RIME 4.02.13.21 composite (P448412)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.02.13.21 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P448412 |
| 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 |
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| surface a 1 | When An and Enlil |
| surface a 2 | the eternal princes, the fathers of the gods, |
| surface a 3 | they who decide the fates, |
| surface a 4 | to Nanna, the good son, |
| surface a 5 | the beloved of the Ekur - |
| surface a 6 | who daily, in humility, |
| surface a 7 | while prostrating himself |
| surface a 8 | standing before them, |
| surface a 9 | heeds what they say |
| surface a 10 | and bows to their commands - |
| surface a 11 | they spoke to him happily. |
| surface a 12 | The counsel of heaven and earth, |
| surface a 13 | the good advice and divine decisions of the Anunna gods, |
| surface a 14 | they placed in his hands. |
| surface a 15 | In his city Ur, the demarcated territory of the gods, |
| surface a 16 | to exercise a good reign for the future, |
| surface a 17 | to raise high its dais(es), |
| surface a 18 | and all the assembly of living beings |
| surface a 19 | to make bear tribute |
| surface a 20 | and set it down at his feet and his hands, |
| surface a 21 | their holy word, which cannot be altered, |
| surface a 22 | they firmly spoke. |
| surface a 23 | At that time, Ašimbabbar, |
| surface a 24 | wise as to decisions, the son of Ninlil, |
| surface a 25 | who before An and Enlil |
| surface a 26 | in beauty had come forth head held high, |
| surface a 27 | who soothes the land with his word, |
| surface a 28 | who has faithfully manifested it to the Black Headed People, |
| surface a 29 | and has shown compassion to its numerous people, |
| surface a 30 | in his city Ur, the weak(?) mother of the land, |
| surface a 31 | with his shining brow and happy heart |
| surface a 32 | he(?) looked at her(?), |
| surface a 33 | and having raised his head |
| surface a 34 | he made it acquire an exalted name. |
| surface a 35 | Letting it have the use of the abundance of the sea and mountains |
| surface a 36 | and (as well) making it rush into war and battle in the nation, |
| surface a 37 | he gave it as a gift. |
| surface a 38 | To provide refuge for the living, |
| surface a 39 | to return what was their land to their control, |
| surface a 40 | to establish water therein, and (so) to prolong their lives |
| surface a 41 | by their word they brought him to do this. |
| surface a 42 | For this, Warad-Sîn, |
| surface a 43 | me, the wise one possessing intelligence, who loves what is right, |
| surface a 44 | me who was colored(?) in sacred fashion from the very womb of my mother, |
| surface a 45 | he (Nanna) placed me in the position of shepherd in his land. |
| surface a 46 | For my rectitude he gave me the scepter, |
| surface a 47 | bestowed upon me a happy reign, |
| surface a 48 | and made his numerous people dwell under my command. |
| surface a 49 | To renovate the Etemenniguru temple, |
| surface a 50 | to thicken the base(?) of the shrine Ebabbar, |
| surface a 51 | to rebuild the cities of the gods of the land, |
| surface a 52 | to ... their fallen ... |
| surface a 53 | to raise high the old divine plans, |
| surface a 54 | to restore their forgotten lustration rites, |
| surface a 55 | Nanna, the lord who perfects the divine attributes of heaen and earth, |
| surface a 56 | because of my reverence he ordered me to do this. |
| surface a 57 | My counsel for that(?) is a superior thing, |
| surface a 58 | my skillful care is a thing that cannot be disrupted. |
| surface a 59 | About lettiing my people know the ways of my kingship |
| surface a 60 | about making my greatness and majesty exist forever, |
| surface a 61 | about widening Ur, |
| surface a 62 | expanding its platform, |
| surface a 63 | and greater than previously |
| surface a 64 | enlarging its grounds, |
| surface a 65 | after I had inquired about these (things), I trod after him |
| surface a 66 | and humbly I addressed pleas to him. |
| surface a 67 | Nanna, my master, was agreeable to me. |
| surface a 68 | For my life and the life |
| surface a 69 | of Kudur-mabuk, the father who begot me - |
| surface a 70 | the city, the mountain of life and place of abundance, |
| surface a 71 | the residence and assembly (place) of the gods, |
| surface a 72 | whose destiny they (the gods) having decided, |
| surface a 73 | whose name is surpassing, |
| surface a 74 | with top reaching the heavens, |
| surface a 75 | whose arms seek with the hands the put inquiries, |
| surface a 76 | whose wide shadow covers foreign land as well as the nation, |
| surface a 77 | from whose good base the Black Headed People |
| surface a 78 | he has multiplied, those who betake their lives (there) - |
| surface a 79 | the building of its wall he placed in my hands. |
| surface a 80 | In the middle of that, five months had not elapsed |
| surface a 81 | when I had baked its bricks. |
| surface a 82 | I finished that great wall |
| surface a 83 | and raised up its parapets. |
| surface a 84 | Like a verdant mountain range I made it grow on a pure place. |
| surface a 85 | Its height I made surpassing and set free its awesome radiance. |
| surface a 86 | Commensurate with its name and greatness I raised up its top. |
| surface a 87 | As a marvel of the nation |
| surface a 88 | I made it grandly resplendent. |
| surface a 89 | In its foundations, for the foundation documents of my kingship |
| surface a 90 | I sought out the place. |
| surface a 91 | I raised the top of its main gate. |
| surface a 92 | I strengthened its demarcating levee, |
| surface a 93 | circled it with bricks, |
| surface a 94 | and dug its moat. |
| surface a 95 | I heaped up its ... |
| surface a 96 | When the wall of Ur |
| surface a 97 | I built, |
| surface a 98 | the wages for one man were: 3 ban barley, |
| surface a 99 | 2 sila bread, 2 sila beer, 2 shekels oil, |
| surface a 100 | in one day a man received thus. |
| surface a 101 | From the midst of my land |
| surface a 102 | I removed (cause for) complaint. |
| surface a 103 | With my shining brow and happy heart |
| surface a 104 | I finished this work quickly and joyfully. |
| surface a 105 | With my wide intelligence and wisdom I did the work in grand fashion. |
| surface a 106 | That wall: Nanna Makes Firm the Foundations of the Land |
| surface a 107 | I named it. |
| surface a 108 | For my deeds, O Nanna my master, may you rejoice over me, |
| surface a 109 | and may days of happiness, a reign of abundance, |
| surface a 110 | a fate which cannot be overturned(?), years of plenty, |
| surface a 111 | a good life as (my) lot and kingship as (my) portion, |
| surface a 112 | be presented to me. |
| surface a 113 | May my shepherdship in Nippur, Ur, and Larsa |
| surface a 114 | never ever be altered. |
| surface a 115 | May I be the prince beloved of Nanna and Ningal. |
| surface a 116 | May my days be long. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | u4 an {d}en-lil2-bi | |
| 2 | nun da-ri2 a-a dingir-re-e-ne | |
| 3 | nam tar-tar-re-me-esz | |
| 4 | {d}nanna dumu zi-le | |
| 5 | ki-ag2 e2-kur-ra-ra | |
| 6 | u4-szu2-usz nam-sun5-na | |
| 7 | szu-kin dab5-be2-da-ni-sze3 | |
| 8 | igi-bi-a al-gub-ba | |
| 9 | ka ba-bi-sze3 gizzal im-szi-<ak> | |
| 10 | du11-ga-bi-sze3 mu-un-gur-e | |
| 11 | gu3 hul2 mu-ni-in-de2-esz | |
| 12 | ad-gi4 an-ki-ka | |
| 13 | umusz ka-asz-bar-re {d}a-nun-na | |
| 14 | szu-na bi2-in-gar-re-esz | |
| 15 | uri2{ki} ki-sur-ra dingir-re-ne gar-ra-na | |
| 16 | bala sa6-ga su3-ra2-sze3 ak-de3 | |
| 17 | bara2-bi sukud il2-de3 | |
| 18 | kilib3 da-ga-an sag zi-gal2-la | |
| 19 | gu2-un il2-i-de3 | |
| 20 | giri3-ne2 szu-ne2 ri-e-de3 | |
| 21 | inim ku3 nig2 nu-kur2-ru-da-ne-ne | |
| 22 | gi-ne2-sze3 bi2-in-ne-esz-am3 | |
| 23 | u4-bi-a {d}asz-im2-babbar-re | |
| 24 | esz-bar-re gal-zu dumu {d}nin-lil2-la2-ke4 | |
| 25 | igi an {d}en-lil2-bi-ta | |
| 26 | sag il2-la ul-le-esz e3-da-ni | |
| 27 | ma-da inim-a-ne2 te-en-te-ne | |
| 28 | sag-ge6 zi-de3-esz bi2-in-e3-a | |
| 29 | ug3 szar2-ra-bi-sze3 arhusz bi2-in-tuku-am3 | |
| 30 | iri-ni uri5{ki}-ma ama sig{ig} kur-ra | |
| 31 | sag-ki zalag sza3 hul2-la-ni-ta | |
| 32 | <igi> mu-un-na-szi-bar-re-en | |
| 33 | sag-ni bi2-in-il2-la | |
| 34 | mu mah bi2-in-tuku-am3 | |
| 35 | hur-sag a-ab-ba nam-he2-bi gu7-de3 | |
| 36 | me3 szen kalam-ma hub2-sa-ra ak-ke3-de3 | |
| 37 | sag-e-esz im-mi-in-rig7 | |
| 38 | sipa-gin7 zi-gal2 tum2-tum2-e-de3 | |
| 39 | ma-da-bi-im szu-a gi4-gi4-de3 | |
| 40 | sza3-be2 a ga2-ga2-de3 u4-bi su3-su3-u5-de3 | |
| 41 | inim sikil-be2 bi2-in-tum3 | |
| 42 | nam-bi-sze3 ARAD-{d}suen | |
| 43 | gal-zu gesztu2 tuku-tuku nig2-gi-na ki-ag2-me-en | |
| 44 | sza3 ama-ugu-mu-ta ku3-ge-esz gun3-a-me-en | |
| 45 | nam-sipa kalam-ma-na mu-un-gar-re-en | |
| 46 | nam-si-sa2-ga2 gidri ma-an-szum2 | |
| 47 | bala hul2-la szu zi ma-ni-in-gar | |
| 48 | _<ni>-szi3_ lu-lu-a-ni inim-mu-sze3 ma-ni-in-dur2 | |
| 49 | e2-temen-ni2-gur3-ru gibil-gibil-de3 | |
| 50 | ur3 esz3 e2-babbar gur-re-de3 | |
| 51 | iri{ki} dingir ma-da-be2-e*-ne du3-u3-de3 | |
| 52 | DA DU8 szub-ba-bi PAD-KU-PAD-de3 | |
| 53 | gesz-hur libir sukud ili2-de3 | |
| 54 | szu-luh ha-lam-ma-bi ki-be2 gi4-gi4-de3 | |
| 55 | {d}nanna en me an-ki szu du7 | |
| 56 | nam ni2-tuku-mu-sze3 a2-bi hu-mu-da-<<ki>>-ag2 | |
| 57 | ad-gi4-a-mu ki-bi-sze3 nig2 sag-bi-sze3 e3-a | |
| 58 | en3-tar galam-ma-mu nig2 sag2 nu-di-dam | |
| 59 | a-ra2 nam-lugal-la-ga2 ug3-ga2 zu-zu-de3 | |
| 60 | nam-gal nam-mah-ga2 u4 da-ri2-sze3 gal2-le-de3 | |
| 61 | uri5{ki} dagal-e-de3 | |
| 62 | ki-sa2-a-bi szu pesz11-e-de3 | |
| 63 | diri nig2 u4-bi-ta-ka | |
| 64 | ki-gar-bi gu-ul-[lu]-de3 | |
| 65 | en3 u3-bi2-tar egir-[a-ni] bi2-zukum | |
| 66 | sun5-na-bi u3-gul2 mu-[na]-ni-in-gar | |
| 67 | {d}nanna lugal-<mu> mu-szi-in-sze | |
| 68 | nam-ti-mu-sze3 u# nam-ti | |
| 69 | ku-du-ur-ma-bu-uk a-a tu-da-ga2-ke4 | |
| 70 | iri kur nam-ti-la ki he2-gal2-la-ka | |
| 71 | ki-tusz kilib3-gal2 dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 | |
| 72 | nam-bi mu-un-tar-re-sza? | |
| 73 | mu-ni-gin7 diri-ga | |
| 74 | sag an-e us2-sa | |
| 75 | a2-bi szu-ta kin en3-tar gar-ra | |
| 76 | an-dul3 dagal-la-ni kur kalam-ma dul | |
| 77 | ur2 du10-ga-ni-ta ug3 sag-ge6-ga | |
| 78 | mu-un-lu2-lu2 nam-ti kar-kar-re-mesz | |
| 79 | bad3-bi du3-u3-de3 szu-ga2 im-mi-gar | |
| 80 | muru4-ba iti 5(disz)-am3 ba-ra-ab-zal | |
| 81 | szeg12-bi hu-mu-du8 | |
| 82 | bad3 gal-bi hu-mu-til | |
| 83 | bad3-si-bi hu-mu-il2 | |
| 84 | hur-sag sig7-ga-gin7 ki sikil-la he2-bi2-mu2 | |
| 85 | sukud-ra2-bi he2-bi2-diri su-lim he2-bi2-du8-du8 | |
| 86 | mu nam-mah-bi-gin7 sag-bi hu-mu-ni-in-il2 | |
| 87 | u6-di kalam-ma-sze3 | |
| 88 | pa gal-le-esz he2-bi2-in-e3 | |
| 89 | uru4-ba temen nam-lugal-la-ga2 | |
| 90 | ki he2-em-ma-ni-in-pa3 | |
| 91 | abul-la-ba sag he2-bi2-il2 | |
| 92 | eg2{eg} sur-ra-ba hu-mu-kal | |
| 93 | szeg12-bi hu-mu-da | |
| 94 | _hi-ri2-tum_-bi hu-mu-ba-al | |
| 95 | _ma-du-um_-bi hu-mu-dub | |
| 96 | u4 bad3 uri5{ki}-ma | |
| 97 | mu-du3-a | |
| 98 | a2 lu2 1(disz)-e 3(ban3) sze-ta | |
| 99 | 2(disz) sila3 ninda-ta 2(disz) sila3 kasz-ta 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz-ta | |
| 100 | u4 asz-a ur5-gin7 szu ha-ba-an-ti | |
| 101 | sza3 ma-da-ga2-ka | |
| 102 | i-{d}utu he2-eb2-ta-zi | |
| 103 | sag-ki zalag sza3 hul2-la-ga2-ka | |
| 104 | kin-bi asil-la2-a ul4-le-<<de3>>-esz he2-em-mi-til | |
| 105 | gesztu2 dagal nam-ku3-zu-mu-ta gal-bi <he2>-em-mi-kin | |
| 106 | bad3-ba {d}nanna suhusz ma-da ge-en-ge-en | |
| 107 | mu-sze3 he2-em-mi-sa4 | |
| 108 | nig2 ak-mu-sze3 {d}nanna lugal-mu hu-mu-hul2-le-en | |
| 109 | u4 sza3 hul2-la bala nam-<he2>-a | |
| 110 | nam nu-kam2-me mu he2-gal2-la-ka | |
| 111 | gesz-szub ti nig2 du10 ha-la nam-lugal-la | |
| 112 | sag-e-esz ha-ma-ab-rig7-ge | |
| 113 | nam-sipa-mu nibru{ki}-a uri5{ki} larsa{ki}-bi | |
| 114 | su3-ud-sze3 nam-ba-kur2-ru | |
| 115 | nun ki-ag2 {d}nanna {d}nin-gal-bi he2-em | |
| 116 | u4-mu he2-su3-su3-ud | |
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