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Page 220 / 1518

~2050 BCE

·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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Šulgi 2127add / CDLI Seals 000475 (CDLI Seals 000475 (composite))

(i 1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim: Ur-meš, the scribe, child of Gudea, is your servant.

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Šulgi 2127add / CDLI Seals 000475 (CDLI Seals 000475 (composite))

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 2135add

Šulgi 24

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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 72

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))