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Rim-Sin I 13 (Q002158)
Royal Inscription, Old Babylonian, Girsu · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Rim-Sin I 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q002158 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Girsu |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
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-šubur | For Ninšubur |
| 2 | en gal umuš galga za₃ il₂ | Great lord, wise one who raises his neck at the side |
| 3 | inim zid dug₄-ga-ni nu-kam₃-me | whose righteous words cannot be changed, |
| 4 | sukkal-mah u₃-luh gi₄-rin šu-du₇ | Great vizier, exalted one, perfect one |
| 5 | a₂-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ an ki-a si sa₂-e | The one who makes heaven and earth tremble, |
| 6 | ba-an-gi₄ šum₂-mu dingir gal-gal-e-ne-er | Returned, beloved of the great gods |
| 7 | a-ra-zu-e geš tuku | who listens to prayer |
| 8 | lugal-mu-ra | for Lugal-mura |
| 9 | {d}ri-im-{d}sin nita kala-ga | Rīm-Sin, the mighty man |
| 10 | šul geš tuku kur gal-la | who listens to the great mountains |
| 11 | sipa gu₂-un kar₂ nibru{ki} | shepherd who heaps up the grain heaps of Nippur |
| 12 | me geš-hur šu-du₇ eridu{ki}-ga | who perfects the divine powers and plans of Eridu |
| 13 | engar zid u₂-a uri₂{ki}-ma | faithful farmer, provider of Ur, |
| 14 | e₂-babbar-da ni₂ te-ga₂ | who reveres the Ebabbar, |
| 15 | sag-en₃-tar gir₂-su{ki} ki lagaš{ki} | who oversees Girsu, the place of Lagaš |
| 16 | inim sag₉-sag₉-ge-bi mah-a | whose beautiful words are supreme |
| 17 | e₂-babbar gal-gal-la-e | The Ebabbar, the great temple |
| 18 | nindaba nu-silig-ge | nindaba-bread that is not strong |
| 19 | {d}lugal-gu₂-du₈-a-še₃ | for Lugalgudua; |
| 20 | sa₂-dug₄ lah₅ e₂-an-na-še₃ | the sadug-offerings for the Eanna temple |
| 21 | lugal larsa{ki}-ma | king of Larsa, |
| 22 | lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri me-en | I am the king of Sumer and Akkad. |
| 23 | u₄ an {d}en-lil₂ {d}en-ki | when An, Enlil, and Enki |
| 24 | u₃ dingir gal-gal-e-ne | and the great gods |
| 25 | unu{ki} uru ul | Uruk, the old city |
| 26 | šu-mu-še₃ bi₂-in-si-eš-a | they have sworn by his hand |
| 27 | nam-bi-še₃ | for this purpose |
| 28 | {d}nin-šubur lugal-mu-ra | For Ninšubur my master |
| 29 | nam-ga-me-eš₃ ak-da-mu-de₃ | In order to do justice to them |
| 30 | e₂-me-kilib₃-ba-sag-il₂ | Emekilibbasagil |
| 31 | ki-tuš nam-dingir-bi-še₃ tum₂-ma | fitting for the residence of his divinity |
| 32 | nam-til₃-mu-še₃ | for my well-being |
| 33 | mu-na-du₃ | built for him. |
| 34 | diri u₄-bi-ta-še₃ | more than before |
| 35 | e₂-šu-si₃-ga-bi mu-dagal | He widened its Ešusiga. |
| 36 | temen mu pa₃-da nam-lugal-mu | Fundament chosen by the name of my kingship |
| 37 | u₄ ul-še₃ im-mi-gar | He placed the day in distant days |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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