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AAICAB 1/2, pl. 088, 1935-524

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 088, 1935-524. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 430

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 430. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

Aleppo 221

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 221. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Aleppo 385

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 385. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AnOr 01, 002

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 002. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AnOr 07, 064

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 064. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AUCT 1, 144

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 144. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2054 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Aleppo 387

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 387. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Aleppo 031

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 031. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Aleppo 397

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 397. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AnOr 07, 067

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 067. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

ASJ 09, 241 18

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 241 18. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2052 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Anonymous 497528

1 5/6 sila3 syrup (lal3), 10 gin2 fine oil (ir-nun-oil), from Ur-gu'enna(?), goods for the festival, month: "Harvest" (Še-sag11-ku5?), under seal of Lu-Ningirsu. Year: "Urbilum was destroyed." Lu-Ningirsu, scribe.

~2052 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Aegyptus 29, 109, 39

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aegyptus 29, 109, 39. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 546

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 546. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AAS 039

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAS 039. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AAS 086

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAS 086. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

ACI 06

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ACI 06. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Aegyptus 26, 159 07

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aegyptus 26, 159 07. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Aegyptus 26, 161 09

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aegyptus 26, 161 09. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Aleppo 165

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 165. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Aleppo 167

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 167. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Aleppo 178

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 178. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Aleppo 182

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 182. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Aleppo 234

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 234. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AnOr 01, 004

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 004. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AnOr 01, 019

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 019. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AnOr 01, 045

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 045. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AnOr 01, 089

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 089. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AnOr 01, 106

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 106. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

ASJ 09, 246 23

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 246 23. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

ASJ 16, 107 08

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 16, 107 08. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Atiqot 4, pl. 13 26

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Atiqot 4, pl. 13 26. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Atiqot 4, pl. 22 47

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Atiqot 4, pl. 22 47. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AUCT 1, 044

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 044. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AUCT 1, 083

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 083. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AUCT 1, 153

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 153. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AUCT 1, 310

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 310. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Amar-Suena 10

Dedicatory curse clause invokes Nanna and Ningal against anyone who displaces the statue, preserving the standard Ur III formula for protecting royal monuments through divine sanction rather than human enforcement.

Amar-Suena 12

Records Amar-Suena's construction of a royal jail at Ur — one of the earliest explicit textual attestations of a dedicated carceral institution in Mesopotamian history.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

Amar-Suena 15

Dedicatory inscription of Amar-Suena for Enki's Abzu temple at Eridu, attesting the third Ur III king's building programme and his claim to universal rule under Enlil's authority.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

Amar-Suena 16

Records Amar-Suena's foundation of the first ĝipar (high-priestess residence) at Karzida, attesting the Ur III crown's active role in extending Nanna's cult into previously unserved cult centres.

Amar-Suena 18

Preserves a royal titulary of Amar-Suena — 'king of Urim, king of the four quarters' — attesting the ideological claim to universal sovereignty that defined Ur III kingship at its height.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

Amar-Suena 2009

A private votive dedication by a scribe's wife to the goddess Lamma, it attests the personal piety of literate households under Amar-Suena and the role of women as independent dedicants in Ur III religious life.

Amar-Suena 21

Dedicatory inscription naming Taddin-Eštar as a royal child of Amar-Suena, adding a personal name to the otherwise sparse prosopography of the Ur III royal family.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

RIME 3/2.01.01.24, ex. 35a-b

Ur-Namma, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, the one who built the temple of Enlil. (second exemplar, identical text:) Ur-Namma, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, the one who built the temple of Enlil.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Umma Livestock and Personnel Account (AnOr 1, 243)

A surviving administrative record of named people and livestock in the Ur III period. Together with other archives, such accounts reveal the work of managing animals, deliveries and institutional responsibility.

Economy·Daily Life

Ibbi-Suen 01

Ibbi-Suen's own account of fortifying Ur's walls — the defensive building programme of the last king of the Ur III dynasty, undertaken as Amorite pressure and internal fragmentation were already straining the empire he claimed to rule.

Ibbi-Suen 2014

Dedicatory inscription naming Ibbi-Suen's personal deity Mešlamta-ea: one of the few surviving epigraphic witnesses to the personal piety of Ur III's last king before Ur fell to the Elamites.

Šu-Suen 03

Records Šu-Suen's systematic disposal of conquered populations — blinded men assigned to temple orchards, women to textile mills — documenting the Ur III state's institutionalised exploitation of war captives as temple labour.