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~2050 BCE

·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Šu-Suen 22

Šu-Suen 23

Šu-Suen 24

Šu-Suen 25

Šu-Suen 26

Šu-Suen 28

Šu-Suen 29

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

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

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

Šu-Suen 33

Šu-Suen 35add

Šulgi 01

Šulgi 02

Šulgi 04

Šulgi 05

Šulgi 07

Šulgi 08

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.)

Šulgi 11

Šulgi 14

Šulgi 17

Šulgi 18

Šulgi 19

Šulgi 2002 / CDLI Seals 005446 (CDLI Seals 005446 (composite))

Šulgi 2003 / CDLI Seals 005448 (CDLI Seals 005448 (composite))

Šulgi 2004

Šulgi 2005 / CDLI Seals 002410 (CDLI Seals 002410 (composite))

Šulgi 2006 / CDLI Seals 000202 (CDLI Seals 000202 (composite))

Šulgi 2007 / CDLI Seals 005806 (CDLI Seals 005806 (composite))

Šulgi 2008 / CDLI Seals 006160 (CDLI Seals 006160 (composite))

Šulgi 2009 / CDLI Seals 002631 (CDLI Seals 002631 (composite))

Šulgi 2010

Šulgi 2011

Šulgi 2012

Šulgi 2013 / CDLI Seals 005814 (CDLI Seals 005814 (composite))