Position in chronology
Warad-Sin 11
Translation — scholar edition
ETCSRI(1) For Inana of Zabalam, my lady, for my well-being, and for the well-being of Kudur-mabuk, the father who begot me, (I), Warad-Sin, king of Larsam, built her holy high temple, a residence of warriors, I raised it as high as a mountain. (14) May she be as delighted with me because of my deeds as to grant me a life of long days as a reward!
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions — scholar edition (Vienna).
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Why it matters
Warad-Sin dedicates a temple to Inana at Zabalam and names Kudur-mabuk as his father, anchoring the Elamite-origin dynasty of Larsa within the traditional Sumerian gesture of piety-for-longevity.
Scholarly note
Sumerian royal inscription, published in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI) by Gábor Zólyomi and collaborators. Translation reproduced from the ETCSRI edition. ORACC text Q002115.
Attribution
Image: NYPLC — (New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA) — from Zabalam (mod. Ibzaikh) ? — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P413904). source
Translation excerpted from Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q002115/.
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