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Rim-Sin I 08 (Q002156)

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

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DesignationRim-Sin I 08
IDQ002156
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotunclear

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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1{d}nin-šuburFor Ninšubur
2nin sukkal zid an-nalady, true minister of An,
3me ku₃-ga šu du₇who perfects the pure divine powers
4sag il₂ igi-še₃ du dingir-re-e-newho raises his head before the gods
5a₂-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ šum₂-mu gal-zuYour great strength and wisdom
6ša₃ kuš₂ ša₃ du₁₀-du₁₀ {d}inannaThe skin, the sweet skin of Inanna
7nam-šita-e ki ag₂beloved by life
8nin-a-ni-irhis mistress
9ri-im-{d}sinRīm-Sin,
10nita kala-gathe strong man
11sipa inim sag₉-sag₉-ge nibru{ki}shepherd who makes favorable words in Nippur
12u₂-a uri₅{ki}-maprovider of Ur,
13e₂-babbar-da ni₂ te-ga₂who reveres the Ebabbar,
14me eridu{ki}-ga šu du₇-du₇who perfects the divine powers of Eridu
15sag-en₃-tar gir₂-su{ki} ki lagaš{ki}-awho oversees Girsu, the place of Lagaš
16lu₂ e₂ dingir-re-e-ne šu gibil bi₂-in-akHe made the man enter the temples of the gods.
17lugal larsa{ki}-making of Larsa,
18lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-ke₄king of Sumer and Akkad
19u₄ ugnim unu{ki}-gawhen the army of Uruk
20i₃-si-in{ki}of Isin
21babilim₂{ki}of Babylon,
22ra-pi₂-qum{ki}Rapiqum
23su-ti-um{ki}-biof Sutium,
24{geš}tukul in-sig₃-gahe struck with weapons,
25me₃-bain battle
26arad-ne-ne lugal unu{ki}-ga in-dab₅-batheir servants, the king of Uruk, seized.
27muš-gin₇ sag-ga-nihis head like a snake
28giri₃-ni in-us₂-sahe twisted his foot.
29u₄-ba e₂-nin-bi-tum₂At that time, Eninbitum
30ki-tuš ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂-nithe dwelling place of his father
31nam-til₃-la-ni-še₃for his well-being
32mu-na-du₃built for him.
33diri u₄-bi-ta-še₃more than before
34e₂-šu-si₃-ga-bi mu-dagalHe widened its Ešusiga.
35sag-bi im-mi-in-il₂he raised its top.
36gal-le-eš mu-na-an-gun₃he decorated it in a grand fashion.

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