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~1925 BCE

·Old Babylonian

ETCSRI

Šu-ilišu 2001 / CDLI Seals 012211 (CDLI Seals 012211 (composite))

(1) Šu-ilišu, the powerful king, king of his land: ..., the scribe, the child of Lu-balasaga.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Šu-ilišu 2002 / CDLI Seals 012212 (CDLI Seals 012212 (composite))

(1) Šu-ilišu, the powerful man, king of his land: Šara-mutum, the scribe, son of Ur-Šulpae.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Šu-ilišu 2003 / CDLI Seals 012026 (CDLI Seals 012026 (composite))

(1) ..., child of ..., servant of Šu-ilišu.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Šu-ilišu 3

(1) Because of his great love for Ninisina, Šu-ilišu, the powerful king, king of Sumer and Akkad, built a great city wall whose fearsome radiance silences everyone in order to make the scattered people of the south and highlands secure in their dwellings around Isin. The name of this city wall is “Šu-ilišu is the beloved of Eštar.”

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Šu-ilišu 4 / CDLI Seals 013691 (CDLI Seals 013691 (composite))

(1) Šu-ilišu, the powerful king, king of Urim, the beloved of Enlil and Ninisina.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Zambiya 2add

(1) For Ninisina, his lady, Zambiya, the powerful king, king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, built the pure E-niĝar for her joyful festival.

Šu-ilišu 2001 / CDLI Seals 012211 (CDLI Seals 012211 (composite))

Šu-ilišu 2002 / CDLI Seals 012212 (CDLI Seals 012212 (composite))

Šu-ilišu 2003 / CDLI Seals 012026 (CDLI Seals 012026 (composite))

Šu-ilišu 3

Šu-ilišu 4 / CDLI Seals 013691 (CDLI Seals 013691 (composite))

Zambiya 2add

Gungunum 1

Sumu-El 1

Sumu-El 2

Sumu-El 2002

Warad-Sin 11

Abi-sare 2005 / CDLI Seals 012800 (CDLI Seals 012800 (composite))

Abi-sare 2006 / CDLI Seals 012801 (CDLI Seals 012801 (composite))

Abi-sare 3add

Gungunum 2

Gungunum 3

Gungunum 4

Gungunum 5add

Rim-Sin I 2001

Sumu-El 2003 / CDLI Seals 012803 (CDLI Seals 012803 (composite))

Sumu-El 2007 / CDLI Seals 012045 (CDLI Seals 012045 (composite))

Warad-Sin 30

Warad-Sin 31

Warad-Sin 32

Warad-Sin 33