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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine
ASJ 16, 043-046 Barton Cylinder
Obverse (surface a) Col. i 1. In [th]ose [days], in those very days, 2. so it was; 3. in those nights, in those very nights, 4. so it was; 5. in those years, in those very years, 6. so it was. 7. The storm roared, 8. the lightning flashed. 9. In the sanctuary of Nippur 10. the storm roared, 11. the lightning flashed. 12. Heaven (An), with Earth 13. held converse; 14. Earth (Ki), with Heaven, held converse. (rest broken) Col. ii 1. [Igizigal-an]na, 2. the elder sister of Enlil,
Religion & Myth
~2400 BCE
