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Gudea Cylinder Fragment 11(+02) and 12 (Q001539)
Literary, Lagash II, Girsu · c. 2200 BCE–2100 BCE
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| Designation | Gudea Cylinder Fragment 11(+02) and 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001539 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Lagash II · c. 2200 BCE–2100 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| object cylinder fragment 11 i | ||
| 1' | x PIRIG x x de₂ x-e | ... ... |
| object cylinder fragment 11(+2) ii | ||
| 1' | x x | |
| 2' | x DIM₂ x ŠAR₂ x-ra | ... ... |
| 3' | ur ZU x IGI IM x gi | ... reed |
| 4' | me-lam₂-gin₇ kalam-ma x NE | Like the splendor of the land ... |
| 5' | x ti x DIM₂ | ... he will die. |
| 6' | x si si x x | ... ; |
| object cylinder fragment 11(+2) frg.12 i | ||
| 1' | x x | |
| 2' | x x x x x x | |
| 3' | x x x GAR x x x {d}nin-ŋir₂-su x x | ... Ninbirsu |
| object cylinder fragment 11(+2) frg.12 frg.2 iii | ||
| 1' | e₂ nam ba x sud-ra₂-am₃ | The house ... |
| 2' | e₂ {d}nin-ŋir₂-su gu₃ di-de₃ im-ma-gub | She stood at the house of Ninbirsu to speak. |
| 3' | dim an-ne mu-du₃-a-bi | whose features An had fashioned, |
| 4' | urin gal lagaš{ki}-da si-ga-bi | The great urn of Lagaš is its silence. |
| 5' | {ŋeš}šar₂-ur₃-bi men kug-gin₇ sig₄ e₂-ke₄ saŋ il₂-la-bi | Its šarur priestess, raised up like a holy crown on the brickwork of the temple |
| object cylinder fragment 12 ii | ||
| 1' | urin gal lagaš{ki}-da si-ga-ŋu₁₀ | with the great Ur of Lagaš he sat down. |
| 2' | {ŋeš}šar₂-ur₃ dim-gal-gin₇ iri mu x | The šarur priestess, like a god, the city ... years |
| 3' | en {d}nin-ŋir₂-su-me a-ba ma-da-du₃-e | Lord Ninbirsu, who will build it for me? |
| 4' | {d}en-ki-ke₄ en {d}nin-ŋir₂-su-ra | Enki to the lord Ninbirsu |
| 5' | mu-na-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄ | he will reply to him. |
| object cylinder fragment 2 iv | ||
| 1' | ki i₃ DU-ba i₃ DU-de₃ | In order to bring oil to the place where oil is to be poured, |
| 2' | gag ga la₂-ba ga la₂-de₃ | to bind the milk and the milk, |
| 3' | e₂ gu₄-ra₂-bi gu₄ udu šum₂-mu-de₃ | In order to bring in the oxen and sheep |
Sources & licences
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