CDLI tablet
Couvent Saint-Étienne, Jerusalem: 8 (2023-03-22)
Created by: Englund, Robert K.
Cuneiform on stone: Jerusalem texts.
This fine example of a royal text from the Early Old Babylonian reign of the Uruk monarch Anam, currently in the Couvent Saint-Étienne, Jerusalem, is one of only three such texts known, all done with expensive stone and all presumably from Uruk itself. Incidentally, this stone tablet was, like our two previous Jerusalem pieces, worked on during its stint in the hands of antiquities dealers to give the appearance of a complete text. One of six such composite texts known from the reign of this particular king, the full inscription reads, following the translation of Daniel Foxvog, “Anam, the elder of the army of Uruk, son of Ilān-šeme’a, restored the wall of Uruk, the ancient construction of Gilgameš; so that water can thunder roundabout, he built it of baked bricks.” Scientific edition: Frayne, Douglas R., RIME 4.4.6.4, ex. 2. CDLI entry: P427658
credit: Englund, Robert K.
Cite this CDLI Tablet
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year = {2026},
month = {may 16},
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howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/145},
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