193-204In Urim, Nani became king; he ruled for (
ms. vD has:) 120 + X (
ms. IB has instead: 54 + X) years. Mec-ki-aj-Nanna, the son of Nani, ruled for (
ms. vD has:) 48 years. ......, the son (?) of ......, ruled for (
ms. IB has:) 2 years. (
ms. IB has:) 3 kings; they ruled for (
ms. IB has:) 582 (
ms. TL has instead: 578) years. (
ms. vD has instead: 2 kings; they ruled for 120 + X years.) Then Urim was defeated (
ms. TL has instead: destroyed) and the kingship was taken to Adab.
205-210In Adab, Lugal-Ane-mundu became king; he ruled for (
mss. L1+N1, TL have:) 90 years. (
mss. L1+N1, TL have:) 1 king; he ruled for (
mss. L1+N1, TL have:) 90 years. Then Adab was defeated (
ms. TL has instead: destroyed) and the kingship was taken to Mari.
211-223In Mari, Anbu (?) became king; he ruled for 30 (
ms. TL has instead: 90) years. Anba (?), the son of Anbu (?), ruled for 17 (
ms. TL has instead: 7) years. Bazi, the leatherworker, ruled for 30 years. Zizi, the fuller, ruled for 20 years. Limer, the
gudu priest, ruled for 30 years. Carrum-iter ruled for 9 (
ms. TL has instead: 7) years. 6 kings; they ruled for 136 (
ms. TL has instead: 184) years. Then Mari was defeated (
ms. TL has instead: destroyed) and the kingship was taken to Kic.
224-231In Kic, Kug-Bau, the woman tavern-keeper, who made firm the foundations of Kic, became king; she ruled for 100 years. 1 king; she ruled for 100 years. Then Kic was defeated (
ms. TL has instead: destroyed) and the kingship was taken to Akcak.
232-243In Akcak, Unzi became king; he ruled for 30 years. Undalulu ruled for 6 (
mss. L1+N1, S have instead: 12) years. Urur ruled for (
ms. IB has instead: was king (?) for) 6 years. Puzur-Nirah ruled for (
mss. IB, L1+N1, S, Su1 have:) 20 years. Icu-Il ruled for (
mss. IB, L1+N1, S, Su1 have:) 24 years. Cu-Suen, the son of Icu-Il, ruled for (
mss. IB, L1+N1, S, TL have:) 7 (
ms. Su1 has instead: 24) years. (
mss. S, Su1, TL have:) 6 kings; they ruled for (
mss. L1+N1, S, TL have:) 99 (
ms. Su1 has instead: 116) years (
ms. IB has instead: 5 kings; they ruled for (
ms. IB has:) 87 years). Then Akcak was defeated (
ms. S has instead: Then the reign of Akcak was abolished) and the kingship was taken to Kic.
(
mss. IB, S, Su1, Su3+Su4 list the 3rd and 4th dynasty of Kic of ll. 224-231 and ll. 244-258, respectively, as one dynasty)
244-258In Kic, Puzur-Suen, the son of Kug-Bau, became king; he ruled for 25 years. Ur-Zababa, the son of Puzur-Suen, ruled for 400 (
mss. P3+BT14, S have instead: 6) (
ms. IB has instead: 4 + X) years. (
ms. P3+BT14 adds:) 131 are the years of the dynasty of Kug-Bau. Zimudar (
ms. TL has instead: Ziju-iake) ruled for 30 (
ms. IB has instead: 30 + X) years. Uß³i-watar, the son of Zimudar (
ms. TL has instead: Ziju-iake), ruled for 7 (
ms. S has instead: 6) years. Ectar-muti ruled for 11 (
ms. Su1 has instead: 17 (?)) years. Icme-Camac ruled for 11 years. (
ms. Su1 adds:) Cu-ilicu ruled for 15 years. Nanniya, the jeweller, (
ms. Su1 has instead: Zimudar) (
ms. IB has instead: ......) ruled for 7 (
ms. S has instead: 3) years. 7 kings; they ruled for 491 (
ms. Su1 has instead: 485) years (
ms. S has instead: 8 kings; they ruled for (
ms. S has:) 586 years). Then Kic was defeated (
ms. S has instead: Then the reign of Kic was abolished) and the kingship was taken (
ms. P3+BT14 has instead: was returned a third time) to Unug.
(
ms. IB omits the 3rd dynasty of Unug of ll. 258-263)
259-265In Unug, Lugal-zage-si became king; he ruled for 25 (
ms. P3+BT14 has instead: 34) years. 1 king; he ruled for 25 (
ms. P3+BT14 has instead: 34) years. Then Unug was defeated (
ms. S has instead: Then the reign of Unug was abolished) and the kingship was taken to Agade.
266-296In Agade, Sargon, whose father was a gardener, the cupbearer of Ur-Zababa, became king, the king of Agade, who built Agade (
ms. L1+N1 has instead: under whom Agade was built); he ruled for 56 (
ms. L1+N1 has instead: 55) (
ms. TL has instead: 54) years. Rimuc, the son of Sargon, ruled for 9 (
ms. IB has instead: 7) (
ms. L1+N1 has instead: 15) years. Man-icticcu, the older brother of Rimuc, the son of Sargon, ruled for 15 (
ms. L1+N1 has instead: 7) years. Naram-Suen, the son of Man-icticcu, ruled for (
mss. L1+N1, P3+BT14 have:) 56 years. Car-kali-carri, the son of Naram-Suen, ruled for (
ms. L1+N1, Su+Su4 have:) 25 (
ms. P3+BT14 has instead: 24) years. (
ms. P3+BT14 adds:) 157 are the years of the dynasty of Sargon. Then who was king? Who was the king? (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: who was king? Who indeed was king?) Irgigi was king, Imi was king, Nanûm was king (
in mss. L1+N1, Su3+Su4, Imi and Nanûm are in reverse order) , Ilulu was king, and the (
mss. P3+BT14, S have:) 4 of them ruled for only (
mss. P3+BT14, S have:) 3 years. Dudu ruled for 21 years. Cu-Durul, the son of Dudu, ruled for 15 (
ms. IB has instead: 18) years. 11 kings; they ruled for 181 years (
ms. S has instead: 12 kings; they ruled for (
ms. S has:) 197 years) (
mss. Su1, Su3+Su4, which omit Dudu and Cu-Durul, have instead: 9 kings; they ruled for (
ms. Su1 has:) 161 (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: 177) years. Then Agade was defeated (
ms. S has instead: Then the reign of Agade was abolished) and the kingship was taken to Unug.
297-307In Unug, Ur-nijin became king; he ruled for 7 (
mss. IB, S have instead: 3) (
ms. Su1 has instead: 15) (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: 30) years. Ur-gigir, the son of Ur-nijin, ruled for 6 (
ms. IB has instead: 7) (
ms. Su1 has instead: 15) (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: 7) years. Kuda ruled for 6 years. Puzur-ili ruled for 5 (
ms. IB has instead: 20) years. Ur-Utu ruled for 6 (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: Ur-Utu), the son of Ur-gigir, ruled for 25 (
ms. Su1 has instead: Lugal-melem, the son of Ur-gigir, ruled for 7) years. 5 kings; they ruled for 30 (
ms. IB has instead: 43) (
mss. PÝ+Ha, S have instead: 26) years (
ms. Su3+Su4, which omits Kuda and Puzur-ili, has instead: 3 kings; they ruled for (
ms. Su3+Su4 has:) 47 years). Unug was defeated (
ms. S has instead: Then the reign of Unug was abolished) and the kingship was taken to the army (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: land) of Gutium.
308-334In the army (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: land) of Gutium, at first no king was famous; they were their own kings and ruled thus for 3 years (
ms. L1+N1 has instead: they had no king; they ruled themselves for 5 years). Then Inkicuc (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: ......) ruled for 6 (
ms. L1+Ni1 has instead: 7) years. Zarlagab ruled for 6 years. Culme (
ms. L1+N1 has instead: Yarlagac) ruled for 6 years. Silulumec (
ms. Mi has instead: Silulu) ruled for 6 (
ms. G has instead: 7) years. Inimabakec ruled for 5 (
ms. Mi has instead: Duga ruled for 6) years. Igecauc ruled for 6 (
ms. Mi has instead: Ilu-an (?) ruled for 3) years. Yarlagab ruled for 15 (
ms. Mi has instead: 5) years. Ibate ruled for 3 years. Yarla (
ms. L1+N1 has instead: Yarlangab (?)) ruled for 3 years. Kurum (
ms. L1+N1 has instead: ......) ruled for 1 (
ms. Mi has instead: 3) years. Apil-kin ruled for 3 years. La-erabum (?) ruled for 2 years. Irarum ruled for 2 years. Ibranum ruled for 1 year. Hablum ruled for 2 years. Puzur-Suen, the son of Hablum, ruled for 7 years. Yarlaganda ruled for 7 years. ...... ruled for 7 years. Tiriga (?) ruled for 40 days. 21 kings; they ruled for (
ms. L1+N1 has:) 124 years and 40 days (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: 25 years). Then the army of Gutium was defeated (
ms. TL has instead: destroyed) and the kingship was taken to Unug.
335-340In Unug, Utu-hejal became king; he ruled for 427 years, ...... days (
ms. IB has instead: 26 years, 2 + X months, and 15 days) (
ms. J has instead: 7 years, 6 months, and 15 days) (
ms. TL has instead: 7 years, 6 months, and 5 days). 1 king; he ruled for 427 years, ...... days (
ms. J has instead: 7 years, 6 months, and 15 days) (
ms. TL has instead: 7 years, 6 months, and 5 days). Then Unug was defeated and the kingship was taken to Urim.
341-354In Urim, Ur-Namma became king; he ruled for 18 years. Culgi, the son of Ur-Namma, ruled for 46 (
mss. Su3+Su4, TL have instead: 48) (
ms. P5 has instead: 58) years. Amar-Suena, the son of Culgi, ruled for 9 (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: 25) years. Cu-Suen, the son of Amar-Suena, ruled for 9 (
ms. P5 has instead: 7) (
ms. Su1 has instead: 20 + X) (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: 16) years. Ibbi-Suen, the son of Cu-Suen, ruled for 24 (
mss. P5, Su1 have instead: 25) (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: 15) (
ms. TL has instead: 23 (?)) years. 4 kings; they ruled for 108 years (
mss. J, P5, Su1, Su3+Su4 have instead: 5 kings; they ruled for (
ms. P5 has:) 117 (
ms. Su1 has instead: 120 + X) (
ms. Su3+Su4 has instead: 123) years). Then Urim was defeated (
ms. P5 has instead: Then the reign of Urim was abolished). (
ms. Su3+Su4 adds:) The very foundation of Sumer was torn out (?). The kingship was taken to Isin.
355-377In Isin, Icbi-Erra became king; he ruled for 33 (
ms. P5 has instead: 32) years. Cu-ilicu, the son of Icbi-Erra, ruled for 20 (
ms. P5 has instead: 10) (
ms. Su1 has instead: 15) years. Iddin-Dagan, the son of Cu-ilicu, ruled for 21 (
ms. Su1 has instead: 25) years. Icme-Dagan, the son of Iddin-Dagan, ruled for (
mss. P2, P5 have:) 20 (
ms. Mi has instead: 18) years. Lipit-Ectar, the son of Icme-Dagan (
ms. P2 has instead: Iddin-Dagan), ruled for (
mss. L1+N1, P2, P5 have:) 11 years. Ur-Ninurta (
mss. L1+N1, P2 add:) , the son of Ickur -- may he have years of abundance, a good reign, and a sweet life -- ruled for (
ms. P5 has:) 28 years. Bur-Suen, the son of Ur-Ninurta, ruled for 21 years. Lipit-Enlil, the son of Bur-Suen, ruled for 5 years. Erra-imitti ruled for 8 (
mss. P5, TL have instead: 7) years. (
ms. P5 adds:) ...... ruled for ...... 6 months. Enlil-bani ruled for 24 years. Zambiya ruled for 3 years. Iter-pica ruled for 4 years. Ur-dul-kuga ruled for 4 years. Suen-magir ruled for 11 years. (
ms. P5 adds:) Damiq-ilicu, the son of Suen-magir, ruled for 23 years. 14 kings; they ruled for 203 years (
ms. P5 has instead: 225 years and 6 months).
(
Mss. P2+L2, L1+N1 and P4+Ha conclude with a summary of the post-diluvian dynasties; the translation of ll. 378-431 uses numerical data from each mss. but follows the wording of P2+L2 and L1+N1)
378-431A total of 39 kings ruled for 14409 + X years, 3 months and 3 1/2 days, 4 times in Kic. A total of 22 kings ruled for 2610 + X years, 6 months and 15 days, 5 times in Unug. A total of 12 kings ruled for 396 years, 3 times in Urim. A total of 3 kings ruled for 356 years, once in Awan. A total of 1 king ruled for 420 years, once in Hamazi.
16 lines missingA total of 12 (?) kings ruled for 197 (?) years, once in Agade. A total of 21 (
ms. P4+Ha has instead: 23) kings ruled for 125 years and 40 days (
ms. P4+Ha has instead: 99 years), once in the army of Gutium. A total of 11 (
ms. P4+Ha has instead: 16) kings ruled for 159 (
ms. P4+Ha has instead: 226) years, once in Isin. There are 11 cities, cities in which the kingship was exercised. A total of 134 (
ms. P4+Ha has instead: 139) kings, who altogether ruled for 28876 + X (
ms. P4+Ha has instead: 3443 + X) years. 21.