(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 blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)
(2001):
For the god Sîn (Nannar) of heaven, lion of the gods
(Nannar & father Enlil, Earth Colony Commander)
(and) king of the Enlil (Nannar’s father) (circle of) gods, his lord:
Sîn-balāssu-iqbi, viceroy of Ur, son of Ningal-iddin, (who was also) viceroy of Ur,
who provides for Ekišnugal (Nannar & Ningal’s ziggurat residence in Ur) —
(E-kish-nugal, Nannar’s ziggurat temple residence way above city of Ur; original “Stairway to Heaven” to god)
(With regard to) Etemennigurru, whose (enclosure) wall had collapsed in the distant past,
whose foundation terrace had lain waste, (and) whose foundations were covered over,
I sought the location of its forgotten gate(s).
I put its foundation inscription inside a box and raised its (the temple’s) top.
I inlaid with silver a door of boxwood, wood of finest quality from a distant mountain,
fixed with a copper peg, whose band(s) were strong, (whose) bottom was of gold,
(whose) door bolt was of shining silver, (and whose) bar and pivot were of strong copper,
in order that it might stand forever fixed in the doorway of the “secret house,” the house of divination (holy of holies).
(goddess Ningal & spouse Nannar, patron gods of Ur)
May the god Sîn (and) the goddess Ningal (Nannar’s spouse), the god(s), my helpers,
destroy the name of anyone who erases my inscription or changes its position!
(2002 on a Cone):
For the god Sîn of heaven, lion of the gods (and) king of the Enlil (circle of) gods, his lord:
Sin-balāssu-iqbi, viceroy of Ur, son of Ningal-iddin, (10) (who was also) viceroy of Ur,
(re)built anew Etemennigurru, his beloved temple.