Four Ur Dynasty Tablets Mentioning Foreigners

A set of vocabulary flashcards based on Albrecht Goetze's 1953 paper analyzing four Third Dynasty of Ur tablets that record foreigners and foreign cities.

e-a-ne-ne-s

A Sumerian phrase meaning "for their house" used on Ur III delivery tablets.

anse.libir

A cuneiform term designating donkeys trained for being ridden.

ba-zi

A Sumerian term meaning "gone out", used to record items or animals that were expended.

Sillus-Dagan

The location at Drehem where animals were kept and expended (ba-zi).

Mari

An ancient western city identified with modern Tell Hariri.

Ebla

An ancient western city located close to Halba (= Aleppo), spelled in cuneiform with ib (i.e., eb).

Puzur-Mama

The "man" of Mari mentioned on delivery tablets from Drehem dated to the year Bur-Sin 2.

Ili-Dagan

The "man" of Ebla appearing on multiple Drehem tablets dated to the reign of Bur-Sin.

Nanau

The "man" of Ursu mentioned on the tablet St. Louis, City Art Museum No. 61:27.

Tu-ul-GA-lum

An "Amurrite" mentioned on tablet NCBT 1593 as a recipient of riding donkeys (anse.libir).

I-mur-AG

A Westerner and "man" of Mari mentioned on Smith College No. 473 on whom two sheep were spent when he went to the town NI-id/da-ni-im.

Libanuksabas

The ensi (governor or ruler) of Marhasi mentioned on Third Dynasty of Ur administrative tablets.

Libanasgubi

The envoy of Libanuksabas, the ensi of Marhasi.

Gi-ba-a-tal

An individual with a Hurrian name (analyzed as Kib(a)-atal) associated with Ur-bi-lumki on Kenrick Theological Seminary No. 72.

Kur-bi-la-ak

An individual with a Semitic name (*Kur(u)b-ila-k(a)) listed on Kenrick Theological Seminary No. 72.

St. Louis, City Art Museum No. 61:27

A 31 x 34 mm tablet from Drehem dated III/20, Bur-Sin 2, recording delivery of goats "for their house" to local foreign rulers.

NCBT 1593

A 29 x 36 mm tablet from the Newell Collection of Babylonian Tablets at Yale University, originating from Drehem and dated VIII, Bur-Sin 2, dealing with riding donkeys.

Smith College No. 473

A 38 x 54 mm tablet from Drehem dated IV/9, Bur-Sin 6, recording sheep expended (ba-zi) from the animal park at Sillus-Dagan.

Kenrick Theological Seminary No. 72

A 75 x 115 mm tablet previously published as Sumer et Akkad LXXI:85, likely dating to the time of Su-Sin and listing various foreign individuals.