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 From Ken

A much rarer type of Gudea cone.

 

 



This inscription commemorates the restoration by Gudea, the governor of Lagash, of the Temple of NinDARa in Girsu, a city near  Lagash. (The reading of the sign DAR in this name is uncertain.). This inscription is known as Gudea 36.

 

 

 

dki -ke4 ki



 

 

 

Also a commonly found cone, that of Ishme-Dagan 

 



Transliteration of Sumerian

 

 

1.      

dI -me-dDa-gan

 

2.      

nit-kala-ga

 

3.      

lugal -si-in/ki-na

 

4.      

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

 

5.      

u4 EN.LLki

 

6.      

uru ki-g

 

7.      

dEn-ll-l

 

8.      

 

 

9.      

mu-un-du8

ii

10.  

 

 

11.  

ba-ra-an-zi-ga-a

 

12.  

 

 

13.  

-si-inki-na

 

14.  

 

 

15.  

 

 

16.  

ddDa-gan

 

17.  

dEn-ll-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.

 

 



Here are a few even clearer examples so that you can learn to recognize  the name of this king.








  From Ken

15th Feb 09

 

 



 

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