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Lipit-Ishtar
Year names of Lipit-Ishtar
1. mu dli-pi2-it-esz4-tar2 lugal
Year: "Lipit-Ishtar (became) king"
a. mu nig2-si-sa2 ki-en-gi ki-uri-a mu-ni-in-gar
Year: "(Lipit-Ishtar) made justice in Sumer and Akkad"
b. mu inim den-lil2 dnanna-ta ur2iki ki-be2 bi-in-gi4-a
Year: "On the order of Enlil and Nanna (the city of) Ur was restored"
c. mu giszgu-za ku3-sig17 dnin-in-si-na-ra mu-na-dim2-ma dnin-in-si-na-ke4 sza3 hul2-la e2-gal-mah ba-gub-ba
Year: "(Lipit-Ishtar), having made a throne in gold for Ninisin, had it joyfully placed in (the temple) Egalmah for Nin-Isin"
d. mu id2-dnin-ki ba-ba-al
Year: "The canal of Ninki was dug"
e. mu la'u3 ki-en-gi ki-uri i-in-gal2-la … e2-kiszib-ba …
Year: "The arrears of debts lasting on Sumer and Akkad (were released) … in the accounting house"
f. mu us2-sa la'u3 ki-en-gi ki-uri i-in-gal2-la … e2-kiszib-ba …
Year after the year: "The arrears of debts lasting on Sumer and Akkad (were released) … in the accounting house"
g. mu en-dnin-sun2-zi en-dnin-gublaga ur2iki-ma masz2-e i3-pad3
Year: "(Lipit-Ishtar) chose by means of the omens Enninsunzi for en-priestess of Nin-gublaga in Ur"
h. mu giszapin ba-dim2
Year: "The plow was made"
i. mu sza dli-pi2-it-esz4-tar2 amurram it,-ru-du-usz
Year: "Lipit-Ishtar repulsed the Amorite" (BM 78395)
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