Names

  • En-metena 18

Numbers

  • Q001105
  • RIME 1.09.05.18 composite
  • FAOS 5/1 Ent 32

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Details

  • vase
  • Early Dynastic
  • Nippur
  • Royal Inscription

Bibliography

FAOS 5/1 Ent 32

Sources

En-metena 18 (RIME 1.09.05.18 composite)

(column 1)
i 11[den-lil₂(E₂)]

(i 1) For Enlil of the E-adda, En-metena, ruler of Lagaš, given strength by Enlil, nourished on rich milk by Ninhursaĝa, ....

i 22[e₂-ad-da]-ka-ra
i 33en-mete-na
i 44ensi₂
i 55lagaški
i 66a₂ šum₂-ma
i 77den-lil₂(E₂)
i 88ga zid gu₇-a
i 99dnin-ḫur-saŋ-ka
(missing)
i 1'1'[...] x x

(i 1') (When ...) took him by the hand from among the multitude of people, and Enlil granted to En-metena the lofty scepter of destiny from Nibru, ....

i 2'2'[šag₄] lu₂ 1(šar₂)-ta
i 3'3'[šu]-ni ba-ta-[dab₅]-ba-a
i 4'4'[ŋidru] maḫ nam-tar-ra
i 5'5'den-lil₂(E₂)-le
i 6'6'nibruki-ta
i 7'7'en-mete-na-ra
i 8'8'mu-na-šum₂-[ma?-a?]
(missing)
(column 2)
ii 1'1'[...]-x-da-a

(ii 1') ..., he transported (this) lofty vase from the mountains for his father, Enlil.

ii 2'2'aya₂-ni den-lil₂(E₂)-la
ii 3'3'bur maḫ
ii 4'4'kur-ta mu-na-ta-ed₃
ii 5'5'dšul-MUŠ×PA

(ii 5') Šul-MUŠxPA, the personal god of En-metena, ....

ii 6'6'diŋir en-mete-[na-x]
(missing)
ii 1''1''[den]-lil₂(E₂)-ke₄

(ii 1'') ... by Enlil, fashioned it and dešorated it with purified silver for him.

ii 2''2''mu-na-dim₂
ii 3''3''kug luḫ-[ḫa?] mu-na-ni-keše₂
ii 4''4''nam-til₃-la-ni-še₃

(ii 4'') ... this (vessel) for his own well-being, for the well-being of Lagaš, and for the well-being of ....

ii 5''5''nam-til₃
ii 6''6''lagaški-še₃
ii 7''7''nam-til₃
(missing)