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A balbale to Enlil for Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma G) (Q000392)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A balbale to Enlil for Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma G) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000392 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | {d}en-lil₂-le {d}ur-{d}namma-ra mu-x | Enlil ... Ur-Namma |
| 8 | a-eštub {d}ezina₂ še gu-nu saŋ-e-eš he₂-mu-rig₇ | May the harvest of Ezina be presented as a gift. |
| 9 | {d}ur-{d}namma uŋ₃-e nam-he₂-a gu₂ hu-mu-u₈-di-ni-ib-mar-re | Ur-Namma, may the storm bring forth abundance for you. |
| 10 | {ŋiš}apin še dug₃-ga bi₂-ŋar-ra gana₂ ŋar-zu dug₃-ga-am₃ | The plow is a good beer, your field is good. |
| 11 | ŋiš numun še dug₃ {ŋiš}apin gana₂ nam bi₂-dug₃-ge | He decreed a good seed and good barley for the plow. |
| 12 | {ŋiš}apin še dug₃-ge ki kur X X gana₂ nam bi₂-X X | The plow ... good barley in the land ... the field |
| 13 | lugal gud-de₃ gana₂ ŋar-am₃-ma gana₂ ŋar-zu dug₃-ga-am₃ | The king, the ox-driver, the field is a field, your field is good. |
| 14 | {d}ur-{d}namma gana₂ ŋar-am₃-ma gana₂ ŋar-zu dug₃-ga-am₃ | Ur-Namma, it is a field that is open, your open field is good. |
| 15 | gana₂ ŋar-ra-za gud-de₃ ba-sag₉ gana₂ ŋar-za dug₃-ga-am₃ | In your outer field the ox is good, in your outer area it is good. |
| 16 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ gana₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ka a₂ šu ha-ba-e-ni-du₇ | Lugal-bu, may the fields of Enlil be perfect for you. |
| 17 | ur-{d}namma gana₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ka a₂ šu ha-ba-e-ni-du₇ | Ur-Namma, may the fields of Enlil be perfect for you. |
| 18 | ab-sin₂ gub-ba-zu im an-na si he₂-em-ma-ni-in-sa₂ | May your furrows that stand in the sky set the righteous clay. |
| 19 | lugal engar zid gana₂ daŋal-la eg₂ pa₅-re ki X x | The king, the faithful farmer, the field that is constantly irrigated, the papyrus ... |
| 20 | ur-{d}namma engar zid gana₂ daŋal-la eg₂ pa₅-re ki x | Ur-Namma, the righteous farmer of the irrigated field, who ... the ditches |
| 21 | eg₂ pa₅-re {d}utu e₃-gin₇ igi-bi mu-x | The ditches, like Utu coming out, ... their faces. |
| 22 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ sa-ra dug₃-dug₃-ge sa-ra-zu x | Lugal-bug, sweet saŋur prayer, your sara prayer ... |
| 23 | ur-{d}namma sa-ra dug₃-dug₃-ge sa-ra-zu X x | Ur-Namma, your sweet sara prayer |
| 26 | x SI IN x | ... ... |
| 27 | X mu-ra-an-gur X x | he returned for you ... |
| 28 | bal-bal-e {d}en-lil₂-la₂-kam | It is the balbale of Enlil. |
Sources & licences
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