Stelae of Vultures

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