Gudea Statue K (Q001549)
Royal Inscription, Lagash II, Girsu · c. 2200 BCE–2100 BCE
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| Designation | Gudea Statue K |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001549 |
| 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' | x x x x | |
| 2' | x x AN | ...; |
| ii | ||
| 1 | x x x x | |
| 2 | kur ma₂-gan{ki}-ta | from Magan |
| 3 | {na₄}esi im-ta-ed₃ | he surrounded it with ebony |
| 4 | alan-na-ni-še₃ | his statue |
| 5 | mu-tud | he swore. |
| 6 | arad₂ lugal-ne₂ | servant of his master. |
| 7 | ki aŋ₂-me | with laborers |
| 8 | nam-til₃-ŋu₁₀ he₂-sud | may he prolong (his) life |
| 9 | mu-še₃ mu-na-še₂₁ | he named it and named it for him |
| 10 | e₂-ninnu-a mu-na-ni-kur₉ | he brought him into the Eninnu. |
| iii | ||
| 1 | lu₂ mu-sar-bi | A person who this inscription |
| 2 | šu ib₂-ta-ab-ur₃-a | Hand that has been smashed |
| 5 | x-zi-zi-a | ...zizia |
| 6 | 1(aš) sila₃ zi₃-dub-dub | 1 sila3 sifted flour |
| 7 | 1(aš) sila₃ niŋ₂-ar₃-ra imŋaŋa₃ | 1 sila3 crushed nibarru-flour |
| 8 | sa₂-dug₄-bi | its regular offerings |
| 9 | ba-ni-ib₂-lal-a | had been carried off, |
| 10 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su | Ninbirsu |
| 11 | lugal {ŋeš}tukul-ke₄ | the king of weapons |
| 12 | {d}ba-u₂ | For Bau, |
| 13 | dumu an-na-ke₄ | the son of An |
| 14 | {d}ig-alim | Igalim |
| 15 | {d}šul-šag₄-ga-na | of Šulšagana |
| 16 | dumu ki aŋ₂ | son of A’ub |
| 17 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su-ka-ke₄-ne | of Ninbirsu |
| 18 | suhuš-a-ni he₂-burₓ(|KA׊U|)-re-ne | they shall tear out his foundation |
| 19 | numun-a-ni he₂-til-ne | they shall finish off his seed. |
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