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Gudea Statue C
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High confidence(i 1) Ninĝišzida is the personal god of Gudea, ruler of Lagaš, who built the E-ana. (ii 1) For Inana, the lady of all lands, his lady, after she had looked at him with her life-giving look, Gudea, (whose) name is everlasting, ruler of Lagaš, the builder of Ninĝirsu's E-ninnu, being a ruler of Lagaš with broad wisdom and a slave who loves his lady, he made a magical drawing on the brick making shed, and made a standard shine at the clay pit. He mixed the clay in a pure place, and made the (first) brick in an undefiled place. He purified the foundation pit by carrying around fire, and anointed…
Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001542/
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Sumerian royal inscription, published in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI) by Gábor Zólyomi and collaborators. Translation reproduced from the ETCSRI edition. ORACC text Q001542.
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Translation excerpted from Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI), University of Vienna, edited by Gábor Zólyomi et al. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/Q001542/.
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