P
346198
P
346198
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| Primary
publication |
CDLI
Literary 000750, ex. 016 |
| Author(s)
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CDLI |
| Publication
date |
2014ff. |
| Secondary
publication(s) |
Gadd,
Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0113;
TCS 3, 015 |
| Collection |
British Museum, London, UK |
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Museum no. |
BM — |
| Accession
no. |
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| Provenience
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Ur
(mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Excavation
no. |
U
— |
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Period |
Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
| Dates
referenced |
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| Object
type |
tablet |
| Remarks |
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| Material |
clay |
| Language |
Sumerian |
| Genre
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Literary |
| Sub-genre |
ETCSL
4.80.01 Temple Hymns (witness) |
| Sub-genre
remarks |
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| CDLI
comments |
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| Catalogue
source |
20061205
cdliadmin_veldhuis |
| ATF
source |
Peterson, Jeremiah |
| Translation |
Peterson,
Jeremiah |
| UCLA
Library ARK |
21198/zz001wnr6q |
| Composite
no. |
Q000750 |
| Seal
no. |
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| CDLI
no. |
P346198 |
| Acquisition
history |
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| Catalogue |
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| Transliteration |
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| Date
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| Dates
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Tablet
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Obverse
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broken
Reverse
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Column
1 :
beginning broken
1'. dumu#? [{d}]en#-[lil2-la2 ...]
en : Son of Enlil, lord Ningirsu
2'. e2#?-[...]
en : Eninnu temple
n lines broken
3'. x [...]
en : ...
4'. e2-[...]
en : Egalgasud temple, storehouse that makes silver and lapis
5'. gi-sa#-[sze3 ...]
en : Into treasure
6'. tar-sirx(SUD)-sirx(SUD) esz#-[...] mes-e# [...]
en : Etarsirsir temple, enunciating/effecting(?) decisions
and the cosmic powers, the hero who strokes the nose (in submission)
7'. nun-zu sza3-la2 tuku#? [...]
en : Your prince, possessed of pity ...
8'. nin# a-[zu ...]
en : Lady, great physician of the black headed
rest broken
Column
2 :
beginning broken
1'. {d}[szara2 ...]
en : Šara, ... a good thing
2'. dumu ama-ni-ir# [...]
en : Who allocates the cosmic power to his mother
3'. e2 umma[{ki}]
en : Temple of Umma
4'. musz-za e2 bi2#-[in-gub]
en : He erected a temple in your sacred space
5'. bara2-za dur2 bi2-[in-gar]
en : He sat on your dais
double ruling
6'. E2-sze-er!-zi#-[...]
en : Ešerzidguru temple
7'. unu szuba la2# [...]
en : Inner sanctum hung with šuba stones
8'. idim gal nigar{gar}-ra x x
en : Great spring(?), the nigar sanctary of ...
9'. me zi me ak? szu dagal# x
en : Adorning/touching the true me, the exercised(?) me broadly
10'. zabalax(|MUSZ3.ZA.UNUG|){ki} esz3 MUSZ3#? [...]
en : Zabalam, shrine ...
11'. esz3-zu u4 [...]
en : Your shrine at daybreak(?)
12'. kurku2 ad mi-[...]
en : She has found the voice of(i.e. found expression for?)
the wish(?)
13'. unu2 zi-zu nu-gig#-[...]
en : (In) your true sanctum, the nugig midwife
14'. kurku2# ma#-ra#-ni#-[...]
en : Laid down the wish
15'. nin-zu {d}inanna MUNSZUB#? x x
en : Your lady Inanna, ...
16'. uszumgal lu2 dili# ur2#? dab5#?-ba#? x
en : ušumgal creature grabbing the limbs(?) of the single(?)
man
17'. nig2-babbar2 sag mu2-mu2# [...]
en : Shining as something white
18'. ki-bala-sze3 sag ga2#-[...]
en : Advancing toward the rebel land
19'. gesz#?-he#? ni2#?-te#?-[...]
en : By her own doing the firmament is made beautiful(?)
20'. dumu {d}suen-na {d#}[inanna-ke4]
en : The child of Suen, Inanna
21'. e2 ki zabalax(|MUSZ3.ZA.UNUG|)#[{ki}]
en : Temple of Zabalam
22'. musz-za e2 bi2#-[in-gub]
en : She erected a temple in your sacred space
23'. bara2-za dur2 bi2-in#-gar#
en : She sat on your dais
double ruling
24'. e2 u6 gal-gin7 su-<lim> husz ni2 guru3
en : Temple bearing a reddish aura like great awe(?)
25'. esz-bar an-edin#-na u4-te GALAM e3
en : Decision (renderer?), in(?) the plain an attacking(?)
storm
26'. e2 {d}iszkur-ra# igi-zu-sze3 he2-gal2 aga-zu-sze3 giri17-zal#
en : Temple of Iškur, before you is abundance, behind
you is joy
27'. temen gal2-zu |NINDA2xU| si pirig x?
en : Your intact(!?) foundation(?) is a ... with the horn
of a pirig creature(?)
28'. alal# ku3 ubur an-na szegx(|IM.A|) sze# [...]
en : Pure drainpipe, breast/nipple of heaven, rain producing
...(?) barley
29'. dub-la2-za e2-za am-si# idim#
en : At your pilaster, at your temple, (you are) a wild elephant
30'. szeg12 zi temen e2-gar8 ni2 il2-zu#
en : True brickwork, your foundation (with?) a wall that
bears an aura(?)
31'. x? x x dungu#? sirx(SU3)-ra x musz gir2
en : ... thick(?) clouds(?), ... snakes and scorpions/GIRI
snake(?)
32'. [...] iti6
en : ... moonlight
33'. [...] x nam?-gu7 {d}iszkur a-mar?-GAR3?
en : ... oppression(?), Iškur, a flood(?)
34'. [...] {tu15}ulu3{+lu} {tu15}mir imin
en : The seven ... southern and northern winds
35'. [...] {tu15}mir dal-ha
en : ... the northern wind, the dust storm
36'. [...]-ta# im-ma
en : ... running from the horizon
37'. [...] {na4}esi {na4}x
en : ... the mountain of diorite and ... stone
38'. [...] x x x [...]
rest broken
Column
3 :
beginning broken
1'. {d#}en#-lil2# [{d}en]-ki-da nam# tar#-x
en : Both(?) Enlil and Enki determine her(?) destiny
2'. e2-sug4-ga#? giri2 sar-sar
en : Esuga temple, sharpened dagger(?)
3'. zi sag-gig2#-ga me mah-am3
en : (At?) the throat of the black headed, the me that are
great
4'. an-e an-sza3-ta mu-ra-an-szum2
en : An gave to you from the midst of heaven
5'. e2-mah e2 a12-ra2-bu
en : Emah temple, the temple of Adab
6'. e2-zu a#? zal-le
en : (In?) your temple, (in which there is?) flowing water(?)
7'. uz-<ga> ku3#?-ga esz3 ga2-ga2-zu
en : The holy shrine/treasury, your established shrine
8'. {d}nin#-[hur]-sag#-ga2-ke4 kesz3{ki}-ra
en : Ninhursaga for Keš
9'. du10-bi# [...]-x-an-na-na
en : Establishes(?) sweetly
10'. me gal#-[...] sikil#-la szu-luh dadag
en : The great me, the pure ruin mound, the pure cleansing
11'. {d}{asz}asz7#-[gi4 ...] adab#{ki}-ke4
en : Ašgi, the god of Adab
12'. adab#[{ki} ...] i7#?-de3 la2-a
en : Adab, (possessing) a temple attached to the river/canal
13'. musz#-[za e2 bi2]-in#-gub
en : He erected a temple in your sacred space
14'. bara2#-[za dur2 bi2]-in#-gar
en : He sat on your dais
double ruling
15'. [... an]-e ki gar-ra
en : Isin, city founded by An
16'. [...]-un#?-DU
en : He has built(?) it on a low center
17'. [...] x x-am3
en : Its front is a flood, its midst is skillfully knotted(!?)
n lines broken
18'. [...]-x imin#-e ad ga2#?-[ga2]
en : Resounds(?) with the seven wishes(?)
19'. nin a-zu gal kalam-ma
en : Lady, great physician of the land
20'. {d}nin-i3-si-in-na dumu an-na-ke4
en : NinIsina, child of An
21'. e2 i3-si-in{ki}
en : The temple of Isin
22'. musz-za e2 bi2-in-gub
en : She erected in your sacred space
23'. bara2-za dur2 bi2-in-gar
en : She sat on your dais
double ruling
24'. e2-igi-kalam-ma usz ki gar-ra
en : Eigikalam temple, (its) foundation set upon the earth
25'. hur-sag mu2-a dagal ki us2-sa
en : Growing mountain range, set on the ground broadly(?)
26'. kur# gu2-erim2-gal2-e
en : The enemy land
27'. [...] kin2#-ga2#?
en : Seeking? ...
28'. [...] x {d}nin-x
en : ...
rest broken
Column
4 :
beginning broken
1'. x [...] x [...]
2'. musz-za# e2 bi2-ib-gub
en : He erected a temple in your sacred space
3'. bara2-za dur2 bi2-in-gar
en : He sat on your dais
double ruling
4'. der{ki} esz-bar-e gal kin2-ga2 HI KA#-e gi-ba
en : Der, greatly(?) effecting a decision, blocking(?) ...
5'. ka2 ni2 me-lam2 gal2-la-za
en : At your gate which possesses an aura and radiance
6'. gesz-bur2-zu#? musz#-sza3-tur3 musz-husz gu2-da#? [ba]-an-la2
en : Your(?) ornament/trap(?) embraced (i.e., catches?) the
muššatur and mušhuš creatures
7'. nun-zu mas-su# [dingir] gal#-gal-e-ne
en : Your ruler, the leader of the gods
8'. sa ba-de3 mah#-di-bi he2-du7
en : Exalted one of issuing advice, ornament(?)
9'. me zi nam-galam#-ma
en : Of the true cosmic power of cleverness
10'. gal-zu {d}isztaran# lugal x [an]-na-ke4
en : The wise one, Ištaran, king of the foundation(?)
of heaven
11'. e2-dim-gal-[kalam]-ma#
en : Edimgalkalam temple
12'. musz-za e2 bi2#-[in-gub]
en : He erected a temple in your sacred space
13'. bara2-za dur2 bi2#-[in-gar]
en : He sat on your dais
double ruling
14'. e2-sikil me sikil-[...]
en : Esikil temple, its pure me are surpassing in the lands
15'. me-bi galam#? [...]
en : Its me are elaborate(?) and mighty
16'. x x [...]
n lines broken
17'. [... nu]-e3#
en : When he opens his knees (as a predatory bird?), the
evildoer does not escape
18'. [...] ki-bala-a [...]-gul
en : When he establishes a triumph, rebel lands and cities(?)
are destroyed
19'. [...] ug3#-bi [...]-BI
en : When he frowns, the people are gathered(?) into sand
dunes(?)
20'. [... szu]-bi-sze3 la2
en : Your ruler is a great lion who binds the enemy to his
hand
21'. [...] me3#
en : Your king is a reddish storm, a flood in the middle
of battle
22'. [...] x
rest broken
Column
5 :
beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. zi-da-bi kur du
en : Your(!?) right arm makes the mountain tremble
3'. ga-bu-zu erim2# sal-e?
en : Your left arm spreads out(?) (over) the enemy/spreads
out the enemy (like sheaves?)
4'. nun-zu uru16 mah u4 ki us2-sa3
en : Your ruler, supreme flood, storm touching the earth
5'. ni2# husz# gal ri-a
en : Exuding a great reddish/furious aura
6'. [...] lugal#-zu
en : Eduba temple, your king
7'. x x gal {d}za-ba4-ba4
en : Great ... Zababa
8'. [musz]-za e2 bi2-in-gar
en : He erected a temple in your sacred space
9'. bara2#-za dur2 bi2-in-gar
en : He sat on your dais
double ruling
10'. [e2]-gesz-kesz2#!?-kalam-ma
en : Egeškešedakalam temple
11'. [...] nun#?-gi4#!?-a# dingir-re-e-ne
en : (Bull) whose horn cannot be turned back(?) of the gods
12'. immal2#-am3 e te-en-te
en : The wild cow ... relaxing
13'. gu4#-dam e-nir ga2-ga2
en : Wild bull establishing a lament(?)
14'. gu3#?-de2?#-a kar-zu kar sig a na8-na8
en : Kutha(!), your harbor is a clear harbor, (enough so)
to drink water (from)
15'. [sza3]-zu# galam#? ka-ad
en : Your interior is skillfully knotted
16'. [... {gesz}]mitum2#? an-ta bar-ra
en : Your mitum weapon is released(?) from heaven
17'. [... me]-es3#-lam# la2-a
en : Your sacred space is a lapis pectoral(?) attached to
the Meslam temple
18'. [... me]-es3#-lam
en : Your prince is Erra, king/god of the Meslam temple
19'. [...] x
en : ...
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