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~2100 BCE·

Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

ETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1044add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 26)

(1') To ..., ..., his spouse, dedicated this (bowl) ..., and also for her own well-being.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1045add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 28)

(1') ..., ruler of Lagaš, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1048add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 34)

(i 1') To ..., ..., ruler of Lagaš, dedicated this (bowl) for his well-being.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1049add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 35)

(1') To ..., ... dedicated this (bowl) ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1050add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 36)

(1') ... mined .... He dedišated (this) maše with three heads to ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1051add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 38)

(1') To ..., ... dedicated this (statue) for his well-being and for the well-being of his spouse and child. The name of this statue is "...".

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1052add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 39)

(1') ... the mother of Lagaš, holy Ĝatumdug, praised him/it truly. ... to Lagaš ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1053add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 41)

(1') ..., ruler of Lagaš, who built Ninĝirsu's E-ninnu, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1054add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 42)

(1') To ..., ... dedicated this (vase) ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1058add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 48)

(i 1') .... Ninĝirsu, Enlilś šhild ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1059add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 49)

(i 1') .... Ninĝirsu šhose ... in his holy hearṭ .... (ii 1') ... from the mountains ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1060add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 50)

(1') .... for his well-being ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1061add (FAOS 09/1, Lagash 53)

(1') To ..., ... dedicated this (bowl) for his well-being and for the well-being of his spouse and child. ... of this bowl ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lagaš II Unidentified 1062add (formerly Nammahni 09a)

(1') ... Ninkagina, the šhild of Kakug, ... for her well-being ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lugal-ana-tuma 1

(1) Thirty-five years after Umma had been divided up, Lugal-ana-tum, governor of Umma, built the E-gidru in Umma. He drove in its foundation pegs, and within it he put its divine powers in good order. (14) At that time Si’um was the king of Gutium.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lugal-KISAL-si 2

(1) For Namma, the spouse of An, Lugal-kisale-si, king of Unug, king of Urim, built the temple of Namma.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lugal-KISAL-si 3

(1) To ..., Me-girimta, child born to Lugal-kisale-si, spouse of Muni-hursaĝ, dedicated this (bowl).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lugal-namnir-sum 1

(1-2) Lugal-namnir-šuma, king of Kiš.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Lugalda-lu 1

(1) E-kiri, Lugalda-lu, king of Adab.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Me-ba-LAK551 1

(1) E-kiri, Medurba, king of Adab.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Me-silim 1

(1) Me-silim, king of Kiš, builder of Ninĝirsu's temple, diplayed this (mace) for Ninĝirsu. (7) (At that time) Lugal-šag-engur was the ruler of Lagaš.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Me-silim 2

(1) Me-silim, king of Kiš, performed the burgi ritual in the E-kiri. (5) (At that time) Nin-kisale-si was the ruler of Adab.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Me-silim 3

(1) Me-silim, king of Kiš, the beloved child of Ninhursaĝa, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Mes-KALAM-du 2

(1) To Suen, Meš-kalam-dug, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Mes-kigala 2001

(1) To Ninšubur, the envoy of An, for the well-being of Meš-kigala, governor of ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Mes-kigala 2002add

(i 1) To Barag-Enlile-ĝara, the king of Adab, E-zišagŋala, overseer of the soldiers, dedicated this (vase) for the well-being of Meš-kigala, governor of Adab. (ii 1) Meš-kigala, governor of Adab, the builder of Iškur's temple, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Namahni 1

(1) For Ninura, the mother of Umma, Nammahni, the governor of Umma built and restored her E-ula. (9) At that time Yarlagan was the king of Gutium.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Nammah 1

(1) To RU-kalama, Pa-UN, spouse of Nammah, ruler of Nibru, dedicated this (bowl).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Nammah-abzu 2001

(1) To Ninegal, Igi-Enlilše, (Nammah-abzu's) slave, dedicated this (cup) for the well-being of Nammah-abzu, governor of Nibru.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Nigir-eša-tum 1

(1) To Gilgameš, Niĝir-eša-tum dedicated this (mace).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Pa-bilga … 1

(1) For Enlil, Pabilga-gi, king of Umma.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Puzur-Inšušinak 2

(1) Puzur-Inšušinak, ruler of Susa.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šaratigubisin 2001

(1) To Ningublaga, the king who crushes the evil-doers, Nigdu-pae, the scribe, the archivist of Irisaĝrig, child of Ur-kiri, the scribe, dedicated this (object) for the well-being of Šarati-gubisin, his king, for his well-being and for the well-being of his spouse and child.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Sin-kašid 05

(1) When Sin-kašid, the powerful man, king of Unug, king of Amnanum, provider of the E-ana, built the E-ana, then he (also) built his new palace, the E-kituš-šag-hula.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Šuruš-kin

(1) Šuruš-kīn, governer of Umma.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

The building of Ningirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B)

(Cylinder A i 1) On the day when in heaven and earth the fates were to be decided, Lagaš emerged prominently with great divine powers, and Enlil looked at lord Ninĝirsu with approval. In our city an eternal thing appeared. The heart overflowed with joy, Enlil's heart, a river in flood, oveflowed with joy, and just as the Tigris brings sweet water, so Enlil, whose will is an enormous flood, sparkling, and awe-inspiring, came to a sweet decision: (Cylinder A i 9) "Its owner requested the temple and I will make the E-ninnu's divine powers known everywhere. Being a man of great wisdom, the ruler…

Law

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unattributed 02 (FAOS 09/2, p. 355 2)

(1') To ..., ... dedicated this (bowl) .... (2') The name of this bowl is “My master did look at me with favour!”.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unnamed Rulers of Lagaš 3

(1') ..., ruler of Lagaš, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Unnamed Rulers of Lagaš 4add

(1') ..., beloved of Šul-šagana, supported by Ig-alima, who submits to the orders of Nindara, whose name was proclaimed by Hendursaĝ, the child born to ..., ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-dukuga 2

(1) Urdu-kuga, the shepherd, who provides Nibru with everything, the great farmer of An and Enlil, the provider of the E-kur, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-dukuga 3

(1) For Lulal of Du-eden, his master, Urdu-kuga, the shepherd, who provides Nibru with everything, ..., the spouse looked upon favourably by Inana, built his beloved temple.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-ešlila 1

(1) To Ninšubur, Ur-akkila, the barber, dedicated this (stone tablet) for his own well-being. (5) His spouse is Gan-Utu. (7) His children are Gan-šubur, Me-kikugta, Ursaĝ-Utu, Inim-Utu-zid, ..., ..., ..., Nin-izuzu.

Law

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-gigira 2001

(1') To ..., Lugal-ana-tum, išib priest of An, dedicated this (mace) for the well-being of Ur-gigira, the powerful man, king of Unug.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-LUM-ma 1

(1) For Enkigal, Ur-Luma, king of Umma, child of En-akale, king of Umma, built his temple.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-LUM-ma 2

(1) For Nagarpae, Ur-Luma, king of Umma, child of En-akale, king of Umma, built his temple.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-mama 1

(1) To Ninmarki, the kind woman, ..., this (bowl) for the well-being of Ur-Mama, ruler of Lagaš.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Ninmarki 1 (FAOS 09/2, Ninmarki 1)

(1) To Bau, his lady, Geme-ĝirnuna, the spouse of Amarsu, the child of Alla, dedicated this (object) for the well-being of Ur-Ninmarki, governor of Lagaš, and for her own well-being.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Ninsumuna 1 (FAOS 09/2, Urninsun 1)

(1) To Ninĝirsu, the powerful warrior of Enlil, his master, Ur-Ninsumuna, governor of Lagaš, dedicated this (bowl) for his well-being. (10) The name of this bowl is “May my master prolong my life!”.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Numušda 1 (= Unattributed Ur III 1046add)

(1) To Gilgameš, Ur-Numušda, the soldier, dedicated this (mace).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

URU-KA-gina 02

(i 1) For Ninĝirsu, Enlil's warrior, Iri-kagina, king of Ĝirsu, built the Antasura, his temple, the abundance of the Land, and his great temple of Tiraš. He built the temple of Bau. .... (ii 1) For Igalim he built the E-mehušgal-anki. For Šul-šagana he built his Kitušakkile. For Lama-saga, his guide, he built her temple; and within it he built temples for Zazaru, Ni-pae, and Urnunta-ea. For Ninnisig, Ninĝirsu's butcher, he built his temple. (iii 1') For Enlil, he built the Adda in Imsaĝ. For Nanše he dredged her beloved canal, the Id-Niĝin-du. He built the Eninnu at its beginning, and built th…

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