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CDLI Literary 000524 (Samsu-iluna A) composite (P481145)

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

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000524 (Samsu-iluna A) composite
ID	P481145
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Literary
Find spot	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates	32.1271, 45.2300

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	musz3-me husz giri2 gal nam-gurusz-a	Our furious face, the great foot of young men,
2	igi hul2-la sag-ki zalag-ga-na im-ma-szi-in-bar	He made him look at him with a joyful eye and a shining face.
3	nam sa6-ga-ni-sze3 la-la ba-an-szi-in-ak	for his good fate he lavishly lavished.
4	alan gun3-a-ni-sze3 hi-li im-ma-szi-in-ti	He adorned his statue with allure.
5	bala-a-re-ni-sze3 im-ma-an-szi-gub	he set it up for his bala.
6	ulutim2 kal-la-bi sza3 im-ma-ab-dab5-be2	Its precious reed-beds were seized.
7	sza3 gu2-bi gi4-a-na im-ma-ab-ni10-ni10-e	In his angry heart he cries out.
8	{d}inanna lugal-ra inim-e mu-un-gun3-gun3{gu2}	For Inanna, the king, he uttered a word.
9	u3-mu-un na-ag2-zu ze2-ba-am3 ki-ig ag2 ku7-ku7-dam	Lord, your fate is sweet, a beloved that is sweet.
10	sa-am-su-i-lu-na szuba2 gun3-a masz2 gesz i-bi2 kar2-kam	Samsu-iluna, adorned with a speckled šuba stone, a goat with an attractive face,
11	igi-gu10-gin7 silim-ma de3-gub du-ri2-sze3 ti-la	Like my face, I want to stand in peace forever.
12	i-zi-ig3 ag2 KA-mu7-a asila da-ra-ab-si	I want to utter an arabisu prayer to the one who is angry with me.
13	ug3 gu2-re-a hub2 dar du5-mu-ra-an-ak	I want to make the people of the threshing floor act for you.
14	sa-am-su-i-lu-na a2-gal2 za-a-kam ug3 szar2-ra en-e	Samsu-iluna, you are the one who provides for the many people, the lord.
15	mu-usz mesz3 sa6-ga-zu i3-me-en nam-en-nu-ug3 mu-ak-e-en	You are the man of your beautiful meš, you do the guarding.
16	za3 lugal-la-ka ul-sze3 gub-bu-da-ni	When he stands at the side of the king,
17	ug3 nam-lugal-la-sze3 nam du10 mu-un-tar	To the people of kingship he decreed a good fate.
18	ur gal {d}alad2 {d}lamma mu-ne-en-szum2	The great lion, Alad, gave to Lamma.
19	an-ta-ne-ne a2-gal2 ak-de3	to make the upper ones strong,
20	bala-a-re gu2-re hub2 dar ak-de3	In order to break through the bala,
21	{d}inanna a2 zi-da ba-an-da-gub	Inanna stood at the right side.
22	gab2-bu-ne-ne-a sa-am-su-i-lu-na ba-gub	Samsu-iluna stood behind them.
23	sila3 ga ku3-sig17 e-ne im-da-e-ne	They poured out a sila of golden milk.
24	en3-du ag2 KA-mu7-a mu-un-ku7-ku7-de3-ne	They make sweet things sweet in their mouths.
25	bala-a-re gu2-re mu-un-ti-ti-ne	During the reign, they lived there.
26	me-en-de3-en ga-sza-an-an-na {d}lamma sa6-ga-me	We, Gašanana, are the beautiful protective deity
27	ildum2 il2-la sa-am-su-i-lu-na me-en-de3-en	We are the one who raises the ildum drum, Samsu-iluna.
28	me-en-ze2-en bala-a-re zi-in-BU-ka-ke4	You are the one who ... during the reign.
29	i-zi-ig3 ag2 KA-mu7-a la-ba-an-du7 pi-li-pi-li da-mu-ra-ab-szid	(Sum) The iziŋ drum is not made perfect for you(?) (Akk) It is not perfected for you, may it be sung for you
30	sza3 la2-la2 alan nu-un-ki-zil2-zil2-i nu-ma-al	There is no reed fence, no statue is there.

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