E-anatum 03 (Q001067)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic, Girsu · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | E-anatum 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001067 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France; National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Dynastic · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Girsu |
| Coordinates | 31.5769, 46.1757 |
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-su | Ninbirsu |
| 2 | {d}šara₂-bi | its king |
| 3 | {d}en-lil₂(E₂)-le | Enlil |
| 1' | na-ru₂-a-bi | its stele |
| 2' | lu₂ umma{ki}-ke₄ | the man of Umma |
| 3' | mu-burₓ(PAD) | mubur-vessel |
| 4' | eden lagaš{ki}-še₃ | in the plain of Lagaš |
| 5' | mu-gub | I set up. |
| ii | ||
| 1 | x | |
| 2 | e₂-an-na-tum₂-ra | Eannatum |
| 3 | a₂ e-na-aŋ₂ | labor of Enaya |
| 4 | umma{ki} | of Umma |
| 5 | e-ha-lam | he destroyed. |
| 6 | du₆ me-silim-e | The Dug Mesilim |
| 7 | na bi₂-du₃-a | he had built |
| 8 | e₂-an-na-tum₂-me | Eannatum |
| 9 | x AN x | ...; |
| 10 | na-ru₂-a | the stele |
| 11 | e-da-du₃ | built. |
| 12 | na-ru₂-a e-da-ru-a-ba | At the threshing floor, where the stela is located, |
| 13 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su | Ninbirsu |
| 14 | en abzu-ta | from the lord of the Abzu |
| 15 | ud sud-še₃ mah | the exalted day |
| 16 | e₂-an-na-tum₂-me | Eannatum |
| 17 | mu e-mi-še₂₁ | he named it. |
| 18 | lu₂ umma{ki} | the man of Umma |
| 19 | {a-šag₄}ašag tum₂-še₃ | to bring in the reed bundles |
| iii | ||
| 1 | id₅ mu-bala-e-a | If he crosses the river, |
| 2 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su | Ninbirsu |
| 3 | ušumgal-ni he₂ | may he be his friend |
| 4 | {d}en-lil₂(E₂)-le | Enlil |
| 5 | absin₃-na-na | in his furrow |
| 6 | mun ha-bi₂-zi-zi | may the malt rise! |
| 7 | AN ŠU KAL | ... hand of ... |
| 8 | x x x | |
| 9 | x DA x | ...; |
| 10 | til₃ na-na-šum₂-mu | not live anymore! |
| 11 | a-ne | his father |
| 12 | e₂ an-še₃ mu-x | The house of heaven ... |
| 13 | x-x | |
| 14 | til₃ na-na-šum₂-mu | not live anymore! |
| 15 | iri mete-na | In the city of his lord |
| 16 | šu he₂-na-zig₃ | may he raise his hand |
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