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Amar-Suena 11 (Q001794)
Royal Inscription, Ur III, Ur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Amar-Suena 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001794 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9616, 46.1047 |
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 | amar-{d}suen | Amar-Suena |
| 2 | nibru{ki} | of Nippur, |
| 3 | {d}en-lil₂-le | by Enlil |
| 4 | mu pad₃-da | whose name was proclaimed |
| 5 | saŋ-us₂ | |
| 6 | e₂ {d}en-lil₂-ka | in the temple of Enlil |
| 7 | lugal kalag-ga | the powerful king |
| 8 | lugal urim₅{ki}-ma | king of Urim, |
| 9 | lugal an-ub-da limmu₂-ba | king of the four quarters |
| 10 | alan | a statue |
| 11 | mu pad₃-da {d}suen | whose name was proclaimed by Sin |
| 12 | ki aŋ₂ urim₅{ki}-ma | from the labor of Urim |
| 13 | mu-na-ni-in-du₃ | he built for him. |
| 14 | alan | a statue |
| 15 | {d}nin-gal | For Ningal |
| 16 | nin urim₅{ki}-ma-ka | the queen of Urim, |
| 17 | lu₂ | a man |
| 18 | alan-ne | a statue |
| 19 | kug-sig₁₇-ŋa₂ | gold |
| 20 | e₂ niŋ₂-gur₁₁-ke₄ | the house of fearsomeness |
| 21 | in-burₓ(|KA׊U|)-NI | Inbur-NI |
| 22 | {d}nanna | For Nanna |
| 23 | lugal | the king |
| 24 | urim₅{ki}-ma-ke₄ | of Urim, |
| 25 | {d}nin-gal | For Ningal |
| 26 | nin urim₅{ki}-ma-ke₄ | the queen of Urim, |
| 27 | nam ha-da-kuru₅-ne | may they curse him. |
| 28 | numun-na-ni | his seed |
| 29 | he₂-eb-ku₄-du₂-ne | they shall bring in. |
| colophon | ||
| 1 | GABA.RI SIG₄ AL.UR₃.RA | Copy of a baked brick. |
| 2 | nap-pal-ti URIM₂{ki} | the life of Ur |
| 3 | ep-šet amar-{d}suen LUGAL u₂-ri | The deeds of Amar-Suena, king of Ur |
| 4 | i-na ši-te-ʾ-u₂ u₂-ṣu₂-ra-a-ti | In a šīte’u ceremony the ūru-priests |
| 5 | E₂-GIŠ-NU₁₁-GAL {m}{d}EN-ZU-TIN-su-iq-bi | E-ša-NU-GAL, Bel-le’i-balassu-iqbi, |
| 6 | ŠAGINA URIM₅{ki} iš-te-ʾ-u₂ | The governor of Ur has come |
| 7 | {m}{d}AG-MU-SUM-MA DUMU {m}MU-{d}PAP-SUKKAL | Nabû-šumu-iddina, son of Iddin-Papsukkal; |
| 8 | {lu₂}GALA {d}EN.ZU | the kalû-priest of Sin |
| 9 | a-na ta-mar-ti | for the viewing |
| 10 | i-mur-ma iš-ṭur | he saw, and he smote |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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