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Also a commonly found cone, that of Ishme-Dagan of Isin, 1953–1935 BC

 



Transliteration of Sumerian

 

 

1.      

dIå -me-dDa-gan

 

2.      

nitá-kala-ga

 

3.      

lugal Ì-si-in/ki-na

 

4.      

lugal an-ub-da-/limmu-ba-ke4

 

5.      

u4 EN.LÍLki

 

6.      

uru ki-ág

 

7.      

dEn-líl-lá

 

8.      

gú-bi

 

9.      

mu-un-du8

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10.  

erén-bi kaskal-ta

 

11.  

ba-ra-an-zi-ga-a

 

12.  

bàd-gal

 

13.  

Ì-si-inki-na

 

14.  

mu-un-dù

 

15.  

bàd-ba

 

16.  

dIš-me-dDa-gan

 

17.  

dEn-líl-da / a2-an-gal

 

18.  

mu-bi-im

“Ishme-Dagan, mighty man, King of Isin, King of the Four Quarters (of the world)

when he exempted the tax of Nippur, the city beloved by Enlil, and took its populace away from forced labor,

he built the wall of Isin, naming it “Ishme-Dagan, with Enlil, the great “date  spadix”.”

 

Interestingly, the building of the great wall was not commemorated in any of the year names of Ishme-Dagan, which are identified exclusively by various cultic events. The meaning of the wall name is obscure and uncertain.

 

 



 

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