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Ibbi-Suen YN (Q001848)
Royal Inscription, Ur III, unclear · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Ibbi-Suen YN |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001848 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | unclear |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1a | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ e₂ {d}šara₂ umma{ki} mu-du₃ | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, the house of Šara of Umma erected. |
| 1 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal | year: “Ibbi-Suen is king.{d} |
| 2a | mu us₂-sa {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal | year following: “Ibbi-Suen is king.’ |
| 2 | mu en {d}inanna unug{ki} maš-e i₃-pad₃ | year: “The en-priestess of Inanna of Uruk by omens was chosen.'" |
| 3a | mu us₂-sa en {d}inanna unug{ki} maš-e i₃-pad₃ | year following: “The en-priestess of Inanna of Uruk by means of extispicy he swore |
| 3 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul | year: “Ibbi-Suen, the king of Ur, Simurrum was destroyed. |
| 4a | mu us₂-sa si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul | year after: “Simurrum was destroyed. |
| 4 | mu en-am-gal-an-na en {d}inanna ba-hun | year: “En-amgal-ana, the en-priestess of Inanna, was installed. |
| 5 | mu tu-ki-in-GIDRI-mi-ig-ri-ša dumu-munus lugal ensi₂ za-ab-ša-li{ki} ba-an-tuk | year: “Tukin-GIDRI-migriša, the daughter of the king, governor of Zabšali, was acquired. |
| 6a | mu us₂-sa dumu-munus lugal ensi₂ za-ab-ša-li{ki} ba-an-tuk | year following: “The daughter of the king, the governor of Zabšali, was acquired. |
| 6b | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ nibru{ki} uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ bad₃ gal-bi mu-du₃ | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, Nippur and Ur, their great walls erected. |
| 7 | mu us₂-sa bad₃ gal ba-du₃ | year following: "The great wall was erected." |
| 8 | mu us₂-sa bad₃ gal ba-du₃ mu us₂-sa-a-bi | year after: “The great wall was erected,’ the year after that, |
| 9 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ hu-uh₂-nu-ri{ki} sag-kul ma-da an-ša-an{ki}-še₃ x dugud ba-ši-in-gin x x-gin₇ bi x | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, Ḫuḫnuri, the sagkul priest of the land of Anšan, weighed heavy ... |
| 10 | mu en-nir-si-an-na en {d}inanna maš₂-e in-pad₃ | year: “En-nirsi-ana, en-priestess of Inanna, was chosen by omen;’ |
| 11 | mu en nam-šita {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen x {d}en-ki eridu{ki}-ga maš₂-e in-pad₃ | year: “The en-priestess of life Ibbi-Sîn, the ... of Enki of Eridu, was chosen by extispicy.’ |
| 12 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ gu-za an {d}nanna-ra mu-na-dim₂ | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, the throne of An and Nanna fashioned for him. |
| 13 | mu us₂-sa {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ gu-za an {d}nanna-ra mu-na-dim₂ | year following: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, the throne of An and Nanna fashioned for him. |
| 14 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ šušin{ki} a-dam-dum{ki} a-wa-an{ki} u₄-gin₇ KA bi-in-gi₄ u₄ 1(diš)-a mu-un-gur₂ en-bi lu₂-a mi-ni-in-dab-ba-a | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, Šusin, Adamdum and Awan as if on a day, he opened the mouth (and) for 1 day he returned it. Its en-priestess was seized by a man. |
| 15 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ {d}nanna-a ša₃ ki aŋ₂-ga-ni dalla mu-un-na-an-e₃-a | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, with Nanna in his exalted place he came out. |
| 16 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ {d}nanna-ar {d}nun-me-te-an-na mu-na-dim₂ | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, Nanna-ar (and) Nunmete-ana fashioned it for him. |
| 17 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ra |MAR.TU| a₂ |IM.UX| ul-ta uru{ki} nu-zu gu₂ im-ma-an-ŋa₂-ar | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, the Amorites, the arm of the desert, from a city that was not known he conquered— |
| 18 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ {d}nin-lil₂ u₃ {d}inanna e₂-gi-na-ab-tum ku₃ mu-ne-du₃ | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, Ninlil and Inanna the sacred Eginabtum erected. |
| 19 | mu us₂-sa {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ {d}nin-lil₂ u₃ {d}inanna e₂-šutum ku₃ mu-ne-du₃ | year following: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, Ninlil and Inanna the Holy House erected. |
| 20 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ka {d}en-lil₂-le₂ me-lam₂-ma-ni kur-kur-ra bi₂-in-dul₄ | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, Enlil covered his aura with all the lands. |
| 21 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ {d}nin-igi-zi-bar-ra balag {d}inanna-ra mu-na-dim₂ | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, for Ninigizibara, the balaĝ-instrument of Inanna, fashioned it.’ |
| 22 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ a-ma-ru niŋ₂ dug₄-ga dingir-re-ne-ke₄ zag an-ki im-sah₄-sah₄ x uri₂{ki} x URU | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, erected a mighty stele for the gods on the border of heaven and earth. Ur ... city |
| 23 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ra ugu-ku-bi dugud kur-be₂ mu-na-e-ra | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, the heavy burden of the foreign lands, erected for him. |
| 24 | mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal uri₂{ki}-ma-ke₄ x bi₂-ra | year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, |
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