==The Cylinders of Gudea==

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//Artifact//: Clay cylinders (and fragments)\\ 
//Provenience//: Girsu, modern Tello\\ 
//Period//: Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: [[http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/cylinders-gudea|Louvre Museum, Paris]] (MNB 1511a, b, MNB 1514a, NB 1395 + MNB 1514c + MNB 1514f + MNB 1514h, MNB 1514d, MNB 1514i, MNB 1514cbis, MNB 1514b, AO 06953 + AO 06952 + MNB 1514g, )\\ 
//Text genre, language//: Royal/Monumental; Sumerian\\ 
[[http://www.cdli.ucla.edu/cdlisearch/search/index.php?SearchMode=Text&txtPrimaryPublication=Cyl&txtOther_Publication=TCL 08|CDLI page]]\\ 

//Description//: A pair of almost complete large clay cylinders and 10 unplaced fragments containing a hymn to the temple of Ningirsu. Following a mythological introduction, Cylinder A describes the dream omens received by the ruler Gudea and his quest for an interpretation. The dreams are revealed as divine instructions for the construction of a new temple to Ningirsu in Girsu. The remainder of Cylinder A details the construction of the temple. Cylinder B describes the consecration of the temple and the investment of different deities into it. (Jacob L. Dahl, University of Oxford)

//lineart//: TCL 8

//Edition(s)//: Römer, Willem h. Ph. 2010: Die Zylinderinschriften Von Gudea (alter orient und altes testament, 376; münster: ugarit-Verlag); Wilson, J.E. 1996: The cylinders of Gudea : transliteration, translation and index (alter orient und altes testament, 244; Kevelaer / neukirchen-Vluyn: Verlag Butzon & Bercker ; neukirchener Verlag); Edzard, D.O. 1997: Gudea and his dynasty (the royal inscriptions of mesopotamia. early periods; v. 3/1; toronto: university of toronto Press); Averbeck, R.E. 1987: A preliminary study of ritual and structure in the cylinders of Gudea (unpublished Phd).

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