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~2027 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6722

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6722. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ibbi-Suen y2 — Year after: Ibbi-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the translite…

~2026 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 231, Bod S 220

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 231, Bod S 220. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~2026 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 238, Bod S 257

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 238, Bod S 257. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2026 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 238, Bod S 260

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 238, Bod S 260. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2026 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 318

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 318. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2026 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 370

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 370. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2026 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Akkadica 007, pl. 2 4

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 007, pl. 2 4. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2026 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Aleppo 422

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 422. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2026 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Aleppo 486

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 486. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2026 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AnOr 07, 115

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 115. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2025 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Aleppo 487

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 487. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2024 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 021, 1911-170

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 021, 1911-170. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2024 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 182, Bod A 15

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 182, Bod A 15. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2024 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Aleppo 268

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 268. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2024 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AnOr 07, 244

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 244. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y6 — Land of Zabšali destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration…

~2017 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

TLB 05, 10

1 naḫbatum (leather bag/pouch), royal ka-kara4 (leather strap/gear) — sheep hide, ram(?)-hide, its black (portion): 9; its cord/sinew: 5 shekels. 8 shoes (with) hoof-fittings(?), royal ka-kara4, 1 (or) 2 each. Ox hide, its tanning-agent (u2-ḫab2): 5 shekels. Billy-goat hide, its black (portion): 2/3. 3 baskets of gug2-cake (bread); its bitumen: 5 sila. For the offering of the granary. Via Ur-alla and Iddin-Adad, the cook; overseer: Anaḫ-ili. Day [n]. Month: NE-NE-gar. Year: Išbi-Erra, the king, defeated Šimaški and Elam. Copy (gaba-ri).

~2017 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

TLB 05, 11

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — TLB 05, 11. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Išbi-Erra y1 — Išbi-Erra became king based on canonical year-name formula in the trans…

~1984 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 44 08

2 ban₂ 7 sila₃ of bread (made) of dabin-flour, festival provisions for the month Gu'sisu (month II), which are on hand with A-zida; in the month NE-NE-gar (Abu, month V) it is to be delivered. Month: Gu'sisu. Year: Šu-ilišu (is) king. A-zida, son of Ur-nigar.

~1984 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 45 10

6 sila of bread — of/for the AB[…] (temple? household?), food allotment (šuku) of the [...]-people; month: NE.[NE]-gar (Abu), day 11, [...] [...] received(?) [...] Year: Šu-ilišu the king built the wall (called) Rīm-Ištar.

~1984 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

JCS 28, 237 01

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 237 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-iliszu y1 — Šu-iliszu became king based on canonical year-name formula in the t…

~1984 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

TLB 05, 23

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — TLB 05, 23. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-iliszu y1 — Šu-iliszu became king based on canonical year-name formula in the trans…

~1974 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 48 21

4 sila of honeyed flour, [n] sila of dates (in) a burzi-bowl — delivery; from the temple of Enlil [En]um-Suen has received. Month: Še-sag-ku (harvest month). Year: Iddin-Dagan the king — Matum-niatum, his daughter, the king of Anšan married her. Enum-Suen, the scribe.

~1974 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 48 24

4 sheep, cooked (al-še₆), (from/for) Inim-Enlila, [in] Nippur. [De]livery. For ... meat. [...] the house of Gissu(?) [...] [Month:] Apin-du'a (eighth month), [...] day 12. [Year:] "Iddin-Dagan the king elevated the lumaḫ-priest of [the goddess] Nin-Isina."

~1974 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 49 25

7 sheep, cooked (boiled), regular offerings (sá-du₁₁) of Enlil and Ninlil. Delivery, for the meat-house (é-uzu), from the É-gissu; sealed tablet of the šatammu-officials. Month: Gan-gan-è (month IX), day 26, year: Iddin-Dagan the king elevated (installed) the lumaḫ-priest of Nin-Isina.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~1974 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 49 26

9 sheep, cooked; [...] x [...] within Nippur. From (the household of) É-gissu: delivery. Month: gan-gan-e₃ (month IX). Year: Iddin-Dagan the king elevated the lumaḫ-priest of Nin-Isina.

~1974 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 49 27

5 rams, regular offering(s) (for) Enlil and Ninlil, within Nippur; deliv[ery] for the é-uzu ("meat house"); sealed tablet of the šatam-officials. The 9th day (lit. "day ten minus one"), month: Ab-è (month X), year: Iddin-Dagan the king fashioned the great emblem for Nin-Isina.

~1974 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 50 29

6 rams — the 26th day; 3 rams — the 28th day: regular offerings (sattukku) of Enlil and Ninlil, in Nippur; from the E-gissu ("House of the Shade") delivery to the <house> of meat (slaughterhouse). Sealed by the šatammu-officials. Month: Ab-e (10th month, Nippur calendar). Year: Iddin-Dagan, the king, fashioned a great emblem for Ninisina.

Economy·Religion & Myth

~1973 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 48 23

5 sila of ... flour, provision of the king (šuku lugal), delivery (mu-kux) — the house(?) of Enlil. Enum-Suen received (it). Month: Še-sag-ku ("harvest," month XII). Year after (the year) Iddin-Dagan the king fashioned the throne of the Dubla-maḫ ... [...] for him/her. Enum-Suen, the scribe.

~1972 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

ASJ 18, 074 01

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 18, 074 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Iddin-Dagan y3 — Royal daughter married to the governor of Anšan based on canonical year-name fo…

~1972 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BE 03/1, 140

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BE 03/1, 140. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Iddin-Dagan y3 — Royal daughter married to the governor of Anšan based on canonical year-name form…

~1972 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

HS 2256

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HS 2256. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Iddin-Dagan y3 — Royal daughter married to the governor of Anšan based on canonical year-name formula i…

~1972 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

OIP 115, 019

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 019. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Iddin-Dagan y3 — Royal daughter married to the governor of Anšan based on canonical year-name form…

~1972 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

PPAC 4, 226

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 226. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Iddin-Dagan y3 — Royal daughter married to the governor of Anšan based on canonical year-name formu…

~1953 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

JCS 28, 238 02

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 238 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Išme-Dagan y1 — Išme-Dagan became king based on canonical year-name formula in the…

~1953 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 02

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Išme-Dagan y1 — Išme-Dagan became king based on canonical year-name formu…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1953 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 03

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Išme-Dagan y1 — Išme-Dagan became king based on canonical year-name formu…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1953 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 04

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Išme-Dagan y1 — Išme-Dagan became king based on canonical year-name formu…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1953 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 05

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Išme-Dagan y1 — Išme-Dagan became king based on canonical year-name formu…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1953 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 06

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Išme-Dagan y1 — Išme-Dagan became king based on canonical year-name formu…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1953 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 09

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Išme-Dagan y1 — Išme-Dagan became king based on canonical year-name formu…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1953 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 10

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 10. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Išme-Dagan y1 — Išme-Dagan became king based on canonical year-name formu…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 41 02

31 loaves of bread, goods for transport (níg-ki-lah), (for/of) Anamu; available with [...]; [...] (break) Month: "Sowing" (Šu-numuna). Year: "The wall (named) 'Eštar-tāram-Išbi-Erra' ('Ištar-loves-Išbi-Erra') was built." [...]-ane, the perfumer (oil-presser) of Enlil.

~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 42 04

[...] oil [...] ... 3 [...] cow(s)(?) (For) Lu-damu: give (it) to him! (šum-mu-na-ab-[...]) Month: Gusisu (Month II). Year: the nin-dingir priestess of (the god) Lugal-Erra was installed. Seal inscription: Išbi-Erra, mighty king, king of his land — Abuni, the steward, son of Nūr-ilī, (is) your servant.

~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 44 06

3 ban of bread (made of) fine <flour>, 1 barig of oil-bread, (for) the offering of the NE-NE-gar festival; conveyor (giri): Ša-mu(?), the cupbearer; seal of Abuni. Month: NE-NE-gar, Year: "The nin-dingir priestess of (the god) Lugal-Erra was installed." (Seal inscription:) Išbi-Erra, mighty king, king of his land — Abuni, the steward, son of Nur-ili, (is) your servant.

~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 46 13

90 gur of bread. Therefrom: 4 gur of bread (of) flour, 2 barig 5 ban 4 sila of bread [...], from the wages of the day(s) ... [...]; ... 7 sila of bread [...], ... poured out(?) ... house of [...]; 3 ban 8 sila of bread ... (for) the messenger(s); [...] Gud-ili(?); [...] hire/wages(?); [...]-ra; [...] bread ...; delivery. 1 [...] ...(?) Month: Gusisu (2nd month of the Nippur calendar).

~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 46 15

(obverse) 365 (6 sixties 5), 4 [...] 1 oil-bread [...] [...] per garment (tug2-ta), [... two illegible signs] 3 ban (c. 30 liters) of apples(?), ... bread, counted(?), 6 (gur) 9 sila of bread, 1 barig 1 sila (c. 61 liters) of oil-bread, 6 sila of flour each(?), (for/of) Sag-Nanna, (and) Ennum-Suen(?). ... [three illegible signs] [...] Year: [...] (year-name broken)

~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 48 19

1 [...] 12 [...] from ... [...] ... [...] disbursed(?) [...] copy of [...] ... [...] seal of ...-[...] month: [...] [year: ...] Išbi-Erra, king of [his] land. Lu-Nin-[...], scribe [...]

~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 48 20

3 (units of) bread [...] barley rations ... [...] (two signs illegible) additional [...] from Sag-[...] [...] (Break) he [rec]eived. Month: kin-Inanna (VI). Year: the king of Anshan took (in marriage) the daughter of the king [...] (year name of Iddin-Dagan of Isin).

~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

JANES 18, 48 22

4 loaves of shrine bread, as the barley ration for the released female worker(s), were withdrawn (expended) from Inim-Nanna. Sealed tablet of Lu-Ninšubur. Month: "Work of Inanna" (kin-Inanna). Year: "The nin-dingir priestess of Iškur was chosen by means of the omen-kid."

~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

RIME 4.01.04.05, ex. add18

Išme-Dagan, mighty man, king of Isin, king of the four quarters, when he cancelled the tribute-obligation of Nippur, the beloved city of Enlil, and exempted its troops from military service, he built the great wall of Isin. The name of that wall is: "Išme-Dagan is one of great strength through Enlil."

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

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