A'annepada
๐’€€๐’€ญ๐’‰Œ๐’…†๐’Š’๐’•
King of Kish, King of Ur
Gold dagger from tomb PG 580, thought to belong to A'anepada.
Reignfl. c.โ€‰2600 BCE
PredecessorMesannepada
SuccessorMeskiagnun (brother)
HouseFirst Dynasty of Ur
Location of Ur, in Western Asia, modern Iraq.

A'annepada (Sumerian: ๐’€€๐’€ญ๐’‰Œ๐’…†๐’Š’๐’•, romanized: A'an-na-pad-da) was a king of the First Dynasty of Ur, c.โ€‰2600 BCE.[1][2] He was a son of Mesannepada.[1][3] It is thought that his tomb may be tomb PG 580 in the Royal Cemetery at Ur.[1]

Votive tablets

Several tablets are known that bear his name, in particular dedicated to Ninhursag, and proclaiming Mesannepada as his father:[4]

A'annepada tablet inscription. British Museum.[5]

๐’€ญ๐’Šฉ๐’Œ†๐’„ฏ๐’Š• / ๐’€€๐’€ญ๐’‰Œ๐’…†๐’Š’๐’• / ๐’ˆ—๐’Œถ๐’†  / ๐’Œ‰๐’ˆฉ๐’€ญ๐’‰Œ๐’…†๐’Š’๐’• / ๐’ˆ—๐’Œถ๐’†  /๐’€ญ๐’Šฉ๐’Œ†๐’‰บ๐’‚…๐’Š / ๐’‚ ๐’ˆฌ๐’ˆพ๐’†•

Dnin-hur-sag / a-an-ne2-pa3-da / lugal uri5{ki} / dumu mes-an-ne2-pa3-da / lugal uri5{ki} /Dnin-hur-sag-ra / e2 mu-na-du3

"For Nin-hursag: A'annepada, king of Ur, son of Mesannepada, king of Ur, built the temple for Ninhursag."

โ€”โ€ŠDedication tablet by King A'annepada, British Museum, BM 116982.[5][6]

Foundation cone

Foundation cone of A'annepada for Inanna, British Museum BM 90951.[7][8][9]

A foundation cone in a copper alloy was found in Ur, bearing the name of "King A'annepada" in a dedication for Inanna, now in the British Museum (BM 90951).[7][8][9][10]

The cone was discovered by John George Taylor in 1854 during his excavations in Ur.[9] It has a length of 34.3 centimetres, and a diameter of 3.7 centimetres, and weighs 1.7 kilograms.[9][8] According to the British Museum, it was found together with two other objects, a carved stone with handle and a lapis lazuli portrait, which together probably formed a foundation deposit.[11]

The actual content of the inscription had been overlooked, until it was published by J.C. Gadd in 1928.[8]

Artifacts from tomb PG 580 at Ur

It has been suggested that the tomb of A'annepada may be tomb PG 580 in the Royal Cemetery at Ur.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Reade, Julian (2003). Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 94โ€“96. ISBN 978-1-58839-043-1.
  2. โ†‘ Thomas, Ariane; Potts, Timothy (2020). Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins. Getty Publications. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-60606-649-2.
  3. โ†‘ Pr, Univ Of Pennsylvania; Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and; Hansen, Donald P.; Pittman, Holly (1998). Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur. UPenn Museum of Archaeology. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-924171-54-3.
  4. โ†‘ "CDLI-Found Texts". cdli.ucla.edu.
  5. 1 2 "British Museum, tablet".
  6. โ†‘ "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  7. 1 2 "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Gadd, C. J. (1928). "Another A-Anni-Padda Inscription". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (3): 626โ€“628. ISSN 0035-869X. JSTOR 25221375.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Dedicatory cone". British Museum.
  10. โ†‘ W. King., Leonard (1915). A History of Babylonia. pp. 153โ€“154.
  11. โ†‘ Museum notice
  12. โ†‘ Museum notice
  13. โ†‘ Museum notice
  14. โ†‘ Collections Online British Museum.
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