Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian, The Royal Inscriptions of Lagash (2500 BCE)
Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D.
The Sacred Books and Literature of the East Translations conducted by:
Morris Jastrow, Jr., LL.D., Rev. A.H. Sayce, LL.D., Robert W. Rogers, LL.D., George A. Barton, LL.D., Leonard W. King, F.S.A., Stephen Langdon, PH.D., Arno Poebel, PH.D., and other scholars.
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No. 1
COLUMN I
Nina-ur
King
of Lagash,
son of Nini-ghal-gin,
5 the temple of the god Ningirsu
has erected.
The Ib-gal
he has erected.
The temple of the goddess Nina
10 he has erected.
COLUMN II
The Sig-nir
he has erected.
His tower in stages
he has erected.
5 The temple of E …
he has erected.
The temple of E-ghud
he has erected.
His observatory
10 he has erected.
COLUMN III
The palace of the Ti-ash-ra
he has erected.
The temple of the goddess Gatumdug
he has erected.
5 The great apzu (1) he has constructed.
After that the temple of Ningirsu
he has caused to be erected seventy
great measures of corn
10 in his house of fruits
COLUMN IV
he has stored up.
From Magan (2) the mountain
all sorts of wood he has imported.
The wall of Lagash
5 he has built.
The small apzu
he has constructed;
COLUMN V
in the temple
of the goddess Nina, lady of destinies,
he has placed it.
Two statues he has set up;
5 these two statues …
……..
No. 2
COLUMN I
Nina-ur
the King
of Lagash,
son of Nini-ghal-gin,
5 the habitation of Girsu
COLUMN II
has constructed.
The bricks of the foundation
……..
(1) The apzu, or ” deep,” was the basin for purification attached to a Babylonian temple, corresponding to the ” sea ” of Solomon.
(2) The Sinaitic Peninsula, perhaps including Midian.