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En-metena 27 (Q001094)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic IIIb · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | En-metena 27 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001094 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Dynastic IIIb · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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}-ke₄ | of Lagaš |
| 6 | dumu en-an-na-tum₂ | son of Enanatum, |
| 7 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 8 | lagaš{ki}-ka-ke₄ | of Lagash |
| 9 | e₂-gal-an-ta-sur-ra | Egalantasura |
| ii | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| 2 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 3 | ku₃-sig₁₇ ku₃-babbar₂-ra | gold and silver |
| 4 | šu mu-na-ni-tag | he touched his hand |
| 5 | kiri₆ e₂-ša₃-ga mu-na-du₃ | He built the orchard of the Ešaga. |
| 6 | pu₂ sig₄ alurₓ(BAHAR₂)-ra | a well with baked bricks |
| 7 | mu-na-ni-si-si | he filled for him. |
| 8 | u₄-ba | At that time |
| iii | ||
| 1 | |UŠ×KUR|-ra-ni | his enemy |
| 2 | du-du | |
| 3 | sanga {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ka-ke₄ | the temple administrator of Ninbirsu |
| 4 | bad₃-da-sala₄ | for the wall of Asalla; |
| 5 | gu₂-edin-na-ka | in Gu-edina |
| 6 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 7 | e₂-igi-il₂-edin-na | Eigi-il-edina |
| 8 | mu mu-na-sa₄ | he named it for him |
| 9 | bad₃ kar ma₂-addirₓ(|PAD.GISAL+SI|) | the wall of the quay of Maddir |
| 10 | ŋir₂-su₂{ki}-ka | of Birsu |
| iv | ||
| 1 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 2 | en-zi-šag₄-ŋal₂ | Enzišagbal |
| 3 | mu mu-na-sa₄ | he named it for him |
| 4 | dingir-ra-ni | his god |
| 5 | {d}šul-lahšu | Svullaḫšu |
| 6 | nam-til₃-la-ni-še₃ | for his well-being |
| 7 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| 8 | e₂-ninnu-a | of the Eninnu |
| 9 | kiri₃ šu he₂-na-še₃-ŋal₂ | may he carry off his hand. |
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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