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administrative texts and iconography. The
Mesopotamian sceptre was
mostly called ĝidru in
Sumerian and ḫaṭṭum in Akkadian. The
Biblical Book of
Genesis refers...
- "Year
Gutium was destro****" The
tablet marks the
building of a temple, E-
gidru, in Umma. In p****ing it
mentions the name of a
Gutian ruler. "Lugal-ana-tuma...
-
ruler of Umma
Lugalanatum built the
temple E-
gidru there. "Lugalannatum
prince of Umma...
built the E.
GIDRU [Sceptre]
Temple at Umma,
buried his foundation...
- 394d MUD3 𒉹 U+12279
NUNUZ KISIM5 x BI U 622 MUD3.U 𒉺 U+1227A PA 464 295
GIDRU "staff, sceptre",
UGULA "overseer",
GARZA "office" 𒉻 U+1227B PAD 746 469...
- BC,
mentioning the Gutians: "Lugalanatum,
prince of Umma ...
built the E.
GIDRU [Sceptre]
Temple at Umma,
buried his
foundation deposit [and] regulated...
-
gdirna 2nd
person pl. m
kbirtu gdirtu f
gdirtin 3rd
person pl. m
kibru gidru f
gidrin Imperfect (CCaC) 1st
person sg. (m/f) akbar,
bakbar agdar, bagdar...
- "Ê PA Temple", is now
understood as
being "Scepter Temple", and read E.
GIDRU. The text
shows the
allegiance of Lugalannatum, as
simple Governor of Umma...
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deified scepter was
written as dNin-PA in cuneiform. The sign PA was read as
ĝidru in
Sumerian and ḫaṭṭum in Akkadian, and it was the most
commonly used logogram...
- and is
therefore attested as Nuska's attribute. He
could be
called en-
ĝidru, the "lord of the scepter."
While no text
directly mentions Enlil bestowing...
-
inscription dated c. 2130 BCE.
Lugalannatum prince of Umma ...
built the E.
GIDRU [Sceptre]
Temple at Umma,
buried his
foundation deposit [and] regulated...
