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Enlil and Nam-zid-tara (Q000790)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Enlil and Nam-zid-tara |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000790 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | nam-zid-tar-ra {d}en-lil₂ mu-zal-le | Enlil spent the day in Namzidtar |
| 2 | inim in-na-an-dug₄ | he said to him. |
| 3 | me-ta-am₃ nam-zid-tar-ra | From where is the fate determined? |
| 4 | e₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ta | from the house of Enlil |
| 5 | bal gub-ba-ŋu₁₀ bi₂-silim-ma-am₃ | It is a balû-demon standing ready to go. |
| 6 | ki gudug-e-ne-ka udu-bi-da i₃-gub-bu-nam | At the place of the gudug priests they will stand with their sheep. |
| 7 | e₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ al-du-un | he built the house. |
| 8 | nam-mu-un-gub-be₂-en | do not stand! |
| 9 | ŋiri₃-ŋu₁₀ ud tab₂-tab₂ | “(If) it rains on the mountain ranges, |
| 10 | a-ba-am₃ za-e-me-en lu₂ en₃ mu-e-ši-tar-re-en | Who are you, the one who inquires after you? |
| 11 | ŋe₂₆-e {d}en-lil₂-me-en | I am Enlil |
| 12 | {d}en-lil₂-le igi-ni mu-ni-in-gi₄ | Enlil turned his face towards him |
| 13 | uga{mušen}-aš u₃-mu-ni-in-kur₉ | he turned into a trap. |
| 14 | gu₃ al-de₂-de₂-e | he shouts. |
| 15 | uga{mušen} nu-me-en {d}en-lil₂-me-en | I am not a snake, I am Enlil. |
| 16 | nam mu-tar-ra ŋe₂₆-e {d}en-lil₂-me-en a-gin₇ bi₂-zu | I am the decreer of fates, how have you yourself done this? |
| 17 | ud en-me-šar₂-ra šeš ad-da-zu |LU₂×KAR₂|-da-a | When Enmešara, your father, the slave |
| 18 | nam-{d}en-lil₂ ba-e-de₆-a ud-de₃ en-gin₇ nam ga-zu-e-še | When Enlil brought the fate, I want to know the fate of the storm like a lord |
| 19 | kug he₂-tuku za he₂-tuku gud he₂-tuku udu he₂-tuku | He should have silver, he should have tin, a ox or a sheep, |
| 20 | ud nam-lu₂-u₁₈-lu al-ku-nu | When people come, |
| 21 | niŋ₂-tuku-zu me-še₃ e-tum₃-ma | Your fearsomeness is brought to an end |
| 22 | {d}en-lil₂-me-en nam mu-tar-ra | Enlil decreed a fate for me. |
| 23 | a-ba-am₃ mu-zu | Who knows your name? |
| 24 | nam-zid-tar-ra mu-ŋu₁₀-um | Namzidtara, the name |
| 25 | mu-zu-gin₇ nam-zu he₂-tar-re | May your fate be decided like your name! |
| 26 | e₂ lugal-za-ka e₃-a | coming out of the house of your king |
| 27 | ibila-zu e₂-ŋa₂ si sa₂-e he₂-en-dib-dib-be₂-ne | Your heirs shall pass by the house in good condition. |
Sources & licences
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