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CDLI Literary 000432 (Ibbi-Suen A) composite (P479879)

Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000432 (Ibbi-Suen A) composite
ID	P479879
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 sag2 nu-di i-lim u5 men gal-la	Lord who does not scatter the mes, ilim priestess, great crown
2	szul {d}suen u4 gesz-he2 e3-a-sze3? {d}en-lil2-le il2-la	Youth Sîn, when Enlil raises the yoke,
3	su-lim dagal idim-e diri {d}nin-lil2-le tu-da	the broad scepter of the gods, surpassing Ninlil,
4	dingir musz3-a-ni UN-UN unken kur-kur-ra DU x	The god ... the assembly of all the lands.
5	iti6 x {d}i-bi2-{d}suen-gu10 x x x x mu-un-[...]	Month ..., my Ibbi-Sîn
6	me nam-nun-na-ni an-da gu2 la2-am3	The divine powers of his princely majesty are bound to heaven.
7	u18-ru-ni giri17-zal ki us2-sa-am3	His radiance is joy, it is the foundation of the earth.
8	{d}asz-im2-babbar-re {d}i-bi2-{d}suen-gu10	Ašimbabbar, my Ibbi-Suen
9	kalam-ma ku6-gal2-bi-sze3 ug3 dagal-la x [...]	In the land, because of its fish, the wide people
10	{d}nanna men zi-da dalla mu-[...]-e3	Nanna, adorned with a righteous crown, came forth
11	gidru u4 du6-ul-la {d}asz-im2-babbar [...]	The scepter of distant days, Ašimbabbar
12	{d}i-bi2-{d}suen-gu10 ug3 dagal-la gu2? x [...]	My Ibbi-Sîn, the broad population
13	ub-da an ki-ka kalam du10-ga giri3-na? [...]	In the corner of heaven and earth, the good land, on his feet
14	{d}nanna kur-kur-ra me-ni am3-[...]	Nanna of all the lands, his divine powers
15	an ki nig2-dagal-ba pa MU x x [...]	heaven and earth, wide understanding ...
16	an-e nir GI-ba {d}asz-im2-babbar [...]	An, whose radiance is Ašimbabbar
17	{d}nanna nam-szul-la x hu?-[...]	Nanna, may youth
18	ul-sze3 me u4 ti-la x x mu-ni-[...]	For eternity, the mes of distant days ...
19	di-bi2>-{d}suen-gu10 x hu-mu-na-ni-[...]	My Ibbi-Suen, may he ... for him
20	du11-ga-ni u18-ru gal sag2 nu-di-dam	His command is a great flood that cannot be undone.
21	{d}i-bi2-{d}suen szu mah-a-ni im-dab?	Ibbi-Sîn seized his supreme hand
22	zi-de3-esz-sze3 mu-na-an-ak mu du10 sa4-a-ni	he made it right for him. His good name
23	sa-gid2-da-am3	it is a sagida
24	uri2{ki} iri me nun szul {d}suen-na-kam	Ur, the city of the princely divine powers, youth Suen
25	an {d}en-lil2 pap gal {d}nu-dim2-mud	An, Enlil, great pap nudimmud
26	ama {d}nin-tu kalam-ma szir3-ra-ni mah-am3 me-tesz2 he2-i-i	Mother Nintu, may her song be supreme in the land.
27	esz3 uri2{ki} iri me nun szul {d}suen-na-kam	It is the shrine Ur, the city of the princely divine powers, youth Suen
28	an {d}en-lil2 pap gal {d}nu-dim2-mud	An, Enlil, great pap nudimmud
29	ama {d}nin-tu kalam-ma szir3-ra-ni mah-am3 me-tesz2 he2-i-i	Mother Nintu, may her song be supreme in the land.
30	{d}a-nun-na x x x x [...]	The Anuna gods
31	{d}en-ki [...]	Enki
32	{d}x [...]	For the god
33	{d}...	For the god
34	{d}...	For the god
35	unken ki x [...]	Ring of ...
36	EZEN x [...]	EZEN (means)
37	sa-gar-ra-am3	it is a saŋara
38	tigi {d}suen-na-kam	It is a tigi of Suen

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