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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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CUSAS 03, 1007

1 jug of dida-beer of ... quality, 1 sila of dabin-flour, [1] sila of eša-flour, for the offering, when the gate of the brewery, the kitchen, and the mill was bound (closed); 1 sila of dabin-flour, 1 sila of eša-flour, offering of ...-ad(?); from Iškur-[illat] withdrawn. Conveyor: Puzur-Ninkar, the scribe. Month: Akiti. Year: "Šu-Suen, [king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zab]šali." Copy.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1021

1 sheep — regular offering (for) Inanna of [Zabalam]; 1 sheep — regular offering (for) [Šara of Umma]. [Withdrawn] from Ili-bi[lani]. Month: "Harvest" (še-sag-ku). Year: "Šu-Suen, [king] of Ur, [...]." (Seal:) Šu-Kabta, the physician, son of Naram-ili: Iškur-illat, the scribe, son of Abia, (is) your servant.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1105

[n (units of)] gazi-spice (mustard/cuscuta), for (preparing) salted/pickled fish — Adallal, the cook, [re]ceived (it); [from Iškur]-illat (it was) [ex]pended. In Garšana. Month: Festival of Ninazu. Year: Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali. Copy.

CUSAS 03, 1007

CUSAS 03, 1021

CUSAS 03, 1105

CUSAS 03, 1144

CUSAS 03, 1149

CUSAS 03, 1156

CUSAS 03, 1177

CUSAS 03, 1183

CUSAS 03, 1265

CUSAS 03, 1283

CUSAS 03, 1313

CUSAS 03, 1390

CUSAS 40, 1443

LB 0254

MVN 05, 079

MVN 05, 128

MVN 15, 376

NCC 004

Nisaba 15, 0474

NRVN 1, 089

NRVN 1, 096

Orient 55, 162 no. 8

Orient 55, 164 no. 10

Orient 55, 164 no. 11

Orient 55, 168 no. 16

Orient 55, 169 no. 17

Orient 55, 170-171 no. 19

CUSAS 03, 1278

DMNS A554.05

MVN 05, 076

MVN 05, 126

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

AAS 024

CUSAS 03, 0166

CUSAS 03, 0167

CUSAS 03, 0418

CUSAS 03, 0859

CUSAS 03, 0874

CUSAS 03, 1276

CUSAS 03, 1277

NRVN 1, 279

Orient 55, 163 no. 9

Orient 55, 170 no. 18

Amherst 033

Akkadica 135/1, 100-101 14

CUSAS 03, 0271

CUSAS 03, 0762

CUSAS 03, 0769

CUSAS 03, 0951

CUSAS 03, 1209