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Gungunum 5add (Q004449)
Royal Inscription, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Gungunum 5add |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004449 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | ud an-ne₂ | when An |
| 2 | {d}en-lil₂-le | by Enlil |
| 3 | {d}utu-ur₂ | for Utu, |
| 4 | larsam{ki}-ma | of Larsam |
| 5 | nam-lugal | kingship |
| 6 | ki-en-gi ki-uri | Sumer and Akkad |
| 7 | u₃ nam-sipad kur mar-du₂ | and the shepherdship of the land of Mardu |
| 8 | šu mu-na-an-du₇-uš-a | who perfects him |
| 9 | ud-ba gu-un-gu-nu-um | At that time, Gungunum |
| 10 | nita kalag-ga | the powerful man |
| 11 | lugal larsam{ki}-ma | king of Larsam |
| 12 | engar urim₂{ki}-ma | farmer of Urim, |
| 13 | šu gi₄-gi₄ e₂-babbar-ra | Hand of the requital of the Ebabbar |
| 14 | lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri | king of Sumer and Akkad. |
| 15 | ibila kalag-ga | mighty heir |
| 16 | sa-mi-um-ma | a samūma |
| 17 | bad₃ gal larsam{ki}-ma | the great wall of Larsam |
| 18 | {d}utu ki-bala-e sa₂ di | Šamaš, who makes the rebel land submit |
| 19 | mu-bi-im | that name |
| ii | ||
| 1 | mu-un-du₃ | he built. |
| 2 | nam-galam dirig-ŋu₁₀-ta | from a position of dominion |
| 3 | iri{ki}-ŋu₁₀ sug-ta | from the Sug (temple) of Babylon |
| 4 | he₂-em-ta-e₃ | he brought out. |
| 5 | šag₄ mu aš-ka | In that year |
| 6 | šeg₁₂-bi hu-mu-du₃ | I built its wall. |
| 7 | bad₃ gal hu-mu-til | May the great wall be finished. |
| 8 | iri{ki}-ŋa₂ murub₄-ba | in the middle of the city |
| 9 | {id₂}buranun si ha-ba₂-ni-sa₂ | may the Euphrates be right for him. |
| 10 | ud-ba ud bala-ŋa₂ | At that time, during that bala |
| 11 | še 3(aš) še gur-ta | 3 gur barley |
| 12 | siki 1(u) ma-na-ta | wool, 10 minas each |
| 13 | i₃ 1(ban₂) 5(diš) sila₃-ta | 1 ban2 5 sila3 oil each |
| 14 | 1(diš) giŋ₄-še₃ ganba he₂-ŋar-am₃ | 1 reed bundle, its market value is |
| 15 | ugnim-ŋu₁₀ nam-he-a | for the army of abundance |
| 16 | kiŋ₂-bi hu-mu-ni-ib₂-ak | may he restore to its place. |
| 17 | ŋe₂₆-e lugal niŋ₂-gen₆-na-me-en | “I am the king, I am the one who was created by himself. |
| 18 | a₂-ba ŋeš he₂-bi₂-in-ŋar | “Its arms were bound.’ |
Sources & licences
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