Inscriptions

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Numerous bronze arrow heads that are said to have come from Luristan bear a short Akkadian proprietary inscription of Eulmaš-šākin-šumi; none of the known objects bearing this two-line inscription were discovered during a controlled, scientific excavation. Line one of the text is written on one face (labelled "obverse"), while line two is written on the other face (labelled "reverse").

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Bibliography

• Contenau 1932 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#contenau1932], p. 29 (ex. 1, edition)
• Langdon 1938 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#langdon1938], pp. 279 and 284 no. 12 (ex. 1, edition)
• Dossin 1962 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#dossin1962], p. 160 no. 17 (exs. 2–14, edition)
• Calmeyer 1969 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#calmeyer1969], pp. 74 and 165 nos. 50–63 (exs. 1–14, transliteration)
• Moorey 1974 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#moorey1974], pp. 52 and 196 no. 21 (ex. 15, edition by Sollberger)
• Sotheby's 1975 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#sollberger1975], no. 44 (ex. 15, edition by Sollberger)
• Sass 1989 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#sass1989], p. 350 no. 3 (exs. 1–15, edition)
• Sotheby's 1991 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#anonymous1991], no. 158 (translation)
• Frame 1995 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#frame1995], pp. 79-80 B.4.1.1 (edition)
• Radner/Kroll 2006 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon3/bibliography/index.html#radner2006], p. 214 (transliteration)

• Contenau 1932 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#contenau1932], p. 29 (ex. 1, copy)
• Dossin 1962 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#dossin1962], pl. XXVI no. 17 (ex. 2, photo)
• Moorey 1974 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#moorey1974], pp. 52 and 196 no. 21 (ex. 15, photo of obverse, copy by Sollberger)
• Sotheby's 1975 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#sollberger1975], no. 44 (ex. 15, photo; copy by Sollberger)
• Sotheby's 1991 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#anonymous1991], no. 158 (photo)

• Brinkman 1968 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#brinkman1968], pp. 161 and 342 no. 15.2.1 (exs. 1–14, study)
• Herzfeld 1968 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#herzfeld1968], p. 30 no. 10 (ex. 1, study)
• Calmeyer 1969 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#calmeyer1969], pp. 74 and 165 nos. 50–63 (exs. 1–14, study)
• Moorey 1971 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#moorey1971], p. 33 nos. 3–4 (exs. 1–14, study)
• Moorey 1974 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#moorey1974], pp. 52 and 196 no. 21 (ex. 15, study)
• Sotheby's 1975 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#sollberger1975], no. 44 (ex. 15, study)
• Sotheby's 1991 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#anonymous1991], no. 158 (study)

A two-line proprietary inscription of this Bazi Dynasty ruler is incised on a bronze dagger; unusually, the text runs down the rib of the blade, rather than across or around it. The object is reported to have come from Luristan and is now in a private collection in Venice (Dr. G. Ligabue); there may be a second dagger bearing the same inscription in the Foroughi Collection in Teheran. This text may be an exact duplicate of the previous inscription.

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Bibliography

• Lambert 1968-69 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#lambert1968], pp. 9–10 no. 2 (edition)
• Fales 1989 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#fales1989], p. 245 no. 76 (edition)
• Frame 1995 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#frame1995], p. 80 B.4.1.2 (edition)

• Lambert 1968-69 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#lambert1968], figs. 2–3 (photo)
• Fales 1989 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#fales1989], p. 245 no. 76 (photo)

• Calmeyer 1969 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#calmeyer1969], p. 64 (study)
• Moorey 1971 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/bibliography/index.html#moorey1971], p. 32 no. 12 (study)

Jamie Novotny

Jamie Novotny, 'Inscriptions', RIBo, Babylon 4: The Inscriptions of the Bazi Dynasty, The RIBo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2017 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/rulers/eulmashshakinshumi/inscriptions/]