Position in chronology
Utu-hegal 3
Translation — scholar edition
ETCSRI(1) The leader of Urim laid claim to the border territory of Lagaš, (but) Utu-heĝal, king of the four quarters, returned it under the authority of Ninĝirsu, Enlil's powerful warrior.
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions — scholar edition (Vienna).
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Why it matters
Attests Utu-hegal's assertion of sovereignty over disputed border territory between Ur and Lagash under divine sanction — evidence that boundary disputes were resolved through royal inscription as well as warfare.
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 Q000877.
Attribution
Image: FLP 2634.02 (Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) — from Girsu (mod. Tello) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P216775). 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/Q000877/.
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