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An adab to Ninurta for Lipit-Eštar (Lipit-Eštar D) (Q000484)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | An adab to Ninurta for Lipit-Eštar (Lipit-Eštar D) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000484 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| barsud A, | ||
| 1 | ur-saŋ a₂-ŋal₂ {d}a-nun-na-ke₄-ne e₂-kur-ta e₃-a | Hero, herald of the Anuna, coming forth from the Ekur |
| 2 | {d}nin-urta en {d}nu-nam-nir-re u₁₈-lu gal-gin₇ x X | Ninurta, lord Nunamnir, like a great storm |
| 3 | mu-un-tu-ud-de₃-en u₃-ma-ni gub-bu-de₃ gu₃ ma-ra-de₂ | I will give birth to him, he will speak to me while standing by his mother. |
| 4 | bar-sud-am₃ | It is a barsud. |
| cagbatuku B, | ||
| 5 | {d}nin-tur₅-re šu niŋ₂ dim₂-ma-ni za-ra mu-ri-in-bad | Nintur has sworn by her own hand that he is worthy of you |
| 6 | ubur dug₃-ga-na ka ma-ra-ni-in-ba ga nam-šul-la mi-ri-in-gu₇ | When he opens his mouth for you, he eats the milk of abundance. |
| 7 | am u₆ di-gin₇ alan-zu mu-un-er₉ a₂-ur₂-zu mu-un-gur₄ | Like a majestic wild bull, your statue is smashed, your arms are twisted. |
| 8 | igi ni₂ bur₂-e en me-lem₄ nam-ur-saŋ da-da-ra-še₃ mi-ri-in-dug₄ | The one who sees himself, the lord, the divine radiance, has made heroism pleasant for her. |
| 9 | kišib-la₂ zid-da-zu im-ma-an-dab₅ ama-zu {d}nin-tur₅-re | Your righteous basket has been seized, your mother Nintur |
| 10 | e₂-kur eš₃ mah-a mi-ni-in-kur₉-re-en a-a-zu {d}en-lil₂-ra | I have brought you into the Ekur, the supreme shrine, for your father Enlil |
| 11 | mu-na-ab-be₂ dumu šu ŋar gi₄-zu nam gal tar-mu-ni-ib₂ | He says to him: “Your son, your young man, determines a great fate for you.’ |
| 12 | šag₄-ba-tuku-am₃ | It is a šagbatuku |
| barsud C, | ||
| 13 | {d}en-lil₂-le igi hul₂ mu-ši-in-bar nam mu-ni-ib₂-tar-re | Enlil looked joyfully and decreed a fate for him. |
| 14 | u₄-ta-u₁₈-lu an ki šu₂-a-še₃ mu-zu he₂-em-mah | The storm, heaven and earth, may your name be supreme |
| 15 | me-lem₄-zu-še₃ diŋir gal-gal-e-ne saŋ im-da-sag₃-ge-ne | Because of your radiance, the great rivers tremble |
| 16 | bar-sud 2-kam-ma-am₃ | It is the second barsud. |
| sa-gida D, | ||
| 17 | mur ša₄-zu inim dug₄-ga-zu-še₃ kur-kur ni₂-ba hu-mu-gam-de₃ | May all the foreign lands be overwhelmed by fear. |
| 18 | igi hu-luh-ha-zu-ne gu₂-erim₂-ŋal₂ su he₂-em-da-sag₃-ge-de₃ | When you look at him with evil intent, may he strike him with a sword. |
| 19 | u₄-ta-u₁₈-lu im-hul-im-hul-gin₇ zi-zi-i-da-zu-ne | When you rise up like a storm that has been destroyed, |
| 20 | {d}gibil en |ZA.LAM|-ra ur-saŋ-gin₇ gu₇-u₃-de₃ kur-ba u₃ egir-am₃ bi₂-du₃ | For Gibil, the lord of the zalamma-priestess, to eat like a hero, he built a fortress in its mountain and behind it. |
| 21 | ki-bal-a sug-zag-ge₄ um-mi-gu₇ X x X BA gu₇-u₃-de₃ | In order to devour the rebel land, in order to eat ... |
| 22 | nam-nir-ŋal₂-zu diŋir gal-gal-e-ne me-teš₂ mu-un-i-i-ne | Your heroism is praised by the great judges. |
| 23 | x a-a-zu {d}en-lil₂-le nam-še₃ mu-ri-in-tar | Your father Enlil decreed a fate for you |
| 24 | sa-gid₂-da-am₃ | it is a sagida |
| 25 | x {d}li-pi₂-it-eš₄-tar₂ dumu {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ra | for Lipit-Eštar, son of Enlil |
| 26 | x erim₂-ŋal₂-la-ni gam-gam-mu-na-ab | ... his enemy will take it away for him. |
| 27 | ŋiš-gi₄-ŋal₂ sa-gid₂-da-bi-im | It is its sagida |
| sa-jara F, | ||
| 28 | x X a-ab-ba-ta | from the sea |
| 29 | x an ki-še₃ pa e₃-ŋu₁₀-uš | ... made manifest in heaven and earth |
| 30 | x saŋ-zu um-mi-us₂ | ... your ..., you have set it up. |
| 31 | x mu-ni-in-šid sahar-da im-da-hi | He brought ... and heaped up dust. |
| 32 | x-gin₇ he₂-bi₂-in-ur₄ nu-ŋal₂-la mu-ni-in-kur₉ | Like a ... he covered it, but he turned it into something that cannot be changed. |
| 33 | {d}nin-urta ur-saŋ {d}en-lil₂-la₂ barag-za dur₂ ŋar-bi | Ninurta, the hero of Enlil, the throne of your dais, its dais |
| 34 | nitalam₂-zu nin zid {d}nin-nibru{ki} gu₂-da mu-ri-in-la₂ | Your spouse, the loyal lady of Ninnibru, stretched out on her neck. |
| 35 | inim sag₉-ga {d}li-pi₂-it-eš₄-tar₂-ra-da ud šu₂-še₃ ha-ra-da-gub | May the good words of Lipit-Eštar stand before you daily. |
| 36 | u₄-ta-u₁₈-lu ki šu il₂-la-ni a₂-tah-ni he₂-me-en | May you be his lifter of hands, his helper of the storm. |
| 37 | dug₄-ga-zu-ta nir he₂-em-de₃-ŋal₂ gaba-ri-ni na-an-ŋal₂-le | May he carry a sigh of fear from your mouth, may he not carry his chest. |
| 38 | lugal nam tar-ra {d}nin-urta-ke₄ ul guru₃ he₂-en-na-nam | May the king who determines fate, Ninurta, be an abundance of grain! |
| 39 | {d}li-pi₂-it-eš₄-tar₂ nun za-a-še₃ ŋal₂-la dumu {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ | Lipit-Eštar, prince of Zas, son of Enlil |
| 40 | niŋ₂-si-sa₂ ki-en-gi ki-uri-a mu-ni-in-ŋar | He made Sumer and Akkad tremble with joy. |
| 41 | su kalam-ma mu-dug₃ | he satisfied the flesh of the land. |
| 42 | sipad mas-su₂ tum₂-tum₂-mu gal-an-zu-a uŋ₃ ha-ra-ab-lah₄-lah₄-e | May the shepherd who brings in his child, your wise one, flee for you! |
| 43 | sa-ŋar-ra-am₃ | It is a sabar. |
| 44 | ur-saŋ gal nun {d}li-pi₂-it-eš₄-tar₂-ra u₃-mu-ta-sig₁₀ ki-bal nu-še-ga-na zar-gin₇ he₂-us₂-u₃-us₂ | May the great hero, prince Lipit-Eštar, who has turned away from his rebel land like a she-goat |
| 45 | ŋiš-gi₄-ŋal₂ sa-ŋar-ra-bi-im | It is the “seizing-of-the-mouth’-festival |
| uru H, | ||
| 46 | en a-ma-ru mah suhuš erim₂-ma bur₁₂-re | Lord, exalted flood, who sweeps the foundations of the enemy land |
| 47 | {d}nin-urta en a-ma-ru mah suhuš erim₂-ma bur₁₂-re | Ninurta, lord, supreme flood, the foundations of the enemy’s army are laid low! |
| 48 | nun {d}li-pi₂-it-eš₄-tar₂-ra {ŋiš}tukul hul-du-ni | Prince Lipit-Eštar, his evil weapon |
| 49 | gi-gin₇ ša₅-ša₅ šu mah-a-ni si-bi₂-ib₂ | Like a reed, his supreme hand is bound. |
| 50 | u₁₉-ru₁₂-bi-im | It is its uru. |
| 51 | a-da-ab {d}nin-urta-ka-kam | It is the Adab of Ninurta. |
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