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Gudea 056 (Q001497)
Royal Inscription, Lagash II, Girsu · c. 2200 BCE–2100 BCE
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| Designation | Gudea 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001497 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Lagash II · c. 2200 BCE–2100 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-su | Ninbirsu |
| 2 | ur-saŋ kalag-ga | strong hero |
| 3 | {d}en-lil₂-la₂ | of Enlil |
| 4 | lugal-a-ni | his master |
| 5 | gu₃-de₂-a | Gudea |
| 6 | ensi₂ | governor |
| ii | ||
| 1 | lagaš{ki}-ke₄ | of Lagaš |
| 2 | hur-saŋ ur-in-gi₄-ri₂-az | the mountain range of Ur-ingiriza |
| 3 | a-ab-ba igi-nim-ka | in the Sea of the Rising Sun |
| 4 | {na₄}ŋešnu-gal-e | a type of stone |
| iii | ||
| 1 | mu-ba-al | he dug. |
| 2 | im-ta-ed₃ | he brought out. |
| 3 | šitaₓ(|KAK.GIŠ|) ur saŋ eš₅-še₃ | šivita ur sa esa |
| 4 | mu-na-dim₂ | he fashioned for him. |
| 5 | nam-til₃-la-ni-še₃ | for his well-being |
| 6 | a mu-na-ru | dedicated it (this vessel). |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.