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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

MVN 18, 595

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 18, 595. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

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~2036 BCE·

Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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Kyoto 42

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Kyoto 42. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y2 — Great barge for Enlil and Ninlil fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the tr…

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~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

CUSAS 03, 1038

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1038. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ibbi-Suen y1 — Ibbi-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration…

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~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

TMH NF 1-2, 355

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 355. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ibbi-Suen y1 — Ibbi-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteratio…

MVN 18, 595

Kyoto 42

CUSAS 03, 1038

TMH NF 1-2, 355

AJSL 32, 275, 289 13

AJSL 32, p. 272-3, 282, no. 6

AJSL 32, p. 273-4, 284, no. 8

AJSL 32, p. 275, 288, no. 12

BIN 07, 035

OBTI 001

OBTI 152

OIP 015, 076

PBS 12, 43

AJSL 32, p. 270 no 2 + p. 277

AJSL 32, p. 271-2, no. 5 and p. 280 f.

AJSL 32, p. 273, 283, no. 7

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