Composite
Composite No.: Q000472
Primary Publication:
Collection: —
Museum no.: —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: —
Material: —
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
object composite text
surface a
m=segment A
1. iri{ki} me-lem4-zu
2. an ki-a dul4
3. u18-ru-zu mah dib2
4. esz3 nibru{ki}
5. ki an a-na-szu2-a-asz
6. ne3-zu
7. za3-bi-sze3 gal2
8. szeg12 kilib3-ba
9. kalam-ma ki gar-ra
10. szeg12-zu szeg12 sag-bi-im
11. kur-kur-re
12. iri{ki} a-na-du3-a-ba
13. me mah szu mi-ni-ti
14. me mah-zu-gin7
15. mu-zu mah-am3
16. mu-zu-gin7
17. sahar-zu sahar du10-ga-am3
18. iri{ki} an ki-a
19. mu-zu diri-ga-am3 mu-zu
20. us2-sag
21. sig igi-nim-ma
22. dim gal ug3 szar2-ra-me-en
23. me-zu me galam-ma
24. me nu-sag2-dam
25. gesz-hur-zu-u8
26. abzu si-ga-gin7
27. ni2 gal szi-im-du8-du8
28. nam-mah-zu
29. {d}urasz sig7-ga-gin7
30. na-me nu-zu-zu-dam
31. nam-tar-ra
32. sag-bi-sze3 e3-a-zu
33. nig2 ar2-re-esz dib-ba
34. hur-sag sukux(SUKUD)-ra2
35. szu nu-te-ge26-me-en
36. sag il2 za3 dib-ba
37. an-ne2 us2-sa-me-en
38. sza3-zu u18-ru-me-en
39. bar-zu
40. ni2 gur3-ru-me-en
41. {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne-er
42. u2 nam-ti-la-bi-sze3
43. za-e
44. szi-im-ma-ab-du3-en
45. gu7 nag-bi-sze3
46. szi-im-ma-sig7-ge-en
47. amasz zi-bi-sze3 gal2-me-en
48. a2-zu-ta
49. gu sa-par4 gid2-gin7
50. nig2-nam la-ba-ra-e3
51. esz3 nibru{ki}
52. a-ra2-zu nig2 mah-am3
53. nig2 ka-ge dib-ba
54. me hal-ha-zu
55. gesz-szub zi-da
56. nig2 sag2 nu-di-dam
57. iri{ki} sza3-zu
58. ku3-ga-am3
59. bar-zu szen-szen-am3
60. su-bar-ra-zu
61. me-lem4 gur3-ru-am3
62. ki-zu ki suh-ha-am3
63. en gesztu2-ga
64. kur gal {d}en-lil2-le
65. sza3-zu-a esz3 bi2-in-du3
66. esz3-bi
67. esz3 za-gin3
68. esz3 nam tar-re-dam
69. e2-kur
70. e2 za-gin3
71. e2 nam tar-re-dam
72. nun-zu
73. {d}nu-nam-nir
74. ninda2 me ru-a
75. ama {d}ninx(EGI2)-lil2
76. ninx(EGI2) gal ki-ur3-ra-za
77. ninx(EGI2) me u3-tu-da
78. e-ne-e-ne-gin7
79. kalam-ma
80. dingir a-ba
81. mu-un-ti
82. a-ne-ne
83. TUG2 x kislah temen
84. szu bi2-in-gur-ru-usz
85. GIR3?-bi
86. bi2-in-dur2-ru-ne-esz
87. me zi me gal
88. me ar2-re-ka
89. dur2 im-mi-in-gar-re-esz
90. {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne
91. ama a-a ugu-bi-gin7
92. igi-bi im-szi-gal2
93. inim ku3 kal-kal
94. zi-de3-esz di-bi
95. gizzal
96. szi-ma-an-ke4-esz
97. {d}en-lil2
98. {d}ninx(EGI2)-lil2-bi
99. an-na
100. igi im-mi-in-gal2-esz
101. ki-a
102. za3 mi-ni-in-gar-re-esz
103. u4-bi-a
104. an gal
105. ki dagal-ba
106. sza3-bi mu-un-e3-a
107. dingir {d}a-nun-na
108. an ki-ke4-ne
109. kig2 ib2-gi4-gi4-ne
110. {gesz}al
111. {gesz}dusu
112. nig2 iri ki ga2-ga2
113. szu? BA? NA?
114. mu-un-gal2
rest broken
m=segment B
1. [...] x x [...]
2. sag x x A BA MU x [...]
3. an ki kilib-ba a2 ag2-ga2-bi [...]
4. lugal-la gesztu2 bad nig2-nam zu [...]
5. inim ku3 du11-ga ama a-a ugu-bi-gin7 igi-bi im-szi-gal2
6. {d}a-nun-na ub-szu-unken-na [...]
7. {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra sub2-su8-ub [...]
8. e2-kur esz3 mah-sze3 igi-bi x [...]
9. a2 ag2-ga2 dugud {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2 [...]
10. mah du11-ga-ni-sze3 an ki tuk4?-tuk4? x [...]
11. ur-sag gal en {d}nin-urta-ra szu-ni im-mi-in-si-ge-esz
12. ka-ga-ni i3 li ku7-ku7-da-gin7 x [...]
13. mu-un-dul-le-esz me an-na me ki szu-ni im-mi-in-si-ge-esz
14. {d}nin-urta ur-sag gal a2-tuku MU x [...]
15. szul kur gam en iri lah4 x SZE3? AN [...]
16. a-a {d}en-lil2 ama gal {d}nin-lil2 [...]
17. [...] e2-kur-ra-ka mi-ni-in-[...]
18. [...] x x KI [...]
rest broken
m=segment C
1. [...] EN [...]
2. [...] BA EN SA [...]
3. [...] BA tesz2-ba [...]
4. {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-bi UGU ku4?
5. [...] ki-bi [...]
6. [...] TA [...]
7. [...] x-bi dur2 gar x [...]
8. [...]-bi su3-su3-u4 [...]
9. x [...] x abzu-sze3 [...]
10. {d}nusku en [...] gub [...]
11. {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-bi sag-e-esz mu-ni-in-rig7-esz
12. nibru{ki} en nin-zu-gin7 dingir na-me nu-dib2
13. e-ne-ne nun er9-me-esz dingir pa e3-me-esz
14. {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-gin7 dingir na-me nu-dib2
15. e-ne-ne nun er9-me-esz en nam tar-re-me-esz
16. sza3-zu-a sukkal {d}nusku-ra me mu-na-ni-in-szum2-mu-usz
17. nibru{ki} szir3 ku3-zu nig2 kal-kal a-re-esz-sze3 dib2-am3
18. {d}isz-me-{d}da-gan-me-en du-ri2-sze3 ka-ga14 mu-ni-gar
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000472
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: UM 29-15-254
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000472
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
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. iri{ki} me-lam2-zu
2. an-ki-a dul9
en: City, your aura covers the universe
3. u18-ru-zu mah dab
en: Your might is supreme and surpassing
4. esz3 nibru{ki}
en: Shrine Nibru
5. ki an a-na szu2-a-asz
en: Wherever the heavens cover (i.e., everywhere)
6. ne3-zu za3-bi-sze3 gal2
en: Your strength is there (all the way to) its boundaries
7. szeg12 kilib3-ba
8. kalam-ma ki gar-ra
en: (Among) all of the brick (structures) founded in the land
9. szeg12-zu szeg12 sag-bi-im
en: Your brickwork is the foremost brickwork
10. kur-kur-re
11. iri{ki} <a>-na du3-a-ba
12. me mah szu mi-ni-ti
en: The lands accept the supreme cosmic powers in all their cities
13. me mah-zu-gin7
en: Like your supreme cosmic powers,
14. mu-zu mah-am3
en: your reputation is supreme
15. mu-zu-gin7
en: Like your reputation,
16. sahar-zu sahar du10-ga-am3
en: your soil is good soil
17. iri{ki} an-ki-a
18. mu-zu diri-ga-am3
en: City, your name is surpassing in the universe
19. us2-sag
en: You are the bond
20. sig igi-nim-ma
en: of the lowlands and highlands,
21. dim-gal ug3 szar2-ra-me-en
en: the great pillar of the many people
22. me-zu me galam-ma
en: Your cosmic powers are clever and
23. me nu-sag2-dam
en: that cannot be dispersed
24. gesz-hur-zu-u8?
en: And thus your plans,
25. abzu si-ga-gin7
en: like something that occupies the subterranean waters,
26. ni2 gal szi-im-duh-duh
en: And thus your plans, like something that occupies the subterranean waters, emit a great aura
column 2
1. nam-mah-zu
en: your greatness,
2. {d}urasz sig7-ga-gin7
en: which is verdant like the goddess Uraš (earth personified)
3. na-me nu-zu-zu-dam
en: No one is to ascertain.
4. nam tar-ra
en: Your fate,
5. sag-bi-sze3 e3-a-zu
en: going out at the forefront,
6. nig2 ar2-re-esz dab-ba
en: is something that surpasses (any) praise
7. hur-sag sukud-ra2
en: A high mountain range
8. szu nu-te-ga2-me-en
en: that no hand can approach are you.
9. sag il2 za3 dab-ba
en: Head raised high, surpassing
10. an-ne2 us2-sa-me-en
en: You are touching heaven
11. sza3-zu u18-ru-me-en
en: Your interior is powerful
12. bar-zu
en: Your exterior
13. ni2 gur3-ru-me-en
en: is filled with awe
14. {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne
15. u2 nam-ti-la-bi-sze3
16. za-e
17. szi-im-ma-ab-du3-en
en: And thus you produce food (for) the Anuna for their lives
18. gu7 nag-bi-sze3
19. szi-im-ma-sig7-ge-en
en: You are verdant for their eating and drinking
20. amasz zi-bi-sze3 gal2-me-en
en: You are the sheepfold that is there for their breath
21. a2-zu-ta
22. gu sa-par4 gid2-gin7
23. nig2-nam# la-ba-ra-e3
en: Nothing can escape from you arm, which is like the extended cords of a net
24. esz3 nibru{ki}
25. a-ra2-zu nig2 mah-am3
en: Shrine Nibru, your way is that of greatness
26. nig2 ka-ge dab-ba
en: Surpassing description
27. me hal-ha-zu
28. gesz-szub zi-da
reverse
column 1
1. nig2 sag2 nu-di-dam
en: When you divide up the cosmic powers (it results in) a true lot that cannot be dispelled
2. iri{ki} sza3-zu
3. ku3-ga-am3
en: City, your inside is pure
4. bar-zu szen-szen-am3
en: Your outside is pure
5. su-bar-ra-zu
6. me-lam2 gur3-ru-am3
en: Your body bears an aura
7. ki-zu ki suh-ha-am3
en: Your site is a chosen(?) place
8. en gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)-a
9. kur-gal {d}en-lil2-le
10. sza3-zu-a esz3 bi2-in-du3
en: The lord of wisdom, the Great Mountain Enlil, has built a shrine in your midst
11. esz3-bi
12. esz3 za-gin3
13. esz3 nam tar-re-dam
en: That shrine, the sparkling shrine, it is the shrine that is to determine fate
14. e2-kur
15. e2 za-gin3
16. e2 nam tar-re-dam
en: The Ekur, the sparkling temple, it is the temple that is to determine fate
17. nun-zu
18. {d}nu-nam-nir
19. ninda2 me ru-a
en: Your ruler, Nunamnir, the young bull who inseminates the cosmic powers
20. ama {d}nin-lil2
21. nin gal ki-ur3-ra-a
22. nin me u3-tu-da
en: Mother Ninlil, the great queen of the Ki'ur complex, lady who gave birth to the cosmic powers
23. e-ne e-ne-gin7
24. kalam-ma
25. dingir a-ba
26. mu-un-ti
en: What other god lives in the land like he and she?
27. a-ne-ne
28. umusz galgax(|NUN.LAGARxGAR|) ki u4 te
29. szu bi2-in-gur-ru-usz
en: They have wrapped themselves with intelligence and counsel at the place of dusk
column 2
1. husz-bi
2. bi2-in-dur2-ru-ne-esz
en: They have sat down (in their thrones) with a reddish hue(?)
3. me zi me gal
4. me ar2-re-ka
5. dur2 im-mi-in-gar-re-esz
en: They have sat down (in their thrones) among the true cosmic powers, the great powers, the cosmic powers of praise
6. {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne
7. ama a-a ugu-bi-gin7
8. igi-bi im-szi-gal2
en: The Anuna gods look to them as their birth parents
9. inim ku3 kal-kal
10. zi-de3-esz di-bi
11. gizzal
12. szi-ma-an-ke4-esz
en: And therefore they listen to their pure and most precious words, uttered faithfully
13. {d}en-lil2
14. {d}nin-lil2-bi
15. an-na
16. igi im-mi-in-gal2-esz
en: Both Enlil and Ninlil looked at the sky
17. ki-a
18. za3 mi-ni-in-gar-re-esz
en: They made a (temporary) sanctuary(?) on the earth (according to the stars they saw)
19. u4-bi-a
20. an gal
21. ki dagal-ba
22. sza3-bi mu-un-e3-a
en: At that time, the intentions for the broad earth that great An had brought forth (for Enlil and Ninlil to see)
23. dingir {d}a-nun-na
24. an-ki-ke4-ne
25. kin2 ib2-gi4-gi4-ne
en: The Anuna gods of heaven and earth set to work (to fulfill them)
26. {gesz}al
27. {gesz}dupsik
28. nig2 uru17 ki ga2-ga2
29. szu-ba x
30. mu-un-gal2
en: The hoe and the earth-moving basket, those (tools) which establish a city, were ... in their hands
31. x [...] {d?}ha?-ia3? {d}nisaba
en: ... Haya(?) and Nisaba
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000472
Primary Publication:
Collection: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Museum no.: MS 3355
Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000472
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 10512
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
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