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RIME 2.13.06.04 composite (P433096)

Official or display, Old Akkadian, Uruk · c. 2340 BCE–2200 BCE

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Designation	RIME 2.13.06.04 composite
ID	P433096
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Akkadian · c. 2340 BCE–2200 BCE
Genre	Official or display
Find spot	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Coordinates	31.3234, 45.6395

English translation

By Foxvog, Daniel A. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)

Line	English
surface a 1	Enlil! Gutium,
surface a 2	the fanged snake of the mountain ranges,
surface a 3	a people who acted violently against the gods,
surface a 4	people who the kingship
surface a 5	of Sumer
surface a 6	to the mountains took away,
surface a 7	who Sumer
surface a 8	with wickedness filled,
surface a 9	who from one with a wife his wife
surface a 10	took away from him,
surface a 11	who from one with a child his child
surface a 12	took away from him,
surface a 13	who wickedness and violence
surface a 14	produced within the country—
surface a 15	Enlil, the king of all the lands,
surface a 16	to obliterate its name,
surface a 17	Utuḫegal,
surface a 18	the mighty man,
surface a 19	the king of Uruk,
surface a 20	the king of the four world quarters,
surface a 21	the king whose utterances cannot be countermanded,
surface a 22	Enlil, the king of all the lands,
surface a 23	issued to him a command about this.
surface a 24	To Inanna his lady
surface a 25	he went
surface a 26	and prayed to her, (saying)
surface a 27	“My lady, lioness of battle,
surface a 28	who the foreign lands batters,
surface a 29	Enlil, the kingship of Sumer
surface a 30	to return to its own control
surface a 31	he commanded me.
surface a 32	May you be my ally.”
surface a 33	An army of many foreigners
surface a 34	bore down upon the land everywhere.
surface a 35	Tirigan,
surface a 36	the king of Gutium,
surface a 37	opened its (canal?) mouths,
surface a 38	but no one came out against him.
surface a 39	Both banks of the Tigris
surface a 40	he had seized.
surface a 41	To the south, in Sumer,
surface a 42	the cultivated land he tied up,
surface a 43	to the north, the roads he tied up.
surface a 44	On the highways of the country
surface a 45	he made tall grasses grow.
surface a 46	But the king to whom Enlil
surface a 47	had given power,
surface a 48	whom Inanna by (her own) heart had chosen,
surface a 49	Utuḫegal, the mighty man,
surface a 50	from Uruk went out against him.
surface a 51	In the temple of Iškur
surface a 52	he made an offering.
surface a 53	To the citizens of his city
surface a 54	he was calling out, (saying)
surface a 55	“Gutium
surface a 56	Enlil has given to me.
surface a 57	My mistress Inanna
surface a 58	is my ally.
surface a 59	Dumuzi-Ama’ušumgalana
surface a 60	has declared ‛It is something that concerns me,’
surface a 61	and Gilgameš,
surface a 62	the son of Ninsun,
surface a 63	as bailiff he has given to me.”
surface a 64	The citizens of Uruk
surface a 65	and the citizens of Kullab
surface a 66	he caused to rejoice at this.
surface a 67	His city, as one man,
surface a 68	followed after him.
surface a 69	The military contingents and scouts
surface a 70	he put in good order.
surface a 71	After having departed from the temple of Iškur,
surface a 72	on the 4th day in Nagsu on the Enurigal canal
surface a 73	he made an offering.
surface a 74	On the 5th day at Bara-Ilitappe
surface a 75	he made an offering.
surface a 76	Ur-Ninazu
surface a 77	and Nabi-Enlil,
surface a 78	generals of Tirigan
surface a 79	who to Sumer as envoys
surface a 80	had been sent,
surface a 81	he captured and put fetters on their hands.
surface a 82	Having departed from Bara-Ilitappe,
surface a 83	on the 6th day at Karkar
surface a 84	he made an offering.
surface a 85	He went in to Iškur
surface a 86	and prayed to him.
surface a 87	“O Iškur, Enlil has given me the weapons,
surface a 88	may you be my ally.”
surface a 89	In the middle of that night he arose,
surface a 90	and north of Adab,
surface a 91	when Utu had risen,
surface a 92	he went
surface a 93	and prayed to him, (saying)
surface a 94	“O Utu, Gutium
surface a 95	Enlil has given to me,
surface a 96	may you be my ally.”
surface a 97	At that place, (just) beyond Gutium,
surface a 98	he laid a trap(?) for him,
surface a 99	and the troops he drove to him.
surface a 100	Utuḫegal, the mighty man,
surface a 101	defeated
surface a 102	their generals. Whereupon, Tirigan,
surface a 103	king of Gutium,
surface a 104	fled all alone from there.
surface a 105	The place where to save his life
surface a 106	he had fled,
surface a 107	in Dabrum, they (at first) were good to him.
surface a 108	(But) the people of Dabrum,
surface a 109	Utuḫegal,
surface a 110	because, he a king to whom Enlil had given power
surface a 111	he was, they had realized,
surface a 112	Tirigan
surface a 113	they did not let go.
surface a 114	By the envoys of Utuḫegal
surface a 115	Tirigan
surface a 116	and his wife and children
surface a 117	in Dabrum were captured.
surface a 118	They placed fetters on his hands
surface a 119	and put a cloth (blindfold) over his eyes.
surface a 120	Utuḫegal before Utu
surface a 121	made him lie at his (Utu’s) feet,
surface a 122	and on his neck he set his foot.
surface a 123	Gutium, the fanged snake of the mountain ranges,
surface a 124	he made drink from the cracks in the earth.
surface a 125	At ...
surface a 126	he made an offering.
surface a 127	The tow-boats he dispatched from its borders,
surface a 128	and the kingship of Sumer to its control he returned.

Transliteration (ATF)

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
surface a
1	{d}en-lil2 gu-ti-um{ki}
2	musz-gir2 hur-sag-ga2
3	lu2 a2 zi-ga dingir-re-e-ne
4	lu2 nam-lugal
5	ki-en-gi-ra2
6	kur-sze3 ba-de6-a
7	ki-en-gi-ra2
8	nig2-a-erim2 bi2-in-si-a
9	dam tuku dam-ni
10	ba-an-da-kar-ra
11	dumu tuku dumu-ni
12	ba-an-da-kar-ra
13	nig2-a-erim2 nig2-a2-zi
14	kalam-ma mi-ni-in-gar-ra
15	{d}en-lil2 lugal kur-kur-ra-ke4
16	mu-bi ha-lam-e-de3
17	{d}utu-he2-gal2
18	nita kal-ga
19	lugal unu{ki}-ga
20	lugal an-ub-da limmu5-ba
21	lugal du11-ga-na nu-gi4-gi4-da
22	{d}en-lil2 lugal kur-kur-ra-ke4
23	a2-bi mu-da-an-ag2
24	{d}inanna nin-a-ni
25	mu-na-an-gen
26	szu12 mu-na-sza4
27	nin-mu pirig me3
28	kur-kur-da du7-du7
29	{d}en-lil2-le nam-lugal ki-en-gi-ra
30	szu-ba gi4-gi4-de3
31	a2-bi mu-da-an-ag2
32	a2-dah-mu he2-me
33	ugnim lu2 kur2-kur2-ra
34	ki he2-ni-us2-us2
35	ti-ri2-ga-a-an
36	lugal gu-ti-um-ke4
37	ka-bi ba-an?-ba
38	lu2 nu-mu-szi-e3
39	i7 idigna gu2 min-a-ba
40	bi2-in-dab5
41	sig-sze3 ki-en-gi-ra2
42	GAN2 bi2-kesz2
43	igi-nim-sze3 giri3 i3-kesz2
44	kaskal kalam-ma-ke4
45	u2-gid2-da bi2-in-mu2
46	lugal {d}en-lil2-le
47	a2 szum2-ma
48	{d}inanna-ke4 sza3-ge pa3-da
49	{d}utu-he2-gal2 nita kal-ga
50	unu{ki}-ta mu-szi-e3
51	e2 {d}iszkur-ka
52	gesz bi2-du3
53	dumu iri-na-ke4-ne
54	gu3 mu-ne-de2-e
55	gu-ti-um{ki}
56	{d}en-lil2-le ma-an-szum2
57	nin-mu {d}inanna
58	a2-dah-mu-um
59	{d}dumu-zi-ama-uszumgal-an-na-ke4
60	nam-mu bi2-du11
61	{d}gilgames3
62	dumu {d}nin-sun2-na-ke4
63	maszkim-sze3 ma-an-szum2
64	dumu unu{ki}-ga
65	dumu kul-aba4{ki}-ka
66	sza3 hul2-la ba-an-gar
67	iri-ni lu2 dili-gin7
68	egir-ra-ne2 ba-ab-us2
69	zu2-keszda igi-bar-ra
70	si bi2-sa2
71	e2 {d}iszkur-ka zi-ga-ne2
72	u4 4(disz)-kam-ma nag-su i7 en-uri3-gal-ka
73	gesz bi2-du3
74	u4 5(disz)-kam-ma bara2-i3-li2-tab-ba-e-ka
75	gesz bi2-du3
76	ur-{d}nin-a-zu
77	na-bi-{d}en-lil
78	szagina ti-ri-ga-a-an
79	ki-en-gi-sze3 kin-gi4-a
80	im-gi4-esz2
81	in-dab5-dab5 szu-ba gesz i3-gar
82	bara2-i3-li2-tab-ba-e-ka zi-ga-ne2
83	u4 6(disz)-kam-ma-ka karkar{ki}-ka
84	gesz bi2-du3
85	{d}iszkur-ra mu-na-an-gen
86	szu12 mu-na-sza4
87	{d}iszkur {gesz}tukul {d}en-lil2-le ma-an-szum2
88	a2-dah-mu he2-me
89	sza3 ge6-ba-ka im-ma-an-zi
90	igi-nim adab{ki}
91	{d}utu e3?-a
92	mu-na-an-gen
93	szu12 mu-na-sza4
94	{d}utu gu-ti-um{ki}
95	{d}en-lil2-le ma-an-szum2
96	a2-dah-mu he2-me
97	ki-be2 bar gu-ti-um{ki}
98	gesz mu-na-bar
99	erin2 mu-na-lah5
100	{d}utu-he2-gal2 nita kal-ga
101	aga-kar2 im-mi-se3
102	szagina-bi u4-ba ti-ri2-ga-a-an
103	lugal gu-ti-um{ki}
104	dili-a-ne2 giri3 ba-da-an-kar
105	ki zi-ni
106	ba-da-an-kar-ra
107	dab6-ru-um{ki}-ma ba-an-sa6
108	lu2 dab6-ru-um-ma-ke4
109	{d}utu-he2-gal2
110	bar lugal {d}en-lil2-le a2 szum2-ma
111	i3-me-a i3-zu-ke4-esz2
112	ti-ri2-ga-a-an-ra
113	szu nu-ni-ba
114	lu2-kin-gi4-a {d}utu-he2-gal2
115	ti-ri2-ga-a-an
116	u3 dam dumu-ni
117	dab6-ru-um{ki}-ma mu-un-dab5
118	szu-na gesz bi2?-gar
119	igi-na tug2 bi2-si
120	{d}utu-he2-gal2 igi {d}utu-sze3
121	giri3-ni-sze3 mu-nu2
122	gu2-na giri3 bi2-gub
123	gu-ti-um{ki} musz-gir2 hur-sag-ga2
124	ki-in-dar-a bi2-nag
125	x [...] x
126	gesz bi2-du3!
127	{gesz?}ma2-gid2 za3-ba im-ta-gar
128	nam-lugal ki-en-gi-ra szu-ba im-mi-gi4

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