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~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 238
(Beginning destroyed) 1. [...] 1 fine [...] 2. [...]-mu-da-u₃ 3. [...] 4. [...] 1 multicoloured íb+III cloth, 1 bracelet, a-gar₅-gar₅ of silver 5. ...[...] 6. 3 gu-zi-tum garments, 3 zara₆ cloths, 3 fine multicoloured íb+III cloths 7. 1 belt, (with) GA₂×LA₂ (and) ŠA-PI of gold 8. [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 239
1. BAD-E₂ (?), 2. U-gulzadu (?); 3. 1 fine (cloth) 4. (for) the son 5. of Aḫaramali[k]; 6. [...] 7. Sidarin (?): 8. 1 guzidum-cloth, 1 zara-cloth, 1 aktum-cloth, 1 good-quality multicoloured ib-belt; 9. agent: 10. Ḫal-NE-a. 11. 2 fine (cloths): 12. Šarḫu; 13. 2 fine (cloths): Sidarin (?); 14. 1 gu[zidum-cloth ...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 240
(Beginning destroyed) 1. (the one) of Ilzi; 2. 1 ʾadaum-cloth (of type) II, 1 ʾadaum-cloth (of type) I, 2 multicoloured ib-III-cloths: 3. NI-barzu. 4. [...] 5. [...] cloth, 2 multicoloured ib-III-cloths; 6. 1 bracelet, overlaid with gold, (of) 2 ŠU2+ŠA (units): 7. Irbašu, 8. (of) Arugadu. 9. [...] 10. for 11. the É×PAP: 12. 5 zara-cloths, 5 niĝla ZI&ZI-cloths; 13. Kešdud; 14. Tarkabdulum; 15. ... ... [...] (rest destroyed)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 246
1 [Amorite] dagger, ...[...] [...] i-[x]-da-[x] 1 [Amor]ite dagger, Game'u, silver [...] [n] hundred (and) 40 minus 2 (= [n]38) aktum-textiles 30 minus 2 (= 28) gudul-cloaks, 'ada (garment), 1 1 hundred (and) 40 minus 2 (= 138) fine [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 247
(Beginning destroyed) 1. The king 2. of Lumnan; 3. the king 4. of Ibubu; 5. the king 6. of ... [...]: 7. [...] 2 sashes (ÍB+n), good (quality), variegated; 8. the king 9. of Ursa'um 10. and 11. of Badalumsu: 12. 1 ʾadaum-cloth, 1 [...], 1 aktum-cloth, 1 fine (cloth), 2 variegated triple sashes (ÍB+3), garment(s) [...] (rest destroyed)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 248
1 disc: 11 (shekels) of gold; (for) a son. [...] [n] ib+3 sash(es), multicoloured, [...]; (for) Ibga-il, the leatherworker. 1 NI.NI-garment, 2 fine (cloths); [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 250
Obverse 1. [...]-damu, 2. Ibrium, 3. the queen mother (lit. great mother of the king): 4. šu mu-tag4 delivery. 5. 1 zara6-cloth, 1 linen cloth, 2 toggle-pins of ŠU2+ŠA silver, 6. 2 sag-su3 ornaments of gold: 7. [g]ift. 8. [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 252
Wabarum re[ceived]. [...] Dubi, Durium, Irigze, Iti-agu, brother of [x]; [...] Zabarum: 15 kin-measures of wool, the purchase price (of) the Great Mother (AMA-gal). [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 258
BE-su-du (= Beš-ṭāb?), Ibdur-išar, Ennani-il, Enna-Dagan, Ilba-Malik, [...], ...-KA-zi, man of Ennani-il: 3 guzidum-garments, 3 aktum-cloths, 3 fine multicoloured IB+3-sash textiles. [...] [Month: za]-LUL.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 259
(Beginning destroyed) [...] multicoloured ib-cloth(s) (ib2+n tug2 dar); Ullu; his agent (maškim); delivery. [...]-nu-[...]; [...]-um. When he gave (i3-ti?) from the travel provisions, the Dilmun-kur6 ration(s) of barley. Kak[mium]; [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 262
1. On the day (when) ...: 2. [...] 1 multicoloured íb-garment (íb+1 dar textile), 3. 4 kin (measures) of wool: 4. for the assembly (UKKEN-ak). 5. 1 chariot, 2 (...): 6. Ibrium. 7. Wabarum ... [...] 8. 18 gu-mug textiles. 9. Total: 13 guzidum-garments, 2 'adaum-garments; 10. 17 aktum-garments; 11. [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 264
(Beginning destroyed) [...] 13 (units of) wool, (by) weight-stone(?), Ra-x-ma-[x]; [...] the sister of Dusigu. 5 kin-measures of wool, purchase (price?), Ulubari. 4 aktum-TI garments: Ib-malik, the brother [of ...] (Break)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 266
col. i 1. [...] variegated, good-quality triple-band ÍB-cloth(s), 2. Muza, 3. son 4. of Gunamalik. col. ii 5. [...] 6. received. 7. 1 gu-mug cloth: 8. Du-NI-dum. 9. [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 267
Obverse (i 1) Samu'u, (i 2) (of) Dara'um: (i 3) given. (i 4) 1 SU7-su3 (item): (i 5) Ibrium (i 6) [...] (i 7) in (i 8) AN-'arum. (i 9) 1 NI.NI-garment, 1 IB+4-sash, multicoloured [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 268
(Beginning destroyed) 1. [n] ʾadaum-garment(s), 2 [...] aktum-cloth(s), 1 madder-red íb+3-sash, sa[...]: 2. Arradulum 3. (of) Dulu 4. [...] 5. 1 [... ...], 1 [íb+n-sash], variegated [...] 6. ... [...] (rest destroyed)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 269
Ara'im, returned from Kakmium: 1 cloak, 1 multicoloured sash (with three bands?) of cloth; fine oil (for the head); [...] [...]šum. 2 kin of wool: the wife of Dubi-galu. 2 kin of wool: the wife of Ilba-zi[kir]. [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 273
Head-oil (or: first-quality oil); his brothers; the sons (male children); [...] Ibal: 1 ʾadaum-cloth, 2 (and) 1 aktum-cloth(s), 1 fine multicoloured ÍB+III-sash cloth; [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 275
(Beginning destroyed) 1. [...] multicoloured ÍB+III-cloth(s) 2. (for) Enna-NI 3. (of) Dulu. 4. ... [...] cloth [...] cloth [...] 5. (for) [...]-il. 6. 1 gudul-garment, 1 fine (cloth), 1 multicoloured ÍB+III-cloth, 7. 2 bracelets [...] 8. (for) Ignadar 9. (the) man of Migail. 10. [...] 11. Daraum 12. (was) the agent. 13. Ir-[...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 279
1 dib ... [...], Išma-zikir, Itium; [...] 1 fine (cloth), 1 multicoloured íb+III-cloth, Adaginu, Addamadu; [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 280
Dubuḫu-Malik; Gi-NI-LUM, his commissioner, took delivery in Dusig. [...] 4 aktum-cloths, 4 multicoloured IB2+3 cloths: the commissioner of Ir'am-Malik took delivery in Uru. [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 282
(Beginning destroyed) 1. [...] 1 fine (cloth), 1 good multicoloured ib+3-sash, (as) cloth(s) 2. [...] good, multicoloured 3. Išgi-barzu 4. [...]-du-gu 5. in 6. [...] 7. Puzurra-Malik
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 284
[...]-mu; 1 disc: Ri'i-Malik; [...] 2 discs, ŠU2+ŠA-ŠU2+ŠA: NI-BAD-na-x [...], (of) Ḫazuwan; [...] [...]-NI, [(of) Iš]madaban.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ARET 03, 286
[...] cloth(s), [n] aktum-cloth(s), 1 fine multicoloured ÍB+III-cloth: Enna-BE of Manuwad, the GIŠ-DUG-DU ...[...]. 1 gudul-garment, 1 multicoloured ÍB+III-cloth, oiled, of first quality: Banah, AN-ŠE-GU. 12 guzitum (and) ada'um[-cloth(s)] 14 [......] 1 zara-cloth 1 ...[...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 008
(obverse) The wife(?) [...] [...] [...] were weighed out. HAL-ti: 54(?) [...] were weighed out. Tab-la-a-lim: 50 [...] [were weighed out.] (Break) were weighed out. Ar-szi-a-hu: 47 were weighed out. Kur-i3-lum: 24(?) [...] (Break — remainder lost)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 015
Month(?): ma-[se₁₁]-tim. lu₂-[ĝeš]-DU men: 10 (persons); goods: 2 gur 1 barig 3 ban. še-RU: 1 barig 4 ban. Overseer of the lu₂-ĝeš-DU men: 1 barig 3 ban. [ ... ] (break) Ba-ri₂ — sheep: 4(?). goods: 5 barig 3 ban. Šu-[Ḫar]-da-nu: 10 minus 2 (= 8). goods: 8 barig 2 ban. Šu-kab-ba: 1 (gur) 2 barig. A-ḫa-tum: 1 (gur) 2 barig. Outlay(?): 2 barig [ ... ]. wife/wives: 7 [ ... ]. A-za-zu: 1 (gur) 1 barig.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 020
(obverse) [...] ... [...] -ti Da-[x]: 1 (gur), 1 barig, 3 ban Kur-x: 1 barig, 3 ban [x] ša? x-ša-ru: 1 (gur), [x] En-li: 1 (gur), 1 barig SAR ... LU? [...] ... DU: 1 (gur) [...] ...: 1 (gur) (The remainder of the tablet is lost; the surviving reverse surfaces are uninscribed or wholly effaced.)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 031
Young male kunga-equids: 25. Young female kunga-equids: 42. (For/of) U-sar; (and) Bēlī-ZI. Total: 67. In nine (10 minus 1) ... at that time(?).
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 032
(obverse) … [ … ] 3 barig [ … ] Lu-geš-DU, the plough(man): 3 (aš) [ … ] 3 barig [ … … ] [ … ] 4 ban …-E-[ … ]: 3 (aš) 2 barig [ … ] [ … ] 2 (aš) [ … ] [ … ] gur 5 barig 3 ban [ … ] … [ … ] (The remainder of the tablet — including the reverse and any totals — is broken away; no further lines are preserved in the transliteration.)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 033
Food-offering(?): fattened sheep; month of Sar(?); (sign: LAGAB×SIG₇) with(?): Izilum of Magan(?) / Šamagan; 3 sheep — with(?): Arrum: 2; with(?): Aršī-a[ḫu]. On the day [...] Abi-[...] [... ...] 3(?) [...]
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 034
Food offering(s). Fattened sheep. Month: iti-sar GAN. (For) the ašde-(rite/allotment). Kur-ilum. The house of the cook (kitchen): 1 sheep. 1 female kid. 1 kid. 1 sheep.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 044
[The lu-geš-DU (personnel)] [...] [goods: x] gur, 3 barig [x] še-RU grain: 3 barig received — the É-eš house: 1 gur 1 barig [received —] the gate: [1] gur 1 barig donkeys of the sheepfold: 1 gur, 3 barig [x] doves: 10 — 1 gur, 3 barig, 3 ban Su-li-[im]: 1 [gur x] Dab-[ḫirtum ...] Grand total: goods — one hundred and 6 gur, 3 barig, 2 ban.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 047
The ruler (en); in the land (kalam); in/for 2 days: 8 barig 2 ban2 (of barley); the ruler; Dingir-malum: 4 barig 1 ban2; [month:] SAR; [...]-beli, ŠU₂-SA-la.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 049
From the farmer (engar): Barley: 5 thousand, 4 hundred (= 5,400). Fine-quality grain (sig15): 1 thousand, 2 hundred, 40 (= 1,240). Emmer: 1 thousand, 2 hundred, 40 (= 1,240). (The reverse is uninscribed.)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 050
Wool of sheep, (from) the shearing; Kun-bad. 100 (units) 100 (units) 100 (units) 100 (units) 100 (units) 80 (units) Wool of the bar-ASZ type: 4 (units), pure (sikil).
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 052
(obverse) The place of the men(?), behind/rear (egir₄): Gate of Beli-ZI: 30 less 1 (= 29). Gate of AN-GAR-kas₄: 26. Gate of [...]-belim: 62. Gate of Ga-|HI×DIŠ|-NE: 62. Gate of DAG-E₂-[IGI]: 20 less 2 (= 18). Gate of ... [DU]-ba-GIN₂(?): 30.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 055
[...] 1 (unit) [...]-u-[...] Nir-amdu(?) — 1 (unit) Sina-ili — [...] En-ili — 1 (unit) A-ru-[...] of (ša) the |GA2×SILA3|-|GA2×SILA3| (workers/vessels?) 5 barig Širi'a — 1 (unit) Si-um — 1 (unit) Annalum — 1 (unit)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 060
Obverse: Wool, (from) the plucking/shearing; the palace; delivered (lit. "handed over"). 100 (1 gešʾ 40) 100 (1 gešʾ 40) 100 (1 gešʾ 40) 100 (1 gešʾ 40) 100 (1 gešʾ 40) 26 Reverse: Wool of the bar-ASZ (grade): 5 — SIKIL ("clean/pure").
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 065
Obverse (x) shekels of copper — Tabla'a-[lim]: 2. (x) shekels of [copper] — Arrum: 4. Copper pin(s): 1. (x) shekels of copper — [Kur]-ilum: 2. Copper pin(s): 1. (Reverse largely uninscribed / effaced; a few signs at the top of the left case, too damaged to read.)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 066
Wool (siki). Tab-la-a-[lim]: 1 barig [ … ] 6 mana. … [ … ]: 1 barig 3 ban. [n +] 3 mana. Iš-gi: 1 barig 3 ban. ḪI-A: 2 ban(?). ḪAL-ti: 1 barig 3 ban. 2 [+ n] mana. Kur-ilum: 1 barig. (Reverse: uninscribed / no legible signs.)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 068
Šu-belim: 4 ban₂ (of barley). Il-e-išar: 2 ban₂(?). Iku-[…]: […] GIBIL ("new"): 3 ban₂. Bad-lam. The carpenter(?). […] […] Šu-belim: 5 ban₂. […] Šu-irga[…]. Daḫati-[…]-um. Month …(?), Beli, |ŠU₂.SA|-la.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 069
(obverse, beginning broken) [...] DI [...] ... [...] PI [... (line lost)] [...] AN-ma [... (line lost)] NI(?)-wa-rum: 9 barig (of barley), and the place(?), and ib-ba-ru-ša-nu, AN-ma-LUM, [......]-lum, in the land (kalam). In 3 days: 2 barig 4 ban.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 075
Month: Sar of the lord (bēlum). Il-e-išar: for 3 journeys — 2 barig 2 ban; Su-a-bir: for 7 days — 2 barig 2 ban; Da-|UŠxKUR| — 4 ban; In-gi-mu — 2 ban; URI-APIN — 2 ban. (reverse) Total: 6 barig.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 076
Šu-kabba: 2 barig. A-zazu: 1 barig. The wife (dam): 4 gur 2 barig 4 ban. […] 3 in (at/from): 3 gur — iti-sar — 4 barig 3 ban: barley consumed (as fodder/rations). Il-e-išar: 2 barig 3 ban. Lu-geš-DU: 50. In 11 days. 2 gur. iti-sar of Beli-sulum.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 078
Seed barley (šeNUMUN), na-gar₃(-grain): 1 hundred 9 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban₂; bread(-barley) (ninda): 1 hundred 3 gur, 8 barig, 4 ban₂. Total: 3 hundred 3 gur, 1 barig, 2 ban₂ — barley consumed (šeGU₇).
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 079
Obverse 1. Crescent-day (new moon) of the lord (bēlum), 2. the *en* (ruler) 3. went (out); 4. one day 5. he stayed. 6. Donkeys: 11 — (with) the work-troop: 7. 7 barig 3 ban₂ (of barley). 8. Purchase price (equivalent): 9. LAK692 (commodity): 1 barig. (Reverse uninscribed; the surviving text runs over the obverse face and the edges. The reverse bears only a modern excavation number in ink.)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 081
New-moon day (u₄-sar) — Beli-ZI. The en (ruler) went (there). 3 days he stayed. Donkeys: 17 (of the) work-team. 2 donkeys. Barley consumed: 3 gur less 4 ban. Barley consumed: Ḫa-NI — 4 ban.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 082
[Wool] plucking (shearing): (of) rams — the palace: 100 100 Ewes: 100 100 57 Month: sar (of) Utu.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 085
Crescent-day(?) of Belim; šu, fodder(?), aromatics(?); the lord came, three days he stayed. Donkeys, 12 work-troop(s): barley consumed — 2 gur 2 barig 2 ban. (Reverse uninscribed; edges bear no legible signs, only the modern museum markings Bey 94-17 / 2300-1-13.)
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 089
Lu-geš-DU. In the month Utu: 7 gur 7 barig 3 ban2 of barley, fodder for the donkeys of the ruler, for 2 days. 15 (work-teams). 2 gur of barley, fodder — (for) Il-e-i-šar. In the month Beli-ZI: 8 barig 4 ban2.
Economy
~2350 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
Subartu 02, 090
Crescent-day(?) of Belim: the lord (en) came; three(?) days he stayed. Donkeys: 12 teams, 2 donkeys — barley consumed: 1 gur 3 barig.
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