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~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

Achaemenid Persian

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TAD 24 etc. (cast copies)

30 sheep, 11 kids — sealed tablet of Dingir-abi; 40 less 1 (= 39) kids — sealed tablet of Ur-saga; from Abba-saga did Ur-nigar receive. Month: "Festival of Mekigal" (12th month). Year: "Amar-Suen the king destroyed Urbilum" (Amar-Suen year 2, ca. 2045 BCE).

Economy

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Amherst 091

12 gur, 2 barig barley — royal gur (measure) — barley as a loan, for the troops (erin2), from Ur-Enlil, via Ur5-bi-šeba-du11, in the name of Namah, son of Ur-gigir. Seal of Šeš-kalla, his (Namah's) son. Month: Amar-a-a-si. Year: Huhnuri was destroyed. Šeš-kalla, the scribe, son of Namah.

Economy·Law

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 030

660 bundles of reed, for the *magur*-boat of (the god) Šara; from Ur-Šulpa'ea Lu-ḫegal has received. Month: Nesag. Year: En-unugal (was installed) as en-priest of Inanna. (Seal:) Lu-ḫegal, scribe, son of Ur-[...], servant of [...].

TAD 24 etc. (cast copies)

Amherst 091

MVN 05, 030

MVN 05, 033

MVN 05, 036

MVN 15, 334

Orient 55, 157 no. 2

TCL 02, 5557

CUNES 52-04-081

MVN 05, 043

Akkadica 137, 200-203 06

Amherst 035

MVN 05, 010

MVN 05, 051

Orient 55, 167-168 no. 15

CUSAS 03, 0242

CUSAS 03, 0474

CUSAS 03, 0478

CUSAS 03, 0897

CUSAS 03, 0908

CUSAS 03, 0909

CUSAS 03, 1154

Akkadica 135/1, 090-092 09

Akkadica 135/1, 088-090 08

Akkadica 135/1, 096-098 12

Akkadica 135/1, 098-100 13

Anonymous 429941

Anonymous 497531

AuOr 24, 149

CUSAS 03, 0011

CUSAS 03, 0067

CUSAS 03, 0068

CUSAS 03, 0070

CUSAS 03, 0088

CUSAS 03, 0235

CUSAS 03, 0314

CUSAS 03, 0315

CUSAS 03, 0319

CUSAS 03, 0326

CUSAS 03, 0354

CUSAS 03, 0355

CUSAS 03, 0359

CUSAS 03, 0380

CUSAS 03, 0382

CUSAS 03, 0385

CUSAS 03, 0391

CUSAS 03, 0398

CUSAS 03, 0408

AAS 024

Amherst 033