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CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 076 (P357319)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 076 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357319 |
| Museum no. | YBC 09867 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] u4 me-lam2-bi nir-[gal2] | ... the storm whose aura is supreme |
| 2 | [{d}nin-urta] sag-kal usu-mah-tuku kur [a-ga-na |DU.DU|] | Ninurta, the foremost, the supreme power of his land |
| 3 | [a-ma-ru mir]-DU nu-kusz2-u3 [ki-bala ga2-ga2] | The flood, which does not tire, is set against the rebel land. |
| 4 | [ur]-sag# me3-sze3 ti#-na# gub-bu | Hero, standing in battle |
| 5 | [en] szu-silig-ga {gisz}mi#-tum-sze3 gal2 | The lord of the šusilig prayer is open towards the lit. “mītum tree’ |
| 6 | [gu2-nu]-sze#-ga sze-gin7 KIN su-ub-bu | ... like barley |
| 7 | [{d}nin-urta] lugal# dumu a-a-ni kal-ga-ni-sze3 hul2-la | To Ninurta, the king, the son of his mighty father, rejoiced |
| 8 | [ur-sag IM]-u18-lu-gin7 kur-ra dul-lu | Hero, like a storm wind blowing in the mountains |
| 9 | [{d}nin-urta aga]-zu {d}|SZE.TIR|-an-na <igi> nim-gir du7-du7 | Ninurta, your crown is ŠE.TIR.AN.A, the one who perfects lightning |
| 10 | [...]-e za-gin3 a-ri-a uszum ni2-ba gur-gur | ... lapis lazuli ... in the marsh, the ušum snake in its fearsomeness |
| 11 | [za3-pirig-e] musz#-e-esz eme#-e3#-de3 |KA.AN.NI.SI| KA si-il-li | The šapirig priestess, the snake, to make the tongue tremble |
| 12 | [{d}nin]-urta lugal {d}en#-lil2-le ni2-te-na diri-ga | Ninurta, king whom Enlil by himself surpasses |
| 13 | [ur-sag] {gisz#}{sa}szu-usz-gal lu2-erim2-ra szu2-a | Hero, the šu’uszgal-wood was taken by the enemy |
| 14 | [{d}nin]-urta# ni2-giz-zux(MI)-zu kalam#-ma la2-a | Ninurta, your nigizzu prayer covers the land |
| 15 | szur2 ki#-bala-sze3 tum3 ukkin#-bi dul-dul | To bring a šur-demon to the rebel land, to cover its assembly |
| 16 | {d}nin#-urta lugal dumu-a-a-ni-ir su3#-ud-sze3 kiri4 szu-gal2 | For Ninurta, his king, his son, a long life (and) a well-being |
| 17 | {gisz}gu#-za# bara2-mah-e si-a-[na] ni2#-gal gur3-ru-na | The throne of the bara-maḫe temple, whose horns are lofty and whose greatness is bound |
| 18 | ezen-gar-ra-ni hul2-la-na agal-[bi] tusz#-a-ni | His joyful festival, where he sits in great numbers, |
| 19 | an {d}en-lil2-da za3-du-a-ni [...] [du10]-ge#-da-ni | With An and Enlil, his praise ..., his good ... |
| 20 | {d}ba-ba6# a-ra-zu-lugal-la-ka [...]-da#-ni# | Baba, in his arazu lugal prayer |
| 21 | {d}nin-urta dumu-{d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam#-tar#-re-da-ni | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, his fate |
| 22 | u4#-bi#-a en-e {gisz}tukul-a-ni kur-ra# igi mi-ni-gal2 | At that time, the lord looked at his weapon in the netherworld |
| 23 | [szar2]-ur3#-e an-ta lugal#-bi-ir gu3 mu-na-de2-e | The šar-ur spoke to its king from above. |
| 24 | [en] giszgal#-an-na gu2-en bara2-ge si | Lord of the Ŋišgalana, the throne bearer of the dais |
| 25 | [{d}nin-urta] du11#-ge-zu nu-kur2-ru nam-tar-ra-zu szu zi-de3-esz gar | Ninurta, your command is unalterable, your fate is decreed faithfully |
| 26 | [lugal-gu10] an-e ki-sig7-ga gisz(USZ) im-ma-du11 | My king said to heaven and earth: |
| 27 | [{d}nin]-urta# ur-sag ni2-nu-zu a2-sag3 mu-un-szi-ib-tu-ud | Ninurta, hero Ninuzu, gave birth to an asag curse |
| 28 | [...]-ga# nu-tusz-a ne3-ga gu7-a | The one who does not dwell in ..., eating in fear |
| 29 | [lugal-gu10] bulug3-a-a nu-zu |KAB.GAZ|-kur-ra-ka | My king, who does not know the ... of the enemy land |
| 30 | [szul ir]-ta# e3-a igi tesz2 nu-gal2-la | The young man who came out of the womb has no equal. |
| 31 | [{d}nin-urta] nita# ni2 il2-il2-i alan-da hul2-la | Ninurta, the man who raises his horns with a joyful statue |
| 32 | [ur-sag gu4]-dam# za3-gu10 ga-bi2-ib-us2-e | Hero, I want to ride the bull at my side |
| 33 | [lugal-gu10 lu2] iri#-ni-sze3 gur-ra# ama-ni-sze3 ak-a | My king, the one who returned to his city, to his mother |
| 34 | [kur-ra sza3 i-ni]-bal# numun-bi ba-tal2-tal2 | The heart of the mountain has been carried off, its seed has spread out |
| 35 | [tesz2-ba mu bi2]-ib#-sa4 u2 lugal-bi-sze3 | he named it together, and as its king's food |
| 36 | [muru2-ba am-gal]-gin7# a2 ba-ni#-ib-il2-il2-i | In its streets, like a great wild bull, it raises its arms |
| 37 | [...] [{na4}sag]-kal# [{na4}]esi {na4}KA-gi-na | ... sagkal-stone, esi-stone and kagina-stone |
| 38 | [ur-sag {na4}nu11 gar3-ra-du]-um#-bi# iri(RA) im-ma-|DU.DU| | The hero ... the šadug stone in the city |
| 39 | [...] [mi-ni]-ib#-ur3#-ur3# | ... he smote |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | igi-bi [ki-bi-sze3 ba-ni-ib-gar] | he placed before them. |
| 2 | lugal-gu10 kur-re nidba#-[bi ki-bi-sze3] [...] | My king, the foreign lands ... its offerings to that place |
| 3 | ur-sag a-a-zu-[sze3 en3 mu-e-szi-tar] | Hero, you inquire after your father |
| 4 | dumu-{d}en-lil2-la2 en a2-mah#-zu#-usz# [...] | Dumu-Enlil, lord of your great strength |
| 5 | lugal-gu10 kal-ga-zu-sze3 ad mu-e-szi#-[ib-gi4] | My king, you have spoken to your mighty one |
| 6 | {d}nin-urta za3-zu ur-sag nu-tusz-a ba#-[ab-du11] | Ninurta, your shoulder is a hero who does not dwell |
| 7 | |UR.GA|-ru-sze3 a2 mu-szi-ib-ag2# [...] | He gave orders to the lion |
| 8 | ur-sag nam-lugal-zu tum3-da tar-tar-re# [...]-gal2# | Hero, your kingship is to be decided(?) |
| 9 | {d}nin-urta me-abzu-zu szu si-sa2-bi gizkim# [i-im]-ti# | Ninurta, your ‘meabzuzu’ is a sign of justice. |
| 10 | igi im-sag3-sag3 ki-tusz im-kur2-ra | He looked at him, he changed his dwelling. |
| 11 | a2-sag3-e u4-szu2-usz-e ki-sur-ra a2 ba-ni-ib-ku4-ku4 | The Asag-demon enters the boundary territory daily. |
| 12 | {gisz}rab-dingir-re-e-ne na-dab5-en | You should not seize the reed mats of the gods, |
| 13 | dara2-an-na kur umbin ba-e-zukum | “Ara-ana, you know the mountain, |
| 14 | {d}nin-urta en dumu-{d}en-lil2-la2 a-na zi-bi mu-un-gi4 | Ninurta, the lord, the son of Enlil, answered: |
| 15 | a2-sag3 zi-ga-bi szu la-ba-gal2 dugud-da#-bi# im-gu-ul | Its rising asag was not there, its heavy rains were destroyed |
| 16 | ugnim-bi-ta KA ib2-ta-DU erin2-bi igi la#-ba#-te#-ga2 | From its army he has ..., its troops have not seen me |
| 17 | ur5-ra kal-ga-bi sag im-gi4 {gisz}tukul-e GA2 la-ba-ab-KIN# | Its strong one turned away, it was not armed with weapons |
| 18 | {d}nin-urta |SZEN.SZITA2| szukur-mah-e su-bi nu-dar-re | Ninurta, supreme šukurmaḫ priestess, whose body cannot be separated |
| 19 | ur-sag na-me-gin7 na-ra-dim2 | No hero can compare to you. |
| 20 | en me-mah-e a2-U2-su3-su3 | Lord, supreme lord, his strength |
| 21 | sze-er-zi me-te-dingir-re-e-ne | “The šerzi prayer of the gods, |
| 22 | gu4-musz3-ba am-gal LUM-tuku# lal3#-gal-zu ur5-ra | The bull of its horns is a wild bull, your honey is sweet |
| 23 | {d}nin-urta alan-za {d}en-ki#-ke4# igi bar-bar-ra-gu10 | Ninurta, when I look at your statue of Enki |
| 24 | {d}u4-ta-u18-lu en dumu-{d#}en#-lil2#-la2 a-na# ak#-gu10 | Utaulu, the lord, the son of Enlil, what have I done? |
| 25 | en-e u3-u8 bi2-in-du11 [an] ba#-sag3 ki-giri3#-ni#-sze3 ba-DU# | The lord said “woe"; heaven was trembling, his foot ... |
| 26 | a2-ba i-ni-in-gi4# {d#}en#-lil2 ba-suh2# e2-kur-ra ba-ta#-e3# | Enlil turned away from it and left the Ekur |
| 27 | kur ba-gul ki-u4-ba# ku10-ku10 {d}a-nun-na ba-tar-ra-asz | The mountain was destroyed, at that time the Anuna gods were darkened |
| 28 | ur-sag-e hasz2 tibir-ra bi2-in-ra dingir ba-bir-bir-re-esz | The hero hastily crosses the river, the gods cross over it. |
| 29 | {d}a-nun-na udu-gin7 ki-szar2-ra ba-e-e11-de3-re7{+re}-esz# | The Anuna went to the netherworld like sheep |
| 30 | en zi-ga-ni an-ne2 im-us2 | His rising lord stands before An. |
| 31 | {d}nin-urta me3-sze3 du-ni gaba# danna# [bi2]-in-sa2 | Ninurta set out towards battle |
| 32 | u4-dam i3-du7-du7 ki-[bala-sze3] [...]-x-u5# | The storm that blew, to the rebel land ... |
| 33 | gisz-gid2-da a2 i3-ur4-ur4#-[...] | The scepter(?), the arm(?) that is twisted(?) |
| 34 | {gisz}mi-tum-e kur-sze3 ka ba-ab-du8# | The mētum tree was planted on the mountain |
| 35 | {gisz}tukul gu2-erim2-sze3 tesz2-bi i3-[gu7-e] | he ate together with the weapons of the enemy |
| 36 | im-hul u18-lu gisz-a mu-un-du3#? | The evil wind(?) built in the woods |
| 37 | mar-uru5 sze-ba mu-un-de3#-[DU] | The barley rations of the granary ... |
| 38 | ur#-sag-ra uru2-mah-sag-gi4-a# [igi-sze3 mu-na-DU] | For the hero Urumahsaŋgia he ... before him. |
| 39 | [sahar i3]-zi#-zi# sahar i3#-[...] | The earth is trembling, the earth is shaking |
| 40 | [...] mu#-[...] | ... ... |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | ug3#-bi# ki#-du#-[bi] [...] | Its people, its cult centers |
| 2 | muszen-dal-le-bi [...] | Its flying birds |
| 3 | ku6-bi engur-ra u4 mi-ni#-[ib]-ra#-ah ka [mu-un-ba-ba-e] | Its fish roamed the deep waters for a long time, he opened the mouth to it |
| 4 | edin-bi masz2-ansze-bi u2-[ku-uk] mu#-ni-ib-du11# [...] | Its steppe, its donkeys, he slaughtered, ... |
| 5 | a-gi6-zi-bi gul-bi [kur]-gul-gul | Its agizi ritual: destroyer of mountains |
| 6 | ur-sag {d}nin-urta |IM.MA#|-[DU] i3#-tuku | Hero Ninurta has a boat |
| 7 | lu2-im2-ma-bi kur-re im-[ra iri-ba] bu#-du-ug im#-[...] | Its inhabitants were carried off to the mountains, their cities were ruined |
| 8 | gu4#-ra#-bi girisz-gin7 gir2#-gir2#-[e ugu]-ugu#-bi mu-un-szu2# | Its oxen, like arrows, roared at its horns |
| 9 | [szu]-bi# |U2.KI.KAL|-gin7# [...] [mu]-un#-ri# | Like a cultivated field, he filled its meadows |
| 10 | [sag]-bi e2-gar8-ra bi2#-ib#-[kar]-re# | Its head was thrown into a ditch |
| 11 | [kur]-ra# gisz-nu11-bi dal-li-[...] [nu-ga2]-ga2# | The bed of the mountain is not set up for me |
| 12 | zi#-bi gaba-bi i-im-il2-[...] | ... raised its right and left |
| 13 | ug3#-bi tu-ra szu gu2-za3# [bi-ib2]-la2 | Its people were carried away by a hand on the shoulder |
| 14 | ki#-a asz2 im-mi-ib-[sar-re-ne] | they wrote upon the earth |
| 15 | u4-tu-da# a2-sag3 u4-ha#-[lam]-ma#-bi-a ba-[ni-ib]-ga2#-ne | In those days when the Asag and Ulamma were established |
| 16 | en-e ki-bal-[...]-ze2-a i#-[...] | The lord ... the rebel land |
| 17 | du-ni ze2 mu-us2# lipisz [szur2 mu-un]-tag# | He sat down on his throne, he uttered a bitter cry |
| 18 | i7-mah-gin7 [mi-ni-ib]-du i3-ur4-[ru gu2]-erim2#-sze3 | Like a great river, he drew near to the enemy |
| 19 | {gisz}tukul sag-[pirig-ga2]-ni-a sza3 mu-un#-[na]-zalag-ge | With his powerful weapon he brightened his heart |
| 20 | muszen-gin7 i3-dal#-le# kur mu-na-ab-zukum#-e | Like a bird it flies, it reaches the mountain for him |
| 21 | nu#-sze-ga tum3#-da a2#-[dub2] i3#-ak#-e | The one who is not to be sated is to be carried off. |
| 22 | [a]-na# ak-e zu#-zu-de3 an#-ur2# im#-nigin# | In order to know what I am doing, the horizon was surrounded |
| 23 | [|UL.DU|] gaba# mu-ru-gu2 IM-bi# [mu]-na#-ab-du11 | He sat down on the throne and spoke to him: |
| 24 | [nu-kusz2]-u3 la-ba-tusz a2-bi mar#-uru5# du | I did not dwell in a cramped state, its arms were stretched out |
| 25 | [szar2]-ur3#-e en {d}nin-urta#-ra# ugu#? [...] a#?-na ab#? ib-dib | The šarur priestess, the lord Ninurta, passed by |
| 26 | ad#-gi4-a-kur-ra szu im#-[mi-ib-gi4]-gi4 | He answered the Adgi-akur: |
| 27 | en# {d}nin-urta-ra se3-ke#-[ak mu-na-bur2]-bur2#-e | He smote the lord Ninurta |
| 28 | inim#-du11-ga-a2-sag3-a gu#-[gin7 i3-si]-il#-le | Inimduga-asag raised it like a neck |
| 29 | ur#-sag ni2-zu-sze3 du10-ge-esz mu#-[un-na]-ab#-be2 | The hero speaks sweetly to you by yourself |
| 30 | {gisz#}tukul-e ki#-ag2-ra gu2-da mu-ni-in-la2 | He stretched out the beloved weapon on his neck |
| 31 | szar2-ur-e en {d}nin-urta-ra gu3# mu-na-de2-e | The šarur priest spoke to the lord Ninurta |
| 32 | ur-sag a-ru-ub {sa}szu2-usz-me3(AK) | The hero, the one who ... the šu’ushme |
| 33 | {d}nin-urta lugal {gisz}szita2-an-na erim2#-sze3 SZID nu-gur-ru# | Ninurta, king of the Šita-ana, to the enemy he smote. |
| 34 | kal-ga u4 ki-bal-a du3 a-gi6-a buru14 su-su | The mighty one, the storm that destroys the rebel land, the flood that sweeps over the harvest, |
| 35 | lugal me3 igi-gar KA-bi-a mu-un-ri-[...] | The king, the one who sees the battle, ... |
| 36 | {d}nin-urta sa-par3-gin7 u3-mu-e-dub# |GI.PAD.UD|#-[...] | Ninurta, like a net, you(?) ... the scepter |
| 37 | en mir-DU-an-na {gisz}du3-a {gisz}tukul-e# [tu5-bi2-ib] | Lord IrDU-ana, you have cast a weapon against me with a built-up weapon |
| 38 | [{d}]nin#-urta ur-sag-ug5-ga-za mu-bi# [he2-pa3-de3] | May Ninurta, your hero, find its name |
| 39 | [ku-li]-an#-na uszum nig2-[babbar2-ra] | Kulana, the white dragon |
| 40 | [...] x x [...] | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] nu#-til#-[e] | ... is not finished |
| 2 | [en-zi en-ra] nun-e tu-ud-da | Enzi, the prince born by the lord |
| 3 | [dumu]-sag#-{d}suen-na-gin7 si mu2-mu2 | like a son-in-law of Sîn |
| 4 | [lugal]-kalam#-ma-ra ti-u4-su3-ra2 | for Lugal-kalama, Tiusu |
| 5 | [usu]-mah-an-na-ra an-bad#-ra2 | For Umaḫana, the mighty one |
| 6 | [a-ur4]-ra# |KA.KI.A| sa-ur4-ra | a-urra means “to tear out the city gate. |
| 7 | [{d}nin-urta] en ni2-husz ri#-a# kur-ra sag sum-mu | Ninurta, the en-priestess with fierce radiance, he conquered the mountain |
| 8 | [ur-sag]-gal# tab-ba nu-tuku#-tuku# | Great hero who has no rival |
| 9 | [a2-sze] a2#-sag3-ge nu-si3#-[ge] | As for me, the asag prayer is not heeded |
| 10 | [{d}nin]-urta# {na4}esi-zu kur-ra nam-ba-ni-[ib-ku4-ku4] | Ninurta, do not bring your ebony into the mountain |
| 11 | [ur]-sag# dumu gu3-silim#-a-a-[na] | Hero, son of Gusilima |
| 12 | [gal-zu sa2]-galam#-ma-ta e11-[de3] | To bring your greatness out from the midst of the netherworld |
| 13 | [{d}nin]-urta# en dumu-{d}en-lil2-la2 gesztu2 a x [...] | Ninurta, lord, son of Enlil, wisdom |
| 14 | [en-e hasz2] mu-un-gid2 du24-ur3 mu#-[dur2-ru-un] | The lord extends the hips and sits on the throne |
| 15 | [...] [kesz2]-da za3 mu-ni-in#-[...] | He ... the ... of the net at his side |
| 16 | [...]-ra2-ni kur-ra bi2-[...] | ... his ... in the mountains |
| 17 | [...]-gin7#? ug3-ba mi-ni-in#-e3# | Like a ..., he brought out the people |
| 18 | [...]-x-ke4 sa2 ba-an-du11# | ... made good(?) |
| 19 | [me3-sag]-ba#? ki-bal-a ba-an-DU | In its beginning he ... the rebel land |
| 20 | [...] a2 im-ma-an-ag2 im gu-bi-[sze3] im#-la2 | ... gave orders, he stretched out the clay on its side |
| 21 | [...] gu3# ba-an-de2 ka-kesz2-[bi-sze3] ba-DU | ... shouted, ... to its kakeš |
| 22 | [...] an-urasz-e# ba#-[...] | ... to the universe ... |
| 23 | [...] | |
| 24 | [...] | |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | [...] x [...] | |
| 2 | [...] [ba]-an-gub [...] | ... stood ... |
| 3 | [...]-di#-ta ba-da-ha#-[lam] [...] | ... was destroyed ... |
| 4 | [...] me3#-e sag#-[ba] [...] | ... the battle, on its head |
| 5 | [...] x-a ur2-ba mu-un#-[...] | ... in its roots |
| 6 | [...] sag# ki-a im-[...] | ... the head on earth |
| 7 | [...] lu2#-erim2-sze3 kun!-su3 dim3-ma ug5#-ge#-[en] | ... you are the one who kills the enemy |
| 8 | [x] da#-bi-a mu-un-sur-sur-re# | ... spreads out ... on its side |
| 9 | [a2]-sag3# {d}nin-urta dumu-{d}en-lil2-la2-ra e2-gar8 mu-un-[x?]-gul-lu | For Ninurta, the son of Enlil, he destroyed the wall |
| 10 | [...]-dag#!-ga-gin7 gu3-husz bi2-ib-ra# | Like a ..., it roared furiously |
| 11 | [musz]-sag#-kal-gin7 kalam-ma szigx(|KAxBALAG|) bi2-ib-gi4# | Like a lion it roared in the land |
| 12 | [...]-ib#-lah {gisz}szinig mi-ni-ib-ur3# | He shook the tamarisk, he smashed the cedar |
| 13 | [...]-dar#? |GIG#.GIG#|-ma bi2-in-gar# | ... he set up and |
| 14 | [...] x-sum an-e# usz2 bi2-ib2#-tu5# | ... the heavens covered with blood |
| 15 | [...] bi2#-ib-bal# ug3#-be2# sag2# [...] | ... carried off, the people were scattered |
| 16 | [...]-sza3#-ga uh3-gi6-ma#? | ... in the midst of the darkness(?) |
| 17 | [...] he#-me-da(A2)-gin7 zu#-a#-sze3# ur5# he2#-me#-[...] | May he be like me, may he become like me |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...]-dub2# ba#-KU sza3 szu ba-szi#-[...] | ... ..., he ... his heart |
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