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CDLI Literary 000351 (Ninurta's Exploits [Lugale]) composite (P469530)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351 (Ninurta's Exploits [Lugale]) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P469530 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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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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| 0 | an lugal dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 nir-gal2 | An, king of the gods, authoritative one, |
| 1 | lugal u4 me-lam2-bi nir-gal2 | The king, whose aura is supreme |
| 2 | {d}nin-urta sag-kal usu mah tuku kur a-ga-na lah4 | Ninurta, foremost one, possessing a supreme strength, ascended the mountain of his land |
| 3 | a-ma-ru mir-DU nu-kusz2-u3 ki-bala ga2-ga2 | (Sum) The flood, which does not tire, is set against the rebel land. (Akk) I am set against a flood that is not tired. |
| 4 | ur-sag me3-sze3 ti-na gub-bu | Hero, standing in battle, |
| 5 | en szu silig-ga {gesz}mi-tum-sze3 gal2 | the lord who is attentive to the rites, |
| 6 | gu2 nu-sze-ga sze-gin7 gur10 su-ub-bu | (Sum) Its neck, like barley, is stretched out (Akk) The neck that is not shaved, it is stretched as if by barley |
| 7 | {d}nin-urta lugal dumu a-a-ni kal-ga-ni-sze3 hul2-la | Ninurta, the king, the son of his mighty father, rejoiced over him. |
| 8 | ur-sag ni2 ulu3-gin7 kur-ra dul-lu | Hero, whose aura is like the south wind in the mountains |
| 9 | {d}nin-urta aga zi {d}asznan-an-na igi nim gir2 du7-du7 | Ninurta, the true crown of Ašnana, perfected by lightning |
| 10 | sun4 nun-e a za-gin3 ru-a uszum ni2-ba gur-gur | The princely sun, adorned with lapis-lazuli, the ušum creature, lying down in fear, |
| 11 | za3 pirig-e musz-e-esz eme e3-de3 gu3-an-ne2-si ka si-il-le | The lion's shoulder, the snake, to bring out the tongue, shouts loudly, |
| 12 | {d}nin-urta lugal {d}en-lil2-le ni2-te-na dirig-ga | Ninurta, the king whom Enlil by himself elevated |
| 13 | ur-sag {sa}szu2-usz-gal lu2-erim2-ra szu2-a | the hero, the šu’ushgal of the enemy, |
| 14 | {d}nin-urta ni2 gissu-zu kalam-ma la2-a | Ninurta, your fearsomeness covers the land |
| 15 | sumur ki-bala-sze3 tum3 ukken-bi dul-dul | Bring it to the rebel land, cover its assembly! |
| 16 | {d}nin-urta lugal dumu a-a-ni-ir su3-u4-bi-sze3 giri17 szu gal2 | Ninurta, the king, the son of his father, was attentive to his prayers. |
| 17 | {gesz}gu-za bara2 mah-e si-a-ni ni2 gal gur3-ru-ni | The throne of the supreme dais is his horn, his great fearsomeness is carried off. |
| 18 | ezem gar-ra-ni hul2-la-na dagal-bi tusz-a-ni | His established festival, his rejoicing, his dwelling, |
| 19 | an {d}en-lil2-da za3 sza4-a-ni kurun du10-ge-da-ni | An and Enlil’s heart, his sweet beer |
| 20 | {d}ba-ba6 a-ra-zu lugal-la-ka u3-gul ga2-ga2-da-ni | Baba, in the arazu prayer of the king his ugul prayer |
| 21 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam tar-re-da-ni | When Ninurta, the son of Enlil, decreed his fate |
| 22 | u4-bi-a en-na {gesz}tukul-a-ni kur-ra igi mi-ni-gal2 | At that time, as long as his weapon was in the netherworld |
| 23 | szar2-ur3-e an-ta lugal-bi-ir gu3 mu-na-de2-e | The šar-ur priest calls out from heaven to his master: |
| 24 | en {gesz}gal an-na gu2-en bara2-ge si | Lord of the great throne of heaven, lord of the dais |
| 25 | {d}nin-urta du11-ga-zu nu-kur2-ru nam tar-ra-zu szu zi-de3-esz gar | Ninurta, your commands are unalterable, your fates are decreed faithfully |
| 26 | lugal-gu10 an-e ki sig7-ga gesz3 im-ma-du11 | My king prayed to heaven and green earth. |
| 27 | {d}nin-urta ur-sag ni2 nu-zu a2-sag3 mu-un-szi-ib-tu-u4 | Ninurta, a hero who does not know fear, has caused an uprising. |
| 28 | dumu um-me ga nu-tusz-a ne3 ga gu7-a | The child who does not dwell with milk eats milk by himself. |
| 29 | lugal-gu10 bulug3 a-a nu-zu gab2-gaz kur-ra-ka | My king, who does not know a father, destroyer of the mountain, |
| 30 | szul ir-ta e3-a igi tesz2 nu-gal2-la | The young man who came out of tears did not have a single eye. |
| 31 | {d}nin-urta nita ni2 il2-il2-i alan-da hul2-la | Ninurta, the man who raises himself with a joyful statue |
| 32 | ur-sag-gu10 gu4-dam za3-gu10 ga-bi2-ib2-us2-e | My hero, I want to ride the bull at my side. |
| 33 | lugal-gu10 lu2 iri-ni-sze3 gur-ra ama-ni-sze3 ak-a | My king, the one who returned to his city, to his mother, |
| 34 | kur-ra sza3 i-ni-bala numun-bi ba-tal2-tal2 | The heart of the mountain has changed, its seed has spread out. |
| 35 | tesz2-ba mu bi2-ib2-sa4 u2 lugal-bi-sze3 | he named it together, and as its king’s plant |
| 36 | murub4-ba am gal-gin7 a2 ba-ni-ib-il2-il2-i | In its middle, like a great wild bull, he raised his arms. |
| 37 | {na4}szu-u {na4}sag-kal {na4}esi {na4}u2-si-um {na4}ka-gi-na | šû-stone, carnelian, ebony, musu-stone and kagina-stone |
| 38 | ur-sag {na4}nu11 gar3-ra-du-um-bi iri{ki} im-ma-ab-lah4 | The hero, the šangû-stone of the garrādu-festival, took away the city. |
| 39 | kur-ra zu2 {kusz}u2-a mu-ne-mu2 gesz mi-ni-ib-ur3-ur3 | In the netherworld he made the teeth of the sandals grow and he smashed the wood. |
| 40 | a2-ba iri{ki}-ba dingir-be2-ne ki-bi-sze3 ba-an-gam-e-esz | the powers of the city, the gods, took away from it. |
| 41 | lugal-gu10 ur5-re bara2 ba-ri a2 tu-lu nu-gi4-e | My king, the one who sat on a dais, no one can change his mind. |
| 42 | {d}nin-urta en za-gin7 kalam-ma di-bi szi-in-ga-ku5-de3 | Ninurta, like a lord of yours, will cut off the words of the Land |
| 43 | a2-sag3-a me-lam2-ba a-ba szu mi-ni-ib-tu-tu | Who has given birth to the Asag demon, its radiance? |
| 44 | sag-ki-ba gal-gal a-ba ib2-ta-ga2-ga2 | Who will make the large saŋkiba offerings? |
| 45 | su2 im-sag3 ni2 su-e bi2-ib-us2 | He trembled, he sat down in fear. |
| 46 | igi-bi ki-bi-sze3 ba-ni-ib-gar | Its face was set upon its place. |
| 47 | lugal-gu10 kur-re nidba-bi ki-bi-sze3 ba-ab-su | My king, the foreign lands have abandoned its offerings. |
| 48 | ur-sag a-a-zu-sze3 en3 mu-e-szi-tar | Hero, you have inquired after your father |
| 49 | dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 en a2 mah-zu-usz ki mu-e-szi-ib2-kin | The son of Enlil, the lord with your supreme strength, established the earth. |
| 50 | lugal-gu10 kal-ga-zu-sze3 ad mu-e-szi-ib-gi4 | My king, you have answered me with your mighty voice. |
| 51 | {d}nin-urta za3-zu ur-sag 1(disz) nu-tusz-a ba-ab-du11 | Ninurta, your shoulder is a hero who does not sit for 1 day |
| 52 | |UR.GA|-ru-sze3 a2 mu-e-szi-ib-ag2 | He gave orders to the wolves. |
| 53 | ur-sag nam-lugal-zu tum3-de3 tar-tar-ra mu-un-gal2 | Hero, your kingship is to be carried out in order to be decided. |
| 54 | {d}nin-urta me abzu-zu szu si sa2-bi geszkim i-im-ti | Ninurta, the divine powers of your Abzu, whose right and left hand are firmly established by the sign |
| 55 | igi im-sag3-sag3 ki-tusz im-kur2-re | He looked at him, he changed his dwelling. |
| 56 | a2-sag3-e u4 szu2-usz ki-sur-ra a2-ba mi-ni-ib-ku4-ku4 | The Asag-demon enters the boundary territory in a distant time. |
| 57 | {gesz}rab3 dingir-re-e-ne na-dab5-en | You should not seize the yoke of the gods |
| 58 | dara3 an-na kur umbin ba-e-zukum | The wild goats of heaven, the mountain goats, you know. |
| 59 | {d}nin-urta en dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 a-na zi-bi mu-un-gi4 | Ninurta, the lord, the son of Enlil, answered: |
| 60 | a2-sag3 zi-ga-bi szu la-ba-gal2 dugud-da-bi im-gu-ul | Its rising asag-demon was not in hand, its heavy rains were destroyed. |
| 61 | ugnim-bi-ta KA ib2-ta-de6 erin2-bi igi la-ba-te-ge26 | From its army he brought word, but its troops did not see it. |
| 62 | ur5-ra kal-ga-bi sag im-gi4 {gesz}tukul-e gesz la-ba-ab-kin | The strong one turned away, and the weapons did not reach him. |
| 63 | {d}nin-urta |SZEN.SZITA2| szukur mah-e su-bi nu-dar-e | Ninurta, the supreme šukur priestess, does not remove her hair. |
| 64 | ur-sag na-me-gin7 na-ra-dim2 | No hero can compare to you. |
| 65 | en me mah-e a2-kusz3 su3-su3 | Lord, the supreme me is exhausted by exhaustion. |
| 66 | sze-er-zi me-te dingir-re-e-ne | ... suitable for the gods. |
| 67 | gu4 musz3-ba am gal murgu tuku lal3 gal-zu ur5-ra | The bull of the shrine, the great wild bull who has a backbone, your great honey is sweet. |
| 68 | {d}nin-urta alan-za {d}en-ki-ke4 igi bar-bar-ra-gu10 | Ninurta, when I look at your statue of Enki |
| 69 | {d}u4-ta-u18-lu en dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 a-na ak?-gu10 | Utaulu, lord, son of Enlil, what have I done? |
| 70 | en-e u3-u8 bi2-in-du11 an ba-sag3 ki giri3-ni-sze3 ba-tusz | The lord said "Ua!"; heaven was shaken, earth sat at his feet. |
| 71 | a2-ba i-ni-in-gi4 {d}en-lil2 ba-suh3 e2-kur-ra ba-ta-e3? | Enlil turned away from it, he left the Ekur |
| 72 | kur ba-gul ki u4-ba ba-ku10-ku10 {d}a-nun-na ba-tar-ra-asz | The mountain was destroyed, the earth was darkened at that time, and the Anuna gods were chosen. |
| 73 | ur-sag-e hasz2 tibir-ra bi2-in-ra dingir ba-bir-bir-re-esz | The hero hastily crosses the river, the gods cross over it. |
| 74 | {d}a-nun-na udu-gin7 ki-szar2-ra ba-e-e11-ne-re7{re}-esz | The Anuna went up to the netherworld like sheep. |
| 75 | en zi-ga-ni an-ne2 im-us2 | His rising lord stands before An. |
| 76 | {d}nin-urta me3-sze3 du-ni gaba danna bi2-in-sa2 | Ninurta, when he goes to battle, sets his chest on the ground |
| 77 | u4-dam i3-du7-du7 ki-bala-sze3 tum9 8(disz) mu-un-u5 | The storm that blew, to the rebel land he brought, eight times. |
| 78 | gesz-gid2-da a2 i3-ur4-ur4-re | The scepter raises its arms. |
| 79 | {gesz}mi-tum-e kur-sze3 ka ba-ab-du8 | The mētum tree opened its mouth to the netherworld. |
| 80 | {gesz}tukul-e gu2-erim2-sze3 tesz2-bi i3-gu7-e | The weapon eats together against the enemy. |
| 81 | im-hul u18-lu gesz-a mu-un-du3 | The evil wind blew in the trees. |
| 82 | mar-uru5 sze-ba mu-un-ne-en-gub | The barley-heaps stood for him in the granary. |
| 83 | ur-sag-ra uru2 mah sag gi4-a igi-sze3 mu-un-na-gen | For the hero, the great city that has been restored, he went before him. |
| 84 | sahar i3-zi-zi sahar i3-ga2-ga2 | The dust rises, the dust sets. |
| 85 | du6-du6 dul2-la2 mu-un-si-ge4 a-ga-zi i3-tu11-be2 | She makes the mounds tremble, she makes the flood rise. |
| 86 | u3-dub2 i3-szeg3 izi i3-su3-su3-su3 izi lu2 ba-an-zal-e | The udub priest trembles, the fire roars, and the man passes the fire. |
| 87 | gesz mah ur2-bi-a mu-un-bala-e {gesz}tir-ra guru5 i-i | He twisted the great tree in its roots, he smashed the grain heap in the forest. |
| 88 | ki sza3-bi szu ba-szi-ri-ri a gig-ga i-i | The place where its insides were plundered - woe the sick! |
| 89 | {i7}idigna i3-suh3 i3-ur4-ur4 i3-lu3 szu im-tu-bu-ur | The Tigris trembled, rumbled, and a lament erupted |
| 90 | {gesz}ma2-kar-nun-ta-e3-a me3-sze3 giri3 im-mi-ib2-ul4-e | The karnunta’ea boat was dragging its feet to battle. |
| 91 | ug3-bi ki du-bi nu-un-zu e2-gar8 du3 i3-ak-ne | They did not know where its people were, they built a wall. |
| 92 | muszen dal-le-bi sag ib2-ta-de6 a2-bi ki mu-un-te-ge26-e | Its flying birds have been carried off, their arms have been set upon the ground. |
| 93 | ku6-bi engur-ra u4 mi-ni-ib-ra ka mu-un-ba-ba-e | Its fish spends the day in the deep, he opens his mouth. |
| 94 | edin-na masz2-ansze-bi u2-ku-uk mi-ni-ib-du11 bir5-re-esz szu mi-ni-hu-uz3 | In the steppe he slaughtered its donkeys and threw them in a heap. |
| 95 | a-ge6 zi-bi gul-bi kur gul-gul | The rising flood, its destruction, its destroyer of the mountains. |
| 96 | ur-sag {d}nin-urta ki-bala-a im-ma-DU i3-tuku | The hero Ninurta went to the rebel land and had it carried off. |
| 97 | lu2 im2-ma-bi kur-ra im-ra iri-ba bu-du-ug im-za | The one who seized it, he fell into the netherworld, in its city he was slaughtered. |
| 98 | gu4 a-ra-bi girisz-gin7 gir2-gir2-e ugu-ugu-bi mu-un-szu2 | Its oxen roared like a lion, its horns trembled |
| 99 | szu-bi {u2}|KI.KAL|-gin7 tesz2 gesz mu-un-ri | Its hand, like a juniper, was gathered together. |
| 100 | sag-bi e2-gar8-e kas4 bi2-ib-kar-re | (Sum) Its top is a pile of piles of bricks. (Akk) The top of the pile is piled up. |
| 101 | kur-ra gesz-nu11-bi dili ba9-ra2 nu-ga2-ga2 | In the netherworld its bed is single, it cannot be set apart. |
| 102 | zi-bi gaba-bi i-im-il2-il2 | he raised up its breasts, |
| 103 | ug3-bi tu-ra szu gu2 za3 bi2-ib2-la2 | Its people shook their necks in the wind. |
| 104 | ki-a asz2 im-mi-ib-sar-re-ne | they write on earth. |
| 105 | u4 tu-da a2-sag3 u4 ha-lam-ma-bi-a ba-ni-ib-ga2-ga2-ne | The storm that bore him, the storm that destroyed him, they will place there. |
| 106 | en-e ki-bala-a-sze3 usz11 ze2-a i-ni-in-de2 | The lord goes to the rebel land with sweet magic. |
| 107 | du-ni ze2 mu-un-us2 lipisz sumur mu-un-tag | He sat down, he kissed the cheek, |
| 108 | i7 mah-gin7 mi-ni-ib-be2 i3-ur4-ru gu2-erim2-sze3 | She cries out like a great river, to the enemy. |
| 109 | {gesz}tukul sag pirig3-ga2-ni-a sza3 mu-un-na-ab-zalag-ge | He brightened his heart with his lion's head weapon. |
| 110 | muszen-gin7 i3-dal-e kur mu-na-ab-zukum-e | Like a bird it flew away, it escaped to the netherworld. |
| 111 | nu-sze-ga tum3-de3 a2 dub2 i3-ak-e | To bring in the unrelenting one, he acts with a stiff arm. |
| 112 | a-na ak-e zu-zu-de3 an-ur2 im-nigin2-nigin2 | What is it that you know to know? It circles the horizon. |
| 113 | ul du gaba mu-un-ru-gu2 inim-bi mu-un-na-ab-tum3 | He sat on the beautiful dais, he brought his word to him. |
| 114 | nu-kusz2-u3 la-ba-tusz-u3 a2-bi mar-uru5 de6 | The one who does not dwell in pain, its strength is torn out. |
| 115 | szar2-ur3-re en {d}nin-urta-ra a gu3 a-na bi2-ib-dab5 | To the šarur priestess, lord Ninurta, what did he take away? |
| 116 | ad gi4-a kur-ra szu im-mi-ib-gi4-gi4 | The reedbeds of the nether world are being returned. |
| 117 | en {d}nin-urta-ra se3-ge5 ak mu-na-bur2-bur2-re | For the lord Ninurta he made a sacrifice. |
| 118 | inim du11-ga a2-sag3-a gu-gin7 i3-si-il-le | The words spoken, the asag-demon roared like a thunder storm. |
| 119 | ur-sag ni2-zu-sze3 du10-ge-esz mu-na-ab-be2 | The hero speaks sweetly to you by yourself. |
| 120 | {gesz}tukul-e ki ag2-ra gu2-da mu-ni-in-la2 | with a beloved weapon he stretched it out on his neck. |
| 121 | szar2-ur3-e en {d}nin-urta-ra gu3 mu-na-de2-e | Šarur spoke to Lord Ninurta: |
| 122 | ur-sag a-RU-ub {sa}szu2-usz me3 | Hero, ... of battle, |
| 123 | {d}nin-urta lugal {gesz}szita2 an-na erim2-sze3 SZID nu-ru-gu2 | Ninurta, king of the scepter of An, to the enemy he smote. Nurugu |
| 124 | kal-ga u4 ki-bala-a du3 a-ge6-a buru14 su-su | The mighty one, the storm that builds the rebel land, the flood that sweeps over the harvest, |
| 125 | lugal me3 igi im-gar KA-bi-a mu-un-ri-esz | The king who saw the battle, they brought it to their mouths. |
| 126 | {d}nin-urta sa-par3-gin7 u3-mu-e-dub {gesz}utug mah-gin7 u3-mu-e-szub | Ninurta, like a net I shall seize it, I shall cast it like an exalted axe. |
| 127 | en mir-DU an-na {gesz}gag-a {gesz}tukul-e a tu5-bi2-ib2 | The lord, the ... of heaven, with the spear and the weapon sprinkled water. |
| 128 | {d}nin-urta ur-sag ug5-ga-za mu-bi he2-pa3-de3 | May Ninurta, your hero, find its name |
| 129 | ku-li-an-na uszum nig2-babbar2-ra | Kulana, the white dragon, |
| 130 | uruda nig2 kal-ga ur-sag szeg9-sag-6(disz) | mighty copper, hero, six-year-old, |
| 131 | ma2-gi4-lum en {d}saman-an-na | Magilum, lord Samanana |
| 132 | gu4-alim lugal {gesz}geszimmar | bull, king of date palms, |
| 133 | muszen anzu{muszen} musz-sag-7(disz) | the Anzu bird, seven-headed snake |
| 134 | {d}nin-urta kur-ra he2-mu-e-ni-ug5 | May Ninurta die in the netherworld. |
| 135 | en me3 ne-en rib-ba-sze3 ba-ra-ab-szi-gen-ne2-en | I, the lord of battle, did not go to the other side. |
| 136 | {gesz}tukul sag3-ge ezem nam-gurusz-a | a festival of young men’s violence, |
| 137 | eszemen {d}inanna-ke4 a2-zu ba-ra-ni-zi | The ešemen of Inanna did not raise your arms for you |
| 138 | en me3 mah-e la-ba-e-du-un na-ab-ul4-en giri3 ki-a si-bi2-ib | The lord of the great battle, you do not know, do not turn back! Take the path to the earth! |
| 139 | {d}nin-urta a2-sag3-e kur-ra giri3 mu-e-szi-ni-gub-gub | Ninurta, the asag priest stands at the foot of the mountain. |
| 140 | ur-sag aga-na gal sig7-ga | the hero whose crown is great and green, |
| 141 | dumu-sag {d}nin-lil2-le hi-li-a nu-til-e | The first-born son of Ninlil, whose charms are unending |
| 142 | en zi en-ra nun-e tu-u4-da | The true lord, the prince born by the prince |
| 143 | ur-sag {d}suen-gin7 si mu2-mu2 | Like a hero Suen, he made the horn grow |
| 144 | lugal kalam-ma-ra ti u4 su3-ra2 | for the king of the Land, a life of distant days |
| 145 | usu mah an-na-ra an ba9-ra2 | For the great strength of An, heaven was shattered. |
| 146 | a ur4-ra KA pesz10 sa ur4-ra | “Alas, I want to scream! ... a lament! |
| 147 | {d}nin-urta en ni2 husz ri-a kur-ra sag szum2-mu | Ninurta, lord of furious fearsomeness, who provides for the foreign lands |
| 148 | ur-sag gal tab-ba nu-tuku-tuku | Great hero who has no rival |
| 149 | a2-sze a2-sag3-ge nu-se3-ge | The asag-demon does not calm down. |
| 150 | {d}nin-urta gurusz-zu kur-ra nam-ba-ni-ib-ku4-ku4 | Ninurta, do not bring your young man into the netherworld |
| 151 | ur-sag dumu ka silim-ma a-a-na | The hero, the child who opens the mouth in peace, his father |
| 152 | gal-zu sa2 galam-ma-ta e11-de3 | Your great one, coming forth from the gala drum, |
| 153 | {d}nin-urta en dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 gesztu2 dagal dingir sze IB | Ninurta, lord, son of Enlil, broad wisdom of the gods, |
| 154 | en-e hasz2 mu-un-gid2 dur3{ur3} mu-dur2-ru | The lord extended the thigh and sat down on the throne. |
| 155 | [...] zu2? kesz2-da za3 mu-ni-in-kesz2 | ... bound(?) ... at the side(?) |
| 156 | x mah? su3-ra2-ni kur-ra bi2-in-la2 | He carried his supreme ... in the netherworld |
| 157 | x x x-gin7 ug3-ba mi-ni-in-e3 | ... he brought out the people like ... |
| 158 | bad3? x x tusz-a-ke4 sa2 ba-an-du11 | The wall(?) where he sat was set in order |
| 159 | me3 sag-gin7 ki-bala-a ba-an-gen | He went to the rebel land like a head of battle. |
| 160 | gesz-gid2-da-ni a2 im-ma-an-ag2 IM gu-bi-sze3 im-la2 | His yoke was fixed, he stretched out a net over it. |
| 161 | en-e {gesz}tukul-a-ni gu3 ba-an-de2 zu2 kesz2-bi-sze3 ba-gen | The lord shouted with his weapon and went to its limits. |
| 162 | ur-sag-e me3-sze3 sag ba-an-szum2 an ki-e ba-la2 | The hero gave the spear for battle, heaven and earth were carried away. |
| 163 | {gesz}ilar {kusz}gur21{ur3}-e si bi2-in-sa2 kur ba-gul ba-sal | He placed the arrow and spear in order, the mountain was destroyed and dispersed |
| 164 | za3 zu2 kesz2 me3 {d}nin-urta-ka-sze3 | to the edge of the knot of the battle of Ninurta, |
| 165 | ur-sag-e {gesz}tukul-a-ni-sze3 da-da-ra di-da-ni | The hero, when he goes with his weapon |
| 166 | {d}utu la-ba-gub {d}suen ba-an-ku4 | Utu did not stand there, Suen entered. |
| 167 | kur-ra sag di-da ba-da-ha-lam u4 esir-re-esz ba-an-du3 | In the foreign lands he was struck by lightning, he built a wall. |
| 168 | a2-sag3 me3 sag-ba mu-un-zi | He raised the asag of battle on its head. |
| 169 | an nam {gesz}tukul-sze3 ur2-ba mi-ni-in-bur12 szu im-ma-an-ti | An smote it with the weapon and took it away. |
| 170 | musz-gin7 sag ki-a im-mi-ib2-be2 | Like a snake it was pointing its head on the ground. |
| 171 | ur-idim lu2-erim2-sze3 kun su3 dim3-ma ug5-ge | “Did you see the lion, the evildoer, the one whose tail is twisted and whose body is shattered? |
| 172 | a da-bi-a mu-un-sur-sur-re | he pours out water on its side. |
| 173 | a2-sag3 {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 e2-gar8-gin7 mu-un-szi-gul-lu | Asag, Ninurta, the son of Enlil, destroyed it like a wall. |
| 174 | u4 nam-tag-ga-gin7 gu3 husz bi2-ib2-ra | like a storm roaring furiously, |
| 175 | musz-sag-kal-gin7 kalam-ma szeg11 bi2-in-gi4 | Like a lion, he turned the land into a wind. |
| 176 | kur-ra a mi-ni-ib2-had2 {gesz}szinig mi-ni-ib2-ur3 | He sprinkled water in the mountains, he scraped the wood. |
| 177 | ki-a su bi2-ib2-dar simx(GIG)-ma bi2-ib2-gar | (Sum) He covered the earth with a cloth, he set up a reed mat (Akk) On the earth he covered the ground with ... |
| 178 | gesz-gi izi ba-ab-szum2 an-e usz2 bi2-ib2-tu5 | The reedbed was given to fire, heaven trembled. |
| 179 | sza3-ge ti ba-ab-bala ug3-bi sag2 ba-ab-du11 | The heart was turned back, its people were scattered. |
| 180 | i3-ne-esz2 u4-da a-sza3-ga uh3 ge6 | At that time, in the field, a black cloud |
| 181 | me-da ur2 an-na he-me-da-gin7 su2-a-sze3 ur5 he2-en-na-nam-ma-am3 | May he be like a dog on the lap of heaven, may he lie on his lap. |
| 182 | an ib2-dub2 ba-tusz sza3 szu ba-szi-ib-ri | Heaven trembled, she sat down, her heart was frightened. |
| 183 | {d}en-lil2 ib2-ur4-ur4 da-sze3 im-szi-ib-ri | Enlil trembled, he cries out at the side. |
| 184 | {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne e2-gar8-e ba-ab-ha-ha-za | The Anuna gathered in the wall. |
| 185 | tu{muszen}-gin7 e2 ni2 te-ta gu3 im-ma-ni-ib2-be2 | Like a pigeon it calls out from the house of fearsomeness. |
| 186 | kur gal {d}en-lil2-le {d}nin-lil2-ra gu3 mu-na-de2-e | Great Mountain Enlil spoke to Ninlil: |
| 187 | nitalam-gu10 dumu-gu10 nu-ba-tusz ge26-e a-na mu-zi-zi | My spouse, my child, who does not dwell with me, what shall I raise? |
| 188 | en tesz2 e2-kur-ra lugal rab3? mah? a-a-na | Lord, together with the Ekur, great(?) king, his father |
| 189 | {gesz}erin abzu-a mu2-a aga gissu dagal-la | cedar, grown in the Abzu, with a broad crown, |
| 190 | dumu ki ni2 dub2-bu-gu10 nu-ba-tusz szu-gu10 a-ba ba-gid2-i-de3 | My child who does not dwell in a place of fear, who can soothe my hand? |
| 191 | {gesz}tukul en-ra ki ag2 lugal-bi-ir gesz tuku | who listens to the en-priestess with the beloved weapon, |
| 192 | szar2-ur3-re en {d}nin-urta-ra | to the šarur priestess of Ninurta |
| 193 | [...] nibru{ki}-sze3 a-a-ni-ir [...] | ... to Nippur, his father |
| 194 | [...] ni2 me-lam2 tug2-gin7 bi2-[...] | ... his aura like a garment |
| 195 | [...] ba-an-la2 en ur5-re-esz [...] | ... carried away, the lord ... |
| 196 | {gesz}tukul-e [...] {d}en-lil2-ra gu3 mu-na-de2-e | The weapon spoke to Enlil |
| 197 | [...] dumu-zu-ur2 a2-sag3 [...] | ... your child, the asag demon |
| 198 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 199 | [...] | |
| 200 | [...] | |
| 201 | [...] | |
| 202 | [...] | |
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| 204 | [...] | |
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| 209 | [...] | |
| 210 | [...] | |
| 211 | [...] x kur-kur? [...] | ... the lands(?) |
| 212 | [...] in-da-sa2? ki-bala giri3? [...] | ... the rebel land ... foot(?) |
| 213 | [...] x x u4? nu-dib-ba igi-gu10 ba-ab-gal2? [...] | ... the storm(?) that does not pass, my eye(?) is there |
| 214 | [...] x NE a2? he2-en-gal2 en-zu gaba-zu mu-un-zi | ... may there be strength, your lord raises your chest |
| 215 | [...] {d}nin-urta ni2-te-a-na geszkim i-im-ti | ... Ninurta, his own self, the sign of the wind |
| 216 | [...]-un-til-la i-im-gub a u4-gin7 ba-an-ta-had2 | ... stood there, like a storm water was carried away. |
| 217 | [...]-ba-gu10? zi du10-ge-esz mi-ni-pa-ag2 hul2-hul2-le i-im-gub | ... my good ..., he made rejoice over me and set me up in joy. |
| 218 | x ur-sag? {d}nin-urta-ka-sze3 tum9-tum9 hul sukud-de3 | To bring the hero Ninurta to an end(?) and to prolong the evil |
| 219 | [...] x-ba e-ne-am3 kur na-mu-un-tum3 a2-ni u6 im-me | ... he brought him to the netherworld, he praises his strength. |
| 220 | i3-ne-esz a2 im-ma-ag2 inim im-ma-ab-dab5-be2 | Now he commands, he enquires about it. |
| 221 | [...]-ib-szar2 geszkim ti-la dirig nam-ba-gir2-gir2-re | (Sum) ..., do not let your life-giving signs be scattered (Akk) Do not let the signs of life be scattered |
| 222 | x x-a-ni a-sza3 he2-em-mi-in-dab5 ug3 nam-ta-ab-la2-e | ... may he seize the field, so that the people will not carry it away. |
| 223 | x x gan2?-e numun na-an-ga-ma-ab-kal-le | The ... of the field should not hold back its seed |
| 224 | {d}en-lil2-me-en nam a-na-tar-ra-ga2 mu-bi na-ab-ha-lam-e | I am Enlil, whose name is not to be forgotten. |
| 225 | {gesz}tukul-e sza3? x x-bi im-hun hasz2 ba-ni-in-ra | The weapon seized its ... and smashed it with a stick |
| 226 | szar2-ur3-re du10 i-ni-in-bad ki-bala-a i-in-bur2 | He surrounded the rebel land, he annihilated it. |
| 227 | en {d}nin-urta-ra hul2-la-a inim mu-na-ni-ib-be2 | he spoke to Ninurta in joy. |
| 228 | lugal-gu10 [...]-zu a-na bi2-in-du11-ga-ta | My king, what have you done? |
| 229 | a-ma-ru usz7 [...]-da-gar-a lu2-ra su3-su3-de3 | (Sum) The flood that ... caused to be set on the ground, to submerge the man(?) (Akk) To make the flood that caused the death of ... submerged for the man |
| 230 | a2-sag3 ne3-ba szu a-ba-ni-ti ze2 ba-ni-in-su3 | The Asag demon seized him by the hand of his father. |
| 231 | dumu-gu10 e2-kur-ra hu-mu-da-ku4-ku4 | My son, may he enter the Ekur. |
| 232 | {d}nin-urta ug3-gu10 su3-u4-sze3 me-tesz2 hu-mu-i-i | Ninurta, may my people be reconciled with me forever! |
| 233 | en du11-ga a-a-na-sze3 gal2-la | the lord who is entrusted to his father, |
| 234 | usu mah {d}en-lil2-la2 na-an-gub-be2-en | You should not stand by the supreme strength of Enlil |
| 235 | u4 ki-bala kur zid2-gin7 pesz-e-de3 | When the rebel land, like a good mountain, is to be approached, |
| 236 | {d}nin-urta kiszib3-la2 {d}en-lil2-la2 gen-a na-gal2-en | Ninurta, you are the seal bearer of Enlil, indeed you are. |
| 237 | lugal-gu10 a2-sag3 im-du3-a e2-gar8 gag ak-a | My king, when he built the Asag, he erected a wall. |
| 238 | bad3? dirig-ga szu nu-ru-gu2-da | the towering wall(?) that cannot be dismantled |
| 239 | [...] x ur5 gu7-u3-bi nu-be4-e | ... does not eat ... |
| 240 | [...] x BI? nu-zi-zi-i | ... did not rise(?) |
| 241 | nam-ug5?-ge x [...] nu-zu-e sag-ba mu-ri-ib-us2 | The fate of the one who does not know ..., he sat on its head. |
| 242 | im-hul sag-ga2 [...] x mu-un-dab5-be2 | The evil of the head ... seized him |
| 243 | lugal-gu10 me3 gesz-bar-re [...] x-ba ba-ni-ib2-sa2-sa2 | My king, in battle and battle ... was placed. |
| 244 | {d}nin-urta {gesz}tukul szuku [...]-ra ka ba-ab-du8? | Ninurta, with the weapon and the šuku weapon, opened the mouth |
| 245 | gesz-gid2-da kur-re i-in-si? [...] mu-un-[...] | He filled the mountain with the arrow |
| 246 | en?-e dungu-sze3 a2 [...] su3 | The lord(?) stretched out his arms to the dust |
| 247 | u4 ku10-ku10-ga-sze3 ba-an-ku4 [...] | He entered into the darkened day |
| 248 | u4-gin7 gu3 ba-an-de2 [...] | Like a storm, he shouted |
| 249 | x i gesz-gid2-da [...] | ... the scepter |
| 250 | {d}nin-urta x [...] | Ninurta |
| 251 | en-e tum9 x [...] | The lord ... |
| 252 | me3-ni kur-ra bar-us2 ba-ni-ib-ra | His battle reaches the netherworld. |
| 253 | szar2-ur3-e tum9 an-sze3 ba-te ug3-bi sag2 ba-ab-du11 | The šarur-priestess came down to the sky, its people were scattered. |
| 254 | |KA.GAG.KA|-gin7 i3-bu-bu-de3 | to roar like a stormwind, |
| 255 | ah6-bi iri ni2-ba mu-un-gul-e | Its hero destroys the city by itself. |
| 256 | {gesz}tukul za3 sag11 di-da kur-re izi ba-szum2 | The enemy gave fire to the one who was struck by a weapon. |
| 257 | mi-tum-e zu2 sis-a sag im-tu10-tu10 | (Sum) The one who shaves his head with a ... knife (Akk) The lady, the tooth of the šišu knife is smashed on her head |
| 258 | szita lipisz dirig-ga-e giri17 i3-dub-dub-be2 | (Sum) The šita priestess, the one who is enraged, trembles (Akk) The one who has a rejoicing voice, the voice that is pierced(?) |
| 259 | gesz-gid2-da ki-a ba-ab-du3 sur3 mud-e bi2-ib-tum3 | The scepter was erected on earth, it carried blood. |
| 260 | ki-bala-a ga-gin7 ur-e ba-an-de2 | The enemy attacked the rebel land like milk. |
| 261 | lu2-erim2-e i-zi dam dumu-bi gu3 ba-an-de2 | The enemy shouted at Izi, its spouse and child. |
| 262 | en {d}nin-urta-ra a2 nu-mu-e-zi | the lord Ninurta did not raise his arms. |
| 263 | {gesz}tukul-e kur sahar-da im-da-ab-szar2 pesz a2-sag3-a nu-ub-tuk4 | The weapon annihilated the mountain in dust, the asag-demon did not have a footing. |
| 264 | szar2-ur3-e en-ra szu gu2-bi-sze3 ba-an-na-ni-ib-ri-ri | The šarur priestess, for the lord, seized him by the hand of his neck. |
| 265 | e ur-sag a-na in-ga-ra-gal2-la | Woe, hero, what is there for you? |
| 266 | mir kur-ra-ke4 ba-ra-bi2-tag-tag-ge4? | The fury of the netherworld cannot be touched(?) |
| 267 | {d}nin-urta en dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 u4-gin7 szi-in-ga-du3 | Ninurta, the lord, the son of Enlil, built it like daylight. |
| 268 | u3-bu-bu-ul e3-a-bi nu-du10-ga | Those who come out are not good. |
| 269 | asz-gin7 giri17 e3-a-bi nu-se3-ge | Like a snake, its nose is not torn out. |
| 270 | en inim gib sza3-sze3 nu-ra-gid2 | The lord, the utterance of a slanderer, cannot be answered. |
| 271 | lugal-gu10 dingir-gin7 mu-ra-an-du3 a-ba sag ma-ra-ab-us2-e | My king built it for you like a god, who can compete with you? |
| 272 | ur-sag muru9-a ki ba-ab-us2 naga-am3 ki? [...] x RI? | Hero, in the midst of the marshes, he is a potter, ... |
| 273 | {d}nin-urta dur3{ur3} kur-ra mu-ni-in-sar-sar-re | Ninurta, the durbur priestess, writes in the netherworld |
| 274 | ni2 me-lam2-e sahar i3-ur4-ru szika im-e-esz i3-szeg3 | The aura of the radiance covered the earth, the wind blew, it blew. |
| 275 | ki-bala-a pirig zu2 sis mu-un-ra lu2 nu-mu-ni-in-dab5-be2 | In the rebel land a lion snatched the teeth, no one seized it. |
| 276 | mir mir-ra lil2 tesz2 im-gaz-za-ta ur5 tu11 mu-e-ak-e | The furious, the furious one, the ghostly one, after you have killed each other, you do not pacify the heart. |
| 277 | amasz lil2-la2-en-da igi tab-ba a ki-a mi-ni-ib-had2 | She looked at the empty sheepfold and drank water on earth. |
| 278 | u4 tesz2-e ri-a ug3 im-til a2-szu-du7 nu-tuku | At that time, together, the people were finished, they did not have an ašudu-service. |
| 279 | lu2-erim2 zi sza3-ge nu-gal2-la | True enemy, not present in the heart |
| 280 | ur-sag gal en gaba-zu zi-ga-ab si-ga-bi im-me | Great hero, lord, raise your chest up, he cries out. |
| 281 | en-e kur-ra dum-dam mu-ni-ib-za szeg11 gi4 nu-mu-un-gul-e | The lord, in the foreign lands he is a stranger, he does not destroy the brickwork. |
| 282 | ur-sag-e gu3 ki-bala nu-de2 |IGI.U| nam-mi-gar | The hero did not call out to the rebel land |
| 283 | nig2 im-hul-hul im-ZI ba-ab-gi4 | He uttered a supplication to the one who destroyed it, |
| 284 | gu2-erim2-e sag gesz mi-ni-ib-ra-ra kur-ra i-si-isz ba-ab-gar | The enemy struck the head with a weapon, he smashed the mountain in a fire. |
| 285 | en-e erin2 nig2 ga-ab-kar di?-gin7 szu i3-ni10-ni10-e | The lord is shaking like a ... worker(?) |
| 286 | gesz-nu11-gin7 kur-ra a2-sag3-ge igi husz ba-szi-in-il2 | Like a bed in the mountain, he looked furiously at the Asag. |
| 287 | ki-bala te-esz ba-ni-in-du11-ga DI-bi mu-un-gul | The rebel land that he had conquered he destroyed. |
| 288 | {d}nin-urta erim2-e mu-ni-in-dib |AB.NIG2|-gin7 mu-un-si | Ninurta passed by the enemy like a ghost |
| 289 | a2-sag3 ni2 me-lam2-bi gub-ba sig-sze3 ba-szi-gub | The asag demon, whose aura stands in the south, stands at the south. |
| 290 | sig-sze3 ba-szi-gub nim-sze3 u6 bi2-in-du11 | he stood at the lowland, he looked up at the highland. |
| 291 | a-gin7 mu-un-lu3-lu3 kur-ra sag2 bi2-in-du11 | How many are they? They scattered them in the mountains. |
| 292 | {u2}numun2-gin7 mu-un-bur12 {u2}numun2-gin7 mu-un-ze2 | He burled it like a wild bull, he sprayed it like wild bull. |
| 293 | ni2 me-lam2-ma-ni kalam-ma dul-lu | His fearsomeness and radiance cover the land |
| 294 | a2-sag3 sze sze6-ga2-gin7 mu-un-dub2 numun-bi im-da-DI | The asag-demon smashed the barley like a storm wind, and wiped away its seed. |
| 295 | szeg12 si-il-la2-gin7 tesz2-ba bi2-in-gar | he placed together like bricks of a reed fence. |
| 296 | szu-gal-an-zu-bi ne-mur-ra-gin7-nam zid2-de3-esz mu-un-dub-dub | Its šugal-anzu-drums, like a nēmur drum, were smashed in a straightening motion. |
| 297 | im-du3-a im-bi suh-a-gin7 tesz2-bi im-mi-in-gar | He put together the brickwork and its bricks, like a mud wall, together. |
| 298 | ur-sag-e nig2 sza3-ga-na mu-un-sa2? | The hero placed something in his heart |
| 299 | {d}nin-urta en dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 i3-x x ba-sed-de3 | Ninurta, the lord, the son of Enlil, ... soothed |
| 300 | kur-ra u4-ta im-ma-ra-zal | He passed the day in the mountains. |
| 301 | {d}utu silim-ma mu-na-an-du11 | Šamaš spoke to him in peace |
| 302 | en-e ib2-la2 {gesz}tukul a mu-x x tug2? usz2-a mu-un-tu5? | The lord carried (?) the weapon, he clothed it in a dead garment |
| 303 | ur-sag-e sag-ki szu bi2-ib-ur3 ad6-a za-pa-ag2 bi2-in-gar | (Sum) The hero shook his head, he placed a šapaŋ drum in his hand (Akk) The warrior smashed his head and imposed a lament |
| 304 | |AB.NIG2|-gin7 a2-sag3 ug5-ga-na ma2 gaz ak-da-ni | Like a fox, when he is struck by a boat, |
| 305 | dingir? kalam-ma mu-un-na-su8-ge-esz | The gods of the land stood before him |
| 306 | dur3{ur3} kusz2-a-gin7 mu-un-na-gurud-de3-esz | They sat down for him like a tired young male donkey |
| 307 | en-e a-ra2 mah-a-ni-sze3 | The lord, in his supreme way |
| 308 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 szu-ta silim ba-ab-sag3-sag3-ge-ne | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, they struck him with a hand of peace. |
| 309 | szar2-ur3-e an-ta lugal-bi-ir mi2 zi-de3-esz mu-un-ne | They treated Šarur faithfully from heaven. |
| 310 | en mesz3 mah gan2-e a du11-ga ur-sag a-ba za-gin7 | Lord, supreme meš of the field sprinkled with water, hero, who is like you? |
| 311 | lugal-gu10 za3-zu ba-ra-ga-an-til ba-ra-ga-an-gub ba-ra-ga-u3-tu | My king, your side is not finished, it is not set up, it has not yet arrived. |
| 312 | {d}nin-urta u4-da-ta kur-ra lu2 ba-ra-ra-an-zi-zi | Ninurta, since the day had passed, no one could raise a claim against the land |
| 313 | lugal-gu10 szeg11 dili gi4-a-za | My king, when your brickwork is turned into a single brick, |
| 314 | gesz-gan2-nu? a-gin7 mi2 bi2-ib-tag? | How did he treat the field? |
| 315 | mir? ki-bala [...] x mu-ni-in-e? | He made the rebel land tremble |
| 316 | en {d}nin-urta [...] | Lord Ninurta |
| 317 | a2-sag3 [...] | The asag demon |
| 318 | IM? [...] | ...(?) |
| 319 | [...] | |
| 320 | [...] | |
| 321 | [...] | |
| 322 | [...] | |
| 323 | gesz-GAN2 x [...] | ... the field |
| 324 | a2-sag3 ki-bala-a {u2}numun2-gin7 bur12-ra {u2}numun2-gin7 ze2-a | The asag-demon of the rebel land, like a wild ox, sweet as a frog. |
| 325 | en {d}nin-urta-ke4 {gesz}tukul-a-ni im-[...] | Lord Ninurta ... his weapon |
| 326 | za3? ki?-gin7 x-gin7 gub-bu ul-la-ga2 sza3?-ge [...] | Standing at my side like a place, like ..., in joy, |
| 327 | u4-da-ta a2-sag3 nam-ba-DI na4 mu-bi he2-em | From day to day, may asag-priesthood not be forgotten, may its name be stone. |
| 328 | na4 {na4}zalag mu-bi he2-em na4 mu-bi he2-em | May its name be “stone and lapis lazuli,’ may it be a name of stone. |
| 329 | ur5-ra-am3 bar-bi irigal he2-em | Its outside is a flood, may it be a great flood. |
| 330 | nam-ur-sag-bi en-ra he2-em | May its heroism be entrusted to the lord. |
| 331 | {gesz}tukul ub-ub-da gub-bu nam tar-re-da | standing in battle, deciding fates, |
| 332 | me3 mah-e kalam-ma-ta be4-e | You are the one who carries the great battles from the Land. |
| 333 | [...] | |
| 334 | u4-bi-a a silim ki-ta du a-gar3-ra nu-um-de2 | At that time, there was no water flowing from the ground, no irrigated meadow. |
| 335 | a sed du8-du8-du8-u3 u4 zal-le-da-gin7 kur-ra e2-ri-a ba-ni-ib2-il2-a | When you pour cool water, like a passing storm, you raise it in the mountains. |
| 336 | dingir kalam-ma ba-su8-ge-esz-a | the gods of the land who stood by him, |
| 337 | {gesz}al {gesz}dusu-bi mu-un-la2-esz-a | The hoe and the scepter that he carried |
| 338 | ur5-ra-am3 esz2-gar3-bi i3-me-a | It is an errand, its ešŋara |
| 339 | ug3 tar-bi-sze3 e2 lu2 gu3 ba-an-de2 | He called out to the people behind it. |
| 340 | {i7}idigna nam-gu-la-ba an-sze3 u5-bi nu-il2-e | The Tigris, whose greatness cannot be rivalled above, |
| 341 | kun-bi a-ab-ba-e li-bi2-la2-a a du10 nu-um-[...] | Its tail in the sea does not ... good water |
| 342 | nesag? kar-re lu2 nu-gid2?-e | The nesag offering(?) at the quay no one can extend(?) |
| 343 | sza3-gar hul-a nig2 nu-tu-u4 | the evil šaŋar that does not give birth |
| 344 | i7 tur-tur-re szu luh lu2 li-bi2-in-ak sahar nu-mu-da-an-zi-zi-i | The small canals were emptied, no one was able to clear them. |
| 345 | GAN2 zi-da a nu-szub-szub-be2 e ak nu-gal2-la | The true field, where no water is to be dropped, where water is not to be poured, |
| 346 | kur-kur-re ab-sin2-na nu-gub-bu sze bir-a i-im-ak | All the lands did not stand in furrows, they piled up barley in piles. |
| 347 | en-e gesztu2 mah im-gub-be2 | The lord stands in supreme wisdom. |
| 348 | {d}nin-urta en-lil2-la2-ke4 gal-bi i3-ga2-ga2 | Ninurta of Enlil set up a great thing there. |
| 349 | gu-ru-um na4 kur-ra mi-ni-in-ak | He made a mountain stone throne. |
| 350 | dungu dirig-ga-gin7 a2 bi2-in-su3-su3-u4 | Like a rising cloud, he shook his arms. |
| 351 | bad3 mah-gin7 kalam-ma igi-ba bi2-in-tab-ba | As if it had been a great wall, it had filled the eyes of the Land |
| 352 | {gesz}bala ki-szar2-ra mu-ni-in-gar | he set up the bala of the world. |
| 353 | ur-sag-e mu-un-galam iri tesz2-bi mu-un-usz2 | The hero presented it, he made the city tremble together. |
| 354 | a kal-ga na4 im-da-an-sa2 | he put the precious water in stone for him. |
| 355 | i3-ne-esz2 a kur da-ri2-sze3 ki-a nu-um-e11-de3 | Now, the water of the everlasting mountain does not leave the earth. |
| 356 | i3-bir-bir-am3 gu2 ba-ni-in-gar | It was scattered, he screamed. |
| 357 | kur-ra sug-e ba-ni-ib2-gu7-a | In the mountain the marshes were eating the marsh |
| 358 | mu-un-ur4-ur4 {i7}idigna im-ma-an-szum2 | he heaped up, and the Tigris he gave. |
| 359 | a-esztub{ku6} a-gar3-ra mi-ni-in-de2-de2 | He brought the eštub fish into the meadows. |
| 360 | i3-ne-esz2 u4-da nig2 ki-szar2-ra-ke4 | Now, the day of all the things, |
| 361 | lugal kalam-ma en {d}nin-urta-ra su3-u4-bi-sze3 mu-un-hul2-e-esz | they rejoiced over the king of the land, the lord Ninurta. |
| 362 | gan2-ne2 sze gu-nu a mi-ni-in-szum2 | He watered the ... in the field. |
| 363 | buru14 pu2-kiri6-ke4 szu im-mi-in-il2 | The harvest of the orchard carried it. |
| 364 | guru7-du6-de3 gu2 im-mi-in-gur-gur | The silos were turned into mounds. |
| 365 | en-e kalam-ta kar im-ta-an-e11 | The lord went out from the Land. |
| 366 | dingir-re-e-ne ur5-bi mu-un-sa6 | The gods made it pleasing to him. |
| 367 | {d}nin-urta a-a-ni me-tesz2 me-i-i-ne | Ninurta, his father, you are the one who relates to him |
| 368 | u4-bi-a munus-ra arhusz-a sa2 nam-ga-mu-ni-ib2-du11 | At that time, one should not speak to a woman with kindness. |
| 369 | {d}nin-mah-e ki gesz3 du11-ga-ni-sze3 u3 nu-um-szi-ib2-ku-ku | Ninmaḫ does not sleep at the place of her utterance |
| 370 | siki u8 dugud-gin7 bar-ra bi2-in-dul | He covered the outside with wool like a heavy ewe. |
| 371 | i-lu kur giri3 nu-gal2-la-bi gal-gal-bi mi-ni-ib2-be2 | She sings a lament in a land without path. |
| 372 | u3-mu-un a2 mah-a-ni kur-re nu-il2-i | Lord, his exalted strength cannot be raised against the mountains. |
| 373 | ur-sag gal an-gin7 ib2-ba-na a2-bi lu2 nu-te-ge26 | Great hero, when he roars like heaven, no one can approach its strength. |
| 374 | u4 sumur ki-a du usz11 gaba-ba gar-a | The storm that swept over the earth, set on its chest with evil intent, |
| 375 | en szi {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2 men sag-e du7 | The lord, the life of Enlil, perfecting the headdress |
| 376 | UR [...] nu-zu | ... does not know |
| 377 | sze-er-ma-al sag ma-an-ze2-eg3 dam mu-un-gub-bu-na-gu10 | My one who gave me the head and the spouse who stood by me, |
| 378 | mu-u4-da-na in-szi-tu-u4 ba-an-us2 hur nu-mu-da-ab-gar-ra | The one who grew up with him sat down, he did not put down a mountain for him. |
| 379 | du5-mu {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2 szu mu-un-dag i-bi2-ni na-ma-an-il2-la | The son of Enlil seized him, he should not raise his eyes. |
| 380 | szul zi munus zi-de3 ba-an-du11 | The true youth, the true woman, spoke. |
| 381 | e2-szu-me-sza4 ki i-bi2 il2-la-ni in-ne-a-gen-na | When he came to the Ešumeša, the place where one raises his eyes, |
| 382 | gu da-an-szi-in-ku5 u3-mu-un er9-ra-sze3 | I want to cut my neck for the lord of tears. |
| 383 | ga-sza-an-gen dili-gu10-ne ga-an-szi-gen en da gi16-sa-sze3 | I, the lady, I want to go alone, to the lord beside the treasure. |
| 384 | a2-sze ge26-e u6 mu-na-ni-in-du11 | I admire it for his strength. |
| 385 | si sa2 du5-mu di-ku5 {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2 | the righteous one, the son of the judge of Enlil |
| 386 | ur-sag gal ag2 sa6-ga a-a-na he2-em-da-ri-am3 | Great hero, good things in his father's house, |
| 387 | munus-e szir3 ku3-ge-esz i3-ag2-ge26 | The woman sings a pure song. |
| 388 | {d}nin-mah-e en {d}nin-urta-ra mu-ni-ib-be2 | Ninmah speaks to Lord Ninurta: |
| 389 | igi nam-ti-la-ka-ni mu-un-szi-in-bar gu3 mu-na-de2-e | He looked at him with his life-giving eyes and spoke to him: |
| 390 | munus kur-sze3 i-im-gen-ne-en-na-gin7 | Like a woman who came to the netherworld, |
| 391 | {d}nin-mah nam-gu10-sze3 ki-bala-a mu-un-ku4-re-en-na-gin7 | Ninmah, since I entered the rebel land, |
| 392 | me3 ni2 husz-ba ri-a-ga2 la-ba-an-su3-de3-en-na-gin7 | Like a fierce fearsomeness that cannot be overturned in battle, |
| 393 | ur-sag-me-en gu-ru-um gar-ra-ga2 | I am a hero, I set up the throne. |
| 394 | hur-sag mu-bi he2-em za-e nin-bi he2-em | May that mountain range be its name, may you be its lady! |
| 395 | i3-ne-esz2 nam tar-ra {d}nin-urta-ka | At that time, in accordance with the decreed fate of Ninurta |
| 396 | u4-da {d}nin-hur-sag-ga2 di-sze3 ur5 he2-en-na-nam-ma-am3 | When Ninḫursag goes to court, it is indeed so. |
| 397a | sza3-tum2-bi szim ha-ra-an-mu2 | May its interior be perfumed with aromatics. |
| 397b | [...]-tum2-bi szim la2 la? [...] | ... its ... aromatics |
| 398 | gu2-gu2-bi lal3 gesztin ha-ra-an-mu2 | May its banks be filled with honey and wine for you. |
| 399 | {gesz}erin {gesz}szu-ur2-men2 {gesz}za-ba-lum {gesz}taskarin du8-du8-bi ha-ra-an-mu2 | I planted for you cedar, cypress, zabalum and boxwood. |
| 400 | kiri6-gin7 nig2-sa-ha szu hu-mu-ra-ni-ib-tag | Like a garden, may it be planted for you. |
| 401 | hur-sag-e ir nam-dingir-ra hu-mu-ra-an-gu-ul-gu2?-e | May the mountain utter an arazu prayer to you(?) |
| 402 | ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar hu-mu-ra-ab-bala-e |HI.IB.LAL3| hu-mu-ra-ab-ak | May gold and silver be carried off for you, may honey be carried away for you. |
| 403 | uruda nagga hu-mu-ra-ab-zal-le gun2-bi hu-mu-ra-an-ak | May he shine for you with copper and tin, may he make its speckled skin glow for you. |
| 404 | kur-re masz2-ansze ha-ra-ab-lu-e | May the mountains bring down the donkeys for you! |
| 405 | hur-sag-e nig2-ur2-4(disz)-e numun ha-ra-ni-ib-i-i | May the mountain range and its outskirts be fertile for you. |
| 406 | za-e nin-me-en i3-da-sa2-sa2-a an-gin7 ni2 husz gur3-ru | You, you are the lady, you set up a furious fearsomeness like heaven. |
| 407 | dingir mah inim dirig-ge hul gig | The supreme god, whose word is evil, |
| 408 | munus zi nin-hur-sag ki-sikil | The loyal woman Ninhursaŋ, the maiden |
| 409 | {d}nin-tu a2 sed-bi dab5-be2-sze3 | to Nintu, whose cool arms were seized, |
| 410 | te-e-mu-da nin me mah ma-ra-an-szum2 za-e he2-em-il2-e | Give me a firm positive answer! Lady, may you be exalted in the divine powers! |
| 411 | en-e kur-ra nam mu-ni-in-tar-re du-ni esz3 nibru{ki}-a | The lord decreed a fate for the mountain, and he built his temple in Nippur. |
| 412 | munus zi me-ni me dirig-ga nin nagar sza3-ga | True woman, whose divine powers are lofty divine powers, lady, carpenter of the heart, |
| 413 | da-ru-ru nin9 gal {d}en-lil2-la2 gaba-na ba-e-gub | Aruru, the great sister of Enlil, stood at her side. |
| 414 | ur-sag gal ur-sag ug5-ga-za | Great hero, your dead hero |
| 415 | u3-mu-un a-a-ni-gin7 du11-ga-ni nu-kur2-ru na-ag2 nu-um-mi-tar | Lord, his command is unalterable, he does not decide fate. |
| 416 | en-e {na4}u2-e gu3 ba-de2-e in-di3 bi2-ib-kur-ku | The lord spoke to the u-stone and changed his mind. |
| 417 | en ib2-ba kalam-ma inim mu-na-ni-ib-be2 | The angry lord spoke to him in the land: |
| 418 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 asz2 im-mi-ib2-sar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, cried out. |
| 419 | {na4}u2 kur-ra ma-an-zi-ge-en-na-gin7 | like a mountain stone that has been set up for me |
| 420 | szu se3-ge5-gu10-sze3 mu-e-gib-ba-gin7 | As if I had smeared myself with my hand, |
| 421 | nam ug5-ge-gu10 ba-e-ku5-da-gin7 | As if I had cursed my fate, |
| 422 | en {d}nin-urta-me-en ki-tusz mah-ga2 ba-e-hu-luh-en-na-gin7 | I am the lord Ninurta, in my supreme dwelling I was frightened |
| 423 | kal-ga szul e2-gar8 tuku dirig-ga-me-en alan-zu he2-em-ta-be4 | You are the strong one, the youth who surpasses the wall, may he say to you "your statue" |
| 424 | pirig gal usu-bi-ta nir-gal2-la-am3 he2-me-ze-er-ze-re-de3 | May the great lion, by means of his strength, be praised. |
| 425 | usu-tuku a-gar5-re szu he2-gid2-de3 | May he smite him with strength in the marshes. |
| 426 | gurusz {na4}u2 szesz-zu zid2-gin7 he2-me-dub-bu-ne | May they heap up the young man who is like your brother who is risen. |
| 427 | li-li-a-zu szu ha-ba-ab-zi-ge-en ad6-ba zu2 e3-ni-ib | May you raise your hands to your lilī-awe-inspiring radiance! |
| 428 | gurusz-me-en gu3 de2-zu he2-gal2 |GAN.SUM|-gin7 he2-til-e | I am a young man, may there be abundance like a field. |
| 429 | am gal lu2 szar2-re gaz-za-gin7 nig2-ba-bi gar-ra | Like a great wild bull that kills many people, its possessions are established. |
| 430 | {na4}u2 {gesz}tukul-ta ur-gi7 me3-ta | From the weapon of the dog of battle |
| 431 | nig2 sipa-tur-re al-sar-re-gin7 | Like a young shepherd tearing out things, |
| 432 | en-me-en {na4}gug me-re-kul-la-za mu-bi he2-sa4 | I am the lord, may your carnelian and carnelian be named. |
| 433 | i3-ne-esz2 nam tar-ra {d}nin-urta-ka | At that time, in accordance with the decreed fate of Ninurta |
| 434 | u4-da {na4}u2 ub-tag {na4}gug buru3-da ur5 he2-en-na-nam-ma | At that time, when the ubtag-stone was torn out, the gug-stone of the harvest was piled up, and |
| 435 | ur-sag-e {na4}szu-u {na4}ga-sur-ra-ke4 gu3 im-ma-de2-e | The hero spoke to the šû-stone and the lapis lazuli |
| 436 | en-e a ri-a bi2-ib2-szid-de3 | The lord poured out a libation. |
| 437 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam am3-mi-ib2-tar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, decreed a fate |
| 438 | {na4}szu-u {gesz}tukul-ga2 sag bi2-dim2-za-na-gin7 | Like the šû stone that he had fashioned for me with my weapon |
| 439 | {na4}ga-sur-ra gu4-gin7 u3-na ma-an-su8-ge-en-za-na-gin7 | Like a ox, like a bull, when you set it up for me |
| 440 | am-gin7 a2 sahar-ra me-er-re-dim2-za-na-gin7 | Like a wild bull, like the arms of the dust storm, |
| 441 | girisz-gin7 szu ha-ba-e-en-ze2-en | May you be treated as if by a hand. |
| 442 | ni2 me-lam2-gu10 ba-e-de3-en-dul | You covered my aura with fear. |
| 443 | a2 mah-ga2 la-ba-an-zi-ge-en-za-na-gin7 | Like one who does not raise a hand against me, |
| 444 | ku3-dim2-e zi-ni-sze3 he2-pa-an-pa | the silversmith shall place at his right side. |
| 445 | umun2 ki nam-dumu-ni-sze3 ha-ba-x-na-ag2 | May the lord give him to the place of his birth. |
| 446 | u2-sag dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 | the first-fruit of the gods |
| 447 | u4? iti?-da za3-ge he2-em-de3-si-si-ne | They shall make them stand at the edge of the day/month(?) |
| 448 | lugal-gu10 {na4}sag-kal-e ba-gub | My king stood in the sagkal stone |
| 449 | {na4}gul-gul {na4}sag-gar-ra gu3 ba-an-de2 | He shouted at the gulgul and saggar stones |
| 450 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam am3-mi-ni-ib-tar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, decreed a fate |
| 451 | {na4}sag-kal [...] x ma-dal-le-na-gin7 | Like a sagkal stone ... that is being carried away |
| 452 | {na4}gul-gul zu2 kesz2-da ma-an-gir2-gir2-re-na-gin7 | Like a “seizing-of-the-mouth’-stone that has been blown away(?), |
| 453 | {na4}sag-gar sag mu-e-bul-bul-a-gin7 | Like a saggar stone that has been blown off, |
| 454 | en-me-en zu2 ga2-ra mu-e-sud2-sud2-da-gin7 | I am the lord, like one who stretches out a tooth for me. |
| 455 | {na4}sag-gar {na4}sag-kal-e he2-se3-ge | May the saggar and sakkal stones be bound. |
| 456 | szul zi {na4}gul-gul-e he2-gul-e | True youth, destroyer of the ruins, may it be destroyed! |
| 457 | sag nu-kal-la si-ig ha-ma-ra-an-ze2-eg3 | May he give to you the one who does not have a head. |
| 458 | sza3-gar kalam-ma-sze3 gar-ba-ni-ib szu iri{ki}-za he2-eb-si | Place it in the midst of the land and let it be filled with the hand of your city. |
| 459 | sag he2-sal ur-sag geme2-e-ne he2-me-en | May you be a hero among the female slaves, |
| 460 | ul4-ab sar-ra-ab hu-mu-ra-ab-be2 mu-bi he2-sa4 | May he say to you “Write to me, write to me!", that name may he be named. |
| 461 | i3-ne-esz2 nam tar-ra {d}nin-urta-ka | At that time, in accordance with the decreed fate of Ninurta |
| 462 | u4-da kalam-e kin gig di-sze3 ur5 he2-en-na-nam | At that time, when the Land was tearing out the work, it was indeed painful. |
| 463 | lugal-gu10 {na4}esi-a im-ma-gub | My king set up ebony for me. |
| 464 | sza3 dab5-ba KA? gi-ne2-esz zu?-ba szir3-re-esz im-mi-ib-be2 | The seized heart, the utterance of a regular offering, sang a song(?) |
| 465 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam am3-mi-ib2-tar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, decreed a fate |
| 466 | {na4}esi me3-zu a-ga-ba kur2-ra | ebony, your battle-axe is changed in this place |
| 467 | i-bi2 dugud-gin7 ma-an-du3-u3-nam | Like a heavy eye, I will build it for you. |
| 468 | a2 nu-mu-e-zi ga2-a-ra sag nu-mu-e-szum2 | He does not raise arms, he does not give heads to me. |
| 469 | lul-am3 en dili-ni ur-sag-ga2 | falsely, lord, his alone is a hero |
| 470 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ra a-ba mu-da-ab-sa2-e im-mi-du11-ga-gin7 | For Ninurta, the son of Enlil, who compares with you? |
| 471 | kur igi-nim-ta he2-mu-e-zi-zi-ne | they shall remove him from the Upper Mountain. |
| 472 | kur ma2-gan{ki}-ta he2-mu-e-ga2-ga2-ne | they shall place him from the land of Magan. |
| 473 | za-e uruda nig2 kal-ga kusz-gin7 u3-mu-e-HI | You ... strong copper like leather. |
| 474 | en-me-en a2 nam-ur-sag-ga2-gu10 szu gal-bi he2-ni-du7 | I am the lord, my strength of heroism is perfected. |
| 475 | lugal u4 su3-ra2 mu-ni i3-ga2-ga2-a | The king, who for a long time established his name, |
| 476 | alan-bi u4 ul-le2-a-asz u3-mu-un-dim2-ma | I fashioned that statue in distant days. |
| 477 | e2-ninnu e2 giri17-zal sug4-ga2 | The Eninnu, the house of joy, the empty wind |
| 478 | ki-a-nag-ba um-mi-gub-be2 me-te-asz he2-em-szi-gal2 | If he stands at the place of drinking, may he be present. |
| 479 | lugal-gu10 na4-e im-ma-gub | My king set stone for me. |
| 480 | {na4}na-ta su im-ta-du3-du3-e | he has adorned it with a na stone. |
| 481 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 asz2 im-mi-ib-sar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, wrote it down. |
| 482 | na4 a2-sze ge26 bi2-du11-ga-gin7 | like the stone that was poured out at the labor-duty, |
| 483 | {na4}na me-ga2 gesz ba-e-szub-bu-za-na-gin7 | Like a stone that has fallen from my body in the water, |
| 484 | za-e dim2-me-de3 szah2-gin7 nu2-ba | You, lying down like a pig, |
| 485 | gurud-da kin-sze3 na-an-ak-e-en tur-tur-bi til-la | “Don’t let the young ones go to work, they are finished. |
| 486 | zu-a-zu a-da he2-mu-e-da-gi4-gi4 | May your wisdom be returned to the father. |
| 487 | lugal-gu10 {na4}e-le-el-e im-ma-gub | My king stood in elalu stone. |
| 488 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam im-mi-ni-ib2-tar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, decreed a fate |
| 489 | {na4}e-le-el gesztu2 tuku kur du14 mu2-a-ba ni2-gu10 he2-me-ni-ri | “Leonis, who listens to the foreign lands, may my fearsomeness be imposed upon me. |
| 490 | ki-bala-a ug3 tesz2-ba ri-a-ga2 mu-gu10 he2-em-mi-ib-sa4 | In the rebel land I named my name among the people. |
| 491 | silim-ma-zu-ta nam-ba-e-re-be6 | Do not enter through your peace! |
| 492 | gur4-ra-zu tur-re-bi he2-gig | May your small ones be sickened by sickness. |
| 493 | me-gu10 bar-zu-a si ha-ra-ni-ib2-sa2-e | May my divine powers be arranged for you outside. |
| 494 | {gesz}tukul sag3-ge ur-sag ug5-ga-ga2? szu gal-bi he2-ni-du7 | May the one who strikes with a weapon and kills a hero be perfect(?) |
| 495 | kisal mah-ga2-a ki-gal ha-ra-ab-ri | In my supreme courtyard, may the courtyard be for you. |
| 496 | kalam-e u6 du10-ge-esz he2-a-e kur-kur he2-mi-i-i | May the land be beautiful, may the lands be happy. |
| 497 | ur-sag {na4}ka-gi-na-e ba-gub | The hero set up the kagina stone. |
| 498 | nam-kal-ga-bi-sze3 gu3 ba-an-de2 | because of its strength he shouted, |
| 499 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam am3-mi-ib-tar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, decreed a fate |
| 500 | szul ni2-tuku gesz-nu11 bar-sze3 gal2 | “Young man who has no fear, open the bed outside! |
| 501 | {na4}ka-gi-na ki-bala-a-ta gu3 mu-e-re-gal2-la | The kagina stone, from the rebel land, you have been present. |
| 502 | [...] szu-gu10 sa2 nu-mu-ri-ib-du11 | ... my hand does not ... |
| 503 | da3-da3 da-ta la-ba-an-da-la2-e | (Sum) He does not ... with his arms stretched out (Akk) The arms are stretched out, he does not hold back |
| 504 | kalam-ma giri3-zu ba-ab-si-ge-en | In the Land, you have made your feet restrain. |
| 505 | mar-za {d}utu me-zu he2-a | May your marza, Utu, be your divine powers |
| 506 | di-ku5-gin7 kur-kur-ra si sa2-e | like a judge in all the lands, |
| 507 | szu-gal-an-zu pag-du3 nig2-nam-ma-ka | Šugalanzu, the creator of everything, |
| 508 | nam-ku3-sig17-sze3 he2-en-na-kal-le-en | may you be able to hold him for gold. |
| 509 | szul ba-dab5-be2-na u3 ba-ra-e-szi-ku-un en-na ti-la-zu-sze3 | Young man, when you have seized him, how long will you live? |
| 510 | i3-ne-esz2 nam tar-ra {d}nin-urta-kam | Now, it is the fate of Ninurta |
| 511 | u4-da {na4}ka-gi-na ti-la ur5 he2-en-na-nam-ma | When the kagina stone is alive, may it be so! |
| 512 | ur-sag-e {na4}gesz-nu11-gal-e ba-gub | The hero set up a stela. |
| 513 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam am3-mi-ib-tar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, decreed a fate |
| 514 | {na4}gesz-nu11 su u4-gin7 kar2-kar2-ka | “The šūnu-stone, like a storm, is being blown away. |
| 515 | ku3 luh-ha szul e2-gal-e du7 | The pure, luxuriant one, the youth of the palace, |
| 516 | szu dili-zu-a mu-e-ni-zi-zi-i | (Sum) You raise your hands to him alone (Akk) You raised your hands towards him alone |
| 517 | sag? kur-zu-a ki mu-e-ni-su-ub | You set your head(?) in your mountain |
| 518 | {gesz}tukul nu-mu-ra-sag3 a2 la-ba-ri-gur | He did not strike with weapons, he did not turn back. |
| 519 | ur-sag szeg11 gi4-gu10-u8 ba-ab-gub-en | Hero, I stand at my ‘mood’. |
| 520 | nig2 sa6-ga mu-zu he2-pa3-de3 | May you find the good things that you love. |
| 521 | erim3 kalam-ma szu-za he2-em-si kiszib3-gal2-bi he2-me-en | May you fill your hands with the treasury of the Land, may you be its seal. |
| 521a | da-nun-na [...] | The Anuna gods |
| 522 | lugal-gu10 {na4}algamesz-e ba-gub igi dul2 ba-an-ak | My king stood in the algameš stone and did the work. |
| 523 | en ib2-ba kalam-ma inim mu-na-ni-ib-be2 | The angry lord spoke to him in the land: |
| 524 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 asz2 im-mi-ib-sar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, wrote it down. |
| 525 | a-gin7 du-gu10-sze3 en3 mu-e-szi-tar | How long will you inquire after me? |
| 526 | gesz-kin-ti-gu10-sze3 igi gen-na | When I go to my ŋeškintu, |
| 527a | {na4}algamesz sa2-du11 u4-da gur3-ru za-dim2-e-ne he2-me-en | May you be the algameš stone, the regular offering of the storm, the one of the sculptors. |
| 527b | _x{ki} u4-mi sza x_ | the day of |
| 528 | lugal-gu10 {na4}du8-szi-a ba-gub | My king set up a stela. |
| 529 | {na4}nir {na4}gug {na4}za-gin3-na gu3 ba-an-de2-e | She shouted at her with nir, carnelian, and lapis lazuli. |
| 530 | {na4}amasz-pa-e3 {na4}sza-ba {na4}hu-ri2-zum {na4}gug-gazi {na4}mar-ha-li | Amašpa’e-stone, szaba stone, hurīzum-stone (and) guggazi-stone |
| 531 | {na4}e-gi-za3-ga {na4}gi-rin-hi-li-ba {na4}an-zu2-gul-me {na4}nir2-musz-gir2{ki} | Egizaga, Girinḫiliba, Anzugulme, Nirmušgir |
| 532 | en-e zi {kusz}ummu-e | The lord is wearing a protective garment |
| 533 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam am3-mi-ib-tar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, decreed a fate |
| 534a | _a-na ba-du-un_ nita munus dim2-ma _u3_ za-e-gin7 ki-gu10-sze3 | To Dūnu, the man, the intelligent woman, and like you, to my place |
| 534b | nita _u3_ munus _sza t,e4-mi u3 x_ | a man or a woman of news or ... |
| 535 | nam-tag nu-e-tuku szu-zu e2-gar8-e ba-da-ab-us2-e | (Sum) The one who does not have sin, your hand is bound to the wall (Akk) Your hand has no sin, it is bound towards the wall |
| 536 | ki inim-ma-ka ni2 mu-e-ni-bulug3-en | At the place of the word you make me tremble. |
| 537 | ad gi4-gi4-da ge26-e mu-e-ni-bulug3-en | I am the voice of the remission, |
| 538 | pu-uh2-ru-um-ma szagina mu-e-ni-gar-ra-gin7 | As if you had placed a general in the assembly, |
| 539 | nir lal3 kurun-na ha-ba-pa3-de3-en | May you be the one who smites with honey and syrup. |
| 540 | ku3-ga zi-de3-esz mi2 he2-en-ne-en-ze2-en | They treated me kindly in the pure place. |
| 541 | u2-sag dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 | the first-fruit of the gods |
| 542 | kur-kur-re giri17 ki szu2-szu2-zu giri17 szu ha-ra-ab-tag-ge | May all the lands kiss your feet, may they kiss you. |
| 543 | lugal-gu10 {na4}giri2-zu2-gal-la-ke4 ba-gub igi dul2 ba-an-ak | My king stood on the girizugal stone and did the work. |
| 544 | en ib2-ba kalam-ma inim mu-na-ni-ib-be2 | The angry lord spoke to him in the land: |
| 545 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 asz2 im-mi-ib-sar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, wrote it down. |
| 546 | e {na4}giri2-zu2-gal-la lu2 2(disz) a-na-bi | a man who 2 girizugal stones |
| 547 | am kur-zu-a si? he2-me-ni-bur2 |U3.GAN|-sze3 nu2-a | May the wild bulls of your mountain burrow at(?) sunrise(?) |
| 548 | nu-mu-e-se3-ge sag mi-ri-ib-us2 | (Sum) He does not ..., he stretches out his head. (Akk) I do not .... |
| 549 | bara2-gin7 mu-un-si-il-le lu2 he2-ta-sig-ge | He raised him up like a dais, so that he did not abandon him. |
| 550 | tibira za-ra ha-ra-gal2? umbin he2-tag-ge | May a tibira be present for you, may a nail be tied to it |
| 551 | szul usu nig2 kur2 de6-a-zu | Your youth, your strength and something foreign, |
| 552 | nagar lu2 kin ga-ab-sa10-a di-di-da? | I want to buy the carpenter, the man of work, |
| 553 | a du11-ga-gin7 a he2-ri-ib-gi4-gi4 munu4-e-esz he2-gaz-gaz | May they return the water that was spoken to you, may they destroy the malt! |
| 554 | lugal-gu10 {na4}im-an-e ba-gub | My king stood in the Iman stone |
| 555 | {na4}al-li2-ga gu3 ba-an-de2-e | he shouted at the alliga stone |
| 556 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam im-mi-ib-tar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, decreed a fate |
| 557 | {na4}im-ma-an kur-ra szeg11 mu-[...]-gi4-gi4 | He turned the stone of the mountain into a rainstorm |
| 558 | gu3 husz me3 gu3 husz bi2-ib-ra-[...] | He shouted furiously at the battle, furiously |
| 559 | izi-gin7 mu-la2-en-ze2-en | like fire he smote me. |
| 560 | u4-gin7 mu-dub-bu-un-ze2-en | Like a storm, you scream. |
| 561 | {u2}numun2-gin7 mu-sag3-ge-en-ze2-en | like a wild plant, you struck me. |
| 562 | {u2}numun2-gin7 mu-e-bur12-re-en-ze2-en | Like a date palm, you grow there for you. |
| 563 | a-ba szu in-ne-szi-in-de6 | who will take it? |
| 564 | {na4}im-ma-an gu3 de2-zu na-an-kal-am3 en3-zu na-an-tar-re | The imman stone, when you cry out, should not be stored, nor should it be investigated. |
| 565 | {na4}im-ma-an {na4}al-li2-ga e2-gal-la du-u3-zu na-an-sa2 | You should not place imman and allig stones in your palace. |
| 566 | lugal-gu10 {na4}masz-da im-ma-gub | My king stood in the mašda stone |
| 567 | {na4}dub-ba-an {na4}u2-ru-tum-e gu3 ba-an-de2 | He spoke to the stela and urūtum stones |
| 568 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 in-di3 bi2-ib-kur-ku | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, smote him. |
| 569 | {na4}masz-da {na4}dub-ba-an ga-an-ze-er bar7-a | I want to wear mašda-stone (and) dubban-stone, |
| 570 | {na4}u2-ru-tum na-me nu-gub-bu | no urūtu-stone stood there. |
| 571 | {na4}ga-sur-ra zi murgu2-sze3 szub-bu he2-em-ta-ab-|KAxNE|-a | “Let the gasur stone fall to the ground faithfully |
| 572 | ki-bala-a sur3-gin7 ma-mu2-un-ze2-en | I will give you to the rebel land as if it were raining down. |
| 573 | kur sa-ba mu-e-szi-gub-bu-un-za-na-gin7 | Like one who stands in the midst of the mountains, |
| 574 | {na4}masz-da udu-gin7 he2-sur-sur-ne | they shall scatter the mašda stone like sheep |
| 575 | {na4}dub-ba-an nig2 ze2-re-de3 he2-bi2-sag3-ge-ne | they shall strike him with a stela of sweet things. |
| 576 | {na4}u2-ru-tum mi-tum-gin7 u3-sar he2-ak-ne | they shall make urutu-stone like a mītum-stone in a vegetable garden. |
| 577 | zabar hu-ut-pa dingir-re-e-ne-ka | of bronze, ḫutpa-stone of the gods, |
| 578a | giri2 husz sa-sa-da gin2-e he2-bi2-sag3-ge-ne | they shall strike him with a furious foot and a string. |
| 578b | _pat-ru3 ez-zu-tum i-na za-qa2-tim li-qa-x [...]_ | May a furious storm pass in the midst of the horizon. |
| 579 | lugal-gu10 {na4}sza-ga-ra im-ma-gub | My king stood in the šagar stone. |
| 580 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam im-mi-ib-tar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, decreed a fate |
| 581 | {na4}sza-ga-ra sag edin-na dili-bi du sag-du tibir ra | For the šagara stone, the head of the steppe, its single horn is a tibira stone. |
| 582 | kur-ra a2 dab5-ba-e-ga2 mu-e-ni-zukum? | In the foreign lands you have learned the ways of my captured ones |
| 583 | me3-ba la-la mu-e-ni-gar-ra-gin7 | In its battle, like one who has placed luxuriance for you, |
| 584 | ad-kup4-e gi he2-em-ta-gu4-u4-e ki-nu2-za he2-bi2-szub-be2 | May the adkup priestess return, may she abandon your bed. |
| 585 | SIG7-a ama ugu-za he2-bi2-tur-tur zi-ga-ab-zu nam-me | May your little ones be small of your birth mother, do not abandon her! |
| 586 | a2-asz2-zu-a lu2 na-an-ni-ti-le | One should not live without your help! |
| 587 | u2-gu ba-an-de2-zu ug3-e nam-me | When you have brought it to an end, the people will not listen. |
| 588 | me da-ri2-sze3 du3-a ki ni2 dub2-bu {d}nin-hur-sag-ka-sze3 | built for eternity, to the place of relaxation of Ninḫursag |
| 589 | ka tar-re-de3 bara2-ba u3-bi2-in-gurud-de3 | In order to open the mouth, in order to ... on its dais |
| 590 | kasz dida nam udu-sze3 lu2 ha-ra-ab-zil-e | May the one who pours out sweetened beer for you to feed the sheep. |
| 591 | zid2 dub-dub-ba-bi he2-hul2-le-en ki-bur2-ru-zu he2-a | May you rejoice over its scribal lore, may it be your ‘kiburu’. |
| 592 | lugal-gu10 {na4}mar-hu-sza ba-gub | My king set up her marḫuša stone |
| 593 | {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam im-mi-ib-tar-re | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, decreed a fate |
| 594 | {na4}mar-hu-sza ki-gu10-usz gu mu-un-[...]-ma-te-en ba-dab5-be2-en | Marhuša-stone seized me at my place |
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