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A šir-namšub to Nisaba (Nisaba B) (Q000734)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A šir-namšub to Nisaba (Nisaba B) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000734 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Kish |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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-ba X-ra ba-gul | ... destroyed. |
| 2 | x gul-gul ba-gul | ... destroyed, destroyed. |
| 3 | x {d}nisaba ba-gul | Nisaba was destroyed |
| 4 | e₂ {d}nisaba mu-lu₂ dub-ba-ka ba-gul | The house of Nisaba, the one who wrote it, was destroyed. |
| 5 | e₂ {d}|ŠE.TIR|-ma ba-gul | the temple of ŠE.TIR was destroyed |
| 6 | e₂ {d}nun-bar-še-gu-nu ba-gul | The temple of Nunbarsvegunu was destroyed. |
| 7 | x x X e₂-ha-mun ba-gul | ... the Ehamun temple is destroyed. |
| 8 | u₂-a-nir ba-am₃-mu₂ šu-mu ba-am₃-mu₂ | It is the uanir plant, it is the hand of the plant |
| 9 | bad₃-bi u₂ gid₂-da ba-am₃-mu₂ | Its walls were covered with long grass. |
| 10 | šag₄-ba u₂ {mu}ŋen-na-ke₄ šu mu-un-ni₁₀-ni₁₀-e | In its midst, the plants of the lord are smearing his hand |
| 11 | e-ne-eŋ₃ an-na e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ re | The word of An, the word of Enlil |
| 12 | šag₄ ib₂-ba an gu-la-ke₄ šu mu-un-ni₁₀-ni₁₀-e | The angry heart of great An trembles |
| 13 | ša₃-ab hul-ŋal₂-la {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ šu mu-un-ni₁₀-ni₁₀-e | The evil heart of Enlil seized him |
| 14 | ma-ŋu₁₀-a iti₆ ma-ŋu₁₀-a | In the evening, in the evening |
| 15 | iti₆ aŋ₂ giri₁₇-zal ma-ŋu₁₀-a | moonlight, joy, awe-inspiring |
| 16 | iti₆ ŋi₆ giri₁₇-zal ma-ŋu₁₀-a | Night and day, joy was present for me |
| 17 | aŋ₂ giri₁₇-zal ŋi₆ giri₁₇-zal ma-ŋu₁₀-a nam-mu-un-ed₂-de₃-en | “Oh, joy, oh joy, you should not be able to soothe me. |
| 18 | mu-lu-ŋu₁₀-ra iti₆ mu-lu-ŋu₁₀-ra bad₃-de₃ mu-na-ab-la₂ | For the one who is hungry, the moonlight of the one that is hungry filled the wall for him. |
| 19 | iti₆ aŋ₂ giri₁₇-zal mu-lu-ŋu₁₀-ra | Moonlight of joy for the man |
| 20 | iti₆ ŋi₆-a giri₁₇-zal mu-lu-ŋu₁₀-ra | In the evening, joy for the man |
| 21 | aŋ₂ giri₁₇-zal ŋi₆ giri₁₇-zal mu-lu-ŋu₁₀-ra bad₃-de₃ mu-na-ab-la₂ | He hung the wall for him in a roaring flood, a thundering river for the man. |
| 22 | iti₆-še₃ ki sikil iti₆-še₃ 1(AŠ)-ša mu-un-nu₂-en | In the evening, at the pure place, in the evening you lie down. |
| 23 | iti₆ hur-saŋ ki sikil-la si-a-še₃ 1(AŠ)-ša mu-un-nu₂-en | In the month of Tašrītu, I lie down in the pure place for the first time |
| 24 | kur {ŋiš}erin-na {d}mu-ul-lil₂ nu₂-a-še₃ 1(AŠ)-ša mu-un-nu₂-en | In the land of cedar, where Enlil lies he lies down for 1 day. |
| 25 | x er₂ gig i₃-še₈-še₈ | ... weeps bitterly |
| 26 | x iti₆-še₃ nu₂-a er₂ gig i₃-še₈-še₈ | ... lying down in the night, she weeps bitterly |
| 27 | x i₃-zalag-ga-am₃ i-e₃ me-e ba-gig₂-ge-en | ... shining ... I am sick. |
| 28 | iti₆ aŋ₂ giri₁₇-zal i-zalag-ga-am₃ i-e₃ me-e ba-gig₂-ge-en | “Did you see the moonlight that was bright? I am sick! |
| 29 | iti₆ ŋi₆ giri₁₇-zal i-zalag-ga-am₃ i-e₃ me-e ba-gig₂-ge-en | The moonlight of the night is bright, it shines, I am sick. |
| 30 | aŋ₂ giri₁₇-zal ŋi₆ giri₁₇-zal i-zalag-ga-am₃ i-e₃ me-e ba-gig₂-ge-en | “Woe is abundant, woe is plentiful, it shines, I am sick. |
| 31 | ki sikil ud zu ni₂ me-lem₄-ma-na er₂-še₃ ba-še₈-še₈ | The pure place, the one who knows daylight, was weeping in her radiance |
| 32 | ama {d}ezina₂-{d}ku₃-su₃ ni₂ me-lem₄-ma-na er₂-še₃ ba-še₈-še₈ | Mother Ezina-Kusu wept in her radiance. |
| 33 | nam-tar mu-šub-ba ni₂ me-lem₄-ma-na er₂-še₃ ba-še₈-še₈ | Namtar, in the midst of the night, in his fearsome aura he weeps. |
| 34 | šir₃-nam-šu-ub {d}nisaba | Praise to Nisaba |
Sources & licences
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