Chapter 04 · 2112 – 2004 BCE
Ur III · Neo-Sumerian
A bureaucratic golden age, the Code of Ur-Nammu.
~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2031add / CDLI Seals 000178 (CDLI Seals 000178 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-amana, child of Ur-Hendursaĝaka, the brewer, is your servant.”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004965/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2032add / CDLI Seals 005949 (CDLI Seals 005949 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-Enlila, the scribe, child of Lu-Ninšubur, is your servant.”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004966/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2033add / CDLI Seals 005918 (CDLI Seals 005918 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the god of his land, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented this (seal) to Lu-Enlila, the sea mechant, his servant.”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004967/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2034add / CDLI Seals 005948 (CDLI Seals 005948 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-diĝira, child of .... the royal scribe, is your servant.”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004968/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2035add
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-Mama, child of Habaluge, is your servant.”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004969/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2036add / CDLI Seals 005950 (CDLI Seals 005950 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-Ninĝirsu, the scribe, child of Lu-Bau, is your servant.”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004970/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2037add / CDLI Seals 000252 (CDLI Seals 000252 (composite))
“(1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-Ninšubur, the scribe, child of Urmeš, is your servant.”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004971/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2038add / CDLI Seals 005951 (CDLI Seals 005951 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-Šara, the envoy, is your servant.”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004972/
Read the full tablet entry