Official or display artifact excavated in Lagash (mod. El-Hiba), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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© National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Transliteration
object boulder
surface a
column 1
1. {d}nin-gir2-su2-ra
2. e2-an-na-tum2
3. ensi2#
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4'. mu du10 sa4-a
5'. {d}inanna-ka-ke4
6'. gesztu2 szum2-ma
column 2
1. {d#}en#-ki#-ka#-ke4#
2. ki-ag2
3. {d}dumu-zi-abzu#-[ka]-ke4
4. geszkim#?-[ti]
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5'. NINA#[{ki}]
6'. mu-na-du3
7'. e2-an-na-tum2-e
8'. elam hur#-sag u6-ga
9'. |GIN2.SZE3|# [be2-se3]
column 3
1. [...]
2. mu#-dub#
3. szu-nir uru18#{ki#}-ka
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4'. |GIN2.SZE3|# [be2-se3]
5'. ki#-{d#}utu
6'. |GIN2.SZE3| be2-se3
7'. iri-az{ki}
8'. mu#-[hul]
column 4
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [mi-szi]-me#{ki#}
4. mu-hul
5. a-ru2-a{ki}
6. mu#-ha#-lam#
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7'. [akszak{ki}]-sze3#
8'. mu#-gaz#
9'. mu-ha-lam
10'. u4-ba
11'. e2-an-na-tum2-ma
12'. [...]
rest broken
column 5
1. [...]
2. [mu] GIR3#-GIR3-ni
3. lum-ma-[a]
4. {d}nin-gir2#-su2#-ra#
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5'. [mu]-na#-[ta-szum2]
6'. e2-an-na-tum2-da
7'. elam sag e-dab6-sag3
8'. elam kur-ra-na bi-gi4
9'. [kisz{ki}] sag# [e-dab6-sag3]
rest broken
column 6
beginning broken
7. [...]
8. a2# [szum2-ma]
9. {d}nin#-[gir2-su]-ka-[ke4]
10. gesz-kesz2#-[ra2]
11. [...]
rest broken