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REIGN OF LIPIT-ISHTAR, CIRCA 1934-1924 B.C.
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FIVE OLD BABYLONIAN TERRACOTTA FOUNDATION CONES
REIGN OF LIPIT-ISHTAR, CIRCA 1934-1924 B.C.
All with identical inscriptions in thirty-seven lines of Akkadian cuneiform written in two columns around the shafts, recording a dedication of a storehouse built in the city of Isin in southern Mesopotamia by King Lipit-Ishtar, reading: "Lipit-Ishtar, shepherd who reveres Nippur, steadfast farmer of Ur, unceasing in the care of Eridu, en-priest worthy of Uruk, king of Isin, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, favorite of the goddess Ishtar, am I. When I, Lipit-Ishtar, son of the god Enlil, established justice in the land of Sumer and Akkad, I built a storeroom, pleasing(?) to the gods Enlil and Ninlil, in Isin, my royal capital, at the palace gate"
Tallest: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm.) high
REIGN OF LIPIT-ISHTAR, CIRCA 1934-1924 B.C.
All with identical inscriptions in thirty-seven lines of Akkadian cuneiform written in two columns around the shafts, recording a dedication of a storehouse built in the city of Isin in southern Mesopotamia by King Lipit-Ishtar, reading: "Lipit-Ishtar, shepherd who reveres Nippur, steadfast farmer of Ur, unceasing in the care of Eridu, en-priest worthy of Uruk, king of Isin, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, favorite of the goddess Ishtar, am I. When I, Lipit-Ishtar, son of the god Enlil, established justice in the land of Sumer and Akkad, I built a storeroom, pleasing(?) to the gods Enlil and Ninlil, in Isin, my royal capital, at the palace gate"
Tallest: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York; thence by descent.
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