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The history of the Tummal (Q000373)

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

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Designation	The history of the Tummal
ID	Q000373
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Literary
Find spot	Nippur
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)
1	en-me-barag-ge₄-e-si lugal-e	Enmebaraggesi, the king,
2	iri-na-nam e₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂ in-du₃	In his city, the temple of Enlil he built.
3	ag-ga dumu en-me-barag-ge₄-e-si-ke₄	Aga, son of Enmebaraggesi,
4	tum-ma-al{ki}-e pa bi₂-i-e₃	Tummal made resplendent.
5	{d}nin-lil₂ tum-ma-al{ki}-še₃ in-tum₃	Ninlil brought to Tummal.
6	a-ra₂ 1-a-kam tum-ma-al{ki} ba-šub	It was the first time that Tummal stood there.
	{m}meš₃-an-ne₂-pad₃-da bur-šu₂-šu₂-a e₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂ in-du₃ {d}meš₃-an-ne₂-pad₃-da	Meš-Ane-pada built the house of Enlil, his servant.
	{m}meš₃-ki-aŋ₂-nun-na dumu meš₃-an-ne₂-pad₃-da-ke₄ {d}meš₃-ki-aŋ₂-nun-na	Meskia-nuna, son of Meš-Ane-pada,
9	tum-ma-al{ki}-e pa bi₂-i-e₃	Tummal made resplendent.
10	{d}nin-lil₂ tum-ma-al{ki}-še₃ in-tum₃	Ninlil brought to Tummal.
11	a-ra₂ 2-a-kam tum-ma-al{ki} ba-šub	It was the second time that Tummal stood there.
12	{d}gilgameš₃-e numun₂-bur-ra barag {d}en-lil₂-la₂ in-du₃	Gilgamesh built the Dais of Enlil in the seed-bundle.
13	{m}ur-lugal dumu {d}gilgameš₃-ke₄	Ur-lugal, son of Gilgamesh
14	tum-ma-al{ki}-e pa bi₂-i-e₃	Tummal made resplendent.
15	{d}nin-lil₂ tum-ma-al{ki}-še₃ in-tum₃	Ninlil brought to Tummal.
16	a-ra₂ 3-a-kam tum-ma-al{ki} ba-šub	It was the third time Tummal stood there.
	na-an-ni {ŋiš}kiri₆ mah e₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂ in-du₃ {d}na-an-ni	Nanni built the great orchard of Enlil's temple.
	{m}meš₃-ki-aŋ₂-{d}nanna dumu na-an-ni-ke₄ {d}meš₃-ki-aŋ₂-{d}nanna {m}na-an-ni-ke₄	Meškia-Nanna, son of Nanni, (and) Mêši-kīa-nanna, her husband,
19	tum-ma-al{ki}-e pa bi₂-i-e₃	Tummal made resplendent.
20	{d}nin-lil₂ tum-ma-al{ki}-še₃ in-tum₃	Ninlil brought to Tummal.
21	a-ra₂ 4-a-kam tum-ma-al{ki} ba-šub	For the fourth time Tummal stationed.
	{d}ur-{d}namma-ke₄ e₂-kur in-du₃ {m}ur-{d}namma-ke₄	Ur-Namma built the Ekur. Ur-Numma
	šul-gi dumu {d}ur-{d}namma-ke₄ {d}šul-gi	Šulgi, the son of Ur-Namma, (and) S&ckulgi
24	tum-ma-al{ki}-e pa bi₂-i-e₃	Tummal made resplendent.
25	{d}nin-lil₂ tum-ma-al{ki}-še₃ in-tum₃	Ninlil brought to Tummal.
26	a-ra₂ 5-a-kam tum-ma-al{ki} ba-šub	For the fifth time Tummal stationed.
27	mu {d}amar-{d}suen-ka-ta	from the year "Amar-Suen"
27a	{d}šu-{d}suen-ta	from Šu-Suen
28	en-na mu {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen lugal-e	until the year: “Ibbi-Suen, the king,
	en-am-gal-an-na en {d}inana unug{ki}-ga maš₂-e in-pad₃-de₃ en-me-gal-an-na	En-amgal-ana the lord of Inana in Uruk has chosen as a extispicy En-megal-anna
30	{d}nin-lil₂ tum-ma-al{ki}-še₃ i-ŋen-ŋen	Ninlil commanded Tummal.
31	inim lu₂-{d}inana ašgab gal {d}en-lil₂-la₂-še₃ sar-re	The word of Lu-Inana, the chief physician of Enlil, is written down
32	{d}iš-bi-er₃-ra e₂-kur igi ŋal₂-la₂	Išbi-Erra looked at the Ekur.
33	{e₂}šutum {d}en-lil₂-la₂ in-du₃	He built the Šutum of Enlil.

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