RIME 4.02.14.05 composite (P448429)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.02.14.05 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P448429 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| surface a 1 | For Nergal, the exalted lord |
| surface a 2 | who possesses great strength, |
| surface a 3 | adorned with fearsomeness and divine radiance, |
| surface a 4 | foremost one who exerts a ruinous hand against hostile foreign lands, |
| surface a 5 | heaping up rebel lands into stacks, |
| surface a 6 | his god, |
| surface a 7 | Rīm-Sîn, |
| surface a 8 | the prince who reveres Nippur, |
| surface a 9 | provider of Ur, |
| surface a 10 | king of Larsa |
| surface a 11 | and king of Sumer and Akkad, |
| surface a 12 | the Temple That Breaks the Enemy |
| surface a 13 | his residence of heroism, |
| surface a 14 | which was made suitable for dwelling in, |
| surface a 15 | for his life |
| surface a 16 | and the life |
| surface a 17 | of Kudur-mabuk, |
| surface a 18 | the father who begot him, |
| surface a 19 | he built for the distant future. |
| surface a 20 | For this, |
| surface a 21 | Nergal, |
| surface a 22 | the god who engendered him, |
| surface a 23 | having directed his shining eye at him, |
| surface a 24 | on the battleground |
| surface a 25 | (with) his steadfast arm |
| surface a 26 | may he press down together with him, |
| surface a 27 | and the foreign land that rebels against him |
| surface a 28 | may he let him conquer. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | {d}nergal en mah | |
| 2 | usu gal tuku | |
| 3 | ni2 me-lam2 szu du7 | |
| 4 | sag-kal kur gu2-erim2 szu hul di | |
| 5 | ki-bala zar-re-esz du8 | |
| 6 | dingir-ra-ni-ir | |
| 7 | ri-im-{d}suen | |
| 8 | nun ni2-tuku nibru{ki} | |
| 9 | u2-a uri5{ki}-ma | |
| 10 | lugal larsa{ki}-ma | |
| 11 | lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-ke4 | |
| 12 | e2-erim2-hasz-hasz | |
| 13 | ki-tusz nam-ur-sag-ga2-ka-ni | |
| 14 | tusz-u3-de3 ba-ab-du7-a | |
| 15 | nam-ti-la-ni-sze3 | |
| 16 | u3 nam-ti | |
| 17 | ku-du-ur-ma-bu-uk | |
| 18 | a-a-ugu-na-sze3 | |
| 19 | u4 su3-ra2-se3 mu-du3 | |
| 20 | ur5-sze3-am3 | |
| 21 | {d}nergal | |
| 22 | dingir sag du-ga-na | |
| 23 | igi zalag u3-mu-un-szi-in-bar | |
| 24 | ki me3-ka | |
| 25 | a2 zi-da-na | |
| 26 | he2-en-da-ab-ri | |
| 27 | kur nig2 bala-a-na | |
| 28 | szu-ni sa2 he2-eb2-be2 | |
Sources & licences
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