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Ur-Namma 28 (Q000952)
Royal Inscription, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Ur-Namma 28 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000952 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Girsu |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | {d}nanna | For Nanna |
| 2 | dumu-sag {d}en-lil₂-la₂ | first-born son of Enlil, |
| 3 | lugal-a-ni | his master |
| 4 | ur-{d}nammu | Ur-Nammu, |
| 5 | nita kal-ga | the strong man |
| 6 | lugal uri₅{ki}ma | king of Ur |
| 7 | lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-ke₄ | king of Sumer and Akkad |
| 8 | u₄ <e₂> {d}en-lil₂-la₂ | when the temple of Enlil |
| 9 | in-du₃-a | had built, |
| 10 | i₇-da | on the river |
| 11 | {d}⸢nanna⸣-gu₂-gal mu-bi | Its name is “E-nanna-e-gugal." |
| 12 | i₇ ki-sur-ra-kam | It is the Kisurra canal |
| 13 | mu-ba-al | he dug. |
| 14 | kun-bi a-ab-ba-ka i₃-la₂ | Its tail in the sea he shall carry. |
| 15 | di niŋ₂-gi-na | the case of his own accord |
| 16 | {d}utu-ta | from Utu |
| 17 | bar bi₂-tam | he smote it. |
| 18 | inim bi₂-gi-in | he swore. |
| ii | ||
| 1 | lu₂ | a man |
| 2 | {d}nanna-a | of Nanna, |
| 3 | in-da₅-kur₂-[a] | has changed |
| 4 | lugal he₂-[a] | may it be a king |
| 5 | ensi₂ he₂-[a] | may be a ruler |
| 6 | lu₂ aš du₁₁-⸢ga⸣ | the man who the extispicy |
| 7 | {d}nanna-⸢gin₇⸣ | Nanna-egin |
| 8 | he₂-[na] | may he be. |
| 9 | ki-tuš {d}nanna-⸢ka⸣ | the residence of Nanna-eka'e |
| 10 | he₂-eb₂-⸢bil₂⸣ | may he carry off. |
| 11 | uru-ne₂ {gi}suhurₓ(KA)⸢ta⸣ | In his city, the reed basket |
| 12 | he₂-ta-dag-dag-ge | may he roam around. |
| 13 | nam-ti-il niŋ₂-gig-ga-ni | and his own life |
| 14 | he₂-na | may he be! |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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