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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.
EconomyDaily Life
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 referring to numbers of bricks carried by
EconomyDaily Life
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
EconomyDaily Life
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
EconomyDaily Life
AAICAB 1/2, pl. 140, 1971-349
20 (shekels of barley), top-quality rations — Gala-priest of the master-carpenter; 20 (shekels): Ur-e'a, the leather-worker; 20 (shekels): Inim-Utu; 20 (shekels): En-an-ne, [of the] lower [quality / second grade]; (quantity lost): Gala-priest, [of the] lower [quality / second grade]; 20 (shekels): Ad-kup-gal; — the 'non-irrigating man' (canal-work gang); their overseer: the farmer (agricultural official).
Economy
AAICAB 1/3, pl. 245, Bod S 295
2 barig of Akkadian bappir (beer-bread) 2 barig of groats 2 barig of malt 2 barig of flour 2 ban of fine flour (for/by) Mama-hursag Total: 1 gur 3 barig 2 ban of flour — Akkadian 2 ban of fine flour Year 3, month 7
Economy
AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 340
1 barig 3 ban of fine flour from Agade 1 gur 1 barig of lentil/chickpea flour 3 gur of semolina 2 gur [2? ban] of malt flour 2 ban [of ...] x x [AN?] x la [A?] x x x x x x x x x [1 barig?] x x x x 2 [names?], 2 months
Economy
AAS 009
2 jugs of 5-ban beer 2 jugs of 3-ban beer ne-sag surplus Total: 2 barig 4 ban — its barley equivalent 6 years, 8 months
Economy
AAS 012
2 sheep chosen by the heart (= selected) 1 lamb [of/for] the edge (side) of UD-HUB₂ 1 lamb [for/of] Dumuzi 1 lamb [for/of] Lugal-pa-e₃ 1 sheep [for the] cook (muhaldim) 5 lambs [for/of] Ab-zu [1]1 sheep [as] goat(s)? returned/brought back (šu-gi₄-gi₄) Total: 14 sheep, 9 (= 10 minus 1) lambs Expenditure (zi-ga)
Economy
AAS 202
x x [...] 1 [...] Kalla? 1 Me-pa-[x] 1 Ur-[...] 1 Lugal-maškim [1] Lu-[...] [1] Lu-[...] [...] Pa-geš-[...] Their account-inspection has been performed. 7 persons, 5 months.
Economy