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 ====== Amar-Suen ======
 [[amar-suen_year-names|Go here for the year names of Amar-Suen]]
+[[http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_results.php?SearchMode=Text&requestFrom=Search&PrimaryPublication=composite&order=PrimaryPublication&Author=&PublicationDate=&SecondaryPublication=&Collection=&AccessionNumber=&MuseumNumber=&Provenience=&ExcavationNumber=&Period=&DatesReferenced=amar-suen&ObjectType=&ObjectRemarks=&Material=&TextSearch=&TranslationSearch=&CommentSearch=&StructureSearch=&Language=&Genre=royal&SubGenre=&CompositeNumber=&SealID=&ObjectID=&ATFSource=&CatalogueSource=&TranslationSource=|click here for CDLI Royal & Monumental entries for Amar-Suen]]\\
+[[http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_results.php?SearchMode=Text&requestFrom=Search&PrimaryPublication=&Author=&PublicationDate=&SecondaryPublication=&Collection=&AccessionNumber=&MuseumNumber=&Provenience=&ExcavationNumber=&Period=&DatesReferenced=amar-suen&order=DatesReferenced&ObjectType=&ObjectRemarks=&Material=&TextSearch=&TranslationSearch=&CommentSearch=&StructureSearch=&Language=&Genre=&SubGenre=&CompositeNumber=&SealID=&ObjectID=&ATFSource=&CatalogueSource=&TranslationSource=|Go here for all the texts dated to Amar-Suen on CDLI]]
+[[http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=c.2.4.3*#|Go here for royal praise poetry for Amar-Suen on ETCSL]]
 === Amar-Suen (2046-2038 BC) ===
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 Gudea Cylinders [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P431881|A]] and [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P431882|B]] (2100 BC) indicate that by the time of Amar-Suen’s rule, religious traditions associated with temple rebuilding were already established.  It is clear that the king had to fulfill certain religious requirements before the actual temple construction could take place.  These narratives place great importance on the caution and diligence with which the king should adherence to the “temple rebuilding” rituals.  It is clear that in order for a temple renovation project to succeed the king had to ensure that it was mandated and sanctioned by the temple god.  King Gudea is very careful to consult oracles before he undertakes the rebuilding of the god Ningirsu’s temple.  Gudea provides the god with many sacrifices and offerings, and he attempts to purify the city by expelling the sick and the “unpleasant to look at” from his city .   These descriptions of the process of temple rebuilding indicate that temple rebuilding was viewed as being a very dangerous endeavor and should be proceeded by consulting oracles, sacrifice, and ritual purification.