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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 32

(1) For Enki, the heavenly stormwind, his master, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built his temple.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 33

Attests Ur-Namma's construction of a temple for Inana, linking royal piety to political legitimacy at the height of the Ur III empire's centralised religious building programme.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 34

(1) For Inana, lady of the E-ana, his lady, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built and restored her temple.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 35

Dedicatory inscription in which Ur-Namma claims construction of a temple for the sun-god Utu, attesting the king's programme of sacred building as a pillar of Ur III royal legitimacy.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 36

Attests Ur-Namma's construction of Ninhursaĝa's temple at Keš, linking the founder of the Ur III dynasty to one of Sumer's oldest cult centres through royal building patronage.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 37

(1) For Ninlil, his lady, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built her beloved storehouse.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 38

(1) For Enlil, king of all lands, his master, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, built the wall of Nibru.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 39

Records Ur-Namma's excavation of a dedicated offering canal at Ur, linking royal hydraulic engineering directly to the provisioning of temple cult under Enlil's authority.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 40

Ur-Namma's canal dedication to the moon-god Nanna at Ur attests the Ur III state's hydraulic investment as an act of royal piety, linking irrigation infrastructure directly to divine patronage.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 41

(1) For Nanna, his master, Ur-Namma, ....

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 42

A royal inscription of Ur-Namma, founder of the Ur III dynasty and promulgator of the oldest known law code, dedicated to the moon-god Nanna — one of dozens of such dedications anchoring royal legitimacy in divine patronage.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 43

(1) To Ningal, his lady, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (plaque) for his well-being.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 44

(1) For Šara, his master, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, ....

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 45

(1) To Nanna, his master, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (mace) for his well-being.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 46

(1) To Nin-gublaga, his master, Ur-Namma, the powerful man, lord of Unug, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (mace) for his well-being.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 47

Dedicatory vow on a vase from Nanna's temple at Ur links Ur-Namma's building piety to Gilgameš as divine protector — and preserves one of the earliest epigraphic curse formulae against inscription erasure.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 48

(1') ..., Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim, ....

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 49

A fragmentary Ur-Namma royal inscription that adds one more manuscript witness to the corpus defining how Ur III kings projected legal and divine authority in their own words.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 50

(1) Ur-Namma, the powerful man, king of Urim.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 51

(1) Watartum, the spouse of Ur-Namma, king of Urim: Lugal-kugzu, the captain, is your servant.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 52

(1') ..., her lady, Tarām-Urim, daughter of Apil-kīn, king of Mari, daughter-in-law of Ur-Namma, king of Urim, ....

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 53 / CDLI Seals 006345 (CDLI Seals 006345 (physical))

(1) Puzur-Suen, the cultivator of Tarām-Urim.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 54

Attests a daughter of Ur-Namma serving as en-priestess of the moon-god Nanna at Ur, documenting the dynastic strategy of placing royal women in Mesopotamia's highest cultic offices.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 55add (formerly Unattributed Ur III 1019-1021)

(1') To ..., when he conquered Susa and turned it into his booty, Ur-Namma, king of Urim, dedicated (this vase) for his well-being.

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianETCSRI

Ur-Namma 56add (formerly Unattributed Ur III 1022)

(1') ... by the ... of Nanna ..., when he šonquered Susa and turned it into his booty, ....

Law
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6500

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6500. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6501

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6501. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6502

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6502. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6504

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6504. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6505

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6505. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6506

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6506. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6507

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6507. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6509

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6509. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6510

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6510. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6511

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6511. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6512

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6512. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6514

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6514. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6516

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6516. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6517

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6517. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6518

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6518. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6519

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6519. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6520

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6520. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6521

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6521. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6522

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6522. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6523

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6523. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6524

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6524. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6525

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6525. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6526

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6526. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6527

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6527. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature
~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

USC 6528

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6528. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

EconomyWriting & Literature