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ETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 12 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 12)

(1) To Inana, Gan-Utu, the spouse of Pa-a-nukuš, the ..., dedicated this (vessel).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 14 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 14)

(1) To Inana, Gan-ezen, the spouse of ..., child of Gunidu, dedicated this (vessel).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 22 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 22)

(1) To Inana, Ur-Inana, the overseer.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 24 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 24, B)

(1) To Ninnisig, Luma, the chief stone-cutter, dedicated this (vessel/plaque).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 25 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 25)

(1) Lugal-hursaĝ, the temple administrator of Enlil.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 26 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 26)

(1) To Inana, ..., the couriers' overseer, dedicated this (statue).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 27 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 27)

(1) To Inana, Gan-Enlila, the spouse of Utum, dedicated this (vessel).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 28 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 28)

(1) To Inana, ..., ..., dedicated this (vessel).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 29

(1) To Inana, Ak-Enlila, the chief merchant, child of ..., dedicated this (vessel).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 32 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 32)

(1) To Inana, Barag-ene, the spouse of Mašda, (and) Amar-ezida dedicated this (stone plate).

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 35 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 35)

(1) To Inana, the singular woman.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 37 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 37)

(1) Idilum, the temple administrator of Enlil.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 39 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 39)

(1) Di-abgal, the herdsman, dedicated (this) bowl to Inana.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 41 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 41)

(1) To Inana, Inimani-zid, ..., and Inana-ursaĝ dedicated this (vessel).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 42 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 42)

(1) To Inana, Ama-azu, spouse of Lugal-urin, the scribe, dedicated this (bowl).

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 43 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 43)

(1) To Inana, ..., the smith, dedicated this (bowl).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 44 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 44)

(1) Lugal-urin dedicated this (vessel) to Inana.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 46 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 46)

(1) To Inana, Ilum-alsu, the temple administrator, and Aka, his spouse, dedicated this (vessel).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 47 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 47)

(1) To Inana, Sumu, spouse of Enlil's temple administrator, dedicated this.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Nippur 50 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 50)

(1') ... for the well-being of his spouse and šhildren.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Sippar 3 (FAOS 05/2, AnSippar 03)

(1) To ..., Men, ..., dedicated this (statuette) ..., and for the well-being of his spouse and children.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Ur 16 (FAOS 05/2, AnUr 16)

(1) To Ama-ĝeštin, Ninam, spouse of ..., dedicated this (vessel) for her (own) well-being, and for the well-being of her spouse and child.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Ur 22 (FAOS 05/2, AnUr 22)

(1') ..., ... dedicated this (vessel) ... for the well-being of his spouse and child.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Uruk 1 (FAOS 05/2, AnUruk 01)

(1) After Ninimma filled (Aya-diĝirĝu) with awe by addressing him, Aya-diĝirĝu, father of Aka, the temple administrator of Utu, and Kumtuše, mother of Aya-diĝirĝu, dedicated (this statue) to Ninšubur.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Arad-Dumuzida 1

(1) To Inana, lady of the E-ana, his lady, Arad-Dumuzida, temple administrator of Inana, dedicated this (bowl) for his life.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

A-kurgal 3

(1) Aya-kurgal, ruler of Lagaš.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Khafaje 11 (FAOS 05/2, AnHaf 11)

(1) Ur-Ninkilima, the overseer.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Lagaš 05 (FAOS 05/1, AnLag 05)

(1') ..., ruler of Lagaš, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Lagaš 16 (FAOS 05/1, AnLag 16)

(1) To Ninĝirsu of the Bagara, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Lagaš 17 (FAOS 05/1, AnLag 17)

(1) To Inana of the Ebgal, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Lagaš 19 (FAOS 05/1, AnLag 19)

(i 1) ... king of Lagaš .... ... gold ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Lagaš 20 (FAOS 05/1, AnLag 20)

(1) Lugal-uma, child of ..., ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Lagaš 25 (FAOS 05/1, AnLag 25)

(i 1') ... Enki .... .... Nanše ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Anonymous Ur 21 (FAOS 05/2, AnUr 21)

(1) To Nanna, ... for the well-being of ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Bara-heNIdu 1

(1) E-kiri, Baragane-dug, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Bara-heNIdu 2001

(1) To Ninšubur, Ur-akkila, the city elder, dedicated this (statuette) for the well-being of Baragane-dug, ruler of Adab.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

Bara-sagnudi 1

(1) For Šara, Barag-sagnudi, king of Umma, set up this (statue).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 01 (RIME 1.09.03.01 (Vulture Stele) composite)

(o i 21) ... payed its interest-bearing loan, but took its barley rental. The king of Lagaš .... (o ii 23) Because of ..., the leader of Umma acted belligerently against it and defied Lagaš. Aya-kurgal, king of Lagaš, child of Ur-Nanše, .... (o iii 18) ... and he too defied Lagaš because of its own property. (o iii 23) The ... lion of Ĝirnun's innermost part, Ninĝirsu, let his voice out ...: "Umma ... my forage, my own property in the field of Gu-edena ... Lagaš .... Ninĝirsu, Enlil's warrior ....". (o iv 9) ... Ninĝirsu begot E-ana-tum. ... took delight in him. Inana took him with her, and…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 03

(i 1) Enlil ... Ninĝirsu and Šara .... The leader of Umma removed the stela and repositioned it towards the plain of Lagaš. ... commanded E-ana-tum, and he destroyed Umma. ... E-ana-tum erected a stela next to the mound on which Me-silim had erected a stela. He named the stela that he erected next to it "Ninĝirsu, the lord, is eternally exalted in the abzu". (ii 18) If the leader of Umma crosses the (border) canal in order to take away fields, may Ningirsu be (like a) dragon to him, and may Enlil make salt surface in his furrows! May ... not grant hime life, and he himself ...! May ... not gra…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 04

(i 1) For Ninĝirsu, Enlil’s warrior, E-ana-tum, ruler of Lagaš, chosen in her holy heart by Nanše, the mighty lady, who makes the foreign lands submit to Ninĝirsu, child of Aya-kurgal, ruler of Lagaš, .... (i 19) (When) he annihilated ... of Umma, who took away the Gu-edena, he returned (Ninĝirsu's) beloved field, the Gu-edena, under Ninĝirsu's control. He named the border territory of Ĝirsu's region that he returned under Ninĝirsu's control as 'Luma is chosen from Ĝirnun in the holy heart'. .... (ii 14) ..., he dedicated this (pillar) to him.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 07b

(1') ..., he built the temple of Tiras for him. ...

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 10

(i 1) For Ninĝirsu, Enlil’s warrior. (i 4) E-ana-tum, ruler of Lagaš, given strength by Ninĝirsu, the man who returned Ninĝirsu's beloved field, the Gu-edena, under his control, E-ana-tum, who makes the foreign lands submit to Ninĝirsu, child of Aya-kurgal, ruler of Lagaš, built the E-za for Ninĝirsu with precious metal and lapis lazuli. He built for him the storehouse of ... and heaped up piles of grain in it. (iii 6) The personal god of E-ana-tum, entrusted with the sceptre by Ninĝirsu, is Šul-MUŠxPA.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 11

(Side 1, iii 1') .... He defeated .... He defeated Uruk. He defeated Urim. .... (Side 1, iv 1) The personal god of E-ana-tum, the builder of Ĝatumdug's temple, is Šul-MUŠxPA. (Side 1, iv 5) E-ana-tum fashioned (the statue of) Nanše. .... (Side 1, v 1) When ..., he assigned regular offerings to the lofty high temple for Nanše; he assigned regular offerings to ... for Ninĝirsu, he assigned regular offerings to Nibru for Enlil. .... (Side 4, i 1') He brought (this mortar) before Nanše in the E-mah.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 12

(1') ..., E-ana-tum, king of Lagaš, given strength by Enlil, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 13

(i 1') .... (When Ninĝirsu) plašed all lands in his hand, and plašed the rebellious lands at his feeṭ then E-ana-tum, whose name was prošlaimed by Ninĝirsu, .... ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 14

(i 1') ..., who makes the foreign lands submit to Ninĝirsu, .... (ii 1') ... he returned ..., he dug a new šanal, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 16

(i 1') ... he annihilated. From Ĝirsu .... (ii 1') .... He returned (Ninĝirsuś) beloved field, the Gu-edena, under Ninĝirsuś šontrol. .... (iii 1') ... field, ... field ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 18

(i 1') ..., given strength by Enlil, given wisdom by Enki, ..., (ii 1') ..., whose name was proclaimed by Hendursaĝ, beloved friend of Lugal-Uruba, child of Aya-kurgal, ruler of Lagaš, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 19

(1') ... of Lagaš, šhild of Aya-kurgal, ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2450 BCE·Early DynasticETCSRI

E-anatum 22add

(i 1) E-ana-tum, child of Aya-kurgal, ruler of Lagaš, bought a garden with an area of 1 bur and 2 iku from the brother of Amar-egala, the travelling merchant. He paid 2 mana silver for him. The gift was 1 pot of beer.

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