Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum no.: AO 06890
Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum no.: AO 06892
Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA
Museum no.: AUAM 73.3175
Provenience: —
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM 054696
Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. x x [...]
en: ...
2'. a-gar3 mah# a-esztub# x [...]
en: Like(?) a great meadow (in which?) the carp flood expands
3'. a-gar3 su13#-su13-ga# [...]
en: The flooded field did not produce fish (after the water drained)
4'. pu2 {gesz}kiri6 lal3# gesztin nu#-[...]
en: The irrigated orchard did not produce syrup and wine
5'. balag# imin an-ur2# [...]
en: The seven balag drums were set on the ground like the standing horizon
6'. |SZA3xKAR2| szem5{zabar} {d}iszkur-gin7 x [...]
en: The ub(?) and šem(?) drums (resounding) like Iškur ... played in its midst
7'. gi#-gun4#-na-zu# szu x [...]
en: He actively diminished(?) your giguna and therefore should be “made"/bound(?) like Nibru
8'. [...]-zu#? sag TUL2-ba he2-ni-ib-sa2-sa2
en: (In) your city, may heads/corpses ... in its wells/ponds
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. sag#?-ki# [...]-x {d}en-lil2-la2#-kam#
en: It was the frown of Enlil
2. kisz#{ki#} [...] an#?-na#-gin7 im#-[...]
en: After it killed(?) Kish like the bull of heaven
3. e2 ki# unu{ki#}-ga# gu4# [...] sahar#-ra# mi#-ni#-ib#-[...]
en: After it slew the temple of Uruk in the dust like a great bull
4. ki# u4-ba szar-ru-um-ki#-[...]
en: Where, at that time to Sargon, the king of Agade
5. sig#-ta igi#-[...]
en: From the lowland to the highland
6. [{d}]en#-lil2-le nam-[...] mu-un#?-[...]
en: After Enlil gave the en-ship and kingship to him
7. [...] a#-ga#-de3#[{ki} ...]
en: At that time the sanctuary Agade holy Inanna ...
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column 2
1. x x [...]
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column 1'
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1'. e2#-gal# sza3#? hul2#?-[...]
en: May distress fall upon your palace, which was built (for) rejoicing
2'. lu2#-hul#-gal2# x [...]
en: May the evildoer shout continually in the ... plain(?)
3'. ki# uz#-[...]
en: (In) the site of your uzga, where the cleansing rite had been established
4'. ka5#? [...]
en: May the fox, the one of the destroyed ruin mound, drag its tail there
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
column 1'
beginning broken
1'. [...]-ne#
en: The governors, sagga officials
2'. [...]-ke4#-ne#
en: And the land recorders of the border of the plain
3'. [...] si!? x-sa2#?-e#?-ne#?
en: Were properly conveying the monthly nindaba offerings and (the nindaba offerings of?) the new year(?)
4'. [...]-gin7# kusz2# mi-ni-ib-<...>
en: At the gate of Agade, exhaustion was placed(?)
5'. [...] x x te#-ga2# nu-zu#
en: Holy Inanna did not know how to accept the nindaba offering (anymore)
6'. [...] x du#-de3# la#?-la#?-bi#? nu#?-x-gi4#
en: As/like a citizen, the temple to be founded(!?) did not satisfy (her)
7'. [...]-ra# me-a-gin7 ba#?-ab#?-gar#
en: The matter/word of the Ekur engendered (dazed) silence
8'. [...] tuku4!-e mu-na-ab#-la2#-la2
en: Trembling lingered for (Inanna?) (in?) Agade
9'. [...] ni2 im-ma#-ni#-in#-ti
en: In Ulmaš (Inanna?) was afraid
10'. [...] dur2#-ra#-na ba-ra-an-gen{+en}
en: She went out from the city into(?) her (original?) (place of?) dwelling
11'. [...] szub-bu-de3
en: The young woman, as if to(?) abandon that of(?) her women's quarters
12'. [... a-ga]-de3#{ki} mu-un-szub
en: Holy Inanna abandoned the shrine of Agade
13'. [...] ga2#-ga2-gin7
en: Like a warrior advancing against the weapon
14'. [...]-ma#?-ni-ri
en: She imposed battle and combat apart from the city(?)
15'. [...]-ra
en: She beat the breast for the enemy (instead)
16'. [...]-am3
en: It was not (before the elapse of) five days, it was not (before the elapse of) ten days
17'. [...]-lugal#-la#
en: The bindings(?) of the en-ship, the crown of kingship
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column 2'
beginning broken
1'. x [...]
en: ...
2'. e2#-kur-[...]
en: He “bound his hands” towards the Ekur temple
3-4'. a2 x [...] lu2-x? [...]
en: ...
5'. gi-gun4#-na# [...]
en: He acted towards the giguna like (it was worth?) (a mere) thirty gig
6'. nita# lu2-la#-[ga ...]
en: Like a male thief who plunders a city
7'. e2-sze3 {gesz}x-[...]
en: He gathered up/imposed(?) great ladders (for use) against the temple
8'. e2-kur [...]
en: In order to destroy the Ekur temple like a great boat
9'. kur ku3 [...]
en: In order to loosen (its) soil like a mountain mined (for) precious metal
10'. hur-[...]
en: As if to(?) cut/separate(?) it like the mountain range of lapis lazuli
11'. iri{ki#} [...]
en: In order bring (its) neck to the ground like a city that Iškur had poured (upon)
12'. e2-e# [...]
en: Although the temple was not (in/of) the mountain of the cut juniper
13'. {uruda}ha#-[...]
en: He brought(?) great hazin axes towards it
14'. {uruda}[...]
en: ...
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
1. hur-sag {na4}za-gin3-na-gin7 tar-re-gin7
en: As if to(?) cut/separate(?) it like the mountain range of lapis lazuli
2. iri {d}iszkur-re ba-an-de2-a-gin7 gu2 ki-sze3! ga2-ga2-dam
en: In order to bring (its) neck to the ground like a city that Iškur had poured (upon)
3. e2-e kur {gesz}erin ku5 nu-me-a
en: Although the temple was not (in/of) the mountain of the cut cedar/juniper
4. {uruda}ha-zi-in gal-gal ba-szi-in-de2-de2
en: He brought(?) great hazin axes towards it
5. {uruda}aga-silig-ga a2 min-a-bi-da u4-sar ba-an-ak
en: He sharpened along both edges of the agasilig ax
6. ur2-bi-a {uruda}gi2-dim ba-an-gar
en: He set the gidim implement into its base
7. suhusz kalam-ma-ke4 ki ba-e-la2
en: It was excavated up to the foundation of the land
8. pa-bi-a {uruda}ha-zi-in ba-an-gar#
en: He set the hazin ax into its “branches”
9. e2-e gurusz ug5-ga-gin7 gu2 ki-sze3 ba#-[...]
en: The house fell with its neck to the ground like a dead young man
10. gu2 kur-kur-ra gu2 ki-sze3 ba#-[...]
en: The whole of the lands fell with their necks to the ground
11. alal-bi im-ma-ra-an-x-[...]
en: He split its rainpipe away from it
12. im szeg3-szeg3 an-na ba#-e#-[...]
en: The rain that had fallen went (back) up into heaven
13. {gesz}ka2-bi ba-ra-an-si-ig tesz2-bi#? [...]
en: He removed (the ornaments?) from the gate/door, (the temple's/land's?) dignity changed
14. ka2 sze nu-ku5-da sze i-ni-in#-[...]
en: He cut down barley at the gate/door where barley was not cut
15. szu kalam-ma-ta sze ba-da#-[...]
en: He cut off barley from the hand of the land
16. [...] silim#-ma-bi {gesz}al-e [...]
en: He made the pickax strike the gate/door of well being
17. kur-kur#-[...] silim-silim-bi [...]
en: The well-being of all the lands(?) changed
18. a-gar3 mah#-e a-esztub{ku6#} [...]
en: Like(?) a great meadow in which(?) the carp flood expands(?)
19. e2-kur-ra {uruda}gi2#-[dim] gal#-gal-la#?-[...]
en: The great gidim implements of (i.e., for use against?) the Ekur temple he set (its metal) into molds
20. itima{+ma} e2# u4 nu-zu# x x [...]
en: The people saw (into) the itima chamber, the building where sunlight is unknown
21. dub-szen ku3 dingir-re-e-ne uri#?[{ki} ...]
en: Agade saw (into) the holy treasure box of the gods
22. la-ha-ma dub-la2 gal e2#-[...]
en: Its lahama creatures, the great pilasters stationed at the temple
23. lu2 an-zil gu7-a nu-me#-[esz]
en: Who did not commit taboo
24. {d}na-ra-am-{d}suen szu gibil#?-ke4 bi2-in-sag3
en: Naram-Sîn, the “renovator” struck them down
25. {gesz}erin {gesz}szu-ur2-me {gesz}za-ba-lum {gesz}taszkarin#
en: Cedar, cypress, juniper, boxwood
26. gesz gi-gun4-na-bi-esz KUM ba-an-sur-sur
en: Concerning(?) the woods of its giguna structure, he ...
27. ku3-sig17-bi mi-si-ra bi2-in-e11
en: He had its gold brought up/down in misir bags(?)
28. ku3-babbar-bi (|SU.LU.SZE3|%|SU.LU.SZE3|)-szir-ra bi2-in-ak
en: He had its silver put in lubšir bags
29. uruda-bi sze mah de6-a-gin7 kar-re bi2-in-si-si
en: He had its copper loaded into the harbor like barley brought (in) great (quantity)
30. ku3#-bi ku3-dim2-e im-dim2-e
en: (And thus) the precious metal worker would (re)fashion its precious metal
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1. 3(u)
en: (Subtotal:) 30 (lines)
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1. za-bi za-dim2-e im-dim2-e
en: (And thus) the stone cutter would (re)fashion its precious stone
2. uruda-bi simug im-tu11-be2
en: (And thus) the metalworker would strike its copper
3. nig2-gur11 iri hul-a nu-me-a
en: As if(?) the property was not of a destroyed city
4. e2-e ma2 gal-gal kar-ra ba-an-us2
en: At the temple he parked great boats in the harbor
5. e2 {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 ma2 gal-gal kar-ra ba-an-us2
en: Towards/concerning the temple of Enlil he parked great boats in the harbor
6. nig2-gur11 uru17-ta ba-ra-e3
en: (Thus) the property left the city
7. nig2-gur11 uru17-ta e3-da-bi
en: When the property left the city
8. a-ga-de3 dim2-ma#?-bi ba-ra-e3
en: The reasoning/mood of Agade left (as well)
9. ma2-e kar ib2-kur2-[...] a-ga-de3 ba-kur2
en: (When?) the boat(s) changed(?) harbors, the mood of Agade changed
10. u4 te-esz du11-ga# kalam tesz2-a gar-ra
en: The storm that erupted(?) and beset the land all together
11. a#-ma-ru zi-ga# gaba-szu-gar nu-tuku
en: The risen flood that had not rival
12. {d#}en-lil2-le nam [...]
en: Enlil, because his beloved Ekur was destroyed, what was that which would be done more (than that as revenge)(?)
13. kur gu2-bi2#-na#?-[...]
en: He raised his eye towards the land/mountain of Gubin
14. hur-sag# [...]
en: He stripped the whole (of the population) away from the broad mountain ranges
15. ug3-ga2 nu-si#-[...]
en: (Those who were) not placed among the people, not counted among the land
16. gu-ti-um{ki} [...]
en: Gutium, a people(?) who knew no attachment
17. dim2-ma# lu2#-x-x [...]
en: (Possessing) the intellect of a man, the counsel of a dog, and the features of a monkey
18. {d}en-lil2-le kur-ta# [...]
en: Enlil brought out from the mountains
19. ka9-ka9 buru5{muszen}-gin7#? [...]
en: They(?) touched the ground like the copulation/superimposing(?) of small birds(?)
20. a2-bi gu masz-ansze#-[...]
en: They(?) stretched out their arms in the plain for him like a net (for the) herd
21. nig2-na-me a2-bi [...]
en: Nothing escaped their reach
22. lu2 na#-me a2-bi [...]-x-[...]
en: Their reach spared no one
23. {lu2}kinx(UR4)-gi4-a har-ra#-an-na nu-mu#-[...]
en: The messenger did not go on the road
24. ma2 ra-gaba i7!-da nu-mu-un-dab#-be2#
en: The boat of the rider was not passing the river
25. ud5!? sig17 {d}en-lil2-la2 amasz-ta ba-ra-ra-asz na-gada#-bi bi2-in-us2-u2-us2
en: Towards the yellow goat(s)(?) of Enlil driven from the sheepfold, he made its herder follow
26. szilam tur3#-bi-ta ba-ra-ra#-asz# unu3-bi bi2-in-us2-u2-us2
en: Towards the cow(s) driven from the cattle pen, he made its herder follow
27. gesz gu2-ka en-nu-ug3 ba-e-zal
en: A guard was in effect (lit. spent time) upon the trees of the riverbank(?)
28. har-ra-an-na {lu2}sa-gaz2 ba-e-tusz
en: The robber dwelled on the highway
29. abul# kalam-ma-ka {gesz}ig IM-ma bi2-in-gub
en: At the gate of the land, he made the door stand ...
30. kur#-kur-re bad3 uru17-ne-ne-ke4 gu3 gig mi-ni-ib2-be2-ne
en: The lands were crying out bitterly in the walls of their cities
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1. 1(gesz2)
en: (Total:) 60 (lines)
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 02213
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 03957
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 06813
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum no.: CBS 07805 + UM 29-13-092 + Ist Ni 04008
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany; Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 07820 + CBS 07830 (+) HS 1489 (+) CBS 07858 (+) Ist Ni 04248
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: prism
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 08137 + N 1902 + UM 29-15-639
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 08408 + CBS 14227 + Ist Ni 04416
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 09233
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 13110
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 13946
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 15076 + N 7395
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 15127
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Museum no.: HS 1446
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Museum no.: HS 1465
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Museum no.: HS 1514 + HS 1455
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Museum no.: HS 1521
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000375
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Museum no.: HS 1541
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
