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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)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE

·Early Dynastic

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RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 44

(Fragment of a longer titulary and dedication; preserved portion:) grand ruler (ensi) of [the god En]lil, given [wisdom by the god Enki], [... the nation, in joy,] made merry under him, the sovereigns (lit. 'thrones') of Sumer (and) the rulers of all the lands at Uruk [bowed down] to the divine powers of prince[ship] [...] (remainder lost)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 47

(beginning broken) [... beloved of the god Utu(?)] ... [...] with rejoicing [made merry] under him, [Umma], verily raised [its] horn [aloft]. (gap — intervening text lost) May the Land upon a fair place look, under me! The good fate which [they (An and Enlil)] have de[termined for me ...] (remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 49

(beginning broken) [... he] set [it (all the lands at his feet)], from [the] rising of the sun (the east) to the setting of the sun (the west), he made (them) subject to him. At that time, [from the] Sea (the [Lower] Sea), from the [lower(?)] ..., Umma, the city [...], [of the god] Šara [...] (remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 53

(beginning broken) [For Enlil, king of all the] lands(?), [Lugal]zagesi, king of Uruk, king of the Land [(kalam)], [išib-priest] of An, [...] (Break) at (his) feet [he laid the foreign lands(?)], he directed straight [the eyes of the Land toward him(?)], [from] the rising of the sun [...], [to] the setting of the sun [...], [En-... (Enlil? / lord ...)] (remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 70

[... (cared for by the goddess Nin)]girima, mistress of Uruk, chief steward for the [god]s, [... En]lil ... [...] Larsa, the beloved city of Utu, [raised a cry of] jubilation.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

RIME 1.15.add036.01, ex. 01

(Beginning broken) [...] [...] ... (trace) [...]-... (trace) [...] ... (trace) [...] ... (trace) ... [...] 70 (units of) barley [...] from the ...-goods, delivered [...] 2 shekels of silver, 2 (gur) 2 barig of barley, received (by the lid₂-ga measure), [n] + 10 [...] ...-goods [...] (Remainder broken)

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 43

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 44

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 47

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 49

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 53

RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 70

RIME 1.15.add036.01, ex. 01

BIN 08, 021

CBS 09647

CBS 09678

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 002

CDLI Lexical 000027, ex. 012

CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 015

Nik 1, 126

Nik 1, 309

OSP 1, 019

OSP 1, 037

RIME 1.11.add06.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.11.add20.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.11.add52.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.11.add54.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.11.add55.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.11.add57.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.11.add58.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.11.add59.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.11.add60.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.12.06.02, ex. add05

RIME 1.13.add11.16, ex. 01

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 01

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 02

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 03

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 06

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 07

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 08

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 10 & RIME 1.14.15.01, ex. 12

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 11

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 12 ?

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 13 & RIME 1.14.20.01, ex. 54

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 16

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 17

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 18

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 19 & RIME 1.14.15.01, ex. 13

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 20

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 21

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 22

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 23

RIME 1.14.14.01, ex. 24

RIME 1.14.14.04, ex. 01

RIME 1.14.15.01, ex. 02

RIME 1.14.15.01, ex. 03