Cylinder Seal Of Bur-Sin - Cast
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Jan 1935
name: label: Donor Name
content: Department Of Anthropology
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: Bûr-Sin, King of the Third Dynasty or Ur (B.C. 2278-2270). transcription of the Sumerian text and translation by Dr. W.F. Albright, of Johns Hopkins Univ., with accession papers.
label: Notes
content: The cylinder was translated by W.F. Albright in a letter to Dr. Walter Hough as a recording of the building of an addition to the temple of the moon god. English translation as follows (see the Accession record of the USNM Registrar for linguistic specifics): For Nannar (moon-god of Ur) of the "Steadfast Quay" (name of a shrine) his king Bûr-Sin Whom in Nippur Enlil (chief god of Nippur) has called by name he who raised the head (i.e. maintains) of the temple of Enlil king of the four quarters (of the earth) [no translation] king of Ur when from ancient times in the "Steadfast Quay" a GIG-KISAL (unidentified part of the shrine) had not been built, watchfully(?) Bûr-Sin the beloved son of Nannar for Nannar his beloved in the "Steadfast Quay" a GIG-KISAL he built the lord of the steadfast field (i.e. heaven) his beloved lord he brought into it May the life of Bûr-Sin be long! [no translation]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Iraq, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 132473
label: USNM Number
content: A369598-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal