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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

ASJ 09, 234 05

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 234 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

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~2037 BCE

·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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CUSAS 03, 1055

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1055. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

FLP unn07 (966)

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — FLP unn07 (966). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Economy·Writing & Literature

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

JCS 08, 046

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 08, 046. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

ASJ 09, 234 05

CUSAS 03, 1055

FLP unn07 (966)

JCS 08, 046

LB 0115

MVN 18, 595

NATN 921

NATN p. 54 catalogue

PTS 0330

TAD 01

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 203, Bod B 06 (113)

Kyoto 42

TMH NF 1-2, 250

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 182, Bod A 18

MVN 03, 281

CUSAS 03, 0757

CUSAS 03, 1038

MVN 11, 143

NATN 202

NATN 321

NATN 654

NATN 709

Ontario 2, 423

TMH NF 1-2, 031

TMH NF 1-2, 355

NRVN 1, 068