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A foundation tablet in Lapis Lazuli. Archaic Dynasty IIIB : Ur-lumma (Around 2400 BC) (-2500 - -2340), Place of discovery: Djokha = Umma. Collection of Le Louvre.
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A foundation tablet in Lapis Lazuli. Archaic Dynasty IIIB : Ur-lumma (Around 2400 BC) (-2500 - -2340), Place of discovery: Djokha = Umma. Collection of Le Louvre.
Stone foundation tablet, limestone, 1849-1843 BC (Old Babylonian).
This tablet is plano-convex, with a cuneiform inscription of Sin-iddinam on two faces.
Inscription translation:
Obverse: (For) Utu, / lord of justice of heaven and earth, / learned in decision, / the one who choses in favor of innocence, / the king of Ebabbar, / his king, / Sin-iddinam, / the shepherd who decorates everything / for Nippur, / the provider of Ur, / king of Larsa, / king of Sumer and Akkad, / the Ebabbar, / his beloved house,
Reverse: for the sake of his life, / he built (it) / For abundant distant days / he enlarged that dwelling place. / With the thing that he (Sin-iddinam) has done, / (may) Utu, / rejoice. / A life of sweet things / (and) bright days / as a reward, / may he (Utu) give to him (Sin-iddinam).
Courtesy & currently located at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA. Accession Number: 41.222.