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~1800 BCE·

Old Babylonian

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Letter from Shulgi (?) to Aradju about troops

To Aradju ......: ...... Culgi (?) ......: 2 lines fragmentary As regards your concern ....... May ....... For their troops ...... not ....... 1 line fragmentary Their troops .......

Religion & Myth

Letter from Shulgi (?) to Aradju about troops

Letter from Shulgi to Aradngu about Aba-indasa

Letter from Shulgi to Aradngu about Apillasha

Letter from Shulgi to Ishbi-Erra about the purchase of grain

Letter from Shulgi to Puzur-Shulgi about waterways

Letter from Shulgi to Puzur-Shulgi about work on the fortress Igi-hursanga

Letter from Ur-dun to Shulgi about the purchase of cedar resin

Letter from Ur-saga to a king fearing the loss of his father's household: composite text

Letter from X to the god Nanna

Letter to Shulgi about bandits and brigands

Lugalbanda

Lugalbanda in the mountain cave

Lullaby for a son of Shulgi (Shulgi N)

Nanna-Suen's journey to Nibru

Nanshe and the birds (Nanshe C)

Ningishzida's journey to the nether world

Nininsina and the gods (Nininsina F)

Nininsina's journey to Nibru: a shir-namshub to Nininsina (Nininsina C)

Nintinuga's dog

Ninurta's journey to Eridug: a shirgida to Ninurta (Ninurta B)

Pabilsang's journey to Nibru

Poem of Utu-hejal

Praise of Lipit-Eshtar (Lipit-Eshtar B)

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Proverbs: from Nibru