Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

“(1) To Ningublaga, the king who crushes the evil-doers, Nigdu-pae, the scribe, the archivist of Irisaĝrig, child of Ur-kiri, the scribe, dedicated this (object) for the well-being of Šarati-gubisin, his king, for his well-being and for the well-being of his spouse and child.”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001440/

“(1) Ibbi-Suen, the god of his land, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, presented this (seal) to Suen-abušu, the cup-bearer, his friend as crown prince.”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001868/

Royal building inscription of Sin-kašid attesting his dual titles — king of Uruk and of the Amnanum tribe — evidence that Amorite chieftains ruled major Sumerian cities in the Isin-Larsa period.

“(1) Sin-kašid, the powerful man, king of Unug, king of Amnanum, built his royal palace.”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q002239/

Attests Sin-kašid's dual title — king of Uruk and king of the Amnanum tribe — anchoring his otherwise poorly documented dynasty within both civic and tribal power structures of post-Ur III Babylonia.

“(1) Sin-kašid, the powerful man, king of Unug, king of Amnanum, provider of the E-ana, built his royal palace.”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q002240/

Attests Sin-kašid's dual role as builder of Uruk's great Inana temple (the E-ana) and of his own palace, anchoring his reign within the tradition of legitimacy-through-temple-construction.

“(1) When Sin-kašid, the powerful man, king of Unug, king of Amnanum, provider of the E-ana, built the E-ana, then he (also) built his royal palace.”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q002241/

“(1) When Sin-kašid, the powerful man, king of Unug, king of Amnanum, provider of the E-ana, built the E-ana, then he (also) built his new palace, the E-kituš-šag-hula.”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q002242/

“(Cylinder A i 1) On the day when in heaven and earth the fates were to be decided, Lagaš emerged prominently with great divine powers, and Enlil looked at lord Ninĝirsu with approval. In our city an eternal thing appeared. The heart overflowed with joy, Enlil's heart, a river in flood, oveflowed with joy, and just as the Tigris brings sweet water, so Enlil, whose will is an enormous flood, sparkling, and awe-inspiring, came to a sweet decision: (Cylinder A i 9) "Its owner requested the temple and I will make the E-ninnu's divine powers known everywhere. Being a man of great wisdom, the ruler…”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q000377/

A dedicatory inscription to Inana naming an otherwise obscure Ur III ruler or official named Tulili — one of the few epigraphic traces anchoring this individual within the Sumerian royal tradition.

“(1) To Inana, Tulili, child of ..., ....”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004251/