En-metena 20 (Q001102)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic IIIb, Girsu · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | En-metena 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001102 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| 2 | šeš-ŋar-ra | |
| 3 | en-mete-na | Enmetena |
| 4 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 5 | lagaš{ki} | of Lagash |
| 6 | šag₄ pad₃-da | chosen by the heart |
| 7 | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| 8 | ensi₂ gal | great ruler |
| 9 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ka | of Ninbirsu |
| 10 | šeš pa₃-da | chosen one |
| 11 | {d}nin-dar | For Nindara |
| 12 | lugal uru₁₆-na | the mighty king |
| 13 | dumu en-an-na-tum₂ | son of Enanatum, |
| 14 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 15 | lagaš{ki}-ka-ke₄ | of Lagash |
| 16 | ig eren babbar₂ | a white cedar door |
| 17 | mu-na-dim₂ | he fashioned for him. |
| 18 | nam-til₃-la-ni-še₃ | for his well-being |
| 19 | e₂-a mu-na-kurₓ(DU) | he made enter the house for him. |
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