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A hymn to Ninisina for Išbi-Erra (Išbi-Erra D) (Q000440)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A hymn to Ninisina for Išbi-Erra (Išbi-Erra D) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000440 |
| 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 | diŋir gal-gal-e-ne X-zu mah en X | The great intertwined ... supreme lord |
| 2 | x X šu x-du₇ | Hand of ... |
| 3 | x X X x A-A X | [NN], son of |
| 4 | x X X X x X KA x | [......] mouth |
| 5 | tug₂-zu tug₂ gal-la-am₃ x BA NA x {d}en-lil₂ ša-mu-X x | Your garment is a great garment ... Enlil ... |
| 6 | du₁₀-ub an lugal-la-kam buluŋ₃-ŋa₂-me-en | I am the bulû-priest of An and king |
| 7 | diŋir gal-gal-e-ne ša-ba-mah a₂ x X | The great dibir priestesses, Šabamaḫ |
| 8 | munus mu-ni ni₂ il₂-il₂ {d}gu-la x-in-šu₂ kur-kur-ra ba-du-a-me-en | The woman whose name is raised by fear, Gula, you are the ... of all the lands. |
| 9 | nin sag₉-ga-na huš-bi gal-bi x nam-diŋir gal mah-a saŋ il₂ | The fierceness of his beautiful lady, whose fierceness is great ..., the great and supreme scepter raised high |
| 10 | {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na nam-nin kalam-ma-kam a-a-zu bi₂-in-gub-be₂-en | Nininsina, ladyship of the land, your father will stand by you. |
| 11 | u₆ di-zu-še₃ ni₂ nu-kur₂-ru na-x | The one who sees you with an aura that cannot be changed |
| 12 | kug {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na nin {d}gu-la | the silver of Nininsina, the lady of Gula |
| 13 | {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na e₂-gal-mah an-ne₂ ki us₂-sa | Nininsina, the Egalmah of heaven, the foundation of heaven |
| 14 | {d}iš-bi-er₃-ra ki aŋ₂ šag₄-za-ra za-e hul₂-hul₂-mu-di-ni-ib | Išbi-Erra, you should rejoice at the place where water flows. |
Sources & licences
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