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An axe for Nergal (Q000792)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | An axe for Nergal |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000792 |
| 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 | nibru{ki}-ta-lu₂ | of Nippur-talu |
| 2 | dumu lugal-šuba dam-gar₃-ra-ke₄ | son of Lugal-svuba, the merchant |
| 3 | {d}nergal-ra | for Nergal |
| 4 | ha-zi-in an-na mu-na-ni-in-dim₂ | He fashioned the ḫazīnu of heaven for him. |
| 5 | ŋiš-bi {ŋiš}ar-ga-nu-um hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ | Its upper part is a mountain range |
| 6 | a-lal₃-e dirig-ga-am₃ | The alal priest is surpassing. |
| 7 | na₄-bi an-ta-sur-ra-am₃ | Its stone is the Antasura. |
| 8 | gaba-ri nu-tuku-am₃ | has no rival. |
| 9 | he₂-sag₃-ge a₂-ni na-an-kuš₂-u₃ | May he fall, his arm not tire |
| 10 | he₂-eb₂-ta-TAR-e | may he block off. |
| 11 | ga-mu-na-ab-silim | I want to make whole for him. |
| 12 | u₂-gu he₂-ni-ib-de₂-e | he shall bind him. |
| 13 | ki-bi ga-mu-na-ab-gi₄ | I want to restore it to its place for him |
| 14 | ud til₃-la-ŋa₂ igi hu-mu-un-du₈ | May he look upon me in the days of my life. |
| 15 | ud ba-ug₇-en kur-ra | When I die in the mountain, |
| 16 | a sig₉-ga hu-mu-un-na₈-na₈ | May he drink good water. |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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