[2] During the reign of Ur III ruler Shulgi, especially in years 35-37, large amount of construction occurred at Tummal, including of a royal palace and administrative buildings.
[4] In one Ur III text it was reported that workers from Umma performed "24,500 man-days, 67 full time years" of labor at Tummal.
It is known from itineraries of the divine journeys of the god Nanna-Suen that Tummal lay between Nippur and Shuruppak, 55 kilometers to the south, both cities on the Euphrates River.
[11] The Tummal Inscription, one of the Babylonian Chronicles, is a writing of ancient Sumer from the time of the ruler Ishbi-Erra.
[18][19][20] A number of religious analyses of the inscriptions find evidence within the text for a claim of divine intervention.