Position in chronology
Ur-Enlil 1
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) To Ninlil, Aba-Enlil, child of Lugal-niĝbarag-dug, the merchant, ... (this bowl) for the well-being of Ur-Enlil, ruler of Nibru, (and) for the well-being of his spouse and child.
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001257/
Why it matters
Dedicates a votive bowl to Ninlil for the well-being of Ur-Enlil, ruler of Nippur — attesting a local ruler otherwise poorly documented in the Ur III administrative record.
Transliteration
Scholarly note
Sumerian royal inscription, published in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI) by Gábor Zólyomi and collaborators. Translation reproduced from the ETCSRI edition. ORACC text Q001257.
Attribution
Image: CBS 09621 + CBS 09617 (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) — from Nippur (mod. Nuffar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P222754). source
Translation excerpted from Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001257/.
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