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RIME 4.03.06.02Sumerian composite (P448469)

Official or display, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	RIME 4.03.06.02Sumerian composite
ID	P448469
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Official or display
Find spot	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates	33.0605, 44.2552

English translation

By Foxvog, Daniel A. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)

Line	English
surface a 1	When Utu,
surface a 2	great lord of heaven and earth,
surface a 3	king of the gods,
surface a 4	at me, Hammurapi,
surface a 5	the prince agreeable to him,
surface a 6	with his shining eyes
surface a 7	happily
surface a 8	looked,
surface a 9	and an everlasting kingship
surface a 10	and a reign of long days
surface a 11	he presented to me;
surface a 12	and the foundation of the land,
surface a 13	to exercise the lordship over which
surface a 14	he gave to me,
surface a 15	he made secure for me;
surface a 16	of Sippar
surface a 17	and Babylon their people
surface a 18	to settle in peaceful habitations
surface a 19	with his holy word that cannot be altered
surface a 20	he commanded me,
surface a 21	and the wall of Sippar
surface a 22	to build
surface a 23	and its top to raise up
surface a 24	he gave me the great order.
surface a 25	At that time,
surface a 26	I, Hammurapi,
surface a 27	the mighty king,
surface a 28	king of Babylon,
surface a 29	(god-)fearing one
surface a 30	who heeds Utu,
surface a 31	who is the beloved of Šerda,
surface a 32	who pleases the heart of Marduk
surface a 33	his master -
surface a 34	by the exalted strength which Utu
surface a 35	gave me,
surface a 36	through a troop levy
surface a 37	of my land
surface a 38	the foundation of the wall of Sippar
surface a 39	with earth like a huge mountain
surface a 40	its top I raised up,
surface a 41	and the great wall I built.
surface a 42	That which since olden days
surface a 43	among all the kings
surface a 44	no king
surface a 45	had ever built,
surface a 46	for Utu my master
surface a 47	I built in a grand manner.
surface a 48	That wall:
surface a 49	By the Command of Utu
surface a 50	May Hammurapi
surface a 51	Have No Equal
surface a 52	is its name.
surface a 53	In my favorable reign
surface a 54	which Utu
surface a 55	called,
surface a 56	for Sippar,
surface a 57	the ancient city
surface a 58	of Utu,
surface a 59	its men from corvée work
surface a 60	for Utu I removed.
surface a 61	Its canal
surface a 62	I dug,
surface a 63	and in its emplacements
surface a 64	perpetual water
surface a 65	I established.
surface a 66	Abundance and plenty
surface a 67	I established everywhere there.
surface a 68	For the people of Sippar
surface a 69	I produced joy,
surface a 70	and (so) for my life
surface a 71	they indeed prayed.
surface a 72	What for the well-being of Utu my master
surface a 73	and Aia my mistress
surface a 74	was good I did.
surface a 75	That my good name
surface a 76	daily
surface a 77	might be revealed like (that of) a god,
surface a 78	and that forever
surface a 79	it may not be forgotten,
surface a 80	I put it in the mouths of the people.

Transliteration (ATF)

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
surface a
1	u4 {d}utu
2	en gal an-ki-bi-da
3	lugal dingir-re-e-ne-ke4
4	ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
5	nun sze-ga-ni-me-en
6	igi zalag-ga-na
7	hul2-la-bi
8	mu-un-bar-re-en
9	nam-lugal da-ri2
10	bala u4 su3-ra2
11	ma-ni-in-rig7
12	suhusz ma-da
13	nam-en-bi ak-de3
14	ma-an-szum2-ma
15	ma-ni-in-ge4-en
16	zimbir{ki}
17	ka2-dingir-ra{ki} ug3-bi
18	ki-tusz ne-ha tusz-u3-da
19	inim ku3 nu-kur2-ru-da-na
20	bi2-in-du11-ga-a
21	bad3 zimbir{ki}
22	du3-u3-da
23	sag-bi il2-i-da
24	a2 gal hu-mu-da-an-ag2
25	u4-ba
26	ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
27	lugal kal-ga
28	lugal ka2-dingir-ra{ki}
29	ni2-tuku
30	{d}utu-da gesz tuku
31	ki-ag2 {d}{sze3}szer7-da
32	sza3 du10-ga {d}marduk
33	lugal-la-ni-me-en
34	usu mah {d}utu-ke4
35	ma-ni-in-szum2
36	ugnim zi-ga
37	ma-da-mu-ta
38	usz8 bad3 zimbir{ki}
39	sahar-ta hur-sag gal-gin7
40	sag-bi he2-em-mi-il2
41	bad3 mah hu-mu-du3
42	u4 ul-li2-a-ta
43	lugal-lugal-a-ne2-er
44	lugal na-me
45	ba-ra-an-dim2-ma
46	{d}utu lugal-ga2
47	gal-bi hu-mu-na-du3
48	bad3-bi
49	du11-ga {d}utu-ta
50	ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
51	gaba-ri na-an-tuku-tuku
52	mu-bi-im
53	bala sa6-ga-ga2
54	{d}utu-ke4
55	mu-un-sa4-a
56	zimbir{ki}
57	iri{ki} ul-la
58	{d}utu-ke4
59	erin2-bi {gesz}dusu-ta
60	{d}utu-ra he2-bi2-zi
61	i7-bi
62	hu-mu-ba-al
63	ki-in-gub-ba
64	a da-ri2
65	he2-em-mi-gar
66	he-nun he2-gal2-bi
67	he2-ni-gar-gar
68	ug3 zimbir{ki}-sze3
69	asila he2-bi2-gar
70	nam-ti-ga2
71	szud3 he2-em-mi-sza4-asz
72	su {d}utu lugal-ga2
73	{d}a-a nin-mu
74	du10-ga-ra he2-bi2-ak
75	mu sa6-ga-mu
76	u4-szu2-usz
77	dingir-gin7 pa3-de3-da
78	du-ri2-sze3
79	nu-ha-lam-e
80	ka ug3-ta he2-bi2-gar

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