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~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

TMH NF 1-2, 254

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 254. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the…

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 2017add

(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Aya-kala, the governor of Umma, is your servant.

Law

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 2018add

(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Aya-kala, the governor of Umma, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 2019add / CDLI Seals 000033

(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Aya-kala, the governor of Umma, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 2040add

(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Naram-ili, overseer of the doorkeepers, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 2052add / CDLI Seals 005891 (CDLI Seals 005891 (composite))

(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Lisi, the governor of Umma, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 2060add

(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-ituda, the scribe, child of Ur-Dumuzida, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 2061add

(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: ..., the governor of Umma, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 2062add

(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim: ..., the scribe, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 2063add

(i 1) Amar-Suena, whose name was proclaimed by Enlil in Nibru, the steadfast supporter of Enlil's temple, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented this (seal) to Šu-Kabta, his son-in-law.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ibbi-Suen 2022add

(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: En-temene, the envoy, his servant as crown prince.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ibbi-Suen 2023add

(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: Gududu, child of Dadaga, the governor of Umma, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ibbi-Suen 2046add

(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Enlil, child of Šarrum-bani, the general, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ibbi-Suen 2058add

(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nanna-maba, the scribe, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ibbi-Suen 2068add

(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Puzur-Šulgi, the scribe, child of Abiya, the šarabdu offical, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ibbi-Suen 2072add

(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented this (seal) to ..., the ..., his servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ibbi-Suen 2074add

(1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Šu-Enlil, the scribe, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ibbi-Suen 2092add / CDLI Seals 005581 (CDLI Seals 005581 (composite))

(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-kugnuna, child of Lu-Ninĝirsu, the animal-fattener, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2034add

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: ....

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2043add / CDLI Seals 000071

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim: ..., is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2047add

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Gududu, the scribe, child of Dadaga, the governor of Umma, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2050add

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Hulal, the scribe, child of Šu-Iškur, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2072add

(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-Ninšubur, the scribe, child of Šeškala, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2081add

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: ..., the scribe, child of ..., is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2090add / CDLI Seals 005689 (CDLI Seals 005689 (composite))

(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-melem, the scribe, child of Ur-e'e, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2091add

(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-urani, the scribe, child of ..., ....

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2096add / CDLI Seals 000560 (CDLI Seals 000560 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nanna-maba, the scribe, child of Unapšen, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2105add

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Suen-..., the cup-bearer ....

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šu-Suen 2156add / CDLI Seals 005695 (CDLI Seals 005695 (composite))

(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Urkugnuna, child of Lu-Ninŋirsu, the shepherd of the nakabtum, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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.)

(i 1) For Bau, the daughter of An, the lady of Iri-kug, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, dedicated this (bead) for his well-being.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 2124add

(i 1) Šulgi, king of the four quarters, the powerful man, king of Urim: Ur-Lamma, the comptroller, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 2, 138

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 138. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 3, 283

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 283. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BE 03/1, 005

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BE 03/1, 005. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BE 03/1, 012

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BE 03/1, 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

CBS 12534

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CBS 12534. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

CDLN 2015/006

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLN 2015/006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

CUSAS 39, 196

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 196. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

CUSAS 39, 199

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 199. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

CUSAS 39, 201

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 201. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

CUSAS 39, 202

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 202. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

CUSAS 39, 204

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 204. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

CUSAS 39, 205

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 205. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

KM 89326

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89326. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

LB 0726

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — LB 0726. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

MAA Z 46411

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MAA Z 46411. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

MVN 03, 245

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 245. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

MVN 11, 122

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 122. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

MVN 11, 174

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 174. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

MVN 11, 189

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 189. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).