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A praise poem of Ḫammu-rābi (Ḫammu-rābi C) (Q000520)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A praise poem of Ḫammu-rābi (Ḫammu-rābi C) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000520 |
| 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 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ eš₃-e ki mah-a mi₂ zid mu-ni-in-dug₄ | Enki treated the shrine as if it were a lofty place. |
| 2 | lugal-e lu₂ šu-luh-e ki aŋ₂ me sikil-la tum₂-ma | The king, the one who reveres the place of the pure divine powers |
| 3 | lugal ŋiš-hur kal-kal gal-zu-a ni₂-tuku inim sag₉-sag₉-ge šu-ni-še₃ ŋal₂-la | The king, who has a great wisdom, who reveres his own well-being |
| 4 | sipad šag₄ še-ga en {d}nu-nam-nir-ra ki aŋ₂ ama {d}nin-lil₂-la₂ | Shepherd of the open country, lord Nunamnir, the place of mother Ninlil |
| 5 | nidba gal-gal e₂-kur-ra ba-x | The great food offerings of the Ekur ... |
| 6 | X šag₄ dug₃-ga nun gal {d}en-ki-ke₄ X x | The ... of the well-being, the great prince Enki |
| 7 | mi₂ dug₄-ga kug {d}dam-gal-nun-na sipad zid {d}ha-am-mu-ra-bi | Its holy Damgalnuna, the faithful shepherd of Hammurapi |
| 8 | lugal-e eš₃ e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ niŋ₂-nam mi-ni-in-X x | The king ... the shrine Ekišnuba |
| 9 | ha-am-mu-ra-bi X-a-ni X x | Hammurabbi ... |
| 10 | {d}nanna {d}nin-gal-bi ud šu₂-uš x | Nanna and Ningal |
| 11 | lugal niŋ₂-hul₂-la-ni X x šu-luh ŋiš-hur me X x | The king, his rejoicing |
| 12 | ki-bi-še₃ bi₂-in-gi₄-gi₄ | restored to its place |
| 13 | ša-ra-da-gub-bu x KA NI šu bur₂-ra | Ša-ra-da-gubbu |
| 14 | šul {d}suen niŋ₂ al di x E še še-ga | The head of Suen is ..., the ... is pure |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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