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 2083add / CDLI Seals 006006 (CDLI Seals 006006 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-amarkug, the scribe, child of Lugal-magure, the išib priest of Ninurta, 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/Q004416/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2084add / CDLI Seals 006031 (CDLI Seals 006031 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-ezen, the scribe, child of Lu-Ninĝišzida, 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/Q004417/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2085add / CDLI Seals 000232 (CDLI Seals 000232 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-ituda, the scribe, child of Ur-Dumuzida, 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/Q004418/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2086add / CDLI Seals 000212 (CDLI Seals 000212 (composite))
“(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-ituda, the scribe, child of Šeškala, 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/Q004419/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2087add / CDLI Seals 006120 (CDLI Seals 006120 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-kugzu, the scribe, child of Ur-niĝar, 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/Q004420/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2088add / CDLI Seals 006032 (CDLI Seals 006032 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: ..., the scribe, child of Nasaga, 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/Q004421/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2089add / CDLI Seals 000558 (CDLI Seals 000558 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-melem, the scribe, child of Enlila, 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/Q004422/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2090add / CDLI Seals 005689 (CDLI Seals 005689 (composite))
“(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-melem, the scribe, child of Ur-e'e, 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/Q004423/
Read the full tablet entry