Rîm-Anum

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1. mu ^dri-im-^da-nu-um lugal-e
Year: "Rîm-Anum (became) king"

2a. mu ri-im-^da-nu-um lugal-e unu^ki-ga u₃ a₂-dam-bi ug₃ suh₃-a-bi si bi₂-in-si-sa₂ mi-ni-ib-gi₄
Year: "Rîm-Anum, the king of Uruk and its countryside, reorganized the scattered population"

2b. mu ri-im-^da-nu-um lugal-e numun-da-ri₂ nam-en-na-ke₄
Year: "Rîm-Anum, the king, lasting offspring of kingship"

3. mu ri-im-^da-nu-um lugal-e ma-da e-mu-ut-ba-lum ugnim eš₃-nun-na i₃-si-in^ki ka-zal-lu e-ne-bi-ta-gin₇ unu^ki-še₃ me₃-a in-ši-sug₂-eš-am₃ gar₃-dar erin₂-na-bi mi-ni-in-gar-ra nig₂-ul-du₃-a-ta unu^ki sahar-ra la-ba-dub-ab-ba sahar ba-dub-ba-a-ba mi-ni-in-šar₂-šar₂-re nam-a₂-gal₂-la-a-ni kalam-ma mi-ni-in-ri-a
Year: "The year in which King Rîm-Anum, the (forces of) the land of Emutbalum, the armies of Ešnunna, Isin and Kazallu, as if all together (with him), having presented themselves at Uruk for war, inflicted a defeat upon their troops. Since time immemorial Uruk had never experienced (such) a dust storm (raised by a foreign army), but after the dust storm settled, he slaughtered (all of them) and by his power ejected (them all) from the homeland"