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RIME 1.09.05.01 composite (P431117)

Official or display, ED IIIb, Girsu · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE

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Designation	RIME 1.09.05.01 composite
ID	P431117
Language	Sumerian
Period	ED IIIb · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
Genre	Official or display
Find spot	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Coordinates	31.5591, 46.1776

English translation

By Foxvog, Daniel A. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)

Line	English
surface a 1	Enlil,
surface a 2	king of all the lands,
surface a 3	father of all the gods,
surface a 4	by his righteous command
surface a 5	for Ningirsu
surface a 6	and Šara,
surface a 7	demarcated the (border) ground.
surface a 8	Mesilim,
surface a 9	king of Kiš,
surface a 10	by the command of Ištaran,
surface a 11	struck the measuring line upon it,
surface a 12	and on that place he erected a stele.
surface a 13	Uš,
surface a 14	governor
surface a 15	of Umma,
surface a 16	something greatly beyond words (?)
surface a 17	he did.
surface a 18	That stele
surface a 19	he tore out,
surface a 20	and into the plain of Lagaš
surface a 21	he entered.
surface a 22	Ningirsu,
surface a 23	the hero of Enlil,
surface a 24	by his (Enlil’s) just command,
surface a 25	with Umma
surface a 26	battle
surface a 27	he did.
surface a 28	At the word of Enlil
surface a 29	he cast (his) big battle-net upon it,
surface a 30	and its many tumuli
surface a 31	he built up in the plain.
surface a 32	Eanatum,
surface a 33	governor
surface a 34	of Lagaš,
surface a 35	uncle
surface a 36	of Enmetena,
surface a 37	governor
surface a 38	of Lagaš,
surface a 39	with Enakale,
surface a 40	the governor
surface a 41	of Umma,
surface a 42	re-demarcated the (border) ground,
surface a 43	and its levee from Princely Canal
surface a 44	to Desert's Edge
surface a 45	he extended.
surface a 46	Of Ningirsu’s field
surface a 47	215 ninda-rope (measures)
surface a 48	under the control of Umma
surface a 49	he left,
surface a 50	and into a field with no owner
surface a 51	he made it.
surface a 52	On that levee, steles
surface a 53	he inscribed,
surface a 54	and the stele
surface a 55	of Mesilim
surface a 56	he returned to its (former) place.
surface a 57	Into the plain of Umma
surface a 58	he did not pass.
surface a 59	On the boundary mound
surface a 60	of Ningirsu
surface a 61	(named) Namnunda-kigara,
surface a 62	a dais of Enlil,
surface a 63	a dais of Ninḫursag,
surface a 64	a dais of Ningirsu,
surface a 65	and a dais of Utu
surface a 66	he constructed.
surface a 67	Of the barley of Nanše
surface a 68	and the barley of Ningirsu,
surface a 69	one grain-heap measure
surface a 70	the Man of Umma
surface a 71	consumed as an interest-bearing loan.
surface a 72	The ‛cut’ was imposed,
surface a 73	and 144,000 (gur measured in) grain-heaps
surface a 74	were to be brought in.
surface a 75	Because he was unable to repay that barley,
surface a 76	Urlumma,
surface a 77	governor
surface a 78	of Umma,
surface a 79	the levee of the boundary territory
surface a 80	of Ningirsu
surface a 81	and the levee of the boundary territory
surface a 82	of Nanše
surface a 83	he removed with water.
surface a 84	To its steles
surface a 85	he set fire,
surface a 86	and he tore them out.
surface a 87	The set daises of the gods
surface a 88	which on the Namnunda-kigara (mound)
surface a 89	had been constructed,
surface a 90	he demolished.
surface a 91	Foreign countries he hired,
surface a 92	and over the levee of the boundary territory
surface a 93	of Ningirsu
surface a 94	he crossed.
surface a 95	Enanatum,
surface a 96	governor
surface a 97	of Lagaš,
surface a 98	in the field Ugiga,
surface a 99	the field of Ningirsu,
surface a 100	had (previously) fought with him,
surface a 101	but Enmetena,
surface a 102	the beloved son
surface a 103	of Enanatum,
surface a 104	defeated him.
surface a 105	Urlumma
surface a 106	fled
surface a 107	into the middle of Umma
surface a 108	and was killed.
surface a 109	His donkeys, sixty teams,
surface a 110	on the bank of the Lumma-girnunta canal
surface a 111	were left behind,
surface a 112	and their personnel’s
surface a 113	bones
surface a 114	were all left out on the plain.
surface a 115	Their tumuli
surface a 116	in five places
surface a 117	he heaped up.
surface a 118	At that time, Il,
surface a 119	who was the temple administrator of Zabala,
surface a 120	from Girsu
surface a 121	to Umma
surface a 122	slithering
surface a 123	he went.
surface a 124	Il
surface a 125	the governorship
surface a 126	of Umma
surface a 127	seized.
surface a 128	The levee of the boundary territory
surface a 129	of Ningirsu,
surface a 130	the levee of the boundary territory
surface a 131	of Nanše,
surface a 132	and the boundary mound
surface a 133	of Ningirsu
surface a 134	which was located on the of bank of the Tigris
surface a 135	in the region of Girsu,
surface a 136	the Namnunda-kigara of Enlil, Enki,
surface a 137	and Ninḫursag,
surface a 138	he removed with water.
surface a 139	The barley of Lagaš, (with only) 3,600 (gur measured in a) grain-heap,
surface a 140	he repaid.
surface a 141	When Enmetena,
surface a 142	governor
surface a 143	of Lagaš,
surface a 144	because of those levees,
surface a 145	to Il
surface a 146	had sent envoys,
surface a 147	Il,
surface a 148	governor
surface a 149	of Umma,
surface a 150	the field-thief,
surface a 151	spoke with hostility:
surface a 152	“The levee of the boundary territory
surface a 153	of Ningirsu
surface a 154	and the levees of the boundary territory
surface a 155	of Nanše
surface a 156	are mine!”
surface a 157	he declared.
surface a 158	“From the Antasura (temple)
surface a 159	to the temple of Dimgalabzu
surface a 160	the earth I shall remove from them!”
surface a 161	he declared.
surface a 162	But Enlil
surface a 163	and Ninḫursag
surface a 164	did not give it to him.
surface a 165	Enmetena,
surface a 166	governor
surface a 167	of Lagaš,
surface a 168	nominated
surface a 169	by Ningirsu,
surface a 170	by the just word of Enlil,
surface a 171	the just word of Ningirsu,
surface a 172	and the just word of Nanše,
surface a 173	that levee from the Tigris River
surface a 174	to Princely Canal
surface a 175	he constructed.
surface a 176	The Namnunda-kigara’s
surface a 177	base in stone he built for him,
surface a 178	and for his master who loves him,
surface a 179	Ningirsu,
surface a 180	and his mistress who loves him,
surface a 181	Nanše,
surface a 182	he restored it.
surface a 183	Enmetena,
surface a 184	governor
surface a 185	of Lagaš,
surface a 186	given the scepter
surface a 187	by Enlil,
surface a 188	given wisdom
surface a 189	by Enki,
surface a 190	chosen by the heart
surface a 191	of Nanše,
surface a 192	big-governor
surface a 193	of Ningirsu,
surface a 194	the man who kept to the words of the gods,
surface a 195	may his (personal) god
surface a 196	Šul-MUŠ×PA
surface a 197	for the life
surface a 198	of Enmetena
surface a 199	unto distant days
surface a 200	before Ningirsu
surface a 201	and Nanše
surface a 202	stand (interceding) for him!
surface a 203	A Man of Umma
surface a 204	who, over the levee of the boundary territory
surface a 205	of Ningirsu
surface a 206	or over the levee of the boundary territory
surface a 207	of Nanše
surface a 208	in order by violence
surface a 209	to carry off fields,
surface a 210	might (in the future) cross,
surface a 211	whether he be a man of Umma,
surface a 212	or he be a man of a foreign land,
surface a 213	may Enlil
surface a 214	annihilate him!
surface a 215	When Ningirsu,
surface a 216	his big battle-net
surface a 217	has cast over him,
surface a 218	his great hands and great feet
surface a 219	may he put down from above (upon him)!
surface a 220	When the people in his city
surface a 221	have raised their hands against him,
surface a 222	in the middle of his city
surface a 223	may they slaughter him!

Transliteration (ATF)

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
surface a
1	{d}en-lil2
2	lugal kur-kur-ra
3	ab-ba dingir-dingir-re2-ne-ke4
4	inim gi-na-ni-ta
5	{d}nin-gir2-su
6	{d}szara2-bi
7	ki e-ne-sur
8	me-silim
9	lugal kisz{ki}-ke4
10	inim {d}isztaran-na-ta
11	esz2-GAN2 be2-ra
12	ki-ba na bi2-ru2
13	usz
14	ensi2
15	umma{ki}-ke4
16	nam inim-ma diri-diri-sze3
17	e-ak
18	na-ru2-a-bi
19	i3-bux(PAD)
20	edin lagasz{ki}-sze3
21	i3-kux(DU)
22	{d}nin-gir2-su
23	ur-sag {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4
24	inim si-sa2-ni-ta
25	umma{ki}-da
26	dam-ha-ra
27	e-da-ak
28	inim {d}en-lil2-la2-ta
29	sa szu4 gal bi2-szu4
30	\|ISZ.DU6.KID2\|-bi
31	edin-na ki ba-ni-us2-us2
32	e2-an-na-tum2
33	ensi2
34	lagasz{ki}
35	pa-bil3-ga
36	en-mete-na
37	ensi2
38	lagasz{ki}-ka-ke4
39	en-a2-kal-le
40	ensi2
41	umma{ki}-da
42	ki e-da-sur
43	e-bi i7-nun-ta
44	gu2-edin-na-sze3
45	ib2-ta-ni-e3
46	GAN2 {d}nin-gir2-su-ka
47	3(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 1/2(asz@c) esz2 {ninda}nindax(DU)
48	a2 umma{ki}-sze3
49	mu-tak4
50	GAN2 lugal nu-tuku
51	i3-kux(DU)
52	e-ba na-ru2-a
53	e-me-sar-sar
54	na-ru2-a
55	me-silim-ma
56	ki-be2 bi2-gi4
57	edin umma{ki}-sze3
58	nu-dib2
59	im-dub-ba
60	{d}nin-gir2-su-ka
61	nam-nun-da-ki-gar-ra
62	bara2 {d}en-lil2-la2
63	bara2 {d}nin-hur-sag-ka
64	bara2 {d}nin-gir2-su-ka
65	bara2 {d}utu
66	bi2-du3
67	sze {d}nansze
68	sze {d}nin-gir2-su-ka
69	1(asz@c) guru7-am6
70	lu2 umma{ki}-ke4
71	ur5-sze3 i3-gu7
72	ku5-ra2 ba-us2
73	4(szar'ugal@c){gal} guru7
74	ba-kux(KWU147)
75	bar sze-bi nu-da-su3-su3-da-ka
76	ur-lum-ma
77	ensi2
78	umma{ki}-ke4
79	e ki-sur-ra
80	{d}nin-gir2-su-ka
81	e ki-sur-ra
82	{d}nansze
83	a-e i3-mi-e3
84	na-ru2-a-be2
85	izi ba-szum2
86	i3-bux(PAD)-bux(PAD)
87	bara2 ru-a dingir-re2-ne
88	nam-nun-da-ki-gar-ra
89	ab-du3-a
90	i3-gul-gul
91	kur-kur e-ma-hun
92	e ki-sur-ra
93	{d}nin-gir2-su-ka-ka
94	e-ma-ta-bala
95	en-an-na-tum2
96	ensi2
97	lagasz{ki}-ke4
98	GAN2 u3-gig-ga
99	{a-sza3}asza5 {d}nin-gir2-su-ka-ka
100	gesz tesz2-tesz2-sze3 e-da-la2
101	en-mete-na
102	dumu ki-ag2
103	en-an-na-tum2-ma-ke4
104	\|GIN2.SZE3\| i3-ni-se3
105	ur-lum-ma
106	ba-da-kar
107	sza3 umma{ki}-sze3
108	e-gaz
109	ansze-ni surx(ERIM) 1(gesz2@c)-am6
110	gu2 i7 lum-ma-gir2-nun-ta-ka
111	e-sze3-tak4
112	nam-lu2-u18-ba
113	giri3-pad-ra2-bi
114	edin-da e-da-tak4-tak4
115	\|ISZ.DU6.KID2\|-bi
116	ki 5(asz@c)-a
117	i3-mi-dub
118	u4-ba il2
119	sanga zabala5{ki}-kam
120	gir2-su{ki}-ta
121	umma{ki}-sze3
122	gar3-dar-ra-a
123	e-gen
124	il2-le
125	nam-ensi2
126	umma{ki}-a
127	szu e-ma-ti
128	e ki-sur-ra
129	{d}nin-gir2-su-ka
130	e ki-sur-ra
131	{d}nansze
132	im-dub-ba
133	{d}nin-gir2-su-ka
134	gu2 i7 idigna-sze3 gal2-la
135	gu2-gu2 gir2-su{ki}-ka
136	nam-nun-da-ki-gar-ra {d}en-lil2-la2 {d}en-ki-ka
137	{d}nin-hur-sag-ka
138	a-e i3-mi-e3
139	sze lagasz{ki} 1(szar2@c) guru7-am6
140	i3-su
141	en-mete-na
142	ensi2
143	lagasz{ki}-ke4
144	bar e-ba-ka
145	il2-sze3
146	lu2 he2-sze3-gi4-gi4-a
147	il2
148	ensi2
149	umma{ki}-a
150	{a-sza3}asza5 kar-kar
151	nig2-erim2 du11-du11-ge
152	e ki-sur-ra
153	{d}nin-gir2-su-ka
154	e ki-sur-ra
155	{d}nansze
156	ga2-kam
157	i3-mi-du11
158	an-ta-sur-ra-ta
159	e2 {d}dimgal-abzu-ka-sze3
160	im ba-ni-e3-de3
161	i3-mi-du11
162	{d}en-lil2-le
163	{d}nin-hur-sag-ke4
164	nu-na-szum2
165	en-mete-na
166	ensi2
167	lagasz{ki}
168	mu pa3-da
169	{d}nin-gir2-su-ka-ke4
170	inim si-sa2 {d}en-lil2-la2-ta
171	inim si-sa2 {d}nin-gir2-su-ka-ta
172	inim si-sa2 {d}nansze-ta
173	e-bi i7 idigna-ta
174	i7-nun-sze3
175	e-ak
176	nam-nun-da-ki-gar-ra
177	ur2-bi na4-a mu-na-ni-du3
178	lugal ki an-na-ag2-ga2-ni
179	{d}nin-gir2-su-ra
180	nin ki an-na-ag2-ga2-ni
181	{d}nansze
182	ki-be2 mu-na-gi4
183	en-mete-na
184	ensi2
185	lagasz{ki}
186	gidri szum2-ma
187	{d}en-lil2-la2
188	gesztu2 szum2-ma
189	{d}en-ki-ka
190	sza3 pa3-da
191	{d}nansze
192	ensi2-gal
193	{d}nin-gir2-su-ka
194	lu2 inim dingir-re2-ne dab5-ba
195	dingir-ra-ni
196	{d}szul-\|MUSZxPA\|
197	nam-ti
198	en-mete-na-ka-sze3
199	u4 ul-la-sze3
200	{d}nin-gir2-su-ra
201	{d}nansze
202	he2-na-szi-gub
203	lu2 umma{ki}-a
204	e ki-sur-ra
205	{d}nin-gir2-su-ka-ka
206	e ki-sur-ra
207	{d}nansze-ka
208	a2 zi-sze3
209	{a-sza3}asza5 tum3-de3
210	am6-ta-bala-e-da
211	lu2 umma{ki} he2
212	lu2 kur-ra he2
213	{d}en-lil2-le
214	he2-ha-lam-me
215	{d}nin-gir2-su-ke4
216	sa szu4 gal-ni
217	u3-ni-szu4
218	szu mah giri3 mah-ni
219	an-ta he2-ga2-ga2
220	nam-lu2-ulu3 iri-na
221	szu u3-na-zi
222	sza3 iri-na-ka
223	ha-ne2-gaz-zex(\|AB2.SZA3.GI\|)

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