RIME 4.03.06.x1001 composite (P448488)
Official or display, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.03.06.x1001 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P448488 |
| 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 2' | ... without you (Utu), no king is ... |
| surface a 3' | ... you are, ... |
| surface a 4' | ... one who fears and is favored by you, authority ... |
| surface a 5' | (at) your valued ..., greatly ... |
| surface a 6' | A pure copper du8 vessel(?), grandly constructed with wild animals, with a foundation ... to extend the days of his life, ..., Ebabbar, your beloved house, forever ... |
| surface a 7' | O master Utu, I am one who knows well to fear you, ... may a happy heart and good liver do ..., in heaven and earth may ... |
| surface a 8' | Aia, your spouse, ... joy ... in that place ... |
| surface a 10' | Who shall alter where it stands, |
| surface a 11' | or do ... to that place where it resides, |
| surface a 12' | or who makes it reside in ... |
| surface a 13' | or who shall ... it, or in a temple for a different purpose shall ... it, |
| surface a 14' | or who shall bring it into a cultically taboo house where it cannot be seen, |
| surface a 15' | or who shall erase my inscription and write his name upon it, |
| surface a 16' | or because of this curse shall incite a stranger to do it, |
| surface a 17' | who, having broken it, shall do an evil thing to my image - |
| surface a 18' | that person, be he a king or a lord or a governor or an ordinary human being, |
| surface a 19' | may the great fury of Utu ..., |
| surface a 20' | may he ... the decision: his obliteration from the Ebabbar. |
| surface a 21' | An, the king of the gods, shall ... aside his reign, shall ... his cities to mounds and ruins ... obliteration, his? land will slander(?) him in the midst of the gods, |
| surface a 22' | ... from heaven and earth, piled up damaged flesh, blown-up flesh, ... |
| surface a 23' | Let there be ... in the places of battle and combat for his subduing, let ... for his troops. |
| surface a 24' | ... life, his great crime shall be ... |
| surface a 25' | ... may it end in laments and moans. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1' | [...] e NE [...] | |
| 2' | [... za]-e-da nu lugal nu [...] | |
| 3' | [...] za-e-me-en a2-[...] | |
| 4' | [...] x ni2-tuku sze-ga-zu nam-nir-[gal2 ...] | |
| 5' | x x [...] nig2-kal-la-zu gal-bi nam-[...] | |
| 6' | {uruda}du8 szen-na masz2-ansze gal-bi dim2-dim2-ma te-me-en [...] nam-ti-la-ni u4-bi su3-su3-dam NI ba-ra-ni-in-[...] e2-babbar2 e2 ki-ag2-zu du-ri2-sze3 sza-[x]-x [...] | |
| 7' | {d}utu lugal-e ni2 te-ge26 gal-zu-me-en gal-bi AN x [...] sza3 du10-ga ur5 sa6-ge an-ta he2-bi2-x-[...] an-ki-bi-ta he2-mu-x-[...] | |
| 8' | {d}a-a gidlam-[zu ...] nig2-hul2-la [...] ki-ba [...] | |
| 9' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ki-gub-ba mu-ni-ib-[...] | |
| 11' | [...] x-bi ki-tusz-bi-a mu-ni-ib-[...] | |
| 12' | a2#? ur2-x [...] mu-ni-ib-tusz-x [...] | |
| 13' | mu-ni-ib2-GIRI16 e2-a kin kur2-sze3 mu-ni-ib-x-[...] | |
| 14' | e2 azag ki igi nu-bar-re-da-sze3 i-ni-ib-ku4-ku4-[...] | |
| 15' | mu-sar-ra-ga2 szu bi2-ib2-ur3-ru-a mu-ni bi2-ib2-sar-[re-a] | |
| 16' | asz2-bala-ba-ke4-esz lu2-kur2 szu ba-an-zi-zi-[...] | |
| 17' | u3-bi2-ib2-ku5-e nig2-hul alam-ga2 in-ga-[...] | |
| 18' | lu2-bi lugal he2-a en he2-a ensi2 he2-a u3 nam-lu2-ulu3 [he2-a] | |
| 19' | ib2-ba gu-la {d}utu-ke4 he2-x x x [...] | |
| 20' | esz-bar ha-lam-a-ni e2-babbar2-ta hu-mu-[...] | |
| 21' | an lugal dingir-e-ne-ke4 bala-ni za3 mu-ni-ib2-[...] iri-bi? du6 ka!-ar2-sze3 NI A nam-ha-lam ma-da NI# GAR# [...] mu-ru-ub dingir-re-e-ne-e-ra inim mi-[...-kid2] | |
| 22' | [...] x an-ki-bi-ta uzu hul uzu bun2 du8-du8 uzu GIRI16? [...] | |
| 23' | [...] ki me3 szen-szen-na gar3-dar-bi-sze3 he2-gal2 erin2-ni-sze3 [...] x x x he2-bi2-ib2-[...] | |
| 24' | [...] ti-la szer7-da gu-la-ni ba-ni-x [...] | |
| 25' | [...] a-nir sze-sza4 he2-ni-ib-til-e [...] | |
| 26' | [...] x x usz x ni x [...] | |
| 27' | [...] x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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