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 2075add / CDLI Seals 006026 (CDLI Seals 006026 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-Suen, 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/Q004408/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2076add / CDLI Seals 000271 (CDLI Seals 000271 (composite))
“(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lušalim, 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/Q004409/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2077add / CDLI Seals 006028 (CDLI Seals 006028 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-Šulgira, the scribe, child of Dadaga, 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/Q004410/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2078add / CDLI Seals 000275 (CDLI Seals 000275 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-ušgena, the scribe, child of Ur-Lamma, 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/Q004411/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2079add / CDLI Seals 000177 (CDLI Seals 000177 (composite))
“(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: ..., child of Ur-Bau, the 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/Q004412/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2080add / CDLI Seals 000163 (CDLI Seals 000163 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, ...: ..., 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/Q004413/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2081add
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, 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/Q004414/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2082add / CDLI Seals 000551 (CDLI Seals 000551 (composite))
“(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-amarkug, the scribe, child of Nasag, 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/Q004415/
Read the full tablet entry