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TMH 06, 14 (P273897)
Prayer, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 06, 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273897 |
| Museum no. | HS 1556 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | enuru{+e2-nu-ru} | Enuru-enuru |
| 2 | gu-di se3-ga na5-gal | gudi slag, big-stone |
| 3 | gu3-ha-mun {d}bahar2-un-za-ku-kam | It is the guhamun prayer of Aḫarunzakku. |
| 4 | gu-di se3-ga-bi imin-am3 {gesz}dim-ma bi2-la2 | Its seven throne-bearers stretched out a diadem. |
| 5 | nimgir gu3 hul-am3 kur-elam an-sza u3 ma-da-be2 ba-si | The herald, whose voice is evil, fills heaven and earth. |
| 6 | nimgir2# ka-ba gu tu6-a bi2-la2 | The herald at its gate stretched a net in the evening |
| 7 | u3# tu-tu{muszen} imin kur elam an-sza u3 [ma]-da# a-rum2-ma nar-kur-ku5-sze3 bi2-gar | and the seven Tutu birds, the seven mountains of Elam, heaven and sea, he placed as a narkurkug offering |
| 8 | [{d}]nin-kilim# ir-pu2 kusz ga2-la2-sze3 bi2-la2 | Ninkilim, he stretched out a scepter (and) carried it with a leather bag. |
| 9 | szu#?-giri3 pesz2#-ur#-ka hul-e bi2-dab | He seized the evil foot of the pešur canal |
| 10 | usz2-la2 u2-du11-sze3 tug2#-gur10# usz2-gi4-sze3 bi2-la2 | He hung a garment for the udug ritual, for the ušgi ritual |
| 11 | eme nam-lu2-ulu3 pesz2-nu-sub6-sze3 bi2-la2 | He brought the tongue of humanity to the scepter. |
| 12 | lipisz ur-mah-a nam-szu#-gi4# bi2-la2 | He swore an oath by the lion |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | usz2 nam-lu2-ulu3 husz#-e bi2#-nag | He drank the blood of furious humanity |
| 2 | szim{muszen}-usz7-su imin [kur elam] an#-sza u3 ma-da-ba a-ba#-ba# KA#-KA-sze3 bi2#-la2 | The seven ušsu-birds of the mountains of Elam, heaven and earth, who will carry (them) to ...? |
| 3 | [a]-ah#-guru5-na imin a-ra2 min imin-am3 kur elam an-sza [u3] ma#-da-ba a-rum2-ma sza3-sur! gig-sze3 bi2-la2 | The Aḫ-guru, seven times seven, the Elamite mountain of heaven and earth, he stretched out a ša-sur for the sick. |
| 4 | [x x] na5#-gal-kam kur elam an-sza [u3 ma-da] a-rum2-gal2 ki-nu-gi4-sze3 bi2-la2 | ... it is a great ..., the land Elam, heaven and the land he brought to the sceptre of reconciliation. |
| 6 | [...] x-me-a | ... x hundred |
| 7 | x gal | large |
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