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Page 39 / 538

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

ETCSRI

Šulgi 24

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, who built the E-mešlam, the temple of Mešlamta-ea in Kutha. (colophon 1, 1) From an old foundation inscription of the E-mešlam in Kutha. A long tablet of Bēl-uballiṭ, the scribe.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 28

(1) For Ninazu, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built the E-sikil, his beloved temple.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 30

(1) For Ninhursaĝa of Susa, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built her temple.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 31

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built and restored Inšušinak's temple for him.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 32

(1) For Inšušinak, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built the A'arkeš, his beloved temple.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 36

(1') … took various … as booty. I captured …, king of …, he did not escape my hands. ... the evil ones ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 37

(1') …, governor of Zaul, ..., governor of Ḫuhnuri, ..., governor of …, ..., military governor of …, ... Sabum ….

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 42

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 43

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 44

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of ...

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 46

(1) Fruit plate of Šulgi, the king.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 47

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 48

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 49

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 50

(1) For Nanna, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) half a mana.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 51

(1) For Nanna, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) 2 manas.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 52

(1) For Nanna, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) 5 manas.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 53

(1) For Ningal, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 55

(1) To Ig-alima, the beloved child of Ninĝirsu, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad dedicated this (statutette) for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 56

(i 1) To Nanna, his master, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (statue) for his well-being. ... of this statue is "Nanna is my fortress".

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 57

(1') ..., Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, ... for Ninsumun of Urim.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 58

(1) To Ningal, his mother, Šulgi, the god of his land, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, dedicated this (bead) for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 59

(1) To Ninhursaĝa, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad dedicated this (bead).

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 60

(i 1) For Ninlil, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (bead) for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 61

(1) To Nanše, his lady, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 62

(1) To Ĝeštinana, her child, Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (earring) for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 63

(ii 1) .... When he built his beloved temple and restored Dēr, his beloved šity, he dedišated this (obŋešt) for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 72

(1) To Inana, lady of the E-ana, his lady, Ea-niša, (Šulgi's) consort, dedicated this (bead) for the well-being of Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 81

(1') ... for the well-being of Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarterṣ Ea-niša, the aššompanying šonsorṭ his beloved šonsorṭ fashioned (a statue of) her king, and set up (the statue of) her spouse before ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 83

(1) For Šulgi, the personal god of his land, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, Nin-kala, his beloved citizen of Nibru, ...

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 84

(1') Ninkala, his beloved citizen of Nibru, fashioned (Sulgis's) statue. (colophon 1, 1) The shoulder of Šulgi.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 85

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad: Šūqurtum is his beloved consort. (7) Whoever erases this inscription and writes his own name there, may Ninsumun, my personal god, and Lugalbanda, my master, curse him!

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 98add (FAOS 09/2, Shulgi 2)

(1) Šulgi, king of Urim, who built Karkara.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 99add (formerly Gudea 092)

(1) For Bau, her/his lady, ... Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1002

(1') For ... king of Sumer and Akkad, built her/his temple.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1003

(1') ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters, who ... the temple of Ulmašitum ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1005

(1) Ninurta, the chief governor of Enlil.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1008

(1') ... king of Sumer and Akkad ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1012

(1') ... Huhnuri .... ..., Šipara .... ..., Sabum, ..., Kimaš, Duduli, ..., land of Anšan ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1015

(1) To Inana, her/his lady, ... well-being ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1018

(1') ... writes his own name there, ... Mešlamta-ea, my ... that person!

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1023

(1') For ..., ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) 10 manas.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1024

(1') For ..., ...., the powerful ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) 2 manas in the E-kišiba-Nannaa-ĝara.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1025

(1') For ..., ...., the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) [...] manas in the E-kišiba-Nannaa-ĝara.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1026

(1') For ..., ...., the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (duck weight stone to be) 30 manas for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1027

(1') To ..., ..., king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (vessel) for his well-being. (4') Whoever erases this inscription and writes his own name there, may Nanna, my master, (and) my [...], Ningal ... that person!

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1031

(1') ..., may ... put an end to his lineage! (3') If, after removing this (cup) from the cupboard, he brings it into the storehouse, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1032

(1') ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1033

(1') To ..., Lugalkagena, child of Ur-Utu, his servant, dedicated this (bowl) for ... of ..., the powerful king, king of Urim.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1034

(1') To ..., Me-namnina, spouse of Gani, dedicated this (bowl) for ... of ..., the powerful man, king of Urim. (6') The name of this bowl is "My lady indeed cared for me!".

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