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RIME 4.02.14.18, ex. 01-02 (P431820)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.02.14.18, ex. 01-02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P431820 |
| Museum no. | BM 116427 |
| 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-si4-an-na | For Ninsiana |
| 2 | dingir an sikil-ta giszgal-bi im-zalag | The god shines from the pure heavens. |
| 3 | gesz-nu11-bi pa e3 | Its light shines forth. |
| 4 | an-ta-gal2 unu7-gal-e si-a | The one who is above, in the great dining hall |
| 5 | ka ba-a-ni sze-ga | whose speech is agreeable |
| 6 | nir-gal2 ukken-ta he2-am3-bi dugud-da | Mighty one from the assembly, whose strength is heavy, |
| 7 | igi-sze3 du dingir gal-e-ne | before the great gods |
| 8 | mes sag me galam-ma szu du7 | The head of the Mes, perfecting the mes of the gala priests, |
| 9 | umusz galga szu zi an-na gar | The wise one, the right hand placed in heaven, |
| 10 | di-ku5 na-de5 mah# | the judge who makes supreme decisions |
| 11 | nig2-zi nig2-lul-la szid-da | “The evil and the liar are counted, |
| 12 | dingir arhusz su3 lu2 ni2 te-ge26-na | a god who trusts in himself, |
| 13 | {d}lamma silim-ma ki-ti bar ku3 | The protective deity of well-being, the pure outer boundary, |
| 14 | u4 nam-ti-la mah-a | the day of supreme life |
| 15 | bi2-ib2-gar-re-a# | he placed there |
| 16 | lugal-mu-ur2# | Lugal-mur |
| 17 | {d}ri#-im-{d}suen# | Rim-Sîn |
| 18 | nita kal-ga | the strong man |
| 19 | nidba-bi mah-a | its great offerings |
| 20 | esz3-e nibru{ki}-sze3 | to the shrine Nippur |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | me gesz-hur szu du7 eridu{ki}-ga | who perfects the divine powers and plans of Eridu |
| 2 | u2-a zi uri5{ki}-ma# | provider of Ur |
| 3 | e2-babbar-da ni2 te-ge26# | who reveres the Ebabbar temple |
| 4 | lugal larsa{ki}-ma | king of Larsa, |
| 5 | unu{ki} i3-si-in{ki} | Uruk and Isin |
| 6 | lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-me-en | I am king of Sumer and Akkad. |
| 7 | u4 {d}nin-si4-an-na | when Ninsiana |
| 8 | gu2-erim2-gal2-la-mu | my enemy |
| 9 | szu-mu-sze3 bi2-in-si-a# | he has adorned with my name |
| 10 | nam-bi-[sze3] | because of this |
| 11 | {d}nin-si4-an-na lugal-mu-ur2# | For Ninsiana, Lugal-mur |
| 12 | nam-ga-me-esz3-ak-da-mu-[ne] | do not kill me! |
| 13 | e2-esz-bar-zi-da# | E-ešbarzida |
| 14 | nam-dingir-bi-sze3 tum2-ma | for its divinity fitting, |
| 15 | ki-tusz sza3 du10-ga-na | his dwelling place in his sweet heart |
| 16 | ki sikil-la hu-mu-du3 | I built in a pure place. |
| 17 | {gesz}ka2-[na] | the door |
| 18 | gan-du7 e2-e-ke4# | of the granary of the temple |
| 19 | u4 su3-ra2-sze3 | for long days |
| 20 | mu-mu he2-em-mi-sar | I wrote my name. |
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