Editing Sumerian language (section)

===Inscription by Entemena of Lagaš===
{{see also|Entemena|Lagash}}
This text was inscribed on a small clay cone {{circa|2400&nbsp;BC}}. It recounts the beginning of a war between the city-states of Lagaš and Umma during the Early Dynastic III period, one of the earliest border conflicts recorded. (RIME 1.09.05.01)<ref name="CDLI-Found Texts">{{Cite web|url=https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_results.php?SearchMode=Text&ObjectID=P222532|title=CDLI-Found Texts|website=cdli.ucla.edu|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref>
[[File:Sumerian_Cuneiform_Stone_Cone._Cone_of_Enmetena,_king_of_Lagash.jpg|thumb|Cone of [[Enmetena]], king of Lagash, Room 236 Reference AO 3004, Louvre Museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cone of Enmetena, king of Lagash |url=https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/cone-enmetena-king-lagash |date=2020 |access-date=2020-02-27 |archive-date=2020-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227120207/https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/cone-enmetena-king-lagash |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CDLI-Found Texts"/>]]

{{fs interlinear|lang=sum|number=I.1–7
|𒀭𒂗𒆤 𒈗 𒆳𒆳𒊏 𒀊𒁀 𒀭𒀭𒌷𒉈𒆤 𒅗 𒄀𒈾𒉌𒋫 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄈𒋢 𒀭𒇋𒁉 𒆠 𒂊𒉈𒋩
|<sup>d</sup>en-lil<sub>2</sub> lugal kur-kur-ra ab-ba dig̃ir-dig̃ir-re<sub>2</sub>-ne-ke<sub>4</sub> inim gi-na-ni-ta <sup>d</sup>nin-g̃ir<sub>2</sub>-su <sup>d</sup>šara<sub>2</sub>-bi ki e-ne-sur
|"[[Enlil]], king of all the lands, father of all the gods, by his firm command, fixed the border between [[Ningirsu]] and [[Shara (god)|Šara]]."}}

{{fs interlinear|lang=sum|number=8–12
|𒈨𒁲 𒈗 𒆧𒆠𒆤 𒅗 𒀭𒅗𒁲𒈾𒋫 𒂠 𒃷 𒁉𒊏 𒆠𒁀 𒈾 𒉈𒆕
|me-silim lugal kiš<sup>ki</sup>-ke<sub>4</sub> inim <sup>d</sup>ištaran-na-ta eš<sub>2</sub> gana<sub>2</sub> be<sub>2</sub>-ra ki-ba na bi<sub>2</sub>-řu<sub>2</sub>
|"[[Mesilim]], king of [[Kish (Sumer)|Kiš]], at the command of [[Ishtaran|Ištaran]], measured the field and set up a stele there."}}

{{fs interlinear|lang=sum|number=13–17
|𒍑 𒉺𒋼𒋛 𒄑𒆵𒆠𒆤 𒉆 𒅗𒈠 𒋛𒀀𒋛𒀀𒂠 𒂊𒀝
|uš ensi<sub>2</sub> umma<sup>ki</sup>-ke<sub>4</sub> nam inim-ma dirig-dirig-še<sub>3</sub> e-ak
|"Ush, ruler of [[Umma]], acted unspeakably."}}

{{fs interlinear|lang=sum|number=18–21
|𒈾𒆕𒀀𒁉 𒉌𒉻 𒂔 𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠𒂠 𒉌𒁺
|na-ru<sub>2</sub>-a-bi i<sub>3</sub>-pad edin lagaš<sup>ki</sup>-še<sub>3</sub> i<sub>3</sub>-g̃en
|"He ripped out that stele and marched toward the plain of [[Lagash|Lagaš]]."}}

{{fs interlinear|lang=sum|number=22–27
|𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄈𒋢 𒌨𒊕 𒀭𒂗𒆤𒇲𒆤 𒅗 𒋛𒁲𒉌𒋫 𒄑𒆵𒆠𒁕 𒁮𒄩𒊏 𒂊𒁕𒀝
|<sup>d</sup>nin-g̃ir<sub>2</sub>-su ur-sag <sup>d</sup>en-lil<sub>2</sub>-la<sub>2</sub>-ke<sub>4</sub> inim si-sa<sub>2</sub>-ni-ta umma<sup>ki</sup>-da dam-ḫa-ra e-da-ak
|"Ningirsu, warrior of Enlil, at his just command, made war with Umma."}}

{{fs interlinear|lang=sum|number=28–31
|𒅗 𒀭𒂗𒆤𒇲𒋫 𒊓 𒌋 𒃲 𒉈𒌋 𒅖𒇯𒋺𒁉 𒂔𒈾 𒆠 𒁀𒉌𒍑𒍑
|inim <sup>d</sup>en-lil<sub>2</sub>-la<sub>2</sub>-ta sa šu<sub>4</sub> gal bi<sub>2</sub>-šu<sub>4</sub> SAḪAR.DU<sub>6</sub>.TAKA<sub>4</sub>-bi eden-na ki ba-ni-us<sub>2</sub>-us<sub>2</sub>
|"At Enlil's command, he threw his great battle net over it and heaped up burial mounds for it on the plain."}}

{{fs interlinear|lang=sum|number=32–38
|𒂍𒀭𒈾𒁺 𒉺𒋼𒋛 𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠 𒉺𒄑𒉋𒂵 𒂗𒋼𒈨𒈾 𒉺𒋼𒋛 𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠𒅗𒆤
|e<sub>2</sub>-an-na-tum<sub>2</sub> ensi<sub>2</sub> lagaš<sup>ki</sup> pa-bil<sub>3</sub>-ga en-mete-na ensi<sub>2</sub> lagaš<sup>ki</sup>-ka-ke<sub>4</sub>
|"[[Eannatum]], ruler of Lagash, uncle of [[Entemena]], ruler of Lagaš"}}

{{fs interlinear|lang=sum|number=39–42
|𒂗𒀉𒆗𒇷 𒉺𒋼𒋛 𒄑𒆵𒆠𒁕 𒆠 𒂊𒁕𒋩
|en-a<sub>2</sub>-kal-le ensi<sub>2</sub> umma<sup>ki</sup>-da ki e-da-sur
|"fixed the border with [[Enakale]], ruler of [[Umma]]"}}