A hymn to Enlil for Samsu-iluna (Samsu-iluna H) (Q000531)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A hymn to Enlil for Samsu-iluna (Samsu-iluna H) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000531 |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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 | zi-na ni-da-ba SI GA X | (Sum) ... (Akk) The ... of his life ... |
| 2 | e₂-kur-še₃ nam-kur₉-u₂ | to change the Ekur |
| 3 | e₂-kur-re e₂ {d}en-lil₂-ta | from the Ekur, the house of Enlil |
| 4 | sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal kalag-ga ni X x uŋ₃ ša-ra an-du-ul ša na-am-ri-ru-šu ki-iš-ša-at ni-ši ka-at-mu | Samsu-iluna, the powerful king, who ... the earth, the one who makes the earth tremble, who keeps the earth in order, |
| 5 | U₂ MA AG DU X {d}en-lil₂ ME AD X mu-uṣ-ṣi₂ x x ni x | ... Enlil ... |
| 6 | x X X x | |
| 7 | x X X x | |
| 8 | x X X x | |
| 9 | X MI IR X x i-na šu-ṣi x | ... in the hand |
| 10 | kur₂-kur₂ AN RU GU X x | The enemy ... |
| 11 | ŋar-zu kaš ŋa₂-ŋa₂ X x ka at te em e mu X x ša |ŠU.NIŊIN| ma-at a-a-bi i X x na-as₂-pa-at-ta-am i-ša-ka-nu | (Sum) You are the one who ... beer(?) ... (Akk) You ... the beer of the land of the enemy ... a message will be placed |
| 12 | sa-am-su-i-lu-na mu-u₂-a sa₃ nir-ŋal₂ kalam-an-ni sa-am-su-i-lu-na ŠUL dam-qu e-te-el-lum ša ma-ti-šu | (Sum) Samsu-iluna, the name of the lord, the herald of the land (Akk) Samsum-ilune, the good deity, the ellum deity of his land |
| 13 | sa-am-su-i-lu-na za₃-am-zu dug₃-ga | Samsu-iluna, your praise is sweet. |
Sources & licences
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