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Šu-Suen 05 (Q000993)

Royal Inscription, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	Šu-Suen 05
ID	Q000993
Language	Akkadian; Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Royal Inscription
Find spot	Nippur
Coordinates	32.1271, 45.2300

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)
viii
1	{d}en-lil₂	Enlil,
2	i-di₃-šum-ma	he shall pay.
3	a-na	to
4	{d}šu-{d}sin	Šū-Sîn
5	da-nim	Anum
6	LUGAL \|URI.KI\|	king of Akkad.
7	u₃ LUGAL	and the king
8	ki-ib-ra-tim	of the world quarters
9	ar-ba-im	the four
10	mi₃-gir
11	{d}en-lil₂	Enlil,
12	u₃	and
13	x
14	ma-ta₂-at si-maš-ki-im{ki}	the land of Simaškim
15	u₃-ha-li-iq	he destroyed
16	\|MA.DA\| za-ab-ša-li{ki}	the boat of Zabšali
17	ma-at si-ig-ri₂-iš{ki}	the land of Sigris
18-19	ma-at ni-bu-ul-ma-at{ki}	the land of Nibulmat,
20	ma-at a-lu-mu-da-tim{ki}	the land of Alumudatum
21	ma-at ga-ar-ta₂{ki}	the land of Garta,
22	ma-at ša-ti-lu{ki}	the land of Šatilu
23	\|ŠU.NIGIN₂\| 6(diš) \|MA.DA\|	a total of 6 boatmen
24	a-za-ha-ar{ki}	of Azahar,
25	bu-ul-ma{ki}	of Bulma,
26	nu-šu-uš-ma-ar{ki}	of Nušumar
27	x x x x
ix
1	in-x	...;
2	u₃-x x-x	...,
3	a-na na x	to ...
4	sa-tu-im x	... ;
5	u₃ AN x	and ...
6	u₃ x-x	and ...
7	AN x	Mars?
8	hi-x	...,
9	u₃ {d}nin-urta	and Ninurta
10	MAŠKIM
11	in x x-x	in ...
12	i-na \|KU₃.GI\|	in gold
13	ša iš-lu-lu	that he smote
14	ALAN-šu	his statue
15	ib-ni-ma	he built, and
16	a-na {d}en-lil₂	to Enlil
17	be-li₂-šu	his lord
18	a-na	to
19	na-a₃-si-šu
20	\|A.MU.NA.RU\|
21	ša tup-pa₂-am	From a tablet
22	šu-a-ti	That man
23	u₃-ša-sa₃-ku	I shall remove
24	{d}en-lil₂	Enlil,
25	u₃ {d}nin-lil₂	and Ninlil
26	SUHUŠ-su	his foundations
27	li-su₂-ha	may he remove.
28	u₃ \|ŠE.NUMUN\|-šu	and his seed
29	li-il-qu₂-ta	may they pluck up.
colophon 1,
30	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
31	egir in-da-su	after Indasu
32	lugal heš₅	mighty king
caption 1,
33	in-da-su	Indasu,
34	ensi₂	governor
35	za-ab-ša-li{ki}	Zabšali,
colophon 3,
32	mu-sar-ra in-da-su	Inscription on his neck.
33	ensi₂ za-ab-ša-li{ki}	governor of Zabšali
34	ša₃ e₂ {d}nin-lil₂ e₂-gu-la	In the temple of Ninlil, the Egula
colophon 2,
36	mu-sar-ra za₃-ga-na	Inscription on his shoulder.
caption 2,
1	{d}šu-{d}sin	Šū-Sîn
2	ki aŋ₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂	with the father of Enlil
3	lugal {d}en-lil₂-le	king whom Enlil
4	ki aŋ₂ ša₃-ga-na	from the wages of his heart
5	in-pa₃	he chose.
6	lugal kala-ga	the strong king
7	lugal uri₂{ki}-ma	king of Ur
8	lugal an-ub-da limmu₂-ba	king of the four quarters
colophon 3,
9	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
10	murgu-na	of Urguna
11	lu₂ in-da-su₂	the man of Indasu
12	lugal heš₅	mighty king
13	giri₃ an-us₂-sa	via Anussa
caption 3,
14	ti-ti	Tīti
15	ensi₂	governor
16	nu-šu-uš-ma-ar{ki}	of Nušumar
colophon 4,
17	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
18	za₃ zid-da-na	on his right side
caption 4,
19	sa-am-ri
20	ensi₂	governor
21	x-x-li-x{ki}	-li-
colophon 5,
22	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
23	giri₃-na	via
caption 5,
24	nu-x-li	Nu-x-li,
25	ensi₂	governor
26	a-lu-mi-id-da-tim	Alumiddatum
colophon 6,
27	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
28	gaba-na	on his chest
caption 6,
29	bu-ni-i₃-li₂	Bini-ilī
30	ensi₂	governor
31	si-ig-ri₂-iš{ki}	of Sigris
colophon 7,
32	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
33	za₃ gub₃-bu	at the side of the throne
34	egir-ra-na	behind him
caption 7,
1	ba-ri-hi-za	Bariḫiza
2	ensi₂	governor
3	a-ra-hi-ir	Araḫir
colophon 8,
4	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
5	egir za₃ gab₂-bu-na	behind his chest,
caption 8,
6	wa-bur-tum	Waburtum
7	ensi₂	governor
8	lu-lu-bi-im{ki}	of Lullubum
colophon 9,
9	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
10	za₃ gab₂-bu-na	on his right and left
colophon 10,
11	6(diš) lu₂-šu-du₈-a-me-eš	6 (mana wool for) Lu-šudua
12	6(diš) lu₂-en-nu-un-bi nu-ub-sar	6 (mana wool for) Lu-ennunbi did not write,
caption 9,
13	ne-ni-ib₂-zu	may he not speak
14	ensi₂	governor
15	zid-zi-ir-tum{ki}	Zidzirtum
colophon 11,
16	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
17	egir za₃ zid-da-na	behind his right shoulder
caption 10,
18	ti-ru-bi-u₂	Tirubî
19	ensi₂	governor
20	nu-uš-ga-ne-lu-um{ki}	Nušganelum
colophon 12,
21	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
22	egir za₃ zid-da-ni	behind his right shoulder
caption 11,
23	x-am-ti	x-amti
24	ensi₂	governor
25	ga-ar-ta{ki}	of Garta,
colophon 13,
26	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
27	za₃-si zid-da-ni	his right shoulder
caption 12,
28	dun-ŋa₂-at	he shall pay.
29	ensi₂	governor
30	ni-bu-ul-ma-at{ki}	Nibulmat
colophon 14=20,
31	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
32	za₃-si zi-da-ni	his right shoulder
colophon 15,
1	4(diš) lu₂-šu-du₈-a-me-eš a-ab-sar	4 (mana wool for) Lu-šudua, written
2	4(diš) lu₂-en-nu-un-bi nu-ub-sar	4 (mana wool for) Lu-ennunbi did not write
3	x x egir-ra-na	behind him
4	zid-da gab₂-bu-na	on his right and left
5	ir x	...;
6	x x
7	x x
colophon 16,
8	mu-sar-ra	Inscription
9	lugal heš₅-me-eš	king of abundance
10	u₃ {d}šu-{d}sin	and Šū-Sin
11	lu₂ in-da-su₂	the man of Indasu
12	giri₃ an-us₂-sa	via Anussa

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