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RIME 4.02.09.11, ex. 12 (P428291)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.02.09.11, ex. 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P428291 |
| Museum no. | BM 090704 + BM 090718 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | {[d]}suen-i3-[din-na-am] | Sîn-iddinam |
| 2 | nita# kal#-[ga] | strong man |
| 3 | [u2-a] uri2#{ki}-ma# | provider of Ur |
| 4 | lugal# larsa#{[ki]}-ma | king of Larsa |
| 5 | lugal# ki#-en#-gi# [ki]-uri# | king of Sumer and Akkad |
| 6 | lu2# in-dub# libir# | the old indubbu-official |
| 7 | [ki-be2] bi2#-in#-gi4#-[a] | he restored |
| 8 | [u4 {gesz}gu-za] larsa#{[ki]}-ma | when the throne of Larsa |
| 9 | suhusz# mu#-un#-ge-[na-a] | established a foundation for it |
| 10 | {gesz}tukul-ta gu2# erim2#-be2# | With weapons, the neck of the enemy |
| 11 | gar3# bi2#-in-dar#-ra#-a# | he smote |
| 12 | {i7}idigna | the Tigris |
| 13 | i7 sza3 du10-ga-[na] | and the canals of his good heart |
| 14 | usu# ma-da-ni-ta# | by the strength of his land |
| 15 | [im-mi-in]-ba#-al#-la#-a#! | he had deposited there |
| 16 | [a da]-ri2# | forever water |
| 17 | he2#-[gal2 nig2 nu-til-e] | abundance that cannot be ended |
| 18 | iri{ki} ma-da-ni-sze3# | to the city of his land |
| 19 | im#-mi-in-gar-ra#-a | he set up. |
| 20 | szu12-de3 nam-szita a-ra-zu-ni# | In prayer and supplication, his prayer |
| 21 | {d}nanna# | For Nanna |
| 22 | [dumu-sag] {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 | the first-born son of Enlil |
| 23 | in-de3#-[gen]-na#-[asz] | when he went |
| 24 | gesztu2# dagal# | broad wisdom |
| 25 | inim# sa6#-sa6#-ge#-ni-ta# | by means of his beautiful words |
| 26 | ki uri2{[ki]}-ma-ka# | in the place of Ur |
| 27 | mu mah-a-ni bi2-in-gub | he set up his exalted name. |
| 28 | e2-nam-nun-na-ka-ni | his Enamnuna temple |
| 29 | {d}nanna#-ar# | For Nanna |
| 30 | mu#-na#-an#-du3# | he built for him |
Sources & licences
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