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~1925 BCE

·Old Babylonian

ETCSRI

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

(1) Lipit-Eštar, the powerful king, king of Urim: ..., the scribe, child of Lu-Inana, is your servant.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

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

(1) Lipit-Eštar, the powerful king, ....

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Sin-magir 2001 / CDLI Seals 002462 (CDLI Seals 002462 (physical))

(1) Iddin-damu, the chief builder, child of Iaya, is the servant of Enki and Sin-magir.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Sin-magir 2002 / CDLI Seals 002551 and 009452

(1) Imgur-Sin, the temple administrator, child of Sin-iddinam, is the servant of Sin-magir.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Sin-magir 2003 / CDLI Seals 012218 (CDLI Seals 012218 (composite))

(1) Ana-damu-taklaku, child of Adata, is the servant of Sin-magir.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Šu-ilišu 1

(1) When Šu-ilišu, the powerful man, king of Urim, brought home (the statue of) Nanna from Anšan to Urim, then for Nanna, the most outstanding among the Anuna gods, his master, he built the Dublamah, his place of rendering judgement. He installed for him a decorated two-wing door, and dedicated it to him for his well-being. (19) Whoever gives order to perform a misdeed against this (door), transfers it to a storehouse, or makes another man raise his hand against it on account of this curse, may Nanna, my master, and Ningal, my lady, curse him!

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Šu-ilišu 2001 / CDLI Seals 012211 (CDLI Seals 012211 (composite))

(1) Šu-ilišu, the powerful king, king of his land: ..., the scribe, the child of Lu-balasaga.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Šu-ilišu 2002 / CDLI Seals 012212 (CDLI Seals 012212 (composite))

(1) Šu-ilišu, the powerful man, king of his land: Šara-mutum, the scribe, son of Ur-Šulpae.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Šu-ilišu 2003 / CDLI Seals 012026 (CDLI Seals 012026 (composite))

(1) ..., child of ..., servant of Šu-ilišu.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Šu-ilišu 3

(1) Because of his great love for Ninisina, Šu-ilišu, the powerful king, king of Sumer and Akkad, built a great city wall whose fearsome radiance silences everyone in order to make the scattered people of the south and highlands secure in their dwellings around Isin. The name of this city wall is “Šu-ilišu is the beloved of Eštar.”

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Šu-ilišu 4 / CDLI Seals 013691 (CDLI Seals 013691 (composite))

(1) Šu-ilišu, the powerful king, king of Urim, the beloved of Enlil and Ninisina.

Economy

~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI

Zambiya 2add

(1) For Ninisina, his lady, Zambiya, the powerful king, king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, built the pure E-niĝar for her joyful festival.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1922 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

N 0406

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — N 0406. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Ninurta y2 —…

Economy

~1922 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

OB Contracts, pl. A1 no. 1

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — OB Contracts, pl. A1 no. 1. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated…

Law

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianOur engine

Šamši-Adad I 02

Claims the Emašmaš temple in Nineveh as a restoration of a structure built by Maništušu of Agade, asserting Assyrian dynastic continuity across seven generations of post-Akkadian history.

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

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

Sin-magir 2001 / CDLI Seals 002462 (CDLI Seals 002462 (physical))

Sin-magir 2002 / CDLI Seals 002551 and 009452

Sin-magir 2003 / CDLI Seals 012218 (CDLI Seals 012218 (composite))

Šu-ilišu 1

Šu-ilišu 2001 / CDLI Seals 012211 (CDLI Seals 012211 (composite))

Šu-ilišu 2002 / CDLI Seals 012212 (CDLI Seals 012212 (composite))

Šu-ilišu 2003 / CDLI Seals 012026 (CDLI Seals 012026 (composite))

Šu-ilišu 3

Šu-ilišu 4 / CDLI Seals 013691 (CDLI Seals 013691 (composite))

Zambiya 2add

N 0406

OB Contracts, pl. A1 no. 1

Šamši-Adad I 02

Šamši-Adad I 11

Puzur-Sin 1001

Šamši-Adad I 01

Šamši-Adad I 04

Šamši-Adad I 05

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Šamši-Adad I 08

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Šamši-Adad I 1001

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Šamši-Adad I 2001

Šamši-Adad I 2002

Šamši-Adad I 2003

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Šamši-Adad I 2013

Šamši-Adad I 2014

Šamši-Adad I 2015

Šamši-Adad I 2016

Šamši-Adad I 2017 / CDLI Seals 009443

Šamši-Adad I 2018

Šamši-Adad I 2019

Šamši-Adad I 2020 / CDLI Seals 008051

Šamši-Adad I 2021

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