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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.

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.

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

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

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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.

Adab 0676

Obverse 1. 1 (man): Lu-dingira, 2. servant of the king; 3. 1 (man): Barra-dingir, 4. brother of Mesag; 5. 1 (man): Lugal-entarsu; 6. 1 (man): Iqbi-gi, 7. brother of Beli-laba; 8. [1 (man): ...]-šarrum. Reverse 9. Total: 5 workmen; 10. they are [scr]ibes(?).

Adab 0684

1. 1,525 gur, 1 barig, 3 ban of barley (written 2×600 + 5×60 + 2×10 + 5 gur, 1 barig 3 ban): 2. Enabzu (was) the commissioner. 3. 1,020 less 9 (= 1,011) gur of barley (written 1×600 + 7×60 minus 9 gur): 4. field Zatil, 5. field GAN2-IŠ; 6. Inima (was) the commissioner. 7. [...] 227 gur, 1 barig of barley (written [...] 3×60 + 4×10 + 7 gur, 1 barig). 8. [Grand total]: 431 gur, 1? barig, 3 ban, 5 sila of barley (written 7×60 + 1×10 + 1 gur ...). 9. Grand total: 1 mina 4 shekels, 1/4 (shekel) and 2 1/2 grains of silver, the rent (or interest) of the field. 10. Grand total: 43 sheep; sheep for sil…

Adab 0692

(Lines numbered consecutively for reference; the edition does not mark obverse/reverse.) 1. 20? [nindan ......] 2. nu-[......] 3. 51? [nindan ......] 4. 51 [nindan]: Lu-[......] 5. 51 [nindan]: Ur-sa 6. 50 [......]-gissu 7. 50? [nindan]: [......]-tur 8. Total: 615 rods (nindan) of dike, 9. field of the Great Pig-house. 10. Enannatum; 11. [its] commissioner: 12. Lugal-šaza-[......].

Adab 0693

(Beginning destroyed: three lines lost) [...] [...] [...] household of Gab-[...]; 1 garden: Nar-[...]; 1 garden: Lu-banda; household of Dada; 1 garden: Ur-mes, (at) the Mound of Bilgames; 2 gardens: Nippur; 1 garden: Ur-Ba[...]; [1] [garden]: Pirig-nam; [...] 1 garden: Ur-[...]; Total: [n ...]-sag.

Adab 0695

Obverse 1. 9 (literally 10 minus 1) nisqu 2. 27 (literally 30 minus 3) ša-du 3. foreman: Enlila. 4. 1 ma-šada boat; 5. [1] ma-sag boat, AN x [...] (Break: bottom edge damaged) Reverse 1'. [...] 2'. [...] says: 3'. to Lugalmu 4'. speak! 5'. Let him give (it) to him. (remainder of reverse uninscribed)

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Adab 0696

Obverse 1. 1 (man): Da-akkil; 2. 1 (man): Utu-saga; 3. 1 (man): Ur-Enlila; 4. 1 (man): Girini; 5. foreman: Da-akkil. 6. 1 (man): Idi-Id; 7. 1 (man): Išarrum; 8. 1 (man): Inima; (Bottom edge / Reverse) 9. <1 (man)>: Ur-nigar; 10. foreman: Idi-Id.

Adab 0698

Obverse 1. [2 ban] less 2 sila (and) 5 shekels(?), [barley] (by the) gur: regular allotment(s); 2. barley, the SI (excess?) being present; 3. deficit: 10 gur, 1 barig, 1 ban, 5 sila of emmer. (Remainder of obverse and reverse uninscribed in the photo)

Adab 0717

(The supplied transliteration does not mark obverse/reverse divisions; lines are numbered consecutively as given.) 1. [...] 30(?) gur of barley, (by the) A[gade gur]; 2. x gur, 2 [gur ...] 1 barig 1 ban 6 sila [...] 3. [...] in [Aga]de. 4. [...] ... [...] 5. Total: 91 gur 2 barig 3 ban of barley, (by the) Agade gur. 6. (That of?) Umma(?). 7. [...] gur of barley, (by the) Agade gur, 8. [...] Adab. 9. [Total: ...] 21(?) gur 2(?) barig [n ... of barley, (by the) Agade gur]. 10. [...] 11. Bizaza 12. rec[eived (it)] 13. in Adab. 14. i-[...]

Adab 0718

1. 10 gur of barley: 2. e3 (from?) Nasa-x; 3. 6 (gur): Ašgi-pa'e; 4. 4 shekels of silver, 5. its barley (equivalent): 3 gur: 6. [En]lile, 7. [...]-ni, the cupbearer. 8. Total: 19 gur of barley; 9. Ur-mamu received (it). 10. From this: 11. 16 (gur): E-GAN2-i7 (House of the Canal-Field?), 12. returned (credited back); 13. deficit: [3 gur 2 barig of barley]: 14. Ur-mamu.

Adab 0726

1. 240 gur of barley, (by the) standard (measure): 2. the boat of En-anne; 3. 240 gur of barley: 4. the boat of Inim-ma. 5. Total: 480 gur of barley, [standard (measure)], 6. from Dada, the steward, 7. [......] 8. Nippur [......] 9. he gave (it) to him. 10. Lu-lal, the scribe, 11. drew up the account for him. 12. For Dada, the steward, 13. it has not been cleared.

Adab 0727

1. 15 sila of barley for beer, (measured by) the gur of the regular deliveries, each (day), 2. for 7 days; 3. 37 sila minus 10 shekels of barley for bread, 4. 12 sila of emmer for bread [...], 5. for 5 [days]; 6. 1 barig (60 sila) minus 3 sila of barley for beer, each (day), 7. for 8 days; 8. 30 sila minus 1½ sila of barley for bread, each (day), 9. 6 sila [...], 10. for [n] days. 11. Total: 13(?) gur [n sila ... of barley, (by the) gur]; 12. total: 2 gur minus 1 barig [n sila of emmer, (by the) gur]. 13. Muš-[laḫ] (the snake-charmer?); 14. Im-[...].

Adab 0733

Obverse 1. 3 gur minus 1 barig of barley, (by the) Akkade (gur measure): 2. Namtur. 3. 3 gur minus 1 barig of barley: 4. Ur-[me]. 5. 2 gur 4 barig of barley: 6. Ur-lam. 7. Total: 8 gur 2 barig of barley.

Adab 0745

Obverse 1. 9 gur of barley less 1 (aš@c-unit): 2. Lugal-igi-tab; 3. 8 gur of barley less 3 (aš@c-units): 4. Lugal-geš. Reverse 5. [Barley] threshed by the plowmen, 6. from Bad-Ur-ab, 7. on the instruction of the scribe, 8. was brought in; 9. into the house of Ame 10. it was loaded (stored). 11. Second time.

Adab 0751

Obverse 1. [5 gur of barley], 3 ban, 2. 1 ban: the ferry fee for the boatman; 3. Kusa, the fisherman. 4. 7 gur 2 barig of barley, 4 ban 5 sila, 5. 1 ban 5 sila: the ferry fee for the boat[man]; 6. Zamu. Reverse 7. Total: 1 barig 4 ban of barley. 8. I7-Nin-mudu, 9. nueš of Enlil, 10. received (it). 11. [Deli]very no. 7.

Adab 0752

Obverse 1. Deficit: 7 minas of bread (ninda) 2. Emaḫ (temple); 3. 15 (minas): E-GAN₂-ISZ; 4. [6] (minas): Ašgi; 5. 8 2/3 (minas): Iškur; 6. 3 (minas): Inanna. Reverse 7. Total: 40 minas less 1/3 (mina) of bread (ninda); 8. it is a deficit.

Adab 0753

1. 2 ban: Lugal-abba-iri(?); 2. 1 ban: Lu-ašgi; 3. 1 ban: Ur-nigar; 4. 1 ban: Šu-ila [......]; 5. [......] [......]; 6. 1 ban: [Lugal]-ka(?). 7. Select (ones / choice quality). 8. 1 ban 6 sila: the temple administrator (sanga) of Iškur; 9. 1 ban: Malaḫ-me; 10. [......]: Ur-pirig.

Adab 0759

Obverse 1. 38 gur, 3 barig less 2 sila (and) 10 shekels of [barley], regular offerings (sa2-du11); 2. [...] 2 gur 1 barig of emmer; 3. [...] a(?) Reverse 4. Month: Akiti.

Adab 0760

1. 1? (portion of) bread, [...] 2. 2 (measures of) fish, [...] 3. 2 (measures of) [...] beer: 4. (for) the temple administrator of Ašgi. 5. 1? (portion of) bread, 3 (measures of) bran, 6. 4? split fish, 7. x bundle(s) of vegetables, 8. 2 (measures of) beer: 9. (for) the chief cupbearer. 10. Delivery.

Adab 0772

1. 2 (units): x x-tar-x 2. 2 (units): Lugal-iti[da] 3. 2 (units): Ur-[niluda?] 4. 2 (units): Akkadi 5. 11 (units): Lugal-igi 6. [...] 2, field(s) 7. Ur-Ištaran.

Adab 0773

Obverse 1. 5 gur of barley: 2. Šulgi; 3. 8 gur of barley: 4. the son of Beli-gu; 5. 5 (gur) 1 barig: Ug-IL₂; 6. 7 (gur) 1 barig 1 ban: Ur-e; Reverse 7. the son(s) of Beli-gu 8. received (it).

Adab 0776

Obverse 1. 17 gur 2 barig of barley, by the sag-gal₂ [gur] measure: 2. Ur-sag; 3. field of the surveyor (lit. 'man of the measuring rope'). 4. 10 gur 1 barig 3 ban of barley: 5. field of the sukkal, leased (apin-la₂). 6. 20 [gur] of barley …

Adab 0793

Obverse 1. 10 gur 1 barig 2. 2 ban of barley: hire (for) the boatman. 3. Ur-dingir-tur; 4. [...] the household slave-woman [...]; 5. (at) the Nin[-mudu] canal. Reverse 6. Enlila, the nu-eš priest, 7. received (it).

Adab 0799

Obverse 1. 3 ban minus 1 sila: sag(?) [x] 2. Lu-dingira; 3. 3(?) ban: Lu-dingira; 4. 1 ban minus 1 sila: Nanna-[...]-zu; 5. 2 ban minus 1 sila: Ur-ME; 6. sag(?) [x]

Adab 0800 + 1011

Obverse 1. [1 gur ...] of groats (nig2-ar3-ra), (measured by the) standard gur; 2. Ga'eš. 3. 1 gur 2 barig: Ur-Ninsun; 4. 1 gur 2 barig: Lugal-keš; 5. 1 gur [2 barig]: Ur-Ištaran; 6. [1 gur] 2 barig: Di-Utu; 7. [......]: Šuna; 8. [......]: Lugal-hili; 9. [......]: Lu-Lilla; 10. [......]: Edinbiše; 11. [......]: Sipa-anne; 12. [......]: Šeš-saga; 13. [......]: E-tum(?); 14. [......] ...; 15. from [......]

Adab 0806

1. 4 gur [3 ban] of barley, (by the) gur of Akkade: 2. barley rations of the servants of the king 3. and the servants of the house of [...]-x. 4. [...] barley, gur; 5. king(?) ... Ur[...] [...] 6. 2 barig [n ...] 7. x-dada. 8. Issued (by/to) Bizaza.

Adab 0815

Obverse 1. 1 female slave — 15 shekels of silver; 2. An-tum. 3. For 10 shekels of silver, 4. Al-kalla — 5. by the name of the king 6. the wood (pestle) was passed over to him. 7. Gissu (was) its commissioner. 8. 1 shekel of silver (and) bronze 9. was weighed out to him. Reverse 10. 1 Ur-nigar, 11. the merchant; 12. 1 Nin-maše; 13. 1 Nin-nam: 14. they are its witnesses.

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Adab 0821

Obverse 1. 30 gur-maḫ of barley: 2. it has been loaded into the boat. 3. 20 (gur): Meme; 4. 20 (gur): Aya; 5. 2 (gur) 2 barig: Enšu; 6. 5 (gur): barley rations of the female workers (slave women); 7. 2 barig: Lu-Unu; 8. KU ... Kugsig (the gold(smith)?). Reverse 9. Total: 1 šu-ši 20 minus 2 (= 78) gur-maḫ of barley, 10. barley expended from the treasury storehouse (granary).

Adab 0825

Obverse 1. Merchant. 2. 2 gur 2 barig of barley, 1 ban 5 sila; 3. 5 sila: hire of the boatman (ferry/boat fee); 4. Ur-mes, the su-da-um; (Reverse) 5. (at) the Nin-mudu canal; 6. Enlila, the nu-eš priest, 7. received (it).

Adab 0826

Obverse 1. 2 barig: the ensi-gal (chief governor?) 2. 2 barig: the chief boatman 3. 2 barig: the chief smith 4. 2 barig: Ur-kal, the smith (Bottom edge) 5. 1 barig (variant notation): En-šu, the barber Reverse 6. [1 barig]: Diku, the donkey herder 7. 2 barig: Kaš-da-tuš-a 8. 2 barig: Igi-du 9. 2 barig: Su-si

Adab 0828

Obverse 1. 5 gur 3 ban of barley, 2. 1 ban (as) fee (addir), 3. Lu-sa, the plowman; 4. 2 gur 2 barig 1 ban 5 sila of barley, 5. 5 sila (as) fee (addir), 6. Bara-nam, the nueš. Reverse 7. Total: 1 barig of barley. 8. I₇-Nin-mudu 9. (and/of) Enlila, the nueš, 10. received (it).