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~2450 BCE·Early Dynastic

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Ur-Nanše 06a

(Caption 1, i 1) Ur-Nanše, child of Gunidu, ruler of Lagaš, built the Ebgal. (Caption 3, 1) Men-barag-abzu, spouse of Ur-Nanše, ruler of Lagaš. (Caption 4, 1) Nin-usura, child of Ur-Nanše, ruler of Lagaš. (Main text, i 1) Ur-Nanše, child of Gunidu, ruler of Lagaš, built the Ebgal. (Main text, ii 1') ... established šontrol of the Dilmun-boats (šoming) from the foreign šountries. (Main text, iii 9) He captured .... (Main text, iv 3) He dug .... (Main text, v 4) He fashioned (the statue of) Kindazid.

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Ur-Nanše 06b

(i 1) Ur-Nanše, king of Lagaš, child of Gunidu, citizen of Gursar, built the Bagara of fired brick. He dug the Bagara .... .... (iii 7) He built the Ebgal. He built the temple of Nanše. He built the shrine of Ĝirsu. He built the Kinir. He built the temple of Ĝatumdug. He built the Tiraš. He built the Nine-ĝara. He built the temple of Ninmarki. He built the E-dam. He built the Kame. He built the Abzu-ega. He built the city wall of Lagaš. (v 10) He dug the Pa-saman-canal. He dug the A-suhur-canal. (vi 3) He fashioned (the statue of) Ninmarki. He fashioned (the statue of) Nineš-REC107. He…

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CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 011

CBS 09647

CBS 09678

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 002

CDLI Lexical 000027, ex. 012

CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 015

Nik 1, 126

OSP 1, 037

RIME 1.09.04.14, ex. 08

RIME 1.11.add06.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.11.add20.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.11.add52.01, ex. 01

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RIME 1.11.add60.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.12.06.02, ex. add04

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