Inscriptions of Ur-Bau

Inscriptions of Ur-Bau

THE INSCRIPTIONS OF TELLOH (Continued)

Inscriptions of Ur-Bau

No. 2.—On the Stone of a Threshold 1

1. For the god En-ki,
2. his king,
3. Ur-Bau,
4. the patesi
5. Of Shirpurla,
6. the offspring begotten
7. by the god Nin-âgal,
8. his temple
9. has constructed.

_________

No 3.—On large Bricks 2

1. For the god Nin-girsu,
2. the powerful warrior
3. of the god Ellilla,
4. Ur-bau
5. the patesi
6. Of Shirpurla
7. his temple
8. has constructed.

_________

No. 4.—On a Small Round Object of White Stone

1. For the goddess Bau
2. the daughter of Anna,

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3. for the life
4. of Ur-bau
5. the patesi
6. Of Shirpurla,
7. Ur-Ellilla has brought this da;
8. and for the life of the wife of his son
9. he has consecrated it.


Footnotes

  1. 73:1

    Découvertes en Chaldée par E. de Sarzec, pl. 27, No. 2.

  2. 73:2

    Découvertes, pl. 37, Nos. 1, 2.

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