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A dedication of a statue (Šulgi V) (Q000414)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A dedication of a statue (Šulgi V) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000414 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {d}en-lil₂ ud e₃ ŠE₃ X dug₄-ga-ni nu-kur₂-ra | Enlil, when the storm comes out, his good ... is not changed |
| 2 | u₁₈-ru gal {d}a-nun-ke₄-ne x | Great flood of the Anuna gods |
| 3 | {d}šul-gi ušum ni₂ guru₃ x | Šulgi, fearsome one, ... |
| 4 | lugal šu dug₄-ga-ni-ir IGI X X x bar | The king, his favoured one |
| 5 | ne gal-gal X x šum₂ | Great fearsomeness ... |
| 6 | za-pa-ŋa₂-ni an ki x-bi-a ŋa₂-ar-ŋa₂-ra | His utterances, heaven and earth ... |
| 7 | e₂-kur gal-muš idim-ma me X x | The Ekur, the great temple, the creator of ... |
| 8 | dur-an-ki giri₁₇-zal-a me ul ba-bad nam-he₂-ŋal₂ | Duranki, joyous one, whose divine powers are exalted, may there be abundance. |
| 9 | šeg₁₂ nun ki ŋar-ra-ba {ŋiš}isimu₂{sar}-bi ud sud-sud-u₅ | The princely brickwork of the place where it was set up, its juniper blossomed daily |
| 10 | {d}šul-gi bal nam-he₂ ba-tud-da šag₄-ta gal mu-tar | Šulgi, born of abundance, from the grave he determined great things. |
| 11 | uŋ₃ gu₃ teš₂-a sig₁₀-i₃ | scented with reddish perfume |
| 12 | su₃-ud-bi lugal šar₂-ra-ba-ke₄ | In the future, the king of the world |
| 13 | dub₃-tuku ud mar-uru₅ zag-še-ni nu-til-e | (Sum) The one who has sex with a stranger, he does not finish his face (Akk) He who has no rival, his face is not finished |
| 14 | kaš₄ a₂-dam-a₂-dam-ta e₃-a | coming forth from the threshing floor |
| 15 | hu-luh-e kaš₄-kaš₄-e huš-ZA-am₃ | It is a terrifying storm, a furious storm |
| 16 | uŋ₃-ta igi saŋ₅-ŋa₂ u₃-su-bi saŋ X x | From the left side of the square, its diagonal is ... |
| 17 | a₂ an-ba₉-ra₂-a bar-ra-ni-še₃ x | the labor of Anbara, outside, |
| 18 | {d}šul-gi niŋ₂ kaš₄ HU an-ur₂-ta ŋa₂-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-dam x | Šulgi, the one who carries beer from the horizon, |
| 19 | nam a-nun-ŋal₂-la-ne₂-eš a₂-na x NI |ŠU.KAD₄|-|ŠU.KAD₄|-e | The fate of his princely majesty |
| 20 | nu-kuš₂-u₅ kaskal-e NE X DI-DI | The one who does not sleep on the road ... |
| 21 | saŋ gig₂-ga-a lugal na-me saŋ nu-sig₁₀ di gal-še₃ na-an-ŋar | There is no king who can equal you in price, there is no one who can rival you in court |
| 22 | ud giri₁₇-zal-a-aš e₃-a dungu šeŋₓ(|IM.A|)-ka ŋar-ra | When joy comes forth, the dust of your heart is released |
| 23 | nibru{ki} ki-ur₃-ta na-kaš₄ | from the Ki’ur to Nippur he marched. |
| 24 | eš₃ urim₂{ki} e₂-temen-ni₂-guru₃-še₃ | The shrine Urim, the Etemennigurus |
| 25 | {d}nanna unu₂ kiŋ₂-nim bur nun sug₂-ga-ni sa₂ UL nam-mi-in-dug₄ | Nanna, in the dining hall of the place where the princely bowl is placed, he made it perfect for her. |
| 26 | ud ne-x-a nam-he nam im-mi-in-tar | ... decreed a good fate for him. |
| 27 | {tum₉}|GAN₂.AH.ME.U| {tum₉}dal-ha-mu šu ba-ra-am₃ | “It is a flood, it is an allaḫamu storm, it has no opponent! |
| 28 | {d}utu-e sig-ge-eš₂ nam-ši-X | Šamaš, do not ... the lowlands |
| 29 | a-ne e₂-kur za-gin₃-še₃ na-gur | He did not turn away from the lapis Ekur |
| 30 | ud til₃-la-še₃ ur-saŋ-e-ne-e | Ursa’e, in perpetuity |
| 31 | {d}šul-gi-ra nam-mah gal-gal-la-ni a-re-eš₂ pad₃-de₃-de₃ | To Šulgi, whose greatness is to be praised, |
| 32 | X alan ud su₃-ra₂ mu da-ri₂-ka-na | ... his statue of distant days, forever. |
| 33 | mul-an-ne₂-eš₂ bi₂-in-gun₃ | he decorated it with a rainbow. |
| 34 | a-a {d}en-lil₂ mah-di nu-kur₂-ra | Father Enlil, the exalted one who is not changed |
| 35 | igi dug₃ niŋ₂ giri₁₇-zal si-a-ni-še₃ nam-nun-na mi-ni-in-gub | He set up a princely gaze upon him with a radiant face. |
Sources & licences
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