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En-metena 35add (Q009691)
Royal Inscription, Early Dynastic · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | En-metena 35add |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009691 |
| Collection | Sulaymaniyah Museum, |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Dynastic · c. 2900 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | unknown |
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}en-lil₂(E₂) | Enlil |
| 2 | lugal kur-kur-ra | king of all the lands |
| 3 | ab-ba diŋir-diŋir-re₂-ne-ke₄ | The elders of the ziggurrat, |
| 4 | inim gen₆-na-ni-ta | by his good word |
| 18 | na-ru₂-a-bi | its stele |
| 19 | i₃-burₓ(PAD) | he burst. |
| 20 | eden lagaš{ki}-še₃ | in the plain of Lagaš |
| 21 | i₃-gub | he set up. |
| 22 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su | Ninbirsu |
| 23 | ur-saŋ {d}en-lil₂(E₂)-la₂-ke₄ | the hero of Enlil |
| 24 | inim si sa₂-ni-ta | by his righteous command |
| 25 | umma{ki}-da | with Umma |
| ii | ||
| 1 | dam-ha-ra | for Damhara; |
| 2 | e-da-ak | he killed. |
| 3 | inim {d}en-lil₂(E₂)-la₂-ta | by the command of Enlil |
| 4 | sa-šuš-gal bi₂-šuš | he made a great net |
| 5 | SAHAR-DU₆-TAK₄-bi | Its sahar-tukultī |
| 6 | eden-na ki ba-ni-us₂-us₂ | In the steppe he sat down. |
| 1' | lu₂ umma{ki}-ke₄ | the man of Umma |
| 2' | ur₅-še₃ i₃-gu₇ | he ate as a meal |
| 3' | ku₅-ra₂ ba-us₂ 4(šarʾu@c) guru₇ | cut, slaughtered, 4 var silos |
| 4' | ba-kur₉(REC145) | he defeated. |
| 5' | bar še-bi nu-da-su₃-su₃-da-ka | The one whose liver is not torn out, |
| 6' | ur-lum-ma | Urlumma |
| 7' | ensi₂ | governor |
| 8' | umma{ki}-ke₄ | of Umma |
| 9' | eg₂ ki-sur-ra | the property of the boundary territory |
| 10' | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su-ka | of Ninbirsu |
| 11' | eg₂ ki-sur-ra | the property of the boundary territory |
| 12' | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| iii | ||
| 1 | a-e i₃-mi-e₃ | The water came out. |
| 2 | na-ru₂-a-be₂ | Its stele |
| 3 | izi ba-šum₂ | fire is sprayed |
| 4 | i₃-burₓ(PAD)-burₓ(PAD) | he burst |
| 5 | il₂-le | raised. |
| 6 | nam-ensi₂ | the office of governor |
| 7 | umma{ki}-a | of Umma, |
| 8 | šu e-ma-ti | Hand of a Ghost |
| 1' | nam-nun-da-ki-ŋar-ra | Namnunda-kibara |
| 2' | ur₂-bi na₄-a mu-na-ni-du₃ | he built its base with stone for him. |
| 3' | eg₂-bi | that house |
| 4' | {id₂}idigna-ta | from the Tigris |
| 5' | id₂-nun-še₃ | to the Princely River |
| 6' | e-ak | he did. |
| 7' | lugal ki an-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni | the king who with Anani |
| 8' | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| 9' | nin ki an-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni | the lady whose place is heaven, |
| 10' | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| 11' | ki-be₂ mu-na-gi₄ | he restored for him. |
| 12' | diŋir en-mete-na-ka | of the Ibir temple of Enmetena |
| iv | ||
| 1 | {d}šul-|MUŠ×PA| | Šul-Nabû |
| 2 | nam-til₃ | for the well-being |
| 3 | en-mete-na-ka-še₃ | of Enmetena |
| 4 | ud ul-la-še₃ | in distant days |
| 5 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su-ra | For Ninbirsu |
| 6 | {d}nanše | For Nanše |
| 7 | he₂-na-ši-gub | I set up for him. |
| 21 | sa-šuš-gal-ni | |
| 22 | u₃-ni-šuš | to bind |
| 23 | šu mah ŋiri₃ mah-ni | Exalted hand, his exalted city |
| 24 | an-ta he₂-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | may it be brought down from heaven. |
| 25 | nam lu₂-lu₇ iri-na | the fate of the people of his city |
| 26 | šu u₃-na-zig₃ | Hand of Unazig |
| 27 | šag₄ iri-na-ka | In the midst of his city |
| 28 | ha-ne₂-gaz-zeₓ(|AB₂.ŠA₃.GE|) | may he kill him. |
Sources & licences
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