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BEK 184 :: cone

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The clay cone is inscribed with an inscription of Ur-Baba, who ruled the city-state Lagash c. 2150 BC. As already noted for the previous clay cones (Nos. 1 and 2), which are from sites within the same city-state, this city-state consisted of the main cities Lagash (Modern al-Hiba) and Girsu (Modern Tello), as well as some other cities. In the publication by H. Steible, more than 300 clay cones, two bricks and one pivot stone inscribed with the same text are given. More than 200 of these clay cones are known to have been excavated in the city Girsu (Modern Tello), the others are without recorded provenance. The inscription deals with the construction by the ruler Ur-Baba of the temple for the god Nigirsu. The temple was called Eninnu, or ‘the white Anzu-bird’, and was situated in the city Girsu. All these clay cones were probably once placed in the walls of this temple.

Translation: “For the god Ningirsu, strong warrior of Enlil, Ur-Baba, the ruler of Lagash, son of Ninagal, made the proper thing resplendent, and built his Eninnu, the white Anzu-bird, and returned its place to him.”

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