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Year names of Šulgi (years 21-30)

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21a. mu dnin-urta ensi2 gal den-lil2-la2-ke4 eš-bar kin ba-an-du11-ga a-ša3 nig2-ka9 den-lil2 dnin-lil2-ra si bi2-in-sa2-sa2-a: Year: "Ninurta, the ensi-gal of Enlil, having pronounced an oracle, (Šulgi) reorganized the fields and accounts of Enlil and Ninlil"

Not attested in cdli database.

21b. mu dnin-urta ensi2 gal den-lil2-la2-ke4 e2 den-lil2 dnin-lil2-la2-ke4 eš-bar kin ba-an-du11-ga dšul-gi lugal uri5ki-ma-ke4 gan2 nig2-ka9 ša3 e2 den-lil2 dnin-lil2-la2-ke4 si bi2-sa2-a: Year: "Ninurta, the ensi-gal of Enlil, having pronounced an oracle in the temples of Enlil and Ninlil, Šulgi, the king of Ur, reorganized the fields and accounts belonging to the temples of Enlil and Ninlil"

21c. mu BAD3-ANki (= Der) ba-hul: Year: "Der was destroyed"

Not attested in cdli database.

21d. mu nig2-ka9 ak al-la: Year: "The accounting of the hoes"

See RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 102-103).

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22a. mu us2-sa dnin-urta ensi2 gal den-lil2-la2-ke4 e2-den-lil2 dnin-lil2-la2-ke4 eš-bar kin ba-an-du11-ga dšul-gi lugal uri2ki-ma-ke4 gan2 nig2-ka9 ša3 e2 den-lil2 dnin-lil2-la2-ke4 si bi2-sa2-a: Year after: "Ninurta, the ensi-gal of Enlil, having pronounced an oracle in the temples of Enlil and Ninlil, Šulgi, the king of Ur, reorganized the fields and accounts belonging to the temples of Enlil and Ninlil"

22b. mu us2-sa bad3-anki derki ba-hul: Year after: "Der was destroyed"

22c. mu nig2-ka9 ak al-la mu us2-a-bi: Year after: "The accounting of the hoes"

See RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 102-103).

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23a. mu dšul-gi lugal-e a2 mah den-lil2 sum-ma-ni …: Year: "Šulgi, the king, having been granted great power by Enlil, … "

23b. mu nig2-ka9-ak al-la-ka mu 2-kam us2-sa-bi: Two years after: "The accounting of the hoe-lands"

The following might also belong here,

The catalogue also lists BM 19298 (Girsu) and BM 109555 (Girsu) for Šulgi 23.

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24a. mu kar2-harki ba-hul: Year: "Karahar was destroyed"

24b. mu nig2-ka9-ak al-la-ka mu 3-kam us2-sa-bi: Three years after: "The accounting of the hoe-lands"

The following should probably be included here,

The catalogue also lists BM 18717 (Girsu), BM 19256 (Girsu), CBCY 3, p. 68, NBC 1572 (Girsu), BM 28204 (Girsu) for Šulgi 24.

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25a. mu us2-sa kar2-harki ba-hul: Year after: "Karahar was destroyed"

25b. mu si-mu-ru-umki ba-hul: Year: "Simurrum was destroyed"

(This year name is identical to abbreviated forms of the year names for Šulgi 44 and Ibbi-Suen 3).

25c. mu nig2-ka9-ak al-la-ka mu 4-kam us2-sa-bi: Four years after: "The accounting of the hoe-lands"

The following should probably also be included here

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26a. mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-umki ba-hul : Year after the year: Simurrum was destroyed

(This year name is identical to abbreviated forms of the year names for Šulgi 45 and Ibbi-Suen 4).

26b. mu si-mu-ru-umki a-ra2 2-kam-ma-aš ba-hul Year: Simurrum was destroyed a second time

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27a. mu šul-gi nita kal-ga lugal an ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4 si-mu-ur4-umki a-ra2 2-kam-aš mu-hul-a mu us2-sa-bi

In the following tablets from Umma this is abbreviated.

27b. mu ha-ar-šiki ba-hul

Note, in particular,

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28a. mu en nam-šita4 dšul-gi-ra-ke4 ba-gub-ba-še3 šud3-sag en-den-ki eriduki-ga dumu šul-gi nita kal-ga lugal uri2ki-ma lugal an ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4 ba-a-hun Year: The šita-priest-who-piously-intercedes-for-Šulgi, the son of Šulgi, the strong man, the king of Ur, the king of the four corners of the universe, was installed as en-priest of Enki in Eridu

28b. mu en-nam-šita4 dšul-gi-ra-ke4 ba-gub en-den-ki eriduki-ga dumu dšul-gi nita kal-ga lugal uri2ki-ma lugal an ub-da limmu2-ba-ka ba-a-hun Year: The šita-priest-who-intercedes-for-Šulgi, the son of Šulgi, the strong man, the king of Ur, the king of the four corners of the universe, was installed as en-priest of Enki in Eridu

and in a more ambiguous abbreviated form (cf. Amar-Suen 8),

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29. mu us2-sa en nam-šita4 dšul-gi-ra-ke4 ba-gub-ba-še3 šud3-sag en-den-ki eriduki-ga dumu šul-gi nita kal-ga lugal uri2ki-ma lugal an ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4 ba-a-hun Year after the year: The šita-priest-who-piously-intercedes-for-Šulgi, the son of Šulgi, the strong man, the king of Ur, the king of the four corners of the universe, was installed as en-priest of Enki in Eridu

and in a more ambiguous abbreviated form (Cf. Amar-Suen 9),

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30a. mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2 an-ša-anki-ke4 ba-an-tuku Year: The governor of Anšan took the the king's daughter into marriage

30b. mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2 an-ša-anki-ke4 ba-an-du Year: The governor of Anšan took the the king's daughter into marriage

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