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CDLI Literary 000414 (Shulgi V) composite (P479887)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000414 (Shulgi V) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P479887 |
| 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 | {d}en-lil2 u4 e3 SZE3 x du11-ga-ni nu-kur2-ra | Enlil, when he comes out, his utterance is unalterable |
| 2 | u18-ru gal {d}a-nun-ke4-ne [...] | Great flood of the Anuna gods |
| 3 | {d}szul-gi uszum ni2 guru3? [...] | Šulgi, the ušum creature with fearsomeness |
| 4 | lugal szu du11-ga-ni-ir IGI? x x [...] bar? | The king whose command |
| 5 | ne gal-gal x [...] szum2 | Great fearsomeness ... given |
| 6 | za-pa-ga2-ni an ki x-bi-a ga2?-ar-ga2-ra? | His utterance makes heaven and earth tremble |
| 7 | e2-kur gal:musz idim-ma me x [...] | The Ekur, the great shrine, the watering place of ... |
| 8 | {d}ur-an-ki giri17-zal-a me ul ba-bad nam?-he2-gal2? | Uranki, the joy of the divine powers(?), who makes the cosmic powers surpassing(?) abundance |
| 9 | szeg12 nun ki gar-ra-ba {gesz}isimu2{sar}-bi u4 su3-su3-u5 | In its brickwork, the princely brickwork that was set up, its date palms grow long days. |
| 10 | {d}szul-gi bala nam-he2 ba-tu-da sza3-ta gal mu-tar | Šulgi, the reign of abundance that was born, from the heart he determined great things. |
| 11 | ug3 gu3 tesz2-a se3-i3 | the people roared together, |
| 12 | su3-u4-bi lugal szar2-ra-ba-ke4 | Its distant days, when the kings of all |
| 13 | du10-tuku u4 mar-uru5 za3-sze-ni nu-til-e | Dutuku, when the storm rages, does not end his praise. |
| 14 | kasz4 a2-dam-a2-dam-ta e3-a | who came out from the road of battle |
| 15 | hu-luh-e kasz4-kasz4-e husz-ZA-am3 | It is a terrifying storm, a furious storm. |
| 16 | ug3-ta igi sag5-ga2 u3-su-bi sag x [...] | From among the people, the one with a bad eye, its head ... |
| 17 | a2 an-ba9-ra2-a bar-ra-ni-sze3 [...] | To the side of Anbara, to his outside |
| 18 | {d}szul-gi nig2 kasz4 HU? an-ur2-ta ga2-ga2-ga2-dam [...] | Šulgi, the thing that is to be brought from the horizon |
| 19 | nam a-nun-gal2-la-ne2-esz a2-na x NI? |SZU.KAD4|?-|SZU.KAD4|?-e | Because of the greatness of their power(?) |
| 20 | nu-kusz2-u5 kaskal-e NE? x DI-DI | The one who does not tire(?) on the road |
| 21 | sag ge6-ga-a lugal na-me sag nu-se3 di gal-sze3 na-an-gar | No king compares to the black-headed ones, no one compares with them. |
| 22 | u4 giri17-zal-a-asz e3-a dungu szegx(|IM.A|)-ka gar-ra | In those distant days, when clouds were established in the rain, |
| 23 | nibru{ki} ki-ur3-ta na-kasz4 | from the Ki’ur to Nippur he ran. |
| 24 | esz3 uri2{ki} e2-temen-ni2-guru3-sze3 | to the shrine Ur, the Etemenniguru temple |
| 25 | {d}nanna unu2 kig2-nim bur nun su8-ga-ni sa2 UL nam-mi-in-du11 | Nanna, in the dining hall of the workroom, her shepherd’s bur-vessel was adorned with radiance. |
| 26 | u4 ne-x-a nam-he nam im-mi-in-tar | He decreed a ... of abundance. |
| 27 | {tu15}|GAN2.AH.ME.U| {tu15}dal-ha-mu szu ba-ra-am3 | the south wind, the east wind blew. |
| 28 | {d}utu-e sig?-ge-esz2 nam-szi-x | Šamaš, do not ... the lowland |
| 29 | a-ne e2-kur za-gin3-sze3 na-gur | He turned away from the lapis lazuli Ekur. |
| 30 | u4 ti-la-sze3 ur-sag-e-ne-e | For the sake of their lives, the heroes |
| 31 | {d}szul-gi-ra nam-mah gal-gal-la-ni a-re-esz2 pa3-de3-de3 | For Šulgi, to make his greatness manifest, |
| 32 | x alan? u4 su3-ra2 mu da-ri2-ka-na | ... his statue(?) of distant days, in perpetuity |
| 33 | mul-an-ne2-esz2? bi2-in-gun3? | he adorned it with a star(?) |
| 34 | a-a {d}en-lil2 mah-di nu-kur2-ra | Father Enlil, the exalted one who is not changed |
| 35 | igi du10 nig2 giri17-zal si-a-ni-sze3 nam-nun-na mi-ni-in-gub | He set up a princely statue of himself with a good face and a joyous face. |
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