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A hymn to Nanna (Nanna E) (Q000674)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A hymn to Nanna (Nanna E) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000674 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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 | dumu nun-e |AB×A| kug-ta e₃-a ba-zal-zal si i₃-x | The princely son who came out of the silver ... |
| 2 | kur me sikil eš₃ abzu šag₄ X X daŋal kur me x | The pure mountain, the shrine Abzu, the ... mountain |
| 3 | ki-ur₃ mah dur₂ x x daŋal-la x | The exalted Kiʾur, the seat of ... |
| 4 | ambar-ta me-lem₄ huš tum₃ muš₃ ni₂ x x-ge-en | From the marshes brought furious radiance, fearsomeness ... |
| 5 | nam-dug₃-zu-še₃ nam-gal nam-mah-zu-še₃ saŋ im-ma-il₂-la₂ | Your good fortune, the greatness of your greatness, he raised up. |
| 6 | nam tar-re-de₃-eš a₂ mah mi-ni-in-sud₄-un | He made the fates decide with a supreme power |
| 7 | nam-lugal an ki-zu an gal-e šu daŋal mu-ri-in-dug₄ | Your kingship over heaven and earth, great An, has been made perfect for you |
| 8 | nam-dumu nun gal-zu {d}en-lil₂-le nam-men šu mi-ri-in-du₇ | Your princely sonship, Enlil has perfected the kingship |
| 9 | nam-diŋir mah {d}en-lil₂ pa e₃ ma-ra-ni-in-e₃ | Enlil made the exalted scepter emerge for you |
| 10 | a DU-a a sig mah-zu-še₃ nam tar-re ki dug₃ ama dug₃ | ... the fates are determined, the place is good, the mother is good. |
| 11 | {d}en-ki |AB×A|-šag₄ kug-ta ŋiri₃-zu-še₃ im-mi-in-ŋar | Enki has made your city tremble with silver. |
| 12 | {d}en-lil₂ nam-mah nam-en-na mi-ni-in-tud-de₃-en | Enlil gave me supremacy and lordship. |
| 13 | {d}nanna ud-sakar-zu ud-sakar 7-bi mu pad₃-da | Nanna, your moonlight is a moonlight of seven days, whose name was proclaimed |
| 14 | {d}en-lil₂ an ki-ka mu-zu mu kug-ga mu mi-ri-in-pad₃ | Enlil knows your name in heaven and earth, he has sworn it by a holy name. |
| 15 | dumu nun-e nam-gal-zu an ki-a pa e₃ im-mi-in-e₃ | The princely son made your greatness manifest in heaven and earth. |
| 16 | unken mah nam {d}en-lil₂-la₂-na saŋ-e-eš mu-ra-an-rig₇ | He presented it to you in his supreme assembly of Enlil. |
| 17 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ ki eš₃ eridug{ki}-ta nam-men nam-mah-zu mu-ri-in-tar | Enki decreed your kingship and greatness from the shrine Eridug. |
| 18 | abzu mah ki eš₃ eridug{ki}-ta nam-en gal-zu-še₃ | From the supreme Abzu, the place of the shrine Eridug, your great lordship |
| 19 | lugal an ki-ke₄ an ki gun₃-a nam-gal-zu-še₃ ba-an-dug₄ | The king of heaven and earth gave your greatness to An and speckled earth |
| 20 | {d}nanna saŋ-zu il₂ {d}a-nun-na-ke₄-ne-er ha-la ba-an-pad₃ | Nanna, your praise is exalted among the Anuna gods, he has sworn by (his) share. |
| 21 | me sikil šag₄ hul₂-la-ka-ne-ne ki-tuš kug im-mi-ni-in-tuš-un | The pure mes of their joy dwelled in a pure dwelling place |
| 22 | diŋir gal-gal-e-ne nidba-eš gal ba-an-pad₃ | The great judges chose the great offerings |
| 23 | zag gu-la₂ šag₄ hi-li mah si-a im-mi-ni-in-durun-uš | He surrounded the great border with a field full of splendor |
| 24 | diŋir-re-e-ne sizkur₂ šag₄ hul₂-la-ne-ne im-mi-ni-in-šum₂-šum₂ | The intertwined priests sang a joyful song |
| 25 | ki mah ki kug-ga mi-ni-in-tuš-un | He sat in a magnificent place, a pure place |
| 26 | {d}nanna ki kug-ga ki-tuš kug mi-ni-in-tuš-un | Nanna, in a pure place, sat on a holy throne |
| 27 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ ki-tuš ma-ra-ab-sikil-e ki-tuš ma-ra-ab-šen-e | Enki purifies the dwelling for you, he purifies your dwelling. |
| 28 | an mu-ra-ab-kug-ge ki mu-ra-ab-šen-e | Heaven is pure for you, earth is purified for you. |
| 29 | e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ e₂ tir {ŋiš}erin-na an-še₃ si ma-ra-an-sa₂ | The E-kiš-nu-bal, the house of the cedar forest, has been placed in order for you |
| 30 | dur₂ mah-zu ki kug-ga ma-ra-ab-ak ur₂ niŋ₂ an ki-a | Your lofty throne is poured out for you on a pure place. |
| 31 | ŋiš-hur šu-luh mah-zu si ma-ra-an-sa₂-e | Your exalted radiance is arranged for you |
| 32 | x gir₄ X-zu banšur ki kug-ga ma-ra-ab-šen | ... your ... is set on a pure table for you |
| 33 | x kiŋ₂-sig-bi kiŋ₂-sig kiŋ₂-nim-zu | ... its lower part is the lower part of your lower part. |
| 34 | x X X si ma-ra-an-sa₂ | ... is placed for you. |
| 35 | šu-luh-ha ma-ra-ab-ku₃-ug ma-ra-ab-šen | He purifies for you, he cleanses for you |
| 36 | x x X DU SA U₃ du₈ X UZ KA LA ba-an-sig₇ | ... is yellow-green. |
| 37 | X x X mi-ni-in-pad₃ | ... he chose. |
| 38 | {d}en-ki abzu-ni u₃-tud šu-luh mu-ra-an-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | Enki gave birth in his Abzu to fearsomeness. |
| 39 | {d}ku₃-su₁₃-e šu-luh-ha ba-ni-gub e₂ ni₂-bi u₃-tud | Kusu set up a šuluḫa offering and gave birth to a house of fear. |
| 40 | |AB×A|-šag₄ bar-ba gir₄ gud udu ninda eš₃ bar-ba šu-luh kug-bi | On its outside, a scepter, an ox, sheep and bread, on its outside. Its silver is sulphur. |
| 41 | e₂-e i₃ im-sikil-e saŋ ba-ab-ha-za a₂-šu-ŋiri₃ ba-an-KU-uš | In the house the pure oil was poured out, the ašu-biri drum was sung |
| 42 | šu-luh kug nu-šub-bu-še₃ ambar mah | The pure šuluh ritual that cannot be undone in the great marshes |
| 43 | |AB×A| daŋal kug-ga-ta nam-bi im-ta-e₃ | The “seizing-of-the-mouth(-demon) of the pure throne has left |
| 44 | e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ barag mah kug-ga me gal mah an ki-a šu du₇ | The Ekišnubal temple, the supreme dais, the holy throne, the great cosmic powers, perfect in heaven and earth |
| 45 | |AB×A| kug-ta peš₁₀ mah a tu₅-a-zu | When you bathed in water from the silver vessel |
| 46 | i₃ hur-saŋ su kug ŋal₂-la-zu | Your oil of the mountain range, purified with silver |
| 47 | {d}nanna barag mah-zu ba-ŋar-ra | Nanna, your supreme dais was erected |
| 48 | gada mah keše₂ saŋ il₂ si mul suh₁₀-gir₁₁ nam-men-na | The supreme linen, bound with a knot, the shining stars of kingship |
| 49 | i₃ mah i₃ nam-men i₃ erim₃ gal-zu su-bar kug-ga-ka | The supreme oil, the oil of kingship, the great oil of your storeroom, the silver subar vessel, |
| 50 | kar-za-gin₃ kar mah kar kug-ga-na | The lapis lazuli quay, the supreme cistern, his holy quary, |
| 51 | {d}nin-gublaga-ke₄ en šu im-ma-an-kug-ga | Ningublaga, the lord whom he had blessed |
| 52 | {d}tarah abzu eridug{ki}-ta šu-bi i₃ im-sikil-e | Taraḫ from the Abzu of Eridug its hand scented with oil |
| 53 | u₂-a-zu banšur unu₂ ki gal-zu-še₃ šu kug ŋa₂-ŋa₂-zu-še₃ | Your uazu prayer, the banšur table, the dining hall of your great place, the hand of your precious metal |
| 54 | {d}ku₃-su₃-e šu sikil šu dadag ak šu im-ma-an-kug-ge | Kusu made his hand pure and pure, he blessed his hand. |
| 55 | {d}tarah abzu eridug{ki}-ta šu-bi i₃ im-sikil-e | Taraḫ from the Abzu of Eridug its hand scented with oil |
| 56 | eš₃ abzu barag mah urim₂{ki}-ma nam dug₃ gal tar-re | The shrine Abzu, the supreme dais of Urim, determines a great fate |
| 57 | e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ ki-tuš kug dug₃-ga-am₃ {d}nin-gal nin mah-bi | The Ekišnubal, the pure dwelling, Ningal, its supreme lady |
| 58 | ki-tuš kug ki nam-nin-za {d}nanna lugal-bi-ir | The holy residence, the place of ladyship of Nanna, its king |
| 59 | e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ agrun-kug-ga e₂ nam-lugal-zu | Ekišnubal, Agrun-kug, the house of your kingship |
| 60 | {d}nanna {d}nin-gal ki-tuš mi-ni-ib₂-hul₂-ne | Nanna and Ningal rejoice over his dwelling. |
| 61 | {d}suen-e en zu mah an ki aga-zu aga mah-am₃ | Suen, supreme lord of heaven and earth, your crown is a magnificent crown |
| 62 | me-lem₄ huš an ki-a sig₉-ge {d}dil-im₂-babbar-e šu he₂-en-na-kug-ge | The furious radiance of heaven and earth is sweet, may Dilimbabbar bless him. |
| 63 | an-gin₇ he₂-en-na-kug-ge ki-gin₇ he₂-en-na-šen-e | May it be pure like heaven, may it be purified like earth. |
| 64 | šag₄ an-na-gin₇ he₂-en-na-dadag-ge | May he make it shine like the heart of heaven for him |
| 65 | aga an ki-a aga kug saŋ he₂-em-ma-il₂-e | May the crown of heaven and earth raise a crown of pure gold. |
| 66 | {d}suen-e en zu mah an ki barag sikil-la šu du₇ | Suen, supreme lord of heaven and earth, perfect on the pure dais |
| 67 | {d}aš-im₂-babbar-e saŋ-men aga zid-da si mul mah X X | Ašimbabbar, the horn of the righteous crown, the magnificent star |
| 68 | saŋ im-ma-il₂-e | he heaped up. |
| 69 | i₃ kug i₃ sikil i₃ dadag-ge | Pure oil, pure oil, purified oil |
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