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~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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MVN 05, 126

4 male gazelles, šu-gid₂ (animals) for the kitchen, on account of the gendarmes; ARAD-mu was the enforcer (maškim). Month: 1 day having elapsed. From Duga-zida they were expended. Via Ip-ḫur, the šarabdu-official. Month: Akiti. Year after: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the Amorite wall (called) Muriq-Tidnim." 4 (head).

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~2035 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

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

2 gur of barley, with interest of 1 barig 4 ban of grain per gur, from Šar-iš, Lu-balasaga, son of the gatekeeper of Dumuzi, has received. That in the month of Šu-numun he will measure it out, he swore by the name of the king. 1: Man-šum; 1: Lugal-ezem; 1: Ud-saga; 1: Ur-Šulpa'e — these are its witnesses. Month: NE-NE-gar (Abu). Year: "The temple of Šara was built." (Seal / caption) Lu-balasaga, son of Ur-dun.

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~2033 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAS 024

Obverse: [2 eše] 3 iku of field, reaped and stacked, at 1/2 (and) 1/4 iku (of field per workday); harrowed with the beam-harrow, 3 times, at 4 1/2 iku (of field per workday); the labor of the work-troop involved: 150 days. Field: KWU729-...[...]. [Foreman:] Šeš-[...]. [Sealed tablet] of Ur-E[mah]. Year: "The year after Šu-Suen, [the king], built the Amorite wall." Seal inscription: Ur-Emah, scribe, son of Dada.

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

CUSAS 03, 1232

CUSAS 03, 1234

MVN 05, 084

MVN 05, 131

Nisaba 15, 0589

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