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RIME 4.02.08.03, ex. add21 (P448640)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.02.08.03, ex. add21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P448640 |
| Museum no. | E.004-1948 |
| Collection | Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
| 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 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nanna | For Nanna |
| 2 | men an-ki | the crown of heaven and earth |
| 3 | musz3 hi-li su3 | whose face is full of allure |
| 4 | dumu sag | first-born son |
| 5 | {d}en-lil2-la2 | of Enlil |
| 6 | lugal-a-ni-ir | his master |
| 7 | nu-ur2-{d}iszkur | Nur-Adad, |
| 8 | nita kal-ga | the strong man |
| 9 | u2-a uri5{ki#}-ma | provider of Ur |
| 10 | lugal larsa{ki}-ma | king of Larsa, |
| 11 | nisag sar-re | the first-fruit offerings |
| 12 | e2-kisz-nu-gal2-la | of the Ekišnugal temple |
| 13 | sag-en3-tar | of Šag-entar |
| 14 | esz3 e2-babbar2-ra | for the shrine Ebabbar |
| 15 | szul {d}utu | youth Utu |
| 16 | sza3 ku3-ga-ni-a | in his holy heart |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | zi-de3-esz | faithfully |
| 2 | bi2-in-pa3-da | he had chosen |
| 3 | gidri szum2-ma | given a scepter |
| 4 | {d}nanna-ke4 | of Nanna |
| 5 | kur gu2 gar-gar | the foreign lands that have been established |
| 6 | {d}utu-ke4 | of Utu |
| 7 | mu du10 sa4-a | a good name |
| 8 | {d}iszkur-ke4 | of Iškur |
| 9 | szul ni2 tuku | young man who has fear |
| 10 | u3-ma-ne2 sa2-di | when he has finished, |
| 11 | u4 sza3 uri5{ki}-ma | when in Ur |
| 12 | bi2-in-du10-ga-a | he made good, |
| 13 | nig2-erim2 i-{d}utu | the evil of I-Utu |
| 14 | ib2-ta-an-zi-ga | he raised up, |
| 15 | ug3 sag2 du11-ga-bi | and its scattered people |
| 16 | ki-be2 bi2-in-gi4-a | he restored. |
| surface b | ||
| 1 | {d}[nanna] | For Nanna |
| 2 | lugal-a-ni-[ir] | his master |
| 3 | ki-sur-ra-ka-[ni] | his border territory |
| 4 | mu-na-szum2-ma-[a] | he gave. |
| 5 | u4-bi-[a] | at that time |
| 6 | gir4 mah# | exalted knife |
| 7 | u2 su3-su3 | a long life |
| 8 | {d}suen-na-ka | of Suen |
| 9 | ninda il2-e | to raise bread |
| 10 | kilib3 dingir-re-e-ne-er | all the gods |
| 11 | du8 mah unu2-gal-ba | in its great threshing floor of the great banquet hall |
| 12 | mi2 zi-de3-esz du11-ga | who faithfully cares |
| 13 | kin-sig kin-nim-ma | work-assignment, work assignment |
| 14 | gu3-nun-bi di-dam | whose voice is to be called, |
| 15 | nam-ti-la-ni-[sze3] | for his life |
| 16 | mu-na-[du3] | he built for him |
| 17 | szu-luh u4 ul-li2-a#-[ka-ni] | His purification ritual of distant days |
| 18 | ki-be2 mu-[na-gi4] | he restored for him. |
| 19 | nu-ur2-{d}[iszkur] | Nur-Adad |
| 20 | sipa nig2-[gi-na-ra] | for the shepherd of justice |
| 21 | nam-ti [u4 su3-ra2] | for a long life |
| 22 | bala nam#-[he2] | a reign of abundance |
| 23 | e2-kisz-nu#-[gal2-ta] | from the Ekišnugal |
| 24 | hu-mu-na-[ra-e3-e] | may he bring forth for him. |
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