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RIME 2.01.04.02 composite (P461978)

Official or display, Old Akkadian, Nippur · c. 2340 BCE–2200 BCE

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Designation	RIME 2.01.04.02 composite
ID	P461978
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Akkadian · c. 2340 BCE–2200 BCE
Genre	Official or display
Find spot	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates	32.1271, 45.2300

English translation

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Line	English
surface a 1	To
surface a 2	all the lords
surface a 3	of the Upper (Lands)
surface a 4	and
surface a 5	all the governors
surface a 6	of Subartum
surface a 7	he (the king of Uruk) kept on sending (insults), and
surface a 8	..., and
surface a 12	All the lords
surface a 13	of the Upper (Lands)
surface a 14	and
surface a 15	all the governors
surface a 16	of Subartum,
surface a 17	since
surface a 18	the god Ilaba
surface a 19	they did not revere,
surface a 23	(by that god) they swore this.
surface a 24	But Amar-girid,
surface a 25	the king
surface a 26	of Uruk, (said)
surface a 27	I did curse, and so
surface a 28	let me go ...
surface a 31	either
surface a 32	he shall die
surface a 33	or
surface a 34	I shall dislodge (him).
surface a 35	From
surface a 36	Ašimanum
surface a 37	to
surface a 38	Šišil (he went).
surface a 39	At Šišil
surface a 40	the Tigris River
surface a 41	he crossed, and
surface a 42	from
surface a 43	Šišil
surface a 44	(he went) to
surface a 45	beside the Euphrates River.
surface a 46	The Euphrates River
surface a 47	he crossed, and
surface a 48	to
surface a 49	Bašar,
surface a 50	the mountain
surface a 51	of Amurru,
surface a 52	he ascended.
surface a 53	Naram-Sin
surface a 54	the mighty
surface a 55	learned of him, and
surface a 56	9 lieutenants
surface a 57	of Agade
surface a 58	did capture, and
surface a 59	to
surface a 60	meet him
surface a 61	he set out.
surface a 62	He marched
surface a 63	to Habšat.
surface a 64	Naram-Sin
surface a 65	the mighty
surface a 66	the Euphrates River
surface a 67	at
surface a 68	Bašar
surface a 69	the mountin
surface a 70	of Amurru,
surface a 71	met him, and
surface a 72	in battle
surface a 73	he engaged and
surface a 74	engaged, and
surface a 75	and they grappled with each other, and
surface a 76	by the verdict
surface a 77	of Annunitum
surface a 78	and
surface a 79	Enlil,
surface a 80	Naram-Sin
surface a 81	the mighty,
surface a 82	in battle
surface a 83	at Bašar
surface a 84	the mountain
surface a 85	of Amurru
surface a 86	over Uruk
surface a 87	was victorious.
surface a 88	Further,
surface a 89	Inim-Utuzi
surface a 90	the troop scribe,
surface a 91	his companions,
surface a 92	DU-x
surface a 93	the governor,
surface a 94	Aba-...
surface a 95	the governor,
surface a 96	PN
surface a 97	the governor,
surface a 98	PN
surface a 99	the governor,
surface a 100	PN
surface a 101	the governor,
surface a 102	PN
surface a 103	captain
surface a 104	of GN,
surface a 105	Ur-{d}szagan-DU
surface a 106	the captain
surface a 107	of Umma,
surface a 108	Aba-Enlil,
surface a 109	the captain
surface a 110	of Adab,
surface a 111	a total of 9 men,
surface a 112	chiefs,
surface a 113	and
surface a 114	4208 men (unclear)
surface a 115	in the campaign
surface a 116	he struck down.
surface a 117	Naram-Sin
surface a 118	the mighty,
surface a 119	Amar-girid
surface a 120	the king
surface a 121	of Uruk
surface a 122	in the campaign
surface a 123	he captured.
surface a 124	Ekug
surface a 125	the general,
surface a 126	Enlil-galzu
surface a 127	the city elder
surface a 128	of Uruk,
surface a 129	Lugal-sag
surface a 130	the chief minister,
surface a 131	Utu-mugi
surface a 132	the estate administrator,
surface a 133	Ur-...,
surface a 134	Ur-En-x
surface a 135	Nig2-DAGAL
surface a 136	(all) Nippurians,
surface a 137	Akale,
surface a 138	Nimgirsi,
surface a 139	Šešlu-...
surface a 140	...-ad,
surface a 141	Sipade,
surface a 142	Ur-Idigna,
surface a 143	IRIxX,
surface a 144	DU?
surface a 145	Ur-gidri
surface a 146	(all) Urukeans,
surface a 147	Išarum
surface a 148	of Ur,
surface a 149	Balul
surface a 150	of Lagaš,
surface a 151	Addatur,
surface a 152	Tirkug,
surface a 153	Lugal-duganizi,
surface a 154	and Ezi
surface a 155	Ummaites,
surface a 156	Dada,
surface a 157	of Irisagrig,
surface a 158	the governors,
surface a 159	Šu-...
surface a 160	the captain
surface a 161	of Kar-...
surface a 163	the captain
surface a 164	of Uruk,
surface a 165	Ur-...
surface a 166	the captain
surface a 167	of Lagaš,
surface a 171	the captain
surface a 172	of Adab,
surface a 173	Lugal-šagiri
surface a 174	the captain
surface a 175	of Nippur,
surface a 176	(were) the captains.
surface a 177	Belili and
surface a 178	and a messenger(?),
surface a 179	a foreman
surface a 180	of the Amorites.
surface a 181	Total: 31 men,
surface a 182	chiefs,
surface a 183	also
surface a 184	4803(?) prisoners
surface a 185	in the campaign
surface a 186	he captured.
surface a 187	Grand Total: 6 generals.
surface a 188	<Grand> Total: 17 governors.
surface a 189	<Grand> Total: 628 chiefs.
surface a 190	<Grand> Total: 5405+ men.
surface a 191	A total of n
surface a 192	and n
surface a 193	men
surface a 194	in the campaign
surface a 195	he captured.
surface a 196	A total of 2
surface a 197	kings,
surface a 198	a grand total of 13 generals,
surface a 199	a grand total of 33 governors,
surface a 200	a grand total of 1210 chiefs,
surface a 201	a grand total of 118,140 men.
surface a 202	The god Enlil
surface a 203	showed (him the way),
surface a 204	(and) Naram-Sin
surface a 205	the mighty
surface a 206	in the campaign
surface a 207	as many as there were
surface a 208	he struck down,
surface a 209	and
surface a 210	captured.
surface a 211	Further,
surface a 212	their standards
surface a 213	Naram-Sin
surface a 214	the mighty
surface a 215	at the gates
surface a 216	of his gods
surface a 217	he handed in(?).
surface a 218	By Inanna,
surface a 219	Annunitim
surface a 220	and Enlil
surface a 221	I swear:
surface a 222	(these) are not falsehoods,
surface a 223	(but) are indeed true!
surface a 224	All of them,
surface a 225	the kings
surface a 226	of Inanna,
surface a 227	Annunitim,
surface a 228	and
surface a 229	Enlil,
surface a 230	Naram-Sin
surface a 231	the mighty,
surface a 232	by the mace
surface a 233	of Ilaba
surface a 234	his lord,
surface a 235	did indeed capture them, and
surface a 236	did indeed bring them in,
surface a 237	in truth.

Transliteration (ATF)

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
surface a
1	a-na
2	_en en_
3	a-li2-a-tim
4	u3
5	_ensi2 ensi2_
6	szubur{ki}
7	is-tap-pa2-ar-ma
8	u-s,e-li-ma
9	x-x-me
10	[x x]-UD-me
11	[x x]-tum
12	_en en_
13	a-li2-a-tim
14	u3
15	_ensi2 ensi2_
16	szubur{ki}
17	ki-ma
18	il3-a-ba4
19	la i-pa2-la-hu
20	[...] x-ma
21	[...]-mu
22	[...] x
23	it-ma2-u3-ni-su4-ma
24	{asz}amar-giri16
25	_lugal_
26	unu!{ki}
27	e3-ru-ur-ma
28	lu-li-ik-ma-mi3
29	x-x-ma
30	[x-x]-x-ni
31	u3-lu
32	li-mu-ut
33	u3-lu
34	u-na-as2
35	isz-tum
36	a-si-ma-num2{ki}
37	a-na
38	si-si-il3{ki}
39	in si-si-il3{ki}
40	_idigna{i7}_
41	i-bi-ir-ma
42	isz-tum
43	si-si-il3{ki}
44	a-na
45	pu-ti _buranun{i7}_
46	_buranun{i7}_-tam2
47	i-bi-ir-ma
48	a-na
49	ba-sa-ar
50	_sa-tu_-i3
51	mar-tu{ki}
52	e3-il-li2-a-am
53	na-ra-am-{d}suen
54	da-num2
55	isz-ma2-su4-ma
56	_1(u) la2 1(asz) nu-banda3_-e
57	a-ka3-de3{ki}
58	_szu-du8-a_-ma
59	a-na
60	pa2-ni-su4
61	ib-tu
62	i-gu-us2-ma
63	ha-ab-sza-at{ki}
64	na-ra-am-{d}suen
65	da-num2
66	burunun{i7}-tam2
67	a-na
68	ba-sa-ar
69	_sa-tu_-i3
70	mar-tu{ki}
71	ik-su4-ud-su4-ma
72	_REC169_
73	is-[ku8]-ni-a-ma
74	is-ku8-na-ma
75	i-ta-ah-za-ma
76	in _di-ku5_
77	an-nu-ni-tum
78	u3
79	{d}en-lil2
80	na-ra-am-{d}suen
81	da-num2
82	in _REC169_
83	in ba-sa-ar
84	_sa-tu_-i3
85	mar-tu{ki}
86	_unu{ki}_
87	isz11-ar
88	u3
89	inim {d}utu-zi
90	_dub-sar erin2_
91	_{asz}tab_-su
92	{asz}DU-x
93	_ensi2_
94	{asz}a-ba-x-x?-x-x
95	_ensi2_
96	...
97	_ensi2_
98	...
99	_ensi2_
100	...
101	_ensi2_
102	...
103	nu-banda3
104	[x x x]{ki}
105	ur-{d}{ansze}szagan(AMA){sza-gan}-DU
106	_nu-banda3_
107	umma{ki}
108	{asz}a-ba-{d}en-lil2
109	_nu-banda3_
110	adab{ki}
111	_szu-nigin2_ 1(u) la2 (asz) _gurusz_
112	ra-bi2-a-ni
113	u3
114	7(gesz'u)? 8(asz)? _gurusz gurusz_
115	in _kaskal_
116	u-sa-am-qi2-it
117	na-ra-am-{d}suen
118	da-num2
119	{asz}amar-giri16#
120	_lugal_
121	unu{ki}
122	in _kaskal_
123	i-ik-mi
124	{disz}e2-ku3
125	_szagina_
126	{disz}en-lil2-gal-zu
127	_abba2 iri{ki}_
128	unu{ki}
129	{disz}lugal-sa6
130	_gal-sukkal_
131	{disz}{d}utu-mu-gi4
132	_szabra-e2_
133	{disz}ur-[x x]
134	{disz}ur-{d}en#-[x]
135	{disz}nig2-DAGAL
136	_nibru{ki}-u3
137	{disz}a2?-kal?-le
138	{disz}nimgir-si
139	{disz}szesz-lu2-x-x
140	{disz}x-ad
141	{disz}sipa-de3
142	{disz}ur-{d}idigna
143	{disz}\|IRIxX\|{ki}
144	{disz}DU?{ki}
145	{disz}ur-gidri
146	_unu{ki}_-u3
147	{disz}i-sar-ru-um
148	uri5{ki}
149	{disz}ba-lu5
150	lagasz{ki}
151	{disz}ad-da-tur
152	{disz}tir?-ku3?
153	{disz}lugal-du11-ga-ni-zi
154	{disz}e2-zi
155	_umma{ki}_-u3
156	{disz}da-da
157	iri-sag-rig7{ki}
158	_ensi2 ensi2_
159	{disz}szu-{d}[...]
160	_nu-banda3_
161	kar?-[...]
162	x-x-[...]
163	_nu-banda3_
164	unu{ki}
165	{disz}ur-[...]-x-[...]
166	_nu-banda3_
167	lagasz{ki}
168	[...]
169	[...]
170	[...]
171	_nu-banda3_
172	adab{ki}
173	{disz}lugal-sza3-iri
174	_nu-banda3_
175	nibru{ki}
176	_nu-banda3_-u3
177	{disz}be-li2-li2 u3
178	{disz}kin-gi4!?-a
179	ugula
180	_mar-tu mar-tu_
181	szunigin 3(u) 1(asz) _gurusz_
182	ra-bi2-a-ni
183	u3
184	_8(gesz'u) 3(asz) szaga_
185	in _kaskal_
186	i-ik-mi
187	_szunigin2 6(asz) szagina szagina_
188	_szunigin 2(u) la2 3(asz) ensi2 ensi2_
189	_szunigin 1(gesz'u) 3(u) la2 2(asz)_ ra-bi2-a-ni
190	_szunigin 1(szar2) [n]+3(gesz'u) 5(asz)? gurusz gurusz_
191	_szunigin szunigin n_
192	n
193	_gurusz gurusz_
194	in _kaskal_
195	i-ik-mi
196	[szunigin szunigin 2(asz)_]
197	_lugal_
198	_szunigin szunigin 1(u) 3(asz) szagina szagina_
199	_szunigin szunigin 3(u) 3(asz) ensi2 ensi2_
200	_szunigin szunigin_ 2(gesz'u) 1(u) ra-bi2-a-ni
201	_szunigin szunigin 1(u)? 3(szar'u)? 7(gesz'u)? la2 1(gesz2) gurusz gurusz_
202	{d}en-lil2
203	u-kal2-lim
204	na-ra-am-{d}suen
205	da-num2
206	in _kaskal_
207	ma-la2-su4-nu
208	u-sa-am-qi2-it
209	u3
210	i-ik-mi
211	u3
212	_szu-nir_-ni-su-nu
213	na-ra-am-{d}suen
214	da-num2
215	in _ka2-ka2_
216	i3-li-su
217	u-sa-bi-ir
218	{d}inanna?
219	[an-nu-ni-tam]
220	[u3 {d}en-lil2]
221	u2-ma2
222	la su-ra-tum
223	lu ki2-ni-isz-ma
224	ma-la2-su-nu
225	szar-ri2
226	{d}inanna
227	an-nu-ni-tim
228	u3
229	{d}en-lil2
230	na-ra-am-{d}suen
231	da-num2
232	in _szita2_
233	il3-a-ba4
234	be-li3-su
235	lu i-ik-mi-su-nu-ma
236	lu u-sa2-ri2-bu-su-nu
237	in ki2-nim

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