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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).

AUCT 1, 485

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 485. 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, 504

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 504. 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, 520

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 520. 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, 521

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 521. 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, 696

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 696. 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 2, 029

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 029. 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).

ABAA (KAO 4), 79 P351

1. 2 gur of barley, (by the) royal (measure), 2. regular allotment for the grain-fed sheep; 3. emmer (of) Urre-badu. 4. Sealed document of Zumzum. 5. Month: extra (month) of Še-sag-ku (barley harvest). 6. Year: Karhar was destroyed for the 3rd time. Seal: 7. Geme-Lamma, 8. high priestess of Baba: 9. Zumzum, the animal-fattener, (is) your servant.

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 & MythWriting & 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 & MythWriting & 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 & MythWriting & 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.

LB 0229

Obverse 1. 8 billy-goats, 2. from Lu-dingira; 3. sealed document of Lu-Lagaš. Reverse 4. Year after Kimaš was destroyed. Seal 1. Lu-Lagaš, 2. scribe, 3. son of Ur-Nanše, [captain?].

LB 0233

1. 1 gur 1 barig 8 sila of ... ; 2. sealed document(?) of ... ... [...]; 3. from the month Festival of Baba 4. to the month mu-šu-du7. 5. Year: "The house of Puzur-Dagan was built."

LB 0236

Obverse 1. 3 workmen, 1 barig of barley (each), from the king's (stores); 2. 2 workmen, old (?); 3. 2 (units?) i'a-TAR (?); 4. garden of ...; Reverse 5. sealed document of E-hegal; 6. month: Festival of Šulgi; 7. year: Kimaš, Hurti and their territory were destroyed.

LB 0239

1 gur 2 ban 6 sila of baked bread, (measured by the) royal gur, from Namhani; sealed document of Lu-gula, son of Ur-igizibarra. Month: Še-sag-ku ("Barley-harvest"), year following (the year): "Kimaš was destroyed." Seal: Lu-gula, scribe, son of Ur-igizibarra.

LB 0241

Obverse 1. 3 gur 4 barig of barley, royal (measure), 2. loan barley of the workers, 3. from Du-sabara, 4. from Bazi. Reverse 5. Sealed document of Ur-Baba, the merchant; 6. overseer: Ur-dun; 7. via Atu. 8. Month: Amar-a-a-si. 9. Year: Kimaš was destroyed.

LB 0243

Obverse 1. 12 gur 2 ban (?) of wheat, 2. from Lu-igimaše; 3. sealed document of Ka'a, son of A[tu]. 4. Month: Mušudu, 5. and (month:) Amar-ayasi; Reverse 6. via Ur-tur. 7. Year after (the year): "Kimaš was destroyed." Seal 1. Ka'a, 2. son of Atu.

LB 0244

Obverse 1. 9 gur 4 barig of barley, (by the) royal (measure), 2. from Lu-Ninšubur, 3. on behalf of Lu-DU, 4. as an interest-bearing loan(?), received. Reverse 5. Month: Festival of Carrying the Barley. 6. Year: the throne [......] ...... was [fashioned(?)].

EconomyLaw

LB 0256

1. 3 gur 3 barig of barley, royal (measure), 2. from the grain-heap of the Elamites, 3. from Šu-Eštar, 4. for the gaba-tab work of the Elam-egara field. 5. Sealed document of Adda, son of GIŠ-BAD. 6. Month: Festival of Baba; 7. Year: Kimaš was destroyed. Seal: 1. Adda, 2. son of GIŠ-BAD, 3. steward of Dumuzi.

LB 0257

1. 4 gur of barley, (by the) royal (measure), 2. barley rations of the porters; 3. [...] ... [...] ... [...] 4. Ur-[...], the porter. 5. Barley of the field beside the SILA3(?). 6. Year after the year Karhar was destroyed for the second time. 7. Ur-[...] 8. [...] AN [...]

LB 0259

1. 76 gur 4 barig of barley, 2. wages of the hired workers, the labor-troops of the bala-service staying (on duty), 3. from Bazi; 4. from the Kunzida (canal-inlet) of ......; 5. sealed document of Atu, son of Lala; 6. via Erra-nuid. 7. Month: Mu-šu-du7. 8. Year: Simurrum (and) Lullubum were destroyed for the 9th time.

LB 0268

Obverse 1. 12 plowmen, 4 gur of barley (by the) royal (gur) each: 2. their barley: 48 gur; 3. barley loan of the plowmen, 4. from Ur-Ašnan, 5. from the field E-gibil. 6. Sealed document of Adda, temple administrator of Inanna; 7. via Ur-Baba, the plowman(?). Reverse 8. Year: the en-priestess of Nanna was chosen by means of the omen kid. Seal 9. Adda, scri[be], 10. son of Ur-ab[ba], 11. temple administrator of Inanna.

LB 2360 & LB 0285

1. 27 gur 1 barig 6 1/3 sila 1 shekel of barley, by the royal gur, 2. KU, the remainder of the account made; 3. Ur-Baba, 4. son of Ur-iedina. 5. Year after (the year) Simurrum and Lullubum [were destroyed for the 9th] ti[me]. 6. 27 gur 1 barig 6 1/3 sila 1 shekel of barley, by the royal gur, 7. KU, the remainder of the account made; 8. sealed document of Ur-Baba, son of Ur-iedina. 9. Year after (the year) Simurrum and Lullubum were destroyed for the 9th time. 10. [Ur]-Baba, 11. [scr]ibe, 12. [son of] Ur-iedin[a].

RIME 3/2.01.01.24, ex. 35a-b

Exemplar a: 1. Ur-Namma, 2. king of Ur, 3. king of Sumer and Akkad, 4. the one who 5. built the temple of Enlil. Exemplar b: 1. Ur-Namma, 2. king of Ur, 3. king of Sumer and Akkad, 4. the one who 5. built the temple of Enlil.

SEL 34-36, 263 no. 01

1. 24 gur of barley, (by the) royal (measure), 2. interest-bearing barley; sealed document of Atu, 3. son of Lu-gešbare, the cattle manager. 4. Month: Še-sag-ku (barley harvest). 5. Year: Lugal-bagara. Seal: 6. Atu, 7. son of Lu-gešbare, 8. cattle manager.

TLB 03, 148

1. 6 gur of barley, royal (measure), 2. loan barley of the soldiers of the governor, men of Uruk, 3. from the grain heap of Barasiga, 4. from Ur-Nanše: 5. sealed document of Lu-girizal; 6. Šeš-lugal-pa'e (being) foreman, 7. the overseer (being) Ur-Baba, son of Ur-saga. 8. Month: extra (month of) Šesagku. 9. Year: Harši, Hurti and Kimaš were destroyed. 10. Lu-girizal, 11. scribe, 12. son of Lu-ašnan.

~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.

EconomyDaily 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.

Šu-Suen 2018

Dedicates a bronze axe to the god Šara on behalf of Šu-Suen, attesting the votive inscription habit by which Ur III officials tied personal piety to royal legitimacy.

Šu-Suen 27

A fragmentary royal inscription of Šu-Suen attesting the standard Ur III ideological formula linking kingship to Enlil's personal favour — evidence of how the dynasty legitimised rule through divine election language.

Šulgi 03

Dedicatory inscription recording Šulgi's construction of the E-ḫursaĝ palace-temple at Ur, attesting royal building patronage as a mechanism of divine legitimacy in the Ur III state.

Šulgi 06

Attests Šulgi's building works at the E-ana temple complex in Uruk, linking his patronage of Inana's cult to his claim over the dual title 'king of Sumer and Akkad.'

Šulgi 09

Attests Šulgi's construction of the E-šeššeše-ĝara for Nanše at Lagash, placing royal temple-building patronage at the intersection of Ur III statecraft and the goddess's traditional role as divine judge of social justice.

Šulgi 10

Dedicates the E-šeššeše-ĝara temple to Nanše, goddess of social justice and boundaries, placing Šulgi's building patronage within the religious infrastructure that legitimised Ur III royal authority.

Šulgi 100add

Attests Šulgi's patronage of Martu, the Amorite deity, inside a Sumerian royal titulary — evidence that Ur III kings co-opted tribal gods to consolidate legitimacy on their western frontier.

Šulgi 13

Dedicatory inscription recording Šulgi's construction of Ninmarki's temple E-munus-gisa at Ĝirsu, anchoring the king's patronage of local cults within his broader claim to rule all Sumer and Akkad.