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Warad-Sin 18 (Q002122)
Royal Inscription, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Warad-Sin 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q002122 |
| 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 | ARAD-{d}sin | Warad-Sin |
| 2 | nita kala-ga | the strong man |
| 3 | sipa nig₂-gi | shepherd of justice |
| 4 | {d}en-lil₂-le gar-ra | which Enlil had established |
| 5 | u₂-a uri₅{ki}-ma | provider of Ur, |
| 6 | lugal larsa{ki}-ma | king of Larsa, |
| 7 | lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-ke₄ | king of Sumer and Akkad |
| 8 | dumu ku-du-ur-ma-bu-uk | son of Kudur-mabuk |
| 9 | ad-da e-mu-ut-ba-la me-en | I am the father of Emutbala. |
| 10 | uri₂{ki} dagal-e-de₃ | to widen Ur |
| 11 | mu mah tuku-tuku-de₃ | in order to acquire a great name |
| 12 | sun₅-na-bi | Its ... |
| 13 | u₃-gul im-ma-an-ga₂-ga₂ | he set up a fortress. |
| 14 | {d}nanna lugal-mu | Nanna my master |
| 15 | mu-ši-in-še | he fashioned. |
| 16 | bad₃ gal hur-sag il₂-la-gin₇ šu nu-ku₄-ku₄ | The great wall, like a raised mountain range, does not enter. |
| 17 | ni₂-bi-še₃ e₃-a | who came forth by himself |
| 18 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 19 | uru-ni he₂-em-mi-da₅ | may he make his city great. |
| 20 | bad₃-ba | of that wall |
| 21 | {d}nanna suhuš ma-da ge-en-ge-en | Nanna, you are the foundation of the land |
| 22 | mu-bi-im | that name |
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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