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| Keywords: Mesopotamian - Stone Foundation Tablet - Walters 41222 - View A.jpg This tablet is plano-convex with a cuneiform inscription of Sin-iddinam on two faces between 1849 1843 BC Old Babylonian limestone cm 14 8 9 5 accession number 41 222 23210 Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Joseph Brummer New York 1941 Walters Art Museum 1941 by purchase Museum purchase 1941 Translation on 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 ; Translation On 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 place of origin Mesopotamia Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Mesopotamia in the Walters Art Museum Cuneiform Cuneiform on foundation objects Ab cuneiform Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Nippur Sin-Iddinam | ||||
