En-metena 31add (Q004843)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic IIIb, Lagash · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | En-metena 31add |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004843 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Dynastic IIIb · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Lagash |
| Coordinates | 31.4182, 46.4108 |
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 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su₂ | Ninbirsu |
| 1' | x na-ru₂-a-bi | its stele |
| 2' | lu₂ umma{ki}-ke₄ | the man of Umma |
| 3' | mu-pad | he swore. |
| 4' | eden lagaš{ki}-še₃ | in the plain of Lagaš |
| 5' | mu-DU | delivery |
| ii | ||
| 1' | ki-x-x | ..., |
| 2' | e-da-x | ..., |
| 3' | na-ru₂-a e-da-ru-a-ba | At the threshing floor, where the stela is located, |
| 4' | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| 5' | en abzu-ta | from the lord of the Abzu |
| 6' | u₄ sud-še₃ mah | exalted day |
| iii | ||
| 1' | x-da x | ...; |
| 2' | til₃ na-na-šum₂-mu | not live anymore! |
| 3' | a-ne | his father |
| 4' | e₂ an-še₃ x x | The house of heaven ... |
| 5' | x | |
Sources & licences
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