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Šulgi 84
(1') Ninkala, his beloved citizen of Nibru, fashioned (Sulgis's) statue. (colophon 1, 1) The shoulder of Šulgi.
LawŠulgi 85
(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad: Šūqurtum is his beloved consort. (7) Whoever erases this inscription and writes his own name there, may Ninsumun, my personal god, and Lugalbanda, my master, curse him!
LawŠulgi 86 / CDLI Seals 006352 (CDLI Seals 006352 (physical))
(1) Baqartum, daughter of the king: Šulgi-ilī is your servant.
LawŠulgi 87 / CDLI Seals 005798 (CDLI Seals 005798 (composite))
(1) En-nirzid-ana, en priestess of Nanna: Ĝirini-isag, the scribe, child of Hesage, is your servant.
Law
Šulgi 88
Dedicatory bead inscription to Ninlil naming Šulgi's child Ninturturĝu: the curse clause attests the legal-religious mechanism Ur III kings used to protect monuments from later erasure or usurpation.
Law
Šulgi 89
Attests Šulgi's paternity of Simat-Enlil, anchoring one royal daughter within the Ur III dynastic genealogy that scribes used to legitimise political marriages and temple appointments.
LawŠulgi 90 / CDLI Seals 004047 (CDLI Seals 004047 (composite))
(1) Šāt-Suen, daughter of the king: Aya-ziĝu, the fuller, is your servant.
LawŠulgi 91 / CDLI Seals 004046 (CDLI Seals 004046 (composite))
(1) Šāt-Suen, daughter of the king, ....
LawŠulgi 92 / CDLI Seals 004277 (CDLI Seals 004277 (composite))
(1) Tulid-Šamši, erešdiĝir priestess of Nanna: Aya-usuše, the courier, is your servant.
LawŠulgi 93 / CDLI Seals 004278 (CDLI Seals 004278 (composite))
(1) Tulid-Šamši, erešdiĝir priestess of Nanna: … is your servant.
LawŠulgi 94 / CDLI Seals 000389 (CDLI Seals 000389 (composite))
(1) Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters: Šu-Enlil, the military governor of Unug, is his child.
LawŠulgi 95 / CDLI Seals 000343 (CDLI Seals 000343 (composite))
(1) Ur-Suen, the military governor of Unug and Dēr: Riṣ-ilum, is his courier.
Law
Šulgi 96 / CDLI Seals 005318 (CDLI Seals 005318 (composite))
Seal impression of a military governor of Uruk and Dēr attesting the administrative hierarchy binding provincial officials to the Ur III crown under Šulgi.
LawŠulgi 97 / CDLI Seals 000285 (CDLI Seals 000285 (composite))
(1) Ur-Suen, the military governor of Unug and Dēr: Mašum, is your servant.
LawŠulgi 98add (FAOS 09/2, Shulgi 2)
(1) Šulgi, king of Urim, who built Karkara.
LawŠulgi 99add (formerly Gudea 092)
(1) For Bau, her/his lady, ... Šulgi, the powerful man, king of Urim, ....
Law
Unattributed Ur III 1001
A fragmentary Ur III royal inscription attesting the titulary 'king of Sumer and Akkad' and palace-building ideology — evidence for how Ur III rulers projected legitimacy through construction dedications.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1002
(1') For ... king of Sumer and Akkad, built her/his temple.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1003
(1') ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters, who ... the temple of Ulmašitum ....
Law
Unattributed Ur III 1004
A fragmentary Ur III royal inscription attesting the title 'king of Sumer and Akkad' and construction of a storehouse: one of many such dedications that collectively map the building programs asserting Ur III sovereignty.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1005
(1) Ninurta, the chief governor of Enlil.
Law
Unattributed Ur III 1007
One of the surviving Ur III royal inscription fragments attesting the standard curse formula against erasure of a ruler's name — thin but direct evidence for how Sumerian kings legally protected their monumental dedications.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1008
(1') ... king of Sumer and Akkad ....
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Unattributed Ur III 1009
One of the surviving composite witnesses to an Ur III royal inscription asserting dominion over Sumer and Akkad — the titular formula through which Third Dynasty kings legitimised their territorial sovereignty.
Law
Unattributed Ur III 1010
One of the fragmentary Ur III royal inscriptions preserved in the ETCSRI corpus (Q001880), attesting — even in damaged form — to the administrative or dedicatory conventions of Sumerian kingship c. 2050 BCE.
Law
Unattributed Ur III 1011
One of the fragmentary Ur III royal inscriptions preserved in the ETCSRI corpus (Q001881); its surviving signs offer minimal but datable epigraphic evidence for Sumerian royal scribal practice ca. 2050 BCE.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1012
(1') ... Huhnuri .... ..., Šipara .... ..., Sabum, ..., Kimaš, Duduli, ..., land of Anšan ....
LawUnattributed Ur III 1015
(1) To Inana, her/his lady, ... well-being ....
Law
Unattributed Ur III 1017
Dedicatory inscription on a mace head presented to the moon-god Nanna at his Ur temple, the E-kiš-nu-ĝal: one of many such votive texts that map the ritual economy binding Ur III kings to their patron deity.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1018
(1') ... writes his own name there, ... Mešlamta-ea, my ... that person!
LawUnattributed Ur III 1023
(1') For ..., ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) 10 manas.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1024
(1') For ..., ...., the powerful ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) 2 manas in the E-kišiba-Nannaa-ĝara.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1025
(1') For ..., ...., the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (weight stone to be) [...] manas in the E-kišiba-Nannaa-ĝara.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1026
(1') For ..., ...., the powerful man, king of Urim, king of the four quarters, certified this (duck weight stone to be) 30 manas for his well-being.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1027
(1') To ..., ..., king of Sumer and Akkad, dedicated this (vessel) for his well-being. (4') Whoever erases this inscription and writes his own name there, may Nanna, my master, (and) my [...], Ningal ... that person!
Law
Unattributed Ur III 1030
A votive vessel dedication from an Ur III king of Ur invokes Utu as enforcer against inscription-erasers — attesting the legal-religious mechanisms kings used to protect their monumental legacy.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1031
(1') ..., may ... put an end to his lineage! (3') If, after removing this (cup) from the cupboard, he brings it into the storehouse, ....
LawUnattributed Ur III 1032
(1') ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters ....
LawUnattributed Ur III 1033
(1') To ..., Lugalkagena, child of Ur-Utu, his servant, dedicated this (bowl) for ... of ..., the powerful king, king of Urim.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1034
(1') To ..., Me-namnina, spouse of Gani, dedicated this (bowl) for ... of ..., the powerful man, king of Urim. (6') The name of this bowl is "My lady indeed cared for me!".
Law
Unattributed Ur III 1035
A votive dedication by a royal guard captain to the moon-god Nanna, attesting the Ur III practice of subordinate officials commissioning inscriptions that linked their own piety to the king's titulature.
Law
Unattributed Ur III 1036
One of the surviving Ur III royal dedications to the moon-god Nanna, attesting the formulaic piety through which Sumerian kings legitimised their rule at Ur.
Law
Unattributed Ur III 1037
One of the reconstructed composite Ur III royal inscriptions in ETCSRI (Q001906), preserving a dedicatory address to Ninkugnuna that attests the goddess's role as a named patron deity in Sumerian royal piety.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1038
(1') To ..., Urmeš, child of Ilama, dedicated this (mace) for ... of ..., king of Urim, king of Sumer and Akkad.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1039
(i 1') ..., ... of ..., the poweful man, king of Urim.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1040
(1') For ... Lu-Utu, the stone-cutter, fashioned (this) beautiful bowl for the ... of ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters. (6') The name of this bowl is "My lady, let me live in his benevolent attention, may he look at me with favour!"
LawUnattributed Ur III 1041
(1) To Inana, Pap-lal, child of Amar-sumun, temple administrator of Enlil, ....
LawUnattributed Ur III 1042 / CDLI Seals 006355 (CDLI Seals 006355 (physical))
(1) Mamaniša, daughter of the king: Puzur-Aški, the scribe is your servant.
Law
Unattributed Ur III 1043
Votive dedication by a governor of Nippur to secure divine favour — one of many such formulaic inscriptions that collectively map the administrative hierarchy beneath Ur III kings.
LawUnattributed Ur III 1044 / CDLI Seals 006518 (CDLI Seals 006518 (composite))
(3) ..., king of Urim, king of the four quarters: ..., child of Ahhuya, governor of Puš is your servant.
Law