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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 73 / CDLI Seals 005796 (CDLI Seals 005796 (composite))

(1) Ea-niša, beloved consort of the king: Nasilim, the ..., child of Ur-ešbara, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 74 / CDLI Seals 005797 (CDLI Seals 005797 (composite))

(1) Ea-niša, beloved consort of the king: Nasilim, child of Ur-ešbara, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Ea-niša, beloved consort of the king: Enunil, the sailor, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Ea-niša, the beloved consort of Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim: Lu-Ninšubur, the scribe, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Ea-niša, beloved consort of the king: Inzuzu is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Ea-niša, beloved consort of the king: Lu-Namma, the scribe, child of Ur-Ištarān, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Lu-Narua, gardener of Ea-niša.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 81

(1') ... for the well-being of Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarterṣ Ea-niša, the aššompanying šonsorṭ his beloved šonsorṭ fashioned (a statue of) her king, and set up (the statue of) her spouse before ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(i 1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented this (cylinder seal) to his beloved Geme-Ninlila.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 83

(1) For Šulgi, the personal god of his land, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, Nin-kala, his beloved citizen of Nibru, ...

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 84

(1') Ninkala, his beloved citizen of Nibru, fashioned (Sulgis's) statue. (colophon 1, 1) The shoulder of Šulgi.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 85

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad: Šūqurtum is his beloved consort. (7) Whoever erases this inscription and writes his own name there, may Ninsumun, my personal god, and Lugalbanda, my master, curse him!

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Baqartum, daughter of the king: Šulgi-ilī is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) En-nirzid-ana, en priestess of Nanna: Ĝirini-isag, the scribe, child of Hesage, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 88

Dedicatory bead inscription to Ninlil naming Šulgi's child Ninturturĝu: the curse clause attests the legal-religious mechanism Ur III kings used to protect monuments from later erasure or usurpation.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 89

Attests Šulgi's paternity of Simat-Enlil, anchoring one royal daughter within the Ur III dynastic genealogy that scribes used to legitimise political marriages and temple appointments.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Šāt-Suen, daughter of the king: Aya-ziĝu, the fuller, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Šāt-Suen, daughter of the king, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Tulid-Šamši, erešdiĝir priestess of Nanna: Aya-usuše, the courier, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Tulid-Šamši, erešdiĝir priestess of Nanna: … is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Šu-Enlil, the military governor of Unug, is his child.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Ur-Suen, the military governor of Unug and Dēr: Riṣ-ilum, is his courier.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 96 / CDLI Seals 005318 (CDLI Seals 005318 (composite))

Seal impression of a military governor of Uruk and Dēr attesting the administrative hierarchy binding provincial officials to the Ur III crown under Šulgi.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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

(1) Ur-Suen, the military governor of Unug and Dēr: Mašum, is your servant.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 98add (FAOS 09/2, Shulgi 2)

(1) Šulgi, king of Urim, who built Karkara.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šulgi 99add (formerly Gudea 092)

(1) For Bau, her/his lady, ... Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1001

A fragmentary Ur III royal inscription attesting the titulary 'king of Sumer and Akkad' and palace-building ideology — evidence for how Ur III rulers projected legitimacy through construction dedications.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1002

(1') For ... king of Sumer and Akkad, built her/his temple.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1003

(1') ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters, who ... the temple of Ulmašitum ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1004

A fragmentary Ur III royal inscription attesting the title 'king of Sumer and Akkad' and construction of a storehouse: one of many such dedications that collectively map the building programs asserting Ur III sovereignty.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1005

(1) Ninurta, the chief governor of Enlil.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1007

One of the surviving Ur III royal inscription fragments attesting the standard curse formula against erasure of a ruler's name — thin but direct evidence for how Sumerian kings legally protected their monumental dedications.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1008

(1') ... king of Sumer and Akkad ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1009

One of the surviving composite witnesses to an Ur III royal inscription asserting dominion over Sumer and Akkad — the titular formula through which Third Dynasty kings legitimised their territorial sovereignty.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1010

One of the fragmentary Ur III royal inscriptions preserved in the ETCSRI corpus (Q001880), attesting — even in damaged form — to the administrative or dedicatory conventions of Sumerian kingship c. 2050 BCE.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1011

One of the fragmentary Ur III royal inscriptions preserved in the ETCSRI corpus (Q001881); its surviving signs offer minimal but datable epigraphic evidence for Sumerian royal scribal practice ca. 2050 BCE.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1012

(1') ... Huhnuri .... ..., Šipara .... ..., Sabum, ..., Kimaš, Duduli, ..., land of Anšan ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1015

(1) To Inana, her/his lady, ... well-being ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1017

Dedicatory inscription on a mace head presented to the moon-god Nanna at his Ur temple, the E-kiš-nu-ĝal: one of many such votive texts that map the ritual economy binding Ur III kings to their patron deity.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1018

(1') ... writes his own name there, ... Mešlamta-ea, my ... that person!

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1023

(1') For ..., ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) 10 manas.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1024

(1') For ..., ...., the powerful ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) 2 manas in the E-kišiba-Nannaa-ĝara.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1025

(1') For ..., ...., the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) [...] manas in the E-kišiba-Nannaa-ĝara.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1026

(1') For ..., ...., the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (duck weight stone to be) 30 manas for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1027

(1') To ..., ..., king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (vessel) for his well-being. (4') Whoever erases this inscription and writes his own name there, may Nanna, my master, (and) my [...], Ningal ... that person!

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1030

A votive vessel dedication from an Ur III king of Ur invokes Utu as enforcer against inscription-erasers — attesting the legal-religious mechanisms kings used to protect their monumental legacy.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1031

(1') ..., may ... put an end to his lineage! (3') If, after removing this (cup) from the cupboard, he brings it into the storehouse, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1032

(1') ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed Ur III 1033

(1') To ..., Lugalkagena, child of Ur-Utu, his servant, dedicated this (bowl) for ... of ..., the powerful king, king of Urim.

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