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Amar-Suen 09 (Q000984)
Royal Inscription, Ur III, Ur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Amar-Suen 09 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000984 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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 | {d}nanna | For Nanna |
| 2 | lugal ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni-ir | the king who with his army |
| 3 | dub-la₂-mah | Dubla-maḫ |
| 4 | u₄ ul-li₂-a-ta | from distant days |
| 5 | ki-šu-tag | |
| 6 | šuku-U₄ šub-ba | šuku-plant |
| 7 | i₃-me-a-na-an-na | when he was born |
| 8 | e₂-bi nu-du₃-am₃ | that house was not built |
| 9 | {d}amar-{d}suen | Amar-Suena |
| 10 | ki aŋ₂ {d}nanna | from the labor of Nanna |
| 11 | nibru{ki}-a | in Nippur |
| 12 | {d}en-lil₂-le | by Enlil |
| 13 | mu pa₃-da | nominated |
| 14 | saŋ-us₂ | |
| 15 | e₂ {d}en-lil₂-ka | in the temple of Enlil |
| 16 | nita kal-ga | the strong man |
| 17 | lugal uri₅{ki}-ma | king of Ur |
| 18 | lugal an-ub-da limmu₂-ba-ke₄ | king of the four world quarters, |
| 19 | dub-la₂-mah | Dubla-maḫ |
| 20 | e₂-u₆-di-kalam-ma | the Eudi-kalama temple |
| 21 | ki di ku₅-da-ni | his place of judgment |
| 22 | sa-bar-a-ni | his net |
| 23 | lu₂-|NE.RU| | Lu-NE.RU |
| 24 | {d}amar-{d}suen-ka | of Amar-Suena |
| 25 | nu-e₃ | did not come out. |
| 26 | e₂-bi mu-na-du₃ | he built for him. |
| 27 | pa mu-na-an-e₃ | made resplendent for him. |
| 28 | ku₃-sig₁₇ ku₃-babbar {na₄}za-gin₃-na | gold, silver, and lapis lazuli |
| 29 | mi₂ mu-na-di-du₁₁ | he treated him well. |
| 30 | {d}amar-{d}suen-ke₄ | Amar-Suena |
| 31 | u₄ im-da-ab-su₃-DU | ... the day ... |
| 32 | lu₂ e₂ a-ba-sumun | the man who the house of Abasumun |
| 33 | u₃-un-du₃ | he built. |
| 34 | mu-sar-ra-bi | Its inscription |
| 35 | u₃ {ŋeš}šu-kar₂-bi | and its reed bundles |
| 36 | ki-gub-ba-be₂ | at its standing place |
| 37 | nu-ub-da-ab-kur₂-re-a | shall not change |
| 38 | igi {d}nanna-ka | before Nanna |
| 39 | he₂-en-ša₆ | may he be. |
| 40 | lu₂ mu-sar-ra-ba | Whoever this inscription |
| 41 | šu bi₂-ib₂-ur₃-re-a | that he shall erase |
| 42 | u₃ {ŋeš}šu-kar₂-bi | and its reed bundles |
| 43 | ki-gub-ba-bi-še₃ | to its standing place |
| 44 | nu-ub-ši-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄-a | will not be returned |
| 45 | muš {d}nanna | snake of Nanna |
| 46 | he₂-en-ŋar | may he release. |
| 47 | numun-na-ni | his seed |
| 48 | {d}nanna | For Nanna |
| 49 | he₂-eb-til-le | may he finish. |
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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