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~2060 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 098

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 098. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y35 — Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 1, 551

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 551. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y36 — Year after: Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 3, 468

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 468. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y36 — Year after: Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BCT 2, 085

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 085. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y36 — Year after: Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BCT 2, 181

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 181. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y36 — Year after: Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 1, 194

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 194. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y36 — Year after: Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 195

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 195. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y36 — Year after: Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 2, 020

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 020. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 2, 236

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 236. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 3, 090

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 090. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 3, 191

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 191. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 3, 213

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 213. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 3, 216

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 216. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 3, 271

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 271. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BCT 1, 028

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 1, 028. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BCT 2, 036

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 036. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BCT 2, 037

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BCT 2, 038

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 038. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BCT 2, 074

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 074. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 018

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 018. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 065

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 065. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 092

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 092. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 168

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 168. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 237

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 237. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 239

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 239. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 2, 195

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 195. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AUCT 3, 278

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 278. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BCT 2, 142

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 142. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BCT 2, 153

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 153. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

BCT 2, 217

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 217. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Šaššuru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 1, 184

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 184. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 003

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 004

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 012

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Šaššuru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 020

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 020. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 051

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 051. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 072

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 072. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Šaššuru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 094

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 094. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Šaššuru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 193

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 193. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

SACT 2, 251

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 251. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Šaššuru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Drehem Cattle-Distribution Tablet

A window into the world's first total state. The Ur III administration tracked every animal, every worker, every shekel — for a population in the millions. The level of paperwork was not exceeded until the modern era.

EconomyDaily Life
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 03

(1) For Enlil, the king of all lands, his master, Amar-Suena, whose name was proclaimed by Enlil in Nibru, the steadfast supporter of Enlil's temple, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, built the Kura-igi-ĝ̃al, the ziggurat temple, his beloved temple.

Religion & MythWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 06

(1) For Enlil, the king of all lands, his beloved master, Amar-Suena, nominated by Enlil in Nibru, the steadfast supporter of Enlil's temple, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, built the temple in which syrup, ghee, and wine never cease in (Enlil's) place of offering.

Religion & MythWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 08

(1) For Ningal, his lady, Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, built the Ĝipar-kug, her beloved temple. He dedicated it to her for his well-being.

Religion & MythWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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.

Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 13

(1) For Inana, the lady of battle, his beloved spouse, Amar-Suena, whose name was proclaimed by Enlil in Nibru, the steadfast supporter of Enlil's temple, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, fashioned her bronze ... of the E-ĝipar. He dedicated it to her for his well-being.

Religion & MythWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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.

Religion & MythWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Amar-Suena 2008

(o 1) To Nungal, lady of the prisons, the life-giving lady, his lady, Puzur-ilī, the chief administrator of the E-ugti, dedicated this (stone tablet) for the well-being of Amar-Suena, whose name was proclaimed by Enlil in Nibru, the steadfast supporter of Enlil's temple, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters.

Religion & MythWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

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.

Religion & MythWriting & Literature