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Ur-Nanše 20 (Q001035)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic IIIb, Girsu · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | Ur-Nanše 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001035 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Dynastic IIIb · c. 2900 BCE–2340 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 | ur-{d}nanše | Ur-Nanše |
| 2 | lugal | the king |
| 3 | lagaš | of Lagaš |
| 4 | dumu gu-NI-DU | son of Gunidu |
| 5 | e₂ {d}nin-ŋir₂-su | the temple of Ninbirsu |
| 6 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 7 | eb-gal | the Great Oval |
| 8 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 9 | e₂ {d}nanše | the temple of Nanše |
| 10 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| ii | ||
| 1 | ki-nir | |
| 2 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 3 | ba-gara₂ | Bagara |
| 4 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 5 | e₂-dam | E-dam |
| 6 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 7 | e₂-PA | E-PA |
| 8 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 9 | šeš-ŋar | |
| 10 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| iii | ||
| 1 | ti-ra-aš₂ | Tirasv |
| 2 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 3 | e₂ {d}ŋa₂-tum₃-dug₃ | the temple of Batumdug |
| 4 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 5 | abzu-e | to the Abzu |
| 6 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 7 | u₄ e₂ {d}nin-ŋir₂-su | when the temple of Ninbirsu |
| 8 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 9 | 1(geš₂) 1(u) gur₇ še | 70 gur barley |
| 10 | e₂ bi₂-gu₇ | he ate the house. |
| iv | ||
| 1 | ma₂ dilmun | boat of Dilmun |
| 2 | kur-ta | from the mountain |
| 3 | gu₂ ŋeš mu-ŋal₂ | he carried off the neck |
| 4 | bad₃ lagaš | The wall of Lagaš |
| 5 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 6 | abzu-ban₃-da | of the Abzu-banda |
| 7 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| v | ||
| 1 | {d}nanše nin uru₁₆ | For Nanše, the mighty lady |
| 2 | mu-tu | he gave birth. |
| 3 | a-REC107 | battle |
| 4 | mu-dun | he dug. |
| 5 | REC107 a mu-na-|A+KU₄| | he dedicated it (this bowl). |
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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