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A hymn to Kusu (Kusu A) (Q000749)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A hymn to Kusu (Kusu A) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000749 |
| 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 | am huš gal du₇-du₇ gi-izi-la₂ | Wild bull, great wild bull, roaring reed-beam |
| 2 | am gal {d}en-ki-ke₄ u₃-na gub-bu | The great wild bull Enki stands at the side. |
| 3 | abzu ki sikil-ta e₃-a | Abzu, coming forth from the pure place, |
| 4 | {d}gibil₆ e₂-gal unu₂ x | Gibil, palace, dining hall |
| 5 | ni₂ gal gur₃-ru-na muš₃ X x | In her great fearsomeness, a snake ... |
| 6 | {d}nun-bar-an-na šu ŋar huš x-la | Nunbarana, a furious hand |
| 7 | gi-izi-la₂ gal abzu-ta e₃-a | The great reed mat that emerges from the abzu, |
| 8 | me nun-na saŋ il₂ | who lifts up the princely divine powers |
| 9 | {ŋiš}erin {ŋiš}šu-ur₂-men₅ {ŋiš}za-ba-lum {ŋiš}taškarin | cedar, cypress, zabalum, taskarin |
| 10 | siki babbar siki gig₂ ŋiš-kin₂ babbar ŋiš-kin₂ gig₂ | White wool, shekels of wool, white wool |
| 11 | {ŋiš}hašhur še-er-gum {ŋiš}peš₃ še-er-gum gid₂-da la₂-a | “Ḫašḫu-plant, šērgum-plant (and) ēru-plant(s), long-lasting, |
| 12 | a₂ tarah maš₂ hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ | labor of taraḫ, goat of the mountain range |
| 13 | i₃ tur₃ amaš kug-ta de₂-a | Eating oil from the cattlepen and sheepfold with silver |
| 14 | {im}šu-rin-na-ta X-a | from Urinna |
| 15 | X gi-izi-la₂-ta na degₓ(RI)-ga | From the ... of the fire ... |
| 16 | x-ta gi im-ma-ra-keše₂ | ... bound reeds for you |
| 17 | x x-ta izi im-ma-ra-la₂ | ... ignited fire. |
| 18 | x im-ta-|DU.DU| | he smote |
| 19 | x X im-ta-du₇-du₇ | ... he made perfect. |
| 20 | x X-ba {d}ku₃-su₁₃ | ... Kusu |
| 21 | x mu-un-kug gir₄ mu-un-sikil | He cleansed ..., he purified the nose. |
| 22 | x im-mi-in-si na degₓ(RI) sig₉-ga | he filled with ..., a good ... |
| 23 | gud šar₂ udu šar₂-da {d}ku₃-su₁₃ | ox king, king of sheep, Kusu |
| 24 | gir₄ gal-e he₂-em-ma-da-an-ku₄-ku₄ | May he enter with the great knife. |
| 25 | gud šar₂ ninda šar₂-da {d}ku₃-su₁₃ | ox king, king of bread, Kusu |
| 26 | gir₄ gal-e he₂-em-ma-da-ku₄-ku₄ | May he enter with the great knife. |
| 27 | nam-tar nam-he₂ ŋiš nam-tar ŋiš nam-he₂ | Namtar of abundance, <biš-disease> Namtar (of) abundance |
| 28 | gi nam-tar gi nam-he₂ | Reeds of fate, reed of abundance, |
| 29 | tur₃ kug ba-ra-ab-du₇ | and the silver cattle pen was not perfect. |
| 30 | siki sila₄ sig₇-ga-ta siki maš₂ sig₇-ga-ta | From the red wool of a lamb, from the yellow wool of an kid |
| 31 | {d}gibil₆ saŋ a₂ zid-da | Gibil, whose right arm is straight |
| 32 | saŋ an-še₃ il₂-la-a-ta | from the ... raised to heaven |
| 33 | ubur kug an-na-ta a šu im-ta-dab₅ | He seized the hand from the holy ubur garment of heaven |
| 34 | a-bi an im-kug ki im-sikil | Its water is pure heaven, its earth is pure. |
| 35 | gud tur₃-bi-a mi-ni-in-sikil | he purified the oxen in its pen. |
| 36 | udu amaš-bi-a mi-ni-in-sikil | he purified the sheep in their fold |
| 37 | {d}utu an-ur₂-ra mi-ni-in-sikil | Šamaš purified the horizon |
| 38 | {d}nanna an-pa-a mi-ni-in-sikil | Nanna purified the heavens. |
| 39 | sag₉-ga e₂-a he₂-em-ta-dadag he₂-em-ta-dadag | May he make it bright in the house, may he brighten it. |
| 40 | nun abzu kug-ga e₂ sila kug-ga | The prince of the holy Abzu, the holy house in the holy street, |
| 41 | eridug{ki}-ta en {d}ku₃-su₁₃ za₃-mi₂ | from Eridug lord Kusu, praise |
Sources & licences
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