Q000382 = CDLI Literary 000382 (Lament for Uruk) composite = P469684

Q000382 001:	[...] x gar-ra re szu gur-bi [x] x-dam#
	The ... which had developed -- its wiping clean (?) was to be accomplished (?)
Q000382 002:	[...] x an#? ki#-ke4 me-bi [x] x nu2#
	The ... of heaven and earth put their divine powers ... to sleep (?).
Q000382 003:	[...] x E NE ba-ab-ra
	...
Q000382 004:	[...] lu2 ti dingir-re-e-[ne-gin7] a-na me bi2-ib2-tab
	... mortal man multiplied to become as numerous as the gods.
Q000382 005:	[...]-bi-ta |GA2xGAR| su3-e [mi-ni-in]-se3-ge5-esz-a
	When together ... had achieved a momentous decision,
Q000382 006:	[...] dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 sza3 x [(...)] mu-un-gu7
	, the ... of the gods ...
Q000382 007:	[{d}en-ki] {d}nin-ki umusz mi-ni-in-gal2-e#-esz 3(u)-a-kam
	Enki and Ninki determined the consensus -
Q000382 008:	[{d}]en-ul {d}nin-ul-e nam bi2-in#-[tar-re-esz ...]-du11#
	Enul and Ninul assigned the fate, ...
Q000382 009:	an {d}en-lil2-bi ba-an-u3-tu-usz-[a ...]-gin7 e-ne ba-se3
	When together An and Enlil had created it, that one resembled ...
Q000382 010:	{d}nin-lil2-le musz3-me mi-ni-in-szum2-ma [x x] e-ne ba-ab-tum3
	When Ninlil had given it features, that one was fit for ...
Q000382 011:	{d}a-ru-ru {d}suen {d}en-ki-bi me-dim2-bi ba-an-ak-esz-a
	When together Aruru, Suen and Enki had fashioned its limbs,
Q000382 012:	e-ne ba-he2-szi ge6 en-nu-ug3 MASZ-a-gin7 [...] x-asz ba-ab-gar
	that one turned pitch black, as at night, halfway through the watch, ...
Q000382 013:	dingir gal-gal-e-ne kusz3-kusz3-ta ba-an-sig7-ge-esz [...] mi-ni-ib-gal2
	All the great gods paled at its immensity and ... was brought about.
Q000382 014:	am gal-gin7 gu3 mah im-mi-ib-du11 szix(|KAxBALAG|)-bi e-ne ba-e-si
	Like a great wild bull which bellows mightily, that one filled the world with its roar.
Q000382 015:	si gal-bi an-ne2# he2-em-us2-sa ni2-bi a-ba-a in-dub2
	As its gigantic horns reached up to heaven, who trembled in his very core?
Q000382 016:	sa-par4-gin7 kur-re he2-em-dub-ba a-ba-a ba#-ni#-in#-gur
	As it was piled up over the mountains like a battle-net, who turned away?
Q000382 017:	sila-ba er2 a-nir a-ba-a i-ni-in-gar# x [...]
	Who caused wailing and lamenting in those streets and ...?
Q000382 018:	unu{ki}-ge lu2 zi ni2 te-a-gin7 x x [...]
	Unug, like a loyal citizen in terror, set up an alarm
Q000382 019:	zi-ga szu-ba a-na-asz ba-ni-ib-dab5 igi zi?# a-na-[asz ...]
	(and exclaimed) “Rise up!” Why did its hand seize Unug? Why did the benevolent eye look away?
Q000382 020:	sza3 sag3 a-nir-ra a-ba-a i-ni-in-gar x x [(x)] IM [...] x
	Who brought about such worry and lamenting and ...?
Q000382 021:	e-ne ba-ab-te sahar-ra e-ne ba-an-tusz?# giri3 a-na-asz ba-da-ze2-er
	That one drew nearer. That one settled upon the ground. Why would he withdraw?
Q000382 022:	dim2-ma-bi szu bala a-ba-a bi2-in-ak umusz-bi a-ba#-[a bi2-in]-kur2#
	Who distorted Unug's good sense and deranged its good counsel?
Q000382 023:	{d}udug sa6-ga-bi a-ba-a ib2-ta-an-dub2 {d}lamma-bi a-ba-a in-ga#-[an]-ra#
	Who smashed its good udug deity? Who struck its good lamma deity too?
Q000382 024:	ni2 me-lam2 sag-ga2 gal2-la-bi szu hul a-ba-a [bi2-in-du11]
	Who desecrated the fearsome radiance which crowned it?
Q000382 025:	unu{ki}-ga tesz2-bi a-ba-a ib2-ta-an-gu7?#-[(x) x] gig a-ba-a in-[ga-x (x)]
	Who brought about mob panic in Unug? Who ... sickness too?
Q000382 026:	iri-da kur-kur [(...)] unu#{ki}-ga e2-ba a-[ba-a ...]
	Along with the city, the foreign lands ..., who ... in the temple of Unug?
Q000382 027:	e-ne [...]
	That one ...
Q000382 028:	[...] x x
	...
Q000382 029:	[...] x SA RA [...] x a-ba-a in-ak
	Who made ...?
Q000382 030:	[...]-ni sag a-na-asz ba-ab-su3 [ug3 sag-ge6-ga] a-ba-a in-lu-lu-un
	Why was ... expanded? Who made the black-headed people become so numerous?
Q000382 031:	[... a]-ba#-a za3 im-mi-in-tag
	Who overthrew ...?
Q000382 032:	[...]-bi gesz im-mi-gul [...] a-ba-a dur2-bi-sze3 mu-un-gi4
	... was destroyed - who restored ...?
Q000382 033:	[...] x a-ba-a sag im-mi-tu-lu
	Who confronted ...?
Q000382 034:	[...] x-ba e-ne ba-ze2-er
	That one crushed ...
Q000382 035:	[...] x NI x [x] E# NE# [(...)]
	That one ...
Q000382 036:	[...]-gin7?# sag# [x] x x [x x]
	... like ...
Q000382 037:	[...] x DU {d}utu lu2 ki di an-na-ta [...]-a# szu2 sza-ra-us2 gu2-bi nu-mu-szi-ib2-zi
	... and Utu, who in human form renders judgment at the law court of heaven, set and did not rise again.
Q000382 038:	[...] x-in-di-be2-esz nam-tag dugud ba-ab-il2
	... bore a heavy burden of sin.
Q000382 039:	[...] di kur2-kur2 en {d}nu-nam-nir-ra
	... the altered verdicts of Lord Nunamnir.
Q000382 040:	[...] x-ga-ke4 a-na bi2-in-tu11-be2
	who can smite ...?
Q000382 041:	[...]-ni-in-szub da mu-un-szi-ib-ak-ne
	... and they approach (?)
Q000382 042:	[...] gal2# igi szum2-ma im-mi-in-e3
	... he brings ... forth.
Q000382 043:	[...] [{d}en]-lil2#-la-ka [...] x-kusz2-u3
	... of Enlil ...
Q000382 044:	[...] x-bi bi2-ib2-til-e
	He ... and puts an end to ...
Q000382 045:	[...] x [...]
	...
Q000382 046:	[...] x-sze3 tesz2-e ni2-ba [...]
	... each and every one ...
Q000382 047:	[...] x-la-ba a-ra2-bi ba-[...]
	... its ways were ...
Q000382 048:	[...]-gul-lu se3-se3-ge4-bi a2#-bi [...]
	...its destruction and demolition, ...
Q000382 049:	[... dingir]-re#-e-ne-ke4 gesztu2 ba-szi-in-[x]
	The ... of the gods ... attention.
Q000382 050:	[...] x-ke4 gu2 ba-an-da-szub-ba
	..., who neglected ...,
Q000382 051:	[...] x gidim hul bi2-in-te-a iri igi-ba ba-du8#
	... the city watched as the evil ghost approached.
Q000382 052:	[...] zi hul i3-pa-an-pa er2 gig i3-sze8-sze8
	... breathed painfully, he wept bitterly.
Q000382 053:	[...] KA mu-un-ak-e sag sag3-ge nu-ga2-ga2
	... there was no nodding of the head.
Q000382 054:	er2#-re# a#-nir#-ra# sza3 mu-ni-ib-kusz2-u3 iri ni2-ba mu-da-dub2
	He consoled himself with tears and laments - the city trembled.
Q000382 055:	szu!(BA) pe-el szu ba-ab-ra sag ba-ab-tal2 iri ni2-ba ba-an-ta-ra
	A defiled hand smote him and flattened his skull - the city collapsed.
Q000382 056:	ni2 me-lam2 i-bi2 du3-a-gin7 ni2-bi-a ba-an-te
	The fearsome radiance overwhelmed like ...
Q000382 057:	iri sag-ku3-gal2 kur-kur-ra re ha-lam gar-gin7 ba-du3
	The proud city of all the lands became like one who spreads havoc.
Q000382 058:	amasz {lu2}sipa zi-de3 du3-du3-a re ni2-bi-a ba-an-bu-bu
	The faithful cowherds themselves overturned every single cattlepen.
Q000382 059:	tur3 unu3 gal-e du3-a re ni2-bi-a ba-an-tab-tab
	The chief shepherds themselves burned (?) every sheepfold.
Q000382 060:	zar-gin7 ba-du3 zar-gin7 ba-sal ni2-bi-a ba-an-ur4
	They built them up like grain heaps, they spread them out like grain piles,
Q000382 061:	HAR SUH3 a-sza3-ga a ba-ab-gar iri sug-ge4 ba-ab-gu7#
	they were convulsed. ... they drenched the fields with water, they turned the city into a swamp.
Q000382 062:	i3-ak-ak gi ki sumun-na-gin7 u3-tu-da nu-ga2-ga2
	They did all that. Like reeds in a wasteland, life could not be revived.
Q000382 063:	sag2 ba-ab-du11 iri-a nig2-hul-a |KAxLUM| mu-un-da-an-x [(x)]
	They brought ruination. Evil things menaced (?) the city.
Q000382 064:	sza3 ni2 te ug3-ba nig2-me-gar tug2-gin7 i-im-[dul (x x)]
	A hush settled over the awed hearts of its people like a cloak.
Q000382 065:	{d}udug sa6-ga-bi im-ta-an-e3-[e-esz] {d}lamma-bi ba-da-an-kar#-[re-esz]
	Its good udug deities went away, its lamma deities ran off.
Q000382 066:	{d}lamma-bi edin-na bar-bi2-ib-da giri3 kur2 ba-ra-an-dab5-be2-[esz]
	Its lamma deity (said) “Hide in the open country” and they took foreign paths.
Q000382 067:	iri dingir-bi ba-da-gur sipa-bi ba-da-an#-[tak4]
	The city's patron god turned against it and its shepherd abandoned it.
Q000382 068:	maszkim-bi lu2-erim2 nu-me-a ki kur2 im-ma-an#-[x]
	Its guardian spirit, though not an enemy, was exiled (?) to a foreign place.
Q000382 069:	dingir gal-gal-bi ur5 in-ze2-esz bar-ta ba-su8-ge#-[esz]
	Thus all its most important gods evacuated Unug, they kept away from it.
Q000382 070:	hur-sag-ga2 bar im-ma-an-dab5-be2-esz edin-lil2-e ba-ab-[...]
	They hid out in the hills and wandered (?) about in the haunted plains.
Q000382 071:	iri silim du3-a gu7 nag-a {dug}saman#-[gin7] im-mi-in-szub
	In the city built upon peace, food and drink were overturned like a saman vessel.
Q000382 072:	sza3-tum3?#-ma dum-dam mu-ni-in-za ansze udu im-mi-in-e3
	In the pasture lands a tumultuous noise arose, the asses and sheep were driven away.
Q000382 073:	ab-ba lu2-banda3{da} sza3 kusz2-u3-bi [x] igi-sze3 KA BA bi-[x x]
	Elderly people and babies, taking their rest, ... in front ...
Q000382 074:	[x x]-ne# igi mu-un-bar-bar [x x] bi2#-ib2-szar2-szar2 x [x x]
	They saw ... and slaughtered (?) ...
Q000382 075:	[...] x-bi ba-BU-BU# [x (x)]
	...
Q000382 076:	[... ba]-ni-ib2-du11-ge#-[...]
	...
Q000382 077:	[...] x-a me-a [...]
	...
Q000382 078:	[...] ki szu sag3 mi-ni-in-du8?#
	He ... and opened his clenched fist.
Q000382 079:	[...] mu#-na-kal?-la? szu mu-na-gid2
	He ... and reached out his hand.
Q000382 080:	[...] [ki-en]-gi#-ra iri lugal ki-bala-a-sze3
	The ... of Sumer, the city whose king crossed over to an enemy land,
Q000382 081:	[...]-sze3 ba-ra-ab-bala a2 {gesz}tukul-la [(...)] mu-un-dub2
	to ... - he smote it with the might of his weapon.
Q000382 082:	[...] RI ki sahar-da im-ma-an-gi4
	He ... and turned the place into dust.
Q000382 083:	[...] ug3# zar-re-esz mi-ni-in-du8-du8
	He ... and piled the people up in heaps.
Q000382 084:	[...] la#-la-a-ni en-na bi2-ib2-gi4-gi4
	..., how long until its charms are restored?
Q000382 085:	[ki]-ru-gu2# 2(disz)-kam-ma-am3
	2nd kirugu.
Q000382 086:	[(x) x] x an NA x x x kur za3 an-sze3 ug3-e# [...] x [(x)]
	The ... of heaven ... and the people ... to the limits of heaven.
Q000382 087:	[x x] x-e im-la2 szu mi-ni-in-gid2#-gid2 kur-re ni2 bi2-in-te
	Its gišgigal.
	He ..., stretched forth his hand and induced terror in the land.
Q000382 088:	{d}en-lil2-le husz gal-bi mu-un-tag [gu3 ba]-an-de2
	Enlil struck out with great ferocity. He announced:
Q000382 089:	a-ma-ru ki!(DU6) al ak-e gu3 im-ma-ab-zi
	“A deluge dashing the hoe on the ground shall be invoked.
Q000382 090:	me3 ugu#-bi-sze3 {uruda}dur10-gag-am3 egir-bi-sze3 |PA.HAR| 1(disz)-am3
	At its front war shall be a ... axe, at its rear it shall be a ...
Q000382 091:	siki lum-ma-bi {gesz}gan2-ur3-ra-am3 {mu}murgu#-bi-sze3 izi-am3
	Its overgrown hair shall be a harrow, its back shall be flames.
Q000382 092:	sag-ki-bi u4 hul-du3-am3 ki an-na dul-lu-dam
	Its countenance shall be a malevolent storm that enshrouds heaven and earth.
Q000382 093:	gesz-nu11-bi nim gir2-re anzu{muszen}-gin7 igi su3#-u4-bi bar-re-dam
	The glint of its eyes shall be lightning that flashes far like the Anzud bird.
Q000382 094:	gu3-bi mer-mer-ra-am3 izi bar7-a kur-re su3-su3-u3-dam
	Its mouth shall rage -- a blazing fire that extends as far as the nether world.
Q000382 095:	eme-bi ga-an-ze2-er-ra-am3 u3-dub2 szeg3-ge26 kalam-ma dar-re-dam
	Its tongue shall be an inferno, raining embers, that sunders the Land.
Q000382 096:	a2-bi anzu{muszen} mah du10 bad-re6 nig2-nam nu-e3-am3
	Its arms shall be the majestic Anzud bird that nothing can escape when it spreads wide its talons.”
Q000382 097:	ti-ti-bi nig2 za-ra ak-dam u4 zal-gin7 zal-le-dam
	“Its ribs shall be crowbars that let light pass inside like the sun's rays.
Q000382 098:	szab-ba-bi-a a2-sag3 uru2 gul-la nig2-kesz2-sze3 mu-un-la2
	Knotted at both its hips shall be city-destroying slingstones.
Q000382 099:	hasz2 gal-bi gir2 sur usz2 dul4-dul4-lu u3-mun bala-bala-e-dam
	Its great haunches shall be dripping knives, covered with gore, that make blood flow.
Q000382 100:	sa-sa-bi {uruda}szum-me szab-dam giri3-bi hu-ri2-in{muszen}-na-am3
	Its muscles shall be saws that slash, its feet those of an eagle.
Q000382 101:	{i7}idigna {i7}buranun ni2 mu-ni-ib-te kur-ra gu3 mi-ni-ib2-ra
	It shall make the Tigris and Euphrates quaver, it shall make the mountains rumble.
Q000382 102:	szix(|KAxBALAG|) gi4-bi-sze3 hur-sag i3-bu-re ug3 zar-re-esz i3-sal-e
	At its reverberation the hills shall be uprooted, the people shall be pitched about like sheaves,
Q000382 103:	ki-en-gi ki-uri su im-sag3-[sag3-ge] buru14-gin7 i3-su3-su3-u3
	Sumer and Akkad shall shiver, they shall be flooded like a harvest crop.
Q000382 104:	nu-zu-u3-ne im-szi-hul2-hul2-e-esz szeg5?# im-szi-ib-tar-re-ne
	The foolish shall rejoice, they shall exclaim (?):
Q000382 105:	he2-em-du me3-a gesz-gesz-la2-sze3 iri igi he2-bi2-ib-du8-un-de3-en
	“Let it come -- we shall be seeing war and battle in the city,
Q000382 106:	|URUxKAR2| im-gul-la-a-asz bad3 im-se3-ge5-<<disz>>-a-asz iri silim i3-si-il-le-a-asz
	how the sacred precinct (?) is destroyed, how the walls are battered down, how the city's peace is disrupted,
Q000382 107:	numun zi sag lul-la sag zi-da szu bala mi-ni-ib-ak-a-a-asz
	how among the loyal families honest men are transformed into traitors.”"
Q000382 108:	lu2 zu-u3-ne gaba sag3 i3-ak-ne sag i3-sal-sal-e-ne
	“But the sensible shall beat their breasts and droop (?) their heads.
Q000382 109:	a2 ge6-ba ni2 er2 mu-ni-ib-te-esz igi lib(LUL) i3-ak-ne
	At midnight they shall be afraid and tearful, and suffer insomnia.
Q000382 110:	ki-nu2 {tug2}nig2-bara3-bi u3 du10 li-bi-ku-ku-ne iri{ki} im-nigin2-nigin2-ne
	In bed, under the covers, they shall be unable to sleep soundly, they shall wander about the city.
Q000382 111:	e-ne-<ne> szu-ne-ne ba-du3-du3 sza3 dar i3-ak-ne
	They shall be immobilised, their courage shall run out:
Q000382 112:	[a2]-tah gub me3 silim-me-esz2 gaba-bi ha-ba-ab-zi-zi-i
	“May our allies serving in times of war raise their forces for peace.
Q000382 113:	inim {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 he2-bi2-ib-gur-re murgu-bi-sze3 ha-ba-gub
	May the word of Enlil be sent back, may it turn tail.
Q000382 114:	[x x] {d}nu-nam-nir-ra-ka usz11-bi he2-bi2-ib-til-e
	May the venom of Nunamnir's anger become exhausted.
Q000382 115:	lu2 husz e2-kur-ra x mu-un-dab5-be2-esz-a igi-bi he2-em-szi-tum2
	May those vicious men who have seized the E-kur be punished.
Q000382 116:	nibru{ki}-sze3 igi-bi mu-ra-szi-ni-ib2-gal2-la szusz3 he2-em#-mi-ib-su-su
	May those who have set their sight upon Nibru be swept away.”"
Q000382 117:	ki-ru-gu2 3(disz)-kam-ma-am3
	3rd kirugu.
Q000382 118:	sza3-gu10 er2 im-si szex(SIG7)-szex(SIG7) i3-ga2-ga2
	My heart is filled with sorrow, I am tear-stricken.
Q000382 119:	gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im
	Its gišgigal.
Q000382 120:	ki-en-gi a sza3-zu a bar-zu a nam-lu2-u18-lu#-zu
	Oh, Sumer! Alas -- your spirit! Alas -- your structure! Alas -- your people!
Q000382 121:	inim# an-na ki-bi-sze3 ga2-ga2#-[de3] |URUxKAR2|# i3-gul# [x (x)]
	The word of An, having been assigned its place, has destroyed the sacred precinct (?).
Q000382 122:	du11-ga {d}en-lil2-la2 di-di-de3 [im-ma]-ni#-szi-ib-[...]
	The pronouncement of Enlil, having been set in motion, ...
Q000382 123:	a-ma-ru ki al ak-e x [...]
	The deluge dashing the hoe to the ground ...
Q000382 124:	x husz# gal# en {d}nergal [...]
	The great and fierce ..., Lord Nergal
Q000382 125:	x [x x] {d}gibil-gin7 {d}nergal# [...]
	... like Gibil, Nergal ...
Q000382 126:	[...] x x tum3-gin7 i3#-[...]
	...
Q000382 127:	me3 ki#-bala# [...] x szix(|KAxBALAG|) mu#-[...-gi4-gi4]
	War ... enemy lands ... echoed.
Q000382 128:	ti mar-uru5-a-gin7# [...]-til-e [...]
	Like arrows in a quiver ...
Q000382 129:	ki-en-gi-ra lu2-erim2# [...]
	Evildoers in Sumer ...
Q000382 130:	gu-ti-um ur-re ba-e-bala# [...]
	Gutium, the enemy, overturned ...
Q000382 131:	ki-<<{d}>>en-gi gesz-bur2-ra i3-bala-la# x [...]
	Sumer, caught in a trap, ...
Q000382 132:	ug3-bi szu suh3-ha im-ma-ab-du11 x [...]
	ts people were thrown into turmoil ...
Q000382 133:	ur-sag kal-ga ki-en-gi-ra-ke4 gesz [...]
	he mighty heroes of Sumer ...
Q000382 134:	sza3 {tu15(IM)}u18-lu-da zu NE EN e11?# [...]
	... the heart of a hurricane ...
Q000382 135:	erin2 sag-gin7 mu-un-lah5-lah5-esz-am3 AN [...]
	They advanced like the front rank of troops, ...
Q000382 136:	KASKAL x-gin7 mu-un-gaz-usz 1(disz)-a re an-gin7 [...]
	Like ... they were crushed, every one of them ...
Q000382 137:	me3 zu-ba szu-ba bi2-ib#-szub dim2-ma-bi [...]-ak
	Their war veterans gave up, their brains were muddled.
Q000382 138:	sag erin2-na lu2-ta e3-a-me-esz gar3 hul-bi# [...] x
	The troop leaders, the most outstanding of the men, were viciously hewn down.
Q000382 139:	gu-ti-um{ki} ur#-ra# x E NE [...] {gesz}tukul [...] x
	Gutium, the enemy, ... weapons ...
Q000382 140:	igi-bi da-bi-a nu-mu-un-bar-bar-re-esz-a GIR2-GIR2 [...]
	Gutium, the enemy, ... weapons ...
Q000382 141:	su-bir4{ki}-e a mah e3-a-gin7 a x [(...)] x-gin7 ki-en-gi-ra ba-an-de2
	Like a swelling flood, like ..., Subir poured into Sumer.
Q000382 142:	masz kar-ra-gin7 ur x [...] ug3 ad6-bi mu-un-si-il-le-esz
	They ... like stampeding goats, they tore apart the corpses of the population.
Q000382 143:	ki-en-gi ki-uri gu2-gur5?#-ru-usz {gesz}naga3-sze3 mu-un-ak-esz
	They mutilated Sumer and Akkad, they pulverised it as with a pestle.
Q000382 144:	masz-kan2 a2-dam-bi mu-un#-gul#-gul-lu-usz du6-du6-ra mi-ni-in-si-ig-esz
	They destroyed its settlements and habitations, they razed them to ruin mounds.
Q000382 145:	ki-en-gi sag-e sahar-gin7 mu-un-dub-bu-usz x [(...) mu]-un#-tu11-be2-esz
	The best of Sumer they scattered like dust, they heaped up ...
Q000382 146:	nam-lu2-ulu3-bi aga3-kar2 bi2-in-se3-ge5-esz tur mah-bi mu-un-til-le-esz
	They massacred its populace, they finished off young and old alike.
Q000382 147:	iri{ki} {d}a-nun-ke4-ne mu-un-gul-gul-lu-usz izi mu#-[ni]-in#-ri-ri-esz
	They destroyed the city of the Anuna gods, they set it aflame.
Q000382 148:	unu{ki}-ga igi tab-bi mu-un-gul-gul-lu-usz {gesz}isimu2{mu2}-bi mu-un-suh-u3-usz
	hey put out both Unug's eyes, they uprooted its young shoots.
Q000382 149:	ki-a-nag {d}a-nun-ke4-ne-ke4 nigin2-nigin2 im-mi-in-dib-be2-esz
	They wandered all through the libation places of the Anuna gods.
Q000382 150:	kul-ab{ki} iri ul in-ga-me-a ki-lul-la bi2-in-sag3#-[sag3-ge-esz]
	And even Kulaba, which is the primeval city, they turned into a place of murder.
Q000382 151:	ki-ru-gu2 4(disz)-kam-ma-am3
	4th kirugu.
Q000382 152:	a ki-en-gi a nam-lu2-ulu3-bi
	Alas - Sumer! Alas - its people!
Q000382 153:	gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-[im]
	Its gišgigal.
Q000382 154:	unu{ki} kar-zu za3-zu ba-ab-dab5#-be2-esz [...]
	Unug! They seized your wharf and your borders and ...
Q000382 155:	unu{ki}-ge gu3 im-ra szegx(|KAxLI|)? im-gi4 lu2 szu dab5-bi [...]
	At Unug shouts rang out, screams reverberated, its captured men ...
Q000382 156:	sig-sze3 za-pa-ag2 im-gar sig ba-gul a2 nam-ba?#-[...]
	The noise reached to the south. The south was destroyed and ...
Q000382 157:	nim-sze3 szu im-zi nim ba-se3 tab-ba la-ba-x [...]
	The impact forced its way to the uplands. The uplands were struck and ...
Q000382 158:	zi-da gab2-bu ug3 nu-di a2-dam nu-du3-du3# [(...)]
	To the right and left no people moved about, no habitations were built.
Q000382 159:	ki x [(x)]-bi-a nu-un-gal2 zi-ga la-ba-szi-ib-x [(...)]
	There was no ... and the mobilisation of troops did not ...
Q000382 160:	an-sze3 [x (x)] il2 an i3-til a2-bi DI li-bi2#-[...]
	... rose up to heaven. Heaven perished and its strength did not ...
Q000382 161:	ki-a x bi2#-ib-DU ki i3-bara3 ni2-bi nu-um-[x (...)]
	... upon the earth. The earth was scattered, and it did not ...
Q000382 162:	masz-kan2-masz#-kan2 ba-bir-bir unu{ki} dili-bi ba-du3 [(...)]
	All the settlements were dispersed - Unug stood all alone.
Q000382 163:	gu4-dam usu-tuku-am3 tesz2 im-dagal {gesz}tukul-e im#-[x (...)]
	It was a bull, it was a champion, it was immense with pride, but it ... to the weapons.
Q000382 164:	ge6 an-bar7#-gan2-ba dam-<ha>-ra im-ak egir-bi-sze3 nu-[x (...)]
	All night and even until midday battle was waged, and afterwards it did not ...
Q000382 165:	{gesz}gu4-si-ASZ {kusz}gurx(|E.TUM|){ur3} ba-su8-ge-[esz] bad3-bi mu-un-si-il-si-[il-le-esz]
	Battering rams and shields were set up, they rent its walls.
Q000382 166:	za3-e3-ba gu2-giri3# mi-ni-in-[gar-re-esz] iri {gesz}al-e bi2-in-[ra-ra-asz]
	They breached its buttresses, they hewed the city with axes.
Q000382 167:	ki#-gub#-ba# izi mu-ni-in-szum2#-mu#-[usz] iri#-tusz-ba# mu-un#-[...]
	They set fire to its stations, they ... the city's dwellings.
Q000382 168:	[mu-un]-se3-ge-esz mu-un-gul#-[lu-usz]
	They destroyed it, they demolished it.
Q000382 169:	unu#{ki} ki du10 sahar-da im-da#-[...]
	Unug, the good place, was ... with dust.
Q000382 170:	am# gal-gin7 ti mu-ni-in-gid2-gid2-i x [...]
	Like a great wild bull wounded with an arrow, ...
Q000382 171:	sun2?#-gin7 {gesz}szukur mi-ni-in-te-te x [...]
	Like a wild cow pierced with a spear, ...
Q000382 172:	kal-ga {gesz}tukul-e sag ba-an-szum2 gesz me3 [...]
	The mighty one rushed with his weapons and ... implements of war.
Q000382 173:	su-bir4{ki}-e a mah a e3-a-gin7 zi#-[ga ...]
	Subir, rising up like a swelling floodwave, ...
Q000382 174:	e-sir2-e-sir2-ra du10 mi-ni-in-MUSZ2-MUSZ2# [...]
	They trampled (?) through the streets and ...
Q000382 175:	u3-mu-un nam-lu2-ulu3 ab2-gin7 mu#-[un-sur-sur-re-esz] nig2 dim2 mu-un-ze#-[(x)]-re#-esz
	They let the blood of the people flow like that of a sacrificial cow, they tore out everything that had been built.
Q000382 176:	dumu unu{ki}-ga-ke4#-[ne] [...] x-le-esz
	The citizens of Unug ...
Q000382 177:	[x] x-bi I x [...]-in#-tu11-usz
	They ... and threw down ...
Q000382 178:	[(x) x] x x [... mu]-un-til-le-esz
	They ... and put an end to ...
Q000382 179:	[...] mu#-un-da-an-dab5-be2-esz
	They seized ...
Q000382 180:	[...] bi2#-ib-se3-ge5-esz
	They struck ...
Q000382 181:	[...] mu#-un-gul-gul-lu-usz
	They destroyed ...
Q000382 182:	[...]-in-ri-ri-esz
	They ...
Q000382 183:	[... mu]-un#-ha-lam-e-esz
	They demolished ...
Q000382 184:	[...] mu#-un-gar-re-esz
	They set up ...
Q000382 185:	[...]-bi# gesz? ba-an-tu11-usz
	They heaped up ...
Q000382 186:	[...] ba#-an-til-le#-[esz ...] nu-mu-un-tak4-a-asz
	They put an end to ... and did not leave behind ...
Q000382 187:	[...] x-ha-e su-bir4{ki}-e ba-an-ku4
	... Subir entered ...
Q000382 188:	[ki-ru]-gu2# 5(disz)-kam-ma-am3
	5th kirugu.
Q000382 189:	[...] im#-ma-dim2 gu3 im-me [...] sahar# mi-ni-in-su-ub
	... cried out “... has been created” and he smeared dust ...
Q000382 190:	[gesz]-gi4-gal2-bi
	Its gišgigal.
Q000382 191:	[...]-zu sa2 mi-ri-ib-du11 [...] x gaba hul-bi DI-ga2
	... reached ...
Q000382 192:	[...] sa6-sa6 gub-ba
	...
Q000382 193:	[...] us2#-sa
	...
Q000382 194:	[...]-da
	...
Q000382 195:	[...]-ga?
	...
Q000382 196:	[...]-an-RI
	...
Q000382 197:	[...]-ba#-sze3
	...
Q000382 198:	[...] gar#
	...
Q000382 199:	[...] x
	...
Q000382 200:	[...] x
	...
Q000382 201:	[...] x
	...
Q000382 202:	[...] x-esz
	...
Q000382 203:	[...]-gur
	...
Q000382 204:	[...]-i
	...
Q000382 205:	[...]-asz
	...
Q000382 206:	[...]-dub2#-usz
	...
Q000382 207:	[...]-esz
	...
Q000382 208:	[...]-usz#
	...
Q000382 209:	[...]-esz
	...
Q000382 210:	ki?#-bala?# e2?# [...] UR [...]
	The enemy land ...
Q000382 211:	ki zabala{ki} [...] TA# [...]
	zabala ...
Q000382 212:	uri2{ki} e2-kisz#-[nu-gal2] [...] TA [...]
	In Ur, the E-kiš-nu-gal ...
Q000382 213:	tur3 {e2}amasz e2 x [...] hul [...]
	Cattlepen and sheepfold, evil ...
Q000382 214:	ki# su-bir4#[{ki}] [...]
	The land of Subir ...
Q000382 215:	dingir gal-gal# [...]
	All the great gods ...
Q000382 216:	{d}a-nun-na [...]
	The Anuna gods ...
Q000382 217:	DI NE x [...]
	...
Q000382 218:	bara2-bara2?# [...]
	The daises ...
Q000382 219:	IM# [...]
	...
Q000382 220:	nin nam-gal-la-ni kur-ra diri-ga
	Lady inanna whose greatness is vaster than the mountains,
Q000382 221:	an-gin7 dib {d}en-lil2-gin7 ni2 gur3-ru
	hovering like An, vested with grandeur like Enlil,
Q000382 222:	a-a-ni-gin7 ge6 an-szeg6-ga2-ba he2-du7
	like her father, perfect by night and in the heat of the day,
Q000382 223:	{d}utu-gin7 nam-szul-la za3 dib
	like Utu, surpassing in vigour,
Q000382 224:	ub-da limmu2-ba dili-ni mah
	singularly exalted in all the four regions -
Q000382 225:	ni2 dub2-ba e2-za hu-mu-hul2-le
	let Išme-Dagan take pleasure in relaxing in your temple,
Q000382 226:	e2-za mul-ma-al hu-mu-ri-ib-za
	let him murmer to you in your temple,
Q000382 227:	e2-an-na-za sag hu-mu-ri-in-il2
	let him raise his head to you in your E-ana.
Q000382 228:	{d}isz-me-{d}da-gan u2-a-zu ha-ra-da-gub
	Let Išme-Dagan serve you as your steward.
Q000382 229:	gu4 gal-gal-e si ha-ra-ni-ib-sa2
	Let him prepare great bulls for you.
Q000382 230:	nidba gal-gal-e gesz hu-mu-ra-ab-tag-ge
	Let him dedicate great offerings to you.
Q000382 231:	kasz i3-udu i3 hu-mu-ra-ab-szar2-e
	Let him make the beer, fat and oil plentiful for you.
Q000382 232:	lal3 gesztin bur-gin7 ha-ra-ab-de2-e
	Let him make syrup and wine flow for you as from stone jars.
Q000382 233:	{d}isz-me-{d}da-gan-e ki lugal gub-ba
	Let Išme-Dagan,
Q000382 234:	dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 giri17 szu ha-ra-ab-tag-ge
	son of Enlil on the king's pedestal, bow in homage to you.
Q000382 235:	ub3 a2-la2-e gu3 nun hu-mu-ra-ab-be2
	May he make the ub and ala drums resound grandly for you.
Q000382 236:	tigi(|BALAG.NAR|) a-ra-du10 za-am-za-am hu-mu-ra-ab-du12
	May the tigi(|BALAG.NAR|) sound sweetly for you, and may the zamzam play for you.
Q000382 237:	[x] x x tigi(|BALAG.NAR|)-a hu-mu-ra-ab-du12
	May they play ... on the tigi(|BALAG.NAR|) for you,
Q000382 238:	[siskur] a-ra-zu-zu sag-bi-sze3 ha-ra-e3
	expressing your prayers and supplications before you.
Q000382 239:	[(x) x] e3-a gal2-gal2-la-sze3
	In bringing forth ...,
Q000382 240:	unu#{ki} e2-ge6-par4-ra-za
	all that there are, at your E-gipar in Unug,
Q000382 241:	lu2# sun5-na giri3-zu mu-un-dab5-ba
	as a humble man who has grasped your feet,
Q000382 242:	ni2-tuku nam-mah-zu mu-un-zu-a
	as a reverent man who has experienced your exaltedness,
Q000382 243:	er2 siskur-ra-ta ma-ra-an-de6 u3-mu-un-[x x]
	e has brought a lament as offering to you and will ...
Q000382 244:	nig2 ki-en-gi ki-uri a-na-ab-ak
	As for everything that happened to Sumer and Akkad,
Q000382 245:	unu{ki}-ga ki gig-ga igi-na bi2-du8-am3
	which he has witnessed in Unug, the aggrieved place,
Q000382 246:	nar gal-zu szer3-ra hu-mu-ni-ib-tum2-tum2
	may the best singers perform songs there.
Q000382 247:	u3-mu-un-e3-esz er2-bi {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne
	If the Anuna gods emerge tearfully,
Q000382 248:	u4 an ki-in-du-a a-na gal2-la-ba
	let them promise to us that as it was when heaven and earth came about,
Q000382 249:	u4-bi nam-me-kur2-ru he2-me-ne-esz
	nothing of that time shall be changed.
Q000382 250:	an lu2-ba-ra igi zi u3-mu-un-szi-in-bar
	If An looks kindly upon that man and at the well-built city,
Q000382 251:	iri{ki} du3-a ki nam tar-re-da
	the place of determining fate,
Q000382 252:	lu2 iri-bi nam-ti nig2 du10-ge
	“Man and city! Life and well-being!"
Q000382 253:	gu3 zi-mu-na-ni-ib me-tesz2 he2-i-i
	proclaim for him. Let praise ring out.
Q000382 254:	zi-da gab2-bu-na he2-bi2-in-diri
	Let him be made surpassing above all, to his right or left
Q000382 255:	{d}lamma ga2-la nu-dag-ge sag-ga2-na tuku-bi2-ib
	Tireless lamma deity, take hold of his head,
Q000382 256:	nam-tar-ra#-[ni] inim?# zi du11-ga-a-ba
	pronounce his fate in charitable words -
Q000382 257:	inim an-na?# {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 su3-da-sze3 nu-kur2-ru
	- by the command of An and Enlil it will remain unaltered for a long time.
Q000382 258:	ki#-ru-gu2 12(disz)-kam-ma-am3
	12th kirugu.