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~1934 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

JCS 28, 238 03

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 238 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eštar y1 — Lipit-Eštar became king based on canonical year-name formula in t…

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~1934 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

JCS 28, 239 04

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 239 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eštar y1 — Lipit-Eštar became king based on canonical year-name formula in t…

Economy

~1934 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

JCS 28, 240 06

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 240 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eštar y1 — Lipit-Eštar became king based on canonical year-name formula in t…

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~1934 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

UET 1, 0222

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UET 1, 0222. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eštar y1 — Lipit-Eštar became king based on canonical year-name formula in the…

JCS 28, 238 03

JCS 28, 239 04

JCS 28, 240 06

UET 1, 0222

Enlil-bani 02

Enlil-bani 03

Enlil-bani 04

Enlil-bani 07

Enlil-bani 09

Išme-Dagan 01

Išme-Dagan 02

Išme-Dagan 03

Išme-Dagan 04

Išme-Dagan 05

Išme-Dagan 07

Išme-Dagan 2001

Lipit-Eštar 01

Lipit-Eštar 02

Lipit-Eštar 04

Lipit-Eštar 09add

Ur-Ninurta 1

Bur-Sin 1

Bur-Sin 2002 / CDLI Seals 012217 (CDLI Seals 012217 (composite))

Bur-Sin 2003 / CDLI Seals 001562 (CDLI Seals 001562 (physical))

Bur-Sin 2004 / CDLI Seals 012051 (CDLI Seals 012051 (composite))

Bur-Sin 2005 / CDLI Seals 005549 (CDLI Seals 005549 (physical))

Bur-Sin 2006 / CDLI Seals 002155 (CDLI Seals 002155 (physical))

Damiq-ilišu 2001

Enlil-bani 01

Enlil-bani 05

Enlil-bani 06

Enlil-bani 08

Enlil-bani 12add

Erra-imitti 2001 / CDLI Seals 002519 (CDLI Seals 002519 (physical))

Iddin-Dagan 1

Iddin-Dagan 2001

Iddin-Dagan 3

Išbi-Erra 1

Išme-Dagan 11

Išme-Dagan 12

Išme-Dagan 14

Išme-Dagan 2002add

Lipit-Eštar 05

Lipit-Eštar 07

Lipit-Eštar 08

Lipit-Eštar 10add

Lipit-Eštar 2001 / CDLI Seals 012213 (CDLI Seals 012213 (composite))

Lipit-Eštar 2002

Lipit-Eštar 2003 / CDLI Seals 012214 (CDLI Seals 012214 (composite))

Lipit-Eštar 2004 / CDLI Seals 012216 (CDLI Seals 012216 (composite))