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Here is another very large and very rare cone for Enlil-Bani of Isin being a  dedication of the Ulmaš Temple in Isin to the goddess (Ishtar) Annunitum of Akkad.

 

Circa. 1900 BC

 

212mm

Heavily restored.

 




Large clay nail with complete inscription on the flat head in two columns, and the complete inscription repeated around the shaft. This is the second known example of the text.

 

 

This text records the building  of  a temple named Ulmaš in the city Isin, and that it was dedicated to (Ishtar)-Annunitum of Akkad.  There are very few votive inscriptions of this king known on cones, and only one literary text.

 

 

 

1

An-nu-ni-tum

 

A-ga-dè ki

 

nin-a-ni-ir

 

ªEn-líl-ba-ni

5

sipa ki-nam-šar-ra

 

EN.LÍL ki

 

lugal-kala-ga

 

lugal-Ì-si-in/ ki -na

ii

lugal ki-en-gi / ki-urí

10

dam-šà-ge-pad-da

 

dInanna-ke4

 

Ul-maš

 

é-ki-ág-gá-ni

 

šà- Ì-si-inki/-na-ka

15

mu-da-dù

 

 

For Annunitum of Akkad his Lady,  Enlil-bani, the shepherd who provides abundance for Nippur, mighty king, king of Sumer and Akkad,  favorite spouse of Innana,  I built her beloved temple Ulmash in Isin.