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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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PBS 13, 35

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) ?) — PBS 13, 35. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

PTS 1021

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PTS 1021. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy·Writing & Literature

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

RIME 3/2.01.01.24, ex. 39a-d

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RIME 3/2.01.01.24, ex. 39a-d. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

RIME 3/2.01.03.15, ex. add70

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RIME 3/2.01.03.15, ex. add70. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2048 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 224, Bod S 186

2 gur 4 barig 2 ban of barley, (measured by the) royal (gur), the deficit of the barley expenditures at Nippur; (charged to) ARAD — they being land registrars — it is to be repaid. On behalf of the land registrar, the sealed tablet of Kaguna is present. Month: Dal. Year: "Anshan was destroyed." (Seal:) Kaguna, the scribe, son of Ur-[...].

Economy·Law

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

NATN 918

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 918. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y1 — Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

PBS 13, 35

PTS 1021

RIME 3/2.01.01.24, ex. 39a-d

RIME 3/2.01.03.15, ex. add70

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 224, Bod S 186

NATN 918

AUCT 3, 384

AfO 04, 23

Amherst 091

CUNES 52-04-081

ASJ 09, 234 05

CUSAS 03, 1055

FLP unn07 (966)

JCS 08, 046

LB 0115

NATN 921

NATN p. 54 catalogue

PTS 0330

TAD 01

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 203, Bod B 06 (113)

TMH NF 1-2, 250

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 182, Bod A 18

MVN 03, 281

CUSAS 03, 0757

MVN 11, 143

NATN 202

NATN 321

NATN 654

NATN 709

Ontario 2, 423

TMH NF 1-2, 031

NRVN 1, 068

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 02

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 03

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 04

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 05

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 06

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 09

RIME 4.01.04.04, ex. 10

BBVO 11, 268, 5N-T656

BiMes 19, 184, 242 9-02862

BiMes 19, 190, 250 9-02942

CBS 07502

CBS 07507

CBS 07519

CBS 07527

CBS 07635

CBS 07674

CBS 07681

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 023