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An excerpt from a hymn to Nanna (Q000688)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | An excerpt from a hymn to Nanna |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000688 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| 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 | diŋir diŋir-re-e-ne DI bi₂-in-X | The judges of the judges ... |
| 2 | un₃-na e₃ me an-na šu du₇ | Rise from the darkness, perfecting the divine powers of heaven |
| 3 | men ri-ba še-er-zid X nun X an-na | ... prince ... of heaven. |
| 4 | mi₂ zid dug₄-ga an {d}uraš-a u₃-tud-da dur-an-ki | who gives birth to the righteous woman, An and Uraš, Duranki |
| 5 | ud še-er-zid men urim₂{ki}-ma | The day of the šērzid prayer, the crown of Urim |
| 6 | niŋ₂ dug₃-ge niŋ₂ dug₃-ge al na-an-ga-am₃-mi-in-dug₄ | You should not be satisfied with yourself, you should not satisfy yourself. |
| 7 | en-e nam uru₂-na tar-re-de₃ {d}en-lil₂ mu-un-kuš₂-u₃ | The lord who determines the fate of his city, Enlil, is tired |
| 8 | a-a-ŋu₁₀ uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ki-bi ha-ma-gi₄-gi₄ | May father and city be restored to their places for me. |
| 9 | dug₄-ga zid-zid-da a-a {d}nanna šu-ni na-e₃ | The one who rises up high, father Nanna, raises his hand. |
| 10 | nam₂ nun-e nam₂ nun-e nam-nun gal diŋir-re-e-ne-ke₄ | The rulership, the rulership of the great princes |
| 11 | e₂ an-gin₇ ni₂ su zig₃ ri-a me-lem₄-ma gur₃-ru-me-en | I am the one who carries radiance like an aura over the temple like heaven. |
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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