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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 LifeDrehem 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.
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Amar-Suena 01
Royal titulary of Amar-Suena, third king of Ur III: attests the formula 'king of the four quarters' that legitimised Sumerian rulers as universal sovereigns under Enlil's divine mandate.
LawAmar-Suena 02
(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.
LawAmar-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.
LawAmar-Suena 04
(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king.
LawAmar-Suena 05
(i 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, installed this (door socket) at Enlil's pure foundation pit, at the place that fills Amar-Suena's heart with joy.
LawAmar-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.
LawAmar-Suena 07
(o 1') ... whose name was prošlaimed by ..., the steadfast supporter of Enlilś temple, the powerful ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarterṣ built the E-temen-ni-guru, his beloved temple, in Urim.
LawAmar-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.
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(1) Since the dawn of time no temple has been built for the Dubla-maḫ except for an offering-place, where a reed hut was erected, (but now) for Nanna, his beloved master, Amar-Suena, the beloved of Nanna, 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 a temple for the Dubla-maḫ, the building marvelled at by the Land, his place of rendering judgements, his net, the one from which no enemy of Amar-Suena may escape. He made it shining, decorated it with gold, silver, and lapis lazuli. In…
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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.
LawAmar-Suena 11
(1) 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, erected the statue (with the name) "It is him whose name was proclaimed by Suen who is the beloved of Urim". (1) Copy of a baked brick from the excavated debris of Urim, the work of Amar-Suena, king of Urim, that Sîn-balāssu-iqbi, military governor of Urim, found while looking for the ground-plan of the E-kiš-nu-ĝal. Nabû-šuma-iddin, son of Iddin-Papsukkal, the lamentation-priest of Sîn, read and copied it for viewing. (14) Whoever…
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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.
LawAmar-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.
LawAmar-Suena 14
(1) For Inana, lady of the evening, her lady, Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, built her temple.
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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.
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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.
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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.
LawAmar-Suena 19
(1) En-maḫ-gal-ana, the en priestess of Nanna.
LawAmar-Suena 20 / CDLI Seals 003975 (CDLI Seals 003975 (composite))
(1) Nin-ḫedu, the daughter of the king: Urgu, the animal-fattener is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2002 / CDLI Seals 005804 (CDLI Seals 005804 (composite))
(1) Gudea, ruler of Lagaš: ..., the land recorder, is you servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2003 / CDLI Seals 005887 (CDLI Seals 005887 (composite))
(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Lugal-melem, governor of Nibru, scribe ..., child of ..., scribe of the ĝipar in Nibru, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2004 / CDLI Seals 005819 (CDLI Seals 005819 (composite))
(1) Lugal-melem, governor of Nibru: Lugal-magure, the scribe, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2005 / CDLI Seals 000105 (CDLI Seals 000105 (composite))
(1) Ṣilluš-Dagan, governor of Simurrum: Ibbi-Addad, the scribe, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2006 / CDLI Seals 005907 (CDLI Seals 005907 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ur-Lisi, governor of Umma, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2007 / CDLI Seals 005881 (CDLI Seals 005881 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Aya-kala, the governor of Umma, is your servant.
LawAmar-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.
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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.
LawAmar-Suena 2010add / CDLI Seals 005901 (CDLI Seals 005901 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Abi-luma, the scribe, child of ..., is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2011add / CDLI Seals 005880 (CDLI Seals 005880 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ada-lal, the courier, child of Abu-ṭab, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2012add / CDLI Seals 004272 (CDLI Seals 004272 (composite))
(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Aguda, the military governor of Ahuti, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2013add / CDLI Seals 005913 (CDLI Seals 005913 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Aguza is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2014add / CDLI Seals 005089 (CDLI Seals 005089 (composite))
(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Ahum-ilum, the courier, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2015add / CDLI Seals 005904 (CDLI Seals 005904 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Anum-mutappil, the courier, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2016add / CDLI Seals 000044 (CDLI Seals 000044 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim: Arad-Nanna, child of ..., is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2017add
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Aya-kala, the governor of Umma, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2018add
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Aya-kala, the governor of Umma, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2019add / CDLI Seals 000033
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Aya-kala, the governor of Umma, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2020add / CDLI Seals 000030 (CDLI Seals 000030 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, whose name was proclaimed by Enlil in Nibru, the steadfast supporter of Enlil's temple, Aya-kala ....
LawAmar-Suena 2021add / CDLI Seals 005897 (CDLI Seals 005897 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: ..., the scribe, child of ..., is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2022add / CDLI Seals 000053 (CDLI Seals 000053 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Babati, the scribe, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2023add / CDLI Seals 005882 (CDLI Seals 005882 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful king, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Baddari, overseer of the dumudaba workers, child of Gulum, is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2024add / CDLI Seals 005543 (CDLI Seals 005543 (composite))
(1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Dan-ili, the scribe, child of ..., is your servant.
LawAmar-Suena 2025add / CDLI Seals 000069 (CDLI Seals 000069 (composite))
(i 1) Amar-Suena, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Dayyati, the scribe, child of ..., is your servant.
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