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Amar-Suen 16 (Q000989)
Royal Inscription, Ur III, Ur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Amar-Suen 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000989 |
| 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 | kar-zi-da | Karzida |
| 3 | lugal ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni-ir | the king who with his army |
| 4 | {d}amar-{d}suen | Amar-Suena |
| 5 | {d}en-lil₂-le | by Enlil |
| 6 | nibru{ki}-a | in Nippur |
| 7 | mu pa₃-da | nominated |
| 8 | saŋ-us₂ | |
| 9 | e₂ {d}en-lil₂-ka | in the temple of Enlil |
| 10 | dingir zid | righteous god |
| 11 | {d}utu kalam-ma-na | Utu of his country |
| 12 | lugal kal-ga | mighty king |
| 13 | lugal uri₅{ki}-ma | king of Ur |
| 14 | lugal an-ub-da limmu₂-ba-ke₄ | king of the four world quarters, |
| 15 | kar-zi-da-a | Karzidā |
| 16 | u₄ ul-li₂-a-ta | from distant days |
| 17 | ŋi₆-par₄-bi nu-du₃-am₃ | Its ipar was not built. |
| 18 | en nu-un-til₃-la-am₃ | the lord who does not live |
| 19 | {d}amar-{d}suen | Amar-Suena |
| 20 | ki aŋ₂ {d}nanna-ke₄ | from the labor of Nanna |
| 21 | ŋi₆-par₄ ku₃-ga-ni | his holy Ipar |
| 22 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 23 | en ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni | the lord of the place of his labor |
| 24 | mu-na-ni-ku₄ | he made enter for him. |
| 25 | {d}amar-{d}suen-ke₄ | Amar-Suena |
| 26 | u₄ im-da-ab-su₃-DU | ... the day ... |
| 27 | nam-til₃-la-ni-še₃ | for his well-being |
| 28 | a mu-na-ru | dedicated it (this vessel). |
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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