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Subartu 02, 147

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Subartu 02, 147. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Subartu 12, 150

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Subartu 12, 150. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

Subartu 12, 169

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Subartu 12, 169. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Subartu 12, 183

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Subartu 12, 183. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Subartu 12, 199

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Subartu 12, 199. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Subartu 12, 206

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Subartu 12, 206. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Subartu 12, 211

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Subartu 12, 211. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Subartu 12, 212

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Subartu 12, 212. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

Disk of Enheduanna

An object naming and depicting a powerful priestess and royal daughter around 2300 BCE. Enheduanna is also a landmark in named literary authorship, but that literary legacy must be distinguished from this disk’s dedication.

Man-ištušu 1

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on its socle. (colophon 2, 1) The inscription on its socle.

Naram-Suen 14

(1) ... installed it in the temple of Enlil. (3) At that time Su’āš-takal, the estate administrator of the king was its leader; Irina-badbi was the temple administrator of Enlil.

Naram-Suen 2001

(1) Narām-Suen, king of Agade, king of the four quarters: Irina-badbi, temple administrator of Enlil, is your servant.

Naram-Suen 2018

(1) To Ningublaga of Asug-ĝišdua, Išṭup-ilum, his estate administrator dedicated this (plaque) for the well-being of Naram-Suen, the god of Akkad, and for the well-being of En-men-ana.

Naram-Suen 2019 / CDLI Seals 001417 (CDLI Seals 001417 (physical))

(1) En-men-ana: Ursi, the doorkeeper, is her servant.

Naram-Suen 2020 / CDLI Seals 005992 (CDLI Seals 005992 (composite))

(1) Naram-Suen, the god of Akkad, En-men-ana, the en-priestess of Nanna, his child: ..., the scribe, is her slave.

Rimuš 03

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription was written at his left side.

Rimuš 18 (Sumerian)

(1) Rimuš, king of the world: Since the dawn of time no one had ever fashioned a tin statue for Enlil, (but now) Rimuš, king of the world fashioned a tin statue of himself and set it up before Enlil. He counted himself among the gods. (20) Whoever obliterates this inscription, may Enlil and Utu uproot him and destroy his lineage! (colophon 1, 1) Inscription of a šahum cauldron. (colophon 2, 1) Inscription ... of Rimuš.

Rimuš 2001

(1') To ..., ..., ... of Šuruppak, chosen by Sud in the heart, whose name was proclaimed by Nin-ĝidru, ... for the well-being of his king, Rimuš, king of the world.

Šar-kali-šarri 4 (Sumerian)

(1) Enlil spoke: He gave all ... to Šar-kali-šarri, the powerful king, cup-bearer of Enlil, king of Akkad, king of Enlil's people. After he had arrived at the source of the Tigris and the Euphrates, he himself dedicated this (object) to Enlil in Nibru. (colophon 1, 1) The number of its (lines) is six.

Sargon 02

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on its socle. It was written in front of Lugalzagesi.

Sargon 03

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue. Its socle is not inscribed.

Sargon 06

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription was written on the socle. (colophon 2, 1) The inscription on the shoulder of Lugalzagesi.

Sargon 07

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue. ....

Sargon 11 (Sumerian)

(1) Šarrukin, king of the world, was victorious in 34 battles. He demolished all city walls as far as the shore of the sea. He moored the ships of Meluhha, Magan, and Dilmun at the quay of Agade. (14) In Tuttul, Šarrukin, the king, prostrated himself before Dagan and prayed to him. (Dagan then) gave him the Upper land, (including) Mari, Yarmuti, and Ebla, as far as the cedar forests and the mountains of precious metal. (29) In the presence of Šarrukin, the king whom Enlil made a man without opponent, 13 (units) of troops eat daily. (38) Whoever obliterates this inscription, may An obliterate h…

Sargon 12

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue.

Sargon 13

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on its socle.

Sargon 15

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue.

Sargon 16

(1) Enheduana, the zirru-priestess, Nanna's spouse, child of Šarrukin, king of the world, erected an altar in the temple of Inana-ZAZA in Urim. She named it “The altar is An's table”.

Sargon 2001

(1') ..., the estate adminstrator of Tašlultum, Šarrukin's spouse, ... for the well-being ....

Sargon 2003 / CDLI Seals 001436 (CDLI Seals 001436 (physical))

(1) En-hedu-ana, child of Šarrukin: Ilum-palil is her hairdresser.

Sargon 2004 / CDLI Seals 001437 (CDLI Seals 001437 (physical))

(1) Adda, steward of En-hedu-ana.

Sargon 2005 / CDLI Seals 012025 (CDLI Seals 012025 (composite))

(1) En-hedu-ana, child of Šarrukin: ... is her servant.

Sargon 2006add

(1) To Šara of the E-mah, Egal-isi, the temple administrator of Zabalam, dedicated this (object) for the well-being of Šarrukin, king of Agade.

Sargon 2007add

(1) To Šara of the Abzu-banda, Egal-isi, the temple administrator of Zabalam, dedicated this (object) for the well-being of Šarrukin, king of Agade.

Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.

Cuneiform Akkadian clay tablet 1

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Small clay tablet with cuneiform writing on both sides (in Akkadian language), from Early Old Babylonian period. It displays an account of labor, specifically refe…

Cuneiform tablet- account text concerning bitumen, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 134

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Akkadian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Cuneiform tablet- house sale contract, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 204

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Akkadian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Epic of Gilgamesh Flood Tablet in Akkadian Cuneiform - Nate Loper (43494374962)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia, regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature and the second oldest religious text, after…

Religion & Myth

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 140, 1971-349

Obverse 1. 20 gur of barley, (by the) great (gur measure), 2. Gala, the chief carpenter; 3. 20 (gur): Ur-e, the leatherworker; 4. 20 (gur): Inim-Utu; 5. 20 (gur): En-anne, the SIG₁₅@v; 6. (no amount entered): Gala, the SIG₁₅@v; 7. 20 (gur): the chief reed-worker. 8. They are men who did not come. 9. The plowman is its commissioner.

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 245, Bod S 295

2 barig of beer-bread (by the measure of) Agade, 2 barig of groats, 2 barig of malt, 2 barig of flour, 2 ban of fine flour: Mama-hursag. Total: 1 gur 3 barig 2 ban of flour, (by the) gur of Agade; 2 ban of fine flour (included). Year 3, month 7.

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 340

1 barig 3 ban fine flour, (by the measure of) Agade; 1 gur 1 barig zi-gu flour; 3 gur dabin flour; 2 gur 3(?) ban barley (for) malt flour; 2 ban ...... AN(?) ... la; ...... ......; ......; 1(?) barig ......; 2 years, 2 months.

AAS 009

2 jars of 5 ban of beer, 2 jars of 3 ban of beer: extra nesag-offering. Total: 2 barig 4 ban, its barley. Year 6, month 8.

AAS 012

2 sheep: Šage-pada; 1 lamb: the side (of) UD.HUB2; 1 lamb: Dumuzi; 1 lamb: Lugal-pa'e; 1 sheep: the cook; 5 lambs: the Abzu; [1]1 sheep; goat?, returned. Total: 14 sheep, 10 minus 1 (= 9) lambs: expended.

AAS 202

Obverse 1. [......] [......] 2. 1 [......]-kalla(?) 3. 1 Mepa(?)-[x] 4. 1 Ur-[......] 5. 1 Lugal-maškim 6. [1] Lu-[......] 7. [1] Lu-[......] 8. [......] Pa-geš-[......] 9. Its inspection was carried out. 10. 7 years, 5 months.

AAS 203

(No obverse/reverse markers are given in the transliteration; lines are numbered in sequence.) 1. 2 iku 30 sar (of field), barley: 2. [......], son of Adda. 3. [(...)] 2 sar, barley, aš-e (meaning unclear). 4. [n] iku [......] barley: 5. Adda-iri. 6. 2 iku (of field), barley: Di-sudde, the cook. 7. 5 + [n] iku (of field), barley: 8. Ur-Nin-kituš-gub, the envoy. 9. 2 iku, field of Ediri, its GEŠ-UD, barley: 10. Ur-Inanna. 11. Standing at the nesag (first fruits?). 12. Field of Ediri, DAG-gub₃.

Adab 0660

(Beginning of each line broken) 1. [...] courtyard, ŠU(?) [...] 2. [...] Šeš-šeš 3. [1(?)] chief lamentation priest, [...] 4. [...] chief boatman 5. [...] Sag-ad-gal 6. [...] envoy of E-duga 7. [...] envoy, [...] 8. 1 <gur>: E-pa'e 9. and Ur-Ašgi, 10. they are gardeners; 11. 1: Ur-GAN-IŠ 12. and Lugal-KA; 13. 1: Subira.

Adab 0663

Obverse 1. 10 workmen [......] 2. their barley: 2 gur (by the) Agade (measure) [...] 3. their oil: 5 sila 4. their hire: 10 shekels of silver 5. it is (for) 1 month 6. from Adab. Reverse 7. Total: 1/2 [mina, n shekels of silver] 8. Total: 7 gur of barley (by the) Agade (measure) 9. Total: 2 ban of oil 10. Outstanding: GISSU 11. house? [......]

Adab 0666

Obverse 1. 1 KU si-sa2 ni-na, 2. its weight: 50 minus 2 shekels (= 48 shekels); 3. 1 KU si-sa2 ni-na, 4. its weight: 1/3 (mina) [16 shekels]; 5. 1 SAG×U ni-na, 6. its weight: 1/2 mina. Reverse 7. Total: 2 minas minus 6 shekels of ni-na. 8. Dugani, 9. the merchant: 10. delivery.

Adab 0669

1. 2 gur less 7 sila of barley, 2. 1 gur 2 ban 5 sila of emmer: 3. Ur-Iškur. 4. 10 gur of barley: 5. Mesag. 6. [......] 7. [......] x [......] 8. 4 gur ... [of] barley, 9. 3 [......] gur of emmer. 10. He counted (it) at one (time). 11. 50 gur 3 barig [......] gur: 12. the brewery of the governor. 13. 9 gur [......]: the kitchen of the governor. 14. [Total: x +] 2 gur 2 barig 2 sila of barley.