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CDLI Literary 000619 (Enlil A) composite (P478849)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000619 (Enlil A) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478849 |
| 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 | {d}en-lil2 su3-ra2-sze3 du11-ga-ni mah inim-ma-ni | Enlil’s utterance is supreme, his word |
| 2 | nig2 nu-kur2-ru ka-ta e3-a-ni nam ul-sze3 tar-re | Whose unalterable thing emerges from the mouth, determines a fate forever. |
| 3 | igi il2-la-ni kur-re di-di | When he lifts his eyes, he goes to the netherworld. |
| 4 | gesz-nu11 il2-la-ni kur-sza3-ga igi gal2 | His raised bed in the middle of the netherworld, |
| 5 | a-a {d}en-lil2 bara2 ku3 bara2 | Father Enlil, the holy dais, the dais |
| 6 | {d}nu-nam-nir nam-en nam-nun-na szu gal du7-a-ni | Nunamnir, whose lordship and princeliness are perfected |
| 7 | dingir ki ni2-ba mu-un-na-gam-e-esz | The gods of their own place ... for him. |
| 8 | dingir-dingir {d}a-nun-na mu-un-na-su13-su13-ne-esz | The gods and the Anuna gods stood before him. |
| 9 | a2 ag2-ga2 zi3-de3-esz im-ma-su8-ge-esz | They swore by the command of the gods that they should be flour-fed. |
| 10 | en uri{ru} gal an ki-a diri di zu gal-an-zu-e | The lord of Ur, the great judge of heaven and earth, who knows how to make decisions, |
| 11 | dur-an-ki-ka dur2 ba-an-gar gesztu2 dagal-la-ke4 | In Duranki he sat down, the broad wisdom |
| 12 | nam-nun-na ni2 pa e3-a szi-bi2-in-ak ki-ur3 ki gal-la | He made the princeliness manifest in the Kiʾur, the great place. |
| 13 | nibru{ki} ud5-sag mah an ki-ka ki-tusz im-ma-ni-in-du3 | In Nippur, the supreme nanny of heaven and earth, he built a dwelling. |
| 14 | iri igi-bi ni2 me-lem4 husz-a | City whose face is fearsome with a furious aura |
| 15 | bar-bi dingir uri{ru}-na sag nu-ga2-ga2-dam | The deity of Ur will not raise a head there. |
| 16 | sza3-bi ka gir2 kig2-a ka garasz2-a-ka | Its inside is a sharpened mouth, a smashed mouth. |
| 17 | {gesz}es2-ad ki-bala-a pu2 sa ak-a | the esad tree of the rebel land planted in a well |
| 18 | gal-bi du11-ga-bi u4 la-ba-ni-ib-su3-u4-de3 | Its great command cannot be overturned. |
| 19 | di-da inim erim2-gal2 nu-mu-ni-ib-be2 | he will not say a word of evil to anyone. |
| 20 | sza3-a bar-a eme | In the heart and on the outside tongue |
| 21 | inim kur2 nig2 kur2 u3-nu-gar-ra | a foreign word, something foreign to him, |
| 22 | sze29-esz2 | |
| 23 | igi bala nig2-a2-gar inim-inim | the eye of bala, nigŋar of words, |
| 24 | sun7-na inim bur2-ra ni2 balag di silim-esz2 di | The one who utters a supplication, the one who reveres the balaŋ drum, |
| 25 | iri nig2-gig-ga nu-mu-ni-ib-dib-be2 | The city does not pass with evil. |
| 26 | nibru{ki} a2-bi sa-par3 gal-la-am3 | Nippur, its forces are a great net |
| 27 | sza3-ba hu-ri2-in{muszen}-e du10 mu-un-bad-ba9-re6 | In its midst, the harin bird escaped sweetly. |
| 28 | lu2-erim2 lu2 hul-gal2 szu-bi la-ba-ra-e3 | The enemy, the evildoer, has not come out of it. |
| 29 | iri nig2-ge-na sag-e-esz rig7-ga | In the city that is presented as a gift |
| 30 | nig2-zi3 nig2-si-sa2 gil-sa-sze3 ak-a | for the rations of the requisitions of treasure, |
| 31 | tug2 dan2-dan2-na kar-ra gal2-la | clothed in a clean garment at the quay |
| 32 | szesz-gal szesz-banda3{da} dugud-de3-da nam-lu2-ulu3 ak-da | the great brother, the heavy brother-in-law, the one who acts as humankind |
| 33 | inim ab-ba-sze3 gizzal ak-de3 ni2 szu-a gi4-gi4-dam | To the word of the father, to make a reed fence, to return it in the hand, |
| 34 | dumu ama-ni-ir su13-na ni2 te-ge26-da nam-ab-ba su4-de3 | The child of his mother, who is awe-inspiring in fear, whose fate is to be prolonged. |
| 35 | iri a2-dam ku3 {d}en-lil2-la2-kam | It is the city, the holy settlement of Enlil. |
| 36 | nibru{ki} esz3 ki ag2 a-a kur gal-la-kam | Nippur is the beloved shrine of the father of the great mountain. |
| 37 | bara2 nam-he2 e2-kur e2 za-gin3 sahar-ta sza-ba-ra-an-il2 | The dais of abundance, the Ekur, the lapis-lazuli house, lifts up for you from the dust. |
| 38 | hur-sag il2-la-gin7 ki sikil-la bi2-in-mu2 | Like a raised mountain range, it grows in a pure place. |
| 39 | nun-bi kur gal a-a {d}en-lil2 | Its prince, the great mountain father Enlil |
| 40 | e2-kur esz3 mah-a bara2-ba dur2 bi2-in-gar | He sat on its dais in the Ekur, the supreme shrine. |
| 41 | e2-a me-bi dingir sag2 nu-di | The divine powers of the house are unfathomable. |
| 42 | szu-luh sikil-bi ki-gin7 nu-silig-ge | Its pure cleansing ritual does not calm down like earth. |
| 43 | me-bi me abzu lu2 igi nu-bar-re-de3 | Its divine powers are the divine powers of the Abzu that no one can see. |
| 44 | sza3-bi ab su3-ra2 an-za3 nu-zu-a | Its inside is a deep sea that knows no heaven. |
| 45 | KA urin du3-a urin mul-la-ba | The ... of a built-up shrine, the shrine of the stars. |
| 46 | di-ir-ga me ul-e szu im-ta-du7-du7 | The diŋirga-priestess has perfected the cosmic powers. |
| 47 | inim-inim-ma-bi szudu3-szudu3-de3 | to utter their words, |
| 48 | mu7-mu7-bi | whose roar |
| 49 | inim-bi inim-gar sa6 bar szu | Its word is a good word, its liver is full of anger. |
| 50 | garza nig2 kal-kal-la-kam szu-qu3-ru-tum | It is a garza, a precious thing, šuqurūtum. |
| 51 | ezen i3 gara2 su4 he2-gal2-la du8-a | at the festival of ghee and sour cream spread out in abundance, |
| 52 | gesz-hur-bi giri17-zal sza3 hul2-la di-bi nig2 gal-gal-la-kam | Its plans are joyous, its heart is full of rejoicing. |
| 53 | u4 szu2-usz ezem-ma u4 zal-le buru14 mah-am3 | The one who spends the day in prayer, at the festival, the one who passes the day, the harvest is magnificent. |
| 54 | e2 {d}en-lil2-la2 kur he2-gal2-la-kam | It is the house of Enlil, the land of abundance. |
| 55 | szu gid2 igi-tum3 la2 szu sumur nig2-gig-ga | (Sum) Hand of a Long-Fleeced Child (Akk) Hand(s) of short-flesh |
| 56 | e2-a en-bi e2-da mu2-a | In the house, its lord lives with the house. |
| 57 | lagar-bi _sza ka-ra-bi_ szu silim-ma he2-du7-am3 | its lagar-vessels of the ka’rab-beer are in good condition and perfect, |
| 58 | abzu gudux(|HIxNUN|)-bi szu-luh-ha | The Abzu, its oxen are slaughtered. |
| 59 | nu-esz3-bi szita ku3-ge du7-me-esz | Their nueš-priests, adorned with pure radiance, |
| 60 | engar mah-bi sipa zi3 kalam-ma | Its exalted farmers, the shepherds of the land, |
| 61 | u4 du10-ga zi3-de3-esz tu-u4-da-am3 | The good day, when flour is poured out, |
| 62 | engar GAN2 dagal-la he2-du7-am3 | It is a farmer who makes the wide fields perfect. |
| 63 | szi-im-da-ge nidba gal-gal-la-da | With the šimma-offerings and the great offerings |
| 64 | gesz-la2-bi nu-mu-un-DU e2-kur za-gin3-sze3 | ... did not go to the lapis lazuli Ekur. |
| 65 | {d}en-lil2 a2-dam ku3 ki-a hur-ra-za | Enlil, your holy ‘dam’ on earth and in the mountains |
| 66 | nibru{ki} iri ni2-za szi-im-mi-du3-du3-am3 | Nippur, your own city, is being built. |
| 67 | ki-ur3 kur ki sikil-zu a bi2-du10-ga | The Kiʾur, the mountain, your pure place, woe! |
| 68 | ub-da 4(disz)-ba muru2-ba dur-an-ki-ka ki ba-e-ni-ta3-ge | In its four corners, in its muru, in Duranki, he made the earth shake. |
| 69 | sahar-bi zi kalam-ma zi kur-kur-ra-ka | Its dust is the life of the Land, the life [of all the lands], |
| 70 | sig4-bi ku3 husz-a usz8 {na4}za-gin3-na-ka | Its brickwork, clad in red gold and lapis lazuli |
| 71 | am-gin7 ki-en-gi-ra si mul ba-ni-ib-be2 | Like a wild bull, it makes the stars fly in Sumer. |
| 72 | kur-kur-re sag im-ma-da-sag3-ge | All the lands tremble. |
| 73 | ezem gal-gal-ba ug3-e nam-he2-a u4-bi mu-un-di-ni-ib-zal-e | In its great festivals, the people spend the day in abundance. |
| 74 | {d}en-lil2 {d}urasz ku3 hi-li du8-du8-a-zu | Your Enlil and Uraš, the pure and luxuriant, |
| 75 | abzu bara2 | The Abzu, the dais |
| 76 | kur sig itima ku3 ki ni2 te-en-te-en-zu | Your lowland, the holy incantation, the place of relaxation, |
| 77 | e2-kur e2 za-gin3 ki-tusz mah ni2 gur3-ru-zu | Your Ekur, the lapis-lazuli temple, your supreme residence, which carries fear, |
| 78 | ni2 me-lem4-bi an-ne2 im-us2 | The fearsomeness of its radiance reaches heaven. |
| 79 | gissu-bi kur-kur-ra sza-mu-un-la2 | Its canopy covers all the lands. |
| 80 | suh10-bi an-sza3-ga-asz sza-mu-un-bad-ba9-re6 | So that its herdsmen are brought to the midst of heaven. |
| 81 | en-en-e bara2-bara2-ge2-ne | the lords of the daises |
| 82 | nidba ku3-ge si mu-ni-in-sa2-esz | They set up a pure offering for him. |
| 83 | szudu3 | Šudu |
| 84 | {d}en-lil2 sipa igi zi3 bar-ra-zu | Enlil, your shepherd who sees flour |
| 85 | gu3 zi3 de2-a kalam-ma il2-la-zu | When you raise your voice for flour in the land, |
| 86 | kur szu-ni-sze3 kur giri3-ni-sze3 | to his hand, to his feet, |
| 87 | kur-ra ki su3-ra2-bi gu2 mu-na-ab-ga2-ga2 | In the foreign lands, their distant places, they set up their necks for him. |
| 88 | a se25-gin7 du8-a nig2 ki-szar2-ra-ka | Like water poured out in a well, that of the whole world |
| 89 | masz2-da-ri-a gu2-un dugud-da-bi | and its heavy tribute and tribute |
| 90 | sa2 bi2-in-du11 e2 nig2-gur11-ra-ka | he swore. In the house of possessions |
| 91 | kisal mah-ha nidba si bi2-in-sa2 | he placed food offerings in the great courtyard. |
| 92 | e2-kur e2 za-gin3-na ma-sar-re-esz im-mi-in-tum3 | He brought it to the Ekur, the shining house. |
| 93 | {d}en-lil2 sipa zi3 tesz2-ba | Enlil, shepherd of all the flour |
| 94 | na-gada mas-su nig2-zi-gal2-la-ka | The naĝada priest, the son of Niŋzigala |
| 95 | nam-nun gal-la-ni ni2 pa e3-a-asz bi2-in-ak | He made his great princeliness manifest in fear. |
| 96 | men suh10 ku3-ga mu-ni-in-sig7 | He decorated it with a holy crown and a pure crown. |
| 97 | tum9 hur-sag-ga2 bara2-ge si-a-na | When he fills the dais of the mountain range, |
| 98 | {d}tir-an-na-gin7 an-e szi-in-gi4 | Like the Tirana gods, the heavens tremble |
| 99 | dungu diri-ga-gin7 ni2-bi-a mu-un-ge | Like a thick cloud, he approached by himself. |
| 100 | an-na dili nun-bi-im ki-a uszumgal-bi-im | It is the princely one in heaven, it is the dragon on earth. |
| 101 | {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne dingir mah-bi-im | the Anuna, its great gods |
| 102 | nam ni2-te-a-ni szi-im-mi-in-tar-re | he decreed his own fate. |
| 103 | dingir na-me igi nu-mu-ni-in-du8 | No god compares to me. |
| 104 | sukkal-mah-a-ni kingal | his vizier, the kingal |
| 105 | du11-ga inim sza3-ga gal2-la-ni | When he speaks the words of his heart, |
| 106 | mu-un-da-an-zu sza3 mu-da-an-kusz2-u3 | He knows it, he is exhausted by heart. |
| 107 | a2 ag2-ga2 dagal-bi mu-un-na-da-an-tum2 | he brought to him the broad orders of things. |
| 108 | szita ku3 me ku3-ga szu mu-un-na-mu2-mu2 | The pure šita prayer, the pure divine powers, she uttered to him. |
| 109 | kur gal {d}en-lil2-da nu-me-a | Without Enlil, the great mountain, |
| 110 | iri nu-du3 a2-dam ki li-bi2-ib-gar | He did not build a city, he did not establish a settlement. |
| 111 | tur3 nu-du3 amasz nu-gar-gar | The cattlepen is not built, the sheepfold is not established |
| 112 | lugal nu-il2-e en nu-u3-tu | The king does not raise his hands, the lord does not give birth. |
| 113 | lu2-mah nin-dingir masz2-e nu-mu-un-dab5-be2 | Lu-maḫ, Nin-dingir’s goat did not seize it. |
| 114 | erin2-e szagina ugula nu-tuku-tuku | The troops, generals, have no foreman. |
| 115 | i7-da a-esztub{ku6} u3-bi nu-dun-dun | In the river the eštub fish did not live there anymore. |
| 116 | egir-bi ab-ta e3 si li-bi2-in-sa2 kun-bi nu-mu-un-su4-e | After it came forth from the sea, it was balanced, it did not reach its tail. |
| 117 | ab-e erim3 dugud ni2-ba nu-mu-un-u3-tu | The sea did not give birth to a heavy enemy by itself. |
| 118 | ku6 engur-ra-ke4 gesz-gi-a nunuz nu-mu-ni-ib-nu2-nu2 | The fish of the deep does not sleep in the reedbed. |
| 119 | muszen an-na-ke4 ki dagal-la gu4 la-ba-ni-ib-u2-us2 | The bird of heaven did not sit on the broad earth. |
| 120 | an-na dungu sir2-ra ka-bi nu-du8-e | In heaven the strewn dust does not open its mouth. |
| 121 | a-sza3-ga sze gu-nu a-gar3-ra nu-si-si | In the field the horned barley is not mixed in the meadows. |
| 122 | edin-na giri17-zal-bi u2-szim nu-mu2-mu2 | In the steppe he does not grow grass, |
| 123 | {gesz}kiri6-a gesz dagal | in the orchard, wide trees |
| 124 | kur gal {d}en-lil2-da nu-me-a | Without Enlil, the great mountain, |
| 125 | {d}nin-tu nu-ug5-ge sag gesz nu-ra-ra | Nintu does not die, she does not cut the head. |
| 126 | ab2-e e2 tur3-ra amar-bi nu-szub-be2 | The cow does not abandon its calf in the cattlepen. |
| 127 | u8-e amasz-bi-a sila4 ga2 gig nu-e3 | The ewe in its sheepfold does not let out a lamb sick. |
| 128 | a-za-lu-lu ni2-ba lu-a | The azallulu-demon, in its fearsomeness, |
| 129 | TUG2-bi KUL-ba nu-mu-ni-ib-nu2-nu2 | Its protective spirit does not lie there. |
| 130 | masz2-ansze nig2-ur2-4(disz)-e numun nu-mu-ni-ib-e3 e-ne su3-u4-bi nu-mu-un-u5 | (Sum) The donkeys did not bring forth seed, they did not raise their tails. (Akk) They did not let seed come forth from seed. |
| 131 | {d}en-lil2 nig2 galam-ma-galam-ma-zu nig2-me-gar su3-ga | Enlil, your vastness is a subdued thing |
| 132 | sza3-bi gu suh3-a si nu-sa2-e-dam | Its inside is a roaring wind that cannot be reversed. |
| 133 | gu-gu gil-ma igi nu-pa3-de3-dam | The gugu-drum is a treasure that cannot be seen. |
| 134 | nam-dingir-zu-sze3 nir im-te-gal2 | (Sum) The one who reveres your divinity is present (Akk) He is present for your divine divinity |
| 135 | sza3 kusz2-u3 ad gi4-gi4 en ni2-te-na-me-en | I am the one who constantly seeks out the en priestess of his own heart. |
| 136 | nig2 ak-zu a-ba i3-zu-zu | Who knows what you have done? |
| 137 | me-zu me pa nu-e3-de3 | Your divine powers cannot be revealed. |
| 138 | musz3-za dingir igi nu-bar-re-dam | In your face no god can see. |
| 139 | en dingir lugal {d}en-lil2-la2-me-en | I am the lord, the god, the king of Enlil |
| 140 | di-ku4 ka-asz bar an ki-me-en | I am the judge who decides cases in heaven and earth. |
| 141 | inim mah-zu an-gin7 dugud-da-gin7 zi-zi nu-e-zu | Your lofty words, like heavy heaven, you do not know how to rise. |
| 142 | inim-zu-sze3 dingir {d}a-nun-na szu szum2-ma im-ma-an-ak-esz | To your word the gods of the Anuna gave and did |
| 143 | inim-zu an-sze3 idim-ma ki-sze3 temen-am3 | Your words are foundations on the heavens, on the earth. |
| 144 | an-sze3 idim gal an-ne2 us2-sa | To heaven, the great reed-bed that rises in heaven, |
| 145 | ki-sze3 temen sag2 nu-di-dam | To the ground, the foundations are not to be torn out, |
| 146 | an-e um-ma-te he2-gal2-la-am3 | When An approached, abundance was there. |
| 147 | an-ta he2-gal2 im-da-szeg3-szeg3 | He screamed from heaven: "There is abundance." |
| 148 | ki-a um-ma-te giri17-zal-am3 | On earth, the scholars are joyful. |
| 149 | ki-ta giri17-zal im-da-mu2-mu2 | I make joy grow on the ground. |
| 150 | inim-zu gu-am3 inim-zu sze-am3 | Your words are shouting, your words are barley. |
| 151 | inim-zu a-esztub zi kur-kur-ra-kam | Your word is the life-giving flood of all the lands. |
| 152 | nig2-zi-gal2 nig2-ki u5-a | “The life-giving thing, the life of the earth, |
| 153 | zi du10-ga u2-szim im-da-pa-an-pa-an | He spreads out a good life with aromatics. |
| 154 | {d}en-lil2 sipa zi3-me-en |DU.DU|-bi mu-un-zu | Enlil knows that you are the true shepherd. |
| 155 | x-ga du10-tuku-am3 mul gun3-gun3-a | ... is good, speckled with stars. |
| 156 | {d}nin-lil2 nitalam ku3 inim-ma-ni sza3-ga | Ninlil, the pure spouse, his word in the heart |
| 157 | tug2-ba13 ku3 ulutim2-ta nir-ra alan me-dim2-ta si3-ga | A pure garment, adorned with a radiance, a statue fashioned from a me-dim, |
| 158 | munus zi3 igi il2-la ba-e-de3-tuku-dam | a woman with a raised eye has acquired flour. |
| 159 | ul gur3-ru e2-kur-ra nin me-te-gal2 zu | Exalted one of the Ekur, lady who knows how to be at ease, |
| 160 | ad gi4-gi4 inim-ma ba-ab-du7 | The advice and words were perfect. |
| 161 | inim-ma-ni su-a bi2-du10-ga-bi i3 li sza3-ga-kam | His word, which makes the heart happy, is oil of the heart. |
| 162 | bara2 ku3 bara2 sikil-da szi-im-mu-e-da-an-ti | May the holy dais and the pure dais be with you. |
| 163 | ad szi-mu-da-an-gi4-gi4 sza3 szi-mu-da-an-kusz2-u3 | May he answer me, may he soothe my heart. |
| 164 | nam tar-re ki {d}utu e3-a nam szi-mu-da-ab-tar-re | Who determines fate, who brings out Utu, decides fate with him |
| 165 | {d}nin-lil2 nin an ki nin kur-kur-ra-ke4 | Ninlil, the queen of heaven and earth, queen of all the lands |
| 166 | za3-mi2 kur gal-la-ka mi2 du11-ga | Beloved one of the great mountains, praised! |
| 167 | mah-di inim-ma-ni ki-bi-sze3 gar | whose supreme word is set upon this place, |
| 168 | du11-ga a2-tah-a-ni nig2 nu-kur2-ru | His command is something that cannot be changed. |
| 169 | ka-ta e3-a-ni sag ba-an-gub | When he comes out of the gate, he stands at his head. |
| 170 | gesz-hur-hur-ra-ni inim ge-en-ge-en | His plans are favourable. |
| 171 | kur gal a-a {d}en-lil2 za3-mi2-zu mah-am3 | Great Mountain father Enlil, your praise is supreme |
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