La-erabum

La-erabum

La-erabum

King of Sumer

La-erabum or Lasirab (π’†·π’‚π’Šπ’€Š la-Γ©-ra-ab also read la-a3-ra-ab, formerly read la-si-ra-ab,[2] fl. circa 2150 BCE) was the 12th Gutian ruler of the Gutian Dynasty of Sumer.[3]

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Sippar
Sippar
Location of Sippar, where the macehead was excavated.

Sumerian King List

Main article: Sumerian King List

La-erabum is mentioned in the "Sumerian King List" (SKL). According to the SKL: La-erabum was the successor of Apilkin. Irarum then succeeded La-erabum, also according to the SKL.[4]

Votive macehead

A votive macehead with his name is located in the British Museum (BM 90852). It was excavated in ancient Sippar.[5] The macehead inscription reads:

Laerabum mace inscription (complete transcription)

π’†·π’‚π’Šπ’€Š / π’•π’ˆ / π’ˆ— / π’„–π’‹Ύπ’…Ž / [...] / π’…π’‰Œπ’ˆ  / π’€€π’ˆ¬π’Š’ / π’Š­π’Ύ / π’‹œπ’€€ / π’Œ‹π’Š“π’π’†ͺπ’‰Œ / π’…‡π’‹³π’‹’ / π’„Ώπ’Š“π’‹«π’Š’ / π’€­π’„–π’‹Ύπ’…Ž / π’€­π’ˆΉ / π’…‡ / π’€­π’‚—π’ͺ / 𒁼𒋒 / π’‡·π’ͺπ’„© / π’…‡ / π’ŠΊπ’†°π’ͺ / 𒇷𒅋𒄖𒁕 / π’…‡ / π’†œπ’† [x]π’‹’ / π’€€π’„Ώπ’‹›π’…•

la-'a3-ra-ab / da-[num2] / lugal / gu-ti-im / (n lines broken) [...] / ib-[ni]-ma / a mu-ru / sha dub / su4-a / u-sa-sa3-ku-ni / u3 shum-su / i-sa-ta-ru / {d}gu-ti-im / {d}inanna / u3 / {d}suen / suhush-su / li-su2-ha / u3 / she-numun-su2 / li-il-qu3-ta2 / u3 / kaskal{ki}-x-su2 / a i-si-ir

"Lasirab, the mighty King of Guti, ...[6 colums damaged]... has made and presented this. Whoever removes this inscribed stone, and writes the mention of his name thereupon, his foundation may Guti (or, "the Gods of Gutium"), Nina and Sin tear up and exterminate his seed, and may whatsoever he undertakes not prosper"

β€”β€ŠMacehead inscription of La-erabum, British Museum, BM 90852[6][7][8][9][10][11]
  • "La-eraab, great King of Gutiim" (π’†·π’‚π’Šπ’€Š π’•π’ˆ π’ˆ— π’„–π’‹Ύπ’…Ž la-e-ra-ab da-num lugal gutiim). The name is quite damaged, and was initially read "Lasiraab".[12]
  • Portion of the inscription of the mace of La-erabum: "The Gods of Gutium, Innina and Sin" (π’€­π’„–π’‹Ύπ’…Ž / π’€­π’ˆΉ / 𒅆𒂍 / π’€­π’‚—π’ͺ).[13]
Preceded by Gutian Dynasty
fl. circa 2150 BCE		 Succeeded by

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "votive offering / mace". British Museum.
  2. [2]
    The Sumerian Kings List (PDF). p. 119, note 305.
  3. [3]
    The Sumerian King List, The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Oxford University
  4. [4]
    The Sumerian King List, The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Oxford University
  5. [5]
    "votive offering / mace". British Museum.
  6. [6]
    Rogers, Robert William (2015). History of Babylonia and Assyria. Cambridge University Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-1-108-08307-2.
  7. [7]
    "votive offering / mace". British Museum.
  8. [8]
    Thureau-Dangin, F. (FranΓ§ois) (1905). Les inscriptions de Sumer et d'Akkad, transcription et traduction. Paris, Leroux. pp. 244-246.
  9. [9]
    Full transcription: "CDLI-Found Texts". cdli.ucla.edu.
  10. [10]
    Frayne, Douglas (1993). Sargonic and Gutian Periods. University of Toronto Press. pp. 228–229.
  11. [11]
    "CDLI-Found Texts". cdli.ucla.edu.
  12. [12]
    The Sumerian Kings List (PDF). p. 119, note 305.
  13. [13]
    Thureau-Dangin, F. (FranΓ§ois) (1905). Les inscriptions de Sumer et d'Akkad, transcription et traduction. Paris, Leroux. pp. 244-246.


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