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RIME 4.02.09.06, ex. 12 (P431652)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.02.09.06, ex. 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P431652 |
| Museum no. | RM 16 (6365) |
| Collection | Ethnological Collections, Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Province, Canada |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | u4 {d}utu esz3 e2-babbar-ra | when Utu in the shrine Ebabbar |
| 2 | nam#-bi mu-un-tar-ra-a | he decreed its fate |
| 3 | me# gesz-hur szu [du7-du7-de3] | to perfect the divine powers and plans |
| 4 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 5 | [ki]-tusz-bi dagal#-[e-de3] | to widen its dwelling |
| 6 | gal#-le-esz KA# [...] | Greatly ... |
| 7 | x-asz mu-un#-[du11-ga] | ... spoke |
| 8 | u4#-ba {d}suen-i-din#-[na-am] | At that time, Sîn-iddinam |
| 9 | nita kal-[ga] | strong man |
| 10 | u2-a uri5{ki}-[ma] | provider of Ur |
| 11 | lugal larsa{ki}-[ma] | king of Larsa |
| 12 | lugal ki-en-gi# ki-uri-me#-[en] | I am king of Sumer and Akkad |
| 13 | szul {d}utu kur kilib3-ba-ni-[ta] | youth Utu from his entire land |
| 14 | igi zi mu-szi-in#-[bar] | he looked faithfully. |
| 15 | nam-sipa larsa{ki}-ma#-[sze3] | for the shepherdship of Larsa |
| 16 | hu-mu-un-il2-[le-en] | I raised up. |
| 17 | erin2 ma-da lu-a-bi | the troops of the land of Lu-abi, |
| 18 | inim-mu-sze3 he2-em-mi-in#-[tusz] | I sat down at my word. |
| 19 | a2 ag2-ga2 gal-gal-la#-[bi] | the great orders |
| 20 | szu-mu-sze3 he2-em-mi-in#-[si] | I adorned it with my name. |
| 21 | ki-tusz sza3 du10-ga-na | his dwelling place in his sweet heart |
| 22 | szu dagal di-de# | to widen(?) the understanding |
| 23 | nam ni2-tuku-mu-sze3 | because of my own fate |
| 24 | a2#-bi hu-mu#-da-an-ag2 | May he give me this power. |
| 25 | u4#-bi-a {d}utu lugal-mu-ur2 | At that time, Šamaš, my master |
| 26 | inim sa6-sa6-ge-mu-ta | from my beautiful words |
| 27 | iri{ki}-ga2 i-{d}utu | In my city Ištar |
| 28 | he2-eb2-ta-zi | may he remove. |
| 29 | ugnim larsa{ki}-ma | army of Larsa |
| 30 | asz-bi um-mi-tusz | he sat down there. |
| 31 | a2 sza3-gal i3-szesz4 | labor of the šagal service he rendered |
| 32 | sza3 du10-ga-bi-de3 | in order to please the heart |
| 33 | lu2 kin ak-bi-sze3 | to the worker of this work |
| 34 | ha-ba-szum2-szum2 | may he give. |
| 35 | sza3 mu asz-ka | in the year of Aška |
| 36 | szeg12 al-ur5-ra-bi | whose bricks are piled up |
| 37 | he2-bi2-du8 | he had it carried off. |
| 38 | e2-babbar-ra [e2 ki-ag2]-ga2-ni | his beloved Ebabbar temple |
| 39 | hur#-sag-gin7 ki sikil#-[la] | like a mountain range in a pure place |
| 40 | [gi-gun4]-na# mah-bi | Its lofty terrace |
| 41 | [hu-mu]-na#-du3 | I built for him. |
| 42 | [u4 esz3 e2-babbar]-ra | when in the shrine Ebabbar |
| 43 | [hu-mu-du3]-a | had built |
| 44 | x [...] | |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | [a2 lu2 1(disz)-e] | labor of 1 man |
| 2 | [n sze gur-ta] | n gur barley each |
| 3 | zu2-lum 2(disz) sila3-ta | dates, 2 sila3 each |
| 4 | ga-ara3 2(disz) sila3-ta | cheese, 2 sila3 each |
| 5 | duh sze-gesz-i3 2(disz) sila3-ta | bran, sesame, 2 sila3 each |
| 6 | i3 2(disz) gin2-ta-am3 | 2 shekels of oil each, |
| 7 | amasz nig2-gu7-e szub-ba | the sheepfold where food was thrown, |
| 8 | u4 asz-a | when |
| 9 | ur5-gin7 szu ha-ba-ra-an-ti | like a dog may he kiss you. |
| 10 | u4 bala# sa6-ga-ga2 | At the time of my good reign |
| 11 | {d}utu lugal-mu | for Utu my master |
| 12 | ga2-ar ma-an-szum2-ma-a | he gave to me. |
| 13 | sze 4(asz) gur-ta | 4 gur barley each, |
| 14 | zu2-lum 1(u) 2(asz) gur-ta | dates, 12 gur each |
| 15 | siki 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na-ta | wool at 15 minas each, |
| 16 | i3-gesz 3(ban2)-ta | sesame oil, 3 ban2 each |
| 17 | i3-szah2 5(ban2)-ta-am3 | 5 ban of lard each, |
| 18 | ganba sza3 uri5{ki} | at the market rates in Ur |
| 19 | larsa{ki} u3 ma-da-ga2-[ka] | Larsa and my land |
| 20 | ku3 1(disz) gin2-e | 1 shekel of silver |
| 21 | ur5-gin7 ha-ba-ra-[sa10] | may he buy it for you as a loan. |
| 22 | {d}suen-i-din-na#-[am] nun gal x [...] | Sîn-iddinam, great prince |
| 23 | sig tum3-tum2 x [x x] | low lying down ... |
| 24 | u4-ba sag-ki# [zalag] | At that time, with a shining crown |
| 25 | sza3 hul2 iri{ki}-ga2-[ka] | the joyful heart of my city |
| 26 | esz3 e2-babbar-ra# | for the shrine Ebabbar |
| 27 | kin-bi hu-mu-ni-til# | I completed its work. |
| 28 | sza3 {d}utu | in the heart of Utu |
| 29 | u3 {d}{sze3}szer7-da | and Šerda |
| 30 | hu-mu-du10 | may he be good. |
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