Origin/Historian/Author: Sumer, Ur (ca. 2400 BCE)
Source: Ur Excavations Royal Inscriptions, By C. J. Gadd and Leon Legrain, 1928
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COLUMN I
(BACK)
(For) Enlil, father of the gods: Entemena, governor of Lagash, beloved of Nina, great governor of Ningirsu, son of Enannatum, governor of Lagash, eldest descendant of Ur-Nina, king of Lagash, for Ningirsu has built the es-DUK-RU, the a-hus,
COLUMN II
that is beheld with favor, he has built for him [the god]. For Lugal-URU he has built his palace in (URU; for Nina he has built e-engur-ra-kalum-ma; for Enki, the king of Eridu, he has built the abzu-pa-sir-ra; for Nin-khursag he has built gi-ka-na of the sacred forest; for Ningirsu he has built the antasurra ; sa(g)-pad-da he has built; the temple of Ga-tum-dug he has built;
COLUMN III
for Nina he has built her exalted gi-ka-na, he has restored for her the place of her temple; for Enlil he has built e-ad-da-im-sag-ga. At that time Entemena carved his statue, ” Entemena beloved of Enlil” he called (its) name, and to Enlil in the temple
COLUMN IV
he brought it. Entemena (is he) whose god in the house of his father is Shul-? For the life of Entemena, unto days long hence, may he make prayer to Enlil.
COLUMN V
(UPPER ARM)
450 iku (belonging to) Enannatum, who made that canal flow for Nina. 198 iku of the im-sag-gil-su, marsh-land of (the town of) Nina, bordering the Sacred Canal. 1080 iku (belonging to) Enlil:
COLUMN VI
that land of the plain Entemena, governor of Lagash, portioned to Enlil of E-ad-da.