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Publication
Primary publication:	CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 047
Author:	CDLI
Publication date:	2014ff.
Secondary publication(s):	Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0005; van Dijk Lugale 2 (1983) 016 F2
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CDLI no.:	P346090
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz00205mnv
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue:	20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
Transliteration:	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:	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation no.:	U —
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Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Tablet

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column 1
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1'. lugal# u4# su3#?-[...]
#tr.en: The king who establishes his name (for) distant days
2'. {uruda}alan u4 ul-a#-sze3# [...]
#tr.en: The one who after(?) he fashioned a statue as in ancient times
3'. e2-ninnu esz3 giri17-zal-la#? [...]
#tr.en: In my Eninnu temple, a shrine filled with joy
4'. ki!(SZE3)-a-nag-ba um-mi-gub-en me-te-asz# [...]
#tr.en: After you stand in the place(!) of libations (for the dead), you shall be established as something appropriate
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5'. lugal-gu10 na4-e im-ma#-[gub]
#tr.en: My king attended to the (next) stone
6'. {na4}na-ta kusz im-ta-du3-du3-e#
#tr.en: Utilizing the na stone/grinding surface(?), he “worked the leather"(?)
7'. {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam am3-mi#-[...]
#tr.en: Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was decreeing (its) fate
8'. na4 a2-sze ga2 bi2-i-du11-ga-gin7#
#tr.en: Stone, as if(?) you had said “I (...?)”(?)
9'. {na4}na me-ga2 gesz bi2-szub-bu-za-na-gin7#
#tr.en: na stone/grinding surface(?), as one (of a group) who was casting lots for (the use of?) my cosmic powers
10'. za-e dim2-me-de3 szah2-gin7 nu2-ba#
#tr.en: You, lie down like a pig in order to fashion (things)/be fashioned(?)
11'. gurud-da lu2 kin2-sze3 nu-e-a-ak-a tur-tur-bi# [...]
#tr.en: Be cast aside, you who are worked by no one(?), end up/ending up as tiny pieces
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12'. lugal-gu10 {na4}e-le-li im-ma-gub#
#tr.en: My king attended to the eleli stone
13'. {d#}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 nam am3-mi-ib2#-[...]
#tr.en: Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was decreeing (its) fate
14'. [...]-li# gesz tuku-tuku kur du14 mu2-a-gin7
#tr.en: eleli stone, who pays attention, when the mountain sowed discord, I cast down my aura upon you
15'. [...]-x-[...]-x
#tr.en: ...
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column 2
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1'. [...]-gin7# du#-gu10#-sze3# [...]
#tr.en: Thus (you) inquired after my coming
2'. gesz-kin2-ti-ga2 igi#-[...]-na
#tr.en: In my workshop, the one who goes at the fore
3'. {na4#}algamesz sa2 du11# u4-da gur3#-ru zadim-e-ne he2#-me#-en
#tr.en: algameš stone, you shall be the daily regular fare brought by(?) the precious stone workers
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4'. lugal#-gu10# {na4}du8-szi-a# ba#-gub
#tr.en: My king attended to the dušia stone
5'. [{na4}]nir2#? {na4#}gug# {na4#}za#-gin3#!-e gu3 ba-an-de2
#tr.en: He spoke to the nir stone, carnelian, and lapis
6'. [...]-ba#? {na4}hu-ri2-zi
#tr.en: The amašpa'e, šaba, and hurizum stones
7'. [... {na4}]mar#-ha-li
#tr.en: The guggazi and marhali stones
8'. [... {na4}]gi#-rin-hi-li-ba
#tr.en: The egizaga and girinhiliba stones
9'. [...]-musz#-gir2-SZE3
#tr.en: The anzugulme and nirmušir stones
10'. [...]-UM?-e
#tr.en: The lord, ...
11'. [...]-x-tar#?-re#
#tr.en: Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was decreeing (their) fate
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