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 2131add / CDLI Seals 000569 (CDLI Seals 000569 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Iškur, the scribe, child of Laliya, 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/Q004915/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2132add / CDLI Seals 000458 (CDLI Seals 000458 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Igalim, 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/Q004916/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2133add / CDLI Seals 006090 (CDLI Seals 006090 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: Ur-Igalim, the scribe, child of Ur-saga, 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/Q004917/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2134add / CDLI Seals 000088 (CDLI Seals 000088 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim: Enlil-zišagĝal, chief butler, chief brewer, chief cup-bearer, overseer of the extispicy priests, 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/Q004918/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2135add / CDLI Seals 000480 (CDLI Seals 000480 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Nanše, the scribe, child of Namu, 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/Q004919/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2136add / CDLI Seals 006052 (CDLI Seals 006052 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Nanše, the scribe, child of Ur-Ebabbar, 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/Q004920/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2137add / CDLI Seals 006055 (CDLI Seals 006055 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Nungal, the scribe, child of Ur-Šara, the archivist, 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/Q004921/
Read the full tablet entry~2050 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Šu-Suen 2138add / CDLI Seals 000517 (CDLI Seals 000517 (composite))
“(i 1) Šu-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Šulgi, 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/Q004922/
Read the full tablet entry