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E-anatum 02 (Q001060)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic IIIb, Girsu · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | E-anatum 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001060 |
| 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 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂ | Ninbirsu |
| 2 | x-ra | ..., |
| 3 | x | |
| 4 | {d}en-lil₂-le | by Enlil |
| 5 | e-na-sur-ra | the Enasur, |
| 6 | me-salim-e | Mesalim |
| 7 | na bi₂-ru₂-a | he smote. |
| 8 | a₂-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni | his brothers |
| ii | ||
| 5 | na-ru₂-a-bi | its stele |
| 6 | i₃-pad | he swore. |
| 7 | eden lagaš{ki}-še₃ | in the plain of Lagaš |
| 8 | i₃-DU | he will pay back. |
| 9 | a-ša₃-usar-|DA.U₂| | |
| 10 | a-ša₃-|SUM.GIGIR.GIGIR| | Aša-šum-kigir |
| 11 | a-ša₃-e₂-luh-ha | Aša-Eluḫa |
| 12 | a-ša₃-ki-ma-ri₂ | Asakkimari |
| 13 | a-ša₃-du₆-|AŠ₂.URU| | Ašaduašur |
| 14 | x DU₆ x x | [... Month VII, ...] |
| 15 | x-ŋir₂ x x | ...-bir |
| 16 | x NIGIN₂ | [x], total. |
| 17 | x |SUM.MU| | (for) SUM.MU |
| iii | ||
| 1 | x | |
| 2 | x x DU₃-a | ... built |
| 3 | x GANA₂ DAH | will add [x] field. |
| 4 | x-ma | ... and |
| 5 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ka | of Ninbirsu |
| 6 | x x x x DUR₂ | [......] suckling |
| 7 | lu₂ umma{ki}-ke₄ | the man of Umma |
| 8 | ba-ri-ri | |
| 9 | na-ru₂-a | the stele |
| 10 | mu-pad | he swore. |
| 11 | lu₂ umma{ki}-ke₄ | the man of Umma |
| 12 | a-ša₃-|NIG₂.BA.DU.DAR.KUR|-x-x | Aša-NIG.BA.DAR.KUR-x-x |
| 13 | mu-še₃ ba-sa₄ | he named it |
| 14 | lu₂ umma{ki}-ke₄ | the man of Umma |
| 15 | e-ma-DU | he will measure out. |
| 16 | mu-še₃ ba-sa₄ | he named it |
| 17 | lu₂ umma{ki}-ke₄ | the man of Umma |
| 18 | e-ma-dah | he smote. |
| iv | ||
| 1 | mu-še₃ ba-sa₄ | he named it |
| 2 | e₂-an-na-tum₂ | Eannatum |
| 3 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 4 | lagaš{ki}-ke₄ | of Lagaš |
| 5 | a₂ šum₂-ma | labor of harvest |
| 6 | {d}en-lil₂-ke₄ | of Enlil |
| 7 | ga zid gu₇-a | sour milk eaten |
| 8 | {d}nin-hur-saŋ-ka-ke₄ | of Ninhursa, |
| 9 | mu dug₃ še₂₁-a | with a good name |
| 10 | {d}nanše-ke₄ | of Nanše |
| 11 | kur gu₂ ŋar-ŋar | the foreign lands that are hostile |
| 12 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ka-ke₄ | of Ninbirsu |
| 13 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂ | Ninbirsu |
| 14 | {a-ša₃}ašag ki-aŋ₂-ni | his throne chamber |
| 15 | šu-na mu-ni-gi₄ | he returned to his hand |
| 16 | ki me-salim-e | from Mesalim |
| 17 | na bi₂-ru₂-a | he smote. |
| 18 | e₂-an-na-tum₂ | Eannatum |
| 19 | nu-bi₂-dib | did not pass |
| 20 | ki-bi bi₂-gi₄ | he restored. |
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