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Ur-Namma 27
(1) For Inana, lady of the E-ana, his lady, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dug the Iturungal canal, her beloved canal.
LawUr-Namma 28
(i 1) When Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built the temple of Enlil, then for Nanna, the firstborn child of Enlil, his master, he dug the canal whose name is "Nanna is the canal inspector", a boundary canal, extending it into the sea. By the just decision of Utu, he examined (the canal’s course) and approved it. (ii 1) If anyone contest Nanna over (the canal), may he be king or a ruler, he should be treated as if he were cursed by Nanna! May he lose status in the dwelling of Nanna! May his city expel him from under the reed canopy! May his life be miserable!
LawUr-Namma 31
(1) For Enki, his master, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built his temple.
LawUr-Namma 32
(1) For Enki, the heavenly stormwind, his master, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built his temple.
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Ur-Namma 33
Attests Ur-Namma's construction of a temple for Inana, linking royal piety to political legitimacy at the height of the Ur III empire's centralised religious building programme.
LawUr-Namma 34
(1) For Inana, lady of the E-ana, his lady, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built and restored her temple.
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Ur-Namma 35
Dedicatory inscription in which Ur-Namma claims construction of a temple for the sun-god Utu, attesting the king's programme of sacred building as a pillar of Ur III royal legitimacy.
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Ur-Namma 36
Attests Ur-Namma's construction of Ninhursaĝa's temple at Keš, linking the founder of the Ur III dynasty to one of Sumer's oldest cult centres through royal building patronage.
LawUr-Namma 37
(1) For Ninlil, his lady, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built her beloved storehouse.
LawUr-Namma 38
(1) For Enlil, king of all lands, his master, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built the wall of Nibru.
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Ur-Namma 39
Records Ur-Namma's excavation of a dedicated offering canal at Ur, linking royal hydraulic engineering directly to the provisioning of temple cult under Enlil's authority.
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Ur-Namma 40
Ur-Namma's canal dedication to the moon-god Nanna at Ur attests the Ur III state's hydraulic investment as an act of royal piety, linking irrigation infrastructure directly to divine patronage.
LawUr-Namma 41
(1) For Nanna, his master, Ur-Namma, ....
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Ur-Namma 42
A royal inscription of Ur-Namma, founder of the Ur III dynasty and promulgator of the oldest known law code, dedicated to the moon-god Nanna — one of dozens of such dedications anchoring royal legitimacy in divine patronage.
LawUr-Namma 43
(1) To Ningal, his lady, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (plaque) for his well-being.
LawUr-Namma 44
(1) For Šara, his master, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, ....
LawUr-Namma 45
(1) To Nanna, his master, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (mace) for his well-being.
LawUr-Namma 46
(1) To Nin-gublaga, his master, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, lord of Unug, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (mace) for his well-being.
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Ur-Namma 47
Dedicatory vow on a vase from Nanna's temple at Ur links Ur-Namma's building piety to Gilgameš as divine protector — and preserves one of the earliest epigraphic curse formulae against inscription erasure.
LawUr-Namma 48
(1') ..., Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, ....
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Ur-Namma 49
A fragmentary Ur-Namma royal inscription that adds one more manuscript witness to the corpus defining how Ur III kings projected legal and divine authority in their own words.
LawUr-Namma 50
(1) Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim.
LawUr-Namma 51
(1) Watartum, the spouse of Ur-Namma, king of Urim: Lugal-kugzu, the captain, is your servant.
LawUr-Namma 52
(1') ..., her lady, Tarām-Urim, daughter of Apil-kīn, king of Mari, daughter-in-law of Ur-Namma, king of Urim, ....
LawUr-Namma 53 / CDLI Seals 006345 (CDLI Seals 006345 (physical))
(1) Puzur-Suen, the cultivator of Tarām-Urim.
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Ur-Namma 54
Attests a daughter of Ur-Namma serving as en-priestess of the moon-god Nanna at Ur, documenting the dynastic strategy of placing royal women in Mesopotamia's highest cultic offices.
LawUr-Namma 55add (formerly Unattributed Ur III 1019-1021)
(1') To ..., when he conquered Susa and turned it into his booty, Ur-Namma, king of Urim, dedicated (this vase) for his well-being.
LawUr-Namma 56add (formerly Unattributed Ur III 1022)
(1') ... by the ... of Nanna ..., when he šonquered Susa and turned it into his booty, ....
LawBur-Sin 1
(1) Bur-Suen, the shepherd who makes Nibru utterly content, the powerful farmer of Urim, the restorer of Eridug’s divine design, the en priest suitable for the divine powers of Unug, king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the spouse who befits Inana's holy lap.
LawBur-Sin 2002 / CDLI Seals 012217 (CDLI Seals 012217 (composite))
(1) Bur-Suen, the powerful king, king of Sumer and Akkad: Abbaĝu, the scribe, child of Lu-Utu, is your servant.
LawBur-Sin 2003 / CDLI Seals 001562 (CDLI Seals 001562 (physical))
(1) Warad-Šamaš, child of Ziyatum, is the servant of Bur-Suen.
LawBur-Sin 2004 / CDLI Seals 012051 (CDLI Seals 012051 (composite))
(1) ..., child of Damu-rabi, is the servant of Bur-Suen.
LawBur-Sin 2005 / CDLI Seals 005549 (CDLI Seals 005549 (physical))
(1) Bur-Suen, the powerful king, king of Sumer and Akkad: Lu-Enlila, the scribe, child of Lugal-ezen, is your servant.
LawDamiq-ilišu 2001
(1) To Nergal of Apiak, the respected lord, the powerful lion, his master, Warad-Nanna, the royal scribe, child of Piqqum, his servant, dedicated this (lion statue) for the well being Damiq-ilišu, king of Sumer and Akkad.
LawEnlil-bani 01
(1) Enlil-bani, the shepherd, who makes everything abundant for Nibru, the farmer of Urim’s plentiful barley, who purifies all divine powers of Eridug, the favourite en-priest of Unug, king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the spouse chosen in the heart by Inana.
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Enlil-bani 02
Attests Enlil-bani's construction of Isin's great city wall ca. 1925 BCE, with its dedicatory name preserving the ideological formula that equated a king's name with the physical permanence of urban fortification.
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Enlil-bani 03
Attests Enlil-bani's rebuilding of Isin's city wall c. 1925 BCE, anchoring both his public works programme and his claim to divine legitimacy through Inana's spousal election and Enlil's favour.
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Enlil-bani 04
Enlil-bani of Isin (r. c. 1860–1837 BCE) records his construction of the E-urĝira temple for Ninisina, anchoring his legitimacy in the goddess's patronage of Isin and his priestly role at Uruk.
LawEnlil-bani 05
(1) For Ninibgal, the compassionate lady, who loves votive offerings, who listens to prayers and supplications, her shining mother, Enlil-bani, the shepherd, who makes everything abundant for Nibru, the farmer of Urim’s plentiful barley, who purifies all divine powers of Eridug, the beloved en-priest of Unug, the powerful king, king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the spouse choosen in the heart by Inana, built her beloved temple.
LawEnlil-bani 06
(1) For Nintinuga, lady of the living and the dead, his lady, Enlil-bani, the powerful king, king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the beloved of Enlil and Ninisina, built the E-nidubu, his beloved temple.
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Enlil-bani 07
Attests Enlil-bani's construction of the E-dimgal-ana temple for the goddess Sud at Isin, anchoring his reign (~1860–1837 BCE) within the Sumerian tradition of legitimating kingship through divine patronage.
LawEnlil-bani 08
(1) For Enlil, king of all lands, his master, Enlil-bani, the powerful king, king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the beloved of Enlil and Ninisina, ....
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Enlil-bani 09
Enlil-bani of Isin claims to have 'established justice in Sumer and Akkad' — the same reforming formula later codified by Hammurabi — linking his reign to a tradition of royal law-giving a century before Babylon's famous code.
LawEnlil-bani 12add
(i 1) For Annunītum of Agade, his lady, Enlil-bani, the shepherd, who makes everything abundant for Nibru, the powerful king, king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the spouse chosen in the heart by Inana, built the Ulmaš, her beloved temple in Isin.
LawErra-imitti 2001 / CDLI Seals 002519 (CDLI Seals 002519 (physical))
(1) Iliška-uṭul, the scribe, child of Suen-ennam, is the servant of Erra-imitti.
LawIddin-Dagan 1
(1) To Ninisina, his lady, Iddin-Dagan, the powerful king, king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (statue) for his well-being. (9) Whoever ... order to perform a misdeed ..., may Ninisina, my lady, and Damu, may master, curse him!
LawIddin-Dagan 2001
(1) Iddin-Dagan, the powerful man, ...: ..., child of ..., the scribe, is your servant.
LawIddin-Dagan 3
(1) For Ninlil, the lady of the gods, Iddin-Dagan, the powerful king, fashioned a composite copper statue, set it up before her, and dedicated it to her for his well-being. (6) Whoever gives order to perform a misdeed against this (statue), ... my handiwork, erases this inscription and writes his own name there, or makes another man raise his hand against it on account of this curse, may Nanna, my master, Ninlil, my lady, and Dagan, my personal god, curse him!
LawIšbi-Erra 1
(1) For Enlil, king of all land, his master, Išbi-Erra, the powerful king, the king of his land, fashioned a lofty balaĝ-drum, which ... the heart, and dedicated it to him for his well-being. (12) The name of this balaĝ-drum is “Išbi-Erra puts (his) trust in Enlil.”
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Išme-Dagan 01
Royal self-presentation of Išme-Dagan I of Isin, accumulating cultic titles across Nippur, Ur, Eridu, and Uruk to legitimise rule over a fragmented post-Ur III landscape.
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