Šu-Suen Door Socket from Umma (RIME 3/2.1.4.17)
Introduction The following text survives in at least eight copies on door sockets and stone blocks. The 30-line inscribed object included here is a door... Read More
My Translations
Hammurabi Cylinder (Sumerian Translation from Old Babylonian Original)
Introduction The following text (LIH 58; E4.3.6.12) is part of a bilingual Sumerian-Akkadian commemorative inscription wherein Hammurabi, the king of Babylon, boasts about his deeds... Read More
A Sumerian Legal Case (ditila): Claim of Property and a Slave (ITT 3/2, pl. 21, 5279; Volk #38)
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Introduction The following text is a Sumerian legal case, called a ditila, which recounts the litigant’s claim over property and a slave as well as... Read More
A Ugaritic Incantation against Snakebite (KTU 1.178 / RS 92.2014)
Introduction Later today, in my Advanced Ugaritic seminar, I will present and lead a discussion on KTU 1.178 (= RS 92.2014), a Ugaritic incantation against... Read More
A copper nail inscription of Ur-Nanše (E1.9.1.7)
Introduction The following text is an inscription that records Ur-Nanše’s construction of the shrine of G̃irsu. It is known from about 20 copies including nails,... Read More
A royal stone tablet inscription of Gudea (E3/1.1.7.4; P232332; IM 18647)
Introduction The following text is a royal stone tablet inscription of Gudea, a ruler of the city-state of Lagaš in the second half of the... Read More
A royal inscription of Gudea (E3/1.1.7.31)
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Introduction The following text is a royal inscription with over 150 exemplars on brick and clay cones known from G̃irsu, Uruk, and of unknown provenance.... Read More
A royal brick inscription of Gudea (E3/1.1.7.44)
Introduction This post presents my translation of a royal brick inscription of Gudea wherein he documents his achievement of the construction of Ning̃irsu’s É-ánzu-bábbar temple... Read More