The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and BabyloniaPinches, Theophilus G. (Theophilus Goldridge)
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The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia
Pinches, Theophilus G. (Theophilus Goldridge)
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
(Dingir) Nannara To Nannara
lugala-ni-r his king,
Kudur-mabuk Kudur-mabuk,
adda kura Martu father of Amoria,
dumu Simti-šilḫak son of Simti-šilḫak.
Ud (dingir) Nannara When Nannara
arazu-ni his prayer
mu-igi-ginnā received,
ne-zila-maḫa ne-zila-maḫa
(dingir) Nannara-kam for Nannara
nam-tila-ni-šu for his life,
u nam-ti and the life
Eri-Aku dumu-ni of Eri-Aku, his son,
lugal Ararma-šu king of Larsa,
munanindu. he made.
“To Nannara, his king, Kudur-mabuk, father of the land of the
Amorites, son of Simti-šilḫak. When Nannara received his prayer he
made for Nannara _ne-zila-maḫa_ for his life and the life of his
son Arioch, king of Larsa.”
Tablet Of Eri-Aku Mentioning Kudur-Mabuk, His Father.
Eri-(dingir) Aku Eri-Aku
uš kalagga powerful hero
siba nig-zi everlasting shepherd
ua Uri-(D. S.)-wa installed by Bêl
(dingir) Ellilli nourisher of Uriwa
garra
lugal Arar-(D. king of Larsa
S.)-ma
lugal Kiengi-(D. king of Šumer (and)
S.)-Uragi Akkad
dumu Kudur-mabuk son of Kudur-mabuk
Adda Emutbala-men father of Yamutbālu
am I.
Uriwa (D. S.) In Uriwa broad,
dagal-e-ne
mu maha dudune possessing an
exalted name,
Col. II.
ušu-na-bi to the peerless (?)
ugul-immangaga supplication I have
made.
(dingir) Nannara Nannara my king
lugala-mu
mušinše I have obeyed (?):
bad gala ḫursag A great wall, high
illa-dim šu-nu-tutu like a mountain,
impregnable,
im-bi dul ea inspiring (?) its
fear,
munadu have I made,
uru-ni ḫimmira its city may it
protect.
bada-ba That wall
(dingir) Nannara “Nannara the
suḫuš mada gengen consolidator of the
foundation of the
land” is
mu-bi-im its name.
“Arioch, the powerful hero, the everlasting shepherd installed by
Bêl, the nourisher of Uriwa, the king of Larsa, the king of Šumer
and Akkad, the son of Kudur-mabug, the father of Yamutbālu, am I.
In broad Uriwa, possessing an exalted name, to the peerless one
(?) have I made supplication, Nannara, my king, have I obeyed (?).
The great wall, high like a mountain, impregnable, inspiring (?)
its fear, have I built—may it protect its city. The name of that
wall is ‘Nannara the consolidator of the foundation of the
land.’ ”
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