Ur III PERIOD

(2112-2004 BC) THE ROYAL INSCRIPTIONS OF

EDITORIAL BOARD

A. Kirk Grayson (Toronto) Veysel Donbaz (Istanbul) Director and Editor-in-Charge of Assyrian Periods Paul Garelli (Paris) Ronald F.G. Sweet (Toronto) Editor-in-Chief Joachim Marzahn (Berlin)

Dietz O. Edzard (Munich) Fawzi Rashid (Baghdad) Editor-in-Charge of Early Periods Christopher Walker (London)

Grant Frame (Toronto) Assistant Director

Volumes Published

ASSYRIAN PERIODS 1 Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennia BC (TO 1115 BC) A. KIRK GRAYSON 2 Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114-859 BC) A. KIRK GRAYSON 3 Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC II (858-754 BC) A. KIRK GRAYSON

EARLY PERIODS 2 Sargonic and Gutian Periods (2334-2113 BC) DOUGLAS FRAYNE 3/1 Gudea and His Dynasty DIETZ OTTO EDZARD 3/2 Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC) DOUGLAS FRAYNE 4 Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC) DOUGLAS FRAYNE

BABYLONIAN PERIODS 2 Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination (1157-612 BC) GRANT FRAME

SUPPLEMENTS 1 Royal Inscriptions on Clay Cones from Ashur Now in Istanbul V. DONBAZ and A. KIRK GRAYSON Iff

THE ROYAL INSCRIPTIONS OF MESOPOTAMIA

EARLY PERIODS / VOLUME 3/2

Ur III Period

(2112-2004 BC)

DOUGLAS FRAYNE

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS

Toronto Buffalo London \N

University of Toronto Press Incorporated 1997 Toronto Buffalo London Printed in Canada

ISBN 0-8020-4198-1

Printed on acid-free paper

Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

Frayne, Douglas

Ur HI period (2112-2004 BC)

(The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia. Early Periods ; 3/2) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8020-4198-1

1. inscriptions, Sumerian.2. Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian. 3. Sumerian language - Texts. 4. - Texts. 5. Ur (Extinct city) - Kings and rulers.6. Ur (Extinct city) - History — Sources. 7. Babylonia - Kings and rulers. 8. Babylonia - History - Sources. I. Title. II. Series.

PJ3826.F721997 935'.01 C96-932070-1

The cover illustration is from a panel of the Ur-Nammu Stele. The drawing was done by Loretta James.

The research and publication of this volume have been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the University of Toronto. To my parents This page intentionally left blank