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RIME 4.03.07.03Sumerian composite (P452218)

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

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DesignationRIME 4.03.07.03Sumerian composite
IDP452218
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreOfficial or display
Find spotSippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates33.0605, 44.2552

English translation

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

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surface a 1When Enlil,
surface a 2the king of the gods,
surface a 3the great lord of all the lands,
surface a 4towards Utu his gracious eyes
surface a 5did direct,
surface a 6and of Sippar,
surface a 7his ancient city and cult site,
surface a 8its wall to build,
surface a 9the Ebabbar temple
surface a 10to restore,
surface a 11of his ziggurrat and lofty high terrace
surface a 12its top to raise as high as the sky,
surface a 13and Utu and (his consort) Šerda
surface a 14into their sacred residence
surface a 15to introduce amidst very happy rejoicing,
surface a 16with his word which cannot be altered
surface a 17he spoke to him -
surface a 18At that time,
surface a 19for the hero, youthful Utu,
surface a 20a great destiny that by Enlil
surface a 21regarding Sippar and the Ebabbar temple
surface a 22had been decreed
surface a 23happily
surface a 24was set in place for him.
surface a 25To me, Samsu-iluna,
surface a 26the king created by him,
surface a 27he spoke happily,
surface a 28and he issued to me the order for it.
surface a 29At that time,
surface a 30all of Sumer and Akkad
surface a 31whose people had become hostile to me,
surface a 32within one year
surface a 33eight times
surface a 34I struck them with weapons.
surface a 35The various cities of my enemies
surface a 36I turned into mounds and ruins.
surface a 37The enemies
surface a 38and evil-doers
surface a 39I tore out from the country their foundations,
surface a 40and the whole land
surface a 41I made dwell under my command.
surface a 42From the time long ago
surface a 43when the brickwork of the Ebabbar temple
surface a 44had been constructed,
surface a 45among the kings who had gone before
surface a 46no king
surface a 47had been favored by Utu
surface a 48and so the wall of Sippar
surface a 49he had not built.
surface a 50(But) I, Samsu-iluna,
surface a 51one loved by Utu
surface a 52and Šerda,
surface a 53the mighty king,
surface a 54king of Babylon,
surface a 55king of the four world quarters,
surface a 56the king whose utterances
surface a 57with Utu
surface a 58and Šerda have found favor,
surface a 59at the commands of Utu
surface a 60and Marduk,
surface a 61through an army levy
surface a 62of my land
surface a 63in the middle of that year
surface a 64its bricks for it I had formed,
surface a 65and the wall of Sippar
surface a 66I raised up like a great mountain.
surface a 67I renovated the Ebabbar,
surface a 68their exalted high terrace of the ziggurrat
surface a 69I raised up its top like the sky,
surface a 70and Utu, Iškur
surface a 71and Šerda
surface a 72into their sacred residence
surface a 73amidst very happy rejoicing
surface a 74I introduced.
surface a 75To the Ebabbar
surface a 76I returned its favorable guardian genius.
surface a 77That which to the welfare of Utu, Iškur,
surface a 78and Šerda
surface a 79was pleasing I did,
surface a 80and that commanded by Utu
surface a 81and Marduk
surface a 82I put in place.
surface a 83Of that wall: Utu
surface a 84to Samsu-iluna
surface a 85Authority, Might,
surface a 86and Life
surface a 87Has Presented as a Gift
surface a 88is its name.
surface a 89Because of this, Utu,
surface a 90who his throne
surface a 91has therefore supported,
surface a 92life, an enduring happy heart,
surface a 93kingship which has no rival,
surface a 94a scepter of justice
surface a 95that keeps the country secure,
surface a 96a mighty weapon which pounds the foreigners,
surface a 97and rule over the four world quarters
surface a 98to exercise forever, as his gifts he gave to him.

Transliteration (ATF)

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LineATFMachine English (draft)
surface a
1u4 {d}en-lil2-le
2lugal dingir-re-e-ne
3en gal kur-kur-ra-ke4
4{d}utu-ra igi sa6-ga-na
5mu-un-szi-in-bar-ra-am3
6zimbir{ki}
7iri ul ki-szu-pesz-a-ni
8bad3-bi du3-u3-de3
9e2-babbar-ra
10ki-be2 gi4-gi4-de3
11u6-nir gi-gun4-na mah-a-ni
12sag-bi an-gin7 il2-i-de3
13{d}utu {d}{sze3}szer7-da-bi
14ki-tusz ku3-ne-ne-a
15asila nig2 hul2-hul2-la-bi-sze3 ku4-ku4-de3
16inim nig2 nu-kur2-ru-da-na
17bi2-in-du11-ga-a
18u4-bi-a
19ur-sag szul {d}utu
20nam gal {d}en-lil2-le
21zimbir{ki} e2-babbar-ra
22mu-ni-in-tar-ra-sze3
23hul2-la-gin7
24im-ma-na-ni-ib2-gar
25sa-am-su-i-lu-na
26lugal szu du11-ga-ni-me-en
27gu3 hul2 ma-an-de2
28a2-bi mu-da-an-ag2
29u4-bi-a
30kilib3 ki-en-gi ki-uri
31lu2 gu2 mu-da-ab-du3-usz-a
32sza2 mu asz-a-ka
33a-ra2 8(disz)-am3
34{gesz}tukul-ta he2-em-mi-sag3
35iri didli gu2-bar-ra-mu-ne
36du6 _ka-ar2-me_-sze3 he2-ni-ku4
37lu2 erim2
38lu2 hul-gal2
39suhusz-bi kalam-ta he2-em-mi-bu
40kur gu2-si-a
41du11-ga-ga2 hu-mu-ni-tusz
42nig2 u4 ul-li2-a-ta
43szeg12 e2-babbar-ra
44ba-dim2-ma-ta
45lugal igi-du-ne-ne-er
46lugal na-me
47{d}utu ba-ra-mu-un-szi-in-sze-ga-am3
48bad3 zimbir{ki}
49nu-mu-na-ta-an-du3-am3
50sa-am-su-i-lu-na
51ki-ag2 {d}utu
52{d}{sze3}szer7-da-bi
53lugal kal-ga
54lugal ka2-dingir-ra{ki}
55lugal an-ub-da limmu2
56lugal du11-ga-ni
57ki {d}utu
58{d}{sze3}szer7-da-ta sze-ga-me-en
59du11-ga du11-ga {d}utu
60{d}marduk-bi-da-ka
61ugnim zi-ga
62ma-da-mu-ta
63sza3 mu-ba-ka
64szeg12-bi mu-ni-du8
65bad3 zimbir{ki}
66hur-sag gal-gin7 mu-ni-il2
67e2-babbar-ra ki szu gibil im-mi-ak
68u6-nir gi-gun4-na mah-ne-ne
69sag-bi an-gin7 mi-ni-il2
70{d}utu {d}iszkur
71{d}{sze3}szer7-da-bi
72ki-tusz ku3-ne-ne-a
73asila nig2 hul2-hul2-la-bi-sze3
74mi-ni-ku4
75e2-babbar-ra
76{d}lamma sa6-ga-bi im-mi-gi4
77su {d}utu {d}iszkur
78{d}{sze3}szer7-da-bi
79du10-ga-ra im-mi-ak
80nig2 du11-ga {d}utu
81{d}marduk-bi-da-ke4
82ki-bi-sze3 im-mi-gar
83bad3-ba {d}utu
84sa-am-su-i-lu-na-ra
85nam-nir nam-kal-ga
86u3 nam-ti-la-ke4
87sag-e-esz2 mu-ni-in-rig7
88mu-bi-im
89ur5-sze3-am3 {d}utu
90sag nam-bara2-ga-ni
91sza-mu-un-il2-la
92nam-ti sza3 du10-ga gi16-sa ak-a
93nam-lugal za3-sza4 nu-tuku-a
94{gesz}gidri nig2-si-sa2
95kalam ge-en-ge-en
96{gesz}tukul kal-ga gesz-gaz lu2-kur2-e-ne
97nam-en ub-da limmu2-ba
98du-ri2-sze3 ak-da nig2-ba-ni-sze3 mu-na-an-szum2

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