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(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nanna-andul, the scribe, is your servant.
Economy(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Nanna-maba, the scribe, child of Unapšen, is your servant.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Naram-ili, overseer of the doorkeepers, is your servant.
Law(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim: Naram-ili, overseer of the doorkeepers, is your servant.
Economy(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented (this seal) to Nawir-ilum, the shepherd, his servant.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Šarakam, the scribe, child of Inim-Šara, land recorder of the king, is your servant.
Writing & Literature(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king: Šulgida-nirĝal is your servant.
Writing & Literature(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Šu-Erra, the captain-of-sixty, is your servant.
Economy(1) Šu-Erra, the chief soldier of Amar-Suena.
Economy(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Šulgi-iriĝu, the envoy and courier, is your servant.
Economy(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Umani, the scribe, child of ..., is your servant.
Writing & Literature(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Bau, the scribe, is your servant.
Writing & Literature(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Bau, the scribe, child of Lugal-ušumgal, is your servant.
Economy(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-kugnuna, the envoy, child of Aradani, the judge, is your servant.
Economy(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Lisi, the governor of Umma, is your servant.
Law(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim: Ur-Nintur, the scribe, child of Duga, is your servant.
Writing & Literature(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters: ..., is your servant.
Economy(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-sagaĝu, the royal scribe, child of Lugal-kagina, is your servant.
Economy(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Šulpae, the scribe, child of Ur-Haya, is your servant.
Writing & Literature(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Šulpae, the scribe, child of Ur-Haya, is your servant.
Writing & Literature(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-ituda, the scribe, child of Ur-Dumuzida, is your servant.
Law(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: ..., the governor of Umma, is your servant.
Law(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim: ..., the scribe, is your servant.
Law(i 1) 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, presented this (seal) to Šu-Kabta, his son-in-law.
Law(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lu-Nanna, the royal scribe, child of Ur-Suen, is your servant.
Writing & Literature(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Bau is his child.
Writing & LiteratureRecords Habaluke, governor of Adab, dedicating a temple to Šu-Suen: evidence that provincial governors constructed cult buildings in the ruling king's name, binding local religious patronage to Ur III royal ideology.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & MythDedicatory inscription naming Šulgi as 'king of Sumer and Akkad': one of the textual anchors for dating his building programme at the Ninĝirsu temple and tracking the titulature of Ur III kingship.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & MythDedicates a dam to the goddess Ninḫursaĝa, attesting Šulgi's hydraulic patronage and the theological framing of Ur III infrastructure as divine service.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & MythA seal dedication by Nibru's governor to Nuska, vizier of Enlil, attesting the Ur III practice of invoking divine chancellors as intermediaries for royal well-being prayers under Šulgi.
EconomyRoyal titulary linking Ur-Namma to the Ekur at Nippur, attesting his bid to legitimise Ur III kingship through patronage of Enlil's cult — the theological cornerstone of Sumerian royal authority.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & MythUr-Namma's dedication of a temple to Enlil and excavation of the Id-en-eren-nun canal attests the intertwining of hydraulic infrastructure and divine patronage at the height of Ur III state-building.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(1) After he roared over Susa, Adamšah, and the land of Awan like a storm, made them submit in a single day, and captured their lords, Ibbi-Suen, the protective god of his land, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, fashioned for Nanna, who spreads radiance over his people, the most luminous lord among the gods, his master, an artfully wrought golden šagan bowl, whose decoration with bisons and snakes, and with the awe-inspiring dark raincloud1 attracts never-ending admiration, so that the mouth-opening ritual (carried out) with it at the place of the treasure chest durin…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(o 1) For Nanna, the fierce calf of An, lord, the firstborn child of Enlil, his master, Ibbi-Suen, the god of his land, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, fashioned an image of the Meluhhan leopard brought to him as a diplomatic gift from Marḫaši. He dedicated it to him for his well-being. The name of this leopard is „May it be caught!"
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(1) For Nanna, his master, Ibbi-Suen, the god of his land, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, dedicated this (bead) for his well-being.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(1) Mammetum, daughter of the king: Atanaḫ, the temple administrator, is your servant.
Economy(1) Ibbi-Suen, the king of his land, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Aḫam-arši, the scribe, child of Babati, is your servant.
Economy(1) Ibbi-Suen, powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ĝirini-isag, the scribe, child of Babati, the archivist, is your servant.
Economy(1) Ur-Ašgi, governor of Adab: Nita-saga, the scribe, is his child.
Economy(1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, presented this (seal) to Arad-Nanna, the grand vizier, his servant.
Economy(1) To Bau, her lady, 'Aman-ili, the spouse of Arad-Nanna, governor of Lagaš, dedicated this (eye stone) for the well-being of Ibbi-Suen.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(1) For Nindara, the mighty master, his master, Ur-Ninĝirsu, (also called?) En-me-zid-ana, the šennu priest, the beloved en priest of Nanše, fashioned this (statuette) for the well-being of Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ea-bani, the scribe, child of Pišah-ilum, the governor of Kutha, is your servant.
Economy(1) Ibbi-Suen, the god of the Land, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Dada, the governor of Nibru, child of Ur-Nanibgal, the governor of Nibru, is your servant.
Economy(1) Dada, governor of Nibru: Ĝ̃irini-isag, the scribe, child of Lu-kala, is your servant.
Economy(1) Dada, governor of Nibru: Idi-ili, child of ..., the steward, is your servant.
Economy(1) Dada, governor of Nibru: Adda-kala, the scribe, child of ..., is your servant.
Economy(1) Ennam-Šulgi, child of Lu-Nanna, the military governor.
Economy(1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Dadaga, the governor of Umma, is your servant.
Economy(i 1) Ibbi-Suen, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Gududu, the scribe, child of Dadaga, the governor of Umma, is your servant.
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