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Lipit-Eštar 06 (Q001963)
Royal Inscription, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Lipit-Eštar 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001963 |
| 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}li-pi₂-it-eš₄-tar₂ | Lipit-Eštar |
| 2 | sipa sun₅-na | the humble shepherd |
| 3 | nibru{ki} | of Nippur, |
| 4 | engar zid | farmer, reliable |
| 5 | uri₅{ki}-ma | of Ur, |
| 6 | muš₃ nu-tum₂-mu | one who does not fear |
| 7 | eridu{ki}-ga | of Eridu |
| 8 | en me-te | the righteous lord |
| 9 | unu{ki}-ga | of Uruk |
| 10 | lugal i₃-si-in{ki}-na | king of Isin |
| 11 | lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri | king of Sumer and Akkad. |
| 12 | ša₃-ge de₆-a | to be released from the womb |
| 13 | {d}inanna-ke₄ | of Inanna |
| 14 | e₂ gi₆-par₃ | House of the Gipar |
| 15 | en-nin-sun₂-zi | Ennin-sunzi |
| 16 | en {d}nin-gublaga(|EZEN×LA|) | Lord Ningublaga |
| 17 | uri₅{ki}-ma | of Ur, |
| 18 | agrig zid | the righteous steward |
| 19 | {d}nin-e₂-i₃-gara₂-ka | of Nine-igara |
| 20 | KA nam-šita zid du₇ | KA (means) life being good. |
| 21 | ga₂-bur-ra-ka | of the Gabur temple |
| 22 | a-ra-zu-ni-še₃ gub-ba | stationed for his arazu prayer |
| 23 | dumu ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni-ir | son of A’banir, |
| 24 | u₄ nig₂-si-sa₂ | when justice |
| 25 | ki-en-gi ki-uri-a | of Sumer and Akkad |
| 26 | i-ni-in-gar-ra-a | he established, |
| 27 | ša₃ uri₅{ki}-ma-ka | in Ur |
| 28 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
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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