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A hymn to Utu (Utu B) (Q000743)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A hymn to Utu (Utu B) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000743 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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 sig-še₃ ed₂-de₃ nim-še₃ igi bar-re-de₃ | to descend to the lowlands, to look at the highlands |
| 2 | {d}utu a-zu gal a-a saŋ gig₂-ga | Šamaš, great physician, bitter father |
| 3 | sun₄ {na₄}za-gin₃ la₂ e₂-babbar-ra | lapis lazuli ... of the Ebabbar temple |
| 4 | {d}utu ur-saŋ gal lipiš unken-na | Šamaš, great hero of the assembly |
| 5 | lugal gud-alim kur-ra dub₃ ba₉-re₆ | King of Gudalim, he conquered the foreign lands. |
| 6 | {d}utu gud-alim kur-ra dub₃ ba₉-re₆ | Utu, the bull of the netherworld, was carried off. |
| 7 | šilam ban₃-da UŠ nu-ed₃-de₃ | mighty king who cannot be rivalled |
| 8 | u₃-ba-zu ban₃-da ŋiš-bur₂ dab₅-ba | When you rise up, you are seized by a snare. |
| 9 | {d}utu iri-da e₂-nun-an-na dumu {d}nin-gal-e tud-da | Utu with the city, the Enunana, son of Ningal, born |
| 10 | gud {ŋiš}erin a naŋ-a ha-šu-ur₂-ra peš-a | oxen, cedar, watered by the šur river |
| 11 | gi-rin šag₄ su₃-ra₂ e-ne dug₄-dug₄ | The reed-beds of the deep are made perfect for you |
| 12 | su₃-ra₂-aŋ₂ e₃-a su-lim-ma gun₃-am₃ | Exalted one, bright and speckled, |
| 13 | ud-ba lugal-ŋu₁₀ ed₂-da-ni-ne | At that time, the king and his troops |
| 14 | an mu-un-da-dub₂-dub₂ ki mu-un-da-sag₃-sag₃ | Heaven shakes, earth shakes. |
| 15 | KA mu-un-bal e₂-gal-la ed₂-da-ni-ta | ... carried away from the palace, his steppe. |
| 16 | an mu-un-x | An ... |
| 17 | {ŋiš}si-ŋar an-na-ke₄ x x hu-mu-da-gi₄-gi₄ | May the horn of heaven be returned to me. |
| 18 | mul-e X X-da-ke₄ ur₄-ur₄-x | The star ... |
| 19 | ama-ni sila-a X-aš LA X x | His mother in the street ... |
| 20 | {d}utu-še₃ dul₃ na-mu-un-di-ni-ib-daŋal | may Utu not take away his work! |
| 21 | kur-ra saŋ mi-ni-in-il₂ lugal-bi na-nam | He lifted up the net in the mountains, it is indeed its king. |
| 22 | {d}utu kur-kur-ra di-bi-še₃ kud-de₃ | Šamaš, to judge all the lands, |
| 23 | en dumu {d}nin-gal-la-ke₄ kur-kur-ra ka-aš-bi bar-re-de₃ | The lord, the son of Ningal, in order to make the lands tremble |
| 24 | en gal-zu eš-bar dumu {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ | wise lord, son of Enlil |
| 25 | {d}utu gal-zu mah dumu {d}nin-x-la₂-ke₄ | Utu, your great one, son of Nin- |
| 26 | {d}utu X X saŋ-ŋa₂ mi-ni-in-ŋal₂ | Šamaš carried off ... |
| 27 | en dumu {d}nin-gal-la KA DI 50 šu-ni šu-mu-un-ŋal₂ | Lord, son of Ningal |
| 28 | ud-gin₇ kur-ra gu₃ mu-ni-ib-be₂ | Like a storm it cries out in the nether world. |
| 29 | kalam-ma saŋ mi-ni-in-il₂ | he raised up in the land |
| 30 | hu-ri₂-in{mušen}-gin₇ kur šuba₄ kur šuba₄{ba} | Like a ḫurinmuš tree, the mountain is covered in sand, |
| 31 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ {d}utu mu-da-bal-e-en | “Lugal-šamaš, you carry it away! |
| 32 | igi-ni kur-ra bi₂-in-la₂ | he stretched his eyes to the netherworld. |
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