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
Šu-Suen 2032add / CDLI Seals 000045 (CDLI Seals 000045 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: Arad-Nanna, child of Aya-kala, the chief royal cook, 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/Q004368/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2033add / CDLI Seals 000046 (CDLI Seals 000046 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Arad-Nanna, child of ..., the cup-bearer, 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/Q004369/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2034add
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: ....”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004370/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2035add / CDLI Seals 000047 (CDLI Seals 000047 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Atakalšum ....”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004371/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2036add / CDLI Seals 006011 (CDLI Seals 006011 (composite))
“(i 4) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Babara, child of ..., 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/Q004372/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2037add / CDLI Seals 000541 (CDLI Seals 000541 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Babati, 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/Q004373/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2038add / CDLI Seals 006101 (CDLI Seals 006101 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Burmama, the scribe, child of ..., 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/Q004374/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2039add / CDLI Seals 000066 (CDLI Seals 000066 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Dadaya, the scribe, child of ..., 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/Q004375/
Read the full tablet entry