RIME 4.02.14.20 composite (P448444)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.02.14.20 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P448444 |
| 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 | Enanedu, |
| surface a 2 | en priestess of Nanna, |
| surface a 3 | having the great fate of the en office from the womb on, a nobility of heaven, |
| surface a 4 | beloved of (her) heart, the brightness(?) of the en office set upon her body by Ningal's own hand, |
| surface a 5 | fitting one of the Ekišnugal temple, the rival of high heaven, |
| surface a 6 | ornament of the agrun cella, burning light coming forth for the nation, |
| surface a 7 | sacredly suited for the crown of the en office, |
| surface a 8 | properly chosen for the divine plans and lustrations of the en office, |
| surface a 9 | reverent princess who serves at the lustrations for the exalted platform of the royal house, |
| surface a 10 | I, Enanedu, |
| surface a 11 | the en priestess who may look upon Nanna and Ningal |
| surface a 12 | (in) Ur, the foremost city of Sumer, |
| surface a 13 | where zanaru instruments are played for Ašimbabbar, |
| surface a 14 | a person most fitting for the gipar built on a pure place for its office of en - |
| surface a 15 | when Nanna and Ningal |
| surface a 16 | having looked (at me) with their shining brows, and life |
| surface a 17 | and a joyous regard they gave to me, |
| surface a 18 | and in the shrine Ekišnugal, the residence of their divinity, |
| surface a 19 | they having exalted my name, |
| surface a 20 | having placed in my pure mouth prayers of life, |
| surface a 21 | and my correctly guiding hand - in order that the life of Rīm-Sîn, |
| surface a 22 | my twin(!) brother, |
| surface a 23 | could be extended - they, togther with him, did exert it, |
| surface a 24 | and so his foreign enemies |
| surface a 25 | they having put fully into his hands - |
| surface a 26 | at that time, the sacred gipar, my residence of the en office, |
| surface a 27 | its bricks no longer lying against(?) its base, |
| surface a 28 | I, Enanedu, |
| surface a 29 | en priestess, truly named with an exalted name, |
| surface a 30 | the daughter of Kudur-mabuk, |
| surface a 31 | I laid correctly fitting bricks against the old base of the sacred gipar. |
| surface a 32 | I covered with plaster its inner walls fitted to (within) a finger-length. |
| surface a 33 | I created that house anew. |
| surface a 34 | At that time, the Hall That Has Brought Bitterness, the cleared land of 'fates' |
| surface a 35 | (where) the old en priestesses were, |
| surface a 36 | that place was not encircled with a wall, and its entrances and its .. had collapsed. |
| surface a 37 | No watch was set up and that place was no longer pure. |
| surface a 38 | I, by my great wisdom, |
| surface a 39 | sought out a place for (going to one's) fate forever afterward. |
| surface a 40 | Surpassing the resting place of the old en priestesses |
| surface a 41 | I established a broad sacred area. |
| surface a 42 | I surrounded that collapsed place with a big wall, |
| surface a 43 | set there a strong watch, and I purified that place. |
| surface a 44 | To show my name chosen for the office of en, |
| surface a 45 | I did indeed restore this work. |
| surface a 46 | Foundation documents in praise of my office of en I had inscribed |
| surface a 47 | and had it laid there for whatsoever time it may exist. |
| surface a 48 | I named that wall: May the One Who Shows Fear of Me Be Praised. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | en-an-e-du7 | |
| 2 | en {d}nanna | |
| 3 | nam gal nam-en-na sza3 ku3-ta nam-gi7 an-na | |
| 4 | sza3 ki-ag2 {d}nin-gal-e nig2-UD nam-en-na bar szu-ta gar | |
| 5 | me-te e2-kisz-nu-gal2 za3-sza4 utah-he u9-na | |
| 6 | he2-du7 agrun-na u4 sa-sa-ha kalam-sze3 e3 | |
| 7 | aga nam-en-<na>-sze3 ku3-ge-esz-e tum2-ma | |
| 8 | gesz-hur szu-luh nam-dingir-sze3 zi-de3#-esz pa3-da | |
| 9 | nun ni2-tuku du8 mah e2 lugal-la-na-sze3 szu luh-luh-ha-ta al-gub-bu | |
| 10 | en-an-e#-du7 | |
| 11 | en igi-du8-a {d}nanna {d}nin-gal-bi | |
| 12 | uri5{ki} iri{ki} za3-e3 ki-en-gi-ra | |
| 13 | ki szu-tag za-na-ru en {d}asz-im2-babbar-e | |
| 14 | lu2 ge6-par3 nam-en-bi-sze3 ki sikil-la du3-a gal-bi tum2-ma-me-en | |
| 15 | u4 {d}nanna {d}nin-gal-bi | |
| 16 | sag-ki zalag-ga-ne-ne-a igi bar-ra-bi nam-ti-la | |
| 17 | igi hul2-la-bi mu-un-szi-in-szum2#-esz-am3 | |
| 18 | esz3 e2-kisz-nu-gal2 ki-tusz nam#-dingir#-ne#-ne#-a# | |
| 19 | mu-mu mi-ni-in-mah-esz-a | |
| 20 | ka-mu sikil-la nam#-szita# nam-ti-la mu-un-gar-re-esz-am3 | |
| 21 | szu si-sa2-mu u4 nam-ti {d}ri-im-{d}suen | |
| 22 | szesz tam-ma-<<na>>-mu | |
| 23 | su3-USZ-u5-de3 mu-un-de3-ri-esz#-a | |
| 24 | kur gu2-erim2-gal2-la-ni | |
| 25 | szu-ni-sze3 bi2#-in#-si-isz-<<esz>>-[a] | |
| 26 | u4-ba ge6-par3 ku3-ga# ki-tusz nam-en-na-mu | |
| 27 | szeg12-bi ur2-bi-ta# nu-us2-sa | |
| 28 | en-a-e-du7 | |
| 29 | en mu mah zi-de3-esz [sa4]-a | |
| 30 | dumu ku-du-ur-ma-bu-uk-me-en | |
| 31 | ge6-par3 ku3-ga ur2-bi sun-a szeg12 zi-du he2-ni-us2 | |
| 32 | e2-gar8-bi szu-si tag-ga im dul3 hu-mu-ak | |
| 33 | e2-bi gibil-be2-esz hu-mu-tu | |
| 34 | u4-ba unu2 ses ba-an-tum3 kislah nam-tar-ra | |
| 35 | en-en-e-ne libir-ra-me-esz | |
| 36 | ki-bi bad3 nu-dab6 gu2-gir3-bi EDIN-BUR2-bi he2-szub# | |
| 37 | en-nu-un ba-ra-gar ki-bi ba-ra-sikil | |
| 38 | ga2-e gesztu2 gal-zu-mu-ta | |
| 39 | nam-tar u4-da egir-ra ki-bi bi2-kin-kin | |
| 40 | diri ki-nu2 en-en-e-ne libir-ra-me-esz | |
| 41 | u2-zu-ug dagal-la hu-mu-gar | |
| 42 | ki-bi szub-ba bad3 gal-e hu-mu-dab6 | |
| 43 | en-nu-un kal-ga bi2-gar ki-bi hu-mu-sikil | |
| 44 | mu pa3-da nam-en-na-mu pa3-pa3-de3-de3 | |
| 45 | kin-bi ki-bi-sze3 he2-em-mi-gar | |
| 46 | temen ar2 nam-en-na-mu mu-sar | |
| 47 | u4 a-na gal2-la#-ka-ta he2-em-mi-us2# | |
| 48 | bad3-bi# ni2 te-ge26-mu he2#-em#-i mu#-bi# he2#-em#-mi-sa4# | |
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