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Šulgi 38 (Sumerian and Akkadian) (Q001672)
Royal Inscription, Ur III, Šaduppum · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Šulgi 38 (Sumerian and Akkadian) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q001672 |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Šaduppum |
| Coordinates | 33.3097, 44.4665 |
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 | si-ma-at da-ri-a-tim si-ma-at ta-na-da-a-tim | The one of eternal life, the one of long-lasting life, |
| 2 | {d}iškur lu₂-gal na-di-a ku-ga₂-am a-na {d}IM be-li na-ri-im | Iškur, the king, my pure companion, to Adad my lord of the shrine |
| 3 | {d}šu-gi ni-in-ta ka-la-ak-ka lu₂-gal u₂-ri-ma lu₂-gal ki-i₃-ki | O Šugi, from the nīn of the land the king of Ur, the lord of Ki'iki |
| 4 | ki-u₂-ri du-mu ur₂-na-am-mi {d}šul-gi | Ki-uri, son of Ur-nammi, Šulgi |
| 5 | zi-ka-ru-um da-an-nu-um šar u₂-ri-im šar ma-at šu-me₂-ri-im | mighty vizier, king of the land of Sumer, |
| 6 | u₃ a-ka-di-im ma-ru ur-na-am-ma | and the akkadīm-festival, a lion, and |
| 7 | lu a ni-im-hu-lu-di-ma ib-ši-aŋ₂-ŋi₆-ia | May we rejoice, and may it be my pleasure! |
| 8 | ša i-na i-da-at le-mu-tim up-ša-še₂₀-e-ia u₂-wa-ru | who in the midst of the evildoer my deeds shall erase |
| 9 | ni-im-di-im-ma-mu ib-si₃-re-ia ša i-pu-šu u₂-pa-sa-su | Nimdim-māmu, the one who entrusted me, who performed it |
| 10 | e-ni-im-ga₂-ra e-ni-im-ku-ku-ti-e | “For the one who is angry, he is angry. |
| 11 | ša a-na E₂-NIG₂-GA u₂-še-ri-bu-u₂ | which they brought into the E-nig-ga |
| 12 | lu₂ ni-iš-hu-ur na-di-a ki su-su-sa-mu šu ib-zi-ih-e-le-ia | (Sum) The one who removes my inscription from the shrine Susa (Akk) The man who erases my inscribed name from the temple |
| 13 | ša u₂-ṣa-ra-at na-ri-ia a-šar u₂-ṣa-ru u₂-pa-ša-ṭu₂ | (Sum) The one who erases my commemorative inscription (Akk) Who erases the image of me, the ašarēd-authoritative inscription |
| 14 | lu₂ mu-sa-ra-ba ki sa-ra-ba šu ib-ur₃-re-ia mu-ni im-mi-sa₂-re-ia | Whoever erases my inscribed name or places it in a bad place, his name will erase me. |
| 15 | ša šu-mi ša-aṭ-ra-am a-šar ša-aṭ-ru i-pa-ši-ṭu₂ u₃-ma-ṭu₂-u₂ u₃ MU-NI-IM-šu i-ša-ṭa₃-ru | Whoever erases my inscribed name (or) places (it) in another place, erases (my) name or writes his (own) name |
| 16 | a-aš₂-pa-la-ba-ke lu₂-gu-ur šu ba-an-di-zi-ia | The Ašpalaba robbed me |
| 17 | aš-šum er-re-tim ša-na-am u₂-ša-ha-a-zu-u₂ | Because of the curse that I have caused to arise |
| 18 | lu₂-bi lu₂-gal he-a in he-a i₃-in-si he-a ra-bu-um he-a | Whether that man is a king, whether it is an insi or a grandiose, |
| 19 | a-wi-lum šu-u₂ lu ša-ar-ru-um lu e-nu-um lu i-ši-a-ku-um u₃ lu ra-bu-um | That man, be it a šāru-demon or an enūmu-disease or an illness or a great illness |
| 20 | na-am-lu-le mu un zi-ga-le ša he-a | May there be radiance, a year of joy. |
| 21 | u₃ lu a-wi-lu-tum ša a-na ši-ki-in na-pi₂-iš-tim šu-ma-am na-bi-at | or an awīltum-person, who is responsible for the clearing of claims, that person is responsible |
| 22 | {d}en-lil₂ lu₂-gal kur-ku-ra-ke i hi-ŋal₂-la x {d}en-lil₂ be-el ma-ta-tim u₃ he-ga₂-al-li-im | Enlil, the king of the lands, may he be reconciled with him. “Enlil lord of the land and abundance |
| 23 | a-ga₂-ra-am ku-ga in x | The pure land ... |
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