'The entire series is essential to any research library dealing
with the ancient Near East.' -- David I. Owen, Religious
Studies Review
The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Project has been devoted to
publishing previously unavailable cuneiform texts for scholars and
libraries.
This Volume Provides Editions of All Known Royal inscriptions of
the five kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur (2112-2004 BC), from
Ur-Nammu to Ibbi-Sin, as well as those of contemporaneous rulers of
states on the periphery of the Ur III empire (excluding Elam). Ur
III Period contains the first complete edition of the Su-Sin
inscriptions, the most complete and up-to-date information on the
members of the Ur III royal family, and the first published charts
of Ur III city governors, providing a wealth of new material for
researchers.
Douglas Frayne has provided indexes of museum numbers, excavation
numbers, provenances, dimensions, and lines preserved of the
various exemplars in an easy-to-read tabular mode. The accompanying
microfiche displays the text of selected inscriptions in a
'musical score' format. Most of the inscriptions are in
Sumerian, with a few in Akkadian and one in Hurrian.
Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC) is yet another exhaustively researched
and substantial contribution to the RIM project, and to the study
of ancient Mesopotamia.
