CDLI Literary 000339, ex. 018 (P346097)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000339, ex. 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346097 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | Lady who bears an aura amongst the furious me, who rides the great me |
| obverse 2 | Inanna, equipped with the ... a'ankar weapon, cloaking the battle(field) with its blood/terror(?) |
| obverse 3 | Who leans the shield upon the ground like one who runs amid the great battles(?) |
| obverse 4 | Who clutches(?) the storm and the stormwind |
| obverse 5 | For(!?) great lady Inanna, counsel is dispensed in battle, wise one |
| obverse 6 | Destroyer of the mountain, she unleashed the arrow towards ... by means of (her) power, who smote(?) with the arm(?) in the mountain |
| obverse 7 | She screamed in the universe like a pirig creature and made the people tremble |
| obverse 8 | Like a great wild bull she stands wildly in the hostile land |
| obverse 9 | Like a furious pirig creature you(!) extinguish ... among(?) the mighty/clever(?) and those disobedient to you in your bile |
| obverse 10 | My lady, as you grow like heaven |
| obverse 11 | Young woman Inanna, as you are supreme like the earth |
| obverse 12 | As you come out like Utu, the king, as you move widely about |
| obverse 13 | As you move in/are suitable for(?) heaven, as you bear a furious aura |
| obverse 14 | As you carry the brilliant sunlight on the earth |
| obverse 15 | One who goes in the mountain range, as you bring out a lapis net |
| obverse 16 | As you bathe in the pure/flowering mountain |
| reverse 1 | As you fashion the šuba mountain, the mountain, the pure place |
| reverse 2 | As your wear the udug/šita mace(!?) like (the ancestral deities) Enšar and Enul |
| reverse 3 | As you make heads roll(?) in its battles like (you were using?) a ... weapon |
| reverse 4 | The black-headed (shout) (this) with song |
| reverse 5 | In(?) all the lands (the blackheaded) sing this ilulama song sweetly |
| reverse 6 | The lady of battle(?), the great/eldest child of Suen |
| reverse 7 | Young woman Inanna, I want to praise you |
| reverse 8 | (Inanna said) I am the lady, when I go around heaven, when I go around earth |
| reverse 9 | I am Inanna, when I go around heaven, when I go around earth |
| reverse 10 | When I go around the earth, (namely?) Elam and Subir |
| reverse 11 | When I go around the earth, (namely?) the land of lulubi |
| reverse 12 | When I am to thrash around in the inner mountain |
| reverse 13 | I am the lady, I am the one that had approached the mountain, it should not/indeed it did(?) act fearfully towards me(?) |
| reverse 14 | I am Inanna, I am the one that had approached the mountain, it should not/indeed it did(?) act fearfully towards me(?) |
| reverse 15 | I am the one that had approached the mountain range (with?) the mountain of Ebih, it should not/indeed it did(?) act fearfully towards me(?) |
| reverse 16 | Like one who should not/indeed did(?) ... towards me(?) from/by means of its fear |
| reverse 17 | Like one who should not/indeed did(?) bring its nose(?) near to the ground towards me |
| reverse 18 | Like one who should not/indeed did(?) drag (its) beard in the dust for me |
| reverse 19 | Ibni-Sîn (was the scribe) |
| left 1 | (It is the month of) NENEgar, the 24th(?) day |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | in#-nin me# husz#-a ni2 gur3#-ru me# gal#-la# u5-a | |
| 2 | {d}inanna a2-kar2 KA#? szu du7 mud-bi [...] gu2 e3 | |
| 3 | me gal-gal-la hub2 sar-re-gin7 {kusz}gur21{+ur3}-bi ki us2-sa | |
| 4 | u4 mar-rux(TE)-a szu sa2 du11-ga | |
| 5 | nin gal {d}inanna-ra szen-szen-na sa2 si-si-ga! gal-zu | |
| 6 | kur gul-gul ti a2-ta x-sze3 i-ni-in-bad kur-re a2-bi mi-ni-in-sag3# | |
| 7 | pirig-gin7 an-ki-a szegx(|KAxLI|) i-ni-in-gi4 ug3-e su i-ni-sag3 | |
| 8 | am gal-gin7 kur gu2-erim2-gal2-la u3-na ba-gub-be2 | |
| 9 | pirig husz-gin7 uru16-na nu-sze-ga-za ze2-za bi2-ib2-te#-en-te-en | |
| 10 | nin-gu10 an-gin7 bulug3-ga2-za | |
| 11 | ki-sikil {d}inanna ki-gin7 mah-a-za | |
| 12 | {d}utu lugal-gin7 e3-za a2 dagal su3-su3-za | |
| 13 | an-ne2 DU-a-za ni2 husz gur3-ru-za | |
| 14 | [...]-a#? u4# sze-er-zi gur3-ru-za# | |
| 15 | [...]-ga2 gen-na sa za-gin3 e3-za# | |
| 16 | [...] x-x a tu5-[za] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] kur#? ki sikil u3-tu-u4-da-za | |
| 2 | [...] en-ul-gin7 udug2 mur10-mur10#-ra-za | |
| 3 | [...] {gesz}tukul BIR-ra?-gin7 sag gur4-gur4-za | |
| 4 | [...]-x-ga# szir3-re-esz ib2-ra | |
| 5 | kur#?-kur#-re# i-lu-lam-ma-bi du10-ge#-esz i-mi-ib2-be2 | |
| 6 | x x a dumu gal {d}suen-na | |
| 7 | ki-sikil#? {d}inanna me-tesz2-e ga-i-i# | |
| 8 | in#-[...]-en# an nigin2-na-gu10-ne! ki nigin2#-na-gu10#-ne | |
| 9 | {d}inanna-me-en an nigin2-na-gu10-ne ki nigin2#-na#-gu10-ne | |
| 10 | elam{ki} su-bir4{ki} ki#? nigin2-na#-gu10-ne | |
| 11 | kur# lu5!-lu5-a# ki#? nigin2#-na#-gu10-ne | |
| 12 | kur sza3-ga# du-du-da#-a-gu10-ne | |
| 13 | in-nin9 [...] kur-re# te#-a-me-en ni2-bi na-ma-ra#-be2 | |
| 14 | {d}inanna# [...]-re# te#-a [...] ni2-bi na-ma-ra-ab-be2 | |
| 15 | hur#-sag#? kur#? ebih#{ki}-ke4 te-a-me-en ni2-bi na-ma-ra-ab#-be2# | |
| 16 | ni2-bi-ta# na-ma-ra-ab-NI-gin7 | |
| 17 | giri17-bi ki-sze3! na-ma-ra-ab-te!-a-gin7 | |
| 18 | sum4# sahar-ra na-ma-ra-ab-ur3#-ra-gin7 | |
| 19 | ib#?-ni#?-{d}suen | |
| left | ||
| 1 | {iti}NE-NE-gar!? 2(u)? 4(disz)?-kam | |
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