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Publication
Primary publication:	CDLI Literary 000515, ex. 001
Author:	CDLI
Publication date:	2014ff.
Secondary publication(s):	Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0100
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CDLI no.:	P346185
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001wzjg0
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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 2.06.09.08 Rim-Sin H (witness)
Sub-genre remarks:	Adab of Inanna for Rim-Sin
Composite no.:	Q000515
Language:	Sumerian

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Object type:	tablet
Material:	clay
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Provenience:	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
1. [...] ki# ag2 an-na# me? kilib3-ba#? gar
#tr.en: Beloved ... of An, who has established all of the cosmic powers(?)
2. {d#?}inanna#? x szar2-ra-ma sig7-ga za3 kesz2-da#?
#tr.en: Inanna, arrayed in many ..., verdant/beautiful(?) ...,
3. {d}nin-tur5-re u3-tu-za sza3 mi-ni-in-x-x nam gal sza-mu-ri-in-tar#?
#tr.en: Nintur rejoiced(!?) at your birth and thus decreed a great fate for you
4. sag-ki! hi-li bi2-in-ak TAB-NIG2-zu# [nir]-nir#?
#tr.en: She furnished (your) forehead with allure, stretched out your ...
5. me-dim2-zu alim nun-na alan-zu sukud! x gun3#?
#tr.en: Your limbs (are that of) an outstanding alim bovid, your stature is tall ... and dappled(?)
6. bar-su3-am3
#tr.en: It is the barsud
7. nam-munus-sa2-e sa6#?-ga# hi-li-e si
#tr.en: Beautified by (her) womanhood(?), filled by(?) allure
8. {d}inanna he2-du7 an sikil-la nam-eresz-a tum2-ma x x
#tr.en: Inanna, ornament of pure heaven, suitable for the queenship ...
9. x-ga szu sza-mu-u8-du7 nam SU ba# SI#?-A?-x
#tr.en: And therefore(?) you perfected ..., ...
10. [...]-za ug3 u6 ab-be2!-en ug3 kilib3 he2#?-DU?-DU-en
#tr.en: You make the people admire(?) your ...., and thus(?) you ... all the people(?)
11. [...]-zi#-gal2 a-na me#-a#-bi# lugal#?-bi#? za#?-e#!?-me-en
#tr.en: People and? living creatures, as many as there are, you are their master
12. [...] x x [... mu]-un-ni#?-ib2#?-x-x
#tr.en: ...

reverse
$ beginning broken
1'. [...] IGI#? x x
#tr.en: ...
2'. ri#-im#-{d}suen sag#? x NI x x bi2#?-ib-x UN x x x x
#tr.en: Rīm-Sîn ....
3'. lu2 nig2-si-sa2 inim bur2-e du7 gu3 tesz2 he2-en-si-si
#tr.en: May the one who is suitable to disseminate(?) justice put the voice (of the people?) together in agreement
4'. mu he2-gal2-la u4 du10 asil3-la2-a nam-sipa he2-ak-ke4
#tr.en: He shall exercise the shepherdship in a year of abundance (consisting of?) good days of(?) rejoicing
5'. ri-im-{d}suen lu2 nig2-si-sa2 inim bur2-e du7 gu3 tesz2 he2-en-si-si#
#tr.en: May Rīm-Sîn, who is suitable to disseminate(?) justice, put the voice (of the people?) together in agreement
6'. mu he2-gal2-la u4 du10 asil3-la2-a nam-sipa he2-ak-ke4
#tr.en: He shall exercise the shepherdship in a year of abundance (consisting of?) good days of(?) rejoicing
7. sa-<gar>-ra-am3
#tr.en: It is the sagar
8. {d}inanna ri-im-{d}suen numun nig2-zi ri sza3 du10-ga-za bala?-a-ni su3 szum2-ma-ni-ib
#tr.en: Inanna, give Rīm-Sîn, the seed of(?) justice planted(?) in your good womb, his lengthy reign
9. nu-u8-gig diri guszurx(|LAGABxNIR|)#? mah an!-na#?-e x-a
#tr.en: The surpassing(?) nugig midwife, ... supreme roofbeam/timber(?) of heaven
10. {d}inanna nu-u8-gig diri guszurx(|LAGABxNIR|)#? mah an-na#?-e x-a
#tr.en: Inanna, the surpassing(?) midwife, ... supreme roofbeam/timber(?) of heaven
11. [...] x mi2 du11-ga hi-li su13-a-za
#tr.en: One who cares for .../cared for by ...(?), when(?) you exude allure
12. [...] x x gal#?-gal#? ri-im-{d}suen ti-mu-ni-ib
#tr.en: Very great.../who makes great ...(?), sustain Rīm-Sîn!
13. [u18]-ru12#-bi-im
#tr.en: It is its uru
14. [a-da]-ab# {d}inanna-kam
#tr.en: It is an adab song of Inanna

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