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Please contact us! | View line art (click on image to enlarge) | 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: ... 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