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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 135

[Bread — allotted]/[x measure, opened(?)]: 20 (units). 3 ban2 emmer (wheat). [x] dabin (barley groats) [...] Ur-sag (recipient). Its responsible official (maszkim-bi). 2 barig, 4 ban2 dabin (barley groats). Lugal-ša. Man of Unug. He received (it) (šu ba-ti). Šeš-lu-du10, the cupbearer (sagi). Its responsible official (maszkim-bi). 8 (total, complex numeral sign |ASZxDISZ@t|).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 136

1 ban dabin-flour (fine flour) — allotted; 30 (units) released/measured out (ba-an-ne2 ... du8-am6). Ur-ninsaga — its commissioner (maškim) is (named, but not further specified here). 2 ban dabin-flour — allotted; 30 (units) released/measured out (ba-an-ne2 ... du8-am6). [...] Ur-nin-[PA] (name broken) — 1 ban dabin-flour [...] (break) 3 ban dabin-flour, (from) the storehouse (é-níg-gur11-ra), from the house — the cook brought (it) (ba-de6).

Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 137

[x] gur-saggal (measure) of dabin-flour: Ur-ku3, (and) Su-si — they received (it) (šu ba-ti). 1 ban2 (measure): Me-[an]-ne2-si, the fuller (tug2-du8) — he received (it) (šu ba-ti). 3 ban2 of dabin-flour: the aga3-us2 (gendarmes/soldiers), in the palace (e2-gal-la), ate/consumed (i3-gu7) (it). Total: 9.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 138

1 gur-saggal (and) 4 ban2 — salt, by gu2-weight, (in) gur-saggal (measure). Goods/property of [...] 1 [...] [...] [...] [...] from/with beer [...] Lugal-[...]-na [...] [...] [...] place (ki) [...] it was received/delivered (i3-kux/DU). It was returned (e-ma-gi4). It was left/deposited at the place (ki-a mu-da-tak4): 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 139

5 (gur) 1 barig pure onions/garlic, the large gur-measure (gur-saggal), from the delivery-place, the field of Abu'uka, Enigal, the manager, had it dug out (harvested); U2-U2, the foreman, delivered it to him. 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 142

1. 1 gur, 1 barig of ground malt/groats — fine beer. 2. 1 gur, 1 barig of oven-bread (hot bread). 3. Its exchanged barley: 1 barig, 4 ban2. 4. The 1st (installment) was delivered. 5. 3 barig of ground malt/groats — fine beer. 6. 1 barig of oven-bread. 7. Its exchanged barley: 4 ban2. 8. The 2nd (installment) was delivered. 9. 3 barig of ground malt/groats — fine beer. 10. 1 barig, 2 ban2 of oven-bread. 11. Its exchanged barley: 2 ban2. 12. The 3rd (installment) was delivered. 13. 4 ban2 of ground malt/groats — fine beer.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 150

1 sheep, bar-nigin2 (portion/category) — (for) Ningirsu. 1 sheep, bar-nigin2 — (for) Baba. At the malt-eating festival of Ningirsu: Sasage — allotted (it) (lit. "struck the wood"). Sheep consumed. Ur-du6, the chief herdsman (šuš3) — total: 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 159

12 male sheep, (as a) maš-da-re-a offering — it belongs to (i.e., is destined for) the ki-a-nag (the libation-place, the offering-place for the dead). Ur-sag, the shepherd — (to him) Lugalanda, ruler (ensi2) of Lagash, set (it) at the full measure (za3 bi2-šu4), (and) gave (it) to him. 1 (docket/count notation).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 167

1 sheep — mašdaria-offering. [...] [wife of ...] Baranamtara. Month: "Festival of Baba." To the Women's Household it was delivered. Enku, the fattener, brought (it); 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 168

[...] ... (broken) [maš-da]-re-a ("mašdaria"-offering): [Nin]-bur, wife of the rope-stretcher (surveyor), (for) Bara-namtara. Month: "Sheep-shearing" (iti ga₂-udu-ur₄-ra). Was delivered to her. En-ku₃, the fattener — carried (it): 2 (head).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 171

3 ewes, 2 female li-lambs, 6 male li-lambs, 2(?) kids, (under) Ur-igi, the overseer; month: "Festival of Barley-eating"; (of) Ningirsu, (at) Ka-sura (the gate); Ur-nigar, to the shepherd, he gave (them). 6 (total, in the sealed-count notation)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 172

1 shorn male lamb — mašdaria-offering, portioned out (hal-hal), (for) the wife of Enigal, the overseer: Bara-[namtar]a. Month: "Festival of malt-eating." Lugal-urukaka — into the women's household it was delivered to her. Enku, the fattener, carried (it) off: 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 177

660 ewes — excluding the lambs; 24 oxen — excluding the cows; 16 donkeys. Its total (gu2-bi). Na-e-a, Lugal-mu, by his word/statement (du11-ga-na). The scribe repeated (verified/reissued) (it) (mu-gi4-a). ba-ra (obscure). Sealed: 4 (he2-su 4).

Daily Life·Economy

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 178

1 kid (goat) — Lugal-ki. 1 kid (goat) — En-udana. Month: “Festival of Baba.” Delivered/for(?) Ur-igi-ama, the overseer, (of) the house of the man of the measuring-rope (the surveyor's house). Returned/restored into hand. Ur-nigar. Disbursed: 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 180

[...] the enku-official, the second (entry/follow-up) 1 kid (goat): Ur-pasira. [...] the enku-official [...] Ur-Ebabbar, month: "Festival of Malt-Eating," of Ningirsu — gave/delivered [...] Ur-[igi-ama-she], [the overseer], set (it) to the total. Ur-nigar. Disbursed: 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 187

10 large goats, goats that came out from the field — it is the field 'Erected-Standard' (GAN2-uri3-ru2-a) — (under) En-ig-gal, the overseer: in the month of the festival of [Lisina], the boundary/term was reached (completed). Ur-gešbar'e, the goat-herder, was given (them) / it was disbursed. Goats, the property of Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 190

3 nanny-goats — (reported) lost, (which) turned up: it concerns the sheep(-flock). Inspection of the sheep(-flock): Munina-game(?), the fattener — for him, En-iggal, the overseer, set the boundary (i.e. settled/verified the account); it was returned into his hand. (Under the authority of) Baranamtarra, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 200

1 mule-foal (dur3-kunga2), a broken-in donkey (ansze dun-a) — (belonging to) Girnun, the courier (gab2-kas4). After the inspection (egir4 gurum2-ma-ta), (by/to) Inimanizi, the plowman (sag-apin), it was placed/assigned (ba-gar). (Under) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler (ensi2) of Lagash: year 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 201

1 (unit): 1 female donkey (eme₃) of the szagan-class (herd) Ur-dumuzi, the herder of the nanny-goats (ud₅) — the outstanding/deficit goats (ud₅ la₂-a) he brought to [...]. En-iggal, the overseer, set the boundary (i.e., settled/confirmed the account). To En-ku, the herder of the szagan(-donkeys), he gave (it). [Bara-namtara], wife of Lugalanda, ruler (ensi₂) of Lagash [...].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 202

2 female donkeys (jennies), Šulgi-type — Lugalanda, ruler of Lagaš, to Geme-Nanše allotted (gave). Month: 'Festival of the king of Urub.' En-iggal, the overseer, took (them) in charge (placed at the boundary/in his keeping). En-ku, herdsman of šaganx-donkeys, was given: 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 205

Basket-of-tablets: donkeys, šaganₓ(AMA)-class, inspected (gurum₂) and counted (šid-da); donkey foals (dumu-dumu-ne), being present (e-da-gal₂, i.e. included in the count). (Archive of) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler (ensi₂) of Lagaš. 6 (tablets).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 209

1 ox — a young, thin calf — (as) mašdaria-offering (of): Ur-šugalama, the chief cupbearer (sagi-mah), for Baranamtara, daughter of Ituda, he delivered. Month: "Festival of Baba." Eniggal, the overseer (nubanda), verified (it) at the boundary (za3 bi2-šu4). Ur-dumuzi, herdsman of the reared calves — it was placed (in his charge). 4.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 210

18 large oxen — broken-in/trained oxen. Ur-Enki is the chief plowman (sag-apin). After the inspection, (oxen) verified as accounted for ("having heads") were yoked. Oxen of the (private) herd — (of) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, governor of Lagash. 1 (unit/entry) — Broad tablet: not to be extracted (elsewhere).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 215

Basket-of-tablets: Cows, inspected (and) counted (records), (of) Baranamtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash; cows, inspected (and) counted (records), of the children (young stock); present/on hand: 6.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 217

[...] was brought/delivered to him. Month: festival of Baba. Enigal, the overseer, set/completed the boundary (za3 bi2-šu4, i.e. closed out the account). For Ur-igi-ama, the herdsman of donkeys, it was allotted (ba-gar): 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 218

1(aš) female ... (gir), a thin/young calf (amar sig) — Utu-lu-saga, son of Ga'eš, to the ensi2 (ruler) brought (delivered it). Month: "Festival of Malt-Eating" of Ningirsu. The ensi2 [gave] Geme-[Tarsir]sira, daughter of Enaba, into marriage, to the cowherd (unu3) she was given/brought. 2(|AŠxDIŠ@t|)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 219

1 female gir-animal, 2 years old, mashdaria-offering, (under) the sanga (temple administrator) of the E-babbar temple — month: "Festival of Baba." Sasage, A-en-ra-gub, son of E-naba, Uu, Igizi — with the cowherd(s), he/they brought (it); 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 221

2 sheep hides, 1 kid-goat hide — from E(-ta), (via) the cook (and) the overseer, (for) the new house. He returned (it) into his/its hand. To be placed/set at the irrigated field — Šulbi received (it). Total: 7.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 222

58 sheep hides, 2 hides of full-grown goats, sheep hides — from festival consumption, Ur-Ninpirig, the tanner, month: "Amar-ayasigeda", received. 3

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 224

54 sheep hides, 4 nanny-goat hides, 8 kid-goat hides — of regular/standard quality (šà-du10) — (from/for) Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nu-banda3). Month: "Wool-rations" (iti siki-ba-ka). To Šul-binum it was counted out (delivered) — e-na-šid. 2 (tally notation: |ASZxDISZ@t|)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 225

4 hides of sheep, 3 hides of lambs, 1 hide of a kid — the regular (delivery), from the cook(s) of the New House; month: "Festival of Barley-Eating," (festival) of Nanše; the overseer returned (it) into his hand; in the field, [to be placed/deposited], [Šulbi] [received].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 226

4 hides of ewe, 2 hides of male sheep (ram): Ur-gešₓ. 5 hides of ewe, 4 hides of male (sheep): Lugal-anda. Month: "ud5-de3-gu3-ra-a-a" ("the nanny-goats bleat"), house of Lu-inimdu(a). To Ur-igiama, the overseer (nu-banda3): returned/repaid (šu-a bi2-gi4).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 227

4 sheep hides, 2 goat hides, 7 lamb hides, hides — from the storehouse (e-ta), returned/accounted for (šu-a gi4-a). Ur-igi, the overseer (nu-banda3), from the house of Namdumu (e2 nam-dumu-ta). Month: 'lu2 unu-ga' ("the man of Unug"), the 3rd (day/instance), having gone (gen-na-a), Šul-bi2 gave (it) to him. 6 (total, in the special ASZxDISZ notation).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 228

10 hides of sheep, 3 hides of goat-kids, month: "Shearing of the (sheep-)fold" (iti ga₂-udu-ur₄-ka), Ur-Nin-pirig, the leatherworker — to Ur-igi-ama, the overseer, he gave (them). 3.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 229

23 hides of large sheep, 3 hides of male sheep, to be placed in the (irrigated) field — month: “wool-distribution”; Šulbi received (them). 6 (numeral notation).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 231

4 sheep-hides — for Ur-igi-ama, the overseer. 1 1/2 (shekels?) silver — for [......], for Lugal-menx, the brewer. Month: "Inspection-of-sheep." He gave to him: 4 [units].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 232

8(gešʼu) minus 10 hides of sheep, 1(gešʼu) 20 4 hides of goats/kids, 10 minus 1 hides of large oxen, 8 hides of calves (of oxen) — (for/from) Ur-igi-ama-še, the overseer (nubanda), to [Šul]-bi-num, [the tablet] of transfer(?) — it was placed to his account.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 233

1(600) 5(60) 4(10) hides of sheep [= 940 sheep hides], 2(60) 2(10) 3 hides of kid-goat [= 143 goat hides], the ruler (ensi2), from Iri-ku ("Holy/Silver City"), Ur-igi, the overseer, gave to him (?). [...] ... [...] he performed (the transaction). 6 (notation-sign |ASZxDISZ@t|)

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 238

4 hides of large billy-goats — Ur-Baba, the goat-herdsman — (at) the threshing floor of the field of Ugiga — were returned/restored into (the official's) hand. En-iggal, the overseer: seized/requisitioned goods (nam-dab5-ba), inspected and approved: 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 239

30 (minus) 3 [= 27] hides of large male goats: Ur-Baba. 4 hides of large male goats, 6 hides of "chest" (young/breast) goats: Lugal-inimgina, herdsman of the goats. Month: "Festival of Baba." Returned into hand (i.e., delivered/received back). Hides of grass-fed (pastured) goats — (account of) Bara-namtara, wife of Lugalanda, ruler of Lagash. Year 2.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 240

[x (units of)] wool of nanny-goats — it is Mar's: Ur-Šubur. 1 (unit) wool of nanny-goats — it is Mar's: Namaḫni. 1 (unit) wool of nanny-goats — it is Mar's: Alla. i₃-[...... (broken)] [...... (broken)] overseer. He gave it to him (e-ne-šum₂).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 241

15 hides, hides for du8 (stretching/tanning) — for/of LAK470-ra; 58 hides of a-gar-ka (a hide-type/quality); 75 hides of nanny-goats (and) hides of large billy-goats; 26 hides of fine ("sweet-heart") kid-goats. Month: "Inspection" (iti gurum2-ma-ka). To Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nu-banda3); [Ur]-Ninpirig, the leatherworker (aszgab) — he counted/delivered [...] to him.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 242

9 (lit. 10 less 1) hides, du8 (processed/tanned), old; 7 hides, du8, new; 1 hide, šag3-du3(-type), new. The hides were returned/accounted for (szu-a gi4-a-am6). With Šulbi'inumda — he transferred/exchanged (them) (e-da-bala). 1(N14?) — [numeral/total notation, broken].

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 244

1 hide of a kunga-mule (donkey-hybrid) — Girnunkidu, the courier (gabakasda) — it was not treated/rubbed (na-ba-da-ri). Month: "the sheep-count of Ningirsu." Enniggal, the overseer (nubanda), had it returned into hand (received/re-issued it). A hide of a domestic donkey — was allotted — (to/under) Urukagina, ruler (ensi2) of Lagash(?). Total: 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 246

1 hide of a she-ass (eme3), [Šul-gi(?) type/marking], 2 years old — Enku (recipient). 1 hide of a mother she-ass (munus-ama), [Šul-gi(?) type/marking] — Ur-Namnun. Shepherds under the šagan-official(s). Enigal, the overseer: in the storehouse of Baba, into the grain-pile that had been heaped up, it was returned/restored into hand. Hide of a donkey, u₂-rum(-type) — (for/of) Baba. Uru-KA-gina, ruler of Lagash. Year 1.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 249

2 hides of large oxen, 1 hide of an ox, 3 years old, 2 hides of oxen, 2 years old. Month: "Piling-up-of-the-granary" (iti guru7-dub-da). To Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nu-banda3) — Šul-bira gave (it) to him. 3 (total, in compound notation).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 250

2 hides, cow — for the wife (nam-dam). 4 hides, cow — Mesagnudi. 2 hides, goat (gir); 2 hides, ox — Uršugalama. Total: 10 hides, cow — pastured/grass-fed cow hides. Lugalanda, ruler (ensi2) of Lagash. The cowherds (unu3-de3-ne), at the mouth of the inspection (ka gurum2-ma-ka), have returned (them) into hand. 1 (notation mark).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 255

25 [...] Ur-gešbara(e), 1(?) [...] Lugal-inim-[...], kid(s) [...] [...] [...] [...] with the plowman(s), at the house of the man of the measuring-rope (the surveyor), its inspection was carried out. Urukagina, king, of Lagash. Year 5.

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 258

1 jar of pig fat (lard) — Nin-asu. Month: "Oxen-are-led-forth" (iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-a). To Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nu-banda3), in the house of the man of the surveying-rope (e2 lu2 esz2-gid2-ka-ka) — poured. 1 (jar).

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nik 1, 260

16 sila oil, weighed out (hung); 2 gur-saggal (standard gur) 1 barig 1 ban2 curd (cheese/ga'ar) — for Lu-Nanše. 2 sila oil, 2 barig 1 ban2 curd (cheese) — for Ur-tar, to Ur-igi-ama, the overseer (nubanda). In the house of the man of the measuring-rope (the surveyor), to their joint account it was placed. Month: 'Festival of Barley-Eating', of Nanše. 3.

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