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RIME 1.15.add118.01, ex. 01

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — RIME 1.15.add118.01, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2400 BCE·

Early Dynastic

Editorial

SC-UCLA —

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) ?) — SC-UCLA —. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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Writing & Literature·Daily Life

TMH 05, 173

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH 05, 173. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

TMH NF 1-2, 308

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 308. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

UM 29-15-617

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 29-15-617. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

UM 31-17-010

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 31-17-010. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

UM 31-43-245

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 31-43-245. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

UM 31-43-246

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 31-43-246. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

UM 35-01-147

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 35-01-147. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Nik 1, 317

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Nik 1, 317. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Kress 017

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Kress 017. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

NMSI —

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — NMSI —. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Subartu 02, 035

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Subartu 02, 035. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

Disk of Enheduanna

The literary tradition is no longer anonymous from this point. Authorship — the idea that a specific human voice composes a specific work — enters the historical record with her.

Man-ištušu 1

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on its socle. (colophon 2, 1) The inscription on its socle.

Naram-Suen 14

(1) ... installed it in the temple of Enlil. (3) At that time Su’āš-takal, the estate administrator of the king was its leader; Irina-badbi was the temple administrator of Enlil.

Naram-Suen 2001

(1) Narām-Suen, king of Agade, king of the four quarters: Irina-badbi, temple administrator of Enlil, is your servant.

Naram-Suen 2018

(1) To Ningublaga of Asug-ĝišdua, Išṭup-ilum, his estate administrator dedicated this (plaque) for the well-being of Naram-Suen, the god of Akkad, and for the well-being of En-men-ana.

Rimuš 03

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription was written at his left side.

Rimuš 18 (Sumerian)

(1) Rimuš, king of the world: Since the dawn of time no one had ever fashioned a tin statue for Enlil, (but now) Rimuš, king of the world fashioned a tin statue of himself and set it up before Enlil. He counted himself among the gods. (20) Whoever obliterates this inscription, may Enlil and Utu uproot him and destroy his lineage! (colophon 1, 1) Inscription of a šahum cauldron. (colophon 2, 1) Inscription ... of Rimuš.

Rimuš 2001

(1') To ..., ..., ... of Šuruppak, chosen by Sud in the heart, whose name was proclaimed by Nin-ĝidru, ... for the well-being of his king, Rimuš, king of the world.

Šar-kali-šarri 4 (Sumerian)

(1) Enlil spoke: He gave all ... to Šar-kali-šarri, the powerful king, cup-bearer of Enlil, king of Akkad, king of Enlil's people. After he had arrived at the source of the Tigris and the Euphrates, he himself dedicated this (object) to Enlil in Nibru. (colophon 1, 1) The number of its (lines) is six.

Sargon 01 (Sumerian)

(1) Šarrukin, king of Agade, commissioner of Inana, king of the world, išib priest of An, king of the Land, chief governor of Enlil, conquered the city of Unug and demolished its city-walls. He fought with the leader of Unug and defeated him. (21) He fought with Lugal-zagesi, king of Unug, captured him, and took him to the gate of Enlil in a neck stock. (30) Šarrukin, king of Agade, fought with the leader of Urim and defeated him. He conquered his city and demolished its city-walls. (42) He conquered the temple of Ninmarki, and demolished its walls. From Lagaš until the sea he conquered all…

Sargon 02

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on its socle. It was written in front of Lugalzagesi.

Sargon 03

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue. Its socle is not inscribed.

Sargon 06

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription was written on the socle. (colophon 2, 1) The inscription on the shoulder of Lugalzagesi.

Sargon 07

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue. ....

Sargon 11 (Akkadian)

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue. Its socle is not inscribed.

Sargon 11 (Sumerian)

(1) Šarrukin, king of the world, was victorious in 34 battles. He demolished all city walls as far as the shore of the sea. He moored the ships of Meluhha, Magan, and Dilmun at the quay of Agade. (14) In Tuttul, Šarrukin, the king, prostrated himself before Dagan and prayed to him. (Dagan then) gave him the Upper land, (including) Mari, Yarmuti, and Ebla, as far as the cedar forests and the mountains of precious metal. (29) In the presence of Šarrukin, the king whom Enlil made a man without opponent, 13 (units) of troops eat daily. (38) Whoever obliterates this inscription, may An obliterate h…

Sargon 12

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue.

Sargon 13

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on its socle.

Sargon 15

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue.

Sargon 16

(1) Enheduana, the zirru-priestess, Nanna's spouse, child of Šarrukin, king of the world, erected an altar in the temple of Inana-ZAZA in Urim. She named it “The altar is An's table”.

Sargon 2001

(1') ..., the estate adminstrator of Tašlultum, Šarrukin's spouse, ... for the well-being ....

Sargon 2006add

(1) To Šara of the E-mah, Egal-isi, the temple administrator of Zabalam, dedicated this (object) for the well-being of Šarrukin, king of Agade.

Sargon 2007add

(1) To Šara of the Abzu-banda, Egal-isi, the temple administrator of Zabalam, dedicated this (object) for the well-being of Šarrukin, king of Agade.

Amarna letter. Letter from Yapahu (ruler of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or son Akhenaten

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Amarna letter. Letter from Yapahu (ruler of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or son Akhenaten. Yapahu requests help against Hapiru (Biblical Hebrews), a…

Daily Life

Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.

Cuneiform Akkadian clay tablet 1

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Small clay tablet with cuneiform writing on both sides (in Akkadian language), from Early Old Babylonian period. It displays an account of labor, specifically refe…

Cuneiform tablet- account text concerning bitumen, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 134

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Akkadian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Cuneiform tablet- house sale contract, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 204

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Akkadian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

JCS 32, 169 1

Wood(en) ... not ... [...] Wooden [object], [its] face/front, [sign uncertain], ... not (At the) foot / path of the city The path(?) of Utu is made just [...] ...-[broken] A man [...] path(?) [...] to measure [...] vessel(?) Toward its throne dais(?) A man who does not return (what he owes to) a man A man who does not add (what is due) to a man [...] Wood(en) [...] ... [...] Wood(en?) binding [...] The term of office passes ... [...] [...] for its destiny, a judgment is rendered Alas — it was brought out [...]

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 171, 1937-650

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 171, 1937-650. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 171, 1937-651

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 171, 1937-651. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Adab 0650

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0650. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Adab 0695

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0695. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Adab 0748

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0748. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Adab 0830

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0830. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Adab 0868

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0868. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Adab 0874

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Adab 0874. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).