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En-metena 05b (Q003647)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic IIIb, Girsu · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | En-metena 05b |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003647 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Dynastic IIIb · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Girsu |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
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}inanna-ra | For Inanna |
| 2 | {d}lugal-e₂-muš₃-ra | for Lugalemuš |
| 3 | en-mete-na | Enmetena |
| 4 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 5 | lagaš{ki} | of Lagash |
| 6 | ša₃ pa₃-da | chosen by the heart |
| 7 | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| 8 | ensi₂ gal | great ruler |
| 9 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂-ka | of Ninbirsu |
| 10 | gu₃ zi de₂-a | to call out faithfully |
| 11 | {d}inanna-ka | of Inanna |
| 12 | dumu tu-da | son born |
| 13 | {d}lugal-urub{ki}-ka | of Lugal-Uruba |
| 14 | dumu en-an-na-tum₂ | son of Enanatum, |
| 15 | ensi₂ | governor |
| 16 | lagaš{ki}-ka | of Lagash |
| 17 | dumu-KA | Dumu-KA |
| 18 | ur-{d}nanše | Ur-Nanše |
| 19 | lugal | the king |
| 20 | lagaš{ki}-ka-ke₄ | of Lagash |
| 21 | e₂-gal urub{ki} | the palace of Urub |
| 22 | mu-du₃ | he built. |
| 23 | x | |
| 24 | {d}x | To the god |
| 25 | x | |
| 26 | x | |
| 27 | mu-x | ..., |
| 28 | x | |
| 29 | KAK x | KAK [n] |
| 30 | x x x | |
| 31' | {d}inanna-ra | For Inanna |
| 32' | {d}lugal-e₂-muš₃-ra | for Lugalemuš |
| 33' | x x x x | |
| 34' | x | |
| 35' | x | |
| 36' | x | |
| 37' | x | |
| 38' | dingir-ra-ni | his god |
| 39' | {d}šul-|MUŠ×PA| | Šul-Nabû |
| 40' | nam-ti-la-ni-še₃ | for his life |
| 41' | nam-ti | for the life |
| 42' | lagaš{ki}-še₃ | of Lagaš |
| 43' | {d}inanna-ra | For Inanna |
| 44' | x | |
| 45' | he₂-na-x-gub | may he stand for him. |
| 46' | en-mete-na | Enmetena |
| 47' | lu₂ e₂ {d}lugal-urub{ki} du₃-a | the man who built the temple of Lugal-Uruba |
| 48' | diŋir-ra-ni | of the Ibirrani (temple) |
| 49' | {d}šul-|MUŠ×PA|-am₆ | It is Šul-Nabû. |
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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