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E-anatum 04 (Q001064)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic IIIb, Girsu · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | E-anatum 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001064 |
| 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 | ur-sag {d}en-lil₂-ra | for the hero Enlil |
| 3 | e₂-an-na-tum₂ | Eannatum |
| 4 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 5 | lagaš{ki}-ke₄ | of Lagaš |
| 6 | ša₃ kug-ge pa₃-da | chosen by the holy heart |
| 7 | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| 8 | nin uru₁₆-na-ke₄ | the mighty lady |
| 9 | kur gu₂ ŋar-ŋar | the foreign lands that are hostile |
| 10 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ka-ke₄ | of Ninbirsu |
| 11 | dumu a-kur-gal | son of Akurgal |
| 12 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 13 | lagaš{ki}-ka-ke₄ | of Lagash |
| 14 | u₄ x | day |
| 19 | umma{ki} | of Umma |
| 20 | gu₂-edin-na-še₃ | to Gu-edina |
| ii | ||
| 1 | ba-DU-a | BaDU’a |
| 2 | mu-ha-lam-ma-a | who destroyed |
| 3 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| 4 | {a-ša₃}ašag ki-aŋ₂-ni | his throne chamber |
| 5 | gu₂-edin-na | Gu-edina |
| 6 | šu-na mu-ni-gi₄ | he returned to his hand |
| 7 | ki-sur-ra | the boundary territory |
| 8 | gu₂-gu₂ ŋir₂-su₂{ki}-ka | on the bank of Birsu |
| 9 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| 10 | šu-na mu-ni-gi₄-a | he returned to his hand |
| 11 | lum-ma ŋir₂-nun-ta ša₃ kug-ga pa₃-da | From the Luma of the birnuna, chosen by the holy heart |
| 12 | mu mu-na-sa₄ | he named it for him |
| 13 | x arad₂ | , the slave; |
| 14 | x x | |
| 19 | 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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