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Gudea Statue A (Q001540)
Royal Inscription, Lagash II, Girsu · c. 2200 BCE–2100 BCE
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| Designation | Gudea Statue A |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001540 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | gu₃-de₂-a | Gudea |
| 2 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 3 | lagaš{ki} | of Lagash |
| 4 | lu₂ e₂-ninnu | the man who the Eninnu |
| 5 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su-ka | of Ninbirsu |
| 6 | in-du₃-a | had built, |
| i | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-hur-saŋ | For Ninhursa |
| 2 | nin iri-da mu₂-a | the lady who grew with the city |
| 3 | ama dumu-dumu-ne | the mother of their children |
| 4 | nin-a-ni | his mistress |
| 5 | gu₃-de₂-a | Gudea |
| 6 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 7 | lagaš{ki}-ke₄ | of Lagaš |
| 8 | e₂ iri ŋir₂-su{ki}-ka-ni | his temple of the city of Birsu |
| 9 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| ii | ||
| 1 | dub-šen kug-ga-ni | his holy tablet |
| 2 | mu-na-dim₂ | he fashioned for him. |
| 3 | {ŋeš}dur₂-ŋar mah nam-nin-ka-ni | her supreme throne of queenship |
| 4 | mu-na-dim₂ | he fashioned for him. |
| 5 | e₂ mah-ni-a mu-na-ni-kur₉ | he brought him into his exalted temple. |
| 6 | kur ma₂-gan{ki}-ta | from Magan |
| iii | ||
| 1 | {na₄}esi im-ta-ed₃ | he surrounded it with ebony |
| 2 | alan-na-ni-še₃ | his statue |
| 3 | mu-tud | he swore. |
| 4 | nin an ki-a nam tar-re-de₃ | Lady who determines fates in heaven and on earth, |
| 5 | {d}nin-tur₅ | For Nintur |
| 6 | ama diŋir-re-ne-ke₄ | The mother of the intertwined people |
| 7 | gu₃-de₂-a | Gudea |
| iv | ||
| 1 | lu₂ e₂ du₃-a-ka | the man who built the temple |
| 2 | nam-til₃-la-ni mu-sud | he extended his life. |
| 3 | mu-še₃ mu-na-še₂₁ | he named it and named it for him |
| 4 | e₂-a mu-na-ni-kur₉ | he brought him into the temple. |
Sources & licences
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