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Šu-Suen 09 (Q001815)

Royal Inscription, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	Šu-Suen 09
ID	Q001815
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Royal Inscription
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)
x
3	{d}nin-lil₂	For Ninlil
4	nin diŋir-re-ne	lady of the bīr-demons,
5	nin-a-ni-ir	his mistress
6	{d}šu-{d}suen	Šū-Suen,
7	ki aŋ₂	with wages
8	{d}en-lil₂-la₂	of Enlil
9	lugal {d}en-lil₂-le	king whom Enlil
10	šag₄-ga-na in-pad₃-da	he has sworn by his oath
11	sipad kalam-ma	the shepherd of the land
12	lugal an-ub-da limmu₂-ba-še₃	king of the four world quarters
13	ud {d}en-lil₂-le	when Enlil
14	an-ur₂-ta	from the horizon
15	an-pa-aš
16	sig-ta igi-nim-še₃	from the lowlands to the highlands
17	an-ki niŋin₂-na	in heaven and earth by himself
18	uŋ₃ saŋ si₃-ga
xi
1	nam-gal hul₂-la-da	with joyous greatness
2	nin ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni	the lady of the place of his birth
3	{d}nin-lil₂-da	with Ninlil
4	ma₂-gur₈ mah	the supreme barge
5	id₂ mah-e he₂-du₇	May the great river be perfect!
6	kar AB-e	at the quay of ...
7	kar {d}nin-lil₂-la₂-kam	It is the quay of Ninlil
8	men dalla-bi	whose bright crown
9	ki-tuš tum-ma-al{ki}	the residence of Tummal
10	{d}nin-lil₂-la₂-kam	of Ninlil,
11	x x x x-kam	[......]
12	lugal-bi	its king
13	{d}en-lil₂-le	by Enlil
14	nin-bi	its lady
15	{d}nin-lil₂-le	Ninlil
16	pa-bi mu-un-e₃-eš	they made their faces visible
17	gissu dagal-bi	Its wide beams
18	id₂-da x	the river
23	x
24	AN x	Mars?
25	kin gal x	great work
26	mi-ni-in-x	he ...
27	{na₄}nir₂ saŋ-kal	nir stone, regular quality
28	{na₄}gug gi-rin	carnelian, reed
29	{na₄}za-gin₃ su₃-aŋ₂	red lapis lazuli
30	šu gal ba-ni-in-du₇	he made perfect his great hand
31	{ŋeš}gisalₓ(\|BI.GIŠ\|)	a fruit tree
32	{ŋeš}gi-muš	a kind of snake
33	{ŋeš}zi-gan	Zigan
34	{ŋeš}šu-kar₂	a kind of fish
1'	x
2'	x
3'	x {d}x-x	of ,
4'	ma₂-gur₈ x	barge ...
5'	zag x	the front
6'	UD x x	[Month ...]
7'	x x
xii
4	tul₂ dagal x x x	a wide well ;
5	{ŋeš}ma₂-gur₈ x x x	A barge
6	im-ma-ni-in-ši-ŋal₂	he carried off
7	{ŋeš}gi tum-ma-al{ki}	the reed of Tummal
8	{d}en-lil₂-la₂-še₃	to Enlil
9	ki šag₄ hul₂-la {d}nin-lil₂-la₂-še₃	to the joyful place of Ninlil
10	{d}en-lil₂ {d}nin-lil₂-da	with Enlil and Ninlil
11	mu-di₃-ni-in-u₅	he smote him.
12	šir₃ kug nam-šub	a pure womb
13	mu-na-an-du₁₂	he spoke to him.
14	tigiₓ(\|LUL.E₂.BALAG\|) niŋ₂-dug₃-ge	The tigi priestess should not be pleasant
15	si mu-na-ab-sa₂	he made perfect for him.
16	id₂-bi	its river
17-18	{id₂}nin-mu-tum₂-zal-le mu pad₃-da	the Ninmutumzal canal, named
19	uŋ₃-e x x x	The lord
22	ma₂-gur₈-bi	its barges
23	tum-ma-al-e	Tummal,
24	im-ma-ti-a-ta	from Immatiya
25	{d}nin-lil₂	For Ninlil
26	nin me gal-gal-la-ra	For the lady of the great mes
27	x-ma-ni kug-kug-ga-am₃	His ... is pure.
28	x ba-an-tah	... he removed.
29	a₂-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni gal-gal-la-am₃	whose strength is great
30	im-mi-ni-tab-tab	he piled up.
31	x mah-am₃	It is a magnificent ...
32	x-in-ŋar	...-inbar
xiii
4	nam-til₃-la-ni-še₃	for his well-being
5	a mu-ne-ru	he dedicated it (this vessel).
6	ma₂-gur₈ ur₅-gin₇ dib-ba	passing by the barge like a dog,
7	ud na-me	no day
8	lugal na-me	no king
9	{d}en-lil₂	Enlil,
10	{d}nin-lil₂-ra	for Ninlil
11	nu-mu-ne-dim₂	he did not build.
12	{d}šu-{d}suen	Šū-Suen,
13	lugal kalag-ga	the powerful king
14	lugal uri₂{ki}-ma	king of Ur
15	lugal an-ub-da	king of the four quarters
16	limmu₂-ba-ke₄	of the four quarters
17	{d}en-lil₂	Enlil,
18	lugal-a-ni-ir	his master
19	{d}nin-lil₂	For Ninlil
20	nin-a-ni-ir	his mistress
xiv
1	{ŋeš}gisalₓ(\|BI.GIŠ\|)	a fruit tree
2	{ŋeš}gi-muš	a kind of snake
3	{ŋeš}zi-gan	Zigan
4	{ŋeš}šu-kar₂	a kind of fish
5	niŋ₂ dim₂-dim₂-ma-ŋu₁₀	who possesses awe
6	ib-zi-ir-zi-re-a	shall remove,
7	e₂ niŋ₂-gur₁₁-ra	the house of fearsomeness
8	i₃-ib₂-ku₄-ku₄-a	shall bring in,
9	azak-ka	of the azakku-festival
10	ki-ŋar im-ma-ni-ib₂-ŋar	he made the earth shake.
11	ma₂-gur₈ mah	the supreme barge
12	{d}en-lil₂	Enlil,
13	{d}nin-lil₂-ra	for Ninlil
14	ud du₈-du₈-a	a day of mourning
15	ib₂-pad₃-da-a	he found.
16	{ŋeš}x
17	{ŋeš}šu-kar₂	a kind of fish
18	niŋ₂ dim₂-dim₂-ma-ŋu₁₀	who possesses awe
19	ma₂ kur₂-ra x	a different boat ...
20	x x x ma₂ x	, boat ;
Seg.2,
1'	x x x x x x x x
2'	{d}nin-urta ur-saŋ gal {d}en-lil₂-la₂	Ninurta, the great hero of Enlil
3'	maškim-bi he₂-a	be its guarantor
colophon
1-2	mu-sar-ra {ŋeš}x mu-sar-ra ma₂-gur₈ {d}en-lil₂ {d}nin-lil₂-ka-kam	It is a inscription on the barge of Enlil and Ninlil.

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