I Eannatum of Lagash Lord of Sumer and Akkad Son of Akhurgal Descended from the seed of Ningursu Subjugator of foreign lands Made war upon Umma Sanctioned by the gods
I Eannatum Like a fierce storm wind I unleashed the tempest I stretched forth my clenched fist With spear and blades of copper Advanced with chariot and phalanx Like a fierce storm wind I unleashed the tempest
I Eannatum Lion of Lagash
I had been given strength by Enlil To lay slaughter upon the soldiers of Umma Though struck by arrow through the eye I smote the Ummites slaying them by the thousands When they fled the bloodied battlefield
We cut them down We trampled the helpless beneath our feet We crushed their skulls We fed their corpses to the vultures We cut them down We fed their corpses to the vultures Unleash the tempest!
I Eannatum Lion of Lagash
Born of the seed of Ninngursu And fed at the breast of Ninhursaga Like a fierce storm wind I unleashed the tempest
I did pile into heaps the corpses of the sons of Umma And did rejoice in the suffering of my enemies As vultures flew overhead I Eannatum of Lagash Like a fierce storm wind I unleashed the tempest Like a fierce storm wind
