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~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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CUSAS 03, 0909

1 hide of a grain-fed full-grown male goat, from Iškur-illat, Ana'aḫ-ilī has received. Month: Akiti. Year: "The magnificent barge for Enlil and Ninlil [he] fashioned." (seal/attribution:) Anna'aḫ-ilī, leatherworker, son of Sa'ba.

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~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1154

1 fat-tailed sheep, 3 ewes(?) |U8+ḪUL2|, 4 fat-tailed male lambs, 2 fat-tailed female lambs, 2 full-grown billy-goats, 3 nanny-goats: the month having elapsed to the 15th day; from Iškur-illat Ili-bilani took (them) in charge. Month: Maš-da-gu ("gazelle-eating"). Year: "The great barge for Enlil and Ninlil was fashioned." (Seal:) Ili-bilani, servant of Šu-Kabta.

CUSAS 03, 0909

CUSAS 03, 1154

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 020, 1911-168

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 076, 1924-0697

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 131, 1971-309

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 228, Bod S 202

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 231, Bod S 221

Aleppo 379

CUSAS 03, 0660

CUSAS 03, 0668

CUSAS 03, 0695

CUSAS 03, 0896

CUSAS 03, 0898

CUSAS 03, 0914

CUSAS 03, 1157

CUSAS 03, 1521

CUSAS 03, 1522

Akkadica 135/1, 090-092 09

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 092, 1935-535

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 126, 1971-281

Aleppo 086

Aleppo 113

Aleppo 491

CUSAS 03, 0704

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

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