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P484163: royal-monumental cone

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) CDLI

Sumerian

na#-ra-am#-(d#)[suen] sipa nig2-nam# [szar2-ra] unu#[(ki)-ga] lugal (sza3) iri(ki)-[na du10-du10] dingir ma-da#-[na] u4 an (d)inanna#-[ke4] nam-lugal unu#(ki#)-ga# ma#-an-szum2-mu#-[usz-a] u4-ba# [(gesz)tukul] kal#-ga-[ga2-ta] i7# unu#([ki])-ga# [...]

AI Translation

Naram-Sin, the shepherd who provides everything for Uruk, the king who makes the heart of his city happy, the god of his land, when An and Inanna gave to him the kingship of Uruk, at that time, with my mighty weapon, the river of Uruk .