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Primary publication:	RIME 3/1.01.07, St A composite
Author:	Edzard, Dietz Otto
Publication date:	1997
Secondary publication(s):	Steible, FAOS 9/1, p. 154-56, 9/2, p. 3-5, Gudea Statue A [1991];
Citation:	Johansen, Mesopotamia 6, pp. 7-8, pls. 1-4 [1978], Colbow, Rundplastik, pp. 121-22 [1987]; Azarpay, JAOS 110, pp. 660-65 [1990]; Braun-Holzinger, HSAO 3, p. 263, St 107 [1991]; Steible, MDOG 126, pp. 81-104 [1994]; Suter, CM 17, p. 328 [2000]; Kose, BaM 3
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CDLI no.:	P431883
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz002fn87g
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Catalogue:	20120918 cdliadmin
Transliteration:	Foxvog, Daniel A.
Translation:	Foxvog, Daniel A.
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Genre:	Royal/Monumental
Sub-genre:	composite
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Composite no.:	Q001540
Language:	Sumerian

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Object type:	other (see object remarks)
Material:	composite
Object remarks:	composite text
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Provenience:	Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology:
Period:	Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
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Date of Origin:	Gudea.00.00.00
Dates referenced:	Gudea.00.00.00
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Composite text

surface a
1. gu3-de2-a
#tr.en: Gudea,
2. ensi2
#tr.en: ruler
3. lagasz{ki}
#tr.en: of Lagash,
4. lu2 e2-ninnu
#tr.en: the man by whom the Eninnu
5. {d}nin-gir2-su-ka
#tr.en: of Ningirsu
6. in-du3-a
#tr.en: was built.
7. {d}nin-hur-sag
#tr.en: For Ninhursaga,
8. nin iri-da mu2-a
#tr.en: the lady who grew up with the city,
9. ama dumu-dumu-ne
#tr.en: the mother of all children,
10. nin-a-ni
#tr.en: his lady,
11. gu3-de2-a
#tr.en: Gudea,
12. ensi2
#tr.en: ruler
13. lagasz{ki}-ke4
#tr.en: of Lagash,
14. e2 iri gir2-su{ki}-ka-ni
#tr.en: her temple of the city Girsu
15. mu-na-du3
#tr.en: he built for her.
16. dub-szen ku3-ga-ni
#tr.en: Her sacred treasure chest
17. mu-na-dim2
#tr.en: he constructed for her.
18. {gesz}dur2-gar mah nam-nin-ka-ni
#tr.en: Her great throne of queenship
19. mu-na-dim2
#tr.en: he constructed for her,
20. e2-mah-ni-a mu-na-ni-kux(KWU634)
#tr.en: and into her Great Temple he had it brought to her.
21. kur ma2-gan{ki}-ta
#tr.en: From the mountains of Magan
22. {na4}esi im-ta-e11
#tr.en: he had diorite brought down,
23. alan-na-ni-sze3
#tr.en: and into (this) his stone figure
24. mu-du2
#tr.en: he formed it.
25. nin an ki-a nam tar-re-de3
#tr.en: The lady who would determine the fates in heaven and earth,
26. {d}nin-tu
#tr.en: Nintu,
27. ama dingir-re-ne-ke4
#tr.en: the mother of the gods,
28. gu3-de2-a
#tr.en: of Gudea,
29. lu2 e2 du3-a-ka
#tr.en: the man who built the temple,
30. nam-ti-la-ni mu-su3
#tr.en: his life she shall prolong,
31. mu-sze3 mu-na-sa4
#tr.en: he named it for her,
32. e2-a mu-na-ni-kux(KWU634)
#tr.en: and into the temple he had it brought to her.

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