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Publication
Primary publication:	CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 046
Author:	CDLI
Publication date:	2014ff.
Secondary publication(s):	Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0004; van Dijk Lugale 2 (1983) 015 S1
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CDLI no.:	P346089
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz00205mmb
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue:	20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
Transliteration:	Hawkins, Laura F.; Peterson, Jeremiah
Translation:	Peterson, Jeremiah
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Collection Information
Owner:	British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.:	BM —
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Text Content:
Genre:	Literary
Sub-genre:	ETCSL 1.06.02 Ninurta’s Exploits (witness)
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Composite no.:	Q000351
Language:	Sumerian

Physical Information
Object type:	tablet
Material:	clay
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Provenience:
Provenience:	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation no.:	U 16877
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Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
1. kur#-[...]
#tr.en: The mountain shall make the livestock teem for you
>>Q000351 404
2. hur-sag-e nig2-ur2-limmu2-e#? numun# ha#-ra#?-[...]
#tr.en: The mountain range shall make the quadrupeds proliferate for you
>>Q000351 405
3. za-e# nin me-ni-da me nu-sa2#-a#-[...] an-gin7 ni2 husz gur3-ru#?
#tr.en: You, a lady with whose cosmic powers no other cosmic powers compare, who wears a furious/reddish aura like heaven
>>Q000351 406
4. dingir-mah inim# diri-ga hul gig
#tr.en: Digirmah, who hates excessive speech
>>Q000351 407
5. munus zi nin-hur#-sag# ki#-sikil#
#tr.en: The true lady, Ninhursag, the young woman
>>Q000351 408
6. {d}nin#-tur5# a2#? MUSZ3#-bi#?-sze3? x-bi-x-ba!?-a
#tr.en: Nintur, who ... when it cools (in the evening?)
>>Q000351 409
7. te-mu-da nin me mah ma-ra-an-szum2 za-e he2-em-il2-e
#tr.en: Draw near(?), lady, I(!) have given you supreme cosmic powers so that you shall be exalted/shall wield them
>>Q000351 410
8. munus! zi me-ni me diri-ga nin nagar-sza3-ga
#tr.en: True lady(!?), her cosmic powers surpass (other) cosmic powers, lady, “carpenter of the womb”
>>Q000351 412
9. {d#}a-ru-ru nin gal {d}en-lil2-la2 gaba-na ba-e-gub
#tr.en: Aruru, the elder sister of Enlil, stood at his front
>>Q000351 413
10. ur-sag gal ur-sag ug5-ga-za
#tr.en: "Great hero, when you killed the hero
>>Q000351 414
11. u3-mu-un a-a-ni-gin7 du11-ga-ni nu-kur2-ru na-ag2 nu-um-mi-tar
#tr.en: Lord, who like his father his utterance cannot be changed, you have not (yet) decreed a fate”
>>Q000351 415
12. [...]-e {na4}u2-e gu3 ba-de2-e in-ti bi2-ib2-ku-kur
#tr.en: The lord was speaking to the emery stone, he was wishing for/observing (its) path(?)
>>Q000351 416
$ double ruling
13. en#? ib2-ba kalam-ma inim mu-na-ni-ib-be2
#tr.en: In the homeland, the angry lord(?) spoke a word to him
>>Q000351 417
14. [{d}]nin-urta en dumu {d#}en-lil2-la2-ke4 asz2? im-mi-ib2-sar-re
#tr.en: Ninurta, lord, son of Enlil was cursing him
>>Q000351 418
15. {na4#}u2 kur-ra ma#-an#?-zi-ge#-en-na-gin7
#tr.en: Emery stone, you who (the Asag) mustered against me in the mountain
>>Q000351 419

reverse
1. [...]-gu10-sze3 mu-e-dab5-ba-gin7
#tr.en: As one who seized ... in order to render/place my hands(?) ...
>>Q000351 420
2. nam# ug5-ge-gu10 ba-e-ku5-da-gin7
#tr.en: As one who swore to commit(?) my murder
>>Q000351 421
3. en {d}nin-urta-me-en ki-tusz mah-ga2 ba-e-hu-luh-en-na-gin7
#tr.en: As one who terrified me, lord Ninurta, in my own supreme dwelling
>>Q000351 422
4. kal-ga# sul e2-gar8 tuku diri-ga-zu alan-zu he2-em-ta-be4
#tr.en: Mighty one, youth possessed of form, your surpassing(ness) and you stature shall be diminished
>>Q000351 423
5. nemur# usu-bi-ta nir gal2-la-am3 he2-me-zi-ir-zi-re-ne
#tr.en: Leopards that rely on their strength shall tear you up
>>Q000351 424
6. usu tuku a-gar5-re szu he2-gid2-de3
#tr.en: The powerful one shall accept a test of strength(?) (with you)
>>Q000351 425
7. gurusz {na4}u2 szesz-zu zi3!-gin7 he2-me-dub-bu-ne
#tr.en: Young man emery, your brother(s) shall heap you like flour
>>Q000351 426
8. gurusz-me-en gu3 de2-zu he2-gal2 he2-dub2?-x he2!?-til!?-e
#tr.en: You, young man, your shout shall be present and tremble(!?), (but) it shall end(?)
>>Q000351 428
9. li-li-zu szu#? ha-ba-ab-zi-ge-en adda-ba zu2 e3-ni-ib
#tr.en: You shall raise a hand (violently) against your offspring, show the teeth against their corpses!
>>Q000351 427
10. am gal lu2 szar2-ra gaz#-za-gin7 nig2 ba-ta gar-ra
#tr.en: Like a great bull killed by many men/a slaughterer(?), make (yourself) into/set (yourself) apart as(!?) something divided into shares(?)
>>Q000351 429
11. {na4}u2 {gesz}tukul-ta ur-gir15 me3-ta
#tr.en: Emery, by means of(?) the weapon dog, away from battle,
>>Q000351 430
12. nig2 sipa# tur-re al-sar-re-gin7
#tr.en: like something chased away by the junior shepherd
>>Q000351 431
13. en#-me-en# {na4}gug me-re-kul-la-za mu-bi he2-sze21
#tr.en: I am the lord, (you) shall be named according to(?) your having pecked at/demolished(?) carnelian
>>Q000351 432
14. i3#-ne-esz nam tar-ra {d}nin-urta-ka
#tr.en: Now, (this) is the decreed fate of Ninurta
>>Q000351 433
15. u4-da {na4}u2 ub-tag {na4}gug buru3-da ur5 he2-en-na-nam-ma
#tr.en: Today (and henceforth), when emery touches (another stone), it will be in order to perforate carnelian, thus it is so!
>>Q000351 434
$ double ruling
16. ur#-sag#-e {na4}szu-u {na4}ka-sur#-ra-ke4# gu3 im-ma-de2-e#
#tr.en: The hero was speaking to the šu'u and gasura stones
>>Q000351 435
17. [en-e a ri-a] bi2#?-[ib2-szid-de3]
#tr.en: ...
>>A 436
$ rest broken

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