RIME 4.01.10.1001 composite (P448327)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.01.10.1001 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P448327 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Foxvog, Daniel A. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 3 | ... am I. |
| obverse 4 | To the shrine of Nippur, |
| obverse 5 | the Bond of Heaven and Earth, |
| obverse 6 | he truly called me. |
| obverse 7 | His pure brow |
| obverse 8 | he directed towards me, |
| obverse 9 | and a good fate he determined for me: |
| obverse 10 | Enlilbani, |
| obverse 11 | my accomplishment, you are. |
| obverse 12 | Princely power |
| obverse 13 | there shall be with you. |
| obverse 14 | The Anuna gods |
| obverse 15 | to the holy heaven |
| obverse 16 | may you(?) ... |
| obverse 22 | Abundance |
| obverse 23 | may you make surpassing there. |
| obverse 24 | In the nation |
| obverse 26 | I have produced for you. |
| obverse 27 | In the four world quarters |
| obverse 28 | a rival |
| obverse 29 | may you not have. |
| obverse 30 | To the Black Headed People |
| obverse 31 | you are the one who is pleasing. |
| obverse 32 | Their sun god |
| obverse 33 | may you be. |
| obverse 34 | Years of life |
| obverse 35 | and a reign whose days |
| obverse 36 | are very long |
| obverse 37 | as a gift |
| obverse 38 | I have presented. |
| obverse 39 | (In) the shrine of Nippur |
| obverse 40 | your neck towards heaven |
| obverse 41 | may you raise up. |
| obverse 44 | Its furrows |
| obverse 45 | you have made broad. |
| obverse 47 | At its harvest, clean |
| obverse 48 | and most holy, |
| obverse 49 | daily |
| obverse 50 | you have indeed served, |
| obverse 51 | and its offerings, |
| obverse 52 | things which I have examined, |
| obverse 53 | you have brought to me. |
| obverse 54 | The brickwork of the Ekur |
| obverse 55 | has indeed rejoiced over them. |
| obverse 56 | From east |
| obverse 57 | to west |
| obverse 58 | their shepherdship |
| obverse 59 | I have given you. |
| obverse 60 | Your rule |
| obverse 61 | I have made resplendent, |
| obverse 62 | and its days |
| obverse 63 | I have extended for you. |
| obverse 67 | I have secured for you. |
| obverse 68 | A crown with a divine halo |
| obverse 69 | to marvel at, |
| obverse 70 | distinguished in appearance, |
| obverse 71 | is bound upon your head. |
| obverse 72 | To the borders of the foreign land |
| obverse 73 | I have exalted you, |
| obverse 74 | and all together |
| obverse 75 | you have united them. |
| obverse 76 | In the rebellious land |
| obverse 77 | the city which at your command |
| obverse 78 | did not ..., |
| obverse 79 | you destroyed (its) wall, |
| obverse 80 | and at your feet |
| obverse 81 | you cast fetters upon them. |
| obverse 82 | The enkar weapon, the shepherd's staff, |
| obverse 83 | and the lawful scepter |
| obverse 84 | by which the Black Headed People |
| obverse 85 | are led, |
| obverse 86 | forever |
| obverse 87 | faithfully in hand |
| obverse 88 | you have taken. |
| obverse 90 | ... are you. |
| obverse 91 | The word whose inner meaning is not known |
| obverse 92 | no one |
| obverse 93 | can alter. |
| obverse 94 | My fate |
| obverse 95 | forever |
| obverse 96 | you have established. |
| obverse 97 | Enlil - |
| obverse 98 | there from within the brickwork of the Ekur |
| obverse 99 | my fate |
| obverse 100 | having been decreed by him, |
| obverse 101 | in Nippur |
| obverse 102 | justice |
| obverse 103 | I(?) established, |
| obverse 104 | and lawfulness |
| obverse 105 | I made come forth resplendently. |
| obverse 106 | As for sheep, food for eating |
| obverse 107 | I sought out for them |
| obverse 108 | and let them eat green plants. |
| obverse 109 | The heavy yoke |
| obverse 110 | I lifted from their necks, |
| obverse 111 | and in a secure abode I made them dwell. |
| obverse 112 | In Nippur, |
| obverse 113 | righteousness |
| obverse 114 | having established there, |
| reverse 115 | and having gladdened their hearts, |
| reverse 116 | Isin |
| reverse 117 | the city, An |
| reverse 118 | and Enlil |
| reverse 119 | to Nininsina |
| reverse 120 | as a gift |
| reverse 121 | did present, |
| reverse 122 | and law |
| reverse 123 | and justice |
| reverse 124 | I established there (also). |
| reverse 125 | I gladdened the heart of the nation. |
| reverse 126 | The barley tax |
| reverse 127 | which used to be one-fifth, |
| reverse 128 | into one-tenth |
| reverse 129 | I turned it. |
| reverse 130 | Commoners |
| reverse 131 | per month |
| reverse 132 | (only) four days |
| reverse 133 | I made serve. |
| reverse 134 | The livestock |
| reverse 135 | of the palace |
| reverse 136 | which in the fields ... |
| reverse 137 | and about which the ... |
| reverse 138 | complaints |
| reverse 139 | did voice, |
| reverse 140 | (those) livestock |
| reverse 141 | of the palace |
| reverse 142 | from the furrows |
| reverse 143 | I did send forth. |
| reverse 144 | That which was subject to complaint |
| reverse 145 | into a forbidden thing |
| reverse 146 | I turned. |
| reverse 147 | A judge who righteousness |
| reverse 148 | does love, am I. |
| reverse 149 | Evil |
| reverse 150 | and violence |
| reverse 151 | I made disappear. |
| reverse 152 | The just man |
| reverse 153 | to the ... |
| reverse 154 | I restored. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] x | |
| 3 | [...]-me#?-en | |
| 4 | esz3 nibru{ki} | |
| 5 | dur-an-ki-a-sze3 | |
| 6 | gu3 zi-de3-esz ma-an-de2 | |
| 7 | sag-ki zalag-ga-ni | |
| 8 | mu-szi-in-bar | |
| 9 | nam du10 mu-un-tar | |
| 10 | {d}en-lil2-ba-ni | |
| 11 | szu du11-ga-mu-me-en | |
| 12 | a2 nun | |
| 13 | hu-mu-ta-gal2 | |
| 14 | {d}a-nun-na | |
| 15 | ku3 an-sze3 | |
| 16 | [x] he2-ni-tum2?-ma? | |
| 17 | [x] x x x x | |
| 18 | [...] | |
| 19 | [...] | |
| 20 | [...] x | |
| 21 | x x | |
| 22 | nam-he2 | |
| 23 | hu-mi-diri-ge | |
| 24 | kalam-ma | |
| 25 | x x x gal2? | |
| 26 | ma?-ra?-gal2 | |
| 27 | ub-da limmu2-ba | |
| 28 | gaba-ri | |
| 29 | na-an-tuk-tuk-un | |
| 30 | ug3 sag-ge6-ge | |
| 31 | ba-du10-ge-me-en | |
| 32 | {d}utu-bi | |
| 33 | he2-me-en | |
| 34 | mu nam-ti-la | |
| 35 | bala u4-bi | |
| 36 | su3-su3-ra2 | |
| 37 | sag-e-esz | |
| 38 | mu-rig7 | |
| 39 | esz3 nibru{ki} | |
| 40 | gu2 an-sze3 | |
| 41 | [he2-em-mi-zi] | |
| 42 | [...] | |
| 43 | [...] x | |
| 44 | ab-sin2-bi | |
| 45 | mu-e-dagal | |
| 46 | x x AN | |
| 47 | buru14#? luh | |
| 48 | ku3-ku3-ga-bi-sze3 | |
| 49 | u4-szu2-usz | |
| 50 | ha-ba-gub-be2-en | |
| 51 | gesz-tag-bi | |
| 52 | nig2 mu-szi-bar-ra | |
| 53 | ma-tum2 | |
| 54 | szeg12 e2-kur-ra-ke4 | |
| 55 | he2-em-da-hul2 | |
| 56 | utu-e3-ta | |
| 57 | u4-szu2-usz | |
| 58 | nam-sipa-bi | |
| 59 | ma-ra-szum2 | |
| 60 | nam-lugal-zu | |
| 61 | pa-e3 bi2-ak | |
| 62 | u4-bi | |
| 63 | ma-ra-su3-u4 | |
| 64 | x x ma | |
| 65 | [...]-sze3 | |
| 66 | [...] | |
| 67 | mu-ra-ge-en | |
| 68 | aga me-lam2 | |
| 69 | u6 di-de3 | |
| 70 | he2-du7 | |
| 71 | sag-za ba-kesz2-re6 | |
| 72 | za3 kur-ra-sze3 | |
| 73 | mi-ni-mah-en | |
| 74 | tesz2-bi-sze3 | |
| 75 | mu-se3-ke-en | |
| 76 | ki-bala-a | |
| 77 | iri{ki} du11-ga-zu-ta | |
| 78 | la-ba-x | |
| 79 | bad3 mu-gul | |
| 80 | giri3-zu-ta | |
| 81 | gesz he2-szi-szu2-e | |
| 82 | enkar szibir | |
| 83 | gidri nig2 gi-na | |
| 84 | ug3 sag-ge6-ga | |
| 85 | lah5-lah5-e | |
| 86 | u4 da-ri2-sze3 | |
| 87 | szu zi | |
| 88 | mu-e-gar | |
| 89 | x-[x]-x | |
| 90 | [x x] x-me-en | |
| 91 | inim sza3 nu-zu | |
| 92 | na-me | |
| 93 | nu-kur2-ru-dam | |
| 94 | nam tar-ra-mu | |
| 95 | du-ri2-sze3 | |
| 96 | ha-mu-un-gar | |
| 97 | {d}en-lil2-le | |
| 98 | szeg12 e2-kur-ra-ta | |
| 99 | nam-mu | |
| 100 | mi-ni-in-tar-ra | |
| 101 | nibru{ki} | |
| 102 | nig2-si-sa2 | |
| 103 | mu-ni-in-gar | |
| 104 | nig2-gi-na | |
| 105 | pa bi2-e3 | |
| 106 | udu-gin7 ka u2 gu7 | |
| 107 | ba-ni-in-kin | |
| 108 | u2 sig7-ga bi2-gu7 | |
| 109 | {gesz}szu-dul9 dugud-da | |
| 110 | gu2-bi im-ta-zi | |
| 111 | dur2? gi-na bi2-tusz | |
| 112 | nibru{ki}-a | |
| 113 | nig2-gi-na | |
| 114 | mi-ni-in-gar-ra | |
| reverse | ||
| 115 | sza3-bi mu-du10-ga | |
| 116 | i3-si-in{ki} | |
| 117 | iri{ki} an-ne2 | |
| 118 | {d}en-lil2#-le | |
| 119 | {d}nin-isin2{si}-na-ra | |
| 120 | sag-e-esz | |
| 121 | mu-un-ni-in-rig7-esz | |
| 122 | nig2-gi | |
| 123 | nig2-si-sa2 | |
| 124 | mu-ni-in-gar | |
| 125 | sza3 kalam-ma mu-du10 | |
| 126 | sze nig2-ku5-ra | |
| 127 | igi-5(disz)-gal2 i3-me-a | |
| 128 | igi-1(u)-gal2-la | |
| 129 | he2-mi-ku4 | |
| 130 | |MASZ.EN.KAK| | |
| 131 | iti-da | |
| 132 | u4 4(disz)-am3 | |
| 133 | he2-gub | |
| 134 | masz2-ansze | |
| 135 | e2-gal-la-ke4 | |
| 136 | a-sza3 x x ki?-x-a | |
| 137 | x x x | |
| 138 | i-{d}utu | |
| 139 | bi2-in-esz-a | |
| 140 | masz2-ansze | |
| 141 | e2-gal-la | |
| 142 | ab-sin2-ta | |
| 143 | he2-em-ta-e3 | |
| 144 | i-{d}utu se3-ga | |
| 145 | nig2-gig-ga | |
| 146 | he2-ni-ku4 | |
| 147 | di-ku5 nig2-gi-e | |
| 148 | ki-ag2-me-en | |
| 149 | nig2-erim2! | |
| 150 | nig2-a2-zi | |
| 151 | u2-gu he2-ni-de2 | |
| 152 | lu2 si-sa2 | |
| 153 | x-ge | |
| 154 | he2-mi-gi4 | |
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