RIME 4.01.04.08 composite (P465394)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.01.04.08 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P465394 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Foxvog, Daniel A. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
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| surface a 1 | O Enlil with exalted utterances, your judgments being high and wide, |
| surface a 2 | issuing divine decisions, whose word cannot be altered, with ... planning placed in his hands, |
| surface a 3 | Išme-Dagan, the strong young man with the muscles and body of a lion, strong youth possessing fearsomeness, |
| surface a 4 | who alone is exalted, lord whose called good name is demonstrated in all lands, |
| surface a 5 | under his sway he has made the living creatures numerous, |
| surface a 6 | and into whose hand were given the Black Headed People in their shelters where the people reside, |
| surface a 7 | They prepared correctly for him the first-fruit offerings of the land. |
| surface a 8 | They are not (merely?) left to him in his good palace. |
| surface a 9 | At that time, Išme-Dagan, the youth, the hero of the runners, |
| surface a 10 | to Nippur, being the city where the seed of the myriad people sprang up, where the living were born, |
| surface a 11 | the reverent(?) runner who serves night and day without ceasing, |
| surface a 12 | who daily brings everything (needed), made a great resolution. |
| surface a 13 | When he rises up it is gigantic, a flood bringing a wind in its fury, |
| surface a 14 | With his arms swinging open over and over, he flashes across distant miles |
| surface a 15 | like a fierce lion of the steppe going with strength and youthfulness. |
| surface a 16 | opening wide his knees on the highway, striding towards battle and combat, |
| surface a 17 | like a horse ... on the highway with its tail extended, |
| surface a 18 | like a buck when racing around inspiring fear ... |
| surface a 19 | whose his knees when set free are untiring ..., |
| surface a 20 | the son who brings everything for Enlil, |
| surface a 21 | and also that which gladdens the heart of Ninlil, |
| surface a 22 | the king cares unceasingly for the lapis lazuli shrine. |
| surface a 23 | At that time, Išme-Dagan, a copper statue which inspires fear as it races against the storm, |
| surface a 24 | in the temple clad in fearsomeness, upon his most precious dais, |
| surface a 25 | he set it up and colored it brilliantly. |
| surface a 26 | The great prince of the whole heaven, the lord whose utterance cannot be altered, |
| surface a 27 | his shining brow and raised righteous eyes |
| surface a 28 | may he let be upon him, directed towards the faithful shepherd whom he has engendered. |
| surface a 29 | But a king who orders a wicked thing, |
| surface a 30 | and erases this inscription and writes his own name upon it, |
| surface a 31 | or because of this curse incites another person to do it, |
| surface a 32 | may Enlil my master and Ninli my mistress curse that person. |
| surface a 33 | May Enki, Iškur, Ezinu, and Šakan, the lords of abundance, |
| surface a 34 | after locking up abundance in heaven and earth, ... him evilly. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| surface a | ||
| 1 | {d}en-lil2 du11-ga u18-ru di-zu sukud dagal-la-am3 | |
| 2 | ka-asz-bar e3 inim-ni nu-kam3-me-da umusz URUDA szu-ni-sze3 gar | |
| 3 | {d}isz-me-{d}da-gan gurusz kalag sa su pirig szul kalag ni2 gal2-la | |
| 4 | dili-i-ni mah en mu du10 sa4-a-ni kur szar2-ra pa3-da | |
| 5 | e-ne-da zi-gal2-la im-mi-in-lu?-[a?] | |
| 6 | a2 bad3 ug3 dur2-ru-na-bi-sze3 sag?-ge6 szu mu-na-szum2?-ma | |
| 7 | nesag? kur-ra-da si sza-mu-na-ni-ib-sa2-asz | |
| 8 | e2-gal du10-ga-na ki la-ba-na-tag-ge | |
| 9 | u4-ba {d}isz-me-{d}da-gan szul ur-sag giri3 du10 gal2-e-ne-ke4 | |
| 10 | nibru{ki} iri numun ug3 szar2-ra i-i ti-le u3-tu gal2-la-sze3 | |
| 11 | kas4-di hu-luh-e ge6 an-bar7-ba gub-bu musz3 nu-tum2-mu | |
| 12 | u4-szu2-usz nig2-nam tum3 sa2 gal-e-esz na-an-gar | |
| 13 | zi-ga-ni u18-lu a-ma-ru im sur2-ba de6-a | |
| 14 | a2-na bad-ra2-a-ba ga2-ga2-ga2 da-na su3-u4-bi-sze3 mu-gir2-gir2-re | |
| 15 | pirig husz edin-na-gin7 usu nam-szul-ba du-a | |
| 16 | du10 kaskal-la bad-bad-da-ni-a gesz-la2 me3-[sze3 gub-bu] | |
| 17 | {ansze}si2-si2 har-ra-an-na kun su3-su3 [...] | |
| 18 | masz2-dara3-gin7 kas4-kas4-e hu?-luh?-ba [...] | |
| 19 | du10-ub szu bar-ra nu-kusz2-u3 x [...] | |
| 20 | dumu nig2 tum2-tum2 {d}en-lil2-la2-ka | |
| 21 | nig2 sza3 hul2-hul2 {d}nin-lil2-la2-ka | |
| 22 | lugal-e esz3 za-gin3-na-sze3 musz3 la-ba-ra-tum2-mu | |
| 23 | u4-ba {d}isz-me-{d}da-gan {uruda}alan mir-re-e kas4-kas4-e hu-luh-ha-na | |
| 24 | e2 ni2 gur3 bara2 kal-kal-la-na | |
| 25 | mu-ni-in-gub sze-er-zi-de3-esz bi2-in-gun3 | |
| 26 | nun gal za3 an-na en du11-ga nu-kam3-me-da | |
| 27 | sag-ki zalag igi zi il2-la-na-sze3 | |
| 28 | he2-en-szi-ni-gal2 sipa zi tu-da-ni-sze3 | |
| 29 | lugal a2 nig2-hul-dim2-ma ib2-szi-ag2-e-a | |
| 30 | mu-sar-ra-ba szu bi2-ib2-<ur3>-ra-a mu-ni bi2-ib2-sar-a | |
| 31 | asz2-bala-a-ba-ke4-esz lu2-kur2 szu ba-an-zi-zi-i-a | |
| 32 | lu2-ba {d}en-lil2 lugal-mu {d}nin-lil2 nin-mu nam ha-ba-an-da-[ku5-ru-ne] | |
| 33 | {d}en-ki {d}iszkur {d}asznan {d}szakan2 en he2-gal2-la-ke4-[ne] | |
| 34 | he2-gal2 an-ki-a a-ba-da-an-ge4-esz hul-bi ha-ba-[...] | |
Sources & licences
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