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Primary publication:	RIME 3/1.01.07, St P composite
Author:	Edzard, Dietz Otto
Publication date:	1997
Secondary publication(s):	Steible, FAOS 9/1, p. 236-39, 9/2, p. 77, Gudea Statue P [1991]
Citation:	Alster in Johansen, Mesopotamia 6, pp. 49-59 [1978]; Johansen, Mesopotamia 6, pp. 24-25, pls. 84-87 [1978]; Colbow, Rundplastik, pp. 139-40 [1987]; Braun-Holzinger, HSAO 3, p. 266, St 120 [1991]; Suter, CM 17, p. 331 (considers it "an obvious fake") [200
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CDLI no.:	P431897
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz002fnktm
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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.:	Q001554
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

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1. u4 {d}nin-gir2-su
#tr.en: When Ningirsu,
2. ur-sag kal-ga
#tr.en: the mighty warrior
3. {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4
#tr.en: of Enlil,
4. {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
#tr.en: for Ningešzida,
5. dumu {d}nin-a-zu
#tr.en: the son of Ninazu
6. ki-ag2 dingir-re-ne-ra
#tr.en: and the beloved of the gods,
7. iri-a ki-ur3
#tr.en: level places in the cities
8. mu-na-ni-gar-a
#tr.en: had established for him,
9. asza5-ga GAN2 i7
#tr.en: and agricultural tracts and canals among the fields
10. mu-na-ni-gar-a
#tr.en: had established for him;
11. gu3-de2-a
#tr.en: and when Gudea,
12. ensi2
#tr.en: the ruler
13. lagasz{ki}
#tr.en: of Lagash,
14. lu2 si-sa2
#tr.en: the righteous man,
15. dingir-ra-ne2
#tr.en: who by his (personal) god
16. ki-ag2-e
#tr.en: is beloved,
17. {d}nin-gir2-su
#tr.en: for Ningirsu,
18. lugal-a-ni
#tr.en: his master,
19. e2-ninnu anzu2{muszen}-babbar2-ra-ni
#tr.en: his Eninnu (temple) with the white eagle,
20. e2-PA e2 ub 7(asz@c)-na-ni
#tr.en: and his E-PA, the temple with seven corners,
21. mu-na-du3-a
#tr.en: he had built for him,
22. {d}nansze
#tr.en: (then) for Nanše,
23. nin uru16
#tr.en: the powerful lady,
24. nin-a-ni
#tr.en: his mistress,
25. e2 sirara6
#tr.en: the Sirara temple,
26. kur 'a3-ta il2-la-ni
#tr.en: her mountain lifted out of the water,
27. mu-na-du3
#tr.en: he built for her,
28. dingir gal-gal lagasz{ki}-ke4-ne
#tr.en: and (also) for the (other) great gods of Lagash
29. e2-ne-ne
#tr.en: their temples
30. mu-ne-du3
#tr.en: he built for them.
31. {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
#tr.en: For Ningešzida,
32. dingir-ra-ni
#tr.en: his (personal) god,
33. e2 gir2-su{ki}-ka-ni
#tr.en: his temple of Girsu
34. mu-na-du3
#tr.en: he built.
35. lu2 dingir-mu-gin7
#tr.en: A (future) person whom, as did my god,
36. {d}nin-gir2-su-ke4
#tr.en: Ningirsu
37. dingir-ra-ni
#tr.en: his god,
38. ug3-ga2 gu3 u3-mu-na-ni-de2-a
#tr.en: has called to from among the people,
39. e2 dingir-ga2-ke4
#tr.en: toward the temple of my god
40. igi hul2?-la
#tr.en: a joyous(?) eye
41. na-ab-ak-ke4
#tr.en: let him not make,
42. mu-bi he2-pa3-de3
#tr.en: but let him reveal its name!
43. lu2-bi ku-li-mu he2-am3
#tr.en: Let that man be my friend
44. mu-mu he2-pa3-de3
#tr.en: and reveal my name!
45. alan-na-e
#tr.en: This stone figure
46. mu-du2
#tr.en: he formed.
47. gu3-de2-a
#tr.en: Gudea,
48. lu2 e2 du3-a-ka
#tr.en: the man of the temple building,
49. nam-ti-la-ni
#tr.en: may his life
50. he2-su3
#tr.en: be prolonged!
51. mu-sze3 mu-na-sa4
#tr.en: he named it for him,
52. e2-a mu-na-ni-kux(KWU634)
#tr.en: and into the temple he had it brought to him.

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