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An adab to Dagan (?) for Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan U) (Q000471)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | An adab to Dagan (?) for Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan U) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000471 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| sa-jara A, | ||
| 1 | e₂-kur-ra e₂ x | The Ekur, the house ... |
| 2 | šu il₂-la-zu-še₃ diŋir gal-gal-e-ne x | Handlifting, the great gods |
| 3 | ur₂ kug til₃ niŋ₂ dug₃ dirig-zu-še₃ x | The pure lapis lazuli, whose radiance is supreme |
| 4 | bal dug₃-bi-še₃ ŋal₂-ŋal₂-la AB X x | The bal-offering of its jug ... |
| 5 | {d}iš-me-{d}da-gan dumu {d}en-lil₂-la₂ x | Išme-Dagan, son of Enlil |
| 6 | e₂-gal-mah e₂ nam-nin-a-za UL x | Egalmah, your house of ladyship ... |
| 7 | x nun-ne₂ {ŋiš}meš₃ pa mul-la X x | ... princely ..., adorned with radiance |
| 8 | nam-til₃-la-ni dug₃-ge daŋal {d}iš-me-{d}da-gan x | and for his well-being he carried away Išme-Dagan |
| 9 | x ki |DAG.KISIM₅×X| kug dumu an-na KA X x | ... silver, son of An |
| 10 | x X egir-bi x | afterwards |
| 11 | x di kud-ba kur-re he₂-si x | ... may the foreign lands ... |
| 12 | x X igi bar šeg₁₂ e₂-kur-ra-ka x | ... of the brickwork of the Ekur |
| 13 | sa-ŋar-ra-am₃ | It is a sabar. |
| 14 | {d}da-gan sipad {d}iš-me-da-gan-na dumu {d}en-lil₂-la₂-X {tug₂}pala bar-še₃ šu x | For Dagan shepherd of Išme-Dagan son of Enlil ... the pala garment |
| 15 | ŋiš-gi₄-ŋal₂ sa-ŋar-ra-bi-im | It is the “seizing-of-the-mouth’-festival |
| uru C, | ||
| 16 | en mah me an-na me ki KA HI gal x | Exalted lord, the divine powers of heaven and earth ... |
| 17 | {d}da-gan en mah me an-na me ki KA HI gal x | Dagan, supreme lord of the divine powers of heaven and earth, great ... |
| 18 | {d}iš-me-{d}da-gan kalam-ma mi-ni-in-suh x šu hu-mu-e-x | Išme-Dagan has stripped off the land, may he |
| 19 | u₁₈-ru₁₂-bi-im | It is its uru |
| 20 | a-da-ab {d}da-gan-kam | It is the Adab of Dagan. |
Sources & licences
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