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A tigi to Ninurta (Ninurta D) (Q000723)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A tigi to Ninurta (Ninurta D) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000723 |
| 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 | ŋiš ga-šub-šub tir ga-sag₃-sag₃ ama-ŋu₁₀ hu-mu-da-an-zu | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the one who scatters the forest, may he know it with his mother. |
| 2 | {d}nin-urta-me-en ŋiš ga-šub-šub tir ga-sag₃-sag₃ ama-ŋu₁₀ hu-mu-da-an-zu | I am Ninurta, I want to utter an arazu prayer to you, may the mountain be trembling(?) for you |
| 3 | {urud}tun₃ X X-gin₇ gu₂-gur₅-ru ga-am₃-dug₄ ama-ŋu₁₀ hu-mu-da-an-zu | I want to utter an arazu prayer to my mother |
| 4 | {urud}tun₃ gal-gin₇ bad₃ DUB ga-šub-šub ama-ŋu₁₀ hu-mu-da-an-zu | Like a large copper kettle, I want to stand on the wall, may my mother know it. |
| 5 | ŋiri₃ niŋin₂-a-gin₇ erin₂-bi ga-dub₂-dub₂ ama-ŋu₁₀ hu-mu-da-an-zu | I want to squabble with its troops as if it were a river, so that my mother knows it. |
| 6 | ud-de₃ ma₂-uru₅-gin₇ teš₂ ga-am₃-gu₇ ama-ŋu₁₀ hu-mu-da-an-zu | I want to eat together with the storm like a boat at the quay! May my mother know it! |
| 7 | ur-saŋ X me₃ sumur-ra X saŋ mu-un-dub₂-dub₂-be₂ | The hero ... battle, ... squabbles. |
| 8 | en-e ki-bal nu-še-ga nam im-ma-kud-de₃ | The lord decreed a fate that cannot be changed in the rebel land |
| 9 | E RU X A {ŋiš}gud-si-AŠ ga-ra-ab-X uš₁₁-zu ga-mu-ni-gur₈ | I want to ... a gudsi-ašu-vessel for you, let me bring your weapon. |
| 10 | abula-zu ŋiš X GAR X u₃-bi₂-tar X-zu sa₂ ga-am₃-dug₄ | Your gate ... I want to praise your ... |
| 11 | an-za-gar₃-zu {kuš}gur₂₁{ur₃} u₃-bi₂-la₂ sahar-re-eš ga-mu-dub-dub | I want to strew dust on your horizon. |
| 12 | iri {d}en-lil₂-le nam ku₅-ra₂-gin₇ |KA×X|-zu ga-mu-ni-X | I want to ... the city of Enlil like one who has been cursed. |
| 13 | iri {d}nin-urta hul-a-gin₇ du₆-du₆-da ga-X X X | Like a destroyed city Ninurta, I want to ... the mounds |
| 14 | sa-gid₂-da-am₃ | it is a sagida |
| sa-jara B, | ||
| 15 | e lugal a₂ šum₂-ma {d}en-lil₂-la₂ kur šu-še₃ ŋar-u₃ | “Ha! King, who is the arm of Enlil, the foreign lands are set free! |
| 16 | en {d}nin-urta a₂ šum₂-ma {d}en-lil₂-la₂ kur šu-še₃ ŋar-u₃ | Lord Ninurta, who is the arm of Enlil, he conquered the foreign lands |
| 17 | en pa₅-šeš an-na a₂ šum₂-ma {d}en-lil₂-la₂ kur šu-še₃ ŋar-u₃ | The lord of the pāšu-vessel of heaven, the arm of Enlil, the mountain of the unknown |
| 18 | en {d}nin-urta X X x | Lord Ninurta |
| 29 | ki-sikil {d}nin-nibru{ki} nin x | Maiden Ninnibru, the lady |
| 30 | en {d}nin-urta lugal-ŋu₁₀ X x | Lord Ninurta, king of |
| 31 | {d}ig-alim-ma lugal-ŋu₁₀ x | Igalima, king of |
| 32 | {d}šul-šag₄-ga-na lugal-ŋu₁₀ X x | Šulšagana, the king |
| 33 | sa-ŋar-ra-am₃ šu-ta e-ne di-dam | He is a sabara-demon, he is to be struck by the hand |
| 34 | tigi {d}nin-urta-ka-kam | It is the tigi of Ninurta |
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