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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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MVN 05, 128

6 gazelle kids [...], (for) the e-uzga establishment, from Uri-ki[du], the cook; 6 male gazelle kids, šu-gid offerings for the sealed storehouse; from among the deliveries, the 21st day, from Intaea withdrawn. Conveyor: Nur-Suen, the scribe. Month: 'Festival of Mekigal' (month 12). Year: 'Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali' (Šu-Suen year 7, ca. 2030 BCE).

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 15, 376

Tablet basket: (tablets of) the ētum-house (storehouse), debits (capital account) and expenditures of Ur-Nanna; from the month 'Harvest' (še-sag-ku₅) to the month 'Festival of Šu-Suen,' (a period of) 9 months. Year: 'Šu-Suen, king of Ur, built the Amorite wall (called) Muriq-Tidnim.'

MVN 05, 128

MVN 15, 376

NCC 004

Nisaba 15, 0474

NRVN 1, 003

NRVN 1, 089

NRVN 1, 096

Orient 55, 162 no. 8

Orient 55, 164 no. 10

Orient 55, 164 no. 11

Orient 55, 168 no. 16

Orient 55, 169 no. 17

Orient 55, 170-171 no. 19

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)