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Rim-Sin I 18 (Q002153)
Royal Inscription, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Rim-Sin I 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q002153 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | unclear |
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-si₄-an-na | For Ninsiana |
| 2 | dingir an sikil-ta ŋišgal-bi im-zalag | The god shines from the pure heavens. |
| 3 | {geš}ŋešnu-bi pa e₃ | whose limbs are made resplendent |
| 4 | an-ta-ŋal₂ unu₇(|GUR₈.UNU|) gal-e si-a | Antabal, in the great dining hall |
| 5 | ka ba-a-ni še-ga | whose mouth is clean |
| 6 | nir-ŋal₂ ukkin-ta he₂-am₃-bi dugud-da | May the nirbal prayer be uttered from the assembly, |
| 7 | igi-še₃ du dingir gal-e-ne | before the great gods |
| 8 | mes sag me galam-ma šu du₇ | Who perfects the mes, the head of the cosmic powers, |
| 9 | umuš galga šu zid an-na gar | Exalted one, whose hand is righteous in heaven |
| 10 | di-ku₅ na-de₅ mah | the judge who makes supreme decisions, |
| 11 | nig₂-zi nig₂-lul-la šid-šid | evil and liar |
| 12 | dingir arhuš su₃ lu₂ ni₂ te-ga₂-na | O merciful god, who trusts in you, |
| 13 | {d}lamma silim-ma ki ti bar ku₃ | The protective deity of well-being in a pure place |
| 14 | u₄ nam-til₃-la mah-a | when a supreme life |
| 15 | bi₂-ib₂-gar-re-a | he had established |
| 16 | lugal-mu-ur₂ | Lugal-mur |
| 17 | {d}ri-im-{d}sin | Rīm-Sîn |
| 18 | nita kala-ga | the strong man |
| 19 | nindaba-bi mah-a | whose bread is supreme |
| 20 | eš₃-e nibru{ki}-še₃ | The shrine Nippur |
| 21 | me geš-hur šu du₇ eridu{ki}-ga | who perfects the divine powers and plans of Eridu |
| 22 | u₂-a zid uri₅{ki}-ma | provider of Ur, |
| 23 | e₂-babbar-da ni₂ te-ga₂ | who reveres the Ebabbar, |
| 24 | lugal larsa{ki}-ma | king of Larsa, |
| 25 | unu{ki} i₃-si-in{ki} | Uruk and Isin |
| 26 | lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri me-en | I am the king of Sumer and Akkad. |
| 27 | u₄ {d}nin-si₄-an-na | when Ninsiana |
| 28 | gu₂ erim₂-ŋal₂-la-mu | my enemy’s neck |
| 29 | šu-mu-še₃ bi₂-in-si-a | he has imposed upon him |
| 30 | nam-bi-še₃ | for this purpose |
| 31 | {d}nin-si₄-an-na lugal-mu-ur₂ | For Ninsiana, Lugal-mur |
| 32 | nam-ga-me-eš₃ ak-da-mu-de₃ | In order to do justice to them |
| 33 | e₂-eš-bar-zid-da | E’ešbarzida |
| 34 | nam-dingir-bi-še₃ tum₂-ma | fitting for his divinity |
| 35 | ki-tuš ša₃ du₁₀-ga-na | His dwelling place of good fortune |
| 36 | ki sikil-la hu-mu-du₃ | I built in a pure place. |
| 37 | geš-ka₂-na | on his neck |
| 38 | he₂-du₇ e₂-e-ke₄ | the perfect one of the temple, |
| 39 | u₄ su₃-ra₂-še₃ | to distant days |
| 40 | mu-mu he₂-em-mi-sar | I wrote my name. |
Sources & licences
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