Position in chronology
Unattributed Ur III 1007
Translation — scholar edition
ETCSRI(1') .... (2'') ... erases this insšription and ... his own name ....
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions — scholar edition (Vienna).
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Why it matters
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.
Scholarly note
Sumerian royal inscription, published in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI) by Gábor Zólyomi and collaborators. Translation reproduced from the ETCSRI edition. ORACC text Q001007.
Attribution
Image: Ist EŞEM 00453 + Ist EŞEM 00454 + Ist EŞEM 00455 (cast: CBS 04928a + CBS 04929a + CBS 04935a ?) (Eski Şark Eserleri Müzesi, Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey) — from Nippur (mod. Nuffar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P226533). source
Translation excerpted from Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001007/.
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