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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.12.06.02, ex. add04

(Obverse) ... the prayer gathered in the heart which was spoken to him, which came to him — Giššakidu, the beloved shepherd, the beloved friend of Ištaran, the mighty ruler of Enlil, the king called by name by Inanna, constructed that (boundary) levee. (Reverse uninscribed/eroded)

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~2400 BCE

·Early Dynastic

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RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 05

[When En]lil [truly] called him, and joined for him the en-ship together with the kingship, in Uruk he exercises the en-ship, in Ur he exercises the kingship — Lugal-ki[gine]-du[du], with great [joy ...] (remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 09

For Enlil, king of all the lands, Lugal-kigine-[dudu] — when Enlil spoke truly to him (i.e., truly summoned him), and joined for him the en-ship [together with] the kingship — in [Uruk] [the en-ship (he exercised)]; [for his life] [he] dedicated (this vessel) [to him].

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 15

For Enlil, king of all the lands — for Lugal-kigine-dudu: when Enlil truly summoned him (called to him with a faithful voice), and the lordship (en-ship) together with the kingship he combined for him — in Uruk the lordship he exercises, and in Ur the kingship he exercises. Lugal-kigi[ne-dudu ...] (the text breaks off here; the remainder of the dedication is lost on this exemplar)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 04

(beginning lost) [...] may he (Enlil) look upon me [favorably]; the good fate (which the gods have decreed for me) — may they never alter it for me. May I forever be the foremost shepherd, standing at the head. Forever may [I be so]. For his life, to Enlil, his beloved king, he dedicated [this vessel].

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 10

(Beginning lost) [... lumaḫ-priest of the goddess] Nisaba, fed wholesome milk by Ninhursag, man of (the god) Mes-sanga-unug, attendant raised [by] Ningirim, the mistress of Uruk, chief steward of the gods — when Enlil, king of all the lands, (to) Lugalzagesi [gave the kingship of the Land ... (text breaks off)]

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 13

(vessel fragment; beginnings of all lines lost) [...] of [...], the exalted [...], for the [...]s, [when] Enlil, king of all the lands, to Lugalzagesi the [king]ship of the Land had [gi]ven, [and the eyes(?)] of the Land [he had directed toward him] ...

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 34

(Break) [... (Enlil, king of all the lands,) ...] the eyes of the land he directed toward him, all the foreign lands at his feet he placed, and from sunrise (the east) [to sunset (the west) he made them submit to him ...] (Break) ... [the s]ea(?) [...] king(?) [...] (Break)

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 42

[nom]inated by name by the god Utu, chief minister of the god Suen — (before whom) the throne-holders of Sumer (and) the rulers of all the lands at Uru[k submitted to his princely authority] — ... [(the god Enlil,)] king of all the lands, to An, his beloved father, [may he speak his prayer(?)] [...] (remainder broken)

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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 43

(Break) [... looked] upon [truly] by [An], king of all the lands; chief ruler for [the god] Enlil; given wisdom by [the god] En[ki]; (Break) he raised [the head of Ur heavenward] (lit. "he raised up"); Larsa, the beloved city of Utu, he made rise in jubilation — he [...] (text breaks off)

RIME 1.12.06.02, ex. add04

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 05

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 09

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 15

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 04

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 10

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 13

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 34

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 42

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 43

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