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~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 191

[...] 1(N58).BAD (a title) EN of IB [...] Linen envoy (GADA-SUKKAL) Chief (official) of cream (GAL-GARA2) Textile (official) of cream (TUG2-GARA2) [...] Chief (official) of the GIŠGAL Chief (official) of the ZATU737×DI Temple administrator (SANGA) of the ZATU737×X Temple administrator (SANGA) of the ZATU737×X ZATU725(?) Spouse (DAM)(?)

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~2800 BCE

·Early Dynastic

Our engine

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 034

1 NAM2-official [...] 1 chief of the pigs 1 NAM2-official of the plow 1 chief [...] 1 chief of the SZAB 1 PA, NAM2-official [...] 1 AB-[...] 1 chief [...]

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MS 1952/37

(obverse, single column; sign-groups without numerals — an archaic text of uncertain genre, rendered sign by sign) 1. Fish ... TU ("born"?) 2. NAM2 NAM2 (a doubled title/category sign) 3. NAM2(?) — dagger (GIR2) 4. Delivered(?) (DU) — AN — water (A) 5. Yoke(?) (ŠUDUN) — RI 6. Yoke(?) (ŠUDUN) — dagger (GIR2) 7. ... — water (A) — NI 8. Fire(?) (NE) — day (U4) — RA 9. NI — RA 10. ŠE3 — BU 11. Day (U4) — builder/mason (ŠIDIM) — foot(?) (GIR3, damaged) 12. To carry(?) (IL) — left(-hand)(?) (GUB3) — ... 13. ... — (an archaic sign of unidentified value) — dog(?) (UR) — NI — to sit(?) (DUR2) 14. Mixed…

Religion & MythDaily Life

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 010

(Beginning destroyed) 1. [...] nanny-goat ... 2. [...] has no place(?) 3. [...] ... place ... has no ... 4. [...] the pig(?) [...] has no ... 5. [... ...] ... 6. no cream(?) 7. no ... 8. no fish roe 9. ... [...] 10. ... [...] 11. ... [... ...]

Religion & MythDaily Life

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 32, 002

Incantation formula: [… snake?] of the night, the Abzu […] Venom comes forth — its substance is apportioned in the mouth. The mouth, its inner chamber, is made to attain (its aim). The snake coils; the great serpent (ušumgal) coils. The speckled field … (two unread compound signs) … [ … ] … … … The snake stretches out its mouth against me; with their tongues they fill me with fine threads. The snake, its mouth outstretched, … (unread) … let it not … (Colophon) The temple administrator (sanga) Ur-gibil, the scribe, [wrote (this)].

Religion & Myth

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 028

1 (person): Ur-Ninmug; 1 (person): Ur-šerda — Adab: they are resident (there). He-su-be'a, Ašlum, Iritum — they are the ...-men (šu-x-DU-NI-meš).

Daily LifeEconomy

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

SF 002

(obverse, column preserved at left; right half of the surface uninscribed) Sud(?)-kura-diri — "[The goddess] Sud(?)/the blessing surpasses the mountain-land" Elum-[an?]-dul — "The Honored One is a [protective] shade [(...)]" [...]-še-[...] (line broken) [...] (line lost) Elum-aga-zi — "The Honored One (of) the true crown" E-ša-andul-lal — "The house's interior is a sweet (honeyed) protective shade" Elum-šuda(?) — "The Honored One of blessing/prayer" Nin-AB-anzu — "The Lady ... Anzu(-bird)" (reverse uninscribed)

Writing & Literature

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

SF 025

(obverse, single preserved column) [...] ... (traces) Ur-Inanna Kulili Sidu A(?)-...-NE (name written with the compound sign SAG×HA; reading uncertain) Mes-abzu Ur-Nisaba Mes-pa Zulalum(?) Munus-[...] (name broken) Nu-... [...] (name broken) ... (traces; remainder lost)

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 191

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 034

MS 1952/37

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 010

CUSAS 32, 002

CUSAS 35, 028

SF 002

SF 025

ASJ 16, 043-046 Barton Cylinder

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 011

DP 064

DP 285

DP 287

Nik 1, 150

RIME 1.09.04.14, ex. 08

RIME 1.12.06.02, ex. add04

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 05

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 09

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 15

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 04

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 10

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 13

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 34

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 42

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 43

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 44

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 47

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 49

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 53

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 70

RIME 1.15.add036.01, ex. 01

TMH 05, 065

TMH 05, 141

TMH 05, 172