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Balag 02 = uru₂ a-še-er-ra (Enki) (Q003049)
Liturgy, First Millennium
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| Designation | Balag 02 = uru₂ a-še-er-ra (Enki) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003049 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | First Millennium |
| Genre | Liturgy |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | uru₂ a-še-er-ra en₃-še₃ ba-gul-e uru₂ a-še-er-ra en₃-še₃ ba-gul-e u₂-ru a-še-ra mi-na-x x x | The city in distress, how long will it be destroyed? City in distress! How long ...? |
| 02 | uru₂-ŋu₁₀ nibru{ki} ... uru₂-ŋu₁₀ nibru{ki} a-x u₂-ru-ŋu₁₀ ni-ib-ru x x gu-la | Urubu, Nippur ... Uurubu! Nibru ... great |
| 03 | še-eb e₂-kur-ra ... še-eb e₂-kur-ra a-x ši-bi kur-ra a-še-ra x x | The brickwork of the Ekur Temple ..., the brickwork [of the] Ekur ... Its ... in the mountains and seas |
| 04 | ki-ur₃ ki gal ... ki-ur₃ ki gal a-x ki-ur ki-gal a-še-ra mi-na x | The Kiʾur, the great place ..., the Ki&aur, [the great place] ... The Ki[ur], the Great Place ... What ...? |
| 05 | eš₃ e₂-nam-ti-la ... eš₃ e₂-nam-ti-la a-x | The shrine Enamtila ... The shrine Ementila |
| 06 | še-eb zimbir{ki} ... še-eb zimbir{ki} a-x | The brickwork of Sippar, the brickwork(?) of Sippar, |
| 07 | eš₃ e₂-babbar ... eš₃ e₂-babbar a-x | The shrine Ebabbar |
| 08 | še-eb tin-tir{ki} ... še-eb tin-tir{ki} a-x | The brickwork of Babylon |
| 09 | še-eb e₂-sag-il₂-la ... še-eb e₂-saŋ-il₂-la a-x | The brickwork of the Esaŋil temple ..., the brickwork [of] the E-sa-bil temple |
| 10 | še-eb barsip{ki} ... še-eb barsip{ki} a-x | In Borsippa, the ... of Barsip ... |
| 11 | še-eb e₂-zi-da ... še-eb e₂-zi-da a-x | The brickwork of the Ezida temple ... the brickwork [of the Ezzida ...] |
| 12 | še-eb e₂-mah-ti-la ... še-eb e₂-mah-ti-la a-x x a | The brickwork of the Emaḫtila temple ... |
| 13 | e₂-te-me-an-ki ... e₂-te-me-an-ki a-x x a | The Etemenanki temple ... |
| 14 | e₂-dar₃-an-na ... e₂-dar₃-an-na a-x e₂-dar₃-an-na a | The E-dar-ana ... The Eŋi-Ana, ... the E-dar-an [ah!] |
| 15 | uru₂ a-še-er-ra nu-uš-ba-gul-e ši-bi ba-an-gi uru₂ a-še-er-ra nu-uš-ba-an-gul-la gašan ši-bi ba-an-gi x-ra nu-uš-ba-gul-e gašan ši-bi ba-an-gi u₂-ru a-še-ra ni-iš-bi-gu-la ka-ša-an ka-bi ba-an-ga | City that cannot be destroyed in a flood, its life has been changed. City which cannot be completely destroyed in an earthquake, its fire has been destroyed. ... does not destroy, its gaš-carrying vehicle has been restored. The city that has been devastated, its mouth has been plundered. |
| 16 | nibru{ki} a-še-er-ra nu-uš-ba-gul-e gašan nibru{ki} a-še-er-ra nu-uš-ba-an-gul-la gašan x ki a-še-er-ra nu-uš-ba-gul-e gašan ni-ib-ru a-še-re ni-iš-bi-gu-le ka-ša an ka-bi ba-an-ga | Nippur, the ašerra-demon will not be destroyed. The oxen of Nibru, the šērra (demon) will not become destroyed. Gašan(?) ... ... will not ... Ašurra, the mountain(?), the nibru(?) of the awe-inspiring storm, The beer of heaven and earth were poured out. |
| 17 | ki-ur₃ ki gal a-še-er-ra nu-uš-ba-an-gul-la gašan ki-ur₃ ki gal a-še-er-ra nu-uš-ba-an-gul-la gašan ki-ur ki gal ni-iš-bi-gu-le ka-ša-an ka-bi ba-an-ga | The Ki'ur, the great place, he did not destroy it in a storm. The campain, the Ki'uri, the large place, did not destroyed in an a[šur] storm. |
| 18 | še-eb e₂-kur-ra a-še-er-ra nu-uš-ba-an-gul-la gašan še-eb e₂-kur-ra a-še-er-ra nu-uš-ba-an-gul-la gašan ši-bi kur-ra ni-iš-bi-gu-le ka-ša-an ka-bi ba-an-ga | The brickwork of the Ekur was not destroyed in a storm. The carpenter(?) did not destroy the brickwork (of the) Ekur. The road to the mountain was not cleared away. The king opened his mouth. |
| 19 | x im-ma-al edin-na {u₂}šub₅-bur-re ušu₂-mu-un-še₃ x x im-ma-al edin-na {u₂}šub₅-bu-re u₂ {+šu}šub₅-bu-re | There is ... in the steppe, the šubbur demon is in the lord's ... there is .... In the Steppe, there is moth, and there is grass. |
| 20 | u₈ sila₄ rig₇-ga-gin₇ na-an-gul-e ama₅ er₂-bi na-an-gul-e u₈ sila₄ rig₇-ga-gin₇ na-an-gul-e ama₅ er₂-bi na-an-gul-e u₈ sila₄ rig₇-ga-gin₇ na-an-gul-e ama₅ er₂-bi na-an-gul x-gul-e x | Like a ewe and lamb being slaughtered, she should not destroy the cella, she must not destroy its tears, like a [ewe’s] lambing, she ought not to destroy it, [like a] cella and tears are not [destroyed], [like] a weaned [ox], she should no[t destroy it], [she should not] destroy [the cella] and its tears are [not] destroyed, |
| 21 | ud₅ maš₂ tur₃-ra-gin₇ na-an-gul-e ama₅ ud₅(UZ₃) maš₂ tur₃-ra-gin₇ na-an-gul-e ama₅ ud₅ maš₂ tur₃-ra-gin₇ na-an-gul-e ama₅ | The goat should not destroy the sheepfold like a goat in a pen, the goat should no longer destroy the goat as if it were a pig in the pen, [the sheepfold] should not be destroyed like the goat and the goat in the cowshed, |
| 22 | šilam amar-bi niŋin-na-gin₇ na-an-gul-e ama₅ šilam amar-bi niŋen-na-gin₇ na-an-gul-e ama₅ šilam amar-bi niŋen-na-gin₇ na-an-gul-e ama₅ | He should not destroy the sanctuaries of this calf like a ghost, he should not demolish the cella, ... as if it were a princely house, (but) he must not destroy (the sanctums of) this ci[ty] as a lord. He should [no]t destroy the temples of this [calf] as (if they were) a queen. |
| 23 | še-en amar-bi gud₃ gi-a-gin₇ na-an-gul-e še-en amar-bi gud₃ gi-a-gin₇ na-an-gul-e ama₅ še-en amar-bi gud₃ gi-a-gin₇ na-an-gul x | He should not destroy its calf like a reed-bed, he should not kill its [calf] as if he were a wild bull. The cella should not [destroy] its foals like [a wild cow]. |
| 24 | ba-an-diri-ga ba-an-diri-ga uru₂-ta ba-ra-e₃ ba-an-diri-ga ba-an-diri-ga uru₂-ta ba-ra-e₃ ba-an-diri-ga ba-an-diri-ga uru₂-ta ba-ra-e₃ | He is surpassing, he is exceedingly surpassing. He came out from the city; he was surpassing! He came forth from the town. He was exceedingly exceed! He is exceeding beyond the city. He went out from within the city! |
| 25 | e-ne-eŋ₃ an gu-la ba-an-diri-ga uru₂-ta e-ne-eŋ₃ an gu-la ba-an-diri-ga uru₂-ta e-ne-eŋ₃ an gu-la ba-an-diri-ga uru₂ x | He made the great heavens surpassing, from the city, he made the Great An surpassing. From the city ... |
| 26 | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ ba-an-diri-ga uru₂-ta ... e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ ba-an-diri-ga uru₂-ta e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ ba-an-diri-ga uru₂ x e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ ba-an-diri-ga uru₂-ta ba-da-pad₃ | The word of Enlil was surpassing, from the city ... the word of Mullil was exceeding. From the city the word (of) Enlils was exceeding, the city |
| 27 | uru₂-ŋu₁₀ du-lum gig še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi uŋ₃-bi ba-tu₁₀-be₂-eš uru₂-ŋu₁₀ du-lum gig še₂₅(|KA׊ID|) mi-ni-in-gi uŋ₃-bi ba-tu₁₀-be₂-eš uru₂-ŋu₁₀ du-lum gig še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi uŋ₃-bi ba-x uru₂-ni gu₃ hul₂-lu-gin₇ šeg₃ me nigi-mu uŋ₃-bi ba-tu₁₀-be₂-eš | In the city, a bitter pain has been imposed upon them, their storms have been thrown into ruin heaps. In the town, ‘a bitter burden has been placed upon them’, they have been brought into ruin piles. The city, like a rejoicing voice, has uttered a lament over it, their city has been made to tremble with evil cosmic powers. |
| 28 | uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ha-zi₂-in-na še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi di₄-di₄-la₂ ba-<(...)> uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ha-zi₂-in-na še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi di₄-di₄-la₂ ba-x uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ha-zi₂-in-na še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi di₄-di₄-la₂ x uru₂-ni ha-ze₂-la₂ šeg₃ me-nigi-mu di-di-la₂ ba-x | In the city of Abu, he calmed the heart, the little ones ... In the town of Abu in the mood of the young man, the young ones were ... in joy, in the city [of Abu], the young people were .... In his city, the small ones were slaughtered, the menigīmu-demons were roaming about. |
| 29 | uru₂-ŋu₁₀ a-ab-ba-a še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi guruš-bi ba-<(...)> uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ab-ba-a še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi ŋuruš-bi ba-x uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ab-ba-a še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi ŋuruš-bi x uru₂-ni mu-a-ab-ba-gin₇ šeg₃ me-nigi-mu ŋuruš-bi ba-x | In the city of Abu, the sea has turned into a flood, its young man has ... In the town of Abu in the sea, the waters have turned into floods, its chicks have ... City of Abu at the water's edge, its kids like ... in his city, the menigīmu-disease has [turned into ...] |
| 30 | uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ... še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi dam-bi ba-<(...)> uru₂-ŋu₁₀ x še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi dam-bi ba-x uru₂-ni gu₂-e-ga-a-gin₇ šeg₃ me-nigi-mu da-bi ba-x | In the city of Abu, ... rejoices, its spouse ... In the town of Abu ..., rejoices! Its spouse .... His city, like a flood, is covered with blood, its side ... |
| 31 | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi KA-KA ba-tu₁₀-be₂-eš e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ še₂₅ mi-ni-in-gi KA-KA ba-x e-na-aŋ₂ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ šeg₃ me-nigi-mu x x x x KA-KA ba-tu₁₀-be₂-eš | The word of Enlil calmed the heart, ... they screamed. |
| 32 | ... si uru₂-ŋu₁₀ bi₂-ib₂-be₂ bi₂-ib₂-be₂ x si uru₂-ŋu₁₀ bi₂-ib₂-be₂ bi₂-ib₂-be₂ x {ŋeš}mes | ... the horns of the city, he says. ... he speaks. |
| 33 | [... gu₂-ni bi₂-ib₂-la₂ {ŋeš}mes gu₂-ni bi₂-ib₂-la₂] x x ba gu₂-ni bi₂-ib₂-la₂ {ŋeš}mes gu₂-ni bi₂-ib₂-la₂ x bi₂-ib₂-la₂ {ŋeš}mes | ... he bound his neck. He bound the mes ... |
| 34 | {ŋeš}mes di₄-di₄-la₂-ŋu₁₀ gu₂-ni bi₂-ib₂-la₂ {ŋeš}mes x gu₂ bi₂-ib₂-la₂ {ŋeš}mes | The tiny mes were carried away, the mes ... carried away. |
| 35 | {ŋeš}mes gal-gal-la-ŋu₁₀ gu₂-ni bi₂-ib₂-la₂ {ŋeš}mes x gal-gal-la-ŋu₁₀ gu₂-ni bi₂-ib₂-la₂ {ŋeš}mes | The great mes trees he surrounded with their branches, the great , the large mes tree he planted, the big mes |
| 36 | mu-lu šir₃-re {ŋeš}mes di₄-di₄-la₂-ŋu₁₀ {ŋeš}mes | The en priestess, the tiny ones, the little ones |
| 37 | mu-lu šir₃-re {ŋeš}mes gal-gal-la-ŋu₁₀ {ŋeš}mes | The one of the wild cows, the great mes trees |
| 38 | x ba tar-ra-ŋu₁₀ mu-lu e₂-kur-ra-ke₄ uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ba-na₂-a x mu-lu kur-ra-ke₄ uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ba-nu₂ | ... the one of the Ekur, lying down in the city. ... of the mountain lay down in his city. |
| 39 | i-bi₂ mušen-du₃ nu-tuk-la mu-lu e₂-kur-ra-ke₄ i-bi₂-a-ne₂ mu-un-gub x-nu-sik₂-la mu-lu kur-ra-ke₄ i-bi₂-a-ne₂ mu-un-gub | Before the one who does not have a groom, the one of the Ekur stood before him. ... stood before the man of the mountain. |
| 40 | uru₂-u a-še-e-e-er-ra-a uru₂-u a-a-a | City, I want to enter, city, where can I go? |
| 41 | er₂-šem₃-ma {d}en-lil₂-la₂-kam₂ | It is an Eršema of Enlil |
| 42 | lugal nam-ta-e₃ lugal nam-ta-e₃ | The king went out, the king came out. |
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