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A dog for Nintinuga (Q000791)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A dog for Nintinuga |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000791 |
| 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 | {m}lugal-nesaŋ-e dumu zu-zu um-mi-a nibru{ki}-ke₄ | Lugal-nesa, son of Zuzu, the mother of Nippur, |
| 2 | tu₆-ni-lu₂-sag₉ ur kiŋ₂-gi₄-a-ka-ni {d}nin-tin-ug₅-ga-ra mu-na-an-dim₂ | For Tinilusag, her beloved dog, Nintinuga fashioned it for her. |
| 3 | nam-bi-še₃ ur-e nin-a-ni-ir kun mu-na-ab-gun₃-gun₃ zu₂ mu-na-ab-ra-ah | Because of this, the enemy has speckled the tail for his mistress, he has shaved the teeth for her. |
| 4 | nin an ki-bi šukur₂ šum₂-ma aŋrig {d}en-lil₂-la₂ | Lady of heaven and earth, mighty one, son of Enlil |
| 5 | akan{a-ka-an} dug₃ kur-kur šag₄ si-si nam-he₂-a |DU.DU| | The “pot of the lands, filled with abundance"(?) |
| 6 | a₂-sag₃ simₓ(GIG)-ma šag₄-bi bar ak ŋiri₃-pad-ra₂ igi bar-re | “Asaĝ-disease, it is a storm that looks at its path. |
| 7 | sa nam-til₃-la sa nam-uš₂-a-ka igi saŋ₅-saŋ₅ niŋ₂-keše₂-bi sag₉-ge | The one who sees the net of life and the nets of humanity is beautiful. |
| 8 | niŋ₂ ra-ah-a dug₄-ga zi ir-ra ki gig-bi zu-zu | You know how to soothe the angry one, the afflicted one. |
| 9 | a-zu sag₉-ge šim-mu₂ tur₅-ra-ta šag₄ lu₂-ulu₃ igi du₈ | The good physician, after he has sworn by the life of the dead man, |
| 10 | nin-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-dim₂-en-na | The lady who fashioned me, |
| 11 | tu₆-ni-lu₂-sag₉ mu-še₃ mu-un-sa₄ | He named it Tunilusag. |
| 12 | X X-an-sag₉-ga mu-še₃ mu-sa₄ | ... he named it ... |
| 13 | x-ga-DI zi-pa-aŋ₂ u₃-mu-ni-x x a₂-sag₃ zi ba-an-da-x | ... Zipa’a ... the Asaĝ-demon faithfully |
| 14 | x-ŋu₁₀ mu-zu-ta im-da-an-pad₃ | He chose ... from your name. |
| 15 | nam-gur₄-ra-zu ki-zu i₃-kiŋ₂-ŋe₂₆ | Your strength, your earth trembles. |
| 16 | tu₆-ni-lu₂-sag₉ mu-še₃ mu-un-sa₄ | He named it Tunilusag. |
| 17 | ud til₃-la-ŋa₂ igi hu-mu-un-du₈ | May he look upon me in the days of my life. |
| 18 | ud ba-ug₇-en kur-ra a sig₉-ga hu-mu-un-na₈-na₈ | I live in the storm, may he drink good water in the mountains. |
Sources & licences
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