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Ibbi-Suen 03 (Q001850)
Royal Inscription, Ur III, Ur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Ibbi-Suen 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001850 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | {d}nanna | For Nanna |
| 31 | en pirig gal an-ki | Lord, great lion of heaven and earth, |
| 32 | lugal-a-ni-ir | his master |
| 33 | {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen | Ibbi-Suen |
| 34 | dingir kalam-ma-na | the god of his country |
| 35 | nir-ŋal₂ me nig₂-nam-ma | who bears all the divine powers |
| 36 | si sa₂-sa₂-e-da gal-zu-bi | Its wise one, whose limbs are straightened, |
| 37 | lugal kal-ga | mighty king |
| 38 | lugal uri₅{ki}-ma | king of Ur |
| 39 | lugal an-ub-da limmu-ba-ke₄ | king of the four world quarters, |
| 40 | u₄ šušin{ki} | when Šusin |
| 41 | a-dam-dun{ki} | of Ammi-Dun |
| 42 | ma-da a-wa-an{ki}-ka | of the land of Awan |
| 43 | u₄-gin₇ šid bi₂-in-gi₄ | he returned like the day |
| 44 | u₄ aš-a mu-un-gurum | When he was born |
| 45 | u₃ en-bi | and its en priestess |
| 46 | {d}nanna | For Nanna |
| 47 | a₂ gal-la-na ba-an-ku₄-ra-ke₄-eš | when he had brought in his great strength |
| 48 | ku₃-si₂ ku₃-ŋi₆-a dugud-bi DU-a-ni | When he goes with his heavy gold and silver, |
| 49 | {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen | Ibbi-Suen |
| 50 | nun a₂ mah ni₂ guru₃ | prince with supreme strength and fearsomeness, |
| 51 | geštu₂ dagal-la-ke₄ | broad wisdom |
| 52 | {dug}ubur imin ku₃-si₂ | a seven-toothed ubur vessel |
| 53 | ka-bi x lal₃ bar-re | Its mouth ... honey. |
| 54 | gi |KU₃.GI|-bi | its gold |
| 55 | PAP mah-bi KAS₄ | A total of twenty-four (people). |
| 56 | ne-sag he₂-du₇ | perfect first-fruit offering, |
| 57 | {urudu}kin gur-ra-bi | its reed mats |
| 58 | x GI |SI.A| niŋ₂-kal-ga | [x] reed bundles of ni-kalga-wood, |
| 59 | hur-sag |LI.SIKIL.SAR| | mountain range of the lisikillu plant |
| 60 | DU₈ |NIG₂.ŠAR₂.ŠAR₂|-re | “It is a storm wind, it is an earthquake’ |
| 61 | šul {d}suen-ka | the hand of Suen |
| 62 | muš nu-tum₂-mu-de₃ | to not bring a snake |
| 63 | nam-til₃-la-ni-še₃ | for his well-being |
| 64 | a mu-na-ru | dedicated it (this vessel). |
| 65 | lu₂ a₂ niŋ₂-hul dim₂-ma | a man whose strength is determined by fearsomeness |
| 66 | ib₂-ši-aŋ₂-e-a | shall pay. |
| 67 | du₈-mah unu₂ gal | Dumaḫ, the great dining hall |
| 68 | u₃ ki ezem-ma | and at the festival |
| 69 | {d}nanna-ke₄ | of Nanna |
| 70 | bi₂-ib₂-|TAG₄.TAG₄|-a | he shall remove |
| 71 | dingir gal-gal an-ki-ke₄-ne | the great gods of heaven and earth |
| 72 | nam ha-ba-an-da-kuru₅-ne | they shall curse him. |
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