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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2145add / CDLI Seals 000552 (CDLI Seals 000552 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Šulpae, the scribe, child of Ur-Haya, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2146add / CDLI Seals 000441 (CDLI Seals 000441 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: Ur-Eana, the envoy, child of Luduga, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2147add / CDLI Seals 006099 (CDLI Seals 006099 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Urmeme, the gardener of Enlil, child of Niĝ-dugani, the gardener of Enlil, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2148add / CDLI Seals 006003 (CDLI Seals 006003 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-meme, child of Niĝ-dugani,the gardener of Enlil, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2149add / CDLI Seals 000473 (CDLI Seals 000473 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-meme, child of ..., ..., is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2150add / CDLI Seals 003683 (CDLI Seals 003683 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the beloved of Enlil, the king whom Enlil chose with the love of his heart: Urĝu, the chief soldier, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2152add / CDLI Seals 000525 (CDLI Seals 000525 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim: Ur-šuzid-anka, child of Ur-Bau, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2153add / CDLI Seals 000529 (CDLI Seals 000529 (composite))

(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man: Ušĝu, the scribe, child of Ur-šugalama, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2154add / CDLI Seals 000466 (CDLI Seals 000466 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-kugnuna, child of Lu-Ninĝirsu, the animal-fattener, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2155add / CDLI Seals 006057 (CDLI Seals 006057 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Šulpae, child of Nanna-maba, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2156add / CDLI Seals 005695 (CDLI Seals 005695 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Urkugnuna, child of Lu-Ninŋirsu, the shepherd of the nakabtum, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2157add / CDLI Seals 006047 (CDLI Seals 006047 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-kugnuna, the envoy, child of Aradani, the judge, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2159add / CDLI Seals 000574 (CDLI Seals 000574 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: ..., child of Urniŋar, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2160add / CDLI Seals 000316 (CDLI Seals 000316 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented this (seal) to Nur-Adad, the cup-bearer, his servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2161add / CDLI Seals 005694 (CDLI Seals 005694 (composite))

(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim: ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2162add / CDLI Seals 005105 (CDLI Seals 005105 (composite))

(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Šu-Iškur, child of ..., the captain, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2163add / CDLI Seals 004156 (CDLI Seals 004156 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: Šu-ili, the envoy, child of Ur-Ninmug, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2164add / CDLI Seals 006072 (CDLI Seals 006072 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ahu-ṭab, child of Nur-Suen, the courier, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2166add / CDLI Seals 005998 (CDLI Seals 005998 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the king of the world, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Beli-arik, the cup-bearer, governor of Susa: Šu-Suen-dan is his child.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2167add / CDLI Seals 006013 (CDLI Seals 006013 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: ..., the scribe, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2168add / CDLI Seals 000034 (CDLI Seals 000034 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ayakala, the governor of Umma, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2169add / CDLI Seals 006488 (CDLI Seals 006488 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Turam-Dagan, the barber, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2170add / CDLI Seals 006035 (CDLI Seals 006035 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, Simat-Ištaran, his beloved sister: Adad-tillati, child of Abiya, is your servant. (ii 6) Scribe.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2171add / CDLI Seals 006492 (CDLI Seals 006492 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Waqartum is his sister.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2172add / CDLI Seals 006502 (CDLI Seals 006502 (physical))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Gudea, the envoy, child of Gududu, the royal envoy, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 22

(1) Certified (to be) 5 mana. (2) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 23

(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 24

(1') ..., the king whom Enlil chose with the love of his heart, the powerful king, king of Urim.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 25

(1) Šu-Suen, the beloved of Enlil, the king whom Enlil ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 26

(i 1') For ..., his master, Šu-Suen, the beloved of Enlil, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 27

A fragmentary royal inscription of Šu-Suen attesting the standard Ur III ideological formula linking kingship to Enlil's personal favour — evidence of how the dynasty legitimised rule through divine election language.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 28

(1) Kubatum, the beloved consort of Šu-Suen.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 29

(1) Ti'amat-bašti, the beloved consort of Šu-Suen, king of Urim.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 30 / CDLI Seals 004052 (CDLI Seals 004052 (composite))

(1) ..., daughter of the king, the chief consort of Šu-Suen: Kura-aĝal, the courier, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 31 / CDLI Seals 004048 (CDLI Seals 004048 (composite))

(1) Šat-Erra, daughter of the king: Ummi-ṭabat is her female servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 32 / CDLI Seals 000542 (CDLI Seals 000542 (composite))

(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters presented this (seal) to Babati, the archivist, the royal comptroller, the military governor of Maškan-šarrum, the governor of Awal, the administrator of ..., the canal inspector of the irrigated lands, ... Belat-suḫnir and Belat-terraban, the brother of Abi-simti, his beloved mother, his servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 33

(1) Šu-Suen, the beloved of Enlil, the king whom Enlil chose with the love of his heart, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters: Babati, the scribe, the comptroller, the archivist, the steward of the king, the governor of Awal and Apiak, the canal inspector of the irrigated lands, the administrator of the two ladies, the temple administrator of Belat-terraban and Belat-suḫnir, the brother of Abi-simti, his beloved spouse, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 35add

(1) Šu-Suen, the beloved of Enlil, the king whom Enlil chose with the love of his heart, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented this (bowl) to Abi-simti, his beloved mother.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 01

(1) For Enki, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built his temple.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 02

(1) For Ninnisig, the butcher of the E-kur, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built his temple.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 03

Dedicatory inscription recording Šulgi's construction of the E-ḫursaĝ palace-temple at Ur, attesting royal building patronage as a mechanism of divine legitimacy in the Ur III state.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 04

(1) For Nimintaba, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built her temple.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 05

(1) For Ninurima, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built her temple in Karzida.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 06

Attests Šulgi's building works at the E-ana temple complex in Uruk, linking his patronage of Inana's cult to his claim over the dual title 'king of Sumer and Akkad.'

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 07

(1) For Ninsiana, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built her temple.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 08

(1) For Ninšubur of Unug, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 09

Attests Šulgi's construction of the E-šeššeše-ĝara for Nanše at Lagash, placing royal temple-building patronage at the intersection of Ur III statecraft and the goddess's traditional role as divine judge of social justice.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 10

Dedicates the E-šeššeše-ĝara temple to Nanše, goddess of social justice and boundaries, placing Šulgi's building patronage within the religious infrastructure that legitimised Ur III royal authority.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 100add

Attests Šulgi's patronage of Martu, the Amorite deity, inside a Sumerian royal titulary — evidence that Ur III kings co-opted tribal gods to consolidate legitimacy on their western frontier.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 102add (J.E. Reade -- J. Taylor, Beads of Possible Indus Origin with Sumerian Royal Inscriptions, in D. Frenez et al., eds., Walking with the Unicorn ..., Oxford: Archeopress, 527.)

(i 1) For Bau, the daughter of An, the lady of Iri-kug, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, dedicated this (bead) for his well-being.

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