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 2055add / CDLI Seals 005966 (CDLI Seals 005966 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nanna-kiaĝ, the scribe, child of Lu-Nanna, 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/Q004989/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2056add / CDLI Seals 005967 (CDLI Seals 005967 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nanna-ludug, the scribe, child of Lu-diĝira, 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/Q004990/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2057add / CDLI Seals 000561 (CDLI Seals 000561 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nanna-maba, the scribe, child of Unapšen, 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/Q004991/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2058add
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nanna-maba, the 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/Q004992/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2059add / CDLI Seals 005922 (CDLI Seals 005922 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the god of his Land, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nanna-zu, the 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/Q004993/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2063add / CDLI Seals 005957 (CDLI Seals 005957 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nur-Adad, the overseer of the dogs, child of Lugal-urani, 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/Q004994/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2064add / CDLI Seals 000317 (CDLI Seals 000317 (composite))
“(1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nur-Eštar, the scribe, child of Manum-ki-Šulgi, 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/Q004995/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ibbi-Suen 2066add / CDLI Seals 000330 (CDLI Seals 000330 (composite))
“(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented this (seal) to Puzur-Enlil, the envoy, 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/Q004996/
Read the full tablet entry