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CDLI Literary 000339 (Inanna and Ebih) composite (P469521)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000339 (Inanna and Ebih) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P469521 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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.
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| 1 | in-nin me husz-a ni2 gur3-ru me gal-la u5-a | Lady of the furious cosmic powers, carrying fearsome cosmic powers. |
| 2 | {d}inanna a2-an-kar2 ku3 szu du7 mud-bi gu2 e3 | Inanna, the pure ‘lifting-of-the-throat’ prayer, whose blood is flowing out, |
| 3 | me3 gal-gal-la hub2 dar ak {kusz}gur21{ur3}-bi ki us2-sa | The great battles were fought, and its yoke was set upon the ground. |
| 4 | u4 mar-uru5-a szu tag du11-ga | The storm that shook the land, |
| 5 | nin gal {d}inanna szen-szen-na sa2 se3-se3-ge5 gal-zu | Great lady Inanna, you are the one who makes battles favorable. |
| 6 | kur gul-gul ti a2-ta i-ni-in-ug7 kur-re a2 ba-e-szum2 | Destroyer of the mountain, he died at the side, the mountain gave him the power. |
| 7 | pirig-gin7 an ki-a szeg11 i-ni-in-gi4 ug3-e su i3-ni-in-sag3 | Like a lion it rains on heaven and earth, and the people tremble. |
| 8 | am gal-gin7 kur gu2-erim2-gal2-la u3-na ba-gub-be2-en | Like a great wild bull you stand in the hostile land. |
| 9 | pirig husz-gin7 uru16-na nu-sze-ga ze2-za bi2-ib2-te-en-te-en | Like a furious lion, he calms your sweet heart. |
| 10 | nin-gu10 an-gin7 bulug3-ga2-za | My lady, when you grow like heaven, |
| 11 | ki-sikil {d}inanna ki-gin7 mah-a-za | Maiden Inanna, when you are supreme like the earth |
| 12 | {d}utu lugal-gin7 e3-a-za a2 dagal su3-su3-za | When Utu comes out like a king, your broad arms are stretched out. |
| 13 | an-na du-a-za ni2 husz gur3-ru-za | When you rise up in heaven, when you carry a furious aura, |
| 14 | ki-a u4 sze-er-zi gur3-ru-za | On earth, when you bring forth the radiance, |
| 15 | hur-sag-ga2 gen-na sa za-gin3 e3-a-za | When you go to the mountain range, adorned with lapis lazuli, |
| 16 | kur gi-rin-na a tu5-a-za | When you bathe in the pure mountain, |
| 17 | kur szuba2 kur ki sikil u3-tu-u4-da-za | When you bring forth the shiny mountain, the pure place, |
| 18 | za-gin3 ur5-gin7 ni2-ba dur2-dur2-ra-za | Like lapis lazuli, when you sit in a stupor, |
| 19 | en ul en szar2-gin7 szita2 gur4-gur4-ra-za | Your mighty lord, like a multitude of en priestess(?) carrying scepter(?), |
| 20 | me3-ba {gesz}tukul ur3-ra-gin7 sag gur4-gur4-re-za | In those battles, like a weapon mounted on a pole, |
| 21 | sag gig2-ga szir3-re-esz bi2-ib-ra | He sang a bitter song on his head. |
| 22 | kur-kur-re i-lu-lam-ma-bi du10-ge-esz im-mi-ib2-be2 | All the lands uttered a pleasant lament. |
| 23 | nin me3 dumu gal {d}suen-na | lady of battle, great daughter of Suen |
| 24 | ki-sikil {d}inanna me-tesz2-e ga-i-i | I want to praise the young woman Inanna. |
| 25 | in-nin-me-en an nigin2-na-gu10-ne ki nigin2-na-gu10-ne | I am the lady, when I look at heaven and earth, |
| 26 | {d}inanna-me-en an nigin2-na-gu10-ne ki nigin2-na-gu10-ne | I am Inanna, when I go around in heaven and on earth, |
| 27 | elam{ki} su-bir4{ki}-a nigin2-na-gu10-ne | When I go around in Elam and Subartu, |
| 28 | kur lu5-lu5-bi-a nigin2-na-gu10-ne | When I go around the mountain of its people, |
| 29 | kur-sza3-ga du7-du7-da-gu10-ne | When I go around in the midst of the mountains, |
| 30 | in-nin9-me-en kur-re te-a-me-en ni2-bi na-ma-ra-ab-ak | I am the sister, approaching the mountains, I want to make it perfect for you. |
| 31 | {d}inanna-me-en kur-re te-a-me-en ni2-bi na-ma-ra-ab-ak | I am Inanna, you are the one who approaches the mountains, do not fear it! |
| 32 | hur-sag ebih{ki}-ke4 te-a-me-en ni2-bi na-ma-ra-ab-ak | You are the one who approaches the Ebiḫ mountain range, do not fear it! |
| 33 | ni2-bi-ta na-ma-ra-ab-ak-gin7 | Like one who does not do it by himself, |
| 34 | giri17-bi ki-sze3 na-ma-ra-ab-te-a-gin7 | Like one who does not bring its nose to the ground, |
| 35 | nundum sahar-ra na-ma-ni-ib-ur3-ra-gin7 | Like a dust storm that cannot be swept away, |
| 36 | hur-sag zi szu-gu10 ga-am3-mi-ib-si ni2-gu10 ga-mi-ib-zu | I want to fill my hands with my true mountain range, I want [to pacify] my mood. |
| 37 | a2 mah-bi-sze3 gu4 mah ga-ba-szi-gub | I want to stand at its lofty yoke. |
| 38 | a2 tur-bi-sze3 gu4 tur ga-ba-szi-gub | I want to stand at its small side with a small ox. |
| 39 | hub2 ga-mu-un-szu2 eszemen {d}inanna ku3 ga-mu-ni-in-sar | I want to make it perfect for him, I want (to make) holy inanna ešemen baskets for him. |
| 40 | hur-sag-ga2 me3 ga-ba-ab-de6 szen-szen si ga-ba-ab-sa2 | I want to bring the battle to the mountain range, [I want to make the fighting right] |
| 41 | ti mar-uru5-a si ga-ba-ab-sa2 | I want to make right the ... of the marshes. |
| 42 | a2-sag3 ebih2-gin7 ga-ba-ab-sur-sur | I want to smite him like an asag demon. |
| 43 | gesz-gid2-da nig2-su-ub ga-ba-ab-ak | I want to make a scepter of justice. |
| 44 | {gesz}ilar {kusz}gur21{ur3} si ga-na-ab-sa2-sa2 | I want to set up a ladder and a shield for him. |
| 45 | {gesz}tir us2-sa-bi-sze3 izi ga-am3-sag3 | I want to smear fire upon its foundations of the forest. |
| 46 | hul-du-bi-sze3 {uruda}ha-zi-in ga-ba-szi-gub | I want to stand in a hazin axe for its evil. |
| 47 | a-nigin2-ba {d}gibil6 lu2 sikil-la kin? ga-ba-an-du3-du3 | I want to work with Gibil, the pure man in its midst |
| 48 | hur-sag aratta{ki} szu nu-teg3-ge26 ni2-bi ga-ba-ni-ib2-su3 | I want to utter an arazu prayer to him in the mountain range that cannot be approached. |
| 49 | iri an-ne2 nam ba-an-ku5-da-gin7 ki-bi na-an-gi4-gi4 | Like a city that An cursed, do not return to its place! |
| 50 | {d}en-lil2-le sag-ki gid2-da-gin7 gu2-bi na-an-zi-zi | Enlil raised his neck as if it were a long head. |
| 51 | kur-re in-di3-gu10 he2-kur-ku | May the foreign lands change my ways. |
| 52 | ebih{ki}-e ka tar-gu10 he2-si-il-le me-tesz2 hu-mu-i-i | In Ebih, may my mouth be uttered, may it be soothed. |
| 53 | {d}inanna dumu {d}suen-na-ke4 | Inanna, son of Suen |
| 54 | {tug2}pala3-a ba-an-mur10 ul gu2 ba-an-e3 | He wore a pala garment, he roared with joy. |
| 55 | ni2 me-lam2 husz-a sag-ki-na sze-er-ka-an ba-ni-in-du11 | He adorned his forehead with a fierce aura, |
| 56 | zi-pa-ag2 ku3-ga-na {na4}gug gi-rin-na si ba-ni-in-sa2-sa2 | In his pure lapis lazuli he placed the carnelian in a reed basket. |
| 57 | szita sag 7(disz)-e zi-da-na nam-szul ba-ni-in-ak | The seven-headed šita-priest, his righteous one, exercised youth. |
| 58 | dur {na4}za-gin3-na giri3-ni bi2-in-de6 | He took the lapis-lazuli sandals on his feet |
| 59 | an-usan-na nir mi-ni-ib-e3 | Anusana exudes awe. |
| 60 | kan4 u6 di sila-ba bi2-in-gub | He set up a beautiful gate in its street. |
| 61 | an-ra ne-sag mu-un-na-an-gub sizkur mu-na-ab-be2 | For An, he set up a lament for him and says a sizkur prayer to him. |
| 62 | an {d}inanna-da hul2-la-e | rejoice with An and Inanna |
| 63 | mu-un-gid2 ki-na ba-e-tusz | She sat down in the bedchamber, |
| 64 | za3 gal an-na-ka ba-e-si | The great border of heaven was filled. |
| 65 | an a-a-gu10 silim ma-ra-ab-be2-en inim-gu10-usz gesztu2-zu | An, my father, I will speak to you well-being, your mind is attentive to my words. |
| 66 | an-ne2 an-ba ni2-gu10 mi-ni-in-ri | An has surrounded me in heaven, |
| 67 | za-e-me-en inim-gu10 an ki-a gaba-ri la-ba-e-ni-tuku | You, my word, has no rival in heaven and earth. |
| 68 | an-bar-ra {gesz}silig-ga-am3 | In the outer heavens it is a bolt |
| 69 | an-ti-bala ma-an-si-um | Anti-bala, Mansum |
| 70 | ki-gal se3-ge5 {gesz}gu-za suhusz gi-na | a secure foundation, a stable throne |
| 71 | a2 nam-szita4 szu ga2-ga2 mu-bu-um-gin7 gam | The arm of the šita-priestess is put in place like a mubum-demon. |
| 72 | 6(disz) la2-e ki ha-ha-ze2 | 6 (mana wool for) Ḫahaze |
| 73 | 4(disz) la2-e hasz2 gid2-gid2-i | 4 (mana wool for) La’e, the harem manageress, |
| 74 | kaskal gaz-e har-ra-an-na za3-sze3 du | On a dangerous journey, on the road to the edge of the city, |
| 75 | lugal-bi-ir isz-isz an-na-ka iti6-gin7 e3-a | The king, who came forth like the moonlight in heaven, |
| 76 | ti a2-ta e3-a a-gar3-e {gesz}kiri6 tir zu2 bir5-gin7 zi-zi | coming forth from the river, the meadows, like a ripe forest cut down by a bitch, |
| 77 | {gesz}GAN2-ur3 ki-bala se3-se3-ge5 | the harrowing of the rebel land |
| 78 | abul-a-ba {gesz}si-gar gid2-de3 {gesz}zi-bi bi2-ib-gub-be2 | In that gate the bolt was extended, its bolt was set up. |
| 79 | an lugal szu-gu10 he2-em-mu-e-szum2 a2 [...] | May An, the king, give me my hand. |
| 80 | lugal-la zi-da-na he2-ni-in-ku4 ki-bala gul-gul-lu-de3 | May the rebel land be brought into the hands of the righteous king! |
| 81 | kur-ur2-ra sur2-du3{muszen}-gin7 sag hu-mu-da-dub2-be2 | In the mountains like a vulture may it be smeared. |
| 82 | an lugal mu-zu za3 kalam-ma gu-gin7 ga-an-szi-BAD | An, king, I want to utter your name on the border of the land like a neck. |
| 83 | kur-kur-ra musz ki-in-dar-ra-gin7 szu hu-mu-da-dub2-be2-esz | In all the lands, like snakes of the netherworld, they shook their hands. |
| 84 | musz-sag-kal kur-bi-ta e11-da-gin7 da-ga hu-mu-da-an-du | Like a strong mušsaŋkal snake rising from its mountain, may he go along the side. |
| 85 | kur-ra a2 he2-bi2-in-gar igi he2-ni-in-bar gid2-da-bi ha-ba-zu | May he have mercy on the foreign lands, may he look upon him with favour, may your length be long! |
| 86 | har-ra-an ku3 an-na-ka-sze3 he2-ni-e3 buru3-da-bi ha-ba-zu | May he come out on the holy road to heaven, may he know its harvest! |
| 87 | dingir-re-e-ne ga-an-ne-diri-x-x | I want to surpass the gods |
| 88 | {d}inanna-me-en da-nun-na-ke4-ne u3-ba-DU | I am Inanna, the Anuna ... |
| 89 | a-gin7 ge26-e kur-re an ki-a ni2-gu10 la-ba-ni-ib-ta-a-ta | How can I not fear the mountains of heaven and earth? |
| 90 | {d}inanna-me-en kur-re an ki-a ni2-gu10 la-ba-ni-ib-ta-a-ta | I am Inanna, the enemy has not abandoned me in heaven and earth. |
| 91 | hur-sag ebih{ki}-a-ke4 kur-re an ki-a ni2-gu10 la-ba-ni-ib-ta-a-ta | The mountain range of Ebiḫ - the mountain does not fear me in heaven and earth. |
| 92 | ni2-bi-ta na-ma-ra-ab-ak-gin7 | Like one who does not do it by himself, |
| 93 | giri17-bi ki-sze3 na-ma-ab-te-a-gin7 | Like one who does not bring its nose to the ground |
| 94 | nundum sahar-ra na-ma-ni-ib-ur3-ra-gin7 | Like a dust storm that cannot be swept away, |
| 95 | hur-sag zi szu-gu10 ga-am3-mi-ib-si ni2-gu10 ga-mi-ib-zu | I want to fill my hands with my true mountain range, I want [to pacify] my mood. |
| 96 | a2 mah-bi-sze3 gu4 mah ga-ba-szi-gub | I want to stand at its lofty yoke. |
| 97 | a2 tur-bi-sze3 gu4 tur ga-ba-szi-gub | I want to stand at its small side with a small ox. |
| 98 | USZ ga-mu-un-szub e?-szen {d}inanna ku3 ga-mu-ni-in-sar | I want to cast down the dead, I would like to write a holy incantation to Inanna |
| 99 | hur-sag-ga2 me3 ga-ba-lah5 szen-szen ga-ba-ab-sar-sar | I want to bring battle to the mountain range, I want [to strew] combat. |
| 100 | ti mar-uru5-am3 si ga-ba-ab-sa2 | I want to make right the reeds of the marshes. |
| 101 | a2-sag3 ebih2-bi ga-ba-ab-sur-sur | I want to undo the asag and ebih prayers. |
| 102 | gesz-gid2-da nig2-su-ub ga-ba-ab-ak | I want to make a scepter of justice. |
| 103 | {gesz}ilar {kusz}gur21{ur3} si ga-am3-ma-ab-sa2-sa2 | I want to set up a ladder and a shield there. |
| 104 | tir us2-sa-bi-sze3 izi ga-am3-sag3 | I want to throw fire at the base of the mountain. |
| 105 | hul-du-bi-sze3 {uruda}ha-zi-in ga-ba-szi-gub | I want to stand in a hazin axe for its evil. |
| 106 | a-nigin2-ba {d}gibil6 lu2 sikil-la kin ga-ba-an-tuku-tuku | I want to make Gibil, the pure man, possess all of its water. |
| 107 | hur-sag aratta{ki} szu nu-te-ge26 ni2-bi ga-ba-ni-ib2-su3 | I want to utter an arazu prayer to him in the mountain range that cannot be approached |
| 108 | iri an-ne2 nam ba-ku5-da-gin7 ki-bi na-an-gi4-gi4 | Like a city that An has cursed, do not return to its place! |
| 109 | {d}en-lil2-le sag-ki gid2-da-gin7 gu2-bi na-an-zi-zi | Enlil raised his neck as if it were a long head. |
| 110 | kur-re in-di3-gu10 he2-kur-ku | May the foreign lands change my ways. |
| 111 | ebih{ki} ka tar-gu10 he2-si-il-le me-tesz2 hu-mu-i-i | In Ebih my mouth should be uttered, may it be soothed. |
| 112 | an lugal dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | An, the king of the gods, replied to him: |
| 113 | lu2-tur-gu10 kur-re al bi2-du11 sza3-bi a-na ab-ak | My child, what have I done in the foreign land? |
| 114 | {d}inanna-me-en kur-re al bi2-du11 sza3-bi a-na ab-ak | I am Inanna, the mountain has commanded me, what have I done inside it? |
| 115 | hur-sag ebih{ki} al bi2-du11 sza3-bi a-na ab-ak | The mountain range of Ebih he conquered, what did its interior do? |
| 116 | ki-gub dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 ni2 husz im-da-ri-ri | The place where the gods sit, filled with furious fearsomeness. |
| 117 | ki-tusz ku3 da-nun-na-ke4-ne su zi im-du8-du8 | The Anuna dwell in the holy residence. |
| 118 | ni2-bi husz-a kalam-ma mu-un-ri | Its furious aura covers the Land. |
| 119 | hur-sag-ga2 me-lam2-bi husz-a kur-kur mu-un-ri | The radiance of the mountain range is fierce, it covers all the lands. |
| 120 | sukud-da-bi an-na sza3-bi nir mi-ni-ib-e3 | Its limbs rise and depart in heaven. |
| 121 | {gesz}kiri6 nisig-bi gurun im-la2 giri17-zal im-du8-du8 | The orchards and its reedbeds were plundered, they were adorned with joy. |
| 122 | gesz mah-bi aga3 an-na IM DI u6 di-de3 ba-gub | Its magnificent tree, the crown of heaven ... stands ready to be marveled at. |
| 123 | ebih{ki}-a gesz-an-dul3 pa mul-mul-la-ba ug tab-ba mu-un-lu | In Ebih, where the canopy is resplendent, he spreads a net over it. |
| 124 | szeg9 lu-lim-bi ni2-ba mu-un-lu | Its abundant cornfields grow in fear. |
| 125 | am-bi u2 lu-a mu-un-gub | Its wild bull stands in abundance. |
| 126 | dara4-bi ha-szu-ur2 hur-sag-ga2-ka e-ne su3-u4-bi im-me | Its wild goats cries out in the ḫašūru of the mountains. |
| 127 | ni2-bi husz-a nu-mu-e-da-ku4-ku4 | You will not enter with a furious fearsomeness |
| 128 | hur-sag-ga2 me-lam2-bi husz-am3 | The aura of the mountain range is furious. |
| 129 | ki-sikil {d}inanna sag nu-mu-e-de3-ga2-ga2 | The maiden Inanna will not place her head there. |
| 130 | ur5-gin7 hu-mu-na-ab-ak | may it be done for him like a dog. |
| 131 | nu-gig ib2-ba-ni lipisz bala-a-ni | The nugig priestess, her anger, her rage, |
| 132 | e2 me3-ka gal2 ba-an-taka4 | opened the house of battle. |
| 133 | {gesz}zi za-gin3-na szu ba-an-us2 | He set up a lapis lazuli throne. |
| 134 | me3 mah ba-ra-an-e3 u4 gal ki bi2-in-us2 | He brought out the great battle, he set up the great storm. |
| 135 | ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 mar-uru5 sa2 bi2-in-du11 | Holy Inanna set up a threshing floor. |
| 136 | mar-uru5 zi-ga sahar hul bi2-ib-zi | The rising marshes piled up dust with evil. |
| 137 | im-hul zi-ga szika im-bar-re | (Sum) The evil, rising up, tearing out your hair (Akk) The destructive wind, the rising up of your hair |
| 138 | nin-gu10 hur-sag-ga2 ba-du7-du7 | My lady, the mountain range is perfect. |
| 139 | giri3-ni 2(disz)-a-bi mu-un-sub2 | his two feet he smashed. |
| 140 | giri2 a2 2(disz)-a-bi u3-sar ba-an-ak | via 2 labor-troops he wrote, |
| 141 | ebih{ki}-a gu2-bi {u2}numun2-bur-gin7 szu ba-an-szi-in-ti | In Ebih, they took their necks as if they were bur grass. |
| 142 | sza3-bi zu2 giri2-a ba-ni-in-ra | Its inside he twisted the teeth of the feet. |
| 143 | ka gal gu3-an-ne2-si-gin7 mu-un-si-il-le | She raises her mouth like a great flood. |
| 144 | ebih{ki}-e na4 su ni2-ba-ke4 | In Ebih, the stone of supplication |
| 145 | bar-bi-a dub-dab5 he2-em-mi-ib-za | May he bind you inside it. |
| 146 | a2-ta ri-a-ta musz-sza3-tur3 gal-gal-la usz11 mu-un-gu2-guru5-gu2 | From the arms, from the limbs, the great muššatur snakes sprayed poison. |
| 147 | {gesz}tir-bi asz2 bi2-in-du11 gesz-bi nam ba-an-ku5 | Its forest he cut down and its trees he plundered. |
| 148 | {gesz}al-la-nu-um-bi enmen-ba mi-ni-in-ug7 | Its hoe has died in its enmen. |
| 149 | bar-bi-a izi mi-ni-in-ri i-bi2-bi bi2-in-mu2 | He lit fire on its outside, he made its face grow. |
| 150 | in-nin-e kur-re me bi2-in-tal2 | Lady, you have set the mes in the mountains. |
| 151 | ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 a-la-ni-gin7 bi2-in-dim2 | Holy Inanna fashioned it like his ala drum |
| 152 | hur-sag ebih{ki}-ke4 im-ma-gen gu3 im-ma-de2-e | He went to the mountain range of Ebih and cried out: |
| 153 | hur-sag il2-la-zu-sze3 sukud-da-zu-sze3 | Because of your raising of the mountain range, because of your being elevated, |
| 154 | sa6-ga-zu-sze3 sig7-ga-zu-sze3 | Because of your good, because of your beautiful |
| 155 | tug2-ba13 ku3-ga mur10-ra-zu-sze3 | to your holy robe and throne |
| 156 | an-ne2 szu si sa2-a-zu-sze3 | Because of your righteous hand to heaven, |
| 157 | giri17 ki-sze3 nu-te-a-zu-sze3 | Because your nose does not approach the ground, |
| 158 | nundum sahar-ra nu-ur3-ra-zu-sze3 | To your ... of dust and dust, |
| 159 | mu-ug5-ge-en sza3 si-ga mu-un-se3-ge-en | You kill me, you calm the heart. |
| 160 | am-si-gin7 si-za mi-ni-ib2-dab5-be2-en | Like a wild bull, I will seize your horn. |
| 161 | am gal-gin7 a2 gur4-gur4-ra-za ki mu-e-szi-ib-us2 | Like a great wild bull, you set your arms towards the ground. |
| 162 | gu4-gin7 a2 mah-zu ki ba-e-te-en hul-bi mu-ri-ib2-us2 | Like an ox, you have abandoned your supreme power on the earth, its evil is set upon you. |
| 163 | igi-za er2-ra si ba-ni-in-sa2 | In your eyes he placed tears. |
| 164 | sza3-za a-nir-ra ba-ni-in-gar | He placed a lament in your heart. |
| 165 | bar-bi-a muszen sza3 sag3-ga-ke4 gud3 im-ma-ni-us2 | At its outside the bird of the womb sat down. |
| 166 | 2(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 ni2 husz na-kur-ku silim zi-de3-esz na-e | For the 2nd time a furious fearsomeness, a nakurku-demon faithfully ... |
| 167 | a-a-gu10 {d}mu-ul-lil2-le sza3 kur-kur-ra-ka ni2 gal-gu10 mi-ni-in-ri | My father Enlil has encircled me with great fear in the midst of the lands. |
| 168 | a2 zi-da-gu10 {gesz}tukul mi-ni-in-ri | My right arm has been struck down with a weapon |
| 169 | a2 gab2-bu-gu10 KU7-e ri-ri-me-en | I am the one who eats my left arm. |
| 170 | mir-gu10 {gesz}GAN2-ur3 zu2 gal-gal-la in-si-il-si-il-e | My furrows, the large harrows, are being piled up. |
| 171 | e2-gal mu-du3 nig2 diri bi2-ak | he built the palace, he made something surpassing. |
| 172 | {gesz}gu-za mi-ni-gub suhusz-bi mi-ni-ge-en | I set up the throne, I secured its foundation. |
| 173 | kur-gar-ra giri2 ba-da-ra mu-na-szum2 | he gave him to the kurŋara-priest, via Bada. |
| 174 | gala-ra {kusz}ub li-li-is3 mu-na-szum2 | for the gala-priest a lilis-shoot he gave. |
| 175 | pi-li-pi-li sag szu bala mu-ni-ak | Pili-pili performed the bala of the head. |
| 176 | kur-re u3-ma-ga2 sag ba-szum2 | In the mountains he advanced against me. |
| 177 | hur-sag ebih{ki} u3-ma-gu10 sag ba-ra-szum2 | The mountain range of Ebiḫ has not given me a head. |
| 178 | a mah e3-a-gin7 u3-ba-gen | Like a great flood coming out, I will go. |
| 179 | a zi-ga-gin7 gesz-kesze2-ra2 ba-sur | Like rising water, he split the bolt. |
| 180 | kur-ra u3-ma-gu10 im-ma-gub | In the netherworld my lord stands. |
| 181 | ebih{ki}-e u3-ma-gu10 im-ma-gub | In Ebih, my lord, stands there. |
| 182 | ebih{ki} hul-a dumu gal {d}suen-na | Ebih, destroyed, great son of Suen |
| 183 | ki-sikil {d}inanna za3-mi2 | the young woman Inanna, praise! |
| 184 | {d}nisaba za3-mi2 | Nisaba, praise! |
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