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This a a much rarer cone for Lipit-Eštar

 

 

This isa building dedication of Lipit-Eštar

Isin-Larsa (Early Old Babylonian) Period, ca. 20th cen. BCE

Rulings and a column divider demarcate the lines and columns of the cone's text.

Provenience: the site of Isin

 

 Transliteration: 

 

 Column I                                                

 

1.   dLi-pí-it-eš4-tár

2.   sipa sun5-na

3.   Nibruki

4.   engar zi

5.   Uri5ki-ma

6.   mùš nu-túm-mu

7.   Eriduki-ga

8.   en me-te

9.   Unuki - ga

10.   lugal Ì-si-inki-

                na

11.   lugal Ki-en-gi Ki-

                uri

    

 

 Column II

 

12.   šà-ge túm-a

13.   dInnin-me-en

14.   u4 nì-si-sá

15.   Ki-en-gi Ki-uri-a

16.   i-ni-in-gar-ra-a

17.   Nam-ga-ru-um

18.   ki-rib-ba

19.   dingir-re-e-ne-ka

20.   É-nì-si-sá-a

21.   mu - dù

 

 






Translation

 

Column I:       1-3.   Lipit-Eštar, humble shepherd of Nippur,

4-5.   true farmer of Ur,

6-7.   ceaseless provider of Eridu,

8-9.   en-priest fit for Uruk,

10.   king of Isin,

11.   king of Sumer and Akkad,

Column II:   12-13.   the favorite of Inanna am I.

14-16.   When I established justice in Sumer and Akkad,

17-21.   I built the House of Justice at Namgarum, the eminent place of the gods.

 

 

Two foundation cones, Sin Kashid