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Amar-Suena and Enki's temple (Amar-Suena A) (Q000421)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Amar-Suena and Enki's temple (Amar-Suena A) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000421 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| Seg.A, | ||
| 1 | {d}alad X x | Alad |
| 2 | {d}amar-{d}suen x šag₄ mu-un-X x | Amar-Suena ... |
| 3 | lu₂ {urud}ha-zi-in-na e₂-e KU X x | The man of the hazinnu weapon ... the house. |
| 4 | {d}amar-{d}suen-na eš₃-e abzu-a x | Amar-Suena in the shrine Abzu |
| 5 | kug-sig₁₇ du₃-a {na₄}za-gin₃ šu tag X x | fashioned with gold and lapis lazuli |
| 6 | e₂-e du₃-u₃-de₃ šu-ni mu-un-ŋar | To build the temple, he opened his hand to him |
| 7 | {d}amar-{d}suen-na lugal-e e₂-e du₃-u₃-de₃ šu-ni mu-un-ŋar | Amar-Suena, the king, opened his hand to build the temple |
| 8 | lugal-e uŋ₃-e ba-da-an-bal kur-ra X x | The king carried away the wind, the mountain ... |
| 9 | e₂-e mu 1-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še₃ nu-mu-un-gi₄ | He entered the house for the 1st time, but did not return to its place. |
| 10 | {d}amar-suen-na me nam-lugal-la-na X x | Amarsuena, the divine powers of his kingship |
| 11 | mu 2-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še₃ nu-mu-un-gi₄ | The second year he occupied it, but he did not return to its place. |
| 12 | {d}amar-{d}suen-na lu-bu-uš-tum nam-lugal-la-ka-ni tug₂-mu-dur₇-ra ba-an-x | Amar-Suena, his servant of kingship, clothed himself in a cloak. |
| 13 | mu 3-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še₃ nu-mu-un-gi₄ | He entered it for the third year, but did not return to its place. |
| 14 | {d}amar-{d}suen-na ŋiš-kin₂-kin₂-na ŋiškim-bi nu-bur₂-ru | Amar-Suena, the “incantation-priest’, did not remove its inscription. |
| 15 | mu 4-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še₃ nu-mu-un-gi₄ | It was the fourth year, it stood there, it did not return to its place |
| 16 | abgal-e dug₄-ga u₃-na-dug₄ ŋiš-hur e₂-e pa e₃ nu-mu-un-ak-e | The agrig priestess uttered a lament for him, he did not make the temple manifest. |
| 17 | mu 5-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še₃ nu-mu-un-gi₄ | The fifth year he ruled; he did not return to its place. |
| 18 | eš₃-e abzu-am₃ kalag-ga-še₃ šu mu-ra-ra-e-ne | They hold him in his hand for you in the shrine Abzu, the powerful one |
| 19 | mu 6-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še₃ nu-mu-un-gi₄ | Six years he ruled; he did not return to its place. |
| 20 | ŋiš-hur e₂-e mu-un-kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂-e nu-mu-ni-in-pad₃-de₃ | He has turned away from the temple, he has not found him in the temple |
| 21 | mu 7-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še₃ nu-mu-un-gi₄ | The 7th year he ruled; he did not return to its place |
| 22 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ e₂-bi-še₃ e₂ nu-me-a ba-an-na-dug₄ | Enki was satisfied with that temple, which had no temple. |
| 23 | mu 8-kam-ma e₂ du₃-u₃-de₃ šu-ni mu-un-ŋar | It is the 8th year that he (Ninurta) opened his hand to build the temple |
| 24 | mu 9-kam-ma-ta {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e | from the 9th year of Amar-Suena the king |
| 25 | e₂-udun-na en gal-an-zu HAR-ra-gin₇ ba-du₃ | The E-uduna, like a great lord, was built. |
| 26 | ud-ba en-e e₂ ni₂-te-na-ka | At that time, the lord in his own house |
| 27 | en gal {d}en-ki ki-bi ba-da-an-hul | The great lord Enki destroyed its place |
| 28 | X-a-ni mu-un-|DU.DU| X | ... his ... |
| 29 | kuš₂-a ki-a |DU.DU| gaba X x X X x | the skin on the ground ... |
| 30 | a-a {d}en-ki eridug{ki} x mu-un-dim₂ x | Father Enki fashioned Eridug. |
| 31 | sukkal-a-ni x GI-GI gal mu-x nu-kuš₂ x X IL₂ x | His minister ... |
| 32 | x X x | |
| Seg.B, | ||
| 1 | X GIRI₃ sud-su₃-ud X x | ... straight ... |
| 2 | saŋ keše₂ ki daŋal-la x | ... in the netherworld |
| 3 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ igi il₂-la-a-ni x | Enki, when he lifts his eyes |
| 4 | e₂-bi um-ta-e₃-a abzu-a x | After he has left that house, in the abzu ... |
| 5 | ud-ba nam-lu₂-ulu₃ šu nu-sag₉-ga DI nam x | At that time, humanity was not good ... |
| 6 | ŋizzal sud-a inim ŋeštug₂ nu-dug₄ x | “It is enough, the word of the garment is not good. |
| 7 | ba-DUN-DUN umbin ru-gu₂-ni nu-du₈-e | (Sum) He did not tie his nails to the nail (Akk) The nail(?) of his nail was not tied to his nail |
| 8 | šag₄ hul dim₂-dim₂ niŋ₂-erim₂ ak-ak sag₉-ga | Evildoer, who makes good the evildoers |
| 9 | {d}amar-{d}suen-na e₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂-še₃ du₃-u₃-de₃ | To build the temple of Amar-Suena in Enlil |
| Seg.C, | ||
| 1 | en x X X x | the lord [......] |
| 2 | e₂ {d}en-ki-ka₃-še₃ du₃-u₃-de₃ maš₂-e šu mu-un-gid₂-da-a | In order to build the temple of Enki, a goat has been given as a gift |
| 3 | maš₂-bi-ta e₂ du₃-a nu-mu-na-ab-be₂ šu-ni la-ba-ši-in-ŋar | Without his consent he would not say "Building a House" - his hand would not be grasped |
| 4 | lugal-e mu-ni ud su₃-ra₂-še₃ ŋa₂-ŋa₂-de₃ x | The king ... his name forever. |
| 5 | {d}amar-{d}suen mu-ni ud su₃-ra₂-še₃ ŋa₂-ŋa₂-de₃ mu-x | Amar-Suena ... his name forever. |
| 6 | X mu e₂ {d}en-ki-ke₄ x | year: “The house of Enki was erected. |
| Seg.D, | ||
| 1 | en nun gal-an-zu X x BI X x | Lord, great prince ... |
| 2 | X x | |
| Seg.E, | ||
| 1 | lu₂ URUD HA RI X IN x šag₄ x BA X X x | A man ... |
| 2 | {d}amar-{d}suen lugal nam-tar-ra-ni šag₄-bi X nu-mu-un-ba-ba | Amar-Suena, the king whose fate has not been decided |
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