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Ur-Ningirsu II 06
(i 1) For Ninĝišzida, his personal god, Ur-Ninĝirsu, ruler of Lagaš, son of Gudea, ruler of Lagaš, the builder Ninĝirsu's E-ninnu, fashioned his own statue. He named this statue for his sake “As I am someone loved by his personal god, may my life be prolonged!”, and brought it before him into his temple.
LawUr-Ningirsu II 07
(i 1) For Ningišzida, his personal god, Ur-Ninĝirsu, ruler of Lagaš, son of Gudea, ruler of Lagaš ....
LawUr-Ningirsu II 08
(1) For Ninĝišzida, his personal god, ... this (statuette) for the life of Ur-Ninĝirsu, ruler of Lagaš, ....
LawUr-Ningirsu II 09
(1) Ur-Ninĝirsu, ruler of Lagaš, son of Gudea, ruler of Lagaš.
LawUr-Ningirsu II 10
(1) Ur-Ninĝirsu, ruler of Lagaš, son of Gudea, ruler of Lagaš.
LawUr-Utu 2001 / CDLI Seals 001427 (CDLI Seals 001427 (physical))
(1) Baza, the shepherd, the servant of Ur-Utu.
Law
Utu-hegal 1
Attests Utu-hegal's assertion of divine authority — Nanše as 'lady of boundaries' — to resolve a border dispute between Ur and Lagaš, placing territorial law under goddess-sanctioned jurisdiction rather than military conquest alone.
LawUtu-hegal 2
(1) Utu-heĝal, king of the four quarters, returned the border territory of Ninĝirsu, Enlil's powerful warrior, under (Ninĝirsu's) authority.
LawUtu-hegal 2001
(1) To Ningal, the beloved spouse of Suen, his lady, Ur-Namma, military governor of Urim, house-born slave of the E-kiš-nu-ĝal, his brother ... for the well-being of Utu-heĝal, the powerful man, king of Unug, king of four quarters.
LawUtu-hegal 2002
(1') To Nanna, king of the Anuna gods, his master, ... for the life of Utu-heĝal, the powerful man, king of Unug, king of the four quarters.
Law
Utu-hegal 3
Attests Utu-hegal's assertion of sovereignty over disputed border territory between Ur and Lagash under divine sanction — evidence that boundary disputes were resolved through royal inscription as well as warfare.
LawUtu-hegal 4 (The victory of Utu-hegal)
(1) Enlil, the king of all lands, entrusted Utu-heĝal, the powerful man, king of Unug, the king of the four quarters, the king whose orders cannot be countermanded, with wiping out the name of Gutium, the fanged snake of the mountains, who acted with violence against the gods, who carried off the rule over Sumer to a foreign land for himself, who filled Sumer with wickedness, who took away spouses from the married and took away children from parents, who made wickedness and violence normal in the Land. (24) He went to his lady, Inana, and prayed to her: “My lady, lioness in the battle, who…
LawUtu-hegal 5
(1') ... Inana ... Utu-heĝal, the powerful man, king of Unug, king of the four quarterṣ ....
LawUtu-hegal 6
(1) Whoever erases the inscription of Utu-heĝal, the powerful man, king of Unug, king of the four quarters, and writes his own name there — or make someone else do it on account of this curse —, or destroys this (bowl), may his reign be cut short, may his lineage come to an end! May An, the king of the gods, and Inana, lady of Unug, curse his ...!
Law
ZA 092, 276, 15
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)) — ZA 092, 276, 15. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & Literature
ZA 092, 288, 26
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)) — ZA 092, 288, 26. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & Literature