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Laws of Lipit-Eštar (Q000613)
Royal Inscription, Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | Laws of Lipit-Eštar |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000613 |
| Collection | Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Louvre Museum, Paris, France; British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | unknown |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ud an gal | storm of great An |
| 2 | a-a diŋir-re-ne-ke₄ | father of the intertwined, |
| 3 | {d}en-lil₂ | Enlil, |
| 4 | lugal kur-kur-ra-ke₄ | the king of all the lands |
| 5 | nam tar-tar-re-de₃ | to determine fates |
| 6 | {d}nin-i₃-si-na | For Ninisina |
| 7 | dumu an-na-ra | for the son of An |
| 8 | nin sun₅-na | the beautiful lady |
| 9 | nam-nir-ŋal₂-la-ni-še₃ | for his greatness |
| 10 | igi hul₂-la | rejoiced eye |
| 11 | saŋ-ki zalag-ga-ni-še₃ | and his shining brow |
| 12 | mu-un-ši-in-bar-re-eš-a | he had imposed upon them |
| 13 | i₃-si-in{ki} | of Isin |
| 14 | in-dub-ba | Indubba |
| 15 | an-ne₂ ŋar-ra-na | In heaven and on earth |
| 16 | bala sag₉-ga | a good reign |
| 17 | nam-lugal | kingship |
| 18 | ki-en-gi ki-uri | Sumer and Akkad |
| 19 | im-ma-an-šum₂-mu-uš-a | he made it grow for him |
| 20 | ud-ba | At that time |
| 21 | {d}li-pi₂-it-eš₄-tar₂ | Lipit-Eštar |
| 22 | sipad ŋeš tuku | a shepherd who has |
| 23 | mu pad₃-da | whose name was proclaimed |
| 24 | {d}nu-nam-nir-ra | for Nunamnir, |
| 25 | niŋ₂-si-sa₂ | a kind of ornament |
| 26 | kalam-ma ŋa₂-ŋa₂-de₃ | to subjugate the Land |
| 27 | i-{d}utu | I-Utu, |
| 28 | ka-ta ha-lam-e-de₃ | to destroy from the mouth |
| 29 | niŋ₂-erim₂ niŋ₂-a₂-zig₃ | fear, fear, |
| 30 | {ŋeš}tukul gi₄-gi₄-de₃ | to turn back with weapons |
| 31 | ki-en-gi ki-uri | Sumer and Akkad |
| 32 | su-ba dug₃-ge-de₃ | to please the shepherd |
| 33 | an-ne₂ | An |
| 34 | {d}en-lil₂-le | by Enlil |
| 35 | {d}li-pi₂-it-eš₄-tar₂ | Lipit-Eštar |
| 36 | nam-nun kalam-ma-še₃ | Princeliness of the Land |
| 37 | mu-un-pad₃-de₃-eš-a-ba | When he had found them |
| 38 | ud-ba | At that time |
| 39 | {d}li-pi₂-it-eš₄-tar₂ | Lipit-Eštar |
| 40 | sipad sun₅-na | the humble shepherd |
| 41 | nibru{ki} | of Nippur, |
| 42 | engar zid | farmer, reliable |
| 43 | urim₂{ki}-ma | of Urim |
| 44 | muš₃ nu-tum₂-mu | one who does not fear |
| 45 | eridug{ki}-ga | of Eridug, |
| 46 | en me-te | the righteous lord |
| 47 | unug{ki}-ga | of Uruk |
| 48 | lugal i₃-si-in{ki}-na | king of Isin |
| 49 | lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri | king of Sumer and Akkad. |
| 50 | šag₄-ge de₆-a | to be brought into the field |
| 51 | {d}inana-ka-me-en | I am Inana |
| 52 | inim {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ta | by the command of Enlil |
| 53 | niŋ₂-si-sa₂ | a kind of ornament |
| 54 | ki-en-gi ki-uri | Sumer and Akkad |
| 55 | mu-ni-ŋar-ra-aš | he imposed upon him. |
Sources & licences
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