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.
[The above inscription is not without its difficulties, some of
them formidable enough, but the general sense of the whole may be
regarded as correctly made out.]
Tablet Of Rim-Sin.
(Dingir) Nin-saḫ To Ninsaḫ
en galla abba age great lord, beloved
father
šaga-gu-sag-gi knowing the
gala-zu supplication of the
heart
sukkala maḫa exalted messenger,
ša-kušša dingira (giving) heart-rest,
galla great god
dugga-ni ši tul-du he who sends forth
his hidden word
lugal-a-ni-ir his king
(dingir) Rim-Sin.
Rim-(dingir) Sin
siba gu kalama Nipri shepherd of all the
(D. S.) people of Nippur
me giškin he who fulfils the
Gurudug-(D. S.)-ga word of the vine of
su-dudu Eridu
ua Uri-(D. S.)-wa nourisher of Uriwa
ê-ud-da-im-te-ga (and) Ê-udda-imtega
lugal Arar-(D. king of Larsa
S.)-ma
Col. II.
lugal Kengi-(D. king of Šumer and
S.)-Ura-gi Akkad.
Ud Ana (dingir) When Anu, Bêl,
Ellila
(dingir) En-ki (and) Ea,
dingir-galgalene the great gods,
Unuga (D. S.) uru du Erech, the ruined
(?) city,
šu-mu-šu into my hands
manin-si-eša delivered
(dingir) Ninsaḫ to Ninsaḫ, my king,
lugala-mu-r
gu-sagsaggi-da-mu-ta after my making
supplication;
ê-da-agga-šummu Ê-dagga-šummu,
ki-dura ki-agga-ni his beloved
resting-place,
nam-ti-mu-šu for my life
munadu. I built.
“To Ninsaḫ, the great lord, the beloved father, he who is aware of
the supplication of the heart; the exalted messenger, (giving)
rest to the heart, the great god who sendeth forth his hidden
word—his king, Rim-Sin, shepherd of all the people of Niffer, who
fulfilleth the word of the vine of Êridu, nourisher of Uriwa (and)
Ê-udda-imtega, king of Larsa, king of Šumer and Akkad. When Anu,
Bêl, and Ea, the great gods, delivered Erech, the ruined (?) city,
into my hands, I built to Ninsaḫ, my king, after making
supplication, Ê-dagga-šummu, his beloved seat, for (the saving of)
my life.”
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