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Nail with building inscription

Museum August Kestner Antike Kulturen Sammlung altorientalischer Denkmäler [1927.285]
Tonnagel mit Bausinschrift (Museum August Kestner CC BY-NC-SA)
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Description

Typical example of a building inscription from Mesopotamia. - The ruler, Gudea of Lagash, reports his worship of the city god Ningirsu. (AVS)

Inscription

Inschrift (Überstetzung Hans Neumann, Münster):
Dem Ningrisu, | dem mächtigen Helden | Enlils, | (hat) Gudea, | der Stadtfürst |von Lagas, | alles, was sich | kultisch | gehört, | ihm strahlend erscheinen lassen, | (hat) sein Eninnu- | Weßer Anzu | ihm gebaut, | (und) hat | es ihm wiederher- | gestellt.

Material/Technique

Clay / inscribed

Measurements

Length: 11.5 cm, diameter: 5.7 cm

Literature

  • Bonatz, Dominik - Siebert, Anne Viola (Hrsg.) (2007): Gilgamesch. Archäologie einer unsterblichen Gestalt im Alten Orient. Hannover, 38 Nr. 1
  • Neumann, Hans (2000): Historische Keilschrifttexte im Kestner-Museum Hannover I.: Gudea, Lipit-Estar, Sanherib. In: Studi sul Vicino Oriente Antico dedicati alla memoria di Luigi Cagni, hrsg. von Istituto Universitario Orientale. Dipartimento di Studi Asiatici, 783-796
Museum August Kestner

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Das Museum August Kestner ist benannt nach August Kestner (1777-1853). Das älteste städtische Museum in der Landeshauptstadt Hannover wird von einer...

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