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 2099add / CDLI Seals 006084 (CDLI Seals 006084 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: Nur-aya, 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/Q004432/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 21
“(1) For Nanna, the firstborn child of Enlil, his beloved master, Šu-Suen, the beloved of Nanna, the king whom Enlil chose with the love of his heart as the shepherd of the Land and of the four quarters, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, built his beloved temple, the E-muri-ana-baak.”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001003/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2100add / CDLI Seals 006085 (CDLI Seals 006085 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: Nur-Adad, child of Ganana, the overseer of the millers, 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/Q004433/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2101add / CDLI Seals 000563 (CDLI Seals 000563 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nur-Suen, the scribe, child of Iddi-Erra, 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/Q004434/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2102add / CDLI Seals 000322 (CDLI Seals 000322 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nur-Šulgi, 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/Q004435/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2103add / CDLI Seals 000323 (CDLI Seals 000323 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: Nur-Šamaš, the barber, 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/Q004436/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2104add / CDLI Seals 000346 (CDLI Seals 000346 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters presented this (seal) to Suen-abi, the cup-bearer, 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/Q004437/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2105add
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Suen-..., the cup-bearer ....”
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q004438/
Read the full tablet entry