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Page 187 / 1182

~2050 BCE

·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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Šulgi 2128add / CDLI Seals 004577 (CDLI Seals 004577 (composite))

(1) Ur-meš, the cook of Šulgi.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 2129add / CDLI Seals 000481 (CDLI Seals 000481 (composite))

(i 1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim: Ur-niĝar, child of Tiru, the cook, is your servant.

Šulgi 2128add / CDLI Seals 004577 (CDLI Seals 004577 (composite))

Šulgi 2129add / CDLI Seals 000481 (CDLI Seals 000481 (composite))

Šulgi 2130add / CDLI Seals 006158 (CDLI Seals 006158 (composite))

Šulgi 2131add / CDLI Seals 000521 (CDLI Seals 000521 (composite))

Šulgi 2132add / CDLI Seals 000404 (CDLI Seals 000404 (composite))

Šulgi 2133add / CDLI Seals 000532 (CDLI Seals 000532 (composite))

Šulgi 2134add / CDLI Seals 006153 (CDLI Seals 006153 (composite))

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Šulgi 93 / CDLI Seals 004278 (CDLI Seals 004278 (composite))

Šulgi 94 / CDLI Seals 000389 (CDLI Seals 000389 (composite))

Šulgi 95 / CDLI Seals 000343 (CDLI Seals 000343 (composite))

Šulgi 97 / CDLI Seals 000285 (CDLI Seals 000285 (composite))

Unattributed Ur III 1042 / CDLI Seals 006355 (CDLI Seals 006355 (physical))

Unattributed Ur III 1044 / CDLI Seals 006518 (CDLI Seals 006518 (composite))

Unattributed Ur III 1046 / CDLI Seals 000344 (CDLI Seals 000344 (composite))

Ur-Namma 2001 / CDLI Seals 005871 (CDLI Seals 005871 (physical))

Ur-Namma 53 / CDLI Seals 006345 (CDLI Seals 006345 (physical))

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 018, 1911-140

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 018, 1911-144

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 018, 1911-145

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 019, 1911-154

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 019, 1911-157

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 020, 1911-161

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 020, 1911-162

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 020, 1911-165

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 020, 1911-167

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 021, 1911-172

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 022, 1911-178

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 023, 1911-182

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 024, 1911-186

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 025, 1911-189

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 050, 1912-1145