Position in chronology
Gudea 105add
Translation — scholar edition
ETCSRI(o 1) For Nanše, the mighty lady, the lady of the boundaries, his lady, Gudea, ruler of Lagaš, made an eternal thing appear: he restored Niĝin, her beloved city, built the E-sirara, the mountain rising from among the houses, and built his beloved divine audience chamber from fragrant cedarwood inside it.
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions — scholar edition (Vienna).
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Why it matters
Attests Gudea of Lagaš's restoration of Niĝin and construction of the E-sirara temple for Nanše, goddess of boundaries and justice — anchoring his building program to divine patronage over law and border administration.
Scholarly note
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 Q005315.
Attribution
Image: FLP unn70 (Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P461059). source
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/Q005315/.
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