SU1 Ur: INANNA Carts Away Mis-Fortune

(Dec. 31, 2022) Seal now at British Museum. Museum number: 89069. It was acquired in 1867 from a collector. Online at: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1867-0815-4

Seated is the life connective goddess INANNA. Between her and the approaching supplicants is her crescent moon sign. The text reads:

  1. Humans are earth-relatives of AN 
  2. Pests are being ejected
  3. The couple (AN-INANNA) carts away bad-fortune

Lexicon used for this translation: About This Early-Sign Sumerian Lexicon  

Sumerian (text SU 1.1)

(verb at end indicates statement)
  1. LU2 AN ŠEŠ.KI 

English Translation

  1. Humans are earth-relatives of AN 

Sumerian (text SU 1.2)

  1. DUB SAR 

English Translation

  1. Pests are being ejected

Sumerian (text SU 1.3)

(verb at end indicates statement)
  1. DUMU  X20.X21.X3  MAR.KI  

English Translation

  1.  The Couple (AN-INANNA) carts away bad-fortune