Position in chronology
Utu-hegal 6
Translation — scholar edition
ETCSRI(1) Whoever erases the inscription of Utu-heĝal, the powerful man, king of Unug, king of the four quarters, and writes his own name there — or make someone else do it on account of this curse —, or destroys this (bowl), may his reign be cut short, may his lineage come to an end! May An, the king of the gods, and Inana, lady of Unug, curse his ...!
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions — scholar edition (Vienna).
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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 Q001456.
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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/Q001456/.
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