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RIME 4.02.13.12, ex. add03 (P498480)
Official or display, Early Old Babylonian, Zabalam · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.02.13.12, ex. add03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498480 |
| Museum no. | IM 183988 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Zabalam (mod. Tall Ibzaīykh) |
| Coordinates | 31.7436, 45.8749 |
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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}inanna# zabala2#[{ki}] | For Inanna of Zabalam |
| 2 | dumu-munus? {d}suen-na | daughter of Sîn |
| 3 | nin-mu-ra | for Ninmura |
| 4 | ARAD2-{d}suen | Warad-Sin |
| 5 | lugal larsa{ki}-ma-me#-en# | I am the king of Larsa |
| 6 | nam#-ti-mu-sze3 | for my life |
| 7 | u3# nam-ti# | and for the life |
| 8 | ku-du-ur-ma-bu-uk# | Kudur-mabuk |
| 9 | a-a-ugu-ga2-sze3 | to my father |
| 10 | gi-gun4 ki ku3 | the Giguna, the holy place |
| 11 | e2-sag-il2# | the Esagil temple |
| 12 | ki-tusz nam-ur-sag-ga2-ka-ni | his residence of heroism |
| 13 | lugal szu-igi-du-ga2#-ke4# | king of Šu’igidug |
| 14 | du3#-u3#-de3 | to build |
| 15 | [nu]-un#-sze#-ga# | he did not agree |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | ga2#-ra# sag#-ki# zalag#-ga#-ni#-[ta?] | For me, by means of his shining forehead |
| 2 | gibil#-gibil#-bi# | Its new ones |
| 3 | ma#-an#-du11#-ga# | he spoke to me |
| 4 | gi-gun4# ki# ku3# mu#-du3# | He built the Giguna, the holy place. |
| 5 | kur# sukud#-ra2#-gin7# | like a distant mountain |
| 6 | su#-lim#-ma# igi# [x]-il2 | Sulimma before ... |
| 7 | u6#-di# kalam#-ma#-ka# | The splendor of the land |
| 8 | he2#-bi2#-[gub] | I set up. |
| 9 | inim# sa6#-[sa6-ge]-da#-[ga2] | and my beautiful words |
| 10 | igi zi he2#-[en6-szi-bar] | may he look favorably upon him |
| 11 | bala ka# tesz2# se3#-[ke] | The bala of the mouth is reconciled |
| 12 | mu# sza3# du10#-du10#-[ga] | year: “The heart was good. |
| 13 | sa12-e#-[esz] | they bought. |
| 14 | hu#-mu-ni-rig7# | I presented to him. |
Sources & licences
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