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Ubaid Uruk Period Early Dynastic Akkadian Empire Ur III · Neo-Sumerian Old Babylonian Old Assyrian Middle Babylonian Middle Assyrian Neo-Assyrian Neo-Babylonian Achaemenid Persian

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~2050 BCE

·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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

(1) Itur-ilum, governor of Babylon: Iṣur-ilum, the scribe, is his son.

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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))

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

Šulgi 2014 / CDLI Seals 005812 (CDLI Seals 005812 (composite))

Šulgi 2015 / CDLI Seals 005811 (CDLI Seals 005811 (composite))

Šulgi 2016 / CDLI Seals 005810 (CDLI Seals 005810 (composite))

Šulgi 2017 / CDLI Seals 005813 (CDLI Seals 005813 (composite))

Šulgi 2018 / CDLI Seals 005850 (CDLI Seals 005850 (composite))

Šulgi 2019 / CDLI Seals 005787 (CDLI Seals 005787 (composite))

Šulgi 2021 / CDLI Seals 006165 (CDLI Seals 006165 (composite))

Šulgi 2022 / CDLI Seals 006157 (CDLI Seals 006157 (composite))

Šulgi 2024 / CDLI Seals 005485 (CDLI Seals 005485 (composite))

Šulgi 2025 / CDLI Seals 006347 (CDLI Seals 006347 (physical))

Šulgi 2026 / CDLI Seals 005809 (CDLI Seals 005809 (composite))

Šulgi 2027 / CDLI Seals 005837 (CDLI Seals 005837 (composite))

Šulgi 2028 / CDLI Seals 006174 (CDLI Seals 006174 (composite))

Šulgi 2029 / CDLI Seals 006150 (CDLI Seals 006150 (composite))

Šulgi 2030

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Šulgi 2037 / CDLI Seals 006348 (CDLI Seals 006348 (physical))

Šulgi 2038 / CDLI Seals 006349 (CDLI Seals 006349 (physical))

Šulgi 2039 / CDLI Seals 006350 (CDLI Seals 006350 (physical))

Šulgi 2040 / CDLI Seals 006351 (CDLI Seals 006351 (physical))

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Šulgi 2060add / CDLI Seals 006126 (CDLI Seals 006126 (composite))

Šulgi 2061add / CDLI Seals 006156 (CDLI Seals 006156 (composite))

Šulgi 2062add / CDLI Seals 006131 (CDLI Seals 006131 (composite))