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En-metena 02 (Q001110)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic IIIb, Girsu · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | En-metena 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001110 |
| 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 Ur-sag-Enlil |
| 3 | en-mete-na | Enmetena |
| 4 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 5 | lagaš{ki} | of Lagash |
| 6 | šag₄ pad₃-da | chosen by the heart |
| ii | ||
| 1 | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| 2 | ensi₂ gal | great ruler |
| 3 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ka-ke₄ | of Ninbirsu |
| 4 | eg₂ mah ki-sur-ra | the supreme gate of the boundary territory |
| 5 | {d}en-lil₂-le | by Enlil |
| 6 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ra sur-ra | For Ninbirsu, the sur priestess |
| iii | ||
| 1 | mu-na-ak | he made for him. |
| 2 | en-mete-na-ke₄ | Enmetena |
| 3 | lugal ki an-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni | the king who with Anani |
| 4 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| 5 | i₇-nun-ta | from the Princely Canal |
| iv | ||
| 1 | mu-bi kur-ra | that name to the netherworld |
| 2 | e-na-ta-ni-e₃ | he has given to him. |
| 3 | na-ru₂-a | the stele |
| 4 | {a-šag₄}ašag ki-sur-ra | a field in the boundary territory |
| 5 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ka | of Ninbirsu |
| 6 | mu-na-ru₂ | he dedicated it. |
| v | ||
| 1 | en-mete-na | Enmetena |
| 2 | lu₂ eg₂ mah | the man who the supreme thing |
| 3 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ka | of Ninbirsu |
| 4 | ak-ka | of Akka, |
| 5 | dingir-ra-ni | his god |
| 6 | {d}šul-lahšu-am₆ | Šullahšu |
Sources & licences
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