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RIME 4.02.09.02 composite (P448366)

Official or display, Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE

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Designation	RIME 4.02.09.02 composite
ID	P448366
Language	Sumerian
Period	Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
Genre	Official or display
Find spot	uncertain (mod. uncertain)

English translation

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Line	English
surface a 1	I, Sin-iddinam,
surface a 2	the mighty man,
surface a 3	provider of Ur,
surface a 4	king of Larsa,
surface a 5	king of Sumer and Akkad,
surface a 6	the king who the Ebabbar, the temple of Utu,
surface a 7	did build,
surface a 8	and who the divine plans of the temples of the gods
surface a 9	did restore,
surface a 10	when An, Enlil, Nanna and Utu
surface a 11	a favorable reign of justice
surface a 12	whose days have been prolonged
surface a 13	did present to me,
surface a 14	by means of my broad wisdom
surface a 15	greatly established
surface a 16	and pre-eminent,
surface a 17	for my cities and land
surface a 18	to produce good water
surface a 19	as well as the course and praise
surface a 20	of my heroism
surface a 21	today and afterwards
surface a 22	to make highly resplendent,
surface a 23	to An and Enlil
surface a 24	I made pleasing words,
surface a 25	and they to my righteous prayers
surface a 26	having been agreeable,
surface a 27	for the digging of the Tigris,
surface a 28	and its restoring,
surface a 29	also through long days of life
surface a 30	to establish my name,
surface a 31	with their unalterable words
surface a 32	they issued orders to me.
surface a 33	At that time, by the commands
surface a 34	of An and Inanna
surface a 35	with the agreement of Enlil and Ninlil,
surface a 36	and of Iškur my (personal) god
surface a 37	my helper,
surface a 38	and by the exalted power of Nanna and Utu,
surface a 39	the Tigris,
surface a 40	Utu’s river of abundance,
surface a 41	by means of my triumph
surface a 42	I dug there in a grand fashion.
surface a 43	Up to the border territory, my chosen boundary mound,
surface a 44	I brought its beginning,
surface a 45	and into a marsh
surface a 46	I directed it in a great fashion.
surface a 47	(Thus) a constant water supply,
surface a 48	a ceaseless abundance,
surface a 49	to my city Larsa of the nation
surface a 50	I established.
surface a 51	When the Tigris, the great river,
surface a 52	I dug,
surface a 53	the wages for one man were
surface a 54	1 kor barley each,
surface a 55	2 sila bread each,
surface a 56	4 sila beer each
surface a 57	and 2 shekels oil each,
surface a 58	in one day
surface a 59	thusly they received it.
surface a 60	Either a man less wages,
surface a 61	or a man more wages
surface a 62	I did not let him take.
surface a 63	Through the strength of the land
surface a 64	I completed that work.
surface a 65	By means of the commands and divine decisions
surface a 66	of the great gods
surface a 67	the Tigris, the wide river,
surface a 68	I returned to its former place,
surface a 69	and (so) for all future time
surface a 70	I have indeed made my name stand forth.

Transliteration (ATF)

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
surface a
1	{d}suen-i-din-na-am
2	nita kal-ga
3	u2-a uri2{ki}-ma
4	lugal larsa{ki}-ma
5	lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri
6	lugal e2-babbar e2 {d}utu-ke4
7	mu-un-du3-a
8	gesz-hur e2 dingir-re-e-ne
9	ki-bi-sze3 bi2-gi4-a-me-en
10	u4 an-ne2 {d}en-lil2 {d}nanna {d}utu-bi
11	bala du10 nig2-si-sa2
12	u4-bi su3-su3-ud-ra2
13	ga2-ra sag-e-esz-e ma-ni-in-rig7-esz-a
14	gesztu2 dagal-la-mu
15	mah-bi-sze3 gar
16	sag-bi-sze3 e3-a-ta
17	iri{ki} ma-da-mu-sze3
18	a du10 ga2-ga2-de3
19	a-ra2 za3-mi2
20	nam-ur-sag-ga2-mu
21	u4-da eger-bi-sze3
22	pa e3 mah ak-de3
23	an-ra {d}en-lil2-ra
24	inim in-sa6-sa6
25	a-ra-zu gi-na-mu-sze3
26	hu-mu-szi-in-sze-ge-esz-a
27	{i7}idigna ba-al-la-a-da
28	ki-bi-sze3 gi4-a-da
29	u4 ti-la su3-ud-ra2-sze3
30	mu-mu ga2-ga2-de3
31	inim nu-kur2-ru-bi-a
32	a2-bi hu-mu-da-an-ag2-esz
33	u4-ba du11-ga du11-ga
34	an {d}inanna-ta
35	sze-ga {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ta
36	{d}iszkur dingir-mu
37	a2-dah-ga2-ta
38	usu mah {d}nanna {d}[utu]-ta
39	{i7}idigna
40	i7 he2-gal2-la {d}utu-ke4
41	u3-ma-mu-ta
42	gal-bi he2-em-mi-ba-al
43	ki-sur-ra in-dub pa3-mu-sze3
44	ka-bi um-mi-tum4
45	a-gam-ma-bi-sze3
46	si gal he2-em-mi-sa2
47	a da-ri2
48	he2-gal2 musz3 nu-tum2-mu
49	larsa{ki} kalam-ma-mu-sze3
50	he2-em-mi-gar
51	u4 {i7}idigna i7 gu-la
52	mu-ba-al-la-a
53	a2 lu2 1(disz)-e
54	sze 1(asz) gur-ta
55	ninda 2(disz) sila3-ta
56	kasz 4(disz) sila3-ta
57	i3 2(disz) gin2-ta-am3
58	u4 asz-a
59	ur5-gin7 szu ha-ba-an-ti
60	lu2 a2 la2
61	lu2 a2 dah
62	ba-ra-bi2-tuku
63	usu ma-da-mu-ta
64	kin-bi he2-em-mi-til
65	inim ka-asz-bar
66	dingir gal-e-ne-ta
67	{i7}idigna i7 dagal-la
68	ki-bi-sze3 he2-em-mi-gi4
69	u4 ul du-ri2-sze3
70	mu-mu he2-em-mi-gub

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