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A hymn to Suen for Ibbi-Suen (Ibbi-Suen E) (Q000436)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A hymn to Suen for Ibbi-Suen (Ibbi-Suen E) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000436 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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 | me-zu NE x | Your divine powers ... |
| 2 | a-a {d}nanna X X x | Father Nanna |
| 3 | uŋ₃-ŋa₂ mi-ni-pad₃ AN x | ... he chose me. |
| 4 | šul {d}suen |KI.LUGAL.GUB|-zu kug x | The head of Sîn, your kingship |
| 5 | an aga zid men saŋ-ŋa₂-zu za-e x | An, your righteous crown, your perfect crown, you ... |
| 6 | ki barag gal mah dur₂ ŋar-ra-zu zi x | Your great dais, the supreme seat of your dais ... |
| 7 | ka kug ba-a-zu u₁₈-ru gal me pa x | Your pure mouth, great lord of the divine powers ... |
| 8 | aga nam-lugal-la men kug suh₁₀-gir₁₁ x | The crown of kingship, gold and silver, |
| 9 | {ŋiš}gu-za me ur₄-ur₄ barag saŋ il₂ X x | The throne, adorned with divine powers, raised up on the dais |
| 10 | peš₁₀-ŋal₂ nam barag-ga numun zid x | Release the destiny of the dais, the true seed |
| 11 | {d}i-bi₂-{d}suen-ŋu₁₀ an kug-ta nam X x | Ibbi-Suen ... from the pure heavens |
| 12 | en me kug-ku₃-ug me sikil šu-luh zalag nam x | Lord of the pure divine powers, pure and shining divine powers |
| 13 | si mul-mul su₃-ra₂-aŋ₂ an-na šul {d}suen x | The horns of the distant stars of heaven, the head of Suen |
| 14 | ud te-eš-e gal idim-ma hi-li-bi ki x | The storm, the great flood, its allure ... |
| 15 | nibru{ki} a₂ tal₂-tal₂ {d}nanna šag₄ kug x | In Nippur, the mighty one of Nanna, the holy ... |
| 16 | nun zi-le an ki šu₂-a-ba iti₆ X x | The true prince, in heaven and earth, in the month ... |
| 17 | gud pa e₃ {d}en-lil₂-da mah dib HI X x | The ox emerges, the great one passes by with Enlil |
| 18 | x X X AN x X X MU UD x | ... ... |
| 19 | x X x |
Sources & licences
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