CDLI Literary 000559, ex. 008 (P346595)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000559, ex. 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346595 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary letter and letter-prayer |
| 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 | When you speak to Ibbi-Sîn, my king |
| obverse 3 | This is what Puzur-Shulgi, governor of Kazallu, says |
| obverse 5 | Before me, the messenger of Išbi-Erra before me devoted his attention to me |
| obverse 7 | (Saying) Išbi-Erra has sent a message towards you |
| obverse 8 | This is what Puzur-Shulgi, governor of Kazallu, says |
| obverse 9 | Enlil, my king, has expounded upon(?) the shepherdship of the land |
| obverse 10 | The shores of the Tigris, Euphrates, the Abgal canal |
| obverse 11 | And the banks of the Me-Enlila canal |
| obverse 12 | Their cities, their gods, and their armies |
| obverse 13 | (From?) the land of Hamazi (to?) the shore(?) of the sea of Magan |
| obverse 14 | To bring (all these places) before Ninisina |
| obverse 15 | In order to establish the status of storehouse (of) Enlil in Isin |
| obverse 16 | In order to make it acquire its name |
| obverse 17 | In order to settle their captives in its cities |
| obverse 18 | Enlil has spoken to me |
| obverse 19 | Why should it be refused? |
| obverse 20 | I have invoked the name of Enlil, my king, and Dagan, my personal god(!?) |
| reverse 1 | Kazallu shall be reached by(!?) my hand |
| reverse 2 | Enlil has ordered the cities of that land for me |
| reverse 3 | I shall have their shrines/places of honor built inside Isin |
| reverse 4 | I shall ... their ešeš festivals |
| reverse 6 | I shall make my statues and emblems and my en(?), lumah, and erešdigir priestesses dwell in their cloisters |
| reverse 7 | Before Enlil inside the Ekur temple |
| reverse 8 | Before Nanna inside the Ekišnugal temple |
| reverse 9 | My children shall perform their siskur rites |
| reverse 10 | And you, he who is your (current) aid |
| reverse 11 | I shall stand him apart from his land |
| reverse 12 | I shall build the wall of Isin |
| reverse 13 | I shall name(!?) it Idil-pašunu |
| reverse 14 | It was as he said |
| reverse 15 | He built the wall of Isin |
| reverse 16 | He named it Idil-pašunu |
| reverse 17 | He captured Nibru, he set up his guard |
| reverse 18 | And then he captured Nigdugani, the saga official of Nibru |
| reverse 19 | He plundered Hamazi |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...]-bi2#-{d#}suen# lugal#?-[...] | |
| 2 | [...] puzur4?-{d}szul-gi# [...] | |
| 3 | na#-ab#?-be2#?-[...] | |
| 4 | {lu2#}kin2#?-gi4-a isz#-bi#-[...]-ke4 ugu#?-[...] | |
| 5 | [...]-ni x-x-gar#-ma | |
| 6 | [{d?}]isz#-bi#-er3#-ra# lugal#-gu10# ugu#-zu#-sze3! | |
| 7 | kin2#?-gi4#-a im#-mi#-in#-gi4# | |
| 8 | [{d?}]isz#-bi-er3-ra#? lugal#-gu10# na#-ab#-be2-[a] | |
| 9 | {d#}en#-lil2# lugal#-gu10# nam#?-sipa#? kalam#!?-[...] x [...] x ba-an-szum2 | |
| 10 | [...] {i7?}[...] | |
| 11 | u3 [... {d}]en-lil2#-[...] | |
| 12 | iri?-x [...] (|SU.LU.SZE3|%|SU.LU.SZE3|)#-[...] | |
| 13 | ma#-da# [...]-ma#?-zi2#{ki} gaba#? [...]-ab [...] | |
| 14 | igi# {d#}nin#-{+i3}isin2{+si-na}-sze3#? [...]-ku4#-de3# | |
| 15 | i3-si#-in-na nam-ga2-nun# {d}en-lil2 ga2-ga2#-de3 | |
| 16 | mu-szu tuku-tuku-de3 | |
| 17 | nam-ra-ka-ne-[...] irix(GISZGAL)-irix(GISZGAL)-ba dur2-dur2-de3 | |
| 18 | {d}en-lil2-le# [...]-an#-du11# | |
| 19 | [...]-na#?-asz#?-am3 [...] mu#-da-ab-ak# | |
| 20 | [...] {d#?}en#?-lil2#? lugal#-gu10# {d}da-gan MU-ga2 in#-pa3#? | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [ka]-zal-lu{ki} szu-ga2 x he2-bi2-sa2 | |
| 2 | iri# ma-da {d#}en#-lil2#-le ma#?-an-du11-ga-am3 | |
| 3 | sza3 i3-si-in-na-ka za3#-gu#-la!-ne-ne ga-bi2#?-ne#?-du3-du3 | |
| 4 | esz3#-esz3-a-ne-ne-a [...]-x-NIGIN2 | |
| 5 | alan#?-gu10 szu!-nir-gu10 x [...]-mah | |
| 6 | eresz#?-dingir#-gu10-ne ge6-par4#-ra#?-[...]-ne ga-bi2#-[...]-dur2 | |
| 7 | [...] e2#-[...]-ra | |
| 8 | [...] e2#-[...]-gal2#-ta#? | |
| 9 | [...]-bi# he2-x-[...]-du11#? | |
| 10 | u3#? [...] x [...] | |
| 11 | ma#-da#-ni#-ta# ga#-am3-[...] | |
| 12 | i3#-si#-in#-na-ka#! bad3-bi ga#-[...] | |
| 13 | i3-di-il-pa-szu-nu mu-szu ga-bi2-NAM-[...] | |
| 14 | bi2#-in-du11-ga-gin7#-nam | |
| 15 | i3#-si#-in#-[...]-an#?-du3 | |
| 16 | i3-di-il-pa#-[...] mu#-sze3 ba-am3-sze21 | |
| 17 | nibru{ki#} ba#-an#-dab5# en#-nu#-ga2-ni ba#-[...] | |
| 18 | [...]-du11#-ga#-ni saga nibru{ki} ba#-[...] | |
| 19 | [...]{ki} nam-ra-a#?-asz! im-ma-x-[...] | |
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