Bur-Sin

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1. mu bur-^dsuen lugal
Year: "Bur-Sin (became) king" (UET 5 47)

1+1. mu ^dbur-^dsuen lugal mu₂-kam
Second year: "Bur-Sin became king (in Kisurra)" (BM 214)

a. mu bad₃ im-gur-^dnin-in-si-na mu-du₃
Year: "(Bur-Sin) built the city wall of Imgur-Nin-isin / beloved of Nin-Isin or Dur-Imgur-Nin-Isin" (PBS 811)

b. mu bad₃ gal-gal mu-un-du₃-a
Year: "(Bur-Sin) built large fortifications" (PBS 8 16)

c. mu lugal sze-ga ^den-lil₂ ^giszszu-nir ku₃-sig₁₇ ku₃-babbar ^den-lil₂-ra mu-na-an-di₂
Year: "(Bur-Sin) the king obedient to Enlil made for Enlil emblems of gold and silver" (PBS 8, 12)

d. mu ^uruduki-lugal-gub i₂-h₂-ga₂ ^urudud₈-mah n₃-d₂-a ^dnin-in-si-na-ra mu-na-an-di₂
Year: "(Bur-Sin) made for Nin-Isin a royal copper plateform (representing) an overflowing stream and a magnificent altar for libations" (PBS 8, 13)

e. mu ^dnin-urta gizkim-a-ni mi-t,um sag₃ ku₃-sig₁₇ szita₂-bi ^na4za-gi₃ szu-nir gal ^dnin-urta-ra mu-na-di₂
Year: "(Bur-Sin) made for Ninurta his helper a 3 headed mittum-weapon in gold, his shita-weapon in lapis-lazuli and a great emblem" (BAW, Isin p. 96)

f. mu ^dbur-^dsuen lugal-e ib-bi₂-^den-lil_{2 3} im-gur-^dda-mu ba₃ gal-gal min-a-bi /₂-a-bi g₂ i₂-buranun-na-ka mu-du₃
Year: "Bur-Sin the king built 2 large walls on the bank of the Euphrates (called) Ibbi-Enlil / called by Enlil and Imgur-Damu / beloved of Damu (Stone, Nippur Neighborhoods, 143, n. 16 =? PBS 8, 16)

g. mu i₇-szi-ma-at-bur-^dsuen ba-ba-al
Year: "The canal called szimat-Bur-Sin / fate of Bur-Sin was dug" (OrNS 45, 42)

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