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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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Orient 55, 169 no. 17

1 ox, one year old, 5 sheep, 1 ewe, 1 lamb — they died; day 21. From Du'udu, Šulgi-irigu has received. Month: u5-bi2-gu7 (third month). Year: Šu-Sin, king of Ur, built the Amorite wall (called) Muriq-Tidnim. (Total:) 1 ox, 7 sheep.

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Orient 55, 170-171 no. 19

1 ban₂ of fine flour (eša), 1 ban₂ of barley meal (dabin) — (for) the elders, the barley-assent(?), of the temple of Enlil; from Lugal-dumu-ze, [dis]bursed. Month: NE.NE.gar, the 14th day having passed. Year: Šu-Sin, king of Ur, built the temple of Šara in Umma.

Orient 55, 169 no. 17

Orient 55, 170-171 no. 19

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 018, 1911-147

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 019, 1911-152

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 019, 1911-158

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 023, 1911-179

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 025, 1911-190

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 025, 1911-191

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 027, 1911-197

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 028, 1911-200

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 046, 1911-483

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 052, 1912-1158

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 055, 1923-425

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 056, 1923-429

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 059, 1924-0546

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 059, 1924-0547

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 074, 1924-0687

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 078, 1924-2161

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 082, 1933-0389a

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 095, 1935-548

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 105, 1937-067

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 111, 1937-092

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 118, 1954-208

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 124, 1971-262

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 125, 1971-268

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 130, 1971-304

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 130, 1971-307

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 132, 1971-315

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 132, 1971-316

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 132, 1971-318

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 135, 1971-328

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 138, 1971-341

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 139, 1971-348

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 195, Bod A 60

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 196, Bod A 65

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 199, Bod A 88

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 199, Bod A 90

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 204, Bod B 15 (122)

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 204, Bod B 20 (127)

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 220, Bod S 171

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 240, Bod S 268

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 241, Bod S 277

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 242, Bod S 280

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 343

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 390

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 394

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 399

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 478

AAS 199

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