RIME 4.02.14.08, ex. 01-02 (P431799)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.02.14.08, ex. 01-02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P431799 |
| Museum no. | BM 116421 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-szubur | For Ninšubur |
| 2 | nin sukkal zi an-na | lady, true minister of An, |
| 3 | me ku3-ga szu# du7 | perfecting the pure divine powers |
| 4 | sag il2 igi#-[sze3] du dingir-re#-e-ne | who raises his head before the gods |
| 5 | a2-ag2-ga2 szum2-mu gal-zu | The command of your great wisdom |
| 6 | sza3 kusz2 sza3 du10-du10 {d}inanna | the angry heart, the sweet heart of Inanna, |
| 7 | nam-szita-e ki-ag2 | beloved of the šita prayer, |
| 8 | nin-a-ni-ir | his mistress |
| 9 | ri-im-{d}suen | Rim-Sîn, |
| 10 | nita kal-ga | the strong man |
| 11 | sipa inim sa6-sa6-ge nibru{ki} | shepherd who makes beautiful words beautiful in Nippur |
| 12 | u2-a uri5{ki}-ma | provider of Ur, |
| 13 | e2-babbar-da ni2 te-ge26 | who reveres the Ebabbar, |
| 14 | me eridu{ki}-ga szu du7-du7 | perfecting the divine powers of Eridu, |
| 15 | sag-en3-tar gir2-su{ki} ki-lagasz{ki}-a | the foremost of Girsu and Lagaš, |
| 16 | lu2 e2 dingir-re-e-ne szu gibil bi2-in-ak | He made the man enter the house of the gods. |
| 17 | lugal larsa{ki}-ma | king of Larsa, |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-ke4 | king of Sumer and Akkad |
| 2 | u4 ugnim unu{ki}-ga | when the army of Uruk |
| 3 | i3-si-in{ki} | of Isin |
| 4 | ka2-dingir-ra{ki} | Babylon, |
| 5 | ra-pi2-qum{ki} | Rapiqum |
| 6 | su-ti-um{ki}-be2 | of Sutium |
| 7 | {gesz}tukul in-sag3-ga | he struck with weapons |
| 8 | me3-ba | in battle |
| 9 | ARAD-ne-ne lugal unu{ki}-ga in-dab5-ba | ARADnene, king of Uruk, has seized. |
| 10 | musz-gin7 sag-ga2-ne2 | his head like a snake |
| 11 | giri3-ni in-us2-sa | he twisted his foot. |
| 12 | u4-ba e2-nin-be2-tum2 | At that time, Eninbetum |
| 13 | ki-tusz ki-ag2-ga2-ni | his beloved residence |
| 14 | nam-ti-la-ni-sze3 | for his life |
| 15 | mu-na-du3 | built for him. |
| 16 | diri u4-bi-ta-sze3 | more than before |
| 17 | e2-szu-se3-ga-bi mu#-dagal# | Its Ešusega temple grew wide |
| 18 | sag-bi im-mi-in-il2# | he raised its top |
| 19 | gal-le-esz mu-na#-[an]-gun3# | he decorated it greatly for him. |
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