RIME 4.02.13.14 composite (P448404)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.02.13.14 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P448404 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
English translation
By Foxvog, Daniel A. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| surface a 1 | For Nanna, |
| surface a 2 | come forth from the holy heavens, |
| surface a 3 | worthy of the ... crown, |
| surface a 4 | appealing youth |
| surface a 5 | who begets divine inspiration, |
| surface a 6 | whose name is praiseworthy and precious, |
| surface a 7 | heir come out of a fine womb, |
| surface a 8 | beloved of the Ekur, |
| surface a 9 | his master - |
| surface a 10 | Warad-Sin, |
| surface a 11 | the prince agreeable to Nippur, |
| surface a 12 | provider of Ur, |
| surface a 13 | who tends to Girsu |
| surface a 14 | in the state of Lagaš, |
| surface a 15 | one who reveres the Ebabbar temple, |
| surface a 16 | the king of Larsa |
| surface a 17 | and king of Sumer and Akkad, |
| surface a 18 | when Nanna his master |
| surface a 19 | to his prayers and supplications |
| surface a 20 | became agreeable, |
| surface a 21 | seven river statues |
| surface a 22 | and fermenting vats of abundance |
| surface a 23 | into their hands |
| surface a 24 | he put. |
| surface a 25 | On the day of the offering festival, |
| surface a 26 | beer, wine, and sweetened emmer-beer |
| surface a 27' | A person who an order of evil-doing |
| surface a 28' | shall issue against it, |
| surface a 39' | who my creation |
| surface a 40' | shall efface, |
| surface a 41' | or into a storehouse |
| surface a 42' | shall have it brought, |
| surface a 43' | or because of this curse |
| surface a 44' | a stranger |
| surface a 45' | shall incite to do this, |
| surface a 46' | or on the day of the offering festival |
| surface a 47' | shall hold back from setting out these fermenting vats |
| surface a 48' | that person, |
| surface a 49' | Enlil, |
| surface a 50' | Sin, |
| surface a 51' | Enki, |
| surface a 52' | and Ninmaḫ, |
| surface a 53' | and all the great gods, |
| surface a 54' | when in the place where the fates are determined |
| surface a 55' | they have pinched off his words, |
| surface a 56' | him and his seed |
| surface a 57' | in the country |
| surface a 58' | may they not allow to become established. |
| surface a 59' | 30 (draft line count) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | {[d]}nanna | |
| 2 | [an ku3]-ta pa e3-a | |
| 3 | men x-x-sze3 tum2-ma | |
| 4 | szul hi-li | |
| 5 | zi-sza3-gal2 tu | |
| 6 | mu-ni a-re-esz kal | |
| 7 | ibila sza3 zi-ta e3-a | |
| 8 | ki-ag2 e2-kur-ra | |
| 9 | lugal-a-ni-ir | |
| 10 | ARAD2-{d}suen | |
| 11 | nun sze-ga nibru{ki} | |
| 12 | u2-a uri5{ki}-ma | |
| 13 | sag-en3-tar gir2-su{ki} | |
| 14 | ki lagasz{ki}-[a] | |
| 15 | e2-babbar-da [ni2 te]-ge26 | |
| 16 | lugal larsa{ki}-ma | |
| 17 | lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-ke4 | |
| 18 | u4 {d}nanna lugal-a-ne2 | |
| 19 | szu12 a-ra-zu-ni | |
| 20 | in-szi-in-sze-ga | |
| 21 | 7(disz) {uruda}alan i7-da | |
| 22 | {uruda}nig2-dur2-bur3 he2-gal2-la | |
| 23 | szu-bi-a | |
| 24 | mu-un-ni-gal2 | |
| 25 | u4 ezem siskur2-ra-ka | |
| 26 | kasz gesztin uluszin3 | |
| 27' | lu2 [a2 nig2-hul-dim2-ma] | |
| 28' | ib2-[szi-ag2-ge26-a] | |
| 39' | nig2-[dim2-ma-mu] | |
| 40' | [ib2-zi-re-a] | |
| 41' | [e2-nig2-GA-ra] | |
| 42' | i-ni-ib2-[ku4-ku4-a] | |
| 43' | asz2-bal-a-ba-ke4-esz | |
| 44' | lu2-kur2 | |
| 45' | szu ba-an-zi-zi-a | |
| 46' | u4 ezem siskur2-ra-ka | |
| 47' | {uruda}nig2-dur2-bur3-bi e3-de3 ib2-tak4-tak4-a | |
| 48' | lu2-ba | |
| 49' | {d}en-lil2 | |
| 50' | {d}suen | |
| 51' | {d}en-ki | |
| 52' | {d}nin-mah-bi | |
| 53' | kilib3 dingir gal-gal-e-ne | |
| 54' | ki nam tar-re-da | |
| 55' | inim-ma-ni un-kid2-da | |
| 56' | e-ne u3 numun-a-ni | |
| 57' | sza3 kalam-ma-ka | |
| 58' | nam-mu-ni-ib2-ga2-ga2-e-ne | |
| 59' | 3(u)! | |
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