Lugal-zage-si

In those days, although writing words on tablets existed, putting tablets into envelopes did not yet exist. King Ur- Zababa despatched Sargon , the creature of the gods, to Lugal-zage-si in Unug with a message written on clay, which was about murdering Sargon . unknown no. of lines missing

Sargon and Ur-Zababa (c.2.1.4) ·c.2.1.4 ·56 ·machine translation (etcsl)

To …… the sanctuary like a cargo ship; to …… its great furnaces; to see that its canals …… waters of joy, to see that the hoes till the arable tracts and that …… the fields; to turn the house of Kiš , which was like a haunted town, into a living settlement again -- its king, shepherd Ur- Zababa , rose like Utu over the house of Kiš . An and Enlil , however, authoritatively (?) decided (?) by their holy command to alter his term of reigning and to remove the prosperity of the palace.

Sargon and Ur-Zababa (c.2.1.4) ·c.2.1.4 ·3 ·machine translation (etcsl)

To …… the sanctuary like a cargo ship; to …… its great furnaces; to see that its canals …… waters of joy, to see that the hoes till the arable tracts and that …… the fields; to turn the house of Kiš , which was like a haunted town, into a living settlement again -- its king, shepherd Ur- Zababa , rose like Utu over the house of Kiš . An and Enlil , however, authoritatively (?) decided (?) by their holy command to alter his term of reigning and to remove the prosperity of the palace.

Sargon and Ur-Zababa (c.2.1.4) ·c.2.1.4 ·5 ·machine translation (etcsl)

To …… the sanctuary like a cargo ship; to …… its great furnaces; to see that its canals …… waters of joy, to see that the hoes till the arable tracts and that …… the fields; to turn the house of Kiš , which was like a haunted town, into a living settlement again -- its king, shepherd Ur- Zababa , rose like Utu over the house of Kiš . An and Enlil , however, authoritatively (?) decided (?) by their holy command to alter his term of reigning and to remove the prosperity of the palace.

Sargon and Ur-Zababa (c.2.1.4) ·c.2.1.4 ·8 ·machine translation (etcsl)

Then Sargon -- his city was the city of ……, his father was La’ibum , his mother …… -- Sargon …… with happy heart. Since he was born ……. unknown no. of lines missing

Sargon and Ur-Zababa (c.2.1.4) ·c.2.1.4 ·10 ·machine translation (etcsl)

In 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 .

The Sumerian king list (c.2.1.1) ·c.2.1.1 ·259 ·machine translation (etcsl)