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~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
UM 55-21-118
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UM 55-21-118. 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
~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
UM 63-17-008
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UM 63-17-008. 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
~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
UT 1599-22
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UT 1599-22. 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
~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
ZA 092, 017
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — ZA 092, 017. 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).
Religion & Myth~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
JANES 18, 44 07
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 44 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).
Economy~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
JANES 18, 45 11
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 45 11. 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~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
JANES 18, 47 18
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 47 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).
Economy~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
RIME 4.04.01.02, ex. add173
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.04.01.02, ex. add173. 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).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add162
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add162. 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).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add374
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add374. 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).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add380
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add380. 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).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add381
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add381. 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).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add397
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add397. 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).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add398
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.04.01.03, ex. add398. 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).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
CDLI Literary 000769, ex. 0xx
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000769, ex. 0xx. 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).
Religion & MythDaily Life~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
JANES 18, 43 05
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 43 05. 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~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
JANES 18, 45 09
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 45 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).
Economy~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
JANES 18, 47 16
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 47 16. 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).
Daily LifeEconomy~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
JANES 18, 51 31
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JANES 18, 51 31. 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~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
RIME 4.01.04.05, ex. add52
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.01.04.05, ex. add52. 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).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
RIME 4.01.10.02, ex. add16
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — RIME 4.01.10.02, ex. add16. 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).
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~1950 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
WCMA 20.1.05
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — WCMA 20.1.05. 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
~1934 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
JCS 28, 238 03
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 238 03. 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). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eš…
Economy
~1934 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
JCS 28, 239 04
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 239 04. 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). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eš…
Economy
~1934 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
JCS 28, 240 06
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 240 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). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eš…
Economy
~1934 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial
UET 1, 0222
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UET 1, 0222. 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). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eštar…
EconomyWriting & Literature
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
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.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
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.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
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.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
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.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
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.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
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.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Išme-Dagan 02
Royal titulary of Išme-Dagan I of Isin, attesting his claim to en-priesthood of Uruk and spousal relationship with Inana — ideological strategies by which Isin kings legitimised succession to the fallen Ur III empire.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Išme-Dagan 03
Names En-ana-tuma as both zirru and en priestess of Nanna at Ur, documenting the rare overlap of two distinct priestly offices in a single woman under Išme-Dagan's reign.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Išme-Dagan 04
Identifies En-ana-tuma as both en priestess of Nanna at Ur and daughter of Išme-Dagan, directly linking royal Isin dynastic authority to the prestigious lunar-cult office at its traditional Ur III heartland.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Išme-Dagan 05
Records Išme-Dagan of Isin's grant of tax exemption and military-service immunity to Nippur — a concrete example of how early second-millennium kings purchased Enlil's divine favor through civic privilege.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Išme-Dagan 07
Records Išme-Dagan of Isin legitimising his reign through Enlil's divine appointment of Ninurta as his patron — a ritual weapon dedication that translates theological sanction into political authority.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Išme-Dagan 2001
Dedicatory bowl inscription naming Išme-Dagan as king of Ur: one of the surviving attestations anchoring his reign within the Isin dynasty's claim to Sumerian royal legitimacy.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Lipit-Eštar 01
Lipit-Eštar's self-presentation as 'humble shepherd' who 'established justice' in Sumer and Akkad — predating Hammurabi by roughly 150 years — anchors the ideological lineage of Mesopotamian law-giving kingship.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Lipit-Eštar 02
Lipit-Eštar frames the building of his palace as an act of justice for Sumer and Akkad — linking royal construction ideology to the legal reforms that precede Hammurabi by roughly 150 years.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Lipit-Eštar 04
Lipit-Eštar names himself 'humble shepherd of Nibru' and 'favourite of Inana' while linking his law-giving directly to temple construction — evidence that Isin kings framed legal reform as a divine mandate, not a civic one.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Lipit-Eštar 09add
Lipit-Eštar frames canal construction as an act of justice — yoking hydraulic infrastructure to royal ideology a generation before his more famous law code.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Ur-Ninurta 1
Royal titulary of Ur-Ninurta of Isin (~1923–1896 BCE) accumulates priestly and pastoral epithets across Nippur, Ur, Eridu, and Uruk, mapping the ideological geography of a dynasty competing to reunify Sumer after Ur III's collapse.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Bur-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.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Bur-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.
Economy~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Bur-Sin 2003 / CDLI Seals 001562 (CDLI Seals 001562 (physical))
(1) Warad-Šamaš, child of Ziyatum, is the servant of Bur-Suen.
Economy~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Bur-Sin 2004 / CDLI Seals 012051 (CDLI Seals 012051 (composite))
(1) ..., child of Damu-rabi, is the servant of Bur-Suen.
Economy~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Bur-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.
Economy~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Bur-Sin 2006 / CDLI Seals 002155 (CDLI Seals 002155 (physical))
(1) Ilum-ahu, ..., is the servant of Bur-Suen.
Writing & Literature~1925 BCE·Old BabylonianETCSRI
Damiq-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.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth