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Shulgi, the Glossary

Shulgi (dšul-gi, formerly read as Dungi) of Ur was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur.^[1]

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20th-century BC Sumerian kings
21st-century BC Sumerian kings
Deified male monarchs
Third Dynasty of Ur

Akkad (city)

Akkad (also spelt Accad, Akkade, or Agade, Akkadian:, also URIKI in Sumerian during the Ur III period) was the capital of the Akkadian Empire, which was the dominant political force in Mesopotamia during a period of about 150 years in the last third of the 3rd millennium BC.

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Amar-Sin

Amar-Sin (𒀭𒀫𒀭𒂗𒍪: DAmarDSîn, "calf of Sîn", the "𒀭" being a silent honorific for "Divine"), initially misread as Bur-Sin (c. 2046–2037 BC middle chronology, or possibly ca. 1982–1973 BC short chronology) was the third ruler of the Ur III Dynasty. Shulgi and Amar-Sin are 20th-century BC Sumerian kings, 21st-century BC Sumerian kings, Sumerian kings and third Dynasty of Ur.

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Anshan (Persia)

Anshan (Elamite cuneiform: 𒀭𒍝𒀭; 𒀭𒊓𒀭𒆠, 𒀭𒊭𒀭𒆠) modern Tall-e Malyan (تل ملیان), also Tall-i Malyan, was an Elamite and ancient Persian city.

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Apil-kin

Apil-kin (a-pil-gin6), was a ruler of the city of Mari, northern Mesopotamia, after the fall of the Akkadian Empire c. 2126-2091 BCE.

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Apotheosis

Apotheosis, also called divinization or deification, is the glorification of a subject to divine levels and, commonly, the treatment of a human being, any other living thing, or an abstract idea in the likeness of a deity.

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Šuqurtum

Šuqurtum was a concubine of king Shulgi, second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Shulgi and Šuqurtum are third Dynasty of Ur.

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Babylon

Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy is a system of organization where decisions are made by a body of non-elected officials.

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Chronicle of Early Kings

The Chronicle of Early Kings, named ABC 20 in Grayson’s Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles and CM 40 in Glassner’s Chroniques mésopotamiennes is a Babylonian chronicle preserved on two tablets: tablet ABM 26472 (98-5-14, 290) tablet A. is well preserved whereas tablet BBM 96152 (1902-4-12, 264) tablet B.

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Chronology of the ancient Near East

The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties.

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Code of Ur-Nammu

The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today.

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Correspondence of the Kings of Ur

The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur (CKU), also known as the Royal Correspondence of Ur, is a collection of 24 literary letters written in the Sumerian language and attributed to kings of the Ur III period, 2048–1940 BCE (2112–2004 middle chronology).

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Der (Sumer)

Der (Sumerian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki; Akkadian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki or urude-e-ru(ki)) was a Sumerian city-state at the site of modern Tell Aqar near al-Badra in Iraq's Wasit Governorate.

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Dingir

Dingir ⟨⟩, usually transliterated DIĜIR, is a Sumerian word for 'god' or 'goddess'.

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Ea-niša

Ea-niša was a lesser wife of Shulgi, king of the Third Dynasty of Ur, at the end of the third millennium BC. Shulgi and ea-niša are third Dynasty of Ur.

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Ekur

Ekur, also known as Duranki, is a Sumerian term meaning "mountain house".

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Elam

Elam (Linear Elamite: hatamti; Cuneiform Elamite:; Sumerian:; Akkadian:; עֵילָם ʿēlām; 𐎢𐎺𐎩 hūja) was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq.

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Elamite language

Elamite, also known as Hatamtite and formerly as Susian, is an extinct language that was spoken by the ancient Elamites.

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Enlil

Enlil, later known as Elil and Ellil, is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms.

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Esagila

The Ésagila or Esangil (𒂍𒊕𒅍𒆷, "temple whose top is lofty") was a temple dedicated to Marduk, the protector god of Babylon.

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Etched carnelian beads

Etched carnelian beads, or sometimes bleached carnelian beads, are a type of ancient decorative beads made from carnelian with an etched design in white, which were probably manufactured by the Indus Valley civilization during the 3rd millennium BCE.

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Geme-Ninlilla

Geme-Ninlilla was the wife of Shulgi, second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Shulgi and Geme-Ninlilla are third Dynasty of Ur.

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Genitive case

In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun.

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Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh (𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦|translit. Shulgi and Gilgamesh are Deified male monarchs.

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Hill people

Hill people, also referred to as mountain people, is a general term for people who live in the hills and mountains.

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History of Sumer

The history of Sumer spans the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods.

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Iddi-ilum

Iddi-ilum, also Iddi-El or Iddin-El (i-ti-ilum, ruled 2090-2085 BCE), was a military governor, or Shakkanakku, of the ancient city-state of Mari in eastern Syria, following the conquest, the destruction and the control of the city by the Akkadian Empire.

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Indus Valley Civilisation

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.

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Inshushinak

Inshushinak (also Šušinak, Šušun; Linear Elamite: Insušinak, Cuneiform: dInšušinak) was the tutelary god of the city of Susa in Elam.

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King of Sumer and Akkad

King of Sumer and Akkad (Sumerian: lugal-ki-en-gi-ki-uri, Akkadian: šar māt Šumeri u Akkadi) was a royal title in Ancient Mesopotamia combining the titles of "King of Akkad", the ruling title held by the monarchs of the Akkadian Empire (2334–2154 BC) with the title of "King of Sumer". Shulgi and King of Sumer and Akkad are Sumerian kings.

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King of the Four Corners

King of the Four Corners of the World (Sumerian: lugal-an-ub-da-limmu-ba, Akkadian: šarru kibrat arbaim, šar kibrāti arbaʾi, or šar kibrāt erbetti), alternatively translated as King of the Four Quarters of the World, King of the Heaven's Four Corners or King of the Four Corners of the Universe and often shortened to simply King of the Four Corners, was a title of great prestige claimed by powerful monarchs in ancient Mesopotamia.

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Louvre

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world.

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Lugal

(Sumerian) is the Sumerian term for "king, ruler".

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Lullubi

Lullubi, Lulubi (𒇻𒇻𒉈: Lu-lu-bi, 𒇻𒇻𒉈𒆠: Lu-lu-biki "Country of the Lullubi"), more commonly known as Lullu, were a group of Bronze Age tribes during the 3rd millennium BC, from a region known as Lulubum, now the Sharazor plain of the Zagros Mountains of modern-day Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq.

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Marhasi

Marhaši (Sumerian: Mar-ḫa-šiKI, Marhashi, Marhasi, Parhasi, Barhasi; in earlier sources Waraḫše. Akkadian: "Parahshum" pa2-ra-ah-shum2-ki) was a 3rd millennium BC polity situated near Elam, on the Iranian plateau.

See Shulgi and Marhasi

Mari, Syria

Mari (Cuneiform:, ma-riki, modern Tell Hariri; تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria.

See Shulgi and Mari, Syria

Meluhha

or (𒈨𒈛𒄩𒆠) is the Sumerian name of a prominent trading partner of Sumer during the Middle Bronze Age.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.

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Naram-Sin of Akkad

Naram-Sin, also transcribed Narām-Sîn or Naram-Suen (𒀭𒈾𒊏𒄠𒀭𒂗𒍪: DNa-ra-am DSîn, meaning "Beloved of the Moon God Sîn", the "𒀭" a determinative marking the name of a god), was a ruler of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned –2218 BC (middle chronology), and was the third successor and grandson of King Sargon of Akkad. Shulgi and Naram-Sin of Akkad are Deified male monarchs.

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Nimintabba

Nimintabba (DNimin-tab-ba, previously read Dimtabba) was a Goddess of Sumer.

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Nin-kalla

Nin-kalla was the wife or concubine of Shulgi, second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Shulgi and Nin-kalla are third Dynasty of Ur.

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Ningal

Ningal (Sumerian: "Great Queen"; Akkadian Nikkal) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of the moon god, Nanna/Sin.

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Ninhursag

Ninḫursaĝ (𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕 Ninḫarsang), sometimes transcribed Ninursag, Ninḫarsag, or Ninḫursaĝa, also known as Damgalnuna or Ninmah, was the ancient Sumerian mother goddess of the mountains, and one of the seven great deities of Sumer.

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Ninlil

Ninlil (DNIN.LÍL; meaning uncertain) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of Enlil.

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Nippur

Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory: Vol. 1, Part 1, Cambridge University Press, 1970 Akkadian: Nibbur) was an ancient Sumerian city.

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Nuska

Nuska or Nusku, possibly also known as Našuḫ, was a Mesopotamian god best attested as the sukkal (divine vizier) of Enlil.

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Pashime

Pašime, (also Bašime and Mišime) (ba-si-meKI), was an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia.

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Puzur-Inshushinak

Puzur-Inshushinak (Linear Elamite: Puzur Sušinak, Akkadian:, puzur3-dinšušinak, also, puzur4-dinšušinak "Calling Inshushinak"), also sometimes thought to read Kutik-Inshushinak in Elamite, was king of Elam, around 2100 BC, and the last from the Awan dynasty according to the Susa kinglist.

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Self-praise of Shulgi (Shulgi D)

Self-praise of Shulgi (Shulgi D) is a Sumerian hymn dedicated to the Third Dynasty of Ur ruler Shulgi, written on clay tablets dated to between 2100 and 2000 BC.

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Shakkanakku

Shakkanakku (Sumerian:, GIR.NITA or šagina,, Shakkanakku), was an Akkadian-language title designating a military governor.

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Shulgi-simti

Shulgi-simti was the wife or concubine of Shulgi, second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Shulgi and Shulgi-simti are third Dynasty of Ur.

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Simat-Ea

Simat-Ea (Me-Ea, reading uncertain) was a concubine of Shulgi, second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Shulgi and Simat-Ea are third Dynasty of Ur.

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Simurrum

Simurrum (𒋛𒈬𒌨𒊑𒅎: Si-mu-ur-ri-im) was an important city state of the Mesopotamian area from around 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE, during the period of the Akkadian Empire down to Ur III.

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Sumer

Sumer is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.

See Shulgi and Sumer

Sumerian King List

The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the One Monarchy is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and kingdoms in southern Mesopotamia during the late third and early second millennium BC. Shulgi and Sumerian King List are Sumerian kings and third Dynasty of Ur.

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Sumerian language

Sumerian (Also written 𒅴𒄀 eme-gi.ePSD2 entry for emegir.|'native language'|) was the language of ancient Sumer.

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Susa

Susa (Middle translit; Middle and Neo-translit; Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid translit; Achaemenid translit; شوش; שׁוּשָׁן; Σοῦσα; ܫܘܫ; 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 or 𐭱𐭥𐭮; 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran.

See Shulgi and Susa

Taram-Uram

Taram-Uram (she who loves Ur) was a king's daughter and queen at the end of the third millennium BC. Shulgi and Taram-Uram are third Dynasty of Ur.

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Third Dynasty of Ur

The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, refers to a 22nd to 21st century BC (middle chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of Ur and a short-lived territorial-political state which some historians consider to have been a nascent empire.

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University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press is the university press of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Ur

Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (mound of bitumen) in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq.

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Ur-Nammu

Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian:, ruled c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC middle chronology) founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule. Shulgi and Ur-Nammu are 21st-century BC Sumerian kings, Sumerian kings and third Dynasty of Ur.

See Shulgi and Ur-Nammu

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shulgi

Also known as Dungi, Shulgi of ur, Sulgi.

, Shakkanakku, Shulgi-simti, Simat-Ea, Simurrum, Sumer, Sumerian King List, Sumerian language, Susa, Taram-Uram, Third Dynasty of Ur, University of Chicago Press, Ur, Ur-Nammu, W. W. Norton & Company, William J. Hamblin, Ziggurat of Ur.

Shulgi, the Glossary

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See also

20th-century BC Sumerian kings

21st-century BC Sumerian kings

Deified male monarchs

Third Dynasty of Ur

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