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Rim-Sin I 17 (Q002152)

Royal Inscription, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	Rim-Sin I 17
ID	Q002152
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Royal Inscription
Find spot	Larsa
Coordinates	31.2832, 45.8549

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	{d}nin-e₂-gal	For Ninegal
2	nin gal kilib₃ sag-gi₆ šar₂-ra-ba	The great lady, whose entire black-headed people
3	an {d}en-lil₂ {d}en-ki-bi	An, Enlil, and Enki
4	šu-ni-še₃ bi₂-in-si-eš-a	they have imposed upon him
5	di eš-bar-bi si sa₂-sa₂-e	Judge its decisions in a favorable case
6	sa₂ gar-gar en₃ tar-tar gal zu	who constantly seeks out answers, who knows how to answer,
7	gu₂ dingir gal-gal-e-ne-ka	on the shoulders of the great gods
8	inim mah dug₄-ga-ni nu-kam₃-me	whose exalted words cannot be changed,
9	ki igi zalag-ga-ni an dagal-la bara₃-ga	His shining place on the dais of the broad heavens,
10	ki igi zid bar-ra-na	when he looks faithfully,
11	{d}lamma nir-ŋal₂	the protective deity, the hero
12	bi₂-ib₂-šum₂-mu-a	he shall make known
13	dingir arhuš su₃ šu-nigin-bi du₁₀	god with a merciful heart, whose utterance is sweet
14	šud₃ a-ra-zu-e geš tuku	Praise, arazu prayer
15	dumu gal {d}suen-na	the great son of Suen
16	a₂-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ an ki-a ur₄-ur₄	who makes heaven and earth tremble
17	nin-a-ni-ir	his mistress
18	si-ma-at-{d}inanna	Simat-Inanna,
19	dam ki ag₂	beloved spouse
20	{d}ri-im-{d}sin	Rīm-Sîn
21	šul geš tuku {d}en-lil₂-la₂	who listens to Enlil
22	igi du₈-a an-na ša₃ ku₃-ge pa₃-da	Who sees heaven, chosen by the holy heart
23	lugal ki ag₂ dingir gal-gal-e-ne	beloved king of the great gods,
24	šu-il₂-la-ni še-ga	His hand was lifted up
25	sipa gu₂-un kar₂ nibru{ki}	shepherd who heaps up the grain heaps of Nippur
26	me geš-hur šu-du₇ eridu{ki}-ga	who perfects the divine powers and plans of Eridu
27	engar zid u₂-a uri₂{ki}-ma	faithful farmer, provider of Ur,
28	e₂-babbar-da ni₂ te-ga₂	who reveres the Ebabbar,
29	lugal larsa{ki}-ma	king of Larsa,
30	lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-ke₄	king of Sumer and Akkad
31	munus sun₅-na	the humble woman
32	me-te lugal-še₃ tum₂-ma	suitable for the king
33	inim sag₉-sag₉-ge-bi mah-a	whose beautiful words are supreme
34	{d}nin-e₂-gal-ka-še₃	of Ninegala,
35	u₄ {d}nin-e₂-gal nin-a-ni	when Ninegal his mistress
36	mu sag₉-ga-ni gu₃ zid bi₂-in-de₂-a	his good name he uttered faithfully.
37	e₂-a₂-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-kilib₃-ur₄-ur₄	Ea-ba-kiliburur
38	ki-tuš nam-dingir-bi-še₃ tum₂-ma	fitting for the residence of his divinity
39	sag-bi hur-sag gal-gin₇ im-mi-in-il₂	Its top is raised up like a great mountain.
40	nam-til₃ {d}ri-im-{d}sin	for the life of Rīm-Sîn,
41	u₄ da-ri₂-še₃ ŋal₂-le-de₃	to prolong the days
42	u₃ nam-til₃-la-ni-še₃	and for his own well-being
43	mu-na-du₃	built for him.
44	temen mu pa₃-da	foundation documents, nominated
45	nam-nin-a-ka-na	of her ladyship
46	u₄ su₃-ra₂-še₃ im-mi-in-gar	he set it up in distant days.

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