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Ishbi-erra
Year names of Išbi-Erra (years 1-10)
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<b>1. mu</b>
*Year name still unknown
<b>2. mu</b>
*Year name still unknown
<b>3. mu</b>
*Year name still unknown
<b>4. mu gir13-tabki ba-hul</b> : Year: “Girtab was destroyed”
<b>5. mu us2-sa gir13-tabki ba-hul</b> : Year after the year: “Girtab was destroyed”
<b>6. mu gišna2 dinanna ba-dim2</b> : Year: “A bed for Inanna was made”
<b>7. mu nin-dingir-dnin-urta ba-hun (<i>var.</i> ba-il2)</b> : Year: “The high-priestess of Ninurta was installed (<i>var.</i> was elevated to office)”
<b>8. mu uruki mar-tu ba-hul</b> : Year: “The Amorite city was destroyed”
<b>9. mu us2-sa uru mar-tu ba-hul</b> : Year after the year: “The Amorite city was destroyed”
<b>10. mu a-ša3 gibil a-ta im-ša-du-a / im-ta-du-a</b> : Year: “(Išbi-Erra) recovered new fields from the water”
Year names of Išbi-Erra (years 11-20)
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<b>11. mu nin-dingir-diškur ba-il2</b> : Year: “The high-priestess of Iškur was elevated to office”
<b>12a. mu lugal ma-da-na-ke4 bad3 gal i-di3-il-pa2-šu-nu mu-du3</b> : Year: “(Išbi-Erra) king of his land built the great wall (of Isin called) <i>’idil-pašunu</i> ‘repulsing their faces’”
<b>12b. mu bad3 gal i3-si-in-naki mu-du3</b> : Year: “(Išbi-Erra) built the great city wall of Isin”
<b>13. mu en gab dinanna diš-bi-ir3-ra maš2-e i3-pad3</b> : Year: “Išbi-Erra chose by means of the omens the <i>en-gaba</i>-priest of Inanna”
<b>14. mu bad3 li-bur-diš-bi-ir3-ra ba-du3</b> : Year: ”(The fortification called) ‘Dur-libur-Išbi-Erra’ was built”
<b>15. mu us2-sa bad3 li-bur-diš-bi-ir3-ra ba-du3</b> : Year after the year: “(The fortification called) ‘Libur-Išbi-Erra’ was built”
<b>16. mu ugnim ki-maš u3 elam-e nim-e bi2-in-ra</b> : Year: “The armies of Kimaš and of Elam were beaten”
<b>17. mu bad3 eš4-tar2-ta2-ra-am-diš-bi-ir3-ra ba-du3</b> : Year: “The fortification (called) ‘Eštar-taram-Išbi-Erra / Ištar loves Išbi-Erra’ was built”
<b>18. mu giššu-nir gal den-lil2 u3 dnin-urta-ra mu-ne-dim2</b> : Year: “(Išbi-Erra the king) made great emblems for Enlil and Ninurta”
<b>19. mu bad3 diš-bi-ir3-ra-ri-im-den-lil2 ba-du3</b> : Year: “The fortification (called) ‘Išbi-Erra-rim-Enlil / Išbi-Erra the beloved of Enlil’ was built”
<b>20. mu nin-me-an-ki šu-nir gal dinanna ba-dim2</b> : Year: “A great emblem for Inanna (called) ‘Nin-meanki / Lady of the ordinances of heaven and earth’ was made”
Year names of Išbi-Erra (years 21-30)
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<b>21. mu us2-sa nin-me-an-ki šu-nir gal dinanna ba-dim2</b> : Year after the year: “A great emblem for Inanna (called) ‘Nin-meanki / Lady of the ordinances of heaven and earth’ was made”
<b>22a. mu en-bara2-zi? dumu-munus lugal egi2-zi-an-na maš2-e i3-pad3</b> : Year: “Enbarazi the daughter of the king was chosen by means of the omens as the <i>egesitu</i>-priestess of An”
<b>22b. mu egi2-zi-an-na maš2-e i3-pad3</b> : Year “The <i>egesitu</i>-priestess of An was chosen by means of the omens”
<b>23. mu nin-dingir-dlugal-mar2-da ba-il2</b> : Year: “The high-priestess of Lugal-marda was elevated to office”
<b>24. mu nin-dingir-dnin-kilim ba-il2</b> : Year: “The high-priestess of Nin-kilim was elevated to office”
<b>25. mu en-den-lil2-la2 ba-il2</b> : Year: “The <i>en</i>-priestess of Enlil was elevated to office”
<b>26. mu gišgu-za bara2 dnin-urta-ra mu-na-dim2</b> : Year: “(Išbi-Erra the king) made a throne dais for Ninurta”
<b>27. mu elam / nim ša3 uri2ki-ma durun-a gištukul kalag-ga-ni im-ta-e11</b> : Year: “(Išbi-Erra the king) brought out of Ur, with his strong weapon, the Elamite who was dwelling in its midst”
<b>28. mu us2-sa elam / nim ša3 uri2ki-ma durun-a gištukul kalag-ga-ni im-ta-e11</b> : Year after the year: “(Išbi-Erra the king) brought out of Ur, with his strong weapon, the Elamite who was dwelling in its midst”
<b>29. mu gišgu-za dnin-lil2-la2 ba-dim2</b> : Year: “A throne for Ninlil was made”
<b>30. mu gišgu-za dnanna dnin-gal ba-dim2</b> : Year: “Thrones for Nanna and Ningal were made”
Year names of Išbi-Erra (years 31-33)
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<b>31. mu nin-dingir-dlugal-gir3-ra (<i>var.</i> nin-dingir-dlugal-ir2-ra ba-il2</b> : Year: “The high-priestess of Lugal-girra (<i>var.</i> Lugal-Irra) was elevated to office”
<b>32. mu us2-sa nin-dingir-dlugal-gir3-ra (<i>var.</i> nin-dingir-dlugal-ir2-ra ba-il2</b> : Year after the year: “The high-priestess of Lugal-girra (<i>var.</i> Lugal-Irra) was elevated to office”
<b>33. mu us2-sa us2-sa-bi nin-dingir-dlugal-gir3-ra (<i>var.</i> nin-dingir-dlugal-ir2-ra ba-il2</b> : Second year after the year: “The high-priestess of Lugal-girra (<i>var.</i> Lugal-Irra) was elevated to office”
<b>a. mu gišgu-za mah den-[…] ba-dim2</b> : Year: “A magnificent throne was made for En-[…]”
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