Ishme-Dagan Quotes From Texts

Ishme-Dagan = Enlil’s descendant-king of Isin

(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)

(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal…)

 

Ishme-Dagan As Enlil‘s Descendant:

       “The throne of Enlil is not to be removed from there.

       I, Icme-Dagan, son of Dagan, stood the throne for Enlil my master …”

 

        “Enlil, king of the foreign lands, chose me,

      Icme-Dagan, son of Dagan, by extispicy.

      He looked upon me joyfully in E-kur, and spoke well of me to Sumer …”

 

      “Icme-Dagan, son of Enlil! …”

 

      “Let Icme-Dagan, son of Enlil on the king’s pedestal, …”