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A hymn to Nanna (Nanna G) (Q000676)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A hymn to Nanna (Nanna G) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000676 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Seg.A, | ||
| 1 | {d}nanna x | Nanna |
| 2 | en dumu {d}en-lil₂-la₂ x | lord, son of Enlil |
| 3 | {d}nanna en X x | Nanna, lord |
| 4 | en dumu {d}en-lil₂-la₂ x | lord, son of Enlil |
| 5 | en u₆ di dug₃-ga x | The lord, the one who makes good judgments ... |
| 6 | munus hi-li šu du₇ x | a woman full of allure |
| 7 | {d}nanna en u₆ di dug₃-ga x | Nanna, the lord who makes good judgments, |
| 8 | munus hi-li šu du₇ x | a woman full of allure |
| 9 | {d}nin-hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ x | Ninhursa |
| 10 | ama gal {d}nin-hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ x | Great mother Ninḫursa |
| 11 | {d}nanna X x | Nanna |
| 12 | ama gal {d}nin-hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ x | Great mother Ninḫursa |
| 13 | mu-ni-in-X x | he ... |
| 14 | za-e lu₂ nir x | You, noble one ... |
| 15 | {d}nanna mu-x | Nanna ... |
| 16 | za-e lu₂ nir X x | You, noble one ... |
| 17 | x X X KI X x | ...; |
| Seg.B, | ||
| 1 | x X X x x | |
| 2 | x la-la-zu ma-ak-ak | ... your charms are made. |
| 3 | hi-li-zu {tug₂}x-gin₇ bar-ŋa₂ he₂-em-mi-dul | May your allure cover the outside like a ... garment. |
| 4 | {d}nanna šag₄-ŋu₁₀ X GIŠGAL X kug la-la ma-ak-ak | Nanna, the šagbu-priestess ... silver and lapis lazuli ... |
| 5 | hi-li-zu {tug₂}X-gin₇ bar-ŋa₂ he₂-em-mi-dul | May your allure cover the outside like a ... garment. |
| 6 | en šu sikil-e {dug}šakir₃-e he₂-du₇ | Lord, may the pure hand be perfect in the churn |
| 7 | niŋ₂ šu dug₄-ga-zu an-ra {d}en-lil₂-ra ša-mu-un-ne-sag₉ | May your good aura please An and Enlil |
| 8 | {d}nanna en šu sikil-la {dug}šakir₃-e he₂-du₇ | Nanna, lord of pure hands, may the churn be perfect |
| 9 | niŋ₂ šu dug₄-ga-zu an-ra {d}en-lil₂-ra ša-mu-un-ne-sag₉ | May your good aura please An and Enlil |
| 10 | e₂ ud du₆ ul-la-ka su₃-ud-še₃ he₂-du₃ | May the house built in distant days, in distant times, be restored. |
| 11 | e₂ {d}nanna ud du₆ ul-la a₂-mi kisal {d}nanna su₃-ud-še₃ he₂-du₃ | The temple of Nanna, a day of long days, my arms were stretched out in the courtyard of the god Nanna. |
| 12 | e₂ ŋissu-bi ab-šag₄-ga la₂-a | The house whose foundations have been torn down, |
| 13 | e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ u₆ di dug₃-ga | The Ekišnubal temple, a place of admiration |
| 14 | e₂ {d}nanna šag₄-sig-ga du₃-a | the temple of Nanna, built in the šagsig temple |
| 15 | x {d}suen diŋir-re-ne X X | Sîn, the birrēnu priests |
| 16 | x x X {d}en-lil₂ x | Enlil |
| 17 | x {d}nanna en dumu gal an-na x ki aŋ₂ {d}en-lil₂ {d}nin-lil₂-la₂ x | Nanna the lord the great son of An ... of Enlil and Ninlil |
| Seg.C, | ||
| 1 | x-me-en | I am |
| 2 | x X | |
| 7 | x-de₃-en | I want to ... |
| 8 | x-in-sa₄ | ...-insa |
| 9 | x X-la-me-en | I am ... |
| 10 | x-ri-in-sa₄ | ...-rinsa |
| 11 | x-en | ..., |
| 12 | x X | |
Sources & licences
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