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Sumu-el 0 (Q002031)
Royal Inscription, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Sumu-el 0 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q002031 |
| 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 su-mu-il₃ lugal-e | year: “Sumu-il, the king, |
| 2 | mu su-mu-il₃ lugal-e alan ku₃-babbar e₂ {d}utu-še₃ | year: “Sumu-il, the king, erected a statue of silver for the temple of Utu. |
| 3a | mu us₂-sa su-mu-il₃ lugal-e alan ku₃-babbar e₂ {d}utu-ra | year following: “Sumu-il, the king, erected a statue of silver for the temple of Utu. |
| 3b | mu su-mu-il₃ lugal-e urud ur-mah 2(diš)-a-bi ka₂ mah bar-ra | year: “Sūmu’il, the king, the 2 copper lions of the outer gate, |
| 4a | mu us₂-sa urud ur-mah 2(diš)-a-bi ka₂ mah bar-ra {d}inanna-ka ša₃ | year following: “The two lions of the great outer gate of Inanna |
| 4b | mu su-mu-il₃ lugal a-ku-su{ki} ba-hul u₃ ugnim ka-zal-lu{ki} | year: “Sumu-il the king of Akus was destroyed and the army of Kazallu |
| 5a | mu us₂-sa a-ku-su{ki} ba-hul | year after: “Akusu was destroyed. |
| 5b | mu ugnim unug{ki}-ga {geš}tukul ba-sig₃ | year: “The army of Uruk with weapons was plundered. |
| 6a | mu su-mu-il₃ lugal en {d}utu ba-hun-ga₂ | year: “Sumu-il, the king, en-priestess of Utu, was installed. |
| 6b | mu en-me-te-an-ki ba-hun-ga₂ | year: “Enmeteanki was installed. |
| 7a | mu us₂-sa en {d}utu ba-hun-ga₂ | year following: “The en-priestess of Šamaš was installed. |
| 7b | mu su-mu-il₃ lugal-e {id₂}lugal-{d}suen-na ba-ba-al | year: “Sumu-il, the king, the Lugal-Suen canal was dug;’ |
| 8a | mu us₂-sa {id₂}lugal-{d}suen ba-ba-al | year following: “The Lugal-Suen canal was dug;’ |
| 8b | mu uru{ki} ka i₇-da ba-hul | year: “The mouth of the city was destroyed in the river. |
| 9 | mu us₂-sa su-mu-il₃ uru{ki} ka i₇-da ba-hul | year following: “Sūmû-il of the city was destroyed at the mouth of the river. |
| 10a | mu us₂-sa-bi uru{ki} ka i₇-da ba-an-hul | year after: “The mouth of the river was destroyed in the city. |
| 10b | mu uru sa-bu-um{ki} uru-tur-tur{ki} gu₂ {id₂}buranun-na | year: “The city Sabum, Uruturtur, on the bank of the Euphrates,— |
| 11a | mu us₂-sa uru{ki} ka i₇-da ba-hul mu us₂-sa-bi | year after: “The mouth of the river was destroyed;’ the year after that, |
| 11b | mu ugnim kiš{ki} {geš}tukul ba-an-dab₅ | year: “The army of Kiš with weapons was seized. |
| 12 | mu us₂-sa ugnim kiš{ki} {geš}tukul ba-an-dab₅ | year after: “The army of Kiš with weapons was seized. |
| 13 | mu us₂-sa-bi ugnim kiš{ki} {geš}tukul ba-an-dab₅ | year following: “The army of Kiš with weapons was seized. |
| 14 | mu us₂-sa 4(diš)-bi ugnim kiš{ki} {geš}tukul ba-sig₃ | year following: “The army of Kiš with weapons was plundered. |
| 15 | mu su-mu-il₃ lugal-e ugnim ka-zal-lu{ki} u₃ lugal-bi {geš}tukul | year: “Sumu-il, the king, the army of Kazallu, and its king with weapons, |
| 16 | mu su-mu-il₃ lugal-e e₂-duru₅ {d}nanna-i₃-sag₉{ki} | year: “Sumu-il, the king, the E-duru of Nanna-isaĝ |
| 17 | mu us₂-sa e₂-duru₅ {d}nanna-i₃-sag₉{ki} ba-an-dib | year following: “The temple of Nanna-isag was erected. |
| 18 | mu us₂-sa su-mu-il₃ lugal-e e₂-duru₅ {d}nanna | year following: “Sumu-il, the king, the E-duru of Nanna;’ |
| 19 | mu us₂-sa 4(diš)-bi e₂-duru₅ {d}nanna-i₃-sag₉{ki} ba-dib | year following: “The village of Nanna-isag was erected;’ |
| 20a | mu 5(diš)-kam-ma e₂-duru₅ {d}nanna-i₃-sag₉{ki} ba-an-dib | 5th year: “The temple of Nanna-isag was erected. |
| 20b | mu {id₂}buranun-na ba-si-i-ge-a | year: “The Euphrates was erected. |
| 21 | mu us₂-sa {id₂}buranun-na ba-si-i-ge-a | year after: “The Euphrates was erected. |
| 22 | mu us₂-sa-bi {id₂}buranun-na ba-si-i-ge-a | year following: “The Euphrates was erected. |
| 23 | mu en {d}nanna ba-hun-ga₂ | year: “The en-priestess of Nanna was installed; |
| 24 | mu us₂-sa en {d}nanna ba-hun-ga₂ | year following: “The en-priestess of Nanna was installed; |
| 25 | mu us₂-sa-a-bi en {d}nanna ba-hun-ga₂ | year following: “The en-priestess of Nanna was installed; |
| 26 | mu us₂-sa {d}su-mu-il₃ mu 4(diš)-bi en ša₃ ki ag₂ {d}nanna | year following: “Sumu-il, the 4th year, the en-priestess beloved by Nanna, |
| 27 | mu us₂-sa 5(diš)-bi en {d}nanna ba-hun-ga₂ | year following: “The en-priestess of Nanna was installed;’ |
| 28 | mu us₂-sa 6(diš)-bi en {d}nanna ba-hun-ga₂ | year following: “The en-priestess of Nanna was installed; |
| 29 | mu 7(diš)-kam en {d}nanna ba-hun-ga₂ | 7th year, when the en-priestess of Nanna was installed |
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