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P218120: royal-monumental cone

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) CDLI

Column 1

Sumerian

(d)isz-me-(d)da-gan nita kal-ga lugal i3-si-in(ki)-na lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4 u4 nibru(ki) iri ki-ag2 (d)en-lil2-la2 gu2-bi mu-un-du8

AI Translation

Ishme-Dagan, the mighty man, king of Isin and king of the four world quarters, when Nippur, the beloved city of Enlil, he built,

Column 2

Sumerian

erin2-bi kaskal-ta ba-ra-an-zi-ga-a bad3-gal i3-si-in(ki)-na mu-un-du3 bad3-ba (d)isz-me-(d)da-gan

AI Translation

its troops from the campaign were smashed, the great wall of Isin he built, and that wall Ishme-Dagan built.