Cuneiform Inscriptions in the Collections of the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester

Cuneiform Inscriptions in the Collections of the John Rylands Library, University ofManchesterAuthor(s): Farouk N. H. Al-RawiSource: Iraq, Vol. 62 (2000), pp. 21-63Published by: British Institute for the Study of IraqStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4200481 .

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CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

By FAROUK N. H. AL-RAWI

The collection of the cuneiform documents in the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, was mainly acquired between 1903 and 1923 by Professors H. W. Hogg and Canon C. H. W. Johns; these texts form the nucleus of the collection.1 In addition, most of the six hundred tablets in the Rev. C. L. Bedale's private collection were presented to the Library by his wife in 1919, and six more by his son, Mr Paul Bedale, and daughter in 1979. Bedale described a number of his Umma tablets for a Library publication between 1901 and 1905. A selection of these texts was published by him in 1915.2

Many of the Sumerian texts, in all 884 tablets, were catalogued and published by T. Fish in 1932.3 Further tablets, letters of Old Babylonian date, were studied and published by him in 1936.4 Other tablets were also published by Fish, in Manchester Cuneiform Studies and elsewhere.5 More Old Babylonian tablets were studied by the late Douglas Kennedy, some of which were given numbers following on from those published by Fish. F. R. Kraus's edition of the Library's Old Babylonian letters, which appeared in 1985, included these as well as Fish's letters, and a few more unpublished letters that had not been assigned numbers in the Library's running sequence.6 In 1973 Claus Wilcke published most of the Sumerian literary texts,7 and J. N. Postgate published three of the Assynrian tablets.8 At that time these were also without JRL numbers.

In 1979 Tohru Gomi copied more of the Library's Neo-Sumerian tablets and published them in 1981.9 These texts were not numbered at that time but the librarians later gave them numbers following on those mentioned above. Gomi stated that there were "c. twenty more Neo-Sumerian tablets, the majority of which are, however, fragmentary". These texts are among the thirty or so Ur III tablets catalogued below.

This article is the result of work carried out in 1996-7 to extend the sequence of JRL numbers, to expand the catalogue and to further the publication of the Library's cuneiform collections by making available information on much of the previously unnumbered material. It includes a catalogue of the tablets stored in Boxes 21-6 and a few other objects (JRL 1019-1102), cuneiform

1On the formation of the collection see H. Guppy's preface to T. Fish, Catalogue of Sumerian Tablets in the John Rylands Library (Manchester University Press, 1932); M. Tyson, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 25 (1941) 58 f.; also C. Wilcke, AfO 24 (1973) 1 n. 1. Hogg himself published the clay nail of Enlil-bani - catalogued here as JRL 1094 but then without number (H. W. Hogg, "Inscribed nail of Ellil-bani, twelfth king of the Babylonian dynasty of Isin", Journal of Manchester Oriental Society 1911 1-20) and supplied Langdon with his reading of one of the bricks of Nebuchadnezzar (now JRL 1093, see below on No. 75).

2C. L. Bedale, Sumerian Tablets from Umma in the John Rylands Library (Manchester, 1915): Bedale 1-58. Collations of these have been published by T. Gomi, "Collations to Charles L. Bedale, Sumerian Tablets...", The Ancient Orient Museum 3 (1981) 37-40.

3 Fish, Catalogue: JRL 1-884 and a revision of Bedale's 58 tablets. Collations of JRL 1-884 have been published by T. Gomi, "Kollationen zu T. Fish, Catalogue ..." in T. Gomi, Wirtschaftstexte der Ur-III Zeit aus dem British Museum (MVN 12, Rome, 1982) 90-138 and Pls. 105-17.

4T. Fish, Letters of the First Babylonian Dynasty in the John Rylands Library (Manchester University Press, 1936): JRL 885-913 and two fragments later numbered JRL 914-15.

'T. Fish, "A Rylands Cuneiform tablet concerning the

Iraq LXII (2000)

conquest of Kish under Agga by Gilgamesh", Bulletin JRL 19 (1935) 362-72, photographs published in W. H. Ph. Romer, Das sumerische Kurzepos )BilgameS und Akka< (AOAT 209/1, 1980), Pls. 1-4 (JRL 931); Fish, "A cylinder inscription of Nebuchadrezzar II", MCS 3 (1953) 46 (now JRL 1095, then without number). Note also T. Donald, "A Sumerian plan in the John Rylands Library", JSS 7 (1962) 184-90 (JRL 930). For a summary of JRL 1-931 and of the remainder of the collection, at that time uncatalogued and unnumbered, see F. Taylor, The Oriental Manuscript Collections in the John Rylands Library (reprinted from Bulletin JRL 54, No. 2; Manchester, 1972) 5-6. Most of the unnumbered items summarized by Taylor are catalogued below.

6F. R. Kraus, Briefe aus kleineren Westeuropaischen Sammlungen (AbB X) Nos. 1-51: JRL 885-924, 926-9 and seven unnumbered pieces, including the six catalogued below as JRL 1020, 1043, 1065-6 and 1069-70 (maybe also JRL 1046?).

7 C. Wilcke, "Sumerische literarische Texte in Manchester und Liverpool", AfO 24 (1973) 1-24 (now JRL 1059-63).

8J. N. Postgate, "Assyrian texts and fragments", Iraq 35 (1973) 13-36, Nos. 1, 2 and 7 (now JRL 1045, 1055 and 1058).

'T. Gomi, "Ur III Texts in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester", Bulletin JRL 64, No. 1 (1981) 87-116 (now JRL 932-1018).



FAROUK N. H. AL-RAWI

copies of most of the previously unpublished items, and transliterations and translations of selected Ur III tablets (Nos. 58-66, 69 in the catalogue) and royal inscriptions (Nos. 29, 73-8 in the catalogue).

The following is a breakdown of the Library's cuneiform collection as currently numbered.

JRL 1-884 JRL 885-915 JRL 885-924 JRL 925 JRL 926-9 JRL 930 JRL 931 JRL 932-1018 JRL 1019-1102 Bedale 1-58

Fish Catalogue Fish Letters Kraus AbB X 1-40 balbale of Ninurta10 Kraus AbB X 41-4 Donald JSS 7: field plan Fish Bulletin JRL 19: Gilgames and Akka Gomi Bulletin JRL 64 catalogued here Bedale Sumerian Tablets

There is still more material yet to be numbered and catalogued. I would like to give my thanks to Professor John Healey, Head of the Department of Middle

Eastern Studies at the University of Manchester, Professor G. R. Smith and Dr Peter McNiven, Head of Special Collections of John Rylands Library, for informing me about the cuneiform collection of the John Rylands Library and encouraging me to complete this project. I would also like to express my gratitude to Anne Young, Sarah Lawrence and all the members of the Library staff for their assistance during the time I was examining the documents of the collection. To the Board of the John Rylands Research Institute for their generous award towards the project, I am most grateful.1

Catalogue

No. JRL Other Description Dimensions in cm no. length x width x thickness

'1 1019 1020 1021

1022 1023 1024

7 1025

8 1026

9 1027

10 1028

11 1029

12 1030

13 1031

Fragment, Ur III tablet, economic. Copy below, p. 40 P51 Fragment, OB letter. Published by Kraus AbB X 47

Fragment of envelope with seal impression, not inscribed, Ur III. Unpublished

Fragment, Ur III tablet, economic. Copy below, p. 40 Small tablet, mostly erased, Ur III. Unpublished Fragment of envelope, with only two signs and an

inscribed seal impression, Ur III. Unpublished Small tablet, Ur III, rev. destroyed, economic.

Unpublished Small tablet, OB, list of personal names. Copy below,

p. 40 Small tablet, Ur III, economic, rev. destroyed, probably

from Drehem. Unpublished Small tablet, Ur III, economic, mostly destroyed,

probably from Drehem. Unpublished Small tablet, Ur III, economic, rev. not inscribed, right

corner lost, probably from Drehem. Unpublished Fragment of tablet, Ur III, economic, mostly destroyed,

probably from Drehem. Unpublished Small tablet, OB, a very short letter. Copy below, p. 40

1.6x3.9x 1.8 4.2 x4.8 x2.6 not measured

3.8x2.5x1.8 2.3x2.2x 1.1 not measured

3.4x2.7x 1.3

2.8 x3.2x 1.6

2.8x2.6x 1.2

2.5 x2.6x 1.4

3.6x3.0x 1.6

2.9x3.5x 1.6

2.6x2.4x 1.8

10JRL 925 is edited in the Electronic Text Corpus of Black, "A balbale of Ninurta, god of fertility", ZA in press. Sumerian Literature (http://www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk/) as a " The final stage of this publication would not have been source for Text No. 4.27.06 (Ninurta F, dupl. SLTN 62). possible without the help and support of Dr Andrew George A printed edition is forthcoming by the author and Jeremy and his invaluable notes and suggestions.

Box 2 1 2 3

4 5 6

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CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS IN THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY

14 1032

15 1033

16 1034

17 1035

18 1036

19 1037

20 1038 21 1039

22 1040

Box 22

Small tablet, Ur III, economic, mostly erased. Unpublished

Fragment of tablet, Ur III, economic, probably from Drehem. Unpublished

Fragment of tablet, flake, Ur III, economic, probably from Drehem, dated Su-Sin 8. Copy below, p. 40

Small tablet, Ur III, economic, probably from Drehem. Unpublished

Small tablet, OB, economic, receipt, with inscribed seal impressions. Copy below, p. 40

Small tablet, OB, economic, receipt, no seal impressions. Copy below, p.40

Part of tablet, Ur III, economic. Copy below, p. 45 728 Large Sumerian administrative text, Ur III, economic,

concerning garments and wools, eight cols., probably from Lagash. Obv. and part of col. viii published by Fish Catalogue 728. New copy below, pp. 41-2

Large Sumerian administrative text, part of a big tablet, Ur III, economic, concerning rations of grain for workers, eight cols., probably from Lagash. Copy below, pp. 43-4

23 1041 Small fragments, flaked from tablets, mostly not inscribed. Unpublished

24 1042 Small fragment of OB letter, together with uninscribed fragments which could be joined. Copy of inscribed fragment below, p. 45

25 1043 P52 Tablet, OB letter. Published by Kraus AbB X 48 26 1044 P47 Tablet, OB letter, mostly destroyed, needs reconstruction.

Unpublished 27 1045 P28 Tablet, MA, contract. Published by Postgate Iraq 35

13-15 Pls. 13-14 No. 1. W. Rollig has emended the end of line 27 to ki-ir-ki-ri!-a-ni "juniper nuts" (personal communication Postgate)

28 1046 P68 Tablet, OB letter, needs reconstruction. Possibly the remains of the fragment published by Kraus AbB X 49

29 1047 30 Tablet, OB, inscription of Isme-Dagan. Edited below, copy p. 45, photograph Fig. 2

30 1048 Tablet, OB, inventory document, obv. mostly destroyed. Unpublished

Box 23 31 1049 23A Tablet, OB, commercial text, contract, dated. Copy

below, p. 46 32 1050 23B Tablet, OB, administrative text, with many calculations.

Copy below, p. 46 33 1051 23C Tablet, OB, administrative text, with some calculations.

Copy below, p. 47 34 1052 23D Tablet, OB, mathematical school text, rev. ruled but not

inscribed. Copy below, p. 47 35 1053 23E Tablet, NA, commentary on excerpts from three

exorcistic texts. Copy below, p. 48 36 1054 23F Small tablet, OB, administrative text, with seal

impressions, dated. Copy below, p. 47 37 1055 23G Fragment, MA, administrative text. Published by

Postgate Iraq 35 15-16 PI. 12 No. 2. New copy below, p. 48

38 1056 23H Fragment, OB, lexical text, not identified, mostly damaged. Copy below, p. 48

39 1057 23J Flake from brick, NA, royal inscription, with some marks added in modern times. Copy below, p. 49

40 1058 231 Tablet, NA letter. Published as an Urartian(?) letter by Postgate Iraq 35 35-6 Pls. 13 and 15 No. 7

2.3 x2.1 x 1.1

2.8x2.3x 1.2

3.9 x 3.4 x 0.9

2.4 x 2.2 x 1.4

2.6x2.6x 1.7

2.7x2.6x 1.7

4.6x3.6x2.2 18.0x 12.0x3.8

12.9 x 12.5 x4.9

not measured

2.5 x3.5 x 1.8

7.6x4.6x2.3 7.9x4.4x2.5

6.4 x 5.5 x 2.2

not measurable

9.3x5.7x3.0

12.5x6.5x3.0

7.5 x 4.9 x 2.7

10.6 x 4.8 x 2.7

4.9x3.6x 1.8

7.3 x 5.0 x 2.0

2.9x6.1 x 1.6

2.8x2.7x 1.5

3.5x 5.9x2.3

2.3x5.8x2.4

5.7x 13.4x3.6

4.7x2.9x 1.8

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Box 24 41 1059 P28 Tablet, OB, Sumerian literary text. Published by Wilcke

AfO 24 10-13 No. 3 42 1060 El 29 Tablet, OB, Sumerian literary text. Published by Wilcke

AfO 24 2-6 No. 1 43 1061 E5 25 Tablet, OB, Sumerian literary text. Published by Wilcke

AfO 24 14-15 No. 5 44 1062 E4 26 Half a tablet, OB, Sumerian literary text. Published by

Wilcke AfO 24 6-9 No. 2 45 1063 E6 24 Tablet, OB, Sumerian literary text. Published by Wilcke

AfO 24 13-14 No. 4 46 1064 A20 Tablet, MA, administrative, Nuzi-type text. Copy below,

p. 49 47 1065 A51 Tablet, MA, letter, Nuzi-type text. Published by Kraus

AbB X 51. Copy below, p. 49 48 1066 A50 Tablet, MA, letter, Nuzi-type text. Published by Kraus

AbB X 50. Copy below, p. 49 49 1067 Tablet, OB, administrative text, dated to the reign of

Samsu-ditana, needs cleaning. Copy below, p. 50 50 1068 13 Tablet, OB, administrative, loan, needs cleaning. Copy

below, p. 50 51 1069 P33 Tablet, OB letter. Published by Kraus AbB X 45 52 1070 P39 Tablet, OB letter. Published by Kraus AbB X 46 53 1071 15 Tablet, OB administrative, loan, with part of envelope,

needs cleaning and baking. Copy below, p. 50 54 1072 16 Fragment of large tablet, LB, sealed, needs cleaning and

baking. Unpublished 55 1073 116 Fragment of large tablet, NB, omen text, medical, mostly

damaged. Copy of obv. only below, p. 51 56 1074 117 Fragment of large tablet, NB, medical text, clear writing.

Copy below, p. 51 57 1075 14 Tablet, OB administrative, loan, with parts of envelope

attached, needs cleaning and baking. Copy below, p. 51

Box 25 58 1076

59 1077

60 1078

61 1079

62 1080

63 1081

64 1082 65 1083

66 1084

67 1085

68 1086

1087 1088

71 1089

Tablet, Ur III. Presented by the Bedale family in 1979. Edited below, copy p. 52 Tablet, Ur III. Presented by the Bedale family in 1979. Edited below, copy p. 52 Tablet, Ur III. Presented by the Bedale family in 1979. Edited below, copy p. 53 Tablet, Ur III. Presented by the Bedale family in 1979. Edited below, copy p. 53 Tablet, Ur III. Presented by the Bedale family in 1979. Edited below, copy p. 54 Tablet, Ur III. Presented by the Bedale family in 1979. Edited below, copy p. 54 Fragment of tablet, Ur III. Edited below, copy p. 55 Fragment of small tablet, Ur III. Edited below, copy

p. 55 Fragment of small tablet, Ur III. Edited below, copy

p. 55 Tablet, OB, economic text concerning slaves, part of end

of obv. and rev. erased. Copy below, p. 55 Small tablet, Ur III, economic text, mostly destroyed.

Unpublished Small tablet, Ur III. Edited below, copy p. 55

ABC Three small fragments of tablets, Ur III, Neo-Sumerian economic texts. Copy below, p. 55

Inscribed cylinder seal, with longitudinal hole, made of a blackish-green stone; third-millennium motifs. However, there are indications that it is a faked copy of an original seal. Photograph, Fig. 1

12.6x6.5x2.8

15.0x7.0x2.8

7.7x4.3x2.2

6.4x5.5x2.3

4.0 x 5.0 x 2.5

3.7x3.6x1.6

5.4x 5.1 x2.2

5.4x 5.1 x2.2

3.9x3.6x1.7

6.5x4.4x1.8

7.2x4.4x2.3 8.1x4.4x2.3 5.7x4.0x2.2

2.2x6.4xl1.9

6.3x8.1x2.6

7.0 x 6.9 x 2.2

6.4x4.4x2.6

7.1x4.0x2.1

4.9x3.5x1.8

4.9x4.0x 1.9

7.2x4.4x2.4

6.9x4.3x2.2

7.9x4.6x2.2

4.9x3.0x1.8 1.5x1.7x0.9

2.3x2.1x1.2

3.1x3.0x1.3

2.0x2.1x0.9

2.2x2.1x1.2 not measured

ht 5.6 x diam 3.3

69 70

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Fig. 1 Impression of faked cylinder seal JRL 1089.

72 1090 19 Small limestone tablet, mostly destroyed, ED, inscription of Lugal-TAR-si, dupl. CT 3 1 BM 12155 (see H. Steible FAOS 5/II 218-20). Copy below, p. 56

73 1091 62? Stone tablet, diorite, inscription of Gudea. Edited below, copy p. 56

No box 74 1092 Brick, NB, inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II, dupl. Nbk

23. Edited below, copy p. 57 75 1093 Third of brick, NB, inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II,

Nbk 24. Republished below, copy p. 58 76 1094 Baked clay nail, Isin-Larsa, inscription of Enlil-bani in

Sumerian, E4.1.10.2. Republished below, copies of head and shaft, p. 59

77 1095 Small barrel, baked clay, NB, inscription of Nebuchad- nezzar II, dupl. Nbk 23. Edited below, copy p. 60

78 1096 Large truncated cone, baked clay, NB, inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II, dupl. Nbk 2. Edited below, copy pp. 61-3

Box 26 79 1097 H52 Tablet, OB, commercial, sealed contract dealing with

silver. Unpublished 80 1098 H45 Tablet, OB, loan, SU.BA.AN.TI, dealing with barley, dated

to the reign of Ammi-ditana. Unpublished 81 1099 H16/66 Tablet, OB, loan, SU.BA.AN.TI, dealing with barley,

written and witnessed by Warad-kubi, scribe, dated, sealed with an inscribed seal of Ibni-Erra; with two small fragments. Unpublished

82 1100 H53 Tablet, OB, sealed contract concerning land belonging to certain women, dated Samsu-ditana year 1: MU sa-am- su-di-ta-na LUGAL.E INIM MAH.A dmarduk.KE4 LUGAL.BAL.A.NI {NI} BI.IN.GI.NA.[AM] "Year King Samsu-ditana, on the powerful order of Marduk, made stable his royal succession." Unpublished

83 1101 G30 Tablet, OB, contract concerning a sale, concluded with oath by Marduk, Zababa and King Ammi-[ditana], sealed with an inscribed seal and provided with a long list of witnesses; mostly damaged. Unpublished

84 1102 H22 Tablet, OB, sale of slave, sealed, dated probably to the reign of Hammurabi, mostly damaged. Unpublished

3.4x 3.1 x 1.3

10.5 x6.2x 1.8

31 x31 x8

33.0 x 11.0 x 9.0

dimensions ad loc.

dimensions ad loc.

dimensions ad loc.

4.8 x 4.6 x 2.7

4.5x4.3x2.4

4.3x4.1 x2.4

8.0 x 4.9 x 2.8

8.4x 5.4x2.8

10.2x5.4x3.0

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i It - !»ii

Fig. 2 Text No. 29 (JRL 1047), obv.

Editions of selected texts

No. 29 JRL 1047 Copy: p. 45, Photograph: Fig. 2 This tablet, probably from Isin, concerns the setting up of various items (including copper

steles, copper potstands and a panther statue) in cultic locations in temples of Enlil and Ninurta. The first few lines duplicate col. iv' of the fragmentary tablet IB 1537 (C. Wilcke in B. Hrouda, Isin 3, 108-10; Frayne, RIME 4, 38-41 E4.1.4.9). The following transliteration is provisional, especially of the reverse, which is very difficult to read.

obv. at least five lines missing

i 6' ral-ba-i-su is-me- da-gan

x-su~a-nu-su i-na

10' KI.US-im US-zi-iz sa-tu-i mi-na-ti-im

i-na URUDU-im

15' ib-ni x-bi-is li-i-ba EN dnu-nam-nir urudunar_ i ^^na-ru-i

20' u-ki-in l.e. xxx ii [......]

[......]

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[ki-i]b-rra-ti-im1 [a] r-ba-im

5' mu-um-ma-as-s[lu?] i-pu-us uruduBU-ki.in

ma-ha-ar den-lil

10' u dnin-lil u-la-ar-si-id ki hu-ur-sa-ni-in u-wa-at-ru-ti-im si-ik-na-at

15' ta-ha-as-su'-ni uruduka-ni

pu-uh-ri-i§ ib-ni i-na URUDU-im

20' us-ta-ak?-x x iii Sa dd[a-gan?]

in x ib x [ x] i[n x ]x [x x] [x x ]x-ra

5 [xx] as ri ta(Sa?)-si-in [x ]x [x ]x x dis-me-dda-gan x x x[ x-a]m?

xxxx

10 xxxx x x x x-li-im x [x] x x x

[x x]-ga-ni-is x x x-am

15 dnin-urta-ri?1 sar-ru-um urudugu.zi gu-zi x x x-ri-ri [(x) p]u? ul GES.U.GES.U.GES.U.GES.U.kam?

20 [x i-n]a URUDU-im

[ ......] [ ......]

iv bi-ir-ki ni-im-ri se-zu-zi u-§a-ar-si-id- / ma

5 iu mu-x x / sa-ti [(x)] dISKUR mi?-x x us-ta-x x-ir- / fi-i la-ba-i? sar?-hu-ti-im

10 xx ga? x traces of six more lines

No. 58 JRL 1076 Neo-Sumerian economic text concerning consignments of sheep and goats. Dated to

month, gulgi year 47. Drehem calendar.

obv. 10 udu U4 1 kam 17 udu 7 sila4-gaba U4 7-kam 2 udu 2 u8 6 uz

5 U4 7-kam 3 udu 2 u8 1 mas-gal 4 uz U4 10 la 1-kam 10 la 1 udu 3 u8 4 mas-gal 2 fuz U4 10-kam

10 2 udu 1 u8 2 mas-[gal] 3 uz u4 11[+ 1?-kam] 16 udu 2 u8 2 [uz] U4 12-ka[m] 4 udu 3 u8 6 mas-gal

15 4 uiz 10 sila4-gaba rev. U4 13-k[am]

2 udu 3 u8 4 mas-[gal] 1 Uz U4 15-k[am] 54 udu 15 [u8]

20 26 uiz 20 sila4-ga[ba] U4 30-ka[m] / 4,12 [su-nigin] su-nigin 2 la 1 ud[u]

10 sheep the 1st day; 17 sheep, 7 semi-weaned lambs the 7th day; 2 sheep, 2 ewes, 6 she-goats the 7th day; 3 sheep, 2 ewes, 1 full-grown goat, 4 she-goats the 9th day; 9 sheep, 3 ewes, 4 full-grown goats, 2 she-goats the 10th day; 2 sheep, 1 ewe, 2 [full-grown] goats, 3 she-goats, the 11th [+ 1?] day; 16 sheep, 2 ewes, 2 [she-goats] the 12th day; 4 sheep, 3 ewes, 6 full-grown goats, 4 she-goats, 10 semi-weaned lambs the 13th day; 2 sheep, 3 ewes, 4 [full-grown] goats, 1 she-goat the 15th day; 54 sheep, 15 [ewes], 26 she-goats, 20 semi-weaned lambs the 30th day: 252 [in total]. Total: 119 sheep.

Copy: p. 52 the eleventh

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su-nigin 31 ug su-nigin 17 mas-gal

25 su-nigin 48 uz Su-gid su-nigin 37 sila4-gaba ki na-lu5-ta na-sa6! i-dab5

30 iti ezem-me-ki-gal u.e. mu us-sa ki-mask' ba-hul

Total: 31 ewes. Total: 17 full-grown goats. Total: 48 she-goats. As a tax. Total: 37 semi-weaned lambs. From Nalu Naga took possession. Month 11, year after the year Kimas was destroyed.

No. 59 JRL 1077 Copy: p. 52 Neo-Sumerian economic text concerning sheep and cattle, some of which were fattened with

grass and others with grain, disbursed for ritual lamenting in the cults of various goddesses. Dated the sixth month, Sulgi year 34 (cf. T. Gomi and S. Sato, Selected Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from the British Museum (Japan, 1990), p. 7). Drehem calendar.

obv. 2 udu niga gi-ra-nuim-e a-ra 1-kam 2 udu ui

5 gi-ra-nuim-se 2 mas ni-ki-zah e-dbe-la-at-suh!-nir u be-la-at-d[ar]-ra-ba-a[n] a-ra 2-kam

r. 10 1 udu niga gi-ra-nuim dinanna da-bad-da GIR.AGA 2 udu u gi-ra-nium an-nu-ni-tum

15 dul-ma-si-tum giri a-pi5-la!-ti zi-ga be-li-du1o iti a-ki-ti mu us-sa a-ra 3-kam si!-mu-ru-umki ba-hul

2 barley-fed sheep for the "wailing", first (delivery); 2 grass-fed sheep for the "wailing"; 2 goats, n.-offering in the temple of Belat-suhnir and Belat-tirraban, second (delivery); 1 barley-fed sheep, the "wailing" of Inanna outside the stronghold GiR.AGA;

2 grass-fed sheep, the "wailing" of Annunitum and Ulmasitum. Responsible: Apilati; disbursement (made by) Beli-tab. Month 6, year after the year Simurum was destroyed for the third time.

No. 60 JRL 1078 Copy: p. 53 Neo-Sumerian economic text concerning sheep and cattle delivered for various cults. Dated

21/12, Sulgi year 46. Drehem calendar.

obv. 1 sila4 den-lil 1 sila4 dnin-lil mu-DU en-dinanna 1 sila4 den-lil

5 mU-DU iq-bi-dsukkal 1 sila4 dnin-lil mu-DU puzur4-es4-tar 1 sila4 dnanna mu-DU te-te

10 1 sila4 hur-sag-ga-lam-ma mu-DU ur-dhendur-sag

rev. zabar-dab5 maskim 1 amar-mas-da mu-DU lu-x x

1 lamb for the god Enlil, 1 lamb for the goddess Ninlil, delivery made by the en of Inanna; 1 lamb for the god Enlil, delivery made by Iqbi-Sukkal; 1 lamb for the goddess Ninlil, delivery made by Puzur-Istar; 1 lamb for the god Nanna, delivery made by Tete; 1 lamb for the Hursag-galama, delivery made by Ur-Hendursag; the zabardab-official is the conveyer. I gazelle kid, delivery made by Lu- ...,

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1 amar-mas-da mu-DU du1l-ga-mu 15 1 amar-mas-da mu-DU a-bu-dulo

e-uz-ga a!-a-kal-la maskim 1 ab su-gid e-muhaldim-se

zi-ga U4 21-kam 20 iti se-kin-ku5

mu ki-mas' ui hu!-ur-tii ba-hul

1 gazelle kid, delivery made by Dugamu, 1 gazelle kid, delivery made by Abu-tab, for the E-uzga-building; Aakalla is the conveyer. 1 cow, as a tax, for the kitchen.

Disbursement on the 21st day, month 12, year Kimas and Hurti were destroyed.

No. 61 JRL 1079 Copy: p. 53 Neo-Sumerian economic text concerning the delivery of sheep, goats and other cattle. Dated

25/01, Sulgi year 46. Drehem calendar.

obv. 1 gU4 4udu 1 mas su-dnin-lil sukkal 1 sila4 4 amar-mas-da ur-mu 1 sila4 pa[d]-da-mu

5 1 sila4 ensi ummaki 1 sila4 sar-ru-um-i-li sab[ra] 2 sila4 [e]n-nam-sita-dsul-gi-

[r]a-ke4-ba-gub 1 gU4 5 udu 1 mas ur[u]-ti-id!-nik

10 1 sila4 dsul-gi-ha-zi-iz [x x] i-li-mi-ti [x x dsul-g]i-i-li [x x x x]-num nu!-banda! [x x x x x n]u-btanda

r. 15 5 udu niga 1 sila4 ur-distaran 1 sila4 se-li-bu-um 2 sila4 ur-ni9-<gar> 1 sila4 en-din[anna]

20 2 sila4 si-lu-us-d[dja-gan

mu-DU

iti mas-da-kui-TUKUR mu ki-mas' ui hu-ur5-tib ba-hul

left e. U4 25-kam

1 ox, 4 sheep, 1 goat from Su-Ninlil, the vizier; 1 lamb, 4 young gazelle from Urmu; 1 lamb from Paddamu; 1 lamb from the governor of Umma; 1 lamb from Sarrum-ili, the steward; 2 lambs from the En-(who)-Stands-in- Benediction-for-Sulgi; 1 ox, 5 sheep, 1 goat from Urutidni; 1 lamb from Sulgi-hasis; [...] from Ili-imitti; [...] from Sulgi-ili; [... from .. .]-num the captain; [ ......] the captain; 5 barley-fed sheep, 1 lamb from Ur-Istaran; 1 lamb from Selibum; 2 lambs from Ur-nigar; 1 lamb from the en of Inanna; 2 lambs from Sillus-Dagan.

Delivery. Month 1, year Kimas and Hurti were destroyed. 25th day.

No. 62 JRL 1080 Copy: p. 54 Neo-Sumerian economic text concerning sheep and cattle, some of which were fattened with

grass and others with grain. Dated 02/09, Su-Suen year 6 (cf. Gomi and Sato, Selected Neo- Sumerian Administrative Texts, p. 12). Drehem calendar.

obv. 1 gu4 niga 9 udu Lu 1 sila4 ur-dba-ba6 sabra

5 1 sila4 den-lil-dumu-zu 4 udu ui 1 mas-gal u 1 sila4 a-gu a-rui

1 barley-fed ox, 9 grass-fed sheep, 1 lamb from Ur-Baba, the steward; 1 lamb from Enlil-dumuzu; 4 grass-fed sheep, 1 grass-fed full-grown goat, 1 lamb from Agu, the aru;

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10 1 gu4 niga 5 udu ui 4 ma/s-gal Ui

rev. 1 sila4 la-ma-ha-ar sagi!

15 1 sila4 i-li-mi-ti 1 sila4 sul-gi-i-li mu-DU lugal in-ta-e-a i-dab5 giri danna-ma-ba dub-sar

20 U4 2-kam iti ezem-d su-en-zu mu suen-zu lugal uriki-ma-ke4 [n] a-ru-a-mah

25 [e]n-lil dnin-ll u.e. mu-ne-ru left e. [su-nigin] 2 gu4 29 udu

1 barley-fed ox, 5 grass-fed sheep, 4 grass-fed full-grown goats, 1 lamb from La-mahar, the cupbearer; 1 lamb from Ili-imitti; 1 lamb from Sulgi-ili. Delivery for the king, Intaea took possession; responsible: Nanna-maba, the scribe. Second day, month 9, year Su-Suen, king of Ur, erected the magnificent stele of Enlil and Ninlil. [Total]: 2 oxen, 29 sheep (and goats).

Notes 5. Enlil-dumuzu: the second component of the name is not otherwise attested with the god Enlil. 9. a-rfu could be a-ru-a=girku: cf. M. Sigrist, Neo-Sumerian Account Texts in the Horn Archaeological

Museum (Andrews University Press, Berrien Springs, Mi, 1984), 70. However, the term could be a component of a name Agu- (Agu-aru or Agu-adu?), not otherwise attested.

14. sagi!: there is only the sign su, reading based on other published texts. However, the profession could be su-[i] =gallabu "barber" , possibly an official responsible for shaving the heads of slaves or others punished by the court or the king. He might also have had a cultic function in the temple complexes; cf. M. Sigrist, Neo-Sumerian Texts from the Royal Ontario Museum 1. The Administration at Drehem (CDL Press, Bethesda Md, 1995), 111. The profession could also be reconstructed as su-[ba]=ba'iru "fisherman". On the other hand Tohru Maeda seems to consider su as "old, retired": cf. ASJ 17 (1995) 331-2; however, the quoted references show that §u appeared before the personal name.

No. 63 JRL 1081 Copy: p. 54 Neo-Sumerian economic text concerning distribution of beer. Dated in the eighth month, Amar-

Suen year 9. Drehem calendar.

obv. 6 lugal-r[a-n]i 12 luf!-dnin-ur4-ra 21 lu-eb-ba 1 ur-mes

5 3 lugal-z/a-ge-si 5 nimgir-di-ne 1 ur-ab-ba-sig5 44 ses-kal-la 2 ur dsara

10 3 a-kal-la 1 na-bi nar 2 a-u4!-te!-na

rev. 2 ezen!-ni 3 a-nin-gat-ta

15 8 lugal su!-gid 1 lugal-gui-en-e! 4 e-ki

su-nigin 601 kas-kas gin durux? U4 12-[k]am

6 (sila of beer) for Lugal-rani, 12 for Lu-Ninurra, 21 for Lu-ebba 1 for Ur-mes, 3 for Lugal-zagesi, 5 for Nimgirdine, 1 for Ur-abbasig, 4½ for Ses-kalla, 2 for Ur-Sara, 3 for A-kalla, 1 for Nabi the singer, 2 in the evening ceremony, 2 for the festival, 3 for A-ningata, 8 for the king as a tax, 1 for Lugal-guene, 4 for Eki.

Total: 60½ (sila) beer, average (?) quality, the 12th day.

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20 gaba-ri dub-ba kisib lus-dara. iti su!-es!-ga!

u.e. mu en dnanna-kar- zi-da ba-hun

Duplicate of the tablet, seal of Lu-Sara. Month 8, year the en-priestess of Nanna of Karzida

was installed.

No. 64 JRL 1082 Neo-Sumerian account text for grain. Dated in the twelfth month, Sulgi 34?

obv. 18 (gur) 4 (bariga) lug[al x x] x[ x x]

e su-x[ x x] 29 (gur)[...] a-sa d[...]

5 9 (gur) 2 (bariga) [...] rev. 4 (bariga) [...]

[ ......]

r3? (bariga) 201 [sila ...] 10 mu uis-[sa] x[ x]

iti §e-kin-ku5 mu xk' ba-hul x[ (x)]

left e.[x x] x x [u]d? 12-kam

18 gur 4 bariga of [barley(?)] from Lugal-[...], the temple [...]; 29 gur [... of barley(?)], the field of the god [...]; 9 gur 2 bariga of [barley ...], 4 bariga [of barley ...], [......]

[......] 3? bariga 20 [sila of barley ...] Year after the year [...] was destroyed. Month 12. [...] ... day(?) 12.

Note 10. The reading of the year name is not certain. It could be an attempt to write mu us-sa a-ra 3-kam

si-mu-ru-um ba-bul. Note that the year name begins in 1. 10, continues at the end of 1. 11 and is concluded in 1. 12.

No. 65 JRL 1083 Copy: p. 55 Fragment of a Neo-Sumerian account text. Dated in the third month, Sulgi year 46? Nippur

calendar.

obv. [......] lugal-sa6-g[a]

rev. iti sig4-g[a] mu k[i-ma'si?]

5' [ba-hul?]

No. 66 JRL 1084 Copy: p. 55 Fragment of a Neo-Sumerian account text concerning sheep and goats. Dated in the sixth

month of an unspecified year. Drehem calendar.

obv. [x x] sila4 [x x] ma§ [ba]-ug7 [U4] 27

r. 5' ki [a]-h[u-we]-ir-ta [d]ul-gi-uru-mu [su]-ba-ti [iti a-k]i-ti [( ...)]

[...] lambs [...] goats dead, [day] 27, from Ahuweir Sulgi-urumu received. Month 6 [(...)]

Copy: p. 55

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Notes 5'. The reading of the name is not certain; however, he appears in many JRL texts published by T. Fish,,

where he is involved with the transaction of dead animals e.g., Fish Catalogue Texts 362, 415, 436, 466, 468, etc. The other man involved in such transactions is Lu-dingirra.

6'. For the activities of Sulgi-urumu and his transactions with Ahuweir in other JRL tablets see Fish Catalogue Texts 285, 357, 354, 367, 412-13, 419, etc.

No. 69 JRL 1087 Copy: p. 55 Neo-Sumerian economic text, concerning sheep. Dated in the seventh month of an unspecified

year.

obv. 2 udu ba-ug7 U4 10-kam ki na-lu5-ta

rev. dSul-gi-uru-mu su!-ba!-ti ritil ezem-_Sul-gi

2 sheep, dead, the 10th day, from Nalu

Sulgi-urumu received. Month 7.

Note 4. Note that Nalu was involved alongside Sulgi-urumu in dealing with dead animals in many JRL texts

published by Fish, e.g., Catalogue Texts 59, 62, 68, 72-5, 82, 89, 203, 205, 220-1, 231, 236, 282, 309, 337, 351, 391, 504, etc.

No. 73 JRL 1091 Copy: p. 56 Stone tablet of Gudea, commemorating the building of the temple Eninnu-White-Anzu-Bird

for his god Ningirsu and the erection of a stele before it. Although the main body of the text (11. 1-9) has many parallels (Steible, FAOS 9/I, Gudea 42, 48-57 etc.; RIME E3/1.1.7.42 etc.), the last three lines are new.

obv. dnin-gir-su ur-sag kala-ga den-lil-la lugal-a-ni

5 gfu-de-a ensi lagati'-ke4 e ninnu- anzui' '-babbar-ra-ni

rev. mu-na-diu 10 na-rui-a

igi-bi-se mu-na-ru

For Ningirsu, the mighty hero of Enlil, his king, Gudea, ruler of Lagash, built for him his Eninnu-White-Anzu-Bird. A stele he erected before it.

No. 74 JRL 1092 Copy: p. 57 Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II, commemorating the rebuilding of Ebabbarra, the temple of

Shamash at Sippar, inscribed on its top surface with 24 11. of text. The inscription is a version, with minor variants, of S. Langdon, Die neubabylonischen Konigsinschriften (VAB IV) 190-1, No. 23, a text otherwise found on cylinders (see below, No. 77).

dna-bi-um-ku-du-ur-ri-u-su-ur LUGAL ba-bi-lamki za-ni-in e-sag-il u e-zi-da DUMU dna-bi-urn-IBILA-Ut-su-ur LUGAL ba-bi-lami a-na-ku e-babbar-ra E dUTU sa qe-re-eb ZIMBIRk

5 a-na dUTU EN mu-sa-ri-ku u4-mi-ia e-es-se-is e-pu-us

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dUTU EN GAL-Ul ep-se-tu-u-a a-na da-mi-iq-ti ha-di-is na-ap-li-is-ma ba-la-at u4-um ru-qu-uz-tim se-be-e li-it-tu-ti ku-un-nu gSGU.ZA Ui la-ba-ar pa-le-e

10 a-na si-ri-ik-ti su-uzr-ka-am ni-is qca-ti-ia ki-ni-is mu-gu-utr-ma i-na qi-bi-ti-ka si-ir-ti sa la na-ka-ra-am i-pi-is-ti li-pi-it qa-ti-ia lu-la-ab-bi-ir a-na da-ri-a-tim

15 li-pu-uz-a i-na sar-ru-ti li-te-el-li-pu li-ku-na i-na MA.DA

e-ma qa-ta-a na-su-ka EN UTU

lu pe-e-tu-u ur-hi-ia a-na na-a-ri a-a-bi-ia dUTU at-ta-ma

20 giTUKUL.STUKUL-ka ez-zu-ui-tim sa la im-ma-ha-ru a-na su-um-qu-tu na-ki-ri-ia [l]i-il-li-ka i-da-a-a ki-ma SIG4.HI.A e-babbar-ra ku-un-na a-na sa-a-tim sa-na-tu-u-a li-ri-ka a-na ru41-mi da-ri-u-tim

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who takes care of Esagil and Ezida, son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I. Ebabbarra, the temple of Shamash which is in Sippar, for Shamash, lord who lengthens my days, newly I built. 0 Shamash, my great lord, look gladly on my works with favour and grant me as a gift life unto faraway days, ripe old age, security of throne and a long reign! Steadfastly show favour on my supplications and by your mighty command, which changes not, may the deed done by my hand last unto eternity! May my descendants keep multiplying in kingship, may they be secure in the land. Wherever I raise my hands (and pray) to you, 0 Lord Shamash, let my paths be open to defeat my enemies. You are Shamash! May your terrible weapons, which cannot be withstood, go at my side for the destruction of my foes. Just as the bricks of Ebabbarra are secure for ever, let my years lengthen unto everlasting days.

No. 75 JRL 1093 Copy: p. 58 One-third of a brick, inscribed on its side with three columns (8 + 8 + 7 11.) of text commemorating

Nebuchadnezzar II's rebuilding of Ebabbarra, the temple of Shamash at Sippar. This is the inscription partly edited by Langdon, VAB IV 190-3, No. 24, from the unpublished notes of H. W. Hogg, and completed in Langdon, OECT 1, 37, from W-B 192. The brick is catalogued by P.-R. Berger, Die neubabylonischen Konigsinschriften (AOAT 4/I), as Nbk Backstein B III, 2, Exemplar 1.

i [dna-bi]-um-ku-du-ur-ri-u-su-ur [LUGAL mi-§sa-ri-rim1 za-nin e-sag-il u e-zi-da DUMU dna-bi- <um > -IBILA-URU LUGAL ba-bi-lamk a-na-ku

5 e-babbar-ra E dUTU sa qe-re-eb ZIMBIRi a-na dUTU be-li-ia [l]u e-pu-us ki-sa-a da-num ril-na rESIR.UD.DU.A Uz SIG4.AL.UR.RA1

ii lu e-er-ti-ma dUTU be-lum ra-bi-u li-pi-it qd-ti-ia ki-ni-is na-ap-li-is-ma dam-qa-tu-u-a li-is-sa-ak-na sa-ap-tu-uk-ka ba-la-tam u4-mi ru-qu-ti

5 se-be-e li-it-tu-ti ku-un gGU.ZA u la-ba-ar pa-le-e a-na si-ri-ik-ti su-ur-ka-am

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i-na qi-bi-ti-ka el-le-ti iii sa la su-pe-e-lam

sa ni-si ra-ap-sa-a-ti sa-la-ma-at qta-qa-dam e-ma a-su-u

5 sa-ru-ru-ui-ka lu-pu-us re e-um-si-nal a-na u4-[um da-ri--uti]

Nebuchadnezzar, [the king of] justice, who takes care of Esagil and Ezida, son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I. Ebabbarra, the temple of Shamash which is in Sippar, for Shamash my lord I built. A strong abutment wall (kisum) I fixed in place with bitumen (mortar) and burnt brick. 0 Shamash, great lord, look steadfastly upon the work of my hands and may my good fortune be (ever) upon your lips! Grant me as a gift life into far away days, ripe old age, security of the throne and a long reign! By your sacred command which is irreversible let me act as shepherd of the many people, the black-headed (race), wherever your rays appear, unto [everlasting] days.

No. 76 JRL 1094 Copy: p. 59 Nail of Enlil-bani inscribed on the top of the nail and the shaft, the former with two columns

(8 + 9 11.), the latter with one (17 11.). The inscription commemorates the building of the stronghold of Isin. Previously published by H. W. Hogg, "Inscribed nail of Ellil-bani, twelfth king of the Babylonian dynasty of Isin", Journal of the Manchester Oriental Society [1 ] (1911) 1-20 (see now D. R. Frayne, RIME 4, 79 E4.1.10.2). Dimensions: diameter of head 13.1 x height 11.5 xtop diameter of shaft 5.9 x bottom diameter of shaft 5.0 cm.

i den-lil-ba-ni

sipa ni-nam-sar-ra nibruki lugal kala-ga

5 lugal i-si-in'-na lugal ki-en-gi-ki-uri dam sa-ge-pa-da dinanna

ii ki-ag den-lil u dnin-in-si-na-ka-ke4 bad-gal i-si-in -na

5 mu-du bad-rba?l dEn-lil-ba-ni SUHUS-ki-in mu-bi-im

Enlil-bani, the shepherd who makes everything abound for Nippur, the mighty king, king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the spouse chosen by the heart of the goddess Inanna, the beloved of the god Enlil and the goddess Nin-Isinna, the great city wall of Isin he built. Of that wall, Ellil-[bani ]- isdam-kin "Enlil-bani is firmly founded" is its name.

No. 77 JRL 1095 Copy: p. 60 Barrel-cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar II inscribed with two columns (19+23 11.), hollow with a

longitudinal hole 2 cm wide at the left end and 1 cm at the right. A copy was published by T. Fish, "A cylinder inscription of Nebuchadrezzar II", MCS 3 (1953) 46. The text commemorates the rebuilding of Ebabbarra, the temple of Shamash at Sippar. The inscription is a version, with minor variants, of Langdon, VAB IV 190-1, No. 23 (see above, No. 74, where the text is translated). The cylinder is catalogued as Berger, AOAT 4/I Nbk Zylinder II, 3, Exemplar 25. Dimensions: length 12.9 x diameter at sides 4.1 x diameter at middle 5.2 cm.

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i r[dAG-ku-dUr-ru-u-su-ur LUGAL ba-bi-lamk1 za-ni-in e-sag-il u e-zi-da

5 DUMU rdAGI-IBILA-u-SU-ur

LUGAL [ba-bi-l]amki a-na-ku e-babbar-ra E aUTU

sa qe-re-eb ZIMBIRki

a-na dUTU EN mu-sa-ri-ku u4-mi-ia 10 e-es-si-is e-pu-us

dUTU be-li ra-bi-u

ep-se-tu-u-a a-na da-mi-iq-ti ha-di-is na-ap-li-is-ma

15 ba-la-tam u4-um ru-qu-uz-ti se-be-e li-it-tu-tu ku-un-nu gisGU.ZA

rul la-ba-ar pa-le-e [a-n]a si-ri-ik-ti

ii su-ur-ka-am ni-i§ qd-ti-ia ki-ni-is

mu-gu-ur-ma i-na qi-bi-ti-ka si-ir-ti

5 sa la na-ka-ra-am i-pi-is-ti li-pi-it qd-ti-ia lu-la-ab-bi-ir a-na da-ri-a-ti li-pu-u-a i-na sar-ru-ti li-te-el-li-pu

10 li-ku-un i-na MA.DA e-ma qa-ta-a na-as-su-ka EN dUTU lu pa-e-tu-uz ur-hi-ia a-na na-a-ri a-a-bi-ia

15 dUTU at-ta-ma gslTUKUL.giiUKUL-U-ka ez-zu-u-tim Sa la im-ma-ha-ru a-na su-qu-ti na-ki-ri-ia li-il-li-ku i-da-a-a

20 ki-ma SIG4.HI.A e-babbar-ra ku-un-nu a-na sa-a-ti sa-na-tu-uz-a li-ri-ku a-na u4-um da-ri-u-ti

No. 78 JRL 1096 Copy: pp. 61-3 Cone-shaped cylinder inscribed with three columns (44+49+50 11.) of text commemorating

Nebuchadnezzar II's rebuilding of the temple of Lugal-Marada (Ninurta) at the city of Marad. The inscription is a version, with minor variants, of Nbk 2 (partly edited by Langdon, VAB IV 78-9), catalogued as Berger, AOAT 4/I Nbk Zylinder II, 3, where this exemplar is not listed. Dimensions: left diameter 11.2 x right diameter 15.7 x length 21.4cm; longitudinal hole: left hole 5.1, right hole 5.8 cm.

i dna-bi-um-ku-dur-ri-u-su-ur sar ba-bi-lamki ru-ba-a-am na-a-dam mi-gi-ir4 dAMAR.UTU

is-sa-ak-ku si-i-ri na-ra-am dna-bi-um sa-ak-ka-na-ku la a-ne-ha

5 za-ni-in e-sag-il uz e-zi-da sa a-na dna-bi-um U dAMAR.UTU EN.MES-SU

ki-it-nu-su-ma ip-pu-su re-e-su-su-un na-a-dam mu-us-te-mi-qu i-tu-ti ku-un SA DINGIR GAL.GAL

IBILA a-sa-ri-du sa dna-bi-um-IBILA^-u-sur / s'ar ba-bi-lamki a-na-ku 10 i-nu-um AMAR.UTU EN ra-bi-uz ki-ni-is ib-ba-an-ni-ma

MA.DA su-te-su-ru ni-sim re-e-a-am za-na-an ma-ha-za ud-du-su e-es-re-e-tim ra-bi-is u-ma-'-ir-an-ni a-na-ku a-na dAMAR.UTU EN-ia pa-al-hi-is u-ta-qu

15 ba-bi-lamki ma-ha-za-su si-i-ri URU1k ta-na-da-a-tu-su im-gu-ur-den-lil ni-mi-it-tim-den-lil BAD.BAD-SU GAL.GAL u-sa-ak-li-il i-na si-ip-pi KA.GAL.KA.GAL-SU

20 AM.AM URUDU e-ek-du-ut-tim u MUS.HUS.MUS.HUS ge-zu-zu-u-tim U-Us-zi-iz sa sar ma-ah-ri-im la i-pu-su ka-a-ri hi-ri-ti-su

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36 ~~~~~~~FAROUK N. H. AL-RAWI

25 i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A U' SIG ILURR

a-di gi-ni-g"u a-ba-a-am a-li-dz~ URUk1u sa al-am ia-ti ka-a-ri da-nz'm a-di sge-la-sgi-su ig-te-en i-di sga-ni-i

30 i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A U1 SIG .LU.Aab-ni-ma it-ti ka-a-ri a-ba-a-am ik-sa'-ru e-se'-ni-iq-ma i-sgi-su i-na i-ra-at KL.GAL

a-ga-ar-gi-id-ma re-e-si-su sa-da-ni-isg u'-za-aq-qi-ir4

35 ka-a-ri SIG 'L.R.RA bal-ri dUTU.SUJA

BAD ba-bi-lamki ua-sa-al-am ka-a-ri a-ra-ah-tim i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A a' SIG4.AL.UR.RA a-ba-a-am a-li-da~ ik-sua-ar-ma ma-ka-a-al SIG4.L.RRA a-ba-ar-tim idBURANUN

40 a-ra-ak-ki-is-ma la a'-sa-ak-li-il si'-it-ta-a-tim ia-ti a-pi'-il-s'u re-e-eg'-ta-a-am na-ra-am li-ib-bi-g'u ka-a-ri a-ra-ah-tim i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A a' SIG4.AL.U'R.RA /ab-ni-ma it-ti ka-a-ri a-ba-a-am ik-sa'-ru a'-da-an-ni-in

ii i-na e'-sag-il ki-is-si ra-ag'-ba-am E .GAL sga-me-e a er-se-tim gu-ba-at ta-g'i-la-a-tim e-umug-a pa-pa-hja denlil DINGIR.DINGIR dAMAR.UTU

5 kd-hi-li-sz' gu-ba-at dzar-pa-ni-tm e-zi-da g'u-ba-at dlugal-dim-me-eranki-a KU.Gi na-am-ru a'-ga-al-bi-igv-ma a-na-am-mi-ir4 ki-ma U4-UM e-temen-an-ki zi-qa'-ra-at ba-bi-lamkI

10 e-eg'-gi-ig' e-pu-us e-zi-da 'E ki-i-nim na-ra-aM dna-bi-um i-na ba-ar-si'-pa" e-eg'-gi-ig ab-ni-ma i-na KU'.GI a' ni-si'-iq-tiM NA4.NA4

ki-a i-t-e4-ti ga-ma-mi a'-ba-an-nim 15 e-re-nim da-nu4-tiM KU.GI a'-ga-al-bi-ig'-ma

a-na sai-lu-ul e'-mahj-ti-la pa-pa-had AG

pa-nim! g'e-lal-ti-g'u a'-ga-at-ri-is! e-malh E NIN.HUR.SAG.GA lib-ba KA'.DINGIR.RAb

-5nig-gidar-kalam-ma-sum-ma Bna-bi-um ga ha-re-e 20 e-nam-he' E SKUR lib-ba ku-ma-ri k

e-ki-tus"-garza 'E NIN-e'-an-na g' tuu-qa'-at BA'D

i-na ba-bi-lam' e-eg'-gi-ig ab-ni-ma a-ul-la-a re-e-g'a-g'i-in ga ma-na-a-am gar ma-ah-ri la i-pa'-lu

25 4 liM Ku's qa'-qa'-ra-am i-ta-a-at URUki

BAD da-nam bal-ri UTU.UD.<DU> BA-BI-LAMk1

u-a-ga-s-hiir hi-ri-su alh-re-e-ma g-u-pu-ul me'-e ak-gu-ud

30 ki-bi'-ir-g'u i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A a SIG .L.R.RA /ab-ni-ma it-ti ka-a-ri a-ba-a-am ik-sa'-ru

BAD da-na'm i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A a% SIG4.AL.UR.RA i-na ki-g'a-di-g'u g'a-da-ni-ig ab-nim

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35 ta-a-bi-MA-pu-US'-SU B'AD ba-ar-si'-pak e-es-si-is e-pu~-us ka-a-ri hi-ri-ti-g"u i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A ZU SIG4.AL.U.R.RA URU k a-na ki-da-nim u'-Sa-a's-Mii44

d a-na DUMU-E EN mu-s&a-ab-bi-ir VSTUKUL na-ki-ri-ia

40 Ei-su i-na ba-ar-si'-paki e-es&-si-is' e-pu-su e-babbar-ra 'E dUTU s'a ZIMB3IRk

e-dt~r-gi-na 'E dLUGAL4ASAL s'a urba-as

e-an-na Ei is-tar sa UNUGb

45 '-babbar-ra idUT~U Ia UD.UNUGkb

11d iki e~-kis'-nu-ga?~ E EN.ZU s'a u'rm e-es-re-e-tiM DINGIR GAL.GAL

u-ga -ak-li-il li-pi-ir-i-in iii zi-in-na-a-at e'-sag-il e'-zi-da

sa e-li s'a ma-ahj-ri-im u'-s'a-ti-qu-ma aI-'ku-nim a-na re-s'e-e-tim

5 ka-la e-ep-sIe-ti-ia sIu-qu-ra-a-tim za-na-an e-eI-re-e-tiM DINGIR GAL. GAL

sa e-li LUGAL.LUGAL ab-be'-e-a u'-s-a-ti-ru i-na 114NA.RUJ.A aI'-ti'-t'r-ma u'-ki-in alh-ra-ta-al' ka-la e-ep-s'e-ti-ia

10 sa i-na nNR(Aa-tur mu-da-a-am li-ta-am-ma-ar-ma ta-ni-it-ti DINGIR.DINGIR li-ih-ta-as-sa-as e-pe-su ma-ha-za DINGIR.DINGIR 'Udis-tar

11 , ~~d Sa EN ra-bi4iU AMAR.UTU

15 ia-ti u'-ma-ra-an-ni-ma u-Ia-ad-ka-an-ni li-ib-ba-am pa-al-hil-il Ila a-ba-ti-il-l'u u-ga-al-la-am sIi-pi'-ir4-SU i-nu-mi-su a-na dlugal..marad-da EN-ia

20 Ei-su s'a qe'-re-eb marad-dakb sa is-tU u4-um re-e-qu-tim te-me-en,Iu la-bi'-ri-im la i-mu-ru slar ma-ah-ri-im te-me-en-I'u la-bi'-ri a-hi-it ab-re-e-ma

25 e-li te-me-en-na s'a na-ra-am-dEN.ZU LUGAL

a-ba-a-am la-bi'-ri i'-ki-in ul'-lu-Su si-!e'-er4 lu-mi-ia ab-ni-ma u-ki-in qe'-er4-bu-uS`-Iu dlugal-marad-da EN ku-ul-la-at

30 qa'-ar-dam

a-na da-mi-iq-tim ha-di-isl na-ap-li-is-ma ba-la-a!tu4-um re-e-qzu-z-tim

35 se-be'-e li-it -tu-z'-tim ku-un VSiGU. ZA z' la-ba-ar pa-le-e a-na li-ri-ik-tim l'u-Ur-kam li-gi-il' la ma-gi-ru SU-ub-bi-ir4 PTUKUL.giTUKUL-sIu-un

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40 hu-ul-li-iq na-ap-ha-ar MA.DA a-a-bi su-pu-un ku-ul-la-at-su-un ka-ak-ki-ka e-ez-zu-tim ga la i-ga-am-mi-lu na-ki-ri lu-u ti-bu-u lu-u za-aq-tu

45 a-na na-a-ri a-a-bi-ia li-il-li-ku i!-da-a-a i-na ma-ha-ar dAMAR.UTU

sar sa-me-e u er-se-tim e-ep-se-ti-ia su-um-gi-ir

50 qi-bi du-um-qu-u-a

Col. iNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, pious prince favoured of Marduk, grand regent beloved of Nabu, governor that wearies not, who takes care of Esagil and Ezida, who is subservient unto Nabu and Marduk, his lords, and does their bidding, pious and prayerful, sure choice of the heart of the great gods, firstborn son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I.

When the great lord Marduk steadfastly called me and solemnly commissioned me to direct the affairs of the land, to shepherd the people, to care for the cult-centres, to rebuild the temples, I was reverently attentive unto Marduk my lord. (At) Babylon, his mighty cult-centre, his city of glory, I completed Imgur-Enlil (and) Nimitti-Enlil, its great walls. At the doorjambs of its city gates, I stood fierce bulls of bronze and raging dragons. That which no previous king had done, my father who sired (me did in that he) put about the city the embankment wall of its moat

(constructed) twofold in bitumen (mortar) and burnt brick. As for me, I built with bitumen (mortar) and burnt brick a mighty embankment wall for the third time, the one one beside the other, and united it with the embankment wall my father had constructed. Its foundation upon the bosom of the abyss I laid down deeply and I raised its top mountain high. An embankment wall of burnt brick I placed about the wall of Babylon on the west bank. My father who sired

(me) constructed the embankment walls of the (river) Arahtu with bitumen (mortar) and burnt

brick, and reinforced (it) on the farther side of the Euphrates with piers of burnt brick, but did not finish all the work. As for me, his firstborn son, the beloved of his heart, I built the embankment wall of the Arahtu with bitumen (mortar) and burnt brick and reinforced it with the embankment wall my father constructed.

cl. 'iIn Esagila, the awe-inspiring sanctuary, palace of heaven and earth, abode of joy, Eumusa, the shrine of the Enlil of the gods, Marduk, Kahilisu, the abode of Zarpanitum, Ezida, the abode of Lugaldimmerankia (King of the Gods of Heaven and Earth), I clad in shining gold and made shine like daylight. Etemenanki, the ziggurat of Babylon, I rebuilt. Ezida, the faithful house beloved of Nabui, I rebuilt in Borsippa and beautified with gold and precious stones like the constellations (lit. "writing" ) of heaven. Great cedar beams I clad in gold and stretched out three

deep(?) for the roof of Emahtila, the shrine of Nabuf. Emah, temple of Belet-ili in (the quarter) Kadingirra, Eniggidarkalammasumma, the temple of Nabfi sa hare, Enamhe, the temple of Adad in (the quarter) Kumari, Ekitusgarza, the temple of Belet-Eanna at the corner of the city wall I rebuilt in Babylon and raised their tops.

(I did) a thing which no king before me had done: for four thousand cubits of ground around the city, so the distant cannot come near, I put a mighty wall about Babylon on the west bank. I dug its moat and reached the water level. Its bank I built in bitumen (mortar) and burnt brick and united with the embankment wall my father had constructed and built a great wall of bitumen

(mortar) and burnt brick mountain high on its bank. Tab-supurs'u(!), the wall of Borsippa, I rebuilt. I put about the city on the outside the embankment wall of its moat (constructed) in bitumen (mortar) and burnt brick. For my lord Mar-biti, the god who breaks the weapons of my foes, I rebuilt his temple in Borsippa. Ebabbarra, the temple of Shamash in Sippar, Edurgina, the

temple of Bel-sarbi in Bas, E-ibbi-Anu, the temple of Urash in Dilbat, Eanna, the temple of Ishtar in Uruk, Ebabbarra, the temple of Shamash in Larsa, Ekishnugal, the temple of Sin in Ur, the sacred temples of the great gods, I rebuilt and completed their work.

cOliiiiThe provisioning of Esagil (and) Ezida, the renovation of Babylon and Borsippa(!), which

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I caused to be more (magnificent) than before and established as the best, all my costly deeds, the provisioning of the sacred temples of the great gods, which I did better than the kings my fathers, I had written upon a stone tablet and set it up for future days. All my works that I wrote on the stone tablet, may the wise ponder and may they ever think on the glory of the gods. The building of the cult-centres of gods and goddess(es), which thing Marduk, the great lord, commissioned me to do and kept urging my heart to undertake, in reverence I did it unceasingly, I accomplished its work.

At that time for Lugal-Marada, my lord, his temple which is in Marad, whose ancient foundation platform no former king had seen since the days of old, its ancient foundation platform I sought and beheld, and upon the platform of King Naram-Sin, my ancient ancestor, I fixed its foundations. I made an inscription with my name and put it therein.

0 Lugal-Marada, lord of all, hero, upon the work of my hands gladly look with favour and grant me as a gift a life of distant days, fullness of old age, security of throne and a long reign! Slay the disobedient, break their weapons, devastate all the land of my enemies, lay all of them low! Let your fierce weapons which spare not foes, be held at the ready, may they be sharp. To kill my enemies may they go at my side. Before Marduk, king of heaven and earth, make my deeds appear acceptable, speak in my favour!




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