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Gudea Statue H (Q001547)
Royal Inscription, Lagash II, Girsu · c. 2200 BCE–2100 BCE
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| Designation | Gudea Statue H |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001547 |
| 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}ba-u₂ | For Bau, |
| 2 | munus sag₉-ga | good woman |
| 3 | dumu an-na | son of An |
| 4 | nin iri-kug-ga | the lady of Iri-kug |
| 5 | nin he₂-ŋal₂ dumu an kug-ga | Lady, may he carry, child of holy An, |
| 6 | nin-a-ni | his mistress |
| 7 | gu₃-de₂-a | Gudea |
| 8 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 9 | lagaš{ki}-ke₄ | of Lagaš |
| ii | ||
| 1 | ud e₂-tar-sir₂-sir₂ | the day of the Etarsir, |
| 2 | e₂ ki aŋ₂-ni | the house where his laborers |
| 3 | e₂ he₂-du₇ iri-kug-ga | the temple of abundance of Iri-kug, |
| 4 | mu-na-du₃-a | he built for him. |
| 5 | kur ma₂-gan{ki}-ta | from Magan |
| 6 | {na₄}esi im-ta-ed₃ | he surrounded it with ebony |
| 7 | alan-na-ni-še₃ | his statue |
| 8 | mu-tud | he swore. |
| iii | ||
| 1 | nin dumu ki aŋ₂ an kug-ga-ke₄ | the lady, the daughter of the place of the water of holy An |
| 2 | ama {d}ba-u₂ | mother Bau, |
| 3 | e₂-tar-sir₂-sir₂-ta | from the E-tar-siršir |
| 4 | gu₃-de₂-a | Gudea |
| 5 | nam-til₃ mu-na-šum₂ | he dedicated it to him for his well-being. |
| 6 | mu-še₃ mu-na-še₂₁ | he named it and named it for him |
| 7 | e₂ iri-kug-ga-ka | in the temple of Iri-kug |
| 8 | mu-na-ni-kur₉ | he brought to him. |
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