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~2050 BCE

·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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Šulgi 2117add / CDLI Seals 000398 (CDLI Seals 000398 (composite))

(i 1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim: Ubar, the courier, child of ..., brother of Dada, is your servant.

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Šulgi 2117add / CDLI Seals 000398 (CDLI Seals 000398 (composite))

Šulgi 2118add / CDLI Seals 004368 (CDLI Seals 004368 (composite))

Šulgi 2119add / CDLI Seals 006172 (CDLI Seals 006172 (composite))

Šulgi 2120add / CDLI Seals 006173 (CDLI Seals 006173 (composite))

Šulgi 2121add / CDLI Seals 006151 (CDLI Seals 006151 (composite))

Šulgi 2122add / CDLI Seals 006152 (CDLI Seals 006152 (composite))

Šulgi 2123add / CDLI Seals 006168 (CDLI Seals 006168 (composite))

Šulgi 2124add

Šulgi 2125add / CDLI Seals 005078 (CDLI Seals 005078 (composite))

Šulgi 2126add / CDLI Seals 006148 (CDLI Seals 006148 (composite))

Šulgi 2127add / CDLI Seals 000475 (CDLI Seals 000475 (composite))

Šulgi 2128add / CDLI Seals 004577 (CDLI Seals 004577 (composite))

Šulgi 2129add / CDLI Seals 000481 (CDLI Seals 000481 (composite))

Šulgi 2130add / CDLI Seals 006158 (CDLI Seals 006158 (composite))

Šulgi 2131add / CDLI Seals 000521 (CDLI Seals 000521 (composite))

Šulgi 2132add / CDLI Seals 000404 (CDLI Seals 000404 (composite))

Šulgi 2133add / CDLI Seals 000532 (CDLI Seals 000532 (composite))

Šulgi 2134add / CDLI Seals 006153 (CDLI Seals 006153 (composite))

Šulgi 2135add

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Šulgi 67 / CDLI Seals 000376 (CDLI Seals 000376 (composite))

Šulgi 68 / CDLI Seals 005825 (CDLI Seals 005825 (composite))

Šulgi 69 / CDLI Seals 000284 (CDLI Seals 000284 (composite))

Šulgi 70 / CDLI Seals 000471 (CDLI Seals 000471 (composite))