THE INSCRIPTIONS OF LIBIT-ISHTAR ON CLAY CONES

Origin/Historian/Author: Sumer, Ur (ca. 1850 BCE)
Source: Ur Excavations Royal Inscriptions, By C. J. Gadd and Leon Legrain, 1928

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COLUMN I

(1) Libit-Ishtar, (2) the humble shepherd (3) of Nippur, (4) the just irrigator (5) of Ur, (6) who ceases not to care (7) for Eridu, (8) the priest who is the ornament (9) of Erech, (10) the king of Isin, (11) king of Sumer and Akkad, (12) beloved (13) of Inanna, (14) the e-gi(g)-par (15) of the priest of . . . .

COLUMN II

(16) priest of NIN-EZEN (17) in Ur, (18) pure minister (19) of Nin-eniga, (20) who utters the true prayers (2I) of Gaburra (22) attending to its petition, (23) for his beloved son, (24) when justice (25) in Sumer and Akkad (26) he had established, (27) in Ur (28) he built.