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~2450 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Stele of the Vultures

The earliest historical document in human history. Before this, we have lists, accounts, and dedications. Here, for the first time, a ruler tells us what happened — with names, places, and consequences.

LawWriting & Literature
~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Disk of Enheduanna

The literary tradition is no longer anonymous from this point. Authorship — the idea that a specific human voice composes a specific work — enters the historical record with her.

Religion & MythWriting & Literature
~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Amarna letter. Letter from Yapahu (ruler of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or son Akhenaten

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Amarna letter. Letter from Yapahu (ruler of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or son Akhenaten. Yapahu requests help against Hapiru (Biblical Hebrews), a roving band of stateless people, ba

Daily Life
~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.

EconomyDaily Life
~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform Akkadian clay tablet 1

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Small clay tablet with cuneiform writing on both sides (in Akkadian language), from Early Old Babylonian period. It displays an account of labor, specifically referring to numbers of bricks carried by

EconomyDaily Life
~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform Akkadian clay tablet 2

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Small clay tablet with cuneiform writing on both sides (in Akkadian language), from Early Old Babylonian period. It displays an account of labor, specifically referring to numbers of bricks carried by

EconomyDaily Life
~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account text concerning bitumen, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 134

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Akkadian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

EconomyDaily Life
~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- house sale contract, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 204

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Akkadian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

EconomyDaily Life
~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Epic of Gilgamesh Flood Tablet in Akkadian Cuneiform - Nate Loper (43494374962)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia, regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts. It records a

Religion & Myth
~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

CT 50, 049

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — CT 50, 049. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

CT 50, 098

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — CT 50, 098. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

CT 50, 129

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — CT 50, 129. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

CT 50, 161

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — CT 50, 161. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Code of Ur-Nammu

The oldest surviving law code in human history. The principle that the state — not the wronged family — defines and enforces justice begins here.

Law
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 101, 1937-047

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 101, 1937-047. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 433

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 433. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Aegyptus 29, 107, 35

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aegyptus 29, 107, 35. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Akkadica 114-115, 095 02

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 114-115, 095 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Akkadica 114-115, 095 03

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 114-115, 095 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Aleppo 253

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 253. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AnOr 01, 011

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 011. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AnOr 07, 022

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 022. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AnOr 07, 029

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 029. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AnOr 07, 202

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 202. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AO 07935

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AO 07935. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

ASJ 09, 252 32

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 252 32. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

ASJ 09, 254 35

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 254 35. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

ASJ 09, 254 36

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 254 36. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

ASJ 09, 254 37

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 254 37. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

ASJ 09, 255 38

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 255 38. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

ASJ 09, 255 40

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 255 40. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 009

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 018

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 018. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 028

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 028. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 059

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 059. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 086

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 086. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 094

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 094. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 124

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 124. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 183

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 183. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 349

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 349. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 359

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 359. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 374

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 374. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 465

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 465. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 618

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 618. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 697

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 697. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 714

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 714. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 741

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 741. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 813

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 813. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 861

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 861. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 915

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 915. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life