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A hymn to Ninšubur (Ninšubur B) (Q000717)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A hymn to Ninšubur (Ninšubur B) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000717 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| sa-gida A, | ||
| 1 | šubur-e šu mu₂-mu₂ gal-an-zu | The šubur priest knows the hand of a great bull |
| 2 | x X AN šubur-e šu mu₂-mu₂ gal-an-zu | ... the šubur priest knows the hand of the great wild cow |
| 3 | MU X {a}akkil-{ki}ke₄ šu mu₂-mu₂ gal-an-zu | ... of Akkid, hand of great wisdom |
| 4 | iri-na akkil{ki}-a dur₂ ba-ni-in-ŋar | In his city, Akil, he sat down. |
| 5 | šubur-e akkil{ki}-a dur₂ ki ba-ni-in-ŋar | The šubur priestess sat down in Akil |
| 6 | šubur-e X šu AN SI X X | The servant ... |
| 7 | ga-ša-an-šubur X {d}nin-tur₅ šu AN SI x X | Gašanšubur |
| 8 | šubur šu AN SI x | Šubur means hand ... |
| 9 | ga-ša-an-šubur x | Gašanšur |
| 10 | an-ra X x X mu-e-ni-il₂-X | I raised ... for An. |
| 11 | a-a {d}en-lil₂ u₃-mu-un kur-kur-ra-ra | Father Enlil, lord of all the lands |
| 12 | {d}nin-lil₂ nin ki-ur₃ ki gal-la-ra | For Ninlil, lady of the Ki’ur, the great place |
| 13 | {d}am-an-ki am uru₂-ze₂-eb-ba-ra | For Enki, the bull of Uruzeb, |
| 14 | munus zid x X {d}dam-gal-nun-na-ra | for Damgalnuna, the true woman, |
| 15 | urim₂{ki}-ma {d}dil-im₂-babbar-ra | in Urim for Dilimbabbar |
| 16 | ga-ša-an-gal-e agrun-kug-ga-na | Gašangal in his Agrun-kug |
| 17 | x kur gal {d}en-lil₂-le | the great mountain Enlil |
| 18 | x X u₃-mu-un-urta-a-ra | for Umunurta |
| 19 | x X ga-ša-an-hur-saŋ-ŋa₂-ra | for Gašanhursa |
| 20 | šul {d}utu eš₃ e₂-babbar-ra X X X X X zid-da x x | The head of Utu in the shrine Ebabbar |
| 21 | X X KI emeda(|UM.ME|) ga-ša-an-iri₁₁-gal-la | ... the nursemaid Gašanirigal |
| 22 | ki zabalam₂{ki}-a kug ga-ša-an-an-na | The silver of Gašanana in Zabalam |
| 23 | {d}mu-ul-lil₂-e diŋir gal-gal NE x X X-bi si sa₂ im-ma-ni-in-x X | Enlil ... the great diŋir stones ... |
| 24 | sa-gid₂-da-am₃ | it is a sagida |
| unknown B, | ||
| 25 | šubur barag mah-a dur₂ ŋar-ra-zu-x | Your šubur priest on the supreme dais |
| 26 | ga-ša-an-šubur-e dur₂ ŋar-ra-zu-x | Gašanšubur, your ... seat |
| 27 | barag a-a {d}en-lil₂-la-ke₄ dur₂ ŋar-ra-zu-x | When you sit on the dais of father Enlil |
| 28 | {d}en-lil₂ {d}nin-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ dur₂ ŋar-ra-zu-x | Enlil and Ninlil, your ... seat |
| 29 | me-e ama-ŋu₁₀-gin₇ ka₃-ka₃-a ama-ŋu₁₀-gin₇ ga-u₅ | I want to ride like a mother at the gate, like an mother. |
| 30 | ga-ša-an-šubur-ra ka₃-ka₃-a ama-ŋu₁₀-gin₇ ga-u₅ | Gašanšubur, I want to ride like a mother |
| 31 | sukkal zid e₂-an-na-ŋu₁₀ | faithful minister of Eanna, |
| 32 | {d}nin-šubur e₂-an-na-ŋu₁₀ | Ninšubur of the Eanna temple |
| 33 | sukkal-mah an ki-bi-me-en | I am the chief minister of heaven and earth. |
| 34 | {d}nin-šubur an ki-bi-me-en | I am Ninšubur of heaven and earth |
| 35 | sukkal zid {d}a-nun-na-ke₄-ne | the loyal ministers of the Anuna gods |
| 36 | {d}nin-šubur {d}a-nun-na-ke₄-ne | Ninšubur of the Anuna gods |
| 37 | sukkal zid diŋir kalam-ma-ke₄ | the faithful minister of the ... of the land, |
| 38 | {d}nin-šubur diŋir kalam-ma-ke₄ | Ninšubur, the judge of the land |
| 39 | sukkal zid ama kalam-ma-ke₄ | the loyal minister, the mother of the land |
| 40 | {d}nin-šubur ama kalam-ma-ke₄ X X X ga-u₅ | Ninšubur, mother of the land, I want to ride ... |
| 41 | x X {d}nin-šubur-ra-kam | It is of Ninšubur |
Sources & licences
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