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Samsu-iluna 3002 (Q002228)
Royal Inscription, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Samsu-iluna 3002 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q002228 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | lugal palil an-na ša₃ ku₃-ge pa₃-da | king chosen by the holy heart of An, |
| 2 | sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal igi-du an-na ša₃ ku₃-ge pa₃-da | Samsu-iluna, the king who sees heaven, chosen by the holy heart |
| 3 | ti ni bal ga-ar-za um mu mu di mah-ha | “You are the one who carries a life of abundance, a young man, whose name is exalted, |
| 4 | KAL-zu ša hu-la sag-be₂-eš ha-pa-DU | May your mighty one, whose head is full of joy |
| 5 | {geš}gu-za ku₃-sig₁₇ gar-ra DI nam-lugal mu sag il₅-la | a throne of gold set up, ... kingship, with head raised high |
| 6 | ša₃-bi a₂ nam-ur-sag-ga₂ DI im mah-bi tuš-ša-a | Its inside is the strength of heroism, the supreme clay |
| 7 | sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal kala-ga an-ne₂ di-ku₅-mah an-ne₂ nam gal mu-re-tar | Samsu-iluna, the mighty king, An decreed a great fate for Ikugmah, An. |
| 8 | aga gi-na ti-il₅-la mu-ra-ni-in-zal | He sat down for you on a pure throne. |
| 9 | lu₂ {d}en-lil₂ nam gur a ir eš-ši nam-sipa un da-ga-an-ni-ši mu-un-na-šum₂-ma-dah | The man of Enlil, the ‘god-of-the-goddess’, the holy water of the shrine, and the shepherdship that he has bestowed upon him, |
| 10 | sipa kin nibru{ki} sag-us₂ e₂-kur-ra | shepherd of Nippur, supporter of the Ekur, |
| 11 | engar gi-na e₂ {d}a-sa-lim-a-ka-am | the faithful farmer of the temple of Asalim |
| 12 | nig₂-nam nu si-li-ge₁₈ e₂-sag-il₅-la-ak-ki-im | Nothing is equal to Esagil. |
| 13 | {d}en-lil₂ me nam-sipa-zu kalam-ma ak-ka kur giri₃-zu-uš mu-ŋar | Enlil, the divine powers of your shepherdship are established in the land, the foreign lands are chosen by your feet. |
| 14 | še-ga {d}utu-ke₄ kin {d}inanna-ke₄ | The one chosen by Utu, the work of Inanna |
| 15 | sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal nam nu-ug-ru {d}en-lil₂ lugal ga₂-ta | Samsu-iluna the king who the fate of the nugig priestess of Enlil the mighty king |
| 16 | inim dug₄-ga {d}en-lil₂ {d}en-ki-ga-ta u₂ {d}a-sa-lim {d}za-ba-ba {d}lugal-gu₂-du₃-a lugal ga₂-a mu-du₃-a | by the good word of Enlil and Enki and Asallim Zababa Lugalgudua the king who built it |
| 17 | x x x x kur ki-bal gu₂ lu di x x x x x | ... the rebel land ... |
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