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CDLI Literary 000694 (Nergal B) composite (P478912)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000694 (Nergal B) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478912 |
| 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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | ur-sag dumu mah ni2 gur3-ru {d}en-lil2-la2 | the hero, the exalted child bearing fearsomeness of Enlil |
| 2 | u4-gin7 ra-ra ki-bala-sze3 gu3 gar-ra | Like a storm shouting to the rebel land, |
| 3 | igi-ni-sze3 u18-ru bar-ra-ni-sze3 mar-uru5 zi-ga | In front of her, a rising storm, behind her, rising flood. |
| 4 | [...] x-ba-ni ki-bi x-ge | ... his ... |
| 5 | en {d}mesz3-lam-ta-e3-a ni2 husz gur3-ru | Lord Meslamta’ea, who bears a furious aura |
| 6 | x x-a-ni kur erim2-gal2 nu-e3-de3 | His ... will not leave the land of evil. |
| 7 | si ma-az-za-ni kalam-ma [...]-la | The horns of his yoke are in the land |
| 8 | [...] {gesz}tukul bi-in-sag3 | ... struck with weapons |
| 9 | [...] x IM {d}en-lil2-le u3-tu-da | ... Enlil gave birth |
| 10 | [...] gal x x mar-uru5 x x x | (Sum) ... great ... (Akk) Great ... |
| 11 | [...] x x [...]-gar-re-en6 | ... you set up. |
| 12 | a2 nam-ur-sag-ga2-zu mu-gub-be2-en6 | I stand at your strength as a hero. |
| 13 | sag il2-la gu3 ra-bi-da nir-gal2 | The one who raises his head is authoritative. |
| 14 | lu2 zu-me dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 | the one who knows the gods |
| 15 | e2 |GA2xX|-e ba-x-ar kalam-ma-ka | in the ... house of the Land |
| 16 | an-ne2 mu-nigin2 nig2-nam-ma a2 mu-un-kin | An surrounded it, he established everything. |
| 17 | u4 nam-x mu-x x x | When ... |
| 18 | a-ma-ru kur se3-se3-ge5 mu-ni-du11-ga | The flood that makes the land tremble, |
| 19 | nig2 hul-gal2-bi kusz7 su3-su3-me-en | I am one whose evildoer is furious. |
| 20 | en-na nu-sze-ga-sze3 su3-su3-me-en | As long as I am unsubmissive, |
| 21 | ur-sag gal kur-kur-ra-me-en | I am the great hero of all the lands. |
| 22 | SZESZ-a dub2-dub2-e gu3 ba-an-de2-de2 | The brother screamed, |
| 23 | giri3 nu-ni-gub x x-ni-du-un | They did not set foot, they did not ... |
| 24 | szagan 7(disz)-gin7 x x-e ba-an-dib | Like a seven-year-old ... he passed by. |
| 25 | sag ge6 tesz2 an-sze3 gu2 bi2-in-gar | he set his neck to the sky as if it were a black head. |
| 26 | tu{muszen}-bi-a lal3-da za3 mi-ni-dib-be2 | Its pigeons pass by with honey on their wings. |
| 27 | sim?{muszen} babbar ge6-bi-a za3 mi-ni-dib-be2 | The white raven passes by at its edge |
| 28 | x x sila si-si-ga x [...] | ... in a straight path ... |
| 29 | ni2 x-zu iri mu-un-dul | Your ... covered the city. |
| 30 | men zi mah ni2-zu [...] | Your supreme crown, your aura |
| 31 | x x u18-lu lu2-u3 gaba nu-mu-gi4 | ... one does not turn back. |
| 32 | ki nin ki kal-kal nam-{d}en-lil2 sza-ba-ak-e | The place of the lady, the mighty place of Enlil's reign, |
| 33 | igi sag il2 kalam-ma nam-lugal sza-ba-ak-e | The one who raises the head in the Land, the kingship is to be performed. |
| 34 | a-a-ni-ra ug3 su3-u4-bi-ta mi-ni-ib-e3 | For his father, he brought out the scattered people. |
| 35 | kur-ra e2? x x x ki di?-bi-sze3 i3-szi-de6 {d}nergal-ke4 | Nergal brought it to the mountain, to the house ..., the place of judgment(?) |
| 36 | {d}er3-ra lugal-ni mi2 na-mu-un-e | Erra, his master, should not kiss him. |
| 37 | su8-su8-ge-esz-am3 an-ra dirig-ga-me-en | I am the one who makes heaven tremble, |
| 38 | an lugal-e szid du3-mu-na-ab | May An, the king, utter a šid prayer to him |
| 39 | nam tar-re nam mu-un-di-ni-ib-tar-re {d}nergal-ka-me-en | I am the one who decrees fates, who determines destinies |
| 40 | {d}nin-szubur sukkal ki gal kur-ra-ke4 {d}nergal-ka-ke4 silim-bi ba-ni-in-du11 | Ninšubur, the vizier of the great place of the netherworld, called Nergal in peace. |
| 41 | en-e hur-sag-ta lu2-sa-gaz ki mu-e3-a-me-en | I am the lord who destroys the earth from the mountain range. |
| 42 | {d}en-lil2-gin7 ki x kur tesz2-a a2-zu nu-e3-de3 | Like Enlil, the ... place, together with the mountain, your power cannot be changed. |
| 43 | ur-sag x gu2? du3 {d}en-lil2-la2 | Hero, ... of Enlil |
| 44 | zar-re-esz {d}en-lil2-ra u4 1(asz)-a du8-du8 | for the zarreš-priests of Enlil, for 1 day ... |
| 45 | [...] hul gig {d}nergal i-zi-gin7 | ... evil, Nergal, like a rising flood |
| 46 | [...] kur u4 e3 zi-ga-me-en | I am the ... of the mountain rising in daylight. |
| 47 | {d}a-nun-na mu-un-su8-ge-esz | The Anuna stood before him. |
| 48 | [...] ki-in-dar su3-su3-gin7 | ... like a thicket, |
| 49 | [...] x-a-ni {d}nergal-ka-me-en | I am the ... of Nergal |
| 50 | [...] in-ga-[...] x | ... ... |
| 51 | [...] x [...] | |
| 52 | [...] x x | |
| 53 | [...] tu-da | ... born |
| 54 | [...] zar-re-esz2 du8 | ... laid low! |
| 55 | [...] dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 | ..., son of Enlil |
| 56 | [...] {d}lugal-er9-ra | ... Lugal-Erra |
| 57 | za3-mi2-zu du10-ga-am3 | Your praise is sweet. |
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