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~2113 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 109, 1937-084

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 109, 1937-084. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~2112 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

RTC 263

3 talents (gu2), 11 minas of wool, from/by the great stone-weight (na4-mah) — was weighed out. Deficit: 30 minas less 1 (= 29 minas) — (for) Lu-dumuzi. 3 talents, 34 minas — was weighed out. ... [...] ... (broken/illegible) wool of sheep [...] (broken) Ur-abba, the governor (ensi2). Year: "Ur-Namma the king put the road in order from the lowland to the highland."

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~2110 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Aleppo 159

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 159. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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~2109 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 115, 1951-077

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 115, 1951-077. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~2109 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 135, 1971-332

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 135, 1971-332. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~2109 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 233, Bod S 231

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 233, Bod S 231. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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~2100 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Code of Ur-Nammu

The oldest surviving law code in human history. The principle that the state — not the wronged family — defines and enforces justice begins here.

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 109, 1937-084

RTC 263

Aleppo 159

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 115, 1951-077

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 135, 1971-332

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 233, Bod S 231

Code of Ur-Nammu

E-IGI.NIM-pa'e 2

Laws of Lipit-Eštar (RIME 4.01.05.add10 (Laws of Lipit-Ishtar) composite)

Lugal-ayamu 2001

Lugal-KISAL-si 1

Šaratigubisin 1add (CUSAS 17, 014)

Sin-kašid 02

Sin-kašid 03

Sin-kašid 04

Tulili 1 (CUSAS 17, 003)

Unattributed 04 (unpublished unassigned ?)

Ur-Enlil 1

Ur-Enlil 2

Ur-nigina 1

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

Ur-zage 1

URU-KA-gina 13

URU-KA-gina 14v

URU-KA-gina 23add (FAOS 05/1, Ukg 23)

URU-KA-gina 25add (FAOS 05/1, Ukg 25)

URU-KA-gina 26add (FAOS 05/1, Ukg 26)

URU-KA-gina 27add (FAOS 05/1, Ukg 27)

URU-KA-gina 28add (FAOS 05/1, Ukg 28)

URU-KA-gina 29add (FAOS 05/1, Ukg 29)

URU-KA-gina 30add (FAOS 05/1, Ukg 30)

URU-KA-gina 31add (FAOS 05/1, Ukg 31)

URU-KA-gina 33add (FAOS 05/1, Ukg 33)

Uruna-badbi 2001

E-IGI.NIM-pa'e 1

Erridu-pizir 1

Erridu-pizir 3

Gan-kug-sig 1 / CDLI Seals 001443 (CDLI Seals 001443 (physical))

Geme-Bau 1 (Prima del'alfabeto 06)

Giša-kidu 1

Hala-Adda 1

Hala-Bau 1001

Hammu-rapi 14 (Akkadian)

Hammu-rapi 16

Hammu-rapi 2004

Hammu-rapi 23add

Idattu 1

Kuda 1

Kuda 1001 / CDLI Seals 001426 (CDLI Seals 001426 (physical))

Lagaš II Unidentified 1002