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Shulgi

Shulgi
𒀭𒂄𒄀

Cylinder seal of Shulgi. The inscription reads "To Nuska, supreme minister of Enlil, his king, for the life of Shulgi, strong hero, King of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad, Ur-Nanibgal, governor of Nippur, son of Lugal-engardug, governor of Nippur, dedicated this."[1] Louvre Museum.
King of the Neo-Sumerian Empire
Reignc. 2094  BC – 2046  BC
PredecessorUr-Nammu
SuccessorAmar-Sin
IssueAmar-Sin, Liwir-Mitashu
Dynasty3rd Dynasty of Ur
FatherUr-Nammu
MotherWatartum
King Shulgi foundation tablet
(c. 2094–2046 BC)
𒀭 𒐏𒋰𒁀
𒎏𒀀𒉌
𒂄𒄀
𒍑𒆗𒂵
𒈗 𒋀𒀊𒆠𒈠
𒈗𒆠𒂗
𒄀𒆠𒌵𒆤
𒂍𒀀𒉌
𒈬𒈾𒆕[3]
dnimin-tab-ba.............. "For Nimintabba"
nin-a-ni..................... "his Lady,"
šul-gi.................... "Shulgi"
nitah kalag-ga...... "the mighty man"
lugal........................"King"
urimki-ma............... "of Ur"
lugal ki-en-............... "King of Sumer"
gi ki-uri-ke4................. "and Akkad,"
e2-a-ni.......................... "her Temple"
mu-na-du3................... "he built"
Foundation tablet of king Shulgi (c. 2094–2047 BC), for the Temple of Nimintabba in Ur. ME 118560 British Museum.[2]

Shulgi (𒀭𒂄𒄀 dšul-gi, formerly read as Dungi) of Ur was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. He reigned for 48 years, from c. 2094 – c. 2046 BC (Middle Chronology).[4] His accomplishments include the completion of construction of the Great Ziggurat of Ur, begun by his father Ur-Nammu. On his inscriptions, he took the titles "King of Ur", "King of Sumer and Akkad", adding "King of the four corners of the universe" in the second half of his reign.[5] He used the symbol for divinity (𒀭) before his name, marking his apotheosis, from at least the 21rd year of his reign and was worshipped in the Ekhursag palace he built.[6] Shulgi was the son of Ur-Nammu king of Ur and his queen consort Watartum.[7]

  1. ^ Full transcription: "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  2. ^ Enderwitz, Susanne; Sauer, Rebecca (2015). Communication and Materiality: Written and Unwritten Communication in Pre-Modern Societies. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-11-041300-7.
  3. ^ [1]Richard L. Zettler, "From Beneath The Temple Inscribed Objects From Ur", Expedition Magazine, University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, vol. 28, no. 3, 1986
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Klein1995 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ [2]Suter, Claudia E., "A Shulgi statuette from Tello", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 43.1, pp. 63-70, 1991
  6. ^ Raphael Kutscher, "An Offering to the Statue of Šulgi", Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, vol. 1, iss. 2, pp. 55-59, 1974
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sharlach2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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