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A prayer to Inana for Ḫammu-rābi (Ḫammu-rābi F) (Q000523)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A prayer to Inana for Ḫammu-rābi (Ḫammu-rābi F) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000523 |
| 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 | nin me mah šu du₇-a nam-a-ni gal-bi saŋ x | Lady whose supreme divine powers are perfected, whose great divinity ... |
| 2 | {d}inana nam-ŋuruš an ki-a an-ne₂ ša-mu-na-an-x | Inana, you are the herdsman of heaven and earth |
| 3 | saŋ-kal diŋir-re-e-ne pa e₃ nam-a-ni x | The one who makes the intertwined ones manifest, whose fate ... |
| 4 | {d}inana an {d}en-lil₂ e-ne-da nu ka-aš kalam-ma nu-bar X | Inana, An and Enlil did not speak with him, the mouth of the land did not ... |
| 5 | saŋ-kug-ŋal₂ {d}a-nun-na-ke₄-ne nam-gur₄ nam-x | The goldsmiths of the Anuna gods ... |
| 6 | {d}inana u₃-sumun₂ zid nun-gal-e-ne nir-ŋal₂ nin-e-ne x | Inana, true wild bull of the great princes, hero of the ladies |
| 7 | nam-mah-zu an ki-še₃ dalla e₃-a me-zu me x | Your exaltedness surpasses heaven and earth, your divine powers ... |
| 8 | ka ba-zu dug₄ an-na an mu-sa₄ x | Your mouth that ... heaven ... |
| 9 | nam-diŋir-zu gu₂-en-na zag dib-ba a-ra₂ gal-gal x | Your ‘crossing-the-throat’, the throne-dais, the narrow street, the great paths ... |
| 10 | an-da uraš-a gi ba-an-šum₂-mu-un {d}en-lil₂ X x | An ... the reeds of the Uraš, Enlil |
| 11 | zi-ŋal₂-ba nam-nin-bi mu-un-ak barag X x | He acted in queenship and ... the dais ... |
| 12 | ŋarza₂ mah a₂ aŋ₂-ŋa₂ eš₃ abzu-a x | The supreme dais, the arms and arms of the shrine Abzu |
| 13 | lugal za-da nu nam-sipad kalam-ma-še₃ nu-un-x | The king of Zada did not ... the shepherdship of the Land |
| 14 | an {d}en-lil₂ dug₄-ga-zu-ta lugal-ra igi x | An and Enlil, by your firm approval the king |
| 15 | dug₄-ga-za an ki X nin x | Your throne ... heaven and earth ... |
| 16 | nam mi-ni-ib₂-tar-ra-zu an {d}en-lil₂ x | Your fate which An and Enlil decreed |
| 17 | ha-am-mu-ra-bi lugal mi-ni-ib₂-X x | Hammurabi the king ... |
| 18 | ub-ta 4-ba a₂ aŋ₂-ŋa₂-e X x | from the corner to the fourth, the labor of laborers ; |
| 19 | ud ma-dam mu he₂-ŋal₂-la til₃ x | May the days of my life be long! |
| 20 | ha-am-mu-ra-bi X X x | Hammurabi [......] |
Sources & licences
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