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Gudea Statue I (Q001548)
Royal Inscription, Lagash II, Girsu · c. 2200 BCE–2100 BCE
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| Designation | Gudea Statue I |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001548 |
| 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 | ud {d}nin-ŋir₂-su | when Ninbirsu |
| 2 | ur-saŋ kalag-ga | strong hero |
| 3 | {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ | of Enlil, |
| 4 | {d}nin-ŋeš-zid-da | Ninbešzida |
| 5 | dumu {d}nin-a-zu | son of Ninazu |
| 6 | ki aŋ₂ diŋir-re-ne-ra | to the place of the bīr-priests |
| 7 | iri-a ki-ur₃ | in the city, Kiʾur |
| 8 | mu-na-ni-ŋar-a | he had established for him, |
| ii | ||
| 1 | ašag-ga gana₂ id₂ | field, field of the river |
| 2 | mu-na-ni-ŋar-a | he had established for him, |
| 3 | gu₃-de₂-a | Gudea |
| 4 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 5 | lagaš{ki} | of Lagash |
| 6 | lu₂ si-sa₂ | the righteous man |
| 7 | diŋir-ra-ne₂ | his intertwined teams |
| 8 | ki aŋ₂-e | at the place of work |
| 9 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su | Ninbirsu |
| 10 | lugal-a-ni | his master |
| 11 | e₂-ninnu-anzud₂{mušen}-babbar₂-ra-ni | his Eninnu-anzud-babbar temple |
| 12 | e₂-ŋidru e₂ ub imin-na-ni | His E-bidru, the house of seven corners, |
| 13 | mu-na-du₃-a | he built for him. |
| 14 | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| 15 | nin uru₁₆ | the powerful lady |
| 16 | nin-a-ni | his mistress |
| iii | ||
| 1 | e₂-sirara₆ | the Esirara |
| 2 | kur e₂-ta il₂-la-ni | his mountain rising from the house, |
| 3 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 4 | diŋir gal-gal lagaš{ki}-ke₄-ne | the great Dibir of Lagaš |
| 5 | e₂-ne-ne | of the houses |
| 6 | mu-ne-du₃ | he built. |
| 7 | {d}nin-ŋeš-zid-da | Ninbešzida |
| 8 | diŋir-ra-ni | of the Ibirrani (temple) |
| 9 | e₂ ŋir₂-su{ki}-ka-ni | his house in Birsu |
| 10 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 11 | lu₂ diŋir-ŋu₁₀-gin₇ | the man who like a rainbow |
| 12 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su-ke₄ | Ninbirsu |
| 13 | diŋir-ra-ni | of the Ibirrani (temple) |
| iv | ||
| 1 | uŋ₃-ŋa₂ gu₃ u₃-mu-na-ni-de₂-a | When he spoke to him, |
| 2 | e₂ diŋir-ŋa₂-ke₄ | the temple of the Ibirba |
| 3 | igi X-la | before ...la |
| 4 | na-ab-ak-ke₄ | Nabak, |
| 5 | mu-bi he₂-pad₃-de₃ | may its name be sworn. |
| 6 | lu₂-bi gu₅-li-ŋu₁₀ he₂-am₃ | That man is indeed a pig. |
| 7 | mu-ŋu₁₀ he₂-pad₃-de₃ | may he find a husband! |
| v | ||
| 1 | alan-na-e | a statue |
| 2 | mu-tud | he swore. |
| 3 | gu₃-de₂-a | Gudea |
| 4 | lu₂ e₂ du₃-a-ka | the man who built the temple |
| 5 | nam-ti-il | for the life |
| 6 | mu-na-šum₂ | he had it brought to him |
| 7 | mu-še₃ mu-na-še₂₁ | he named it and named it for him |
| 8 | e₂-a mu-na-ni-kur₉ | he brought him into the temple. |
Sources & licences
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