THE INSCRIPTIONS OF TEL-LOH
I. The Inscriptions of King Ur-Nina
No. 1. 1—COLUMN I
1. Ninâ-ur
2. king
3. of Shirpurla,
4. son of Nini-ghal-gin,
5. the temple of the god Nin-girsu
6. has erected.
7. The Ib-gal (?)
8. he has erected.
9. The temple of the goddess Ninâ
10. he has erected.
COLUMN II
1. The Sig-nir (?)
2. he has erected.
3. His tower in stages (?)
4. he has erected.
5. The temple of Ê …
6. he has erected.
7. The temple of Ê-ghud
8. he has erected.
9. His observatory (?)
10. he has erected.
COLUMN III
? [The palace]
1. of the Ti-ash-ra (?)
2. he has erected.
3. The temple of the goddess Gatumdug
4. he has erected.
5. The great apzu 1
6. he has constructed.
7. After that the temple of Nin-girsu
8. he has caused to be erected
9. seventy great measures (?) of corn
10. in his house of fruits
COLUMN IV
? [he has stored up.]
1. From Mâgan 2
2. the mountain 3
3. all sorts of wood he has imported.
4. The castle 4 of Shirpurla
5. he has built.
6. The small apzu
7. he has constructed;
COLUMN V
? [in the temple]
1. of the goddess Ninâ, lady of destinies (?),
2. he has placed it.
3. Two statues (?)
4. he has set up (?);
5. these two statues (?) …
…………
Lacuna.
No. 2. 1—COLUMN I
1. Ninâ-ur
2. the king
3. of Shirpurla,
4. son of Nini-ghal-gin,
5. the habitation (?) of Girsu
COLUMN II
1. has constructed.
2. The bricks of the foundation (?)
…………
The inscription breaks of here.
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No. 3. 2—COLUMN I
1. Ninâ-ur
2. the king
3. of Shirpurla,
COLUMN II
1. the son of Nini-ghal-g[in].
Footnotes
64:1 Découvertes en Chaldée, pl. 2, No. 1. Translated by Dr, Oppert in a Communication to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 2d March 1883.
65:1 [The apzu, or "deep," was the basin for purification attached to a Babylonian temple, corresponding to the "sea" of Solomon.—Ed.]
65:2 The Sinaitic Peninsula, perhaps including Midian.
65:3 Or "the country."
65:4 Or "wall."
66:1 Découvertes, pl. 2, No. 2. Translated by Dr. Hommel, Geschichte Babyloniens und Assyriens, p. 285.
66:2 L. Heuzey, "Les Rois de Tello," in the Revue Archéologique, Nov. 1882.
