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| Keywords: Samsuiluna cone (sikkatu) in Sumerian and Akkadian languages, c. 1749-1712 BC - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07178.JPG en Exhibit in the Oriental Institute Museum University of Chicago Chicago Illinois USA This work is old enough so that it is in the public domain Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction Translation from the time when the brickwork of the temple Ebabbar was first constructed since among the earlier kings the sungod Shamash favored none of them and consequently no one built the wall of Sippar for him / I Samsuiluna beloved of the gods Shamash and Aya mighty king king of Babylon by the levy of the army of my land in the course of that same year formed its bricks and raised high the wall of Sippar there like a great mountain / I renovated the temple Ebabbar raised high as heaven the top of the ziggurat their lofty gigunnu temple and brought the gods Shamash Adad and Aia into their shining dwelling amidst joy and rejoicing 2014-08-22 14 44 43 own Daderot other versions cc-zero Inscriptions in the Oriental Institute Museum Uploaded with UploadWizard Cuneiform on clay nails or cones Samsu-iluna Sippar | ||||
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