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1 day ago · The so-called Ur III Sumerian King List ( USKL ), on a clay tablet possibly found in Adab, is the only known version of the SKL that predates the Old Babylonian period. The colophon of this text mentions that it was copied during the reign of Shulgi (2084–2037 BC), the second king of the Ur III dynasty.
3 days ago · The Sumerian king Ur-Nammu (2112–2095 BC) cleared the Gutians from Mesopotamia during his reign. The Sumerian King List, describing the Akkadian Empire after the death of Shar-kali-shari, states: Who was king? Who was not king? Irgigi the king; Nanum, the king; Imi the king; Ilulu, the king—the four of them were kings but reigned only three ...
4 days ago · Code of Hammurabi. Diorite stela inscribed with the Code of Hammurabi, 18th century bce. Code of Hammurabi, the most complete and perfect extant collection of Babylonian laws, developed during the reign of Hammurabi (1792–1750 bce) of the 1st dynasty of Babylon.
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1 day ago · The earliest known Sumerian king, whose name appears on contemporary cuneiform tablets, is Enmebaragesi of Kish (fl. c. 2600 BC).
3 days ago · For it is there that we find a firmly embedded tradition about successive antediluvian rulers, a tradition which is attested as early as the end of the third millennium (cf. Jacobsen, The Sumerian King List), and as late as the third century B.C. (in the Greek work on Babylonian history by the Babylonian priest Berossus). The number of rulers ...
4 days ago · Saturday, May 25, 2024. Text Size. Cities in Ancient Sumer. Display # 5 10 15 20 25 30 50 100 All. Title. Ancient Sumer. Clay Tablets from Sumer, Babylon and Assyria. The Sumerian King list. The Isin King List.
5 days ago · Enki, the great lord, who can equal your actions? Like a corporeal father, you are the one who has the me of deciding destinies, in fact you are the me." Enki and Ninmah drank beer, their hearts became elated, and then Ninmah said to Enki: "Man's body can be either good or bad and whether I make a fate good or bad depends on my will."
