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A šir-gida (?) to Ninšubur (Ninšubur A) (Q000716)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Umma · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A šir-gida (?) to Ninšubur (Ninšubur A) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000716 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Umma |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
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 | nin numun zid kalam-ma sukkal an-na | Lady, true seed of the land, vizier of An, |
| 2 | sukkal an-na ama {d}nin-šubur ŋidru za-gin₃ šu u₃-me-ti | The vizier of heaven, mother Ninšubur, the lapis lazuli cloister, the hand of the lord |
| 3 | igi an-na ši-im-me-dib-dib-be₂ | Look at me in heaven! |
| 4 | an-ne₂ an-šag₄-ta saŋ-e-eš mu-ni-in-rig₇ | An presented it from the horizon. |
| 5 | {d}en-lil₂-le nam-e-eš mu-ni-in-tar | Enlil decreed a fate |
| 6 | u₈ zid sila₄ sag₉-sag₉ ud₅ zid maš₂ sag₉-sag₉-ga | True ewe, beautiful lamb, true goat, beautiful kid |
| 7 | ama gan zid-gin₇ dumu sag₉-sag₉-ga | like a good mother, a beautiful child, |
| 8 | tur₃ hu-mu-u₈-da-du₃ amaš hu-mu-u₈-da-niŋin₂ | May he build a cattlepen and a sheepfold for you, may he bless you! |
| 9 | tur₃ du₃-a-za amaš niŋin₂-na-za | In your built-up cattlepen and sheepfold |
| 10 | x X X x | |
| Seg.B, | ||
| 1 | šag₄ de₃-em-huŋ-e bar de₃-em-huŋ-e | May he pacify the heart, may he calm the liver |
| 2 | dim₃-me₈-er {d}a-nun-na GAR-ŋa₂-e de₃-en-huŋ-e | May the Anuna gods calm down |
| 3 | me-e da-gub-be₂-ŋen an-gub da-gub-X x | I want to stand (there), I want [to stand] in the sky. |
| 4 | ki-sikil ga-ša-an-an-na kur šuba₄ tud-da de₃-em-hul₂-e | May the young woman Gašanana, born in the mountain of šuba stones, rejoice over you |
| 5 | ga-ša-an-ŋen AŊ₂ BA MU-ŋen de₃-em-hul₂-e | O lady, let me rejoice on account of my name! |
| 6 | šag₄ de₃-em-huŋ-e bar de₃-em-huŋ-e | May he pacify the heart, may he calm the liver |
| 7 | dim₃-me₈-er {d}a-nun-na GAR-ŋa₂-e de₃-en-huŋ-e | May the Anuna gods calm down |
| 8 | nin-e {a}akkilₓ(|GADA.KID₂.SI.A|){ki} asila(|EZEN×LAL₂|) ba-ni-in-ŋar | The lady poured out joy in Akkil. |
| 9 | šir₃-gid₂-da {d}nin-šubur-ra-kam | It is a circle of Ninšubur. |
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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