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 2106add / CDLI Seals 006112 (CDLI Seals 006112 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim: Šara-ayaĝu, the farmer and 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/Q004439/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2107add / CDLI Seals 000390 (CDLI Seals 000390 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters presented this (seal) to Šu-Suen-ana-Suen-takil, 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/Q004440/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2108add / CDLI Seals 000393 (CDLI Seals 000393 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: Šu-Suen-sisa, the courier, 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/Q004441/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2109add / CDLI Seals 006070 (CDLI Seals 006070 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters presented this (seal) to Šulgi-hasis, the general, 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/Q004442/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2110add / CDLI Seals 006062 (CDLI Seals 006062 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Šulgi-ili, the chief soldier, child of Nazida, 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/Q004443/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2111add / CDLI Seals 000383 (CDLI Seals 000383 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Šulgi-ili, 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/Q004444/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2112add / CDLI Seals 000382 (CDLI Seals 000382 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the military governor of Der: Šulgi-ilī, 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/Q004445/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2113add / CDLI Seals 000566 (CDLI Seals 000566 (composite))
“(1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Šulgi-iriĝu, the envoy and courier, 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/Q004446/
Read the full tablet entry