Šulgi: years 1-10
Return to the year names of Šulgi
1. mu šul-gi lugal: Year: "Šulgi is king"
- RTC 273 (Girsu) rev. 5: mu szul-gi lugal
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2. mu us2 e2 dnin-gubalag ki ba-a-gar: Year: "The foundations of the temple of Ningubalag were laid"
- ITT 4, 7662 (Girsu) obv. 5: mu us2 e2 {d}nin-gubalag? ba-gar
- ITT 5, 6737 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu us2 e2 {d}nin-gubalag ki ba-a-gar
- MVN 7, 28 (Girsu) rev. 2: mu us2 e2 {d}nin-gubalag ki ba-a-gar
- MVN 7, 64 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu us2 e2 {d}nin-gubalag ba-a-gar
- RTC 271 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu us2 e2 {d}nin-gubalag ki ba-a-gar
RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 18) identifies this as Ur-Namma year ‘o’.
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3. mu šul-gi lugal uri2ki-ma-ke4 gešgu-za za-gin3 den-lil2-ra i-na-ku4-ra: Year: "Šulgi, the king of Ur, brought in a lapis throne for Enlil"
- Iraq 22, pl. 20 6 NT 382 (Nippur) obv. 1- rev. 2: mu szul-gi lugal# uri5{ki}-ma#-ke4 […] [{gesz}]gu-za za-gin3 {d}en-lil2#-ra i3-na-kux(KWU636)!-ra e2 […]-zi
- CUNES 52-18-126 (Nippur)
RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 94) identifies this as Shulgi year 2.
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4. mu us2 e2-dnin-urta ki ba-a-gar: Year: "The foundations of the temple of Ninurta were established"
- MVN 7, 482 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu us2 e2 {d}nin-urta ki ba-a-gar
- RTC 274 (Girsu) rev. 5: mu us2 e2 {d}nin-urta ki ba-a-gar
- RTC 276 (Girsu) obv. 18: mu us2 {d}nin-urta-ta
- LB 2460
RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 94) identifies this as Shulgi year 5.
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5a. mu us2 e2-dnin-urta us2-sa: Year after: "The foundations of the temple of Ninurta were established"
- LB 48 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu us2 {d}nin-urta us2-sa
- MVN 7, 57 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu us2 {d}nin-urta us2-sa
- MVN 7, 58 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu us2 e2 {d}nin-urta us2-sa
- MVN 7, 513 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu us2-sa e2 {d}nin#-urta ki ba-a-gar
- MVN 10, 246 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu us2 e2 {d}nin-urta us2-sa x
- ITT 5, 6704 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu us2 e2 {d}nin-urta us2-sa
- RTC 276 (Girsu) obv. 19: mu us2 {d}nin-urta us2-sa
- RTC 275 (Girsu) rev. 2: mu us2 e2 {d}nin-urta us2-sa
RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 95) identifies this as Shulgi year 6b.
5b. mu bad3 gal e2-an-na ba-du3-a: Year: "The great wall of the Eanna Temple was built"
Also read as mu |BAD3.GAL.AN|[ki …]
The catalogue also notes LB 575 as Šulgi 5.
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6. mu lugal-e giri3 nibruki si bi2-sa2-a: Year: "The king straightened out the Nippur road"
RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 95) identifies this as Shulgi year 7a.
Note in addition,
- MVN 7, 92 (Girsu) rev. 5: mu us2-sa e2 {d}nin-urta us2-sa
The catalogue lists BM 100491 as Šulgi 6.
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7. mu lugal-e uri2ki-ta nibruki-še3 šu in-nigin2: Year: "The king made a round trip between Ur and Nippur (in one day)"
- RA 65, 19 1 (Girsu) rev. 5: mu lugal-e uri5{ki}-ta
- RA 65, 19 2 (Girsu) obv. 5: mu lugal-e in-nigin2
- RA 65, 19 3 (Girsu) obv. 7: [mu lugal]-e in-nigin2
- RA 65, 20 4 (Girsu) obv. 7: mu [lugal]-e uri5{ki}-ta
- RA 65, 20 5 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu lugal-e in-nigin2
- RA 65, 20 6 (Girsu) obv. 5: mu lugal-e szu! in-nigin2
- MVN 7, 476 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu lugal szu!(TUG2) in-gur4
- MVN 7, 477 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu lugal-e szu in-gur4
- MVN 6, 568 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu lugal-e szu in-gur4
- MVN 7, 29 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu lugal-e szu in-gur!(SI)
- RTC 272 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu lugal-e {d}nibru{ki}-ta
- RTC 276 (Girsu) obv. 20: mu lugal-e szu in-nigin2-sze3
- RTC 277 (Girsu) rev. 1: mu lugal-e uri5{ki}-ta nibru{ki}-sze3 [i3?]-nigin2
- RTC 278 (Girsu) rev. 2: mu szul-gi lugal-e uri5{ki}-ta nibru{ki}-[sze3]
- RTC 279 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu lugal-e szu i3-nigin2
- RTC 280 (Girsu) rev. 1: mu# lugal-e uri5{ki}-ta
- ITT 5, 6820 (Girsu) rev. 6: [mu] lugal-e in#-nigin2
RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 95) identifies this as Shulgi year 7b.
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8. mu ma2-gur8 dnin-lil2-la2 ba-ab-du8: Year: "The magur-boat of Ninlil was caulked"
- ASJ 2, 16 44 (Girsu) rev. 2: mu ma2-gur8 {d}nin-lil2 ba-ab-du8
- RTC 281 (Girsu) rev. 1: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 ba-ab-du8 (also obv. 4, 11; rev. 7)
- ITT 5, 6703 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 ba-du8
- ITT 5, 6711 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 ba-du8
- ITT 5, 6713 (Girsu) rev. 10: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 ba-du8
- ITT 5, 6725 (Girsu) rev. 2: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 ba-du8
- ITT 5, 6819 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 ba-du8
- RA 65, 20 7 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 ba-du8
- RA 65, 20 8 (Girsu) obv. 3: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 ba-du8
- MVN 7, 388 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 ba-du8
- MVN 7, 510 (Girsu) rev. 5: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 ba-ab-du8
The catalogue also includes the following without transcriptions: CBCY 3, p. 198, NBC 5429 (Girsu).
RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 95) also identifies this as Shulgi year 8.
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9a. mu ma2 dnin-lil2-la2-ke4 us2-sa: Year after: "The boat of Ninlil (was caulked)"
- DCS 49 (Girsu) rev. 6: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 us2-sa
- ITT 5, 6805 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu [ma2] {d}nin-lil2 us2-sa
- MVN 6, 7 (Girsu) rev. 7: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 us2-sa
- MVN 6, 82 (Girsu) rev. 7: [mu ma2 {d}]nin-lil2-la2 [… us2]-sa
- MVN 6, 143 (Girsu) rev.8: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 us2#-[sa]
- MVN 7, 61 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 us2-sa
- MVN 7, 62 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 us2-sa
- MVN 7, 394 (Girsu) rev. 8: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 us2-sa
- MVN 7, 405 (Girsu) rev. 8: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2-ke4 us2-sa
- MVN 7, 421 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 us2-sa
- MVN 7, 487 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 us2-sa
- RTC 282 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2-la2-ke4 us2-sa
- RTC 283 (Girsu) rev. 3: mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 us2-sa
- BM 15729 (Girsu) mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2 us2-sa
9b. mu dnanna kar-zi-daki e2-a-ni ku4: Year: "Nanna of Karzida was brought into his temple"
Note this year name is readily mistaken for abbreviated forms of Shulgi 36.
RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 95) also identifies this as Shulgi year 9.
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10. mu e2-hur-sag lugal ba-du3: Year: "The royal mountain-house (the palace) was built"
- Babyloniaca 08, HG 01 (Girsu) rev. 5: mu e2 hur-sag ba-du3
- ITT 5, 6702, rev. 3: mu e2-hur-sag ba-du3
- ITT 5, 6716 (Girsu) rev. 5: mu e2-hur-sag <ba>-du3
- ITT 5, 6738 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu e2-hur-sag ba-du3
- ITT 5, 6809 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu e2-hur-sag ba-du3
- ITT 5, 6813 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu e2-hur-sag ba-du3
- ITT 5, 6825 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu e2-hur-sag ba-du3
- ITT 5, 6827 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu e2-hur-sag ba-du3
- MVN 6, 348 (Girsu) rev. 17: [mu e2 hur]-sag ba-du3
- MVN 7, 27 (Girsu) rev. 2: mu e2 hur-sag ba-du3
- MVN 7 456 (Girsu) rev. 5: mu e2 hur-sag ba-du3
- RTC 284 (Girsu) rev. 6: mu e2 hur-sag ba-du3
- RTC 285 (Girsu) rev. 4: mu e2 hur-sag-ta
- AAICAB 1/3, pl. 183, Bod A 20 (Girsu) rev. 17: mu e2 hur-sag ba-du3
RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 95) also identifies this as Shulgi year 10.