Position in chronology
Ur-Namma 04
Translation — scholar edition
ETCSRI(i 1) For Nanna, his master, Ur-Namma, king of Urim, built his temple (and) built the wall of Urim.
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions — scholar edition (Vienna).
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Why it matters
Royal inscription of Ur-Namma attesting his construction of Nanna's temple and Ur's city wall — physical proof that the founder of the Ur III dynasty framed monumental building as an act of divine service to the moon god.
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 Q000936.
Attribution
Image: BM 090797 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P226698). 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/Q000936/.
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