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CDLI Literary 000700 (Ningeshzida B) composite (P478918)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000700 (Ningeshzida B) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478918 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
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| 1 | en me-te ku3-ga ni2 husz gal gur3-ru | The lord, the pure one, carrying a furious aura, |
| 2 | lugal-gu10 en {d}nin-gesz-zi-da ni2 husz gal gur3-ru | My king, lord Ningešzida, who bears a great fearsomeness |
| 3 | ur-sag sur2-du3{muszen} dingir-re-e-ne | hero, bat of the gods, |
| 4 | lugal-gu10 giri17-zal igi gun3 ti mar-uru5 szu du7 | My king, radiant one with a speckled face, perfect in strength, |
| 5 | nemurx(|PIRIG.TUR|) ban3-da sag gesz ra-ra musz-husz szeg11 gi4-gi4 | The mighty nemur, whose head is smashed by a tree, the furious snake, resounding |
| 6 | |DU.DU|-ma bi-HI uszumgal ambar-ra gurusz3 bur2-ra u18-lu lu2-ra te-a | ... the dragon in the marshes, the young man ... approaching a man. |
| 7 | nun sag mah kur-sza3-ga lug-ga edin DIB sag dub2-dub2 x | Prince, supreme head, king of the inner lands, ... in the steppe. |
| 8 | lugal ka-zu masz-masz masz en {d}nin-gesz-zi-da ki ra ki ra-ra | King, your mouth is an exorcist, an extispicy of the lord Ningešzida, to the place where he wishes, |
| 9 | {d}nin-gesz-zi-da ka-zu masz-masz masz en {d}nin-gesz-zi-da ki ra ki ra-ra | Ningešzida, your mouth is an exorcist, a kid, lord Ningeshzidda ... the earth ... |
| 10 | gada la2-a-gu10 a-gin7 gar-ra-zu sza3-zu a-ba mu-un-zu | My loose linen, how do you set it up? Who can know your heart? |
| 11 | {d}nin-gesz-zi-da a-gin7 gar-ra-zu sza3-zu a-ba mu-un-zu | Ningešzida, how have you yourself established yourself? Who can know your heart? |
| 12 | inim ku3-zu mu-un-zu-ra mu-un-zu nu-mu-un-zu-ra nu-mu-un-zu | Your holy word knows, it knows no more, it does not know no more. |
| 13 | nu-mu-un-zu-ra nu-mu-un-zu-ra me-dim2 mu-un-na-x | The one who does not know, the one who did not know ... |
| 14 | {d}nin-gesz-zi-da nu-mu-un-zu-ra me-dim2 mu-un-na-x | For Ningešzida, who does not know, he fashioned a statue of himself. |
| 15 | inim mah-zu ki-sze3 du-a-ba musz-husz na-nam KA? x x | Your exalted word is indeed a mušhuŋ drum that goes to the ground |
| 16 | i7-da a-ge6-am3 na-szub-szub | In the river there is a flood, one should not fall. |
| 17 | a-sza3-ga mar-uru5-am3 na-zi-zi | In the field, it is a marsh, it rises up. |
| 18 | ma2-gi-lum a-u3 me ku5-ku5-ru im-me | The magilum boat, "Au, cut down the me!", she says. |
| 19 | x x x sza3 ni2-te-na-ka mu-un-[...] | ... in his own heart |
| 20 | [...] x ki? RA x me-a za3? gar e [...] | ... where is ... placed? |
| 21 | x x x lu2 ug5-ga-gin7 x [...] | ... like a dead person |
| 22 | [...] x [...] x [...] | |
| 23 | AN AL? x AN x x | ... ... |
| 24 | en {d}nin-gesz-zi-da za3-mi2-zu du10-ga-am3 | Lord Ningešzida, your praise is sweet |
| 25 | bala-bala-e {d}nin-gesz-zi-da-ka | In the reign of Ningešzida |
Sources & licences
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