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A šir-gida to Ninisina (Ninisina A) (Q000708)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A šir-gida to Ninisina (Ninisina A) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000708 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | x barag mah-a dur₂ ŋar-ra | The ... of the supreme dais, the seat of the dais |
| 2 | x ni₂ gur₃-ru u₆ di-de₃ gub-ba | ... clad in fearsomeness, standing ready to admire. |
| 3 | x {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na hu-ul-hu-le-eš₂ sig₇-ga | ... Nininsina, whose evildoers are yellow |
| 4 | x me ur₄-ur₄ ŋarza₂ im-pad₃-de₃ | ... searching for the mes of the throne |
| 5 | X {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na-ke₄ nam-galam-ma gu₂ nam-mi-in-KU | ... Nininsina roared in greatness. |
| 6 | x nam-galam-ma u₂-a me na-ur₄-ur₄-re | ... of the gala-priesthood, oh, I want to recite the mes. |
| 7 | {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na-ke₄ nam-galam-ma u₂-a me na-ur₄-ur₄-re | Nininsina, may there be a great fate, may the divine powers be gathered. |
| 8 | me mah šu-še₃ na-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | The supreme divine powers that should not be confined to his hand |
| 9 | tug₂ gal-e u-gun₃ im-ma-ak-e inim im-ma-ab-sag₉-ge | He made a great garment and spoke favorable words to her. |
| 10 | bulug-kiŋ₂-gur₄-ra igi mu-un-sig₁₀-ge | He looked at the brickwork of Bulug-kigur. |
| 11 | {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na-ke₄ ŋiri₂-GAG-e u₃-sar im-ma-ak-e | Nininsina wrote a šumma incantation. |
| 12 | me nam-a-zu šu im-du₇-du₇ | Your divine powers are perfected |
| 13 | dumu-ni lugal ŋir₂-si-ra | his son, the king of Birsi |
| 14 | {d}da-mu lu₂ sag₉-ga šu-ni ba-ab-šum₂-mu | Damu, good man, his hand was shaved |
| 15 | dumu-ŋu₁₀ niŋ₂ nam-a-zu-ka ŋizzal he₂-em-ma-ak | “Let your child, who has no regard for you, be sated with awe! |
| 16 | {d}da-mu niŋ₂ nam-a-zu-ka ŋizzal he₂-em-ma-ak | Damu, may your awe-inspiring aura be extinguished. |
| 17 | {tug₂}bar-sig₉-ge šu im-ma-an-ti šu im-gur-gur-re | He took a cloak, he returned it to him. |
| 18 | {tug₂}bar-sig₉ dig-dig-e im-ma-ak-e | He made a cloak for the digdig-priest. |
| 19 | im al-dug₄-ga im-ku₇-ku₇-e | The clay, which is good, makes it sweet. |
| 20 | uš₂ lugud-e šu im-šu₂-ur-šu₂-ur-re | The king's hand trembles |
| 21 | simₓ(GIG)-simₓ(GIG)-ma šu kum₂ mu-na-ak-e | He kneads the hand of sulphur for her |
| 22 | nin-ŋu₁₀ šag₄-zu ama kalam-ma-ka | Ninbu, your heart is the mother of the Land |
| 23 | a-zu gal saŋ gig₂-ga-kam | The great physician is a sick person |
| 24 | {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na dumu an-na-ke₄ | Nininsina, son of An |
| 25 | dumu-ni lugal ŋir₂-si-ra | his son, the king of Birsi |
| 26 | {d}da-mu lu₂ sag₉-ga šu-ni ba-ab-šum₂-mu | Damu, good man, his hand was shaved |
| 27 | dumu-ŋu₁₀ niŋ₂ nam-a-zu-ka ŋizzal he₂-em-ma-ak | “Let your child, who has no regard for you, be sated with awe! |
| 28 | {d}da-mu niŋ₂ nam-a-zu-ka ŋizzal he₂-em-ma-ak | Damu, may your awe-inspiring aura be extinguished. |
| 29 | eš-bar kiŋ₂-ŋa₂ za₃-mi₂ mi-ri₂-in-dug₄ | The decision was made favorable in the earth |
| 30 | kug {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na nam-išib mu-na-ak-e | The silver of Nininsina he made for her. |
| 31 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ abzu nun-na-ta saŋ-e-eš mu-ni-in-rig₇ | Enki presented it from the princely Abzu. |
| 32 | šag₄-gig lipiš-gig lu₂-ulu₃-ra mu-na-kar-re | The sick šag-gig (and) the sick lipišgig struck the man |
| 33 | lu₂-ulu₃-bi muš ki bil₂-gin₇ i-im-bal-bal-e | Its people flee like snakes from a bitter place |
| 34 | muš ki-uš₂-a-gin₇ e-ne dag i₃-si-il-e | Like a snake in a grave, he trembles |
| 35 | šag₄-ŋu₁₀ lipiš-ŋu₁₀ gibil-la-bi im-me | She cries “It is a flood, it is an erupting flood!' |
| 36 | nin-ŋu₁₀ nam-išib-e šu gal mu-un-du₇-du₇ | Lady, the extispicy is perfected with great skill |
| 37 | {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na-ke₄ tu₆ bi₂-in-dug₄ ba-sag₉ | Nininsina made the incantation sweet, it was good. |
| 38 | i₃-nun-e nam-šub ba-an-šum₂ | The princely innards were brought to an end |
| 39 | bur gal-la-na ba-ni-in-de₂ | he poured it in his great bowl. |
| 40 | šu sed-da-na nam-ma-an-de₆ | He should not carry his cool hand |
| 41 | lu₂-ulu₃-bi tum₉-gin₇ kuš-a-na im-ma-an-di-ni-ib-ed₂-de₃ | Its people were carried away in his shoes like a wind |
| 42 | izi {u₂}numun₂ zi-zi-da-gin₇ ni₂-ba mu-un-te-en-te-en | Like a rising fire, he calmed his fear. |
| 43 | diŋir nam-lu₂-ulu₃ sizkur a-ra-zu-a mu-na-an-sug₂-sug₂-ge-eš | They stood before the Ibir of humanity in prayer and supplication |
| 44 | inim-bi-da an-ra {d}en-lil₂-ra | with its word to An and Enlil |
| 45 | kug {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na ki mah-a-na mu-un-ne-de₃-en-ku₄-ku₄ | The silver of Nininsina enters her supreme place for her |
| 46 | {d}udug hul {d}lamma hul lu₂-ra šub-ba | Evil udug, evil lamma-demon in the hand of a man |
| 47 | {d}dim₃-me {d}dim₃-me-a-bi kur₉-ra ŋi₆ u₃-na | Lamaštu, the Lamassu of the netherworld, in the river |
| 48 | nam-tar a₂-sag₃-ga lu₂-ra nu-ed₃-de₃ | The fate of the Asag demon is not to be revealed to anyone. |
| 49 | lu₂-ra sug₂-ge-eš u₃ mu-ni-ib-kar | For a man, he smites the šugi and mudbrick |
| 50 | diŋir niŋ₂ mu-un-ni-ra-a-ni | When he makes the Ibir temple tremble |
| 51 | saŋ-ŋu₁₀-a ba-an-di-ni-ib-šub-ba | when he had given it as a gift |
| 52 | lu₂-bi ensi-ra mu-un-pad₃-de₃ eŋer-ra mu-un-zu-zu | This man found the ruler, he knows the Ebera. |
| 53 | lu₂-ulu₃ nam-tar um-ma-an-dirig-ga | (Sum) My man, he made the fates surpassing for me (Akk) The man, who made the destinys surpass for me |
| 54 | kug {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na sizkur mu-na-ab-be₂ a-ra-zu mu-na-ab-be₂ | She utters a sizkur prayer to Nininsina and an arazu prayer to her |
| 55 | nin-ŋu₁₀ ka tar DU-za za im-|DU.DU| | Lady, your mouth ... |
| 56 | tu₆-zu lu₂-ra mu-un-ta-ed₃-de₃ | Your incantation is to be uttered to a man |
| 57 | šul diŋir tuku he₂-em-mu-un-ak | May he act as if he had a rival. |
| 58 | egir-ba šu-si-zu u₃-mu-ne-ur₃ | After you have gathered your hands, |
| 59 | ni₂-zu me-teš₂-e ši-im-i-i | Your fearsomeness is a divine command |
| 60 | mu-zu dug₃-ge-eš-e im-pad₃-de₃ | Your name is chosen favorably |
| 61 | nin-ŋu₁₀ ni₂-te-na ki mu-un-kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂-e | (Sum) My lady, in her own right, he makes the earth tremble(?) (Akk) The lady of her own will make the earth shake |
| 62 | niŋ₂ nu-sig₉-ge en₃ nam-ši-in-tar | He should not be afraid, he should not inquire after it. |
| 63 | niŋ₂ nu-dim₂-me-de₃ ŋeštug₂-ga-ni na-an-gub | In order not to reproduce himself, he should not stand in his garment. |
| 64 | nam-nu-u₈-gig-e hi-li im-ma-an-X | The nugig priestess ... allure. |
| 65 | lu₂ nin-ŋu₁₀ me ŋar-ŋar-ra-ba šu ba-ra-an-ti | The one of the lady, whose divine powers are unrivaled |
| 66 | ud-ba unu₇ šuba nu-ŋal₂-la-am₃ | At that time, the dining hall did not have a šuba stone |
| 67 | unu₇ šuba gu₂-a nu-ŋal₂-la-am₃ | It is a šuba-vessel that cannot be carried away in the dining hall |
| 68 | {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na-ke₄ inim-e bi₂-in-sig₁₀-ge | Nininsina spoke favorable words |
| 69 | šuba na-ur₁₁-ru numun-e-eš na-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | The šuba drum is played, the seed is played |
| 70 | in-nin₉ nu-u₈-gig gal an-na-ke₄ | Lady, great nugig priestess of heaven |
| 71 | unu₇ šuba inim-e bi₂-ib-sig₁₀-ge | In the dining hall he speaks a word |
| 72 | še-er-zid ed₂-de₃ zag keše₂-de₃-de₃ | To bind the šērzid drum to the steppe, to tie the Zag |
| 73 | {si}asil₃-la₂ saŋ-ŋa₂ mu-ni-ŋal₂ | he carried it in a basket. |
| 74 | šar₂ ki-sikil li-li ŋa₂-ŋa₂-de₃ | “The king, the maiden, the lili priestess |
| 75 | bahar₂-ra-ke₄ si sa₂-e-de₃ gi-dur kud-de₃ nam tar-re-de₃ | The potter, in order to make the reeds straight, to tie the long pole, to decide the fates, |
| 76 | {ŋiš}ig niŋin₃-ŋar-ra-ke₄ šu us₂-u₃-de₃ UM ki ra-ra-de₃ | The door of the scepter is to be opened, the hand to be twisted, to be touched |
| 77 | dumu lu₂ ur₂-ra da an-ri-ri gu₃ nun sud-sud-de₃ | So that the child of a stranger cries out in the lap beside An, |
| 78 | šag₄ ki-še₃ ŋa₂-ŋa₂-de₃ saŋ šu bal ak-de₃ | To make the earth tremble, to make the hand shake |
| 79 | nam-nu-u₈-gig zi-ki-in-ne-en tukum di-de₃ |IM.DI| luh-e-de₃ | “You are the true nugig priestess, if you are to go around, to tremble |
| 80 | me gal-gal-e pa e₃ u₃-bi₂-ak | I made manifest the great mes. |
| 81 | nin-ŋu₁₀ me-te si na-an-ga-am₃-dug₄ | Lady, you should not say good things about me! |
| 82 | {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na-ke₄ silim zid-de₃-eš na-e | Nininsina, you should not speak kindly |
| 83 | nin munus šul a₂ mah {d}en-lil₂-la₂-me-en | I am the lady, the exalted woman of Enlil |
| 84 | munus sag₉-ga {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na-me-en dumu an kug-ga-me-en | I am the beautiful woman Nininsina, I am a pure son of An |
| 85 | a-a-ŋu₁₀ an lugal sipad diŋir-re-e-ne | Aya-būti, king of the shepherds of the people, |
| 86 | kalam-e barag kug-ga ba-e-tuš | The Land sat on the holy dais |
| 87 | ama-ŋu₁₀ {d}uraš nin diŋir-re-e-ne | Ama-bu, Uraš, lady of the intertwined cult centers |
| 88 | an-da ki-nu₂ kug-ga šag₄ kuš₂-u₃ e-ne su₃-ud gal ba-e-dug₄ | Heaven and earth, the pure bed, a deep sleep - how could you be satisfied? |
| 89 | ki-ulutim₂-ŋu₁₀ an kug ki sikil | At the place of the holy heavens and the pure earth, |
| 90 | e₂-ŋu₁₀ e₂ i₃-si-in{ki} bulug an ki | E-bu, the house of Isin, the gatekeeper of heaven and earth |
| 91 | tir šim {ŋiš}erin-na ir-bi nu-gul-e | The cedar forest is not destroyed in tears. |
| 92 | šag₄-bi kur he₂-ŋal₂-la ki us₂-sa | Its ‘heart’ is a mountain that is torn out from the earth |
| 93 | e₂-ŋu₁₀ kur dilmun{ki} nu-me-a {ŋiš}ŋišnimbar-ta ba-an-tud | He gave birth to a house, a land that was not Dilmun, from Nimbar. |
| 94 | i₃-si-in{ki} kur dilmun{ki} nu-me-a {ŋiš}ŋišnimbar-ta ba-an-tud | Without Isin, the land of Dilmun, he was born. |
| 95 | zu₂-lum-bi gada mah ŋiš la₂-gin₇ guru₇-še₃ ba-an-dub | Its dates were heaped up in the silo like a fine linen cloth. |
| 96 | {d}a-nun-na diŋir gal-gal-e-ne mu-da-gu₇-u₃-ne | The Anuna, the great judges, eat with me. |
| 97 | e₂-ŋu₁₀ ki silim-ma giri₁₇-zal ki-ulutim₂ kalam-ma | E-bu, the place of peace, joy of the underworld, of the Land |
| 98 | ŋi₆ u₃-na iti₆-gin₇ ma-e₃ | “In the night, like a moonlight, I came out. |
| 99 | an-bar₇-gana₂ ud-ud-gin₇ ma-e₃ | I rise up like the sun in the horizon. |
| 100 | nitalam-ŋu₁₀ en {d}pa-bil-saŋ dumu {d}en-lil₂-ke₄ | the wife of lord Pabilsa, son of Enlil |
| 101 | šag₄-ba e-ne ZI₂-bi mu-da-an-nu₂ ki-nu₂ mu-ni-ib-dug₃-ge | In its midst he lies down with him, he makes the bed pleasant. |
| 102 | id₂-ŋu₁₀ {id₂}kir₁₁-sig he₂-ŋal₂ gu₇-e gig-še₃ ba-dul₅-la₂ | “May the Euphrates carry away the flood, so that the sick ones are covered. |
| 103 | šag₄-ba a zal-le ma-ra-il₂-il₂ | In its midst he raised the flowing water for you |
| 104 | gu₂-gu₂-bi lal₃ ŋeštin ba-an-mu₂ maš₂-bi ma-sud-e | Its branches were covered with honey and wine, its goats were covered in blood. |
| 105 | kur gal {d}en-lil₂-le šag₄-ga-ni um-ma-an-hu-luh-ha-ta | After the great mountain Enlil had exhausted his heart |
| 106 | kur-da saŋ-ki um-ma-da-an-gid₂ | With the mountain he extended the net for me. |
| 107 | ki-bal-da nam im-ma-da-an-kud | he cursed the rebel land. |
| 108 | ki-bal kur saŋ-ki gid₂-da-ni-še₃ | The rebel land, the land of peace, his lengthening |
| 109 | a-a-ŋu₁₀ {d}en-lil₂-le im-ma-ši-in-gi₄-gi₄ | Father Enlil returned it. |
| 110 | munus šul-me-en ur-saŋ kalag-ga-me-en ŋe₂₆-e-me-en im-ši-du-un | I am a strong woman, I am the strong hero, I set out. |
| 111 | sipad ki-bal-ba ŋeštug₂-ga-na im-ma-ni-ib-dab₅-be₂ | The shepherd of the rebel land seized him in his garment. |
| 112 | ka u₃-mu-da-an-tar ka u₃-mu-da-an-sig₉ | I will open the mouth, I will seal the mouth. |
| 113 | e-ne-ra ŋeštug₂-ga u₃-mu-na-ni-in-u₁₈-lu | When he wears this garment, |
| 114 | iri-ba hul-a-ba lu₂ nu-mu-un-ši-zu-zu | In that destroyed city no one can know. |
| 115 | sipad-bi u₂-gu₇-a-na lu₂ nu-mu-ši-pad₃-de₃ | Its shepherd who eats does not find anyone. |
| 116 | a-gin₇ u₃-mu-dab₅-dab₅ buru₁₄-gin₇ u₃-mu-su₃-su₃ | How is it that you have seized me, how is the harvest done to you? |
| 117 | še-gin₇ ŋiš-ba₉-ra₂ šu um-ma-ni-ti | Like barley, the hand of Ummaniti |
| 118 | izi-gin₇ {u₂}numun₂-bur-gin₇ e-ne um-ma-an-la₂ | Like a fire, like a scorpion, he brought it to me. |
| 119 | {ŋiš}tukul sag₃-ge saŋ ŋiš ra-ra-ŋu₁₀ | The one who strikes with a weapon, the one who scatters (them) |
| 120 | a-a-ŋu₁₀ {d}en-lil₂-ra nibru{ki}-še₃ ka ga-mu-na-ab-de₆ | I want to speak to father Enlil in Nippur |
| 121 | nin me huš-a dur₂ ŋar-ra-me-en | I am the lady who dwells in furious divine powers |
| 122 | an kug-ta nam-išib šum₂-ma-me-en | You are the one who has escaped from the pure heavens |
| 123 | e₂-gal-ta niŋ₂-saŋ zig₃-ga-me-en | I am one who rises in fear from the palace. |
| 124 | barag mah-ta me šu ti-a-me-en | From the supreme dais I am the one who has received divine powers |
| 125 | peš₁₀-ŋal₂ gaba-ŋal₂ an uraš-a-me-en | I am the one who binds heaven and earth, |
| 126 | nin gal diŋir-re-e-ne-me-en | I am the great lady of the intertwined world, |
| 127 | ni₂-ŋu₁₀ huš-am₃ kalam-ma mu-un-ri | He brought forth a furious aura in the land |
| 128 | su zig₃-ŋu₁₀ kur-kur-ra ši-im-ri | Who raises the head in all the lands |
| 129 | a₂ aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ŋu₁₀ lu₂ nu-mu-un-ši-zu-zu | No one knows the wages of laborers. |
| 130 | munus-me-en ur-saŋ-me-en šul-la-me-en a₂-ŋal₂ kalam-ma-me-en | I am the woman, I am a hero, (I am) a conqueror of the land |
| 131 | an mu-dur₇-ra-gin₇ mu-da-gam-e-en | Like one who sat down in heaven, I will go with him. |
| 132 | ki-a a-ŋi₆-gin₇ mu-da-šub-šub | On earth, like a flood, he set it up. |
| 133 | {ŋiš}rab₃ kalam-ma uŋ₃ šu ri-ri-me-en | I am the scepter of the land, the hand of the wild cow |
| 134 | mir-gin₇ du uŋ₃-še₃ šag₄ huŋ-e | Like a cloud blowing in the wind, it roars like a stormwind |
| 135 | šudu₃ a-ra-zu ŋiš tuku-me-en kug {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na za₃-mi₂ | You are the sheep of arazu prayer. The silver of Nininsina is my praise. |
| 136 | šir₃-gid₂-da {d}nin-isin₂{si}-na-kam | It is the širgida of Nininsina |
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