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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 39 (and Šulgi 45)

Attests Šulgi's full royal titulature — 'king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad' — the ideological formula by which the Ur III dynasty claimed sovereignty over the entire known civilised world.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 40

One of the royal inscriptions of Šulgi — the Ur III king who standardized weights, measures, and law — attesting his titulary as 'king of Urim' across multiple manuscript witnesses.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 41

One of the composite royal inscriptions of Šulgi of Ur III, attesting the titulary and self-presentation of a king whose 48-year reign shaped Sumerian administrative and literary culture around 2094–2046 BCE.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 42

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 43

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 44

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of ...

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 46

(1) Fruit plate of Šulgi, the king.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 47

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 48

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 49

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 50

(1) For Nanna, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) half a mana.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 51

(1) For Nanna, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) 2 manas.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 52

(1) For Nanna, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) 5 manas.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 53

(1) For Ningal, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 55

(1) To Ig-alima, the beloved child of Ninĝirsu, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad dedicated this (statutette) for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 56

(i 1) To Nanna, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (statue) for his well-being. ... of this statue is "Nanna is my fortress".

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 57

(1') ..., Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, ... for Ninsumun of Urim.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 58

(1) To Ningal, his mother, Šulgi, the god of his land, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, dedicated this (bead) for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 59

(1) To Ninhursaĝa, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad dedicated this (bead).

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 60

(i 1) For Ninlil, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (bead) for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 61

(1) To Nanše, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 62

(1) To Ĝeštinana, her child, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (earring) for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 63

(ii 1) .... When he built his beloved temple and restored Dēr, his beloved šity, he dedišated this (obŋešt) for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 66

A dedicatory inscription to Inana naming Šulgi as king of Ur, attesting the ideological fusion of divine patronage and royal legitimacy at the height of Ur III imperial power.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 67 / CDLI Seals 000376 (CDLI Seals 000376 (composite))

(1) Amat-Suen, spouse of Šulgi, the king of Urim: Šū-Kūbum, the courier, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 68 / CDLI Seals 005825 (CDLI Seals 005825 (composite))

(1) Amat-Suen, spouse of Šulgi, the powerful man, the king of Urim: Itrak-ilī, the courier, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 69 / CDLI Seals 000284 (CDLI Seals 000284 (composite))

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, the king of Urim, the king of the four quarters, Šulgi-simtum, his accompanying consort: Mašgula, the envoy, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 70 / CDLI Seals 000471 (CDLI Seals 000471 (composite))

(1) Šulgi-simtī, the beloved consort of the king: Ur-Lugaledenaka, the scribe, child of ..., is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 71 / CDLI Seals 000060 (CDLI Seals 000060 (composite))

(1) Bēlī-ṭāb, the animal fattener of Šulgi-simtum.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 72

(1) To Inana, lady of the E-ana, his lady, Ea-niša, (Šulgi's) consort, dedicated this (bead) for the well-being of Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 73 / CDLI Seals 005796 (CDLI Seals 005796 (composite))

(1) Ea-niša, beloved consort of the king: Nasilim, the ..., child of Ur-ešbara, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 74 / CDLI Seals 005797 (CDLI Seals 005797 (composite))

(1) Ea-niša, beloved consort of the king: Nasilim, child of Ur-ešbara, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 75 / CDLI Seals 000082 (CDLI Seals 000082 (composite))

(i 1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented this (cylinder seal) to Ea-niša, his accompanying consort.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 76 / CDLI Seals 002241 (CDLI Seals 002241 (composite))

(1) Ea-niša, beloved consort of the king: Enunil, the sailor, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 77 / CDLI Seals 005715 (CDLI Seals 005715 (composite))

(1) Ea-niša, the beloved consort of Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim: Lu-Ninšubur, the scribe, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 78 / CDLI Seals 000130 (CDLI Seals 000130 (composite))

(1) Ea-niša, beloved consort of the king: Inzuzu is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 79 / CDLI Seals 002242 (CDLI Seals 002242 (composite))

(1) Ea-niša, beloved consort of the king: Lu-Namma, the scribe, child of Ur-Ištarān, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 80 / CDLI Seals 003130 (CDLI Seals 003130 (composite))

(1) Lu-Narua, gardener of Ea-niša.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 81

(1') ... for the well-being of Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarterṣ Ea-niša, the aššompanying šonsorṭ his beloved šonsorṭ fashioned (a statue of) her king, and set up (the statue of) her spouse before ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 82 / CDLI Seals 000093 (CDLI Seals 000093 (composite))

(i 1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented this (cylinder seal) to his beloved Geme-Ninlila.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 83

(1) For Šulgi, the personal god of his land, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, Nin-kala, his beloved citizen of Nibru, ...

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 84

(1') Ninkala, his beloved citizen of Nibru, fashioned (Sulgis's) statue. (colophon 1, 1) The shoulder of Šulgi.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 85

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad: Šūqurtum is his beloved consort. (7) Whoever erases this inscription and writes his own name there, may Ninsumun, my personal god, and Lugalbanda, my master, curse him!

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 86 / CDLI Seals 006352 (CDLI Seals 006352 (physical))

(1) Baqartum, daughter of the king: Šulgi-ilī is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 87 / CDLI Seals 005798 (CDLI Seals 005798 (composite))

(1) En-nirzid-ana, en priestess of Nanna: Ĝirini-isag, the scribe, child of Hesage, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 88

Dedicatory bead inscription to Ninlil naming Šulgi's child Ninturturĝu: the curse clause attests the legal-religious mechanism Ur III kings used to protect monuments from later erasure or usurpation.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 89

Attests Šulgi's paternity of Simat-Enlil, anchoring one royal daughter within the Ur III dynastic genealogy that scribes used to legitimise political marriages and temple appointments.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 90 / CDLI Seals 004047 (CDLI Seals 004047 (composite))

(1) Šāt-Suen, daughter of the king: Aya-ziĝu, the fuller, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 91 / CDLI Seals 004046 (CDLI Seals 004046 (composite))

(1) Šāt-Suen, daughter of the king, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 92 / CDLI Seals 004277 (CDLI Seals 004277 (composite))

(1) Tulid-Šamši, erešdiĝir priestess of Nanna: Aya-usuše, the courier, is your servant.

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