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To Renee Gallery Kovacsin gratitude and affection

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Cuneiform Royal Inscriptionsand Related Texts

in the Schøyen Collection

edited by

A. R. George

with contributions by

M. Civil, G. Frame, P. Steinkeller,F. Vallat, K. Volk, M. Weeden, and C. Wilcke

CDL PressBethesda, Maryland

2011

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George, A. R. Cuneiform royal inscriptions and related texts in the Schøyen Collection / by A.R. George ; with contributions

by M. Civil ... [et al.]. p. cm. -- (Cornell University studies in Assyriology and Sumerology ; v. 17) (Manuscripts in the Schøyen Col-

lection. Cuneiform texts) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-934309-33-9 (alk. paper) 1. Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian. 2. Akkadian language--Texts. 3. Iraq--Antiquities. 4. Iraq--History--To

634--Sources. 5. Iraq--Kings and rulers--History--To 1500--Sources. 6. Iraq--Civilization--To 634--Sources. 7. Civ-ilization, Assyro-Babylonian--Sources. 8. Schøyen Collection. I. Title. II. Series.

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Wolfgang Heimpel(University of California, Berkeley)

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Manuel Molina (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid)

Francesco Pomponio (University of Messina)

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Marten Stol (Leiden)

Karel Van Lerberghe (University of Leuven)

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Table of Contents

v

Statement of Provenance (Ownership History), by Martin Schøyen........................................

viii

Series Editor’s Preface, by David I. Owen ..................................................................................

x

Acknowledgments

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Abbreviations ..........................................................................................................................

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Introduction .........................................................................................................................

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Catalogue .............................................................................................................................

xix

Concordances ......................................................................................................................

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I. Third-Millennium Royal and Votive Inscriptions,

by

Piotr Steinkeller............................. 1

1–3. Early Dynastic Votive Inscriptions ...........................................................14–5. En-metena of LagaÍ .................................................................................36–7. GiÍÍag-kidug of Umma............................................................................6

8. A Dedication to Nergal ...........................................................................89. An Inscribed Human Foot ...................................................................10

10. A List of Governors of Adab ................................................................1111–12. fiar-kali-Íarr‹ of Akkade .........................................................................12

13. Ur-Imma(?) of Adab..............................................................................1514. fiaratigubiÍin ..........................................................................................1815. Gudea of LagaÍ ......................................................................................1916. Amar-Suen of Ur ..................................................................................2017. Ur-NumuÍda .......................................................................................2018. Idattu I of fiimaÍki .................................................................................2119. A Stone Weight with a Dedication to fiara ............................................23

20–21. The Cadastre of Ur-Namma .................................................................25

II. 22. Eine Weihinschrift Gudeas von LagaÍ mit altbabylonischer Übersetzung,

von

Claus Wilcke ................................................................................................ .... .29

III. Other Third-Millennium Royal Inscriptions,

by

A. R. George ......................................49

23. En-metena of LagaÍ......................................... ......................................4924. Nar⁄m-Sîn of Akkade............................................................................5025. Ur-Bau of LagaÍ ....................................................................................51

26–33. Gudea of LagaÍ ......................................................................................5234–36. Amar-Suen of Ur ..................................................................................55

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IV. 37. Ein neue Inschrift des Königs Sîn-iddinam von Larsa,

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Konrad Volk ....................59

V. Other Second-Millennium Royal and Commemorative Inscriptions,

by

A. R. George .........................................89

38–39. IÍme-Dagan of Isin ................................................................................8940. Lipit-IÍtar of Isin....................................................................................9241. B›r-Sîn of Isin...................................................................................... .93

42–43. Enlil-b⁄ni of Isin....................................................................................9444. Gungunum of Larsa...............................................................................96

45–49. Sîn-iddinam of Larsa..............................................................................9750. Sîn-ir‹bam of Larsa .............................................................................. 106

51–54. R‹m-Sîn I of Larsa............................................................................... 10855–57. Sîn-k⁄Íid of Uruk ................................................................................ 11558–60. °ammurapi of Babylon ....................................................................... 116

61. Kurigalzu II ......................................................................................... 11763–66. Unattributed Inscriptions on Stone ...................................................... 120

67. A Commemorative Inscription on a Jar ............................................... 125

VI. Assyrian Royal Inscriptions,

by

Grant Frame.................................................................127

68–69. Tiglath-pileser I ................................................................................... 12770–71. Ashurnasirpal II ................................................................................... 136

72. Sargon II ............................................................................................. 13873. Ashurbanipal ....................................................................................... 144

74–75. Unattributed Inscriptions ..................................................................... 146

VII. 76. A Stele of Nebuchadnezzar II,

by

A. R. George......................................................153

VIII. Other Neo-Babylonian Royal Inscriptions,

by

A. R. George .......................................171

77. Er‹ba-Marduk...................................................................................... 17178. Sargon II and Nabû-b

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lu-ka”in ........................................................... 17879–85. Nebuchadnezzar II .............................................................................. 181

86. Nabonidus........................................................................................... 185

IX. Textes historiques élamites et achéménides,

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François Vallat .....................................187

87. Inscription de vase en élamite linéaire .................................................. 18788. Kutir-untaÍ .......................................................................................... 18889. UntaÍ-NapiriÍa .................................................................................... 18990. fiutruk-Nahhunte I.............................................................................. 19091. fiutur-Nahhunte .................................................................................. 191

92–94. Xerxès et Artaxerxès............................................................................ 192

X. 95. An Inscription from Urartu,

by

Mark Weeden ........................................................193

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XI. Sumero-Babylonian King Lists and Date Lists,

by

A. R. George ...................................199

96–97. The Antediluvian King List ................................................................. 19998–99. The Sumerian King List....................................................................... 202

100. A List of Reigns of Kings of Ur and Isin .............................................. 206101. A List of Year Names of Kings of Ur ................................................... 207102. A List of Year Names of R‹m-Sîn of Larsa........................................... 209

XII. 103–106. “Ancient

Kudurru

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by

Piotr Steinkeller.......................................211

XIII. 107. The Law Collection of Ur-Namma,

by

Miguel Civil ............................................221

References ..............................................................................................................................289

Cuneiform Texts ......................................................................................................... Plates I–CI

Statement of Provenance

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The holdings of pictographic and cuneiformtablets, seals, and incantation bowls in theSchøyen Collection were collected in the late1980s and 1990s and derive from a great varietyof collections and sources. It would not havebeen possible to collect so many items, of suchmajor textual importance, if it had not beenbased on the endeavor of some of the greatestcollectors in earlier times. Collections that onceheld tablets, seals, or incantation bowls now inthe Schøyen Collection are:

1. Institute of Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California (1970–94)

2. Erlenmeyer Collection and Foundation, Basel (

ca

1935–88)3. Cumberland Clark Collection,

Bournemouth, UK (1920s–1941)4. Lord Amherst of Hackney, UK (1894–

1909)5. Crouse Collection, Hong Kong and New

England (1920s–80s)6. Dring Collection, Surrey, UK (1911–90)7. Rihani collection, Irbid and Amman,

Jordan (before 1965–88) and London (1988–)

8. Lindgren Collection, San Francisco, California (1965–85)

9. Rosenthal Collection, San Francisco, California (1953–88)

10. Kevorkian Collection, New York (

ca

1930–59) and Fund (1960–77)

11. Kohanim Collection, Tehran, Paris and London (1959–85)

12. Simmonds Collection, UK (1944–87)13. Schaeffer Collection, Collège de France,

Zürich (1950s)

14. Henderson Collection, Boston, Massachusetts (1930s–50s)

15. Pottesman Collection, London (1904–78)16. Geuthner Collection, France (1960s–80s)17. Harding Smith Collection, UK (1893–

1922)These collections are the source of almost

all the tablets, seals, and incantation bowls. Oth-er items were acquired through the auctionhouses Christie’s and Sotheby’s, where in somecases the names of their former owners were notrevealed.

The sources of the oldest collections, suchas Amherst, Harding Smith, and CumberlandClark, were antiquities dealers who acquiredtablets in the Near East in the 1890s to 1930s.During this period many tens of thousands oftablets came on the market, in the summers of1893 and 1894 alone some 30,000 tablets. Whilemany of these were bought by museums, otherswere acquired by private collectors. Some ofthe older private collections were the source ofsome of the later collections. For instance, alarge number of the tablets in the Crouse col-lection came from the Cumberland Clark,Kohanim, Amherst, and Simmonds collections,among others. The Claremont tablets camefrom the Schaeffer collection, and the Dringtablets came from the Harding Smith collec-tion.

In most cases the original findspots of tabletsthat came on the market in the 1890s to 1930sare unknown, like great parts of the holdings ofmost major museums in Europe and the UnitedStates. The general original archaeological con-text of the tablets and seals is the libraries andarchives of numerous temples, palaces, schools,

S t a t emen t o f P r o v enan c e ix

houses and administrative centers in Sumer,Elam, Babylonia, Assyria, and various city statesin present-day Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran.Many details of this context will not be known

until all texts in both private and public collec-tions have been published and compared to eachother.

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Vol. I. Jöran Friberg,

A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts

Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

New York: Springer, 2007

Vol. II. Bendt Alster,

Sumerian Proverbs in the Sch

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yen Collection

Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology 2Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press, 2007

Vol. III. Stephanie Dalley,

Babylonian Tablets from the First Sealand Dynasty in the Sch

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yen Collection

Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology 9 Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press, 2009

Vol. IV. A. R. George,

Babylonian Literary Texts in the Sch

øyen CollectionCornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology 10

Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press, 2009

Vol. V. Miguel Civil, The Lexical Texts in the Schøyen CollectionCornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology 12

Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press, 2010

Vol. VI. A. R. George, Cuneiform Royal Inscriptions and Related Texts in the Schøyen CollectionCornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology 17

Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press, 2011

Other volumes in preparation

Series Editor’s Preface

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With volume 17 of the CUSAS series (= Manu-scripts in the Schøyen Collection VI) we onceagain provide a remarkable collection of newcuneiform sources that, in this case, spans mostof the written history of Mesopotamia, from theEarly Dynastic to the Achaemenid periods, andincludes associated areas of Elam and Urartu.The publication of such a chronologically andgeographically diverse collection of royal in-scriptions from Mesopotamia, Elam, and Urartuis perhaps unique in the annals of Assyriologyand owes much to the efforts of Renee GalleryKovacs, who initiated the study of the texts andassembled an international group of scholarseach of whom specializes in a particular periodor culture represented by the texts, and to theeditorship of Andrew George, whom she choseto guide the project through to completion. Inthis way this diverse body of inscriptions couldbe made available quickly and efficiently. Aswith previous volumes, each text is providedwith full discussion of its contents accompaniedby transliteration, translation, copy, and photos.Aside from editing the volume, Andrew Georgeassumed the burden of making the excellentcuneiform copies for each of the contributorswhile he provided a major portion of the vol-ume himself. These contributions will surelytake their place among the essential sources forall present and future study of Mesopotamian,Achaemenid, Elamite, and Urartian history.They once again highlight the importance thatthe publication of texts, even without archae-ological context, holds for the fields of Assyri-ology and Near Eastern history and archae-ology.

We owe much to the courage and convic-tion of Renee Gallery Kovacs, Andrew George,and the contributors to this volume. They con-tinue to maintain scholarly integrity despite the

occasional criticism by certain colleagues andprofessional organizations that continue toobject to the publication of sources withoutcontext, in spite of the obvious importancethese sources represent. Thanks are due partic-ularly to Martin Schøyen, who, from the out-set, generously made it possible to publish textsin his extraordinary collection regardless of theimpediments he encountered. He providedunfettered access to his collection and detailedphotographic coverage of each text to facilitatethis publication. In addition, photos of all thetexts included in this volume are available alsoon the CDLI and Cornell University websites,where closer scrutiny of the individual tablets ispossible. Additional volumes from the SchøyenCollection are in preparation. Each will contin-ue to enhance and expand our knowledge andunderstanding of Mesopotamian civilization.Publications of this kind go a long way to res-cue, preserve, and, most importantly, makeavailable at least some of the texts and artifactswithout context that one encounters frequentlyin private and public collections the world over.We wish also to thank the anonymous donorand the Occasional Publication Fund of theDepartment of Near Eastern Studies, CornellUniversity, for the subsidies that made this pub-lication possible and available at a nominal cost.

This volume is dedicated with gratitude andesteem to Renee Gallery Kovacs for her initialefforts to catalogue these unique documentsand whose vision formed the basis for theireventual publication.

David I. OwenCurator of Tablet CollectionsJonathan and Jeannette Rosen

Ancient Near Eastern Studies SeminarDepartment of Near Eastern Studies

Cornell University, Ithaca, New YorkApril 2011

Acknowledgments

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This book was conceived as a collaborativeeffort by Dr. Renee Gallery Kovacs more thanten years ago, and began to take shape at a meet-ing of some of the interested scholars that wasconvened by Professor Jens Braarvig at theNorwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters inNovember 2001. The meeting was followed bya convivial dinner hosted by Mr. Martin Schøy-en. The various parts played by these three indi-viduals, Kovacs, Braarvig, and Schøyen, informing the Schøyen Collection, introducingAssyriologists to its ancient Mesopotamian doc-uments, organizing their conservation and pho-tography, initiating their study, and facilitatingwork on them have been recorded in the pref-aces of earlier volumes in this series. It is timelyagain to acknowledge their founding contribu-tions to a publication project that already morethan confirms the Schøyen Collection’s repu-tation as an astonishingly rich and importantrepository of cuneiform inscriptions. In thissixth volume we record with pleasure the debtowed them by Assyriologists everywhere, espe-cially those who have been fortunate enough toparticipate in the rewarding task of placing thesetreasures of antiquity in the public realm.

As editor I express my personal gratitude tothose who have joined me in publishing thetexts presented in this book. It is certainly themost significant and varied assembly of royaland historical inscriptions that has appeared inrecent years, and I have learnt much from thechapters written by my fellow comrades inarms. My visits to Norway have been fundedfrom a research allowance made available by theFaculty of Languages and Cultures at the Schoolof Oriental and African Studies, the Universityof London. My stays in Norway have benefitedimmensely from the good friendship, readyhospitality, and wise counsel of Elizabeth GanoSørenssen, formerly the Schøyen Collection’s

librarian and now its unofficial Keeper of Assyr-iologists.

Some of the inscriptions in this book havebeen read in seminar with Professor Braarvig,his colleagues, and students at the Departmentof Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, theUniversity of Oslo, and at the London Cunei-forum in the School of Oriental and AfricanStudies. Dr. Nicole Brisch gave me the benefitof her expertise with text No. 51, and ProfessorW. J. Tait read the hieroglyphic Egyptian labelsthat accompany texts Nos. 92–94. The contrib-uting authors were encouraged to read thewhole volume. Such is the nature of the mod-ern academy that few had time to do so, butfrom the refuge of retirement Professor ClausWilcke made several of us reconsider readingsand interpretations. My thanks are extended toall those who participated, shared their knowl-edge, and helped in the texts’ study.

Photographs of objects in the Schøyen Col-lection are reproduced by kind permission ofthe Schøyen Collection and the NorwegianInstitute for Palaeography and Historical Phi-lology. The images of stele No. 76 reproducedon Pl. LXVII were graciously provided by Pro-fessor Bruce Zuckerman of the University ofSouthern California and the Western SemiticResearch Project. The photograph of brick No.80 was taken at the Bibelmuseum, Münster, bySusanne Paulus, M.A., at the request of Profes-sor Konrad Volk. Photographs of tablet No. 97taken by Dr. Kovacs are published by the goodgrace of Mr. David Karpeles of the KarpelesManuscript Library, Santa Barbara, California.It is a pleasure again to record my gratitude toDr. David I. Owen for accepting this volumeinto his Cornell series.

A.R.G.Buckhurst Hill

April 2011

Abbreviations

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AAICAB J.-P. Grégoire, Archives administra-tives et inscriptions cunéiformes. Ash-molean Museum, Bodleian Collection,Oxford. Paris, 1996–

ABL R. F. Harper, Assyrian and Babylo-nian Letters Belonging to the K(ouyun-jik) Collection(s) of the British Mu-seum. 14 vols. London, 1892–1914

ABZl Cuneiform sign cited by numberfrom Mittermeyer 2006

ADD C. H. W. Johns, Assyrian Deeds andDocuments Recording the Transfer ofProperty, Including the So-Called Pri-vate Contracts, Legal Decisions andProclamations Preserved in the Kouyun-jik Collections of the British Museum,Chiefly of the 7th Century B.C. 4vols. Cambridge, 1898–1923

AHw W. von Soden, Akkadisches Hand-wörterbuch. 3 vols. Wiesbaden, 1965–81

ARM Archives royales de Mari2 = C.-F. Jean, Lettres diverses. Paris,1950

ARMT Archives Royales de Mari, Textes14 = M. Birot, Lettres de Yaqqim-Addu gouverneur de Sagarâtum. Paris

AS Assyriological Studies17 = G. Buccellati and R. D. Biggs,Cuneiform Texts from Nippur, theEighth and Ninth Seasons. Chicago,1969

AUCT Andrews University CuneiformTexts1–3 = M. Sigrist, Neo-Sumerian Ac-count Texts in the Horn ArchaeologicalMuseum. 3 vols. Berrien Springs,Mich.

BBSt Babylonian Boundary-Stones = King1912

BCT Birmingham cuneiform tablets =

Watson 1986BDTNS Base de Datos de Textos Neosu-

merios = Database of Neo-Sume-rian Texts, http://bdts.filol.csic.es/

BE The Babylonian Expedition of theUniversity of Pennsylvania, SeriesA: Cuneiform Texts1 = H. V. Hilprecht, Old Babylo-nian Inscriptions Chiefly from Nippur.2 vols. Philadelphia, 1893, 18966/2 = A. Poebel, Babylonian Legaland Business Documents from theTime of the First Dynasty of Babylon.Philadelphia, 1909

BIN Babylonian Inscriptions in the Col-lection of James B. Nies, Yale Uni-versity9 = V. E. Crawford, Sumerian Eco-nomic Texts from the First Dynasty ofIsin. New Haven, Conn., 195410 = M. Van De Mieroop, Sumeri-an Administrative Documents from theReigns of IÍbi-Erra and fi›-iliÍu. NewHaven, Conn., 1987

BPOA Biblioteca del Próximo OrienteAntiguo1–2 = T. Ozaki and M. Sigrist, UrIII Administrative Tablets from theBritish Museum. 2 vols. Madrid,20066–7 = M. Sigrist and T. Ozaki,Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tabletsfrom the Yale Babylonian Collection. 2vols. Madrid, 2009

CAD The Assyrian Dictionary of the Orien-tal Institute of the University of Chica-go. Chicago, 1956–

CH Code of HammurabiCST T. Fish, Catalogue of the Sumerian

Tablets in the John Rylands Library.Manchester, 1932

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CT Cuneiform Texts from BabylonianTablets, &c, in the British Museum5 = L. W. King, CT 5. London,18987 = L. W. King, CT 7. London,189920 = R. C. Thompson, CT 20.London, 190421 = L. W. King, CT 21. London,190531 = P. S. P. Handcock, CT 31.London, 191134 = L. W. King, CT 34. London,1914

CTMMA Cuneiform Texts in the Metropoli-tan Museum of Art1 = Spar 1988

CUSAS Cornell University Studies in Assyr-iology and Sumerology3 = D. I. Owen and R. H. Mayr,The GarÍana Archives. Bethesda,Md., 200711 = G. Visicato and A. Westen-holz, Early Dynastic and Early Sar-gonic Tablets from Adab in the CornellUniversity Collections. Bethesda,Md., 201012 = M. Civil, The Lexical Texts inthe Schƒyen Collection. Bethesda,Md., 201013 = M. Maiocchi, Classical SargonicTablets Chiefly from Adab in the Cor-nell University Collections. Bethesda,Md., 2009

DAS B. Lafont, Documents administratifssumériens, provenant du site de Tello etconservés au Musée du Louvre. Paris,1985

DP F.-M. Allotte de la Fuÿe, Documentsprésargoniques. 5 vols. Paris, 1908–20

EDATS F. Pomponio and G. Visicato, EarlyDynastic Administrative Tablets offiuruppak. Naples, 1994

ELA Enmerkar and the Lord of ArattaEPHE Durand, J.-M. 1982. Documents

cunéiformes de la IVe Section de l’Écolepratique des Hautes Études 1. Cata-logue et copies cunéiformes. Genevaand Paris

ePSD Electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dic-tionary. http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/

EWO Enki and the World OrderFAOS Freiburger altorientalische Studien

6 = Behrens and Steible 19839 = Steible 1991

GAG W. von Soden, Grundriss der akka-dischen Grammatik. 2nd edn. Ana-lecta Orientalia 33/47. Rome, 1969

GEN Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Neth-erworld

Gudea Inscriptions of Gudea, RIM E3/1.1;Cyl. = Cylinder, St. = Statue

HLC G. A. Barton, Haverford Library Col-lection of Cuneiform Tablets or Docu-ments from the Temple Archives ofTelloh. 3 vols. Philadelphia, 1905–14

ISET M. Çır, H. Kızılyay and S. N.Kramer, Sumer Edebî Tablet veParçaları = Sumerian Literary Tabletsand Fragments. 2 vols. Istanbul, 1969and 1976

ITT Inventaire des tablettes de Telloconservées au Musée Impérial Ot-toman2 = H. de Genouillac, Textes del’époque d’Agadé et de l’époque d’Ur(Fouilles d’Ernest de Sarzec en 1894). 2vols. Paris, 1910, 19113 = H. de Genouillac, Textes del’époque d’Ur, deuxième partie. Paris,19124 = L. Delaporte, Textes de l’époqued’Ur. Paris, 19125 = H. de Genouillac, Époque présar-gonique, époque d’Agadé, époque d’Ur.Paris, 1921

KAH Keilschrifttexte aus Assur, his-torischen Inhalts2 = O. Schroeder, KAH 2. Wissen-schaftliche Veröffentlichungen derDeutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 37.Leipzig, 1922

KAR E. Ebeling, Keilschrifttexte aus Assurreligiösen Inhalts. 2 vols. Wissen-schaftliche Veröffentlichungen derDeutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 28,43. Leipzig, 1915–23

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KAV O. Schroeder, Keilschrifttexte aus As-sur verschiedenen Inhalts. Wissenschaft-liche Veröffentlichungen der Deut-schen Orient-Gesellschaft 35. Leip-zig, 1920

KML Karpeles Manuscript LibraryKWU Cuneiform sign cited by number

from N. Schneider, Die Keilschrift-zeichen der Wirtschaftsurkunden vonUr III nebst ihren charakteristischstenVarianten. Rome, 1935

LAK Cuneiform sign cited by numberfrom A. Deimel, Die Inschriften vonFara 1. Liste der archaischen Keilschrift-zeichen. Wissenschaftliche Veröffent-lichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 40. Leipzig, 1922

LE Laws of EsnunnaLKA E. Ebeling (ed.), Literarische Keil-

schrifttexte aus Assur. Berlin, 1953LLI Law Collection/Code of Lipit-IstarLOx Laws about Rented OxenLSU Lamentation over the Destruction

of Sumer and UrLUN Law Collection/Code of Ur-Nam-

ma MAD Materials for the Assyrian Dictio-

nary5 = Gelb 1970

MCS Manchester Cuneiform StudiesMDP Mémoires de la Délégation en Perse

(Mission Archéologique en Iranetc.)2 = Scheil 190014 = V. Scheil, Textes élamites-sémi-tiques, cinquième série. Paris, 191323 = V. Scheil, Actes juridiques sus-iens. Paris, 193243 = P. Amiet, Glyptique susienne dèsorigines à l’époque des perses achémé-nides. Cachets, sceaux-cylindres et em-preintes antiques découverts à Suse de1913 à 1967. 2 vols. Paris, 1972

MEE Materiali epigrafici di Ebla3 = Pettinato 1981

MS Manuscript siglum, the SchøyenCollection

MSL Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon1 = B. Landsberger, Die Serie ana it-tiÍu. Rome, 1937

11 = E. Reiner (ed.), The Series°AR-ra = Óubullu, Tablets XX–XXIV. Rome, 197413 = M. Civil (ed.), Izi = iÍ⁄tu, Ká-gal = abullu, and Níg-ga = makk›ru.Rome, 197115 = M. Civil, The Series DIRI =(w)atru. Rome, 200417 = A. Cavigneaux et al. (eds.), TheSeries ErimÓuÍ = anantu and An-ta-gál = Íaqû. Rome, 1985

MSVO Materialien zu den frühen Schrift-zeugnissen des Vorderen Orients1 = Englund and Grégoire 1991

MTBM M. Sigrist, Messenger Texts from theBritish Museum, Potomac, Md., 1990

MVN Materiali per il vocabulario neo-sumerico1 = G. Pettinato and H. Waetzoldt,La collezione Schollmeyer. Rome,19742 = H. Sauren, Wirtschaftsurkundenaus der Zeit der III. Dynastie von Urim Besitz des Musée d’Art et d’Histoirein Genf. Naples, 19695 = E. Sollberger, The PinchesManuscript. Rome, 19786–7 = G. Pettinato, S. Picchioniand H. Waetzoldt, Testi economici diLagas del Museo di Istanbul. 2 vols.Rome, 1977–788 = D. Calvot, Textes économiques de—flelluÍ-Dagan du Musée du Louvreet du Collège de France. G. Pettinato,S. A. Picchioni, F. Reshid and H.Waetzoldt, Testi economici dell’ Iraqmuseum, Baghdad. Rome, 19799 = D. Snell, The E. A. HoffmanCollection and Other American Collec-tions. Rome, 197910 = J.-P. Grégoire, Inscriptions et ar-chives administratives cunéiformes, 1e

partie. Rome, 198114 = H. Waetzoldt, F. Yıldız andH. Renner, Die Umma-Texte ausden Archäologischen Museen zu Istan-bul 1. Rome, 198815 = Owen 199116 = H. Waetzoltdt, F. Yıldız andH. Renner, Die Umma-Texte aus

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den Archäologischen Museen zu Istan-bul 2. Rome, 199417 = G. Pettinato, Testi economicineo-sumerici del British Museum (BM12230–BM 12390). Rome, 197318 = M. Molina, Tablillas administra-tivas neosumerias de la Abadía deMontserrat (Barcelona). Rome, 199319 = P. Mander, Testi economici neo-sumerici del British Museum (BM12600–BM 12750). Rome, 199521 = N. V. Koslova, NeusumerischeVerwaltungstexte aus Umma aus derSammlung der Ermitage zu St. Peters-burg, Russland. Rome, 200022 = M. Molina, Testi amministrativineosumerici del British Museum.Rome, 2003

NATN D. I. Owen, Neo-Sumerian ArchivalTexts Primarily from Nippur. WinonaLake, Ind., 1982

Nebraska N. W. Forde, Nebraska CuneiformTexts of the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.Lawrence, Kan., 1967

Nik. 1 M. V. Nikol’skij, Dokumenty choz-jajstvennoj otøetnosti drevnejÍej epochiChaldei iz sobranija N. P. Lichaøeva.St Petersburg, 1908

Nik. 2 M. V. Nikol’skij, Dokumenty chozja-jstvennoj otøetnosti drevnej Chaldei izsobranija N. P. Lichaøeva, Cast’ II.Epocha dinastii Agade i epocha dinastiiUra. St Petersburg, 1915

Nisaba Nisaba. Studi assiriologici messinesi6 = F. [N. H.] ar-Rawi [= Al-Rawi] and F. D’Agostino, Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts fromUmma Kept in the British Museum,Part One. Messina, 20059 = F. N. H. al-Rawi [= Al-Rawi]and L. Verderame, Documenti am-ministrativi neo-sumerici da Umma con-servati al British Museum. Messina,200613 = P. Notizia, Testi amministrativineo-sumerici da Girsu nel British Muse-um (BM 98119–BM 98240). Messina,2006

NSG 2 Falkenstein 1956–57 vol. 2OIP Oriental Institute Publications

14 = Luckenbill 193099 = Biggs 1974114 = Gelb et al. 1991121 = M. Hilgert, Cuneiform Textsfrom the Ur III Period in the OrientalInstitute 2. Drehem AdministrativeDocuments from the Reign of Amar-Suena. Chicago, Ill., 2003

Ontario M. Sigrist, Neo-Sumerian Texts fromthe Royal Ontario Museum1 = The Administration at Drehem.Bethesda, Md, 19952 = Texts from Umma. Bethesda,Md., 2003

OSP Old Sumerian and Old AkkadianTexts in Philadelphia Chiefly fromNippur1 = A. Westenholz, Literary andLexical texts and the Earliest Adminis-trative Documents from Nippur. Bib-liotheca Mesopotamica 1. Malibu,Calif., 1975

PBS Publications of the Babylonian Sec-tion, The Museum of the Universi-ty of Pennsylvania5 = A. Poebel, Historical and Gram-matical Texts. Philadelphia, 191415 = L. Legrain, Royal Inscriptionsand Fragments from Nippur and Baby-lon. Philadelphia, 1926

PDT 1 M. Çır, H. Kızılyay and A. Sa-lonen, Die PuzriÍ-Dagan Texte derIstanbuler Archäologischen Museen 1.Nrr. 1–725. Annales Academiae Sci-entiarum Fennicae B 92. Helsinki,1954

Princeton M. Sigrist, Tablettes du PrincetonTheological Seminary: époque d’Ur III.Occasional Publications of the Sam-uel Noah Kramer Fund 10. Phila-delphia, 1990

PSD Å. W. Sjöberg (ed.), The SumerianDictionary of the University Museum ofthe University of Pennsylvania. 4 vols.Philadelphia, 1984–98

R H. C. Rawlinson (ed.), The Cunei-form Inscriptions of Western Asia1 R = Rawlinson and Norris 1861

RIM Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamiaproject, University of Toronto

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RIMA Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia:Assyrian Periods2 = Grayson 1991

RIME Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia:Early Periods3/1 = Edzard 1997 3/2 = Frayne 19974 = Frayne 1990

RlA Reallexikon der AssyriologieRochester M. Sigrist, Documents from Tablet

Collections in Rochester, New York.Bethesda, Md., 1991

SAA State Archives of Assyria. Helsinki,1987–4 = Starr 19906 = Kwasman and Parpola 199115 = Fuchs and Parpola 200116 = Luukko and Van Buylaere2002

Santag SANTAG. Arbeiten und Unter-suchungen zur Keilschriftkunde6 = N. Koslova, Ur III-Texte der St.Petersburger Eremitage. Wiesbaden,2000

SAT Sumerian Archival Texts2 = M. Sigrist, Texts from the YaleBabylonian Collections 1. Bethesda,Md., 2000

SF Schultexte aus Fara = Deimel 1923SLEx Sumerian Laws Exercise TabletSLHF Sumerian Laws Handbook of

FormsSNAT T. Gomi and S. Sato, Selected Neo-

Sumerian Administrative Texts fromthe British Museum. Abiko, 1990

SpTU Spätbabylonische Texte aus Uruk1 = H. Hunger, SpTU 1. Aus-grabungen der Deutschen For-schungsgemeinschaft in Uruk-Warka9. Berlin, 19762 = E. von Weiher, SpTU 2. Aus-grabungen der Deutschen For-schungsgemeinschaft in Uruk-War-ka 10. Berlin, 1983

SRT E. Chiera, Sumerian Religious Texts.Upland, Pa., 1924

STA E. Chiera, Selected Temple Accountsfrom Tello, Yokha and Drehem. Cune-iform Tablets in the Library of PrincetonUniversity. Philadelphia, 1922

STH M. I. Hussey, Sumerian Tablets in theHarvard Semitic Museum 1. Chieflyfrom the Reigns of Lugalanda andUrukagina of Lagash. Harvard Semit-ic Studies 3. Cambridge, Mass.,1912

STT O. R. Gurney, J. J. Finkelstein andP. Hulin, The Sultantepe Tablets. 2vols. London, 1957, 1964

TAD Langdon, S. H. 1911. Tablets fromthe Archives of Drehem, with a Com-plete Account of the Origin of the Su-merian Calendar. Paris

TCL Textes cunéiformes du Louvre3 = F. Thureau-Dangin, Une rela-tion de la huitième campagne de Sargon.Paris, 19125 = H. de Genouillac, Texteséconomiques d’Oumma de l’époqued’Our. Paris, 1922

TCS Texts from Cuneiform Sources1 = Sollberger 1966

TCTI B. Lafont and F. Yıldız, Tablettescunéiformes de Tello au Musée d’Istan-bul datant de l’époque de la IIIe dynastied’Ur 1 = ITT II/1, 617–1038. Leiden,19892 = ITT II/1, 2544–2819, 3158–4342,4708–4713. Leiden, 1996

TDr H. de Genouillac, La trouvaille deDrehem, étude avec un choix des textesde Constantinople et Bruxelles. Paris,1911

TENS M. Sigrist, Textes économiques néo-sumériens de l’Université de Syracuse.Paris, 1983

TLB Tabulae cuneiformes a F. M. Th. deLiagre Böhl collectae, Leidae con-servatae3 = W. W. Hallo, Sumerian ArchivalTexts. Leiden, 1963

TMH Texte und Materialien der FrauProfessor Hilprecht Collection ofBabylonian Antiquities im Eigen-

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tum der Friedrich-Schiller-Univer-sität Jena5 = A. Pohl, Vorsargonische und sargo-nische Wirtschaftstexte. Leipzig, 19356 = J. J. A. van Dijk and M. J.Geller, Ur III Incantations from theFrau Professor Hilprecht-Collection, Je-na. Wiesbaden, 2003NF 1–2 = A. Pohl, Rechts- und Ver-waltungsurkunden der III. Dynastievon Ur. Leipzig, 1937

Torino A. Archi and F. Pomponio, Testi cu-neiformi neo-sumerici da Drehem1 = N. 0001–0412. 1990. Catalogodel Museo Egizio di Torino, serieseconda, collezioni 7. Milan, 1990

TRU L. Legrain, Le temps des rois d’Ur, re-cherches sur la société antique, d’aprèsdes textes nouveaux. Paris, 1912

TUT G. Reisner, Tempelurkunden aus Tel-loh. Berlin, 1901

UET Ur Excavations, Texts1 = Gadd and Legrain 19282 = Burrows 19353 = L. Legrain, Business Documents ofthe Third Dynasty of Ur. 2 vols. Lon-don, 1937, 19475 = H. H. Figulla and W. J. Martin,Letters and Documents of the OldBabylonian Period. London, 19536/I–II = C. J. Gadd and S. N.Kramer, Literary and Religious Texts.2 vols. London, 1963, 19668 = Sollberger 1965

Ukg. Inscriptions of Urukagina, RIME1.9.9

UTI Die Umma Texte aus den Archäologis-chen Museen zu Istanbul3 = O. Tohru and F. Yıldız, Nr.1601–2300. Bethesda, Md., 19936 = O. Tohru and F. Yıldız, Nr.3501–3834. Bethesda, Md., 2000

VAS Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmälerder Königlichen [Staatlichen] Mu-seen zu Berlin1 = Messerschmidt and Ungnad190714 = W. Förtsch, AltbabylonischeWirtschaftstexte aus der Zeit Lugalan-da’s und Urukagina’s. Leipzig, 191617 = J. van Dijk, Nicht-kanonischeBeschwörungen und sonstige literarischeTexte. Berlin, 197127 = J. Marzahn, Altsumerische Ver-waltungstexte und ein Brief aus Girsu/LagaÍ. Mainz, 1996

WF A. Deimel, Die Inschriften von Fara 3.Wirtschaftstexte aus Fara, in Umschriftherausgegeben und bearbeitet. Wissen-schaftliche Veröffentlichungen derDeutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 45.Leipzig, 1924

YOS Yale Oriental Series, BabylonianTexts1 = A. T. Clay, Miscellaneous Inscrip-tions in the Yale Babylonian Collection.New Haven, Conn., 19154 = C. E. Keiser, Selected TempleDocuments of the Ur Dynasty. NewHaven, Conn., 19199 = Stephens 193711 = J. van Dijk, A. Goetze and M.I. Hussey, Early Mesopotamian Incan-tations and Rituals. New Haven,Conn., 198518 = D. C. Snell and C. H. Lager,Economic Texts from Sumer. NewHaven, Conn., 1991

ZATU Cuneiform sign cited by numberfrom Green and Nissen 1987

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The purpose of this volume is to make publicthose cuneiform texts in the Schøyen Collec-tion that fall into the genres of royal inscription,commemorative inscription, chronology, andhistoriography, as well as other formal texts thatshed light on historical figures and events. Sincethe 1860s primary sources of these kinds havebeen used to reconstruct the sequence of rulersand events across a span of two and a half mil-lennia of ancient Mesopotamian history, butthat history remains far from complete and besetwith periods about which nothing is known.

The present collection of 107 cuneiformtexts represents a significant addition to the pri-mary sources. The media represented are vari-ously clay tablets (20), clay cones and nails (14),barrels (6), cylinders (6), bricks and slabs (17),brick-stamps (2), stone tablets and slabs (11),votive vessels (11), eyestones (3), weapons andother objects (4), fragments of stone and bronzemonuments (6), a stone door-socket, a stonecone, a bronze tablet, a weight, a fragment ofbitumen mortar, a clay hand, and a clay foot.

Historically these 107 cuneiform textsderive from the Uruk period (ca 3000 BC) tothe Persian period (Artaxerxes), geographicallyfrom Egypt and Iran (Elam and Urartu), as wellas from the cuneiform heartlands of Sumer,Babylonia, and Assyria. Many will assuredlyincrease and refine our understanding of thehistory of ancient Mesopotamia and its neigh-bours.

Three inscribed objects, all published forthe first time, stand out as the stars in the firma-ment of this book: No. 37, a magnificent barrel

cylinder of Sîn-iddinam of Larsa, whose 286lines hold by far the longest Sumerian buildinginscription of the early second millennium andreveal important new information about Larsa’srelations with neighbouring states; No. 76,already dubbed the Tower of Babel stele, aspectacular stone monument bearing images ofBabylon’s ziqqurrat and Nebuchadnezzar IIabove that king’s building inscription; and No.107, a remarkable clay cylinder dating to the eraof the Ur III dynasty and inscribed with manypreviously lost sections of the law code of Ur-Namma of Ur.

Alongside these three marvels are anotherninety-nine inscribed objects that likewise havenot previously been public knowledge, as wellas a mere five that have been published before.Sixty-one of the 102 previously unpublishedobjects bear inscriptions and texts that arealready known from other witnesses, but someof them add significantly to knowledge byrestoring damaged or lost text or by appearingon a type of artefact not previously reported tobear the text in question. The remaining forty-one are totally new. Included among them arethe first known inscriptions of two kings whountil now have been little more than names inthe roll-call of history: Sîn-ir‹bam of Larsa (No.50) and Er‹ba-Marduk of Babylon (No. 77).Retrieved from total oblivion is perhaps the firstnamed ruler in the history of ancient Mesopot-amia, En-pi-pi king of Umma(?), who appearson a stone document (“ancient kudurru”) fromearly in the Early Dynastic period (No. 104).

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1 Pink stone trough-shaped bowl, fragment 100™100™40 3224Votive inscription, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa period, 3 ll.

2 Alabaster vase or disc, fragment 75™95™9 3265Votive inscription, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa period, 3 ll.

3 Grey stone bowl or vase, fragment 112™110™11 3266Votive inscription, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa period, 4 ll.

4 Clay slab, portrait format, complete 250™190™40 2712Dedicatory inscription, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIb period (En-metena), five + nil cols., 11+10+9+10+2 ll.

5 Stone door-socket, fragment 240™40 1846/6Commemorative inscription of En-metena of LagaÍ, near dupl. of RIM E1.9.5.3, Sumerian, 12 ll.

6 Limestone truncated cone, fragment 119™73 2426Commemorative inscription of GiÍÍag-kidug of Umma = RIM E1.12.6.2 Ex. 3, Sumerian, two cols., 9+10 ll.

7 Plano-convex brick, cut down, near square 93™102™53 4983Commemorative inscription of GiÍÍag-kidug of Umma // RIM E1.12.6.2, Sumerian, inscribed on face, two cols., 5+8 ll.

8 Clay tablet, complete, square 88™89™24 3396Dedicatory inscription of Lugal-kigala for Nergal, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIb or early Sargonic period, unfinished, four + nil cols., 8+8 ll.

9 Clay model foot, complete 122™61™54 3033Votive label, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIb or early Sargonic period, 1 l.

10 Clay tablet, portrait format, nearly complete 56™40™20 2818List of governors of Adab, early Sargonic period, 5+2 ll.

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11 Alabaster tablet, landscape format, fragment 100™114™47 4556Commemorative inscription of fiar-kali-Íarr‹ of Akkade // RIM E2.1.5.5, Akkadian, two + three cols., 6+5+4+4+2 ll.

12 Marble cylindrical jar, complete 200™80 4529Label inscription of fiar-kali-Íarr‹ of Akkade // RIM E2.1.5.8, Akkadian, 3 ll.

13 Clay cone, hollow, complete 420™130 2399Dedicatory inscription of Ur-Imma(?) for Damgalnunna // Biga 2005, Sumerian, Sargonic period, three cols., 10+10+12 ll.

14 Grey stone object, fragment 140™85™35 3267Label inscription of prince fiaratigubÍin, Sargonic–Gutian period, 3 ll.

15 Black stone tablet, portrait format, complete 95™58™15 2400Commemorative inscription of Gudea of LagaÍ, Sumerian, 7+1 ll., pseudo-Arabic text added later

16 White marble brick-stamp, complete 185™100™35 2764Commemorative inscription of Amar-Suen of Ur // RIM E3/2.1.3.1, Sumerian, unfinished, 7 ll.

17 White-specked black stone mace-head, complete 71™57 4577Votive inscription of Ur-NumuÍda for GilgameÍ = George 2003: 123, Sumerian, Ur III period, 4 ll.

18 Bronze bowl, complete 200™40 4476Dedicatory inscription of Kiten-rakittapi for Idattu I of fiimaÍki = Steinkeller 2007a: 221–22, Sumerian, ca 2000 BC, 11 ll.

19 Black stone weight, 27.5 kg, reused as socket 380™230™150 4576Dedicatory inscription to fiara = Friberg 2007: 127–29, Sumerian, post-Ur III, two cols., 10+10 ll.

20 Clay tablet, portrait format, complete 108™67™30 3206 Cadastre of Ur-Namma of Ur // RIM E3/2.1.1.21, Sumerian with Akkadian glosses, late Old Babylonian copy, two + two cols., 26+22+24+16 ll.

21 Clay tablet, landscape format, complete 54™74™30 3183Extract from cadastre of Ur-Namma // RIM E3/2.1.1.21, Sumerian, late Old Babylonian copy, 9+1 ll.

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22 Clay tablet, fragment 148™140™33 2814Commemorative inscription, Sumerian and Akkadian bilingual, Gudea’s dynasty, Old Babylonian copy, three + three cols., 19+23+26+22+21+2 ll.

23 Clay cone, solid, tip of shaft missing 114™59 4718Commemorative inscription of En-metena of LagaÍ // RIM E1.9.5.3, Sumerian, two cols., 9+11 ll.

24 Clay brick-stamp, complete 130™130™100 5106Label of Nar⁄m-Sîn of Akkade // RIM E2.1.4.16, Akkadian, 3 ll.

25 Clay cone, solid, tip of shaft missing 120™76 4717Commemorative inscription of Ur-Bau of LagaÍ // RIM E3/1.1.6.1, Sumerian, 10 ll.

26 Clay cone, solid, complete 110™58 1791/1Commemorative inscription of Gudea of LagaÍ // RIM E3/1.1.7.37, Sumerian, 10 ll.

27 Clay cone, solid, complete 127™57 4719Commemorative inscription of Gudea of LagaÍ // RIM E3/1.1.7.37, Sumerian, 10 ll.

28 Clay cone, solid, tip of shaft missing 112™56 1791/2Commemorative inscription of Gudea of LagaÍ // RIM E3/1.1.7.37, Sumerian, two cols., 8+2 ll.

29 Clay brick, cut down 310™180™70 1877Commemorative inscription of Gudea of LagaÍ // RIM E3/1.1.7.37, Sumerian, stamped on face, two cols., 6+4 ll.

30 Clay brick, complete 320™320™70 1937Commemorative inscription of Gudea of LagaÍ // RIM E3/1.1.7.37, Sumerian, stamped on face, two cols., 6+4 ll.

31 White limestone block, cut down 134™106™28 1895Commemorative inscription of Gudea of LagaÍ // RIM E3/1.1.7.31, Sumerian, 8 ll.

32 Grey stone object, cut down 210™100™40 2890Commemorative inscription of Gudea of LagaÍ // RIM E3/1.1.7.48, Sumerian, 12 ll.

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33 Clay brick, hacked down 210™300™70 1936Commemorative inscription of Gudea of LagaÍ // RIM E3/1.1.7.64, Sumerian, inscribed on face, 7 ll.

34 Clay brick, cut down 170™190™60 1878Commemorative inscription of Amar-Suen of Ur // RIM E3/2.1.3.1, Sumerian, stamped on face, 9 ll.

35 Clay brick, complete 270™260™70 1914Commemorative inscription of Amar-Suen of Ur // RIM E3/2.1.3.15, Sumerian, stamped on face and edge, 13+13 ll.

36 Fragment of bitumen mortar 66™50 1699Commemorative inscription of Amar-Suen of Ur // RIM E3/2.1.3.15, Sumerian, impression in reverse, 5 ll.

37 Clay barrel, hollow, complete 280™180 5000Commemorative inscription of Sîn-iddinam of Larsa, Sumerian, four cols., 54+76+89+67 ll.

38 Clay cone, solid, complete 105™61 4716Commemorative inscription of IÍme-Dagan of Isin, Akkadian, one (head) + two (shaft) cols., 7+16+12 ll.

39 Clay cone, solid, complete 136™43 4741Commemorative inscription of IÍme-Dagan of Isin // RIM E4.1.4.5, Sumerian, two cols. 9+9 ll.

40 Clay cone, solid, complete 110™51 1869Commemorative inscription of Lipit-IÍtar of Isin // RIM E4.1.5.3, Akkadian, two cols., 20+17 ll.

41 Clay half-brick, complete 160™330™80 1935Commemorative inscription of B›r-Sîn of Isin // RIM E4.1.7.1, Sumerian, stamped, 10 ll.

42 Clay barrel, solid, complete 97™43 4585Commemorative inscription of Enlil-b⁄ni of Isin // RIM E4.1.10.9, Sumerian, 15 ll.

43 Clay cone, solid, complete 80™47 1846/5Commemorative inscription of Enlil-b⁄ni of Isin // RIM E4.1.10.2, Sumerian, 16 ll.

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44 Clay nail, head complete, shaft missing 120™40 2871Commemorative inscription of Gungunum, Sumerian, two cols., 19+18 ll.

45 Clay cone, solid, head missing 170™72 4765Commemorative inscription of Sîn-iddinam of Larsa, abbrev. RIM E4.2.9.6, Sumerian, two cols., 23+27 ll.

46 Clay barrel, hollow, complete 140™90 2014Commemorative inscription of Sîn-iddinam of Larsa // RIM E4.2.9.2, Sumerian, two cols., 33+35 ll.

47 Clay barrel, hollow, complete 150™100 2034Commemorative inscription of Sîn-iddinam of Larsa // RIM E4.2.9.2, Sumerian, two cols., 33+37 ll.

48 Clay barrel, hollow, complete 130™100 3552/1Commemorative inscription of Sîn-iddinam of Larsa // RIM E4.2.9.2, Sumerian, two cols., 33+38 ll.

49 Clay barrel, hollow, near complete 130™100 3552/2Commemorative inscription of Sîn-iddinam of Larsa // RIM E4.2.9.2, Sumerian, two cols., 35+35 ll.

50 Clay cylinder, solid, near complete 148™59 4766Commemorative inscription of Sîn-ir‹bam of Larsa // RIM E4.2.9.7 and E4.2.0.3, Sumerian, two cols., 12+11 ll.

51 Clay tablet, portrait format, complete 120™59™24 2983Inscription of R‹m-Sîn I of Larsa, Sumerian, 17+18 ll.

52 Clay tablet, portrait format, complete 98™71™27 3409Copy of votive inscription of Ningirsu-uballiˇ to Ningirsu for the benefit of R‹m-Sîn of Larsa, Sumerian, 8+6 ll.

53 Clay tablet, portrait format, complete 108™64™25 3289Copy of votive inscription of R‹m-Sîn’s wife, R‹m-Sîn-fiala-b⁄ÍtaÍu, to An for her husband’s benefit, Sumerian, 18+17+2 ll.

54 Alabaster jar, fragment 88™47™7 3268Votive inscription of Nawiram-Íar›r for the benefit of R‹m-Sîn of Larsa, 5 ll.

55 Clay tablet, portrait format, complete 64™48™20 1880Commemorative inscription of Sîn-k⁄Íid of Uruk // RIM E4.4.1.3, Sumerian, 6+2 ll.

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56 Clay cone, solid, complete 60™37 1698/1Commemorative inscription of Sîn-k⁄Íid of Uruk // RIM E4.4.1.4, Sumerian, 10 ll.

57 Clay cone, solid, complete 63™33 1790Commemorative inscription of Sîn-k⁄Íid of Uruk // RIM E4.4.1.4, Sumerian, 10 ll.

58 Clay brick, cut down 290™130™90 1876/1Commemorative inscription of °ammurapi of Babylon // RIM E4.3.6.15, Sumerian, stamped, 9 ll.

59 Clay brick, cut down 180™100™90 1876/2Commemorative inscription of °ammurapi of Babylon // RIM E4.3.6.15, Sumerian, stamped, 9 ll.

60 Clay brick, cut down 173™97™29 4749Commemorative inscription of °ammurapi of Babylon // RIM E4.3.6.15, Sumerian, stamped, 9 ll.

61 Clay tablet, portrait format, complete 86™58™26 3210Copy of votive inscription of Kurigalzu II of Babylonia to Ninurta, Akkadian, 11+2+13+2 ll.

62 Agate disc (eyestone), complete 25™25 1988Votive inscription of Kurigalzu of Babylonia to M⁄r-b‹ti, 3 ll.

63 Limestone tablet, portrait format, one face destroyed 43™36™10 4981Commemorative inscription, Sumerian, Larsa dynasty(?), 3 ll.

64 Black stone fragment, flat 130™110™50 3269Royal inscription, Sumerian and Akkadian bilingual, Old Babylonian, three cols., 4+5+3 ll.

65 Black stone fragment, shoulder of statue(?) 150™150™70 3028Royal inscription, Sumerian, Kassite period, three cols., 9+20+14 ll.

66 Black stone fragment 65™45™17 3270Inscription in mirror writing, Akkadian, 1 l.

67 Clay potsherd 146™134™10 4759Votive inscription of bala-officials to NinÍubur, Sumerian, Isin-Larsa period, 7 ll.

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68 Clay tablet, portrait format, complete 197™145™33 2004Annals and building inscription of Tiglath-pileser I of Assyria // No. 69, Akkadian, 35+34+1 ll.

69 Clay tablet, fragment, top right corner 69™87™35 2795Annals and building inscription of Tiglath-pileser I of Assyria // No. 68, Akkadian, 13+8 ll.

70 Basalt slab, cut down 430™260™25 711Building inscription of Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria // RIM A.0.101.35, Akkadian, 11 ll.

71 Clay hand, complete 185™93™53 3551Label inscription of Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria // RIM A.0.101.125, Akkadian, 3 ll.

72 Clay cylinder, solid, fragment from left end 120™62 2368Annals of Sargon II of Assyria, Akkadian, Babylonian script, five faces, 19 ll.

73 Limestone slab, cut down 470™420™40 2180Commemorative inscription of Ashurbanipal of Assyria // Layard 1851: 85a etc., Akkadian, Assyrian script, 19 ll.

74 Clay tablet, fragment with right edge 200™160™55 2800Royal inscription, Akkadian, Middle Assyrian period, 17+23 ll.

75 Bronze statue, fragment of figure’s skirt 420™250™45–100 2848Royal inscription, Akkadian, early Neo-Assyrian period, 19 ll.

76 Black stone stele, two joining fragments, near complete 470™250™110 2063Bas-relief, epigraph and building inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon, Akkadian, three cols., 3 (epigraph)+16+16+23 ll.

77 Clay cylinder, solid, right-hand fragment 94™60 1846/4Commemorative inscription of Er‹ba-Marduk of Babylon, Akkadian, 34+1 ll.

78 Clay cylinder, solid, fragment 100™57 4720Building inscription of Nabû-b2lu-ka’’in for Sargon II of Assyria // Kessler 2003–4, Akkadian, Babylonian script, 12 ll.

Measurements MSText Description in mm Number

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79 Clay brick, complete 330™330™90 1815/1Label inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon // Berger 1973: 179–202 Backstein A, Akkadian, stamped, 7 ll.

80 Clay brick, complete 320™310™90 1815/2Label inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon // Berger 1973: 179–202 Backstein A, Akkadian, stamped, 7 ll.

81 Clay brick, cut down 200™220™80 1815/3Label inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon // Berger 1973: 179–202 Backstein A, Akkadian, stamped, 7 ll.

82 Clay brick, cut down 320™60™80 2870/1Building inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon // Berger 1973: 225 Backstein B, U1, Akkadian, inscribed, 44 ll.

83 Clay brick, cut down 320™60™80 2870/2Building inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon // Berger 1973: 225 Backstein B, U1, Akkadian, inscribed, 50 ll.

84 Agate disc (eyestone), complete 35™12 2786/1Votive inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon to Nergal, Akkadian, 1 l.

85 Agate disc (eyestone), complete 25™11 2786/2Votive inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon to Marduk, Akkadian, 1 l.

86 Clay cylinder, complete 90™43 1846/3Building inscription of Nabonidus of Babylon // Berger 1973: 355–59 Zyl. II, 2, Akkadian, two cols., 26+26 ll.

87 Silver vessel, incomplete 128™80 3205Label(?) inscription, linear Elamite, Ur III period, 2 ll.

88 Chalcedony plaque, near complete 40™53™8 2078Votive inscription of Kutir-untaÍ of Susa and AnÍan to NaÍur, Akkadian, 14th century, 10 ll.

89 Clay brick, complete 390™180™100 1787Building inscription of UntaÍ-napiriÍa of Anzan // Steve 1967 no. 17, Middle Elamite, 14th century, inscribed on edge, 4 ll.

90 Bronze dagger, complete 420™33™22 4555Label inscription of fiutruk-NaÓÓunte of Elam, Akkadian, 12th century, 2+2 ll.

Measurements MSText Description in mm Number

Cata l o gu e xxvii

91 Carnelian tablet, portrait format, pierced, complete 33™27™13 2879Votive inscription of fiutur-NaÓÓunte son of Indada to UirÍu, Neo-Elamite, 6th century, 3+3 ll.

92 Alabaster jar, complete 420™180 4536/1Label inscription of Xerxes of Persia // Kent 1953: 115 XVs, quadrilingual in Old Persian, Elamite, Akkadian and hieroglyphic Egyptian, 3 horizontal ll. + 1 vertical case

93 Alabaster jar, fragment 380™140 4536/3Label inscription of Xerxes of Persia // Kent 1953: 115 XVs, quadrilingual in Old Persian, Elamite, Akkadian and hieroglyphic Egyptian, 3 horizontal ll. + 1 vertical case

94 Alabaster jar, complete 220™120 4536/2Label inscription of Artaxerxes of Persia = Schmitt 2001, quadrilingual in Old Persian, Elamite, Akkadian and hieroglyphic Egyptian, 3 horizontal ll. + 1 vertical case

95 Bronze tablet with pierced lug, portrait format, complete 42™27™2 3185Inscription of Minua of Urartu, Urartian, 9th–8th century, 5+3 ll.

96 Clay tablet, portrait format, near complete 81™65™27 2855List of antediluvian kings = Friberg 2007: 491, Sumerian, with subscript, Akkadian, early Old Babylonian period, 12+1+14+1+1 ll.

97 Clay tablet, portrait format, complete 77™51™20 KMLList of antediluvian kings, Sumerian, Old Babylonian period, 12+1+11+2+1 ll.

98 Clay tablet, portrait format, near complete 187™162™35 3175Extract of Sumerian King List, Sumerian, Old Babylonian period, four cols., 17+18+16+0 ll.

99 Clay tablet, cut down 102™65™20 3429Sumerian King List, Old Babylonian period, Sumerian, two cols., 19+21 ll.

100 Clay tablet, portrait format, complete 56™39™20 1686Ur III–Isin king list = Sollberger 1954 Text A, Friberg 2007: 491, Isin period, 8+2+9+2 ll.

101 Clay tablet, portrait format, surface damage 90™49™19 1915List of year names, Amar-Suen 1–Ibbi-Suen 3, Sumerian, Ur III period, 18+4 ll.

Measurements MSText Description in mm Number

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102 Clay tablet, landscape format, complete 53™78™20 3287List of year names, R‹m-Sîn 1–8, Sumerian, Larsa period, 6+3 ll.

103 Grey stone tablet, landscape format, complete 115™133™35 3174Record of land, Sumerian, Uruk III–Early Dynastic I periods, 3+3 cols., 5+5+5+4+4+3 cases

104 Pale stone tablet, edge 141™75™53 2482“Ancient kudurru” text, Sumerian, Early Dynastic I(?) period, 4+5+1 cols., 9+12+7+1+6+11+10+9+4+6 cases

105 Alabaster tablet, fragment 90™49™19 3198“Ancient kudurru” text, Sumerian, Early Dynastic I–II periods, 2+2 cols., 1+4+3+3? cases

106 Black stone tablet(?), fragment 122™120™16 2068Record of field sales, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa period, three cols., 1+8+5 cases

107 Clay cylinder, incomplete 280™120 2064Law code of Ur-Namma // RIM E3/2.1.1.20, Sumerian, Ur III period, eight cols., 33+45+44+48+57+52+48+25 ll.

Measurements MSText Description in mm Number

Concordances

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711 701686 1001689/1 561699 361787 891790 571791/1 261791/2 281815/1 791815/2 801815/3 811846/3 861846/4 771846/5 431846/6 51869 401876/1 581876/2 591877 291878 341880 551895 311914 351915 1011935 411936 331937 301988 622004 682014 462034 472063 762064 1072068 1062078 882180 73

2368 722399 132400 152426 62482 1042712 42764 162786/1 842786/2 852795 692800 742818 102814 222848 752855 962870/1 822870/2 832871 442879 912890 322983 513028 653033 93174 1033175 983183 213185 953198 1053205 873206 203210 613224 13265 23266 33267 143268 54

3269 643270 663287 1023289 533396 83409 523429 993551 713552/1 483552/2 494476 184529 124536/1 924536/2 944536/3 934555 904556 114576 194577 174585 424716 384717 254718 234719 274720 784741 394749 604759 674765 454766 504981 634983 75000 375106 24

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1. Concordance of tablet numbers in the Schøyen Collection (MS) and text numbers in this volume.

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1 P3426982 P2522053 P2522064 P2517265 P3426336 P2516147 P2540148 P2523379 P252039

10 P25186511 P25364412 P25362713 P25159914 P25220715 P25160016 P25179017 P25365018 P25360919 P25364920 P25219721 P34264922 P25186123 P25374824 P25417425 P25374726 P25049527 P25374928 P25049629 P25054130 P25059831 P25058332 P25192333 P25059734 P25054235 P25059136 P250460

37 P25403138 P25374639 P25377140 P25052841 P25059642 P25365143 P34263244 P25190245 P25379546 P25074047 P25080048 P25243949 P25244050 P25379651 P25201252 P25235053 P25223054 P25220855 P25054456 P25045857 P25049458 P25053959 P25054060 P25377961 P25220362 P25073363 P25401264 P25220965 P25203466 P25221067 P25378968 P25073769 P25184170 P25045271 P25243872 P251597

73 P25084074 P25184675 P25189076 P25081977 P34263178 P25375079 P25051380 P25051481 P25051582 P25190083 P25190184 P25183285 P25183386 P34263087 P25219688 P25082889 P25049190 P25364391 P25191292 P25363293 P25363494 P25363395 P34265196 P25189497 –98 P34264099 P342704

100 P250456101 P250592102 P252228103 P333913104 P251646105 P252189106 P006021107 P250820

2. Concordance of text numbers in this volume and entry numbers in the database of the Cunei-form Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), which offers color images of all the objects published inthis book, sometimes in a fuller photographic record. The URL of an individual tablet at CDLIis the domain address http://cdli.ucla.edu followed by the CDLI entry number, e.g. text No. 1has the URL http://cdli.ucla.edu/P342698.

Text No. CDLI No. Text No. CDLI No. Text No. CDLI No.

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Berger 1973: Nbk Backstein A 79–81Berger 1973: Nbk B’n B, U1 82, 83Berger 1973: Nbn Zyl. II, 2 86Biga 2005 13Friberg 2007: 127–29 19Friberg 2007: 491 bottom 96Friberg 2007: 491 top 100George 2003: 123 17Kent 1953: 115 AVs 94Kent 1953: 115 XVs 92, 93Kessler 2003–4 78Layard 1851: 85a 73RIM A.0.101.35 70RIM A.0.101.125 71RIM E1.9.5.3 5, 23RIM E1.12.6.2 6, 7RIM E2.1.4.16 24RIM E2.1.5.5 11RIM E2.1.5.8 12RIM E3/1.1.6.1 25RIM E3/1.1.7.31 31RIM E3/1.1.7.37 26–30

RIM E3/1.1.7.48 32RIM E3/1.1.7.64 33RIM E3/2.1.1.20 107RIM E3/2.1.1.21 20, 21RIM E3/2.1.3.1 16, 34RIM E3/2.1.3.15 35, 36RIM E4.1.4.5 39RIM E4.1.5.3 40RIM E4.1.7.1 41RIM E4.1.10.2 43RIM E4.1.10.9 42RIM E4.2.9.2 46–49RIM E4.2.9.6 45RIM E4.2.9.7 50RIM E4.2.0.3 50RIM E4.3.6.15 58–60RIM E4.4.1.3 55RIM E4.4.1.4 56, 57Schmitt 2001 94Sollberger 1954 Text A 100Steinkeller 2007a: 221–22 18Steve 1967 no. 17 89

3. Concordance of publications with text numbers in this volume.

Publication Text No. Publication Text No.