King unknown

a. mu ul₃-ul₃ sze lagaš^ki giš bi₂-ra-a : Year: "…… the barley of Lagaš was threshed”

• RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 10) lists this year name as Ur-Namma year c.
• Museum no. Ist Ni 1453. [Also referred to by Scheil, RT 19 (1897) p. 61; RA 14 (1917) p. 163; Radau, 'Early Babylonian History', p. 281 and Sollberger, AfO (1954-1956) p. 13j.] The Ni prefix indicates that the tablet is (most probably) from Nippur.

b. mu e₂-muhaldim ^dnin-šubur ba-du₃-a : Year: "The kitchen (of the temple) of Nin-šubur was built”

• AOAT 25, p. 82, 11 (Nippur) rev. 5: mu e2 muhaldim {d}nin-szubur ba-du3-a
• (Note the provenience of this tablet)

• RIME 3/2 (Frayne 1997, 94) lists this year name as Šulgi year 3.

c. mu id₂-^dba-ba₆-he₂-gal₂-sud ba-ba-al-la : Year: "The canal 'Baba-hegal-sud / Baba makes abundance last' was dug”

• RTC 253 (Girsu) rev. 11: mu i7 {d}ba-ba6-he2-gal2-su3 ba-ba-al-la
• possibly a year of Ur-gar since that name appears in the line preceding the date.

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