RIME 4.02.13.13 composite (P448403)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.02.13.13 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P448403 |
| 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 |
English translation
By Foxvog, Daniel A. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
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| surface a 1 | For Nanna the great lord, |
| surface a 2 | light that fills holy heaven, |
| surface a 3 | who holds high the head with the princely crown, |
| surface a 4 | steadfast god who mixes day and night, |
| surface a 5 | who verifies the months, |
| surface a 6 | who makes whole the years, |
| surface a 7 | who within the Ekur humbly |
| surface a 8 | receives trustworthy divine decisions |
| surface a 9 | at the place of the father who begot him, |
| surface a 10 | the beloved son of Ninlil, |
| surface a 11 | for Ašimbabbar, |
| surface a 12 | who listens to prayers and supplications, |
| surface a 13 | his master, |
| surface a 14 | Kudur-mabuk, |
| surface a 15 | father of the Amorite land, |
| surface a 16 | son of Simti-šilḫak |
| surface a 17 | a man who a favor to the Ebabbar |
| surface a 18 | repaid |
| surface a 19 | and for Utu his master |
| surface a 20 | decorated it, |
| surface a 21 | who the scattered people |
| surface a 22 | brought together, |
| surface a 23 | and their disorganized forces |
| surface a 24 | straightened out, |
| surface a 25 | who made his land |
| surface a 26 | altogether harmonious, |
| surface a 27 | who the heads of its enemies |
| surface a 28 | did slap, |
| surface a 29 | the snare of his land |
| surface a 30 | by whom all those who were enemies |
| surface a 31 | were smashed, |
| surface a 32 | who, in the princely residence, made youthful Utu, |
| surface a 33 | the exalted judge of heaven and earth, |
| surface a 34 | in Larsa, whither came regular offerings, |
| surface a 35 | did make to dwell in physical comfort. |
| surface a 36 | I, Kudur-mabuk, the humble shepherd, |
| surface a 37 | who for the Ebabbar shrine |
| surface a 38 | serves standing in prayer, |
| surface a 39 | when An and Enlil, |
| surface a 40 | and Enki and Ninmah, |
| surface a 41 | a trusty scepter suited for leading the people, |
| surface a 42 | and a reign of lasting divine power |
| surface a 43 | whose power is unalterable, |
| surface a 44 | at the exalted commands of Nanna and Utu |
| surface a 45 | because of my justness, |
| surface a 46 | they did give to me, |
| surface a 47 | because of this, as I made beautiful words, |
| surface a 51 | before ... |
| surface a 52 | holy stars ... |
| surface a 53 | brilliance ... |
| surface a 54 | the throne ... |
| surface a 56 | within ... |
| surface a 59 | that throne ... |
| surface a 60 | which was plated with red gold, |
| surface a 61 | my lifetime .. |
| surface a 62 | worked ... |
| surface a 63 | a statue of Nanna whose features |
| surface a 64 | were finely made ... |
| surface a 67 | greatly ... |
| surface a 68 | Two female guardian deities ... |
| surface a 69 | who for my(?) producing of propitious oracular utterances |
| surface a 70 | are present daily ..., |
| surface a 71 | I made stand at its edges. |
| surface a 72 | Towards my praying statue |
| surface a 73 | new šu'illa petitions |
| surface a 74 | as well as prayers they extended for me, and at the base of the throne |
| surface a 75 | I set them securely. |
| surface a 76 | For a Calf of Heaven, in thoroughly skillfully made, |
| surface a 77 | I sought out its ... divine attributes. |
| surface a 78 | Four breed bulls |
| surface a 79 | I secured there. |
| surface a 80 | Its large seat? with kiškanum wood, |
| surface a 81 | the crosspieces being lions felling kids, |
| surface a 82 | were plated with refined silver. |
| surface a 83 | For my life |
| surface a 84 | and the life of Warad-Sin |
| surface a 85 | my son, the young man, offspring ..., |
| surface a 86 | with a lasting name, son of ..., |
| surface a 87 | provider of Ur, who reveres the Ebabbar, |
| surface a 88 | king of Larsa, I dedicated it to him. |
| surface a 89 | If today or afterwards |
| surface a 90 | a person an order of wickedness who against this throne |
| surface a 91 | shall issue, |
| surface a 92 | who shall efface my creation |
| surface a 93 | or have it brought it into a storehouse, |
| surface a 94 | or the well-ordered ... having effaced |
| surface a 95 | for that throne |
| surface a 96 | shall remove that from it, |
| surface a 97 | the first fruit offerings of ... |
| surface a 98 | to the libation place of the abzu, |
| surface a 99 | which emerged at the same time as the day of its birth. |
| surface a 100 | When the ... stones into that throne |
| surface a 101 | I had worked, |
| surface a 102 | (for) Nanna, his master, |
| surface a 103 | which until now were inlaid(?), |
| surface a 104 | after he had secured(?) it, |
| surface a 105 | through a wicked act by him |
| surface a 106 | he removes them from it, |
| surface a 107 | and to a different god by a king |
| surface a 108 | who is his peer |
| surface a 109 | as a gift it he shall give them, |
| surface a 110 | or its inscription |
| surface a 111 | he shall erase |
| surface a 112 | and his own name he shall write (on it), |
| surface a 113 | or because of this curse |
| surface a 114 | he incites another person to it, |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | {d}nanna en gal | |
| 2 | u4 an ku3-ge si | |
| 3 | men nun-na sag il2 | |
| 4 | dingir zi u4 ge6-bi he2-he2 | |
| 5 | iti ge-en-ge-en | |
| 6 | mu silim-ma | |
| 7 | sza3 e2-kur-ra-ke4 sun5-na | |
| 8 | esz-bar zi szu ti | |
| 9 | ki a-a-ugu-na-ke4 | |
| 10 | dumu ki-ag2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 | |
| 11 | {d}asz-im2-babbar2-re | |
| 12 | {szu}szu12 a-ra-zu gesz tuku | |
| 13 | lugal-a-ni-ir | |
| 14 | {disz}ku-du-ur-ma-bu-uk | |
| 15 | ad-da kur mar-tu | |
| 16 | dumu si-im-ti-szi-il-ha-ak | |
| 17 | lu2 szu-gar e2-babbar2-ra-ke4 | |
| 18 | bi2-in-gi4-a | |
| 19 | {d}utu lugal-a-ni-ir | |
| 20 | szu bi2-in-tag-ga-am3 | |
| 21 | ug3 bir-re-a | |
| 22 | gu2-bi kar2-kar2-ra | |
| 23 | erin2# suh3-suh3-a-bi | |
| 24 | si bi2-in-si-sa2 | |
| 25 | ka ma-da-na | |
| 26 | tesz2-bi ib2-ta-se3-ga | |
| 27 | sag-du hul-du-bi | |
| 28 | tibirx(|TAGxNE|)-ra bi2-ra | |
| 29 | gesz-bur! ma-da-na | |
| 30 | gu2-erim2-gal2-la-am3 | |
| 31 | bi2-in-hasz-am3 | |
| 32 | ki-tusz nun szul {d}utu | |
| 33 | di-ku5 mah an-ki | |
| 34 | larsa{ki}-ma nig2 sa2-du11 gen-na-ka | |
| 35 | su du10 bi2-in-tusz-am3 | |
| 36 | {disz}ku-du-ur-ma-bu-uk sipa sun5-na | |
| 37 | esz3 e2-babbar2-ra-sze3 | |
| 38 | nam-szita-a-asz gub-ba-me-en | |
| 39 | u4 an-ne2 {d}en-lil2-le | |
| 40 | {d}en-ki {d}nin-mah-bi | |
| 41 | {gesz}gidri zi un5 lah4-lah4 he2-du7 | |
| 42 | bala me da-ri2 | |
| 43 | me-bi nu-kur2-ru-de3 | |
| 44 | du11-ga mah {d}nanna {d}utu-ta | |
| 45 | nam-si-sa2-a-mu-sze3 | |
| 46 | ma-ni-in-szum2-mu-usz-am3 | |
| 47 | nam-bi-sze3 inim sa6-sa6-ge-en-mu-ne | |
| 48 | x NI [...] | |
| 49 | [...] | |
| 50 | x x [...] | |
| 51 | igi-a x [...] | |
| 52 | mul ku3 [...] | |
| 53 | su-lim [...] | |
| 54 | {gesz}gu-[za ...] | |
| 55 | ba-x [...] | |
| 56 | sza3 [...] | |
| 57 | ra [...] | |
| 58 | x [...] | |
| 59 | {gesz}gu-za-a-bi [...] | |
| 60 | ku3-sig17 husz-a [gar-ra] | |
| 61 | u4 ti-le-mu [...] | |
| 62 | kin-ga2 re-esz x [...] | |
| 63 | alan {d}nanna me-dim2-[bi] | |
| 64 | zi-da ak-da x [...] | |
| 65 | x [...] | |
| 66 | x x x x [...] | |
| 67 | gal-le-esz x [...] | |
| 68 | 2(disz) {d}lamma di nam-[...] | |
| 69 | i5-gar sa6-sa6-ge-[a-mu-sze3] | |
| 70 | u4-szu2-usz gal2-la nu-usz x [...] | |
| 71 | za3-za3-be2 he2-bi2-gub-e | |
| 72 | alan szu-de!-a-mu-sze3 | |
| 73 | szu-il2-la2 gibil-la2 | |
| 74 | a-ra2-zu-gin7 ma-ab-la2 temen {gesz}gu-za-a-ba | |
| 75 | he2-bi2-ge-en-ge-en | |
| 76 | amar an-na kilib3-ba galam-ma-ka | |
| 77 | me za3-za3-bi he2-bi3-kin-kin | |
| 78 | gu4 ab2-ba limmu2-bi | |
| 79 | he2-bi3-ge-en-ge-en | |
| 80 | dur* gal-bi gesz-gan2{a-num2}-ta | |
| 81 | nir-nir-ra pirig masz2 szub-am3 | |
| 82 | ku3 luh-ha gar-ra | |
| 83 | zi nam-ti-la-mu-sze3 | |
| 84 | u3 nam-ti ARAD2-{d}[suen] | |
| 85 | dumu-mu mu-u2 numun-x-[...] | |
| 86 | mu da-ri2 dumu-x [...] | |
| 87 | u2-<a> uri5{ki}-ma e2-[babbar ni2-tuku] | |
| 88 | [lugal] larsa{ki}-ma a mu-[na]-ru# | |
| 89 | u4-a u4-da egir-[bi-sze3] | |
| 90 | [lu2] {gesz}gu-za-[ba a2 nig2-hul]-dim2-ma | |
| 91 | ib#-szi-<ag2>-ga2-am3 | |
| 92 | [nig2]-dim2-ma-mu ib2-zi-re-a | |
| 93 | [e2]-nig2-GA-ra i-ni-in-ku4-ku4-a | |
| 94 | [x]-ti# si-sa2-ka ib2-zi-re-ba | |
| 95 | {[gesz]}gu-za-a-bi-sze3 | |
| 96 | ib2#-ta-kur2-ru-u2-a | |
| 97 | nisag a2-ki-te x-[...]-la | |
| 98 | ki-nag abzu-a-sze3 | |
| 99 | u4 tu-ud-bi-da e3-a | |
| 100 | u4 {na4}x {gesz}gu-za-a-ba | |
| 101 | u3-mu-dim2 | |
| 102 | {d}nanna lugal-la-ni | |
| 103 | en3-bi-esz ga2-ga2-am3 | |
| 104 | a-ba-an-gi | |
| 105 | a2 nig2-hul-da-ni-ta | |
| 106 | ib2-ta-kur2-ru-a | |
| 107 | dingir kur2-ra u3 lugal-e | |
| 108 | gaba-ri-ni-ta | |
| 109 | nig2-ba ba-ab-szum2-mu-a | |
| 110 | mu-sar-ra-a-ba | |
| 111 | szu bi2-ib2-<ur3>-ra-de3 | |
| 112 | mu-ni ib2-sar-re-de3 | |
| 113 | asz2-bal-la2-ba-ke4-<esz> | |
| 114 | lu2 kur2 szu ba-an-zi-zi | |
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