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~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 088

1. 23 gur, 2 barig, 3 ban of barley, 2. (for) Ḫamadarum; 3. 12 gur of barley, 4. (for) Rabī-ilum; 5. 26 gur of barley, 6. (for) Uḫluk. 7. Threshed barley (barley beaten from the stalk). 8. Zuzu, the land-registrar. 9. In Nišbe.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 111

1. 922 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, 2. from Minkum; 3. 21 gur 2 barig of barley, 4. in the hand of (credited to) Badzanze; 5. 18 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, 6. [charged to (lit. "in")] Gudami[šum], 7. (as an) interest-bearing loan; 8. 143 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, 9. in the hand of (assigned for) groats.

Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 128

Obverse: 1. 2 ban: Šu-ma-[ma], 2. 2 ban: I-[...], 3. 2 ban: Pù-[...], 4. 2 ban: Pù-[...], 5. 2 ban: Bēlī-[...], 6. 2 ban: Ba-rí-[...], 7. [2 ban]: I-[...]. 8. Total: 3 barig 3 ban [...].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 135

1. 3 ban (of grain) — the wife of [...] 2. 3 ban — Ilu-ilum 3. 1 barig — the wife of UD-iš 4. 3 ban — Suma-ilum 5. 1 barig — Išbum 6. 3 ban — Imi-ilum 7. 3 barig — Danuda 8. 1 barig — Zaʾue 9. 1 barig — Bukuzum

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 136

1. (This is a) nigiddûm(-account/transfer). 2. 2 barig of barley 3. Abuli 4. has received — 5. barley of the house of Zuzu. 6. 1 gur of barley 7. from(?) Lamašum 8. Abuli 9. received. 10. 3 gur of emmer 11. Tirku 12. received, 13. in/from Nišbe(?).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 140

1. 368 gur of barley — (measured in) the gur of Agade — 2. 65 gur of emmer: 3. Šu-Eštar. 4. 134 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley: 5. Kari. 6. 56 gur 3 ban [+ n gur of barley]: 7. Sir[ni]. 8. 62(?) [+ n gur of barley], 9. 10(?) [+ n gur of emmer].

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 142

1. 2 barig — Išmā-ilum; 2. 2 barig — Ilī, the scribe; 3. 2 barig — Šu-ilīsu, the city elder; 4. [...] — Zuki[ki]; 5. [...] — Adda-[...]; 6. 1 barig — Ḫiwi[riš]; 7. 1 barig — ...[...]; 8. [...] ... [...]; 9. [...] Šarrum, the woman(?) [...]; 10. [... I]lū-ilum; 11. [...] Babanien; 12. 1 barig — Ēšum; 13. 1 barig — Iddi-šum; 14. 1 barig — Abulum; 15. 1 barig — Barbar.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 150

(Beginning broken) 1. [......] for [...] 2. [... Eš]tar (?PN ending in -Eštar) 3. [...]-bil 4. [...] Zuzu 5. [... n] old za-flour; 1 gur of emmer flour — 6. Surini gave (it) to him; 7. 1 gur 2 barig of dabin-flour — flour of Surini — 8. (for) Išma-ilum the younger; 9. 200 loaves of bread, juniper(-flavored?), fine beer-bread — 10. (for) Išma-ilum the elder; 11. [n] gur of fine groats — 12. (for) [Tab]siga(?); 13. [n gur of] fine [gro]ats — 14. (for) [...]-ilum, the merchant; 15. [...] ... [...] (rest broken)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 190

1. 1 (person): Buzi — 2 barig (of barley); 2. 4 male workers — 1 barig (each); 3. 2 female workers — 3 ban (each); 4. 2 boys — 3 ban (each); 5. 2 boys — 2 ban (each); 6. 2 girls — 2 ban (each). 7. (Subtotal:) 1 gur, 4 barig, 2 ban of barley rations — 8. (this is) of 1 month. 9. Total: 7 gur, 2 barig, 2 ban of barley rations — 10. (this is) of 4 months. 11. The son of Abšam, 12. Kinakum, 13. received (it).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 194

1. [...] ... [...] 2. [...] ... ... [...] 3. [...] ... ... 4. [...] male worker(s) 5. [...]-gu-uš (personal name, broken) 6. [...]-ki-ḫi (personal name, broken) 7. [...]-ḫi (personal name, broken) 8. [...]-... (broken) 9. [...]-... (broken) 10. [n +] 4 female workers 11. [...]-silatum (personal name, broken) 12. [n] ... ... (broken entry) 13. [n +] 5 female workers, 14. in Gasur.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 195

1. 2 [...] 2. ...[...] 3. those of the threshing floor (šūt maškan), 4. [n] able-bodied men, 1 [...] 5. Išmā-ilum [...] 6. [n] able-bodied men [...] 7. [...] 8. [...] 9. [...] 10 ... 10. [n+]13 male children, 11. [n+]42 female workers, 12. [n+]26 able-bodied men.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 196

1. [......] female workers (geme₂) 2. [PN ......]-x-da 3. [n +] 11 female workers 4. Enana 5. 8 boys, 2 girls — 6. overseer: Simumu 7. 8 boys, 3 girls — 8. [...]-dudu

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 197

1. 2 male children, 2. sons of Bazizi; 3. 1: Zalili, 4. son of Zalīlī, 5. a male child of Zašši; 6. 2 suckling children: 7. (one) a child of Šu-GAN-ri, 8. (one) a child of Dirium; 9. 1 suckling child of Tiru-šaqi — 10. for Im-ama's 11. de[bt], 12. to Huzuzi.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HSS 10, 199

1. 1 (person): Eštar-ummī 2. 1 (person): Diri-ni 3. 2 (persons): female workers (geme₂) 4. 1 (person): Gagadanum(?) 5. 1 (person): Kibturu 6. 1 (person): Dingir-muda 7. 1 (person): Aḫuma 8. 1 (person): Bēlī-ilum 9. Total: 5 male workers (guruš)

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

HUCA 49, 016 & 051 14

1. 2 iku of field — donkeys were stationed (there); 2. (at) A-ka-du (the canal-mouth installation); 3. 4 1/4 iku: Nig-NI, the temple administrator; 4. 2 1/4 iku: U-u-ildu; 5. 2 1/4 iku: the chief carpenter (nagar-gal); 6. 1 iku: Ur-ennezu; 7. 1/2 (and) 1/4 iku: Anna.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

JCS 01, 348, 11

Thus (says) Tamtalik: to the equerry (ŠUŠ₃, livestock official) speak: 203 gur of barley, (in the) saggal-measure — Misua; 143 gur of barley — Ida-ilum; Total: 346 gur of barley, (in the) saggal-measure. Tamtalik has received (it).

Daily Life·Economy

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

JCS 15, 080 39

(Beginning broken) 1. [...] ... 2. [...] Lugal-itida, 3. [...]-nin(?), the overseer (nu-banda), 4. ... Lugal-agrigzi, 5. 4 barig: Nin-hegal, 6. 1 ban: Ur-[...], 7. 4 barig: Nin-[...], 8. 1 (gur): Nin-[...], 9. 4 barig: ... [...], 10. 1 (gur): [...], 11. 1 (gur): Sag-[...], 12. Month: "(When) the plough is released" (iti apin-du8-a).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Kress 150

1. 4(?) rams — 2. Lugal-namgusu; 3. 4 (male) kids — Ur-nagar; 4. 1(?) kid — Ur-Inanna; 5. 1(?) kid — Dingir-ta; 6. 2 kids — Lugal-entarsu; 7. 4 sheep ... (two illegible signs); 8. Nita-tur, the shepherd, drove (them) off; 9. 1 sheep — Ur-...; 10. regular(?) sheep (and) kids, 11. Du-du consumed (them); 12. ...(?) 3rd(?) year(?).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

LB 0014

obv. 1. [n]+10 full-grown pigs, 2. 35 piglets, 3. [...] ... ...-a(?) [...], 4. 90 pigs [...], (break) 5. Total: 195(?) pigs — 6. (they are) pigs standing (on hand/allocated).

~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).

~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

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.'

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 020

1 silver ring [hu-la] — its weight: 1/3 mina 1 naš-pāru garment 1 first-quality, fully finished garment — (for the) bala rotation 1 weaver's garment — (for the) bala rotation 1 (vessel of) fine oil — 2 sila; (1) rope 1 (unit of) bitumen — for the house (for / by) Bēlī-il-abā 1 weaver's garment — (for the) bala rotation (for / by) Elīšta-kal lu2-ku (official) [the] gleaming ornament(s) [of / for] the king they brought [it/them]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 021

1 bala-garment, 1 (unit of) bitumen (for) the ox-stall of the house, 1 leather bag — (for) Ḫulium; 1 bala-garment, 1 (unit of) bitumen of the house, 1 leather bag — [U]ṣium; Men of the nig₂-mul (institution), (of) Lagaš, from Zira — they brought [it there]; they received (it). Month: Šesagkalga.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 023

[1] silver ring, spiral, its weight: 1/3 (shekel) 1 garment of naspārum-type 1 heavy garment, perfectly finished 1 fine garment, ušbar-weave 1 [1-sila3 vessel of] sweet oil [n unit(s) of] bitumen, house-[allotment] [n] gur of barley, (for/at) Agade [...]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 024

1 silver ring, unraveled — its weight: 1/3 shekel. 1 garment of naṣparu-type. 1 garment, second-quality, bala(-type). Enna-num, coppersmith — for the king's statue; [having come with it?] [An-mu?] — garments expended. Month: du6-ku3 (the Sacred Mound).

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 025

[n] garment(s), nāsparu type 2 garments, fine-grade (nig₂-lam₂), second quality 2 garments, šagadu type, second quality 2 garments, šage-dab type 1 (jar of) good oil, 1-sila measure 1 (unit of) bitumen, house-allocation his/her command: [was given to him?]

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 026

10 mana of wool, 1 sila of sesame oil, 1 sila of lard, 1 [unit of] bitumen — house ration: Al-la, the steward of the household. 1 sila of sesame oil: Puzur-Enlil, the barley commissioner, gave [it] to him. Oil: disbursed. Month: mu-tir.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 027

10 minas of wool; 1 sila of sesame oil [and] garlic; 1 (unit) of bitumen — house ration. Ur-Gibil, the gardener, [...] small, small [...]; [came] to him; [he] gave to him. The oil is the expenditure. Lugal-amu. Month: mu-tir.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 029

2 bar-dul5-cloaks — weaver; 2 sila of pig fat: Lu-ane, the nu-eš (cultic functionary), Ursu, the cupbearer — their commissioner. 2 bar-dul5-cloaks — weaver; [X] bar-dul5-cloak(s) — šabra (estate manager). Sealed account — to Amur-um he gave [it] to him. Month: Šuba-nun. It is a garment disbursement.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 031

3 sila of oil; 1 garment — Naspāru; 2 sila of oil; 15 leather gu-tum items; [x x — illegible]; 1 sila of oil (signs damaged); chariot of Da-da; ½ sila of oil; Du-du; Pīrāum — oil expenditure: this is its designation.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 032

[n (units of)] sweet oil [from Aga]de — 1 [vessel?] from the storehouse — Da-kum, brother of Ur-Marada, was given to him. Oil expenditure. [Month:] [barley-har]vest.

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

Lippmann Coll 033

[n sila3 of] fine oil; [n sila3 of] garlic — Gu-zi, the uz-ga official; 1 sila3 of pig fat — Da-[di], steward of the [temple]; [...] for/to [...]; [came / was brought ...], [...] (it) was given to him.

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