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Šu-ilišu 1 (Q001934)
Royal Inscription, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Šu-ilišu 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001934 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {d}nanna | For Nanna |
| 2 | sag il₂ mah | the head raising supremely |
| 3 | {d}a-nun-na-ke₄-ne | of the Anuna gods |
| 4 | lugal-a-ni-ir | his master |
| 5 | {d}šu-i₃-li₂-šu | Šū-ilišīku, |
| 6 | nita kala-ga | the strong man |
| 7 | lugal uri₅{ki}-ma-ke₄ | king of Ur |
| 8 | u₄ {d}nanna | when Nanna |
| 9 | an-ša-an{ki}-ta | from Anshan |
| 10 | uri₅{ki}-še₃ | to Ur |
| 11 | mu-un-tum₂-ma-a | he brought |
| 12 | dub-la₂ mah | the supreme pedestal |
| 13 | ki di-ku₅-da-ni | his judge's place |
| 14 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 15 | {geš}ig za₃-mi₂ ma-gun₃-a | a door with a shiny finish, decorated with gold, |
| 16 | mu-na-an-gub | he set it up for him. |
| 17 | nam-til₃-la-ni-še₃ | for his well-being |
| 18 | a mu-na-ru | dedicated it (this vessel). |
| 19 | lu₂ a₂ nig₂-hul dim₂-ma | the man who devises evil plans |
| 20 | ib₂-ši-ag₂-ge₂₆-a | shall issue against it |
| 21 | e₂ nig₂-gur₁₁-ra | the house of property |
| 22 | i-ni-ib-ku₄-ku₄-a | shall bring in, |
| 23 | aš₂ bal-a-ba-ke₄-eš | of balaba-disease |
| 24 | lu₂-kur₂ | a stranger |
| 25 | šu ba-an-zi-zi-a | Hand that was raised |
| 26 | lu₂-ba | that man |
| 27 | {d}nanna | For Nanna |
| 28 | lugal-mu | my master |
| 29 | {d}nin-gal | For Ningal |
| 30 | nin-mu | my mistress |
| 31 | nam ha-ba-an-da-ku₅-ru-ne | they shall curse him. |
Sources & licences
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