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A hymn to Nergal (Nergal B) (Q000694)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A hymn to Nergal (Nergal B) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000694 |
| 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 | ur-saŋ dumu mah ni₂ gur₃-ru {d}en-lil₂-la₂ | Ursa, the exalted child bearing fearsomeness of Enlil |
| 2 | ud-gin₇ ra-ra ki-bal-še₃ gu₃ ŋar-ra | Like a storm shouting in the rebel land |
| 3 | igi-ni-še₃ u₁₈-ru bar-ra-ni-še₃ mar-uru₅ zig₃-ga | In front of her, a raging storm, behind her, rising flood |
| 4 | x X-ba-ni ki-bi x-ge | ... his ... |
| 5 | en {d}meš₃-lam-ta-e₃-a ni₂ huš gur₃-ru | Lord Meslamtaea, bearing a furious aura |
| 6 | x x-a-ni kur erim₂-ŋal₂ nu-ed₂-de₃ | His ... cannot escape the hostile land. |
| 7 | si ma-az-za-ni kalam-ma x-la | ... of the land ... |
| 8 | x {ŋiš}tukul bi-in-sag₃ | He struck with a weapon |
| 9 | x X IM {d}en-lil₂-le u₃-tud-da | ... that Enlil had given birth to |
| 10 | x GAL X X mar-uru₅ X X X | ... stag ... |
| 11 | x X X x-ŋar-re-en₆ | ...-barrēn |
| 12 | a₂ nam-ur-saŋ-ŋa₂-zu mu-gub-be₂-en₆ | I stand at your strength as a hero. |
| 13 | saŋ il₂-la gu₃ ra-bi-da nir-ŋal₂ | raising a net, shouting loudly, |
| 14 | lu₂ zu-me diŋir-re-e-ne-ke₄ | The one who knows the intertwined world, |
| 15 | e₂ |ŊA₂×X|-e ba-x-ar kalam-ma-ka | in the house of the ... of the land |
| 16 | an-ne₂ mu-niŋin₂ niŋ₂-nam-ma a₂ mu-un-kiŋ₂ | An made him tremble, he made him lie down in fear. |
| 17 | ud nam-X mu-X X X | The day ... |
| 18 | a-ma-ru kur sig₁₀-sig₁₀-ge₅ mu-ni-dug₄-ga | The flood that makes the land tremble, |
| 19 | niŋ₂ hul-ŋal₂-bi kuš₇ su₃-su₃-me-en | I am the one whose terrifying fearsomeness is exhausting |
| 20 | en-na nu-še-ga-še₃ su₃-su₃-me-en | As long as I am not abandoned, |
| 21 | ur-saŋ gal kur-kur-ra-me-en | I am the great hero of all the lands |
| 22 | ŠEŠ-a dub₂-dub₂-e gu₃ ba-an-de₂-de₂ | He shouted in a rage |
| 23 | ŋiri₃ nu-ni-gub X X-ni-du-un | They did not stand in the ditches, they did not ... |
| 24 | šaŋan 7-gin₇ X X-e ba-an-dib | He passed like a seven-year-old |
| 25 | saŋ gig₂ teš₂ an-še₃ gu₂ bi₂-in-ŋar | He shook his neck to heaven with a lump of wheat |
| 26 | tum₁₂{mušen}-bi-a lal₃-da zag mi-ni-dib-be₂ | Its tummuš-birds pass by with honey on their sides. |
| 27 | sim{mušen} babbar gig₂-bi-a zag mi-ni-dib-be₂ | The white šunu-bird passes by at its side. |
| 28 | x x sila sig₉-sig₉-ga X x | ... red street ... |
| 29 | ni₂ X-zu iri mu-un-dul | Your ... covered the city. |
| 30 | men zid mah ni₂-zu x | Your supreme crown, your aura ... |
| 31 | X X u₁₈-lu lu₂-u₃ gaba nu-mu-gi₄ | ... no one answers. |
| 32 | ki nin ki kal-kal nam-{d}en-lil₂ ša-ba-ak-e | The place of the lady, the mighty place of Enlil is to be smashed. |
| 33 | igi saŋ il₂ kalam-ma nam-lugal ša-ba-ak-e | The one who raises the eyes of the land, the kingship is to be made manifest |
| 34 | a-a-ni-ra uŋ₃ su₃-ud-bi-ta mi-ni-ib-e₃ | For his father, he came forth from the darkness. |
| 35 | kur-ra e₂ X X X ki di-bi-še₃ i₃-ši-de₆ {d}nergal-ke₄ | Nergal brought the ... of the mountain to the place of judgment. |
| 36 | {d}er₃-ra lugal-ni mi₂ na-mu-un-e | Erra, his master, should not kiss him. |
| 37 | sug₂-sug₂-ge-eš-am₃ an-ra dirig-ga-me-en | I am the one who stands at the top of heaven |
| 38 | an lugal-e šid du₃-mu-na-ab | May An, the king, bless him! |
| 39 | nam tar-re nam mu-un-di-ni-ib-tar-re {d}nergal-ka-me-en | I am the one who decrees fates, who determines destinies |
| 40 | {d}nin-šubur sukkal ki gal kur-ra-ke₄ {d}nergal-ka-ke₄ silim-bi ba-ni-in-dug₄ | Ninšubur, the vizier of the great place of the netherworld, and Nergal satisfied him with peace. |
| 41 | en-e hur-saŋ-ta lu₂-sa-gaz ki mu-e₃-a-me-en | I am the lord who destroys the earth from the mountain range. |
| 42 | {d}en-lil₂-gin₇ ki X kur teš₂-a a₂-zu nu-ed₂-de₃ | Like Enlil, the ... place, the foreign land, your strength cannot be rivalled |
| 43 | ur-saŋ x gu₂ du₃ {d}en-lil₂-la₂ | Ursa, ... of Enlil, |
| 44 | zar-re-eš {d}en-lil₂-ra ud 1(AŠ)-a du₈-du₈ | The zarreš-priests of Enlil were laid low for 1 day. |
| 45 | x hul gig {d}nergal i-zi-gin₇ | the evil ... of Nergal, like a rising flood, |
| 46 | x kur ud e₃ zig₃-ga-me-en | I am the rising ... of the mountain. |
| 47 | {d}a-nun-na mu-un-sug₂-ge-eš | The Anuna stood by him |
| 48 | x ki-in-dar sud-sud-gin₇ | ... like a reed thicket |
| 49 | x X-a-ni {d}nergal-ka-me-en | I am the ... of Nergal |
| 50 | x in-ga-x X | he |
| 51 | x X x | |
| 52 | x X X | |
| 53 | x tud-da | ... born |
| 54 | x zar-re-eš₂ du₈ | ... of the zarreš-priests |
| 55 | x dumu {d}en-lil₂-la₂ | son of Enlil |
| 56 | x {d}lugal-er₉-ra | of Lugal-Erra, |
| 57 | za₃-mi₂-zu dug₃-ga-am₃ | Your praise is sweet. |
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