year that is not (recorded). 1 shekel of silver. […] 1 nanny-goat. [n] of silver, 2/3 mina. Brought (from/by way of) the canal […]. […] … brought for An (or: tin brought). 1 (item): into his hand — a … garment, gum(?), taken over.

BIN 08, 044

10 gur of barley: the sealed storehouse of Šu-i. 2 (gur) 2 barig: Igi-si. 2 (gur) 2 barig: Uš, son of Zage. 3 (gur): the sealed storehouse of Šu-i. 2 barig: Ur-gu, son of Lugal-ennu. (All this) is held with Inim-zida. It is barley of the principal (sag); it is that of Ur-ni. (reverse) 4 gur 2 barig of barley: Aba-Enlil, son of Amar-abzu, has received.

BIN 08, 054

4 iku of field — its barley: 12 (gur) 2 barig: (for) E-ki, the chief merchant. 2 1/2 iku of field — 10 less 2 barig of barley: the man of the temple administrator; Lugal-ezem is the overseer. 1 eše 2 iku of field — 40 less 2 (gur) 2 barig of barley: Ama-bara-si (and) Lugal-ildu, the surveyors. 3 iku of field — 12 (gur) 2 barig of barley: E-lu, the surveyor. 3 1/4 iku of field — 15 (gur) 2 barig of barley: Munus-tur, the wife of the surveyor. 1 1/2 iku of field — 5 (gur) of barley: Ur-TAG, the potter.

BIN 08, 065

2¼ iku of field — eš-ba(?); Ama-bara-abzu. 3 iku less ¼ iku; 3½ iku; 3¼ iku — Si-du. 1 eše 4 iku — Ur-namnun. 1 eše 1½ iku — Ur-tulbaza, the lamentation-priest (gala). 2 eše 4 iku — Lugal-a-REC107. 1 eše 2½ iku(?), LIŠ-uš — Magur(?), the overseer(?). 2½ iku, LIŠ-uš; 1½ iku barley; 4 (units) — total: 4½ iku, uš — Enlila, the rope-twiner (gu-sur). 5 iku less ¼ iku; 3 (units) barley; 2 (units) LIŠ-uš — Amar-gula, the shepherd.

BIN 08, 081

420 ninda — old (measure); 300 (ninda) — width; 420 less 2 cubits — the base; 360 less 2 cubits, 1 half-cubit and ½; 301 |GIŠ.BAD| — the foreman, the overseer (nu-banda); 300, 2 cubits — En-tar; 121 ninda — KID; 180 less 1 |GIŠ.BAD| — Abba; [...] ... — Gu-na; 60, 2 cubits — Puni-du; 120, [BAD] cubits — E'a: not filled; 120 BAD — Ekur(?): not filled; 241 — account of Ur-KUŠ₂; 121 — account of Huni-x; (reverse) 6 less 1 — account of NI-a.

BIN 08, 083

54 bundles of grass (fodder): En-akale; 35: Kar-du; 40: Ur-ni; 42: En-tar-si; 36: the foreman of the overseer (nu-banda); 32 1/2: the foreman. (Reverse uninscribed.)

BIN 08, 087

286 (units of) copper — ḫabuda(-implements); 110 (2 gešʾu minus 10) minas of copper; [x] minas, [x] ... from [x] ... […] (line lost) brought out from the ore(-earth); 251 minas of copper — the weaver('s share?), brought out from the palace; the weaver, the overseer of the smiths — given.

BIN 08, 115

1 šar (= 60 bur) 4 bur 2 iku — orchard(s), large (ones); 5 bur — small orchard(s); 1 bur 3 iku — the outer (bar) portion of the field, of the city Ki-anna; 5 bur — orchard(s): the potter Ur-EN-[...], An-na-E[...]; 4 iku — the outer (bar) portion of an orchard, ... A-zu-zu [...]. It is (the account) of the year. (Reverse: uninscribed / surface eroded, no legible signs.)

BIN 08, 173

Obverse […] 4 shekels of silver; 12 lidga (and) 1 barig of barley; 41 sila of pig fat; 2 gur 1 barig of dates; 1 grass-fed pig — this is the purchase price of Nin-gissu-nani. Ur-lugal, the donkey herdsman, gave it to him. Reverse At the wall(?) of the gate of the palace he set its case straight (i.e. rendered the verdict). Du-du, … [ … ] DA AN [ … ] TI [ … ], the witnesses ("men of the word"), they confirm[ed it]. The … [ … ] … AN … (broken).

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CBS 07280

(obverse) [n] ... [...] 2 (measures): Maš-da(5), the attendant(?) [...] 1 (measure) 2 barig: Sag-...-[...] 2 (measures): Ur-Abu 2 barig: Lugal-šeš 2 barig: Enlil-[...] [n]: Nesag(?) [...] (reverse: uninscribed / not preserved)

CBS 08117

1 bardul-garment, of fine (thin) weave, of/for the women(?); Igi-Enlil-še, the chief household administrator (šabra), the porter (ug₃-íl): he paid (it) out to him. Month: "Bricks-placed-in-the-brick-mould" (month III, Nippur calendar), day 7 having elapsed.

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CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 011

šuš (written |ŠE.NAM₂|) pa-nam₂-šita shrine-išib (purification priest of the shrine) gal-|BAD×DIŠ| (chief …-official) en-IB gal-šita (chief of the šita-office) abgal (sage) kingal (overseer / leader of the assembly) tiru (court attendant) […] sukkal (vizier) […] … stone … ti … |KA×X| … na […] (The remainder of the column, and the reverse, are broken away or effaced.)

CST 001

33 mother-ewes; 29 (lit. 30 less 1) rams; 8 female lambs, nim-lambs; 5 male lambs, nim-lambs; 4 female lambs, e-li-lambs; 3 male lambs, e-li-lambs. Total: 82 ewes together with their lambs. The sheep are the private property of Enda-nirgal. Šubur, the overseer, in the House of the Street plucked (them). With Lugal-ikuš they were kept. (Year) 1.