Chapter 04 · 2112 – 2004 BCE

Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

A bureaucratic golden age, the Code of Ur-Nammu.

Illustration: A scribe recording sheep received in an Ur III livestock yard
Livestock administration at Puzrish-Dagan, around 2050 BCE.

~2100 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

URU-KA-gina 14h

“(1) The name of this (object) is: "Bau is the mother of Iri-kagina".”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001157/

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~2100 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

URU-KA-gina 14i

“(1) The name of this (object) is: "Bau is the counsellor of Iri-kagina".”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001158/

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~2100 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

URU-KA-gina 14j

“(1) The name of this (object) is: "Bau is the vigour of Iri-kagina".”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001159/

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~2100 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

URU-KA-gina 14k

“(1) The name of this (object) is: "Bau takes care of Iri-kagina's throne".”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001160/

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~2100 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

URU-KA-gina 14l

“(1) The name of this (object) is: "Bau declared: 'The crushing youth is Iri-kagina'".”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001161/

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~2100 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

URU-KA-gina 14m

“(1) The name of this (object) is: "Bau is the guide of Iri-kagina".”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001162/

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~2100 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

URU-KA-gina 14n

“(1) The name of this (object) is: "Bau is the true diadem of Iri-kagina".”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001163/

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~2100 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

URU-KA-gina 14o

“(1) The name of this (object) is: "Bau confirmed what was told by Iri-kagina".”

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001164/

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