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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 0023

(Beginning destroyed) [...] [...] ... sa6 [...] [n (area units)] — Dadaga; 1 eše (of field) — Lu-Nibru; 1 eše — U-mu-NI; 1 eše — E-gubbu; 1 eše — Ur-Ištaran; n (area units) — E-zi, the gala (lamentation priest). Total: 3 bur 1 eše of field (GAN2). [...] hoe(?) [...] [...] [...] Total: 1 bur [...]. Field of Si-[...]. ... field(?) ... (rest too damaged to read)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 0024

1. [1 (man):] Ur-Nin-..., 2. [1 (man):] Lugal-zame, 3. 1 (man): Lugal-itida, 4. 1 (man): Me-me, 5. 1 (man): Lugal-a/da(?), 6. [1 (man)?:] Ne-sag — 7. with Lugal-baragesi(?) 8. (and) Geme-Nanše 9. they are living (i.e., they dwell in their household).

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 0089

1. 5(?) (jars of) fine beer, 2. 16 (jars of) ordinary beer: 3. it is the regular delivery (sa₂-du₁₁); 4. 2 (jars of) fine beer: 5. Rigea; 6. 1 (jar of) fine beer, 7. 1 (jar of) beer: 8. the gate(?) (ka₂-me?); 9. 1 jug (and) 6 sila of ordinary beer: 10. Lu-geš-KALAM(?); 11. 4(?) (jars of) fine beer, 12. 3 (vessels of) cream [...]: 13. U-u; 14. booked expenditure (zi-ga). The 15th(?) [day]; 15. month: "Malt-eating" (munu₄-gu₇).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 0214

1. 5 sila of beer, 2. 5 sila of bread; 3. 5 sila of beer, 4. 5 sila of bread, 5. for the water-libation of the house; 6. 5 sila of beer, 7. 5 sila of bread, 8. (for) the prayer-rite [...], 9. (for the one) who came from Nippur. 10. Intercalary month.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 0217

1. 1(?) gur 3 barig — bar-bread(?) of emmer, (of) Ištaran(?), (measured by the) gur(?), 2. 3 barig of emmer beer, 3. pressed (decanted) into jars; 4. for the [...] field(?) 5. he received (it). 6. Expenditure (booked out).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 1116

1. 2(barig) kad-fiber(?), surplus, filled in(?) — 2. (for) Enlila, 3. from Anše-geš; 4. 1(barig) — Ze; 5. 4(ban) to (the place of) Lugal-KU; 6. 3(ban) for Ur-šekianaba(?); 7. 1(ban) — Il (the carrier?); 8. 3(barig) of dates, (reckoned by the) gur(-measure), 9. kad-fiber(?), surplus, filled in(?) — 10. (for) Ur-ninpirig(?), 11. (and) ...-kitur(?) (name written with the signs UD.NUN.TAR); 12. 2(barig) — Egal-amen(?) 13. (and) Asisi; 14. 1(ban) — E-usakar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 1122

1. 1 gur of dates: 2. Ur-zu; 3. 2 barig: Zaktum; 4. 3 ban: Lu-šeš of Uruk(?); 5. 2 ban: the chief scribe; 6. 2 barig: Igi-geš; 7. Lugal-nigzu.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 1130

4 barig of dates, (in the) gur (measure): brought to the palace. 1 barig 2 ban: Ur-li, the fuller, to Nippur he brought (it). 3 ban: Lugal-la, for the cupbearer. 3 ban made into gi-lam (packed/strung dates): Lugal-la. 2 ban: Dudu; it was written down. Total: 1 gur 2 barig 2 ban of dates.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 001

1. Izzinum 2. ŠU.BAD 3. Si-ḫursag 4. Kurub-ilī ('Pray-to-the-gods') 5. Dadī 6. Ilum-kimat ('The-god-is-the-family') 7. Šu-Mama ('He-of-(the-goddess)-Mama') 8. Zunānum 9. Kirbānum 10. Bēlī-ursag ('My-lord-is-a-hero'), 11. the lamentation priest (gala)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 271

1. 1 (gur) 1 barig — Ubarum; 2. 4 barig — Naṣrum; 3. 4 ban — Nin-nin; 4. 3 ban — Ubartum; 5. 3 ban — Abuna. 6. Total: 2 gur 1 barig 4 ban of barley.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 272

1. 5 large beams (ur₃ gal), 2. those of Mari; 3. 31 large šedu-timbers, 4. those of the carrying-off (tabāl), 5. (via) Udatum; 6. 30 large beams: 7. Ilum-bala, 8. the one of the chariot(s); 9. 50 ...-objects (KA×KID₂), 10. those of the storage-place (maškani): 11. Šu-gubu 12. (and) Iḫzuzum.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 273

1. [4 barig of barley, (fodder for) oxen:] 2. Abba; 3. 4 barig: Dadi; 4. 4 barig: Kurub-ilī; 5. 4 barig: Si-hursag; 6. 4 barig: Dada; 7. 4 barig: Eštar-nu'id; 8. 4 gur 1 barig of barley: 9. Zawi; 10. 2 barig: Utu-e; 11. Total: 10 gur less 3 barig of barley. 12. Month: Irisat.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 276

1. Servant(?): Sumu-tar; 2. 1 (man): Ibbi-bi; 3. 1 (man): Erē'um — 4. (these are) in the charge of Ama-Inanna; 5. 1 (woman): Meme, 6. the kar-ke woman (harlot/quay-worker); 7. 1 (person): Šu-gu[bu].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 280

1. 142 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban of barley (lit. 2 sixties 20 gur 2 barig 3 ban), 2. (that) of the threshing-floor (maškanim?), 3. (that) of the household, 4. Ibbi-bī, 5. of (fem.) Gabala. 6. 2 gur of barley: Gigi; 7. 2 (gur): Ibbisa, 8. of Salim-ahu; 9. 2 (gur): Ibbi-bī, 10. of Šu-ilīsu; 11. 3 (gur): Utu-e (E₂ written over an erroneous SA), 12. of Zuzu, of (fem.) Amālum; 13. 4 gur of barley, 14. (as) an interest-bearing loan (hubullum), 15. of Zuzu, of (fem.) Amālum.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 281

1. [...] 3 ban(?) of gu-flour 2. [... Eštar]-nu'id 3. [br]ought (it) here. 4. [...] barley 5. [... g]u-[flour] 6. [... g]roats 7. [... Eštar]-nu'id 8. [...] groats 9. [...] ... [...] 10. 1 ban of barley: Sali-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 282

1. Thus (says) 2. Šu-Mama: 3. "For the daughter-in-law (é-gi₄-a) 4. 4 shekels of silver by the small mina 5. Erē'um 6. took, and 7. to Kabartum 8. he gave (it). 9. If indeed 10. you deny (it), 11. let Sirkum 12. [a]s witness (in the eldership) 13. [si]t."

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 283

1. [I]da-ilum 2. [...]-um 3. [... to Ag]ade 4. [...] 5. [...]-mu(?) 6. [he we]nt. 7. [Wi]th(?) 8. Ida-ilum 9. there is (an amount); 10. he shall pay 11. the deficit.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 284

4 barig of barley (fodder for) oxen — Abba; 4 barig — Si-ḫursag; 4 barig — Dadi; 4 barig — Kurub-ilī; 2 gur of barley — Zawi: barley ration of 1 month; 4 gur of barley — Dada: barley ration of 5 months; 1 gur 3 barig of barley — Eštar-nu'id: barley ration of 2 months.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 285

1. 3 sheep — 2. Šu-Mama; 3. 2 sheep — 4. Ida-ilum; 5. 2 sheep — 6. Puzrum. 7. Total: 7 sheep, 8. (of/for) Irisaĝrig.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 286

1. 40 minas of aromatic cedar wood, 2. 25 (units) of sumelum-aromatic, 3. 25 (units) of suballulum-aromatic (juniper?), 4. x (units) of ayazum-aromatic, 5. 10 (units) of ballukum-aromatic.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 289

1. 4 gur of gu-nida grain — 2. Šu-gubu; 3. 4 (gur) — Galzu; 4. 4 (gur) — Dingir-kal; 5. [2] (gur) — Ilulu; 6. 2 (gur) — Puzrum; 7. 2 (gur) — Ilī-dan; 8. 1 (gur) — Dingir-su-kal; 9. 1 (gur) — Ilu-da[nu]. 10. Total: 20 gur of gu-nida grain.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 291

1. 14 shekels of silver, 2. 16 gur of barley — 3. as an interest-bearing loan 4. Ṭāb-aḫī (Du-aḫī) 5. received. 6. 2 gur 3 barig 2 ban of barley, 7. 5 minas of wool, 8. [x] sila of oil 9. [as] barley rations (for) 10. Tamtalik 11. and the children.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 293

1. 4 barig (of barley) — Abba; 2. 4 barig — Kurub-ilī; 3. 4 barig — Si-ḫursag; 4. 4 barig — Dadi; 5. 4 barig — Dada; 6. 4 barig — Eštar-nuʾid; 7. 4 gur 1 barig of barley — 8. Zawi; 9. [2 barig] — Utu-e₂. 10. Total: 10 gur less 3 barig of barley — 11. barley for the oxen. 12. Month: Ḫalūt.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 295

1. 4 barig of barley — Dadi; 2. 4 barig — Si-ḫursag; 3. 4 barig — Dada; 4. 4 barig — Kurub-ilī; 5. 4 barig — Abba; 6. 4 barig — Eštar-nu'id; 7. 2 barig — Utu-e; 8. 4 gur 1 barig of barley — 9. Zawi. 10. Total: 10 gur less 3 barig of barley. 11. One month: (the month) Za'atum.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 296

1 Uzāzum 1 Zabukānum 1 Kīnum-bala 1 Pirḫašum 1 U-KA-KA 1 Šu-Mama 1 Zunānum 1 Kirbānum 1 Ilum-kīmat 1 Megir-ilī-ilī ("Favorite-of-the-gods") [...]-zu [broken name]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 297

1. 8 gur of barley, seed grain — 2. Abi-bi; 3. 3 gur 2 barig 3 ban — Ilī-dān; 4. 2 gur — Ilšu-dan; 5. 2 gur — Ilu-dānu; 6. 2 gur — Itutu; 7. 10 gur of barley — Iškiki; 8. 10 gur of barley — Galzu. 9. [Total: 3]7 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, seed grain. 10. Barley (account) concluded.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 301

1. 8 talents less 3 minas of wool — 2. Šu-Mama; 3. 8 talents 40 minas of wool — 4. Ida-il; 5. 8 talents less 13(?) minas — 6. Puzurrum. 7. Total: 24 talents 24 minas of wool.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 302

1. 5 shekels of sil<ver> — 2. Amur-ilum; 3. 5 shekels of silver — 4. Aḫūssunu; 5. 4 shekels (of silver and) 1 chariot given; 6. 10 minas of silver, 7. 2 gur of barley — 8. Kabruru; 9. 2 minas of 'small' (low-grade?) silver — 10. Zabi; 11. 8 pigs — Ilī-a[ḫ]i; 12. 2 sheep — Uze'um; 13. 1 ban of beer-bread — 14. Zibīnu.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 303

1. 2 shekels (and) 2 'small' minas of pure silver, 2. 5 gur, 1 barig, 1 ban, 4 sila of barley (in the) saggal-gur (standard measure), 3. — that (being the share) of one man (each) — 4. Tašqītum, 5. the lamentation-singer, 6. Dabali, 7. Ešra, 8. Šu-Išḫara, 9. Iliš-takal, 10. Enbu-ilum, 11. Aḫusunu, 12. Tata: 13. (these are) the receivers of the silver.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 304

1. [n +] 1 shekel(s) of silver 2. [for ...] gamgam-aromatic (kukru) 3. [n +] 1 shekel(s) of silver 4. [for ...] beads (lit. 'eggs') 5. [n] shekel(s) of silver 6. [for ...]-šuru 7. [......] (Break) 8. [Total: n mi]na(s) less ½ (shekel and) n (shekels of) silver. 9. [That] of one year.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 306

1. 1 gur 1 barig of barley, (measured in the) sag-gal₂ (gur) — 2. (for) Baba; 3. 1 gur 1 barig — (for) Subarītum; 4. 1 gur 1 barig — (for) Silabat; 5. 1 gur 1 barig — (for) Tudašar-libiš; 6. 20 minus 1 (= 19) male calves; 7. 2 gur minus 3 ban of barley; 8. 12 sheep, 1 female (goat) kid; 9. 1 gur 1 barig 1 ban 5 sila of barley; 10. Total: 5 gur of barley, (in the) sag-gal₂ (gur); 11. Total: 3 gur 4 ban 5 sila of barley; 12. 1 month: Irisat.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 307

1. 1 barig (of barley) — Tišpakum 2. 1 barig — Šu-ilīsu 3. 1 barig — Erdabu 4. 1 barig — Warassuni 5. 1 barig — Dingir-bani 6. 1 barig — Ilulu 7. [1 barig] — Izamar 8. 1 barig — Saga-dingir

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 308

(Beginning destroyed) 1'. 10 [...] 2'. Puzur-[...] 3'. 4 [+ n?] KIN-[...] 4'. Su-ilī-[...] 5'. 4: Ilī-maḫ[ri] 6'. 2: Eram-gi

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 309

(Beginning destroyed) [...] [Tu]naksi[num]: 20 minus 2 (= 18) — Šu-Mama; 20 minus 2 (= 18) — U-KA-KA; 20 minus 2 (= 18) — Zunanum; 20 minus [2 (= 18) — U]zazum.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 311

1. [n] sheep — 2. [Šu]-Mama; 3. 3 female lambs — 4. Amarum; 5. [...]-eri; 6. [...]-LUL; 7. 1 old male donkey — 8. Aḫuḫu, son of Ušum; 9. 1 old male donkey — 10. Zuzu, the woman of Dēr.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 312

1. 8 talents 44 minas of goat hair: 2. Zuzu; 3. 2 talents: 4. Ududa. 5. Total: 19 talents 33 minas of goat hair.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 313

1 ban of cheese, 1 (unit of) boots, 1 ban of milk, 8 hides, 60 birahu(-measures/containers) of aromatics, ... ... KA-um, [...] minus [... n] sila of ghee ...

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 318

1. [2] very large še-du₁₀-trees, 2. 4(?) la[rge] še-du₁₀-trees, 3. 2 še-du₁₀-trees, 4. 5 mountain apple trees, 5. 1 very large poplar, 6. 1 poplar, 7. [2] biradan-trees, 8. [1]5 u-trees, 9. 2 apple trees; 10. total: 40(?) less 2 (= 38) trees. 11. Imutum 12. to Išnun (Ešnunna) 13. brought (them).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 320

1. 1 (gur) — Erra-ra; 2. 4 barig — Ša-an, 3. son of Nūrum; 4. 1 (gur) — Ilum-nāṣir; 5. 3 barig — Šamium, 6. son of Puzur-abi; 7. 3 barig — Azu-ilum, 8. son of Mumu; 9. [n] — Ilī-bilanī, 10. son of Izamar; 11. [...]-AN, 12. son of Abībī. 13. [Total: n] gur [of barley].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 321

1. Nu-[...] 2. 5 gur of barley: 3. Tabsiga, 4. the scribe — 5. (as) an interest-bearing loan. 6. 62 gur of barley 7. Nabium 8. the merchant received, 9. for the exchange of [barley]. 10. Total: 271 [+ n] gur of barley.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

MAD 1, 323

1. 5 jars of ghee — 2. Zuzu; 3. 2 jars (and) 1 sila of ghee — 4. Ilī-sukkal; 5. 1 jar (and) 3 sila of ghee — 6. Šu-ilīsu; 7. 1 jar (and) 4 sila of ghee — 8. [U]duda; 9. 16 sila of ghee — 10. Bibi; 11. 23 sila of ghee — 12. Salulu. 13. Total: 10 jars (and) 17 sila of ghee, 14. received (deliveries).

~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)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

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.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

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).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

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.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

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.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

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]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

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

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

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-[...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

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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