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    King Shulgi foundation tablet (c.โ€‰2094โ€“2046 BC) Shulgi (๐’€ญ๐’‚„๐’„€ dลกul-gi, formerly read as Dungi) of Ur was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur....
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  • Shulgi-simti was the wife or concubine of Shulgi, second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. She is known from a large number of cuneiform texts coming from...
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    Self-praise of Shulgi (Shulgi D) is a Sumerian hymn dedicated to the Third Dynasty of Ur ruler Shulgi, written on clay tablets dated to between 2100 and...
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    and then engraved by Shulgi. The other carnelian bead is in the British Museum, its inscription reads: "To Ninlil, his Lady, Shulgi, mighty man, king of...
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    Poems for kings Third Dynasty of Ur - Ur-Nammu, Shulgi (including the Self-praise of Shulgi (Shulgi D), Amar-Sin, Shu-Sin, Ibbi-Sin Isin dynasty - Ishbi-Erra...
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    centuries earlier. Many significant changes occurred in the empire under Shulgi's reign. He took steps to centralize and standardize the procedures of the...
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    battle after he had been abandoned by his army. He was succeeded by his son Shulgi. One known daughter, Ama-barag, married a local man. The other known daughter...
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    during the Ur III period, most notably during the rule of the prolific king Shulgi. His accomplishments include the completion of construction of the Great...
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  • the double eclipse that takes place 23 years after the ascension of king Shulgi of Babylon by those holding to the long chronology. c. 2125 BCโ€“2055 BC:...
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    Enmerkar. In royal hymns of the Ur III period, Ur-Nammu of Ur and his son Shulgi describe Lugalbanda and Ninsun as their holy parents, and in the same context...
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