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CDLI Literary 000401 (Shulgi G) composite (P469702)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000401 (Shulgi G) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P469702 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 1 | {d}en-lil2 gal-di en me-te-na nig2-du11-ga-ni zi | Enlil, the wise one, the lord whose command is true |
| 2 | {d}nu-nam-nir sipa da-ri2 kalam-ma kur gal-ta e3-a | Nunamnir, the everlasting shepherd of the Land, coming forth from the great mountain |
| 3 | sa2 gal pa3-de3 gu2-gal an ki me sza-ra u5-a | Who makes great decisions, who makes great heaven and earth tremble for the mes of the heart, |
| 4 | en nam-nun-na-ni-sze3 ni2 gal im-guru3 mul-an szu du7-a | The lord of his princeliness, great fearsomeness, perfecting the stars of heaven, |
| 5 | me ul me sag5-e gal kin-ga2 dili-ni dingir mah | The one who makes the divine powers great, the one who alone is a great god, |
| 6 | en u4 ti kur-za3 til-la-sze3 ug3 du10-us2 dili-a tum2 | Lord, when the life of the borderlands is over, bring alone the good people! |
| 7 | sa-par3 mah an ki szu2-a esz2 kur-kur-ra la2-a | The great net that covers heaven and earth, the shrine of all the lands, |
| 8 | {d}en-lil2-da a-ba a2 mu-da-an-ag2 a-ba-ga-an-da-sa2 | Who can equal you with Enlil?” |
| 9 | gal bi2-du11 sza3-ga-ni i7 mah a-na-am3 de6-a-bi | What does his heart say about the great river? |
| 10 | inim ku3-ga-na LIL2 lal3-gar-ra-bi e2-ta nam-ta-e3 | He left his pure word and its honeycomb behind the house. |
| 11 | nig2-bi nig2 ku3-ga-am3 nig2 szen-nam me e2-kur-ra-kam | Its possessions are pure possessions, it is pure me of the Ekur. |
| 12 | sig4 zi nam tar-ra abzu sa-dur2-ra nig2 kal-kal-la-am3 | The true brick, the fate determined in the Abzu, it is something precious. |
| 13 | e2-kur lu2 zi-de3 i3-du3-e mu da-ri2-kam | He built the Ekur, the true man, forever. |
| 14 | dumu lu2 zi-da-ke4 gidri mi-ni-ib2-su3-ra2 {gesz}gu-za-bi nu-kur2 | The son of the righteous man sat on the scepter, but his throne was not changed. |
| 15 | nam-bi-sze3 e2-kur-ra sig7 mi-ni-gar dasz-im2-babbar-re | Because of this, he has decorated the Ekur with yellow-purple fabric. |
| 16 | a-a-ni {d}en-lil2 inim-ma bi2-se3 ama di-da mi-ni-in-de6 | His father Enlil listened to his words and brought the mother to judge. |
| 17 | e2-du10-ga {d}nanna dumu nun-ne2 nig2 al ba-ni-du11 | In the Eduga temple Nanna, the princely son, spoke a word |
| 18 | en-ne2 a sza3-tur-sze3 gal2-la-na lu2 zi mi-ni-u3-tu | The en priestess, when he opens the water of the small intestines, gives birth to a good man. |
| 19 | {d}en-lil2 sipa a2 kal-ga-ke4 mes-e pa bi2-e3 | Enlil, the shepherd with the mighty arms, made the divine powers manifest. |
| 20 | dumu nam-lugal bara2-ge4 he2-du7 szul-gi lugal-am3 | son of kingship, fitting for the dais, Šulgi is king. |
| 21 | a pirig-ga2 e2-kur szu dagal-la du11-du11 ki ag2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 | The water of my lion, the Ekur with wide hands, beloved of Ninlil, |
| 22 | e2-kur-ta nam-nir-gal2 szum2-ma lugal uri5{ki}-ma | from the Ekur of authority given, king of Ur |
| 23 | sza3 zalag-zalag sipa {d}lamma kalam-ma mu-ni bi2-in?-du10 | He named him “The shining heart, the shepherd, the protective deity of the Land’s midst— |
| 24 | szul-gi {d}en-lil2-le sza3 ku3-ge bi2-pa3 kalam szu-ni bi2-si | Šulgi, whom Enlil chose in his holy heart and whose hand he filled with the land |
| 25 | szibir eszgiri2 a2-na mu-ni-la2 sipa kur-kur-ra-kam | The shepherd of all the lands is the one who raises his arms. |
| 26 | gidri {d}nanna szu nu-bala-e szu-ni-sze3 mu-gar | The scepter of Nanna, which cannot be changed, was placed in his hands. |
| 27 | dur2 nam-lugal sag2 nu-di-da gu2 an-sze3 mi-ni-zi | The throne of kingship that cannot be changed raised its neck to heaven. |
| 28 | u4 szu12-dam ge6 nam-szita-am3 kalam u2-sal-la-am3 | It is a day of mourning, a night of rejoicing, the land is an empty wind. |
| 29 | sipa he2-gal2-la szul-gi mu gil-sa lugal asilx(EZEN)-le2 | Shepherd of abundance, Šulgi, whose name is treasured, king of joy, |
| 30 | kal-ga a lu2 zi-de3 ri-a {d}en-lil2 mu-i-i | The mighty one, the water of the righteous man, Enlil calls out. |
| 31 | sa-gid2-da-am3 | it is a sagida |
| 32 | szul-gi lugal uru16 [...] ku?-kur silim-e-esz2 du11-ga | Šulgi, the mighty king, the one who makes the foreign lands happy(?) |
| 33 | lugal x aga3-kar2 {d}inanna ki-bala-a bi2-se3 | the king who defeated Inanna in the rebellious land |
| 34 | gesz-gi5-gal2 sa-gid2-da-kam | It is the ŋešgigal instrument of the sagida drum. |
| 35 | {d}en-lil2 zi-da-am3 inim-ma-ni mah-am3 | Enlil is true, his word is supreme |
| 36 | nam du10 tar-ra-ni sag-bi-sze3 e3-a-am3 | whose good fate has come forth at its head, |
| 37 | gu nig2 kal mu2-mu2 sze nig2 kal mu2-mu2 | I grow a lot of flax, I grow lots of barley. |
| 38 | szul-gi e2-kur-ra u2-a-bi na-nam | Šulgi is indeed its provider in the Ekur. |
| 39 | gu-bi gu na-nam sze-bi sze na-nam | Its flax is indeed flax, its barley is indeed barley. |
| 40 | nig2-u2-rum {d}nanna ama-tu e2-kur-ra | nig-urum of Nanna, the mother of the Ekur temple |
| 41 | sza3-ta mu pa3-da {d}nin-lil2-la2 na-nam | from the womb chosen by Ninlil, indeed |
| 42 | szul-gi sipa kalam-ma sag {d}en-lil2-le zu | Šulgi, the shepherd of the Land, whom Enlil knows |
| 43 | e2-a lu2-bi na-nam u4 he2-em-ma-ab-su3-re6 | In the house that man is indeed a man, may he prolong the days. |
| 44 | uri5{ki} iri{ki} du10 nun-ne2 ki gar-ra | Ur, the princely city established by princes, |
| 45 | sza3-bi dub-szen ku3 abzu igi nu-bar | Its inside is a holy tablet of the Abzu that cannot be seen. |
| 46 | nam-iszib du10-ga-kam szu-luh dadag-ga-kam | It is the good išib priesthood, it is the pure šuluh prayer. |
| 47 | nidba gal-gal-bi e2-kur hul2-le-de3 | To please the Ekur with its great offerings, |
| 48 | {d}en-lil2-le gu3 ba-an-de2 du11-ga zi-zi-dam | Enlil spoke to him, and he rose up. |
| 49 | sipa nam-lugal-la bara2 mah-ha tum2-ma | The shepherd of kingship, fitting for the supreme dais |
| 50 | szul-gi nam-en-na tug2-ba13 su3-su3-am3 | Šulgi, the en priestess, is covered in a cloth. |
| 51 | bur naggax(AN) he-nun-na su8-su8?-ga?-ni-sze3 | To the bowl of ghee, his scepter of abundance |
| 52 | unu2 e2-kur-ra-ka kin?-sig? gub?-ba?-ni-sze3 | In the dining hall of the Ekur, at his stationed work |
| 53 | {d}en-lil2 nam-nun-na mu-ni?-in?-tar?-e | Enlil decreed the princeliness |
| 54 | an-gin7 sig7-ga-ni x ...-e | Like An, his greenery ... |
| 55 | {d}nanna lugal-am3 [...]-am3 | Nanna is king |
| 56 | ki-ur3 ki gal-la? [...] du10 mu-na-szum2 | The Kiʾur, the great place, ... he gave to him. |
| 57 | {d}en-lil2-la2 KA? [...] mu-szi-dagal?-e | Enlil widens his understanding |
| 58 | kur a nun gi4-a gu2-un-gu2-un mu-na-ab-za | The mountain, where the princely waters return, he heaps up for her. |
| 59 | ma-da mu-ge-ge-en6 ug3 giri3-ni-sze3 mu-nu2 | He established the land and laid the people at his feet. |
| 60 | szul-gi sipa lu2-lal3 nibru{ki} ki ag2-am3 | Šulgi, shepherd of the honey-bearers, Nippur is beloved. |
| 61 | sig4 {d}en-lil2-la2 gissu-bi du10-ga-am3 | The brickwork of Enlil, its beams are good. |
| 62 | sipa zi szul-gi-re ni2 he2-em-szi-ib2-te-te | The true shepherd, Šulgi, will approach with fear. |
| 63 | sa-gar-ra-am3 | it is a saŋara |
| 64 | szul-gi bala-za {d}en-lil2-le u4 du10 ma-ra-ni-in-e3 | Šulgi, in your reign Enlil has brought out a good day for you |
| 65 | gesz-gi5-gal2 sa-gar-ra-kam | It is the gešgigal instrument of the saŋar. |
| 66 | an-na lugal-be2-e ki-a kur gal-be2-e | In heaven, the king, on earth, the great mountains |
| 67 | a-a {d}en-lil2 an-na lugal-be2-e ki-a kur gal-be2-e | Father Enlil of heaven, king of earth, great mountain |
| 68 | gal bi2-du11 szul-gi bala zi-da sza3-ge-esz i-pa3 | Šulgi, the true reign, chose him in the heart. |
| 69 | u18-ru12-NI-bi-im | It is its uru. |
| 70 | a-da-ab {d}en-lil2-la2-kam | It is the Adab of Enlil |
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