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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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CUSAS 03, 0882

[2] sheep hides, from Iškur-illat Anaḫ-ilī received. Month: Ezem-maḫ. Year: "The land of Zabšali was destroyed." 2 [sheep hides], from Iškur-illat Anaḫ-ilī, the leatherworker, received. [Month:] Ezem-[maḫ]. Year: "Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the land of Zabšali." (Seal:) Anaḫ-ilī, the leatherworker, son of Saba.

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~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 0917

1 [sheep] skin, tanned (u₂-ḫab₂-treated), 4 sheep skins, tanned with e-ri₂-na, for the weaver(s); [n] leather bag(s)/containers (du₁₀-gan) of ti-bala type; [Ur-E'an]na the scribe was the deputy (maškim). [From] [Iškur]-illat withdrawn. Month: Festival of Šu-Suen. Year: Šu-Suen, [king] of Ur, fashioned the magnificent barge for Enlil and [Nin]lil. Copy.

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CUSAS 03, 0973

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CUSAS 03, 1007

CUSAS 03, 1021

CUSAS 03, 1105

CUSAS 03, 1144

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CUSAS 03, 1265

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CUSAS 03, 1390

CUSAS 40, 1443

LB 0254

MVN 05, 079

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