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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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CUSAS 03, 0315

73 1/3 sar of bricks — its consumption (bi₂-gu₇) has been deducted therefrom. Delivery. Iddin-Ea, foreman of the hired workers. Via Ba-zi. Account (reckoning). Via Iškur-illat and Puzur-Ninkar, [the scribe]. Month: festival-of-Ninazu. Year: Šu-Suen the king erected the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil. (This tablet is a) copy.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0319

840 bricks — Ta-ri-bu; 660 (bricks) — Za-bu-ku-a; [n (bricks)] — Me-na-zi; [n (bricks)] — Šu-Mama; [n (bricks)] — Na-a-a; [n (bricks)] — Šu-la-num; [n ...]; [Month:] Akiti. [Year:] Šu-Sîn, king of Ur, erected the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil (= Šu-Sîn year 3).

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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