In a recent paper, we analyzed the {$L\sp 2$}-well posedness of an initial boundary value
problem (ibvp) for the two-dimensional system of the linear elasticity under the uniform Kreiss-
Lopatinskii condition. The present work is devoted to studying the analog of this problem in the
three-dimensional case, when the Majda-Osher's analysis cannot be applied. The well-posedness is
achieved by constructing an everywhere smooth non-degenerate dissipative Kreiss symmetrizer of the
ibvp: this is done by adapting to the present situation the techniques already implemented for the
two-dimensional linear elasticity. Compared with the latter case, some further technical difficulties
have to be accounted for.