Artifacts and parenthetical commentary added by editor R. Brown.
Enshakushana
Sumerian king of Uruk, son of Elili of Ur (c. 24th century). There is an inscribed vase dedicated to Enlil that records his victory over Enbi-Ishtar of Kish and his restitution of votive goods pillaged from the temple. “For (the god) Enlil, king of all the lands,
Enshakushanna, lord of Sumer and king of the “Land”, who, when the gods ordered him,
destroyed Kish and seized Enbi’eshtar, the king of Kish,
returned to (?) the leader of Akshak and the leader of Kish, who’s cities were destroyed,
their…in their…, (but) he dedicated their statues, their precious metals and lapis lazuli,
their wood, and their treasure to Enlil, for Nippur…”