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An adab (?) to Nergal for Šulgi (?) (Šulgi U) (Q000413)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Umma · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | An adab (?) to Nergal for Šulgi (?) (Šulgi U) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000413 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Umma |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| cagbatuku A, | ||
| 1 | {d}nergal x | Nergal |
| 2 | ni₂ gal i ganzer X IGI X X x | great fear, Ganzer ... |
| 3 | ni₂ me-lem₄-ma-bi sa-bar-ra AN X x DU | The fearsomeness of its radiance ... |
| 4 | an-ne₂ ki-e ni₂-bi ba-ni-x x | Heaven and earth ... in fear. |
| 5 | šag₄-ba-tuku 2-kam-ma-am₃ | It is the second song |
| barsud B, | ||
| 6 | ur-saŋ am a₂ gur-gur ab₂-gin₇ in-x | Ursa, like a wild bull ... |
| 7 | mu huš-zu ni₂ su zig₃ bar-re-dam | Your furious name is to raise a furious radiance |
| 8 | ulu₃-gin₇-nam ki-bal šub-šub-bu-me-en | I am the one who makes the rebel land rise like the sun |
| 9 | kur niŋ₂-daŋal-ba si-ŋar-bi-me-en | I am the one who makes the foreign lands tremble |
| 10 | e₂-meš₃-lam za-e tuš-a-zu-ne | When you dwell in the Emeslam temple |
| 11 | hul₂-hul₂-le šag₄-ge₈ guru₆ SUD-me-en₃ | You are the one who makes the heart rejoice, you pound the silt |
| 12 | uŋ₃-e gu₂ ši-im-si ŋiri₃-zu-še₃ | “If the wind blows, you will reach your city. |
| 13 | bar-sud 2-kam-ma-am₃ | It is the second barsud. |
| sa-gida C, | ||
| 14 | ki-bal-e nam-nir-ŋal₂-zu {d}meš₃-lam-ta-e₃-a | In the rebel land your heroism, Meslamtaea |
| 15 | ki-bal-e šul ši-im-mi-niŋin₂-niŋin₂ | The rebellious land is a šulgi |
| 16 | {d}nergal nam-nir-ŋal₂-zu ki-bal-e | Nergal, your rebellion against the rebel land |
| 17 | a-a-zu ki gal-bi ši-im-ma-an-aŋ₂ | Your father, this great place |
| 18 | nam-ur-saŋ-zu uŋ₃-e im-mi-zu | Your heroism knows the wind |
| 19 | a-a-zu {d}en-lil₂-le ki gal-bi ši-im-ma-an-aŋ₂ | Your father, Enlil, the great place of heaven and earth |
| 20 | nam-ur-saŋ-zu uŋ₃-e im-mi-zu | Your heroism knows the wind |
| 21 | ur-saŋ uŋ₃-e TAR-TAR diŋir kur-ra niŋin | (Sum) The hero ..., he ... in the netherworld. (Akk) The warrior ... a nether world. |
| 22 | ki-bal-e X-da ba-ni-dug₄ | The rebel land ... |
| 23 | {d}nergal uŋ₃-e TAR-TAR diŋir kur-ra niŋin | Nergal, you are the one who scatters the ruins of the mountains. |
| 24 | ki dib-ba-zu erin₂ teš₂-bi-še₃ hul mi-ni-X x | When you pass the place, you ... evil among the troops |
| 25 | an-ša₄-an{ki} ti-da-nu-um-ma x | of Anšan, Tidanum |
| 26 | {d}nergal ki dib-ba erin₂ teš₂-bi-še₃ hul mi-ni-X x | Nergal, the one who passes by, ... evil among the troops. |
| 27 | sa-gid₂-da-am₃ | it is a sagida |
| 28 | ur-saŋ šul-gi-ra zi x | The hero Šulgi ... |
| 29 | a₂ ši-im-ši-X x | labor of ... |
| 30 | ŋiš-gi₄-ŋal₂-bi-im | It is an extispicy |
Sources & licences
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