in order to be the E-ne-bi of the countries 5 he has constructed. The house of fruits which produces abundance in the country he has constructed. For the god Dun-shagana his habitation of Akkil COLUMN III he has constructed. For the god Gal-alimma the temple of E-me-gal-ghush-an-ki he has constructed. 5 The temple of the goddess Bau 3 he has constructed. 3 Bau is probably the Baau of Phenician mythology, whose name was interpreted "the night," and who was supposed along with her husband Kolpia, "the wind," to have produced the first generation of men. The word has been compared with the Hebrew bohu, translated “void" in Genesis i. 2. For the god Enlil the temple of E-adda,* his im-sag-ga, COLUMN IV he has constructed. The Bur-sag, his temple which rises to the entrance of heaven, For the life of the King during the long days to come before the god Ningirsu 5 may he (Ninshagh) bow down his face! No. 2 ON A BUTTRESS For the god Ningirsu, the warrior of the god Enlil, Uru-Kagina, 5 the King of Lagash, the Anta-Shurra, the house of abundance of his country, has constructed. 10 His palace of Ti-ra-ash 4" The temple of the father." 5 Or Nin-dun. he has constructed. [Lines 12 and 13 are destroyed.] For the god Gal-alimma [Lines 15-21 are destroyed.] he has constructed. For the god Nin-sar, the bearer of the sword 25 of the god Ningirsu, his temple he has constructed. For the god. . . -gir the well-beloved 30 of the god Ningirsu his temple he has constructed. The Bur-sag, his temple which rises to the entrance of heaven, 35 he has constructed. For the god Enlil the temple of E-adda, his im-sag-ga, he has constructed. 40 For the god Ningirsu the sanctuary of E-melam-kurra 7 he has constructed. The temple wherein dwells the god Ningirsu 45 he has constructed. Of Uru-Kagina, who the temple of the god Ningirsu . . . [The inscription breaks off here, having never been finished.] "The temple of the father." "The temple of the brilliance of the eastern mountain." 5 the house of abundance of his country, his palace of Ti-ra-ash, has constructed. The temple of the goddess Bau he has constructed. 8 Possibly the small tablets of white or black stone buried under the foundations of the temples. These tablets were sometimes of metal; those, for example, discovered at Khorsabad. It seems that some consisted also of ivory and precious wood. COLUMN III [The first lines are lost.] For the god Enlil the temple of E-adda, his im-sagga, he has constructed. For the goddess Nina, 5 her favorite river, the canal Nina-ki-tum-a he has excavated. At the mouth of the canal, an edifice. . . . the offspring begotten by the god Nin-agal, chosen by the immutable will of the goddess Nina, 10 endowed with power by the god Ningirsu, named with a favorable name by the goddess Bau, endowed with intelligence by the god En-ki,10 COLUMN II covered with renown by the goddess Ninni, the favorite servant of the god who is King of Gishgalla-ki, • Patesi means a "priest-king," usually the viceroy of some more warlike king. 10 Also called Ea, the god of the deep. |