Editing Shulgi (section)

{{Short description|21st century BC Sumerian King}}
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| name         = Shulgi<br>{{nobold|{{cuneiform|𒀭𒂄𒄀}}}}
| title        = {{unbulleted list
   | [[Ur|King of Ur]]
   | [[King of Sumer and Akkad]]
   | [[King of the Four Corners of the World]]
 }}
| reign        = {{Circa|2094 &nbsp;BC}}&nbsp;– 2046 &nbsp;BC
| predecessor  = [[Ur-Nammu]]
| successor    = [[Amar-Sin]]
| death_date   = c. 2046 BC
| issue        = [[Amar-Sin]], Liwir-Mitashu
| father       = [[Ur-Nammu]]
| mother       = Watartum
| dynasty      = [[3rd Dynasty of Ur]]
| succession   = King of the [[Neo-Sumerian Empire]]
| image        = [[File:Cylinder seal of Shulgi.jpg|320px]]<br>[[File:Shulgi seal (drawing).jpg|320px]]
| image_size   = 340px
| caption      = Cylinder seal of Shulgi. The inscription reads "To [[Nuska]], supreme minister of [[Enlil]], his king, for the life of Shulgi, strong hero, King of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad, Ur-Nanibgal, governor of Nippur, son of Lugal-engardug, governor of Nippur, dedicated this."<ref>Full transcription: {{cite web |title=CDLI-Archival View |url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P226975 |website=cdli.ucla.edu}}</ref> Louvre Museum.
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| header=King Shulgi foundation tablet<br><small>({{Circa|2094}}–2046 BC)</small>
| image2   = Foundation tablet Reign of Shulgi From the Temple of Dimtabba in Ur (horizontal).jpg
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<small><sup>[[dingir|d]]</sup>nimin-tab-ba.............. "For [[Nimintabba]]"[[File:BLANK ICON.png|20px]]</small><br><small>nin-a-ni..................... "his Lady,"</small><br><small>šul-gi.................... "Shulgi"</small><br><small>nitah kalag-ga...... "the mighty man"</small><br><small>lugal........................"King"</small><br><small>urim<sup>ki</sup>-ma............... "of Ur"[[File:BLANK ICON.png|20px]]</small><br><small>lugal ki-en-............... "King of [[Sumer]]"</small><br><small>gi ki-uri-ke<sub>4</sub>................. "and [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]],"</small><br><small>e<sub>2</sub>-a-ni.......................... "her Temple"[[File:BLANK ICON.png|20px]]</small><br><small>mu-na-du<sub>3</sub>................... "he built"</small>
| image1   = Foundation tablet Reign of Shulgi From the Temple of Dimtabba in Ur.jpg
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<small>{{cuneiform|[[:wikt:𒀭|𒀭]] [[Nimintabba|𒐏𒋰𒁀]]}}<br>{{cuneiform|𒎏𒀀𒉌}}<br>{{cuneiform|𒂄𒄀}}<br>{{cuneiform|𒍑𒆗𒂵}}<br>{{cuneiform|[[:wikt:𒈗|𒈗]] [[Ur|𒋀𒀊𒆠]]𒈠}}<br>{{cuneiform|𒈗[[Sumer|𒆠𒂗]]}}<br>{{cuneiform|𒄀𒆠[[:wikt:𒌵|𒌵]]𒆤}}<br>{{cuneiform|[[:wikt:𒂍|𒂍]]𒀀𒉌}}<br>{{cuneiform|𒈬𒈾𒆕}}<ref>[https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/from-beneath-the-temple/]Richard L. Zettler, "From Beneath The Temple Inscribed Objects From Ur", Expedition Magazine, University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, vol. 28, no. 3, 1986</ref></small>
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Foundation tablet of king Shulgi ({{Circa|2094}}–2047 BC), for the Temple of [[Nimintabba]] in [[Ur]]. ME 118560 [[British Museum]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Enderwitz |first1=Susanne |last2=Sauer |first2=Rebecca |title=Communication and Materiality: Written and Unwritten Communication in Pre-Modern Societies |date=2015 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-041300-7 |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pKK1CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT28 |language=en}}</ref>
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'''Shulgi''' ({{cuneiform|𒀭𒂄𒄀}} <sup>'''[[Dingir|d]]'''</sup>'''šul-gi''',(died c. 2046 BC) formerly read as '''Dungi''') of [[Ur]] was the second king of the [[Third Dynasty of Ur]]. He reigned for 48&nbsp;years, from {{Circa|2094|2046 BC}} ([[Middle Chronology]]).<ref name="Klein1995" /> His accomplishments include the completion of construction of the [[Great Ziggurat of Ur]], begun by his father [[Ur-Nammu]]. On his inscriptions, he took the titles "King of Ur", "[[King of Sumer and Akkad]]", adding "[[King of the Four Corners|King of the four corners of the universe]]" in the second half of his reign.<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/download/31402452/1991-3-JCS43-5.pdf]Suter, Claudia E., "A Shulgi statuette from Tello", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 43.1, pp. 63-70, 1991</ref> He used the symbol for divinity ([[Dingir|{{cuneiform|𒀭}}]]) before his name, marking his [[apotheosis]], from at least the 21st year of his reign and was worshipped in the Ekhursag palace he built.<ref>Raphael Kutscher, "An Offering to the Statue of Šulgi", Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, vol. 1, iss. 2, pp. 55-59, 1974</ref> Shulgi was the son of [[Ur-Nammu]] king of [[Ur]] and his queen consort Watartum.<ref name="Sharlach2007" />