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 2058add / CDLI Seals 006080 (CDLI Seals 006080 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: Išim-Šulgi, the courier, child of Ur-lugal, 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/Q004392/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2059add / CDLI Seals 006021 (CDLI Seals 006021 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Guli ....”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004393/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2060add / CDLI Seals 000152 (CDLI Seals 000152 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Kug-Nanna, child of Lu-Nanna, the animal-fattener, 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/Q004394/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2061add / CDLI Seals 005686 (CDLI Seals 005686 (composite))
“(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Kug-Nanna, child of Lu-Nanna, the animal-fattener, 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/Q004395/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2062add / CDLI Seals 006102 (CDLI Seals 006102 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Kug-Nanna, child of Lu-balasaga, the equerry, 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/Q004396/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2063add / CDLI Seals 000154 (CDLI Seals 000154 (composite))
“(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Kug-Ningal, child of Kalaĝu, the temple administrator of Ninsumun, 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/Q004397/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2065add / CDLI Seals 006103 (CDLI Seals 006103 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: ..., 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/Q004398/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2066add / CDLI Seals 006105 (CDLI Seals 006105 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-diĝira, child of Ur-gigir, the overseer, 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/Q004399/
Read the full tablet entry