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En-metena 15 (Q001111)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic IIIb, Girsu · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | En-metena 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001111 |
| 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 |
| ii | ||
| 1 | ša₃ pa₃-da | chosen by the heart |
| 2 | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| 3 | ensi₂ gal | great ruler |
| 4 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ka | of Ninbirsu |
| 5 | geštu₂ šum₂-ma | that which hears |
| 6 | {d}en-ki-ka | of Enki |
| iii | ||
| 1 | dumu en-an-na-tum₂ | son of Enanatum, |
| 2 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 3 | lagaš{ki}-ka-ke₄ | of Lagash |
| 4 | lugal ki an-na-aŋ₂-ga₂-ni | the king who his own place |
| iv | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| 2 | kiri₆-e₂-ša₃-ga | Kiri-ešaga |
| 3 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 4 | ka-bi e₂-maš-x-x | Its mouth is the Emaš. |
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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