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Gungunum 0 (Q002013)
Royal Inscription, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Gungunum 0 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q002013 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | mu gu-un-gu-nu-um lugal | year: “Gungunum was king. |
| 2 | mu 2(diš) {ŋeš}ŋešnimbar urudu e₂ {d}utu-še₃ i-ni-in-ku₄-re | 2 years he brought in copper from the temple of Utu. |
| 3 | mu ba-ši-mi{ki} ba-hul | year: “Bašimu was destroyed. |
| 4 | mu mu us₂-sa ba-ši-mi{ki} ba-hul | year after: “Basumi was destroyed. |
| 5 | mu an-ša-an{ki} ba-hul | year: “Anšan was destroyed. |
| 6 | mu en {d}utu maš₂-e in-pad₃ | he has sworn by the name of the en priestess of Utu. |
| 7 | mu us₂-sa en {d}utu maš₂-e in-pad₃ | year following: “The en-priestess of Utu by means of extispicy was chosen. |
| 8a | mu us₂-sa en {d}utu maš₂-e i₃-pad₃ mu us₂-sa-bi | year following: “The en-priestess of Utu by means of extispicy was chosen; the year following that, |
| 8b | mu alan urudu gu-la e₂ {d}utu-še₃ i-ni-in-ku₄-re | year: “The great statue of copper was brought into the temple of Utu. |
| 9 | mu en {d}utu ba-hun-ga₂ | year: “The en-priestess of Šamaš was installed. |
| 10 | mu gu-un-gu-nu-um lugal-e {geš}šu-nir gal nisag-ga₂ | year: “Gungunum, the king, the great scepter of the first-fruit offerings;’ |
| 11 | mu alan urudu giri₃-tab-ba {d}nanna-ra mu-un-na-an-dim₂ | year: “For Nanna he fashioned a statue of copper on its foot’s sleeve. |
| 12 | mu us₂-sa alan urudu giri₃-tab-ba mu-un-na-an-dim₂ | year after: “He fashioned a bronze statue of copper on a threshing-sledge. |
| 12b | mu us₂-sa alan urudu giri₃-dab₅-ba mu-un-na-an-dim₂ | year following: “He fashioned a statue of copper for the giridabba-festival. |
| 13 | mu en {d}nin-sin₂-zi en {d}nin-gublaga ba-hun-ga₂ | year: “The en-priestess of Nin-sinzi and Nin-gublaga were installed. |
| 14 | mu gu-un-gu-nu-um lugal-e urudu alan giri₃-tab-ba e₂ {d}nanna-še₃ | year: “Gungunum, the king, the copper statue of the giritaba-festival for the temple of Nanna.’ |
| 15 | mu e gu₂ {id₂}an-ne₂-pa₃-da in-si-ga | year: “Ḫammurapi was erected on the bank of the Anepada canal. |
| 16 | mu e₂ {d}inanna ša₃ larsa{ki}-ma ba-du₃ | year: “The temple of Inanna in Larsa was erected. |
| 17 | mu e im-gur-{d}sin in-si-ga | year: “ḪE Imgur-Sîn was installed. |
| 18 | mu e₂ {d}lugal-ki-sun₅-na ba-du₃ | year: “The house of Lugal-kisuna was erected. |
| 19 | mu inim an {d}en-lil₂ {d}nanna-ta ugnim ma₃-al-gi₄-a | year: “Through the word of An, Enlil and Nanna the army was reorganized. |
| 19var | mu ugnim ma-al-gu-um {geš}tukul ba-an-sag₃ | year: “The army of Malgu’um with weapons was struck down. |
| 20 | mu abul mah uri₂{ki}-ma ba-du₃ | year: “The great gate of Ur was erected. |
| 21 | mu bad₃ gal larsa{ki}-ma ba-du₃ | year: “The great wall of Larsa was erected. |
| 22 | mu du-un-nu-um{ki} {id₂}i-šar-tum ba-du₃ | year: “Dunnum on the Išartum canal was erected. |
| 23 | mu bad₃ gal ka₂ {d}geštin-an-na gu-un-gu-nu-um mu-du₃ | year: “The great wall at the gate of Geštinana, Gungunum, erected. |
| 24 | mu gu-un-gu-nu-um e₂ {d}nin-i₃-si-in{ki}-na ša₃ larsa{ki}-ma | year: “Gungunum, the temple of Ninisina in Larsa. |
| 25 | mu šutumₓ(|E₂.GI.NA.AB.TUM|) {d}nanna ša₃ uri₂{ki}-ma ba-du₃ | year: “Šutum of Nanna in Ur was erected. |
| 26 | mu alan ku₃-babbar {d}nanna-ra mu-na-an-dim₂ | year: “For Nanna he fashioned a statue of silver. |
| 27 | mu {id₂}{d}ba-ba₆-ri-ša-at {id₂}gir₂-su{ki} ba-ba-al-la₂ | year: “Baba-rīšat of Girsu was carried off.&us201d |
| 28a | mu us₂-sa {id₂}{d}ba-ba₆ mu-bal | year following: “Baba River he brought.’ |
| 28b | mu gu-un-gu-nu-um ba-uš₂ | year: “Gungunum was slain. |
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