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En-metena 12 (Q001093)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic IIIb, Girsu · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | En-metena 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001093 |
| 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-saŋ {d}en-lil₂-ra | for Ursa of Enlil |
| 3 | en-mete-na | Enmetena |
| 4 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 5 | lagaš{ki} | of Lagash |
| 6 | dumu en-an-na-tum₂ | son of Enanatum, |
| 7 | ensi₂ | governor |
| ii | ||
| 1 | lagaš{ki}-ka | of Lagash |
| 2 | dumu-saŋ | daughter |
| 3 | ur-{d}nanše | Ur-Nanše |
| 4 | lugal | the king |
| 5 | lagaš{ki}-ka-ke₄ | of Lagash |
| 6 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| 7 | eš₃ dug-ru | shrine, jug |
| iii | ||
| 1 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 2 | a-huš | a dog |
| 3 | e₂ igi zid bar-ra | the house where the righteous eye is seen |
| 4 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 5 | {d}lugal-urub{ki}-ra | for Lugal-Uruba |
| 6 | e₂-gal-urub{ki}-ka-ni | his Egalurub temple |
| iv | ||
| 1 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 2 | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| 3 | e₂-engur-ra-zu₂-lum-ma | E’engurazulum |
| 4 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 5 | {d}en-ki | of Enki |
| 6 | lugal eridu{ki}-ra | king of Eridu |
| 7 | abzu-pa₅-sir₂-ra | Abzu-pasira |
| v | ||
| 1 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 2 | {d}nin-hur-saŋ-ŋa₂-ra | For Ninḫursa |
| 3 | gi-gu₃-na | the Giguna |
| 4 | tir-kug-ga | of the Tirkug, |
| 5 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 6 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| vi | ||
| 1 | an-ta-sur-ra | the Antasura |
| 2 | e₂-me-lam₂-bi-kur-kur-ra-a-dul₅ | Emelambi-kurkurra-dul |
| 3 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 4 | {d}en-lil₂-la | of Enlil |
| 5-6 | e₂-ad-da-im-saŋ-ŋa₂ | Eadda’imsa |
| 7 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 8 | e₂-{d}ŋa₂-tum₃-dug₃ | E-batumdug, |
| vii | ||
| 1 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 2 | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| 3 | šag₄ pad₃-da | chosen by the heart |
| 4 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 5 | {d}nanše gi-gu₃-na mah-ni | Nanše, his lofty reed-bed |
| 6 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 7 | u₄-ba en-mete-na-ke₄ | At that time, Enmetena |
| viii | ||
| 1 | lugal ki an-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni | the king who with Anani |
| 2 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| 3 | e₂-lungaₓ(|BI×GAR|)-ka-ni | his brewery |
| 4 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 5 | en-mete-na | Enmetena |
| ix | ||
| 1 | lu₂ e₂-lungaₓ(|BI×GAR|) | the man who the brewery |
| 2 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ka du₃-a | built by Ninbirsu, |
| 3 | dingir-ra-ni | his god |
| 4 | {d}šul-lahšu-am₆ | Šullahšu |
Sources & licences
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