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Cuneiform building plans: 5 (2024-07-02)
Created by: Englund, Robert K.
Statue B of Gudea (ca. 2100 BC) depicts the Sumerian ruler seated on a throne, a contruction plan for his restoration work on the great city temple “House-of-Fifty: White-Thunderbird” on his lap. Excavated at Telloh, ancient Girsu, and located in the Louvre Museum, Paris (AO 2).
Gudea’s fascination with the construction of this monumental building (ca. 2100 BC) is very well documented in the excavation record, including the most extensive Sumerian inscription known to date, describing the feat (his Cylinders A-B); a series of inscribed statues such as this one with similar, though smaller inscriptions; and many thousands of clay cones and bricks with short commemorative texts that represent excerpts from the larger inscriptions. A selection of publications of Statue B: Edzard, Dietz Otto, RIME 3/1.1.7, St B (1997); Steible, Horst, FAOS 9/1 (1991) 156-179, and 9/2 (1991) 6-38; Heinrich, Ernst & Seidl, Ursula, MDOG 98 (1967) 31, no. 8. For Mesopotamian temples, see Heinrich, Ernst & Seidl, Ursula, Die Tempel und Heiligtümer im alten Mesopotamien (Berlin 1982). CDLI entry: P232275
credit: Englund, Robert K.
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