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~2050 BCE

·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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Šulgi 75 / CDLI Seals 000082 (CDLI Seals 000082 (composite))

(i 1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented this (cylinder seal) to Ea-niša, his accompanying consort.

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Šulgi 75 / CDLI Seals 000082 (CDLI Seals 000082 (composite))

Šulgi 76 / CDLI Seals 002241 (CDLI Seals 002241 (composite))

Šulgi 77 / CDLI Seals 005715 (CDLI Seals 005715 (composite))

Šulgi 78 / CDLI Seals 000130 (CDLI Seals 000130 (composite))

Šulgi 79 / CDLI Seals 002242 (CDLI Seals 002242 (composite))

Šulgi 80 / CDLI Seals 003130 (CDLI Seals 003130 (composite))

Šulgi 81

Šulgi 82 / CDLI Seals 000093 (CDLI Seals 000093 (composite))

Šulgi 83

Šulgi 84

Šulgi 85

Šulgi 86 / CDLI Seals 006352 (CDLI Seals 006352 (physical))

Šulgi 87 / CDLI Seals 005798 (CDLI Seals 005798 (composite))

Šulgi 90 / CDLI Seals 004047 (CDLI Seals 004047 (composite))

Šulgi 91 / CDLI Seals 004046 (CDLI Seals 004046 (composite))

Šulgi 92 / CDLI Seals 004277 (CDLI Seals 004277 (composite))

Šulgi 93 / CDLI Seals 004278 (CDLI Seals 004278 (composite))

Šulgi 94 / CDLI Seals 000389 (CDLI Seals 000389 (composite))

Šulgi 95 / CDLI Seals 000343 (CDLI Seals 000343 (composite))

Šulgi 97 / CDLI Seals 000285 (CDLI Seals 000285 (composite))

Šulgi 98add (FAOS 09/2, Shulgi 2)

Šulgi 99add (formerly Gudea 092)

Unattributed Ur III 1002

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Unattributed Ur III 1042 / CDLI Seals 006355 (CDLI Seals 006355 (physical))

Unattributed Ur III 1044 / CDLI Seals 006518 (CDLI Seals 006518 (composite))

Unattributed Ur III 1045

Unattributed Ur III 1046 / CDLI Seals 000344 (CDLI Seals 000344 (composite))

Ur-Namma 03

Ur-Namma 06

Ur-Namma 08

Ur-Namma 10