Enlil and Sud
- v1.A.106
[…]-⌈zu⌉ ḫur-saĝ ĝal2-la-ba šu im-ma-ni-tag
- v1.A.107
am lu-lim am-si taraḫ maš-da3 az šeg9 šeg9-bar-ra
- v1.A.108
su-a ka5-a su-a-ri ur-šub5 udu kur-ra ab2-za-za uguugu4-bi
- v1.A.109
gud niga a2 gur-gur-ra ⌈gu3⌉-bi bi2-in-sig10-sig10
- v1.A.110
immal amar-bi am si ḫal-ḫa ⌈saman3⌉ […]
- v1.A.111
u8 sila4 ud5 maš2 zur-zur-re […] […]-⌈ra⌉ a-da-min3 NE e-ne […]
- v1.A.112
maš2 gal sun4 la2 umbin sud2-sud2 ? X […]
- v1.A.113
udu nam-en-na-ba si ba-ni-in-sa2 {d}en-[lil2] [ereš2{ki}-še3]
- v1.A.114
ga-ar3 gal-gal ga-ar3 gazi ga-ar3 tur-[tur …]
Large cheeses, mustard-flavoured cheeses, small cheeses, ……, milk ……, the sweetest dry honey and white honey, ……, and thick and large …… were despatched by Enlil toward Ereš.
- v1.A.115
ga nunuz-te šeĝ6-ĝa2 ga i-ti-ir-⌈da⌉ […]
- v1.A.116
lal3 ḫad2 lal3 ḫab2 ku7-ku7-da ḪI [X] X X X [(…)]
- v1.A.117
[X X] X gur-gur gal-bi ⌈si ba⌉-ni-sa2 {d}en-lil2 ⌈ereš2⌉[{ki}-še3]
- v1.A.118
[X X] zu2-lum {ĝiš}peš3 {ĝiš}nu-ur2-ma gal {ĝiš}X [(X)]
……, dates, figs, large pomegranates, ……, ĝipar fruits, plums (?), ḫalub nuts, almonds, acorns, Dilmun dates packed in baskets, dark-coloured date spadices, large pomegranates gathered from orchards, big clusters of grapes on high, …… trees in fruit, trees from orchards, …… grown in winter, and fruits from orchards were despatched by Enlil toward Ereš.
- v1.A.119
⌈ĝiš-ĝi6⌉-par4 {ĝiš}šennur {ĝiš}ḫa-lu-ub2 {ĝiš}ešx(LAM) {ĝiš}al-la-nu-um
- v1.A.120
zu2-lum dilmun-na gur-da dab5-ba an zu2-lum za-gin3-na
- v1.A.121
{ĝiš}nu-ur2-ma gal pu2-ta šu su-ub-ba {ĝiš}ĝeštin ga-ra-an gal nim
- v1.A.122
ĝiš kur gi-rin-na ĝiš šag4 kikiri6 ĝiš ḪI UD X […] en-te-en-e gu2 peš-a
- v1.A.123
gurun {ĝiš}kiri6-a si ba-ni-in-sa2 {d}⌈en⌉-[lil2] ⌈ereš2⌉{ki}-še3
- v1.A.124
ḫa-šum ḫa-ra-li kur ki ⌈su3⌉-[ra2] erim3-ma niĝ2 šag4 […]
Ores (?) from Ḫarali, the faraway land, …… storehouses, ……, rock-crystal, gold, silver, ……, the yield of the uplands ……, heavy loads of them, were despatched by Enlil toward Ereš. After the personal presents, the transported goods ……, Ninmaḫ and the minister ……. The dust from their march reached high into the sky like rain clouds. Enormous marriage gifts were being brought for Nanibgal to Ereš; the city was getting full inside and out, …… it was to be replete. The rest …… on the outlying roads ……. …… blue sky ……. (1 line missing) (2 lines fragmentary)
- v1.A.125
{na4}du8-ši-a kug-sig17 kug-[babbar …]
- v1.A.126
gu2-un igi-nim-[ma (…)]
- v1.A.127
gu2-un dugud-da-bi si ⌈ba⌉-[ni-in-sa2] {d}en-lil2 ereš2⌈{ki}⌉-[še3]
- v1.A.128
mu pad3-da eĝer-bi niĝ2 laḫ4 […] {d}nin-maḫ sukkal a-⌈ab⌉-[X]
- v1.A.129
saḫar ĝiri3-bi muru9!(IM.IM) šeĝ3-ĝa2-gin7 an-šag4-ga i-ib-⌈us2⌉
- v1.A.130
ereš2{ki}-še3 nam-mi-ni-in-tum3 niĝ2-de2-a gal-⌈gal⌉ {d}⌈nanibgal⌉ [(…)]
- v1.A.131
šag4 bar iri-ba im-mi-in-⌈si-?⌉ […] šu nam-peš-peš-⌈dam⌉
- v1.A.132
da13-da13-bi ĝiri3 ⌈?⌉-ra X […] kur-bi […]
- v1.A.133
an ⌈?-ga⌉ X […]
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- v1.A.135
U2 X […] BI […]
- v1.A.136
U2 A X […] {tug2}aktum […]
- v1.A.137
⌈ušbar3⌉? {d}en-lil2-le munus šu ba-kar2-kar2 {d}nanibgal mi2 mu-un-e ušbar3 {d}en-lil2-la2 ⌈munus⌉ […] {d}ezina2 […]
Nanibgal, the mother-in-law of Enlil, the woman who had been slandered, was treated kindly by Nuska (?) …… the mother-in-law of Enlil, the woman …… Ezina …… -- but the lady disregarded the flatterer, and spoke to her daughter: May you be Enlil's favourite wife the wife of Enlil's heart , and may he speak to you sweetly. May he embrace you, the most beautiful of all, and tell you: Beloved, open wide! May the two of you never lose the pleasure (?) of excitement; make it last (?) a long time. May it be that the pleasure (?) of excitement will never be lost. You two …… on the hill, and have children afterwards! When you enter the house to live there, may abundance precede you, and may joy follow you. May the people line up for you wherever you go, and may all the people …… for you. The fate I have determined for you should be fulfilled cannot be altered ! Go with head held high into the E-maḫ.
- v1.A.138
nin zur-zur-ra-ke4 mu-un-da13-da13 gu3 mu-un-na-an-de2
- v1.A.139
[{d}en]-lil2 [dam] ⌈tam-ma⌉-ni ! šag4-ga-ni [ḫe2]-⌈me⌉-en dug3-⌈ga⌉ ḫe2-ne-da-ab-be2
- v1.A.140
⌈sag9-sag9-ge⌉ gu2-da ḫu-mu-ri-in-la2 ki aĝ2 ⌈bad⌉-bad-⌈e⌉ ḫa-ra-NE
- v1.A.141
ḫi-[li-a e]-⌈ne⌉-bi šu ⌈nam⌉-bar-re-en-ze2-en ⌈ud⌉ su3-ud ba-⌈re⌉-en-ze2-en ḫi-li-a e-ne-bi šu nam-bal-am3 ḫe2-em
- v1.A.142
2-na-ne-ne du6-ta NE-⌈NE⌉-en-ze2-en ud-da-ta tu-ud-en-ze2-en
- v1.A.143
e2-⌈a⌉ kur9-ra !-u3-de3 igi-zu-še3 ḫe2-ĝal2 ḫe2-em a-ga-zu-še3 giri17-zal ḫe2-em
- v1.A.144
ĝiri3 us2-sa-zu-ne uĝ3 si ḫa-ra-[ab-sa2] uĝ3 ni2-ba ḫa-ra-NE
- v1.A.145
nam i-ri-tar-ra-ĝu10 ḫe2-em-ši-ĝal2 niĝ2 nu-kur2-ru saĝ il2-la e2-maḫ-še3 ĝen-na
- v1.A.146
šu-ni im-ma-an-dab5 {d}a-ru-ru eš3-maḫ-še3 mi-ni-in-kar
Then Aruru grasped her by the hand and led her away into the Eš-maḫ. She brought her into the E-kur, the house of Enlil, and ……. In the sleeping quarters, in the flowered bed …… like a fragrant cedar forest, Enlil made (?) love to his wife and took great pleasure in it. (1 line fragmentary) The lord whose statements are …… the lady; …… Nintur, the Lady who gives birth ……. …… countenance, ……. He presented her with ……, everything ……, and …….
- v1.A.147
e2-kur e2 {d}en-lil2-ke4 mu-!-ši-ib2-kur9 X […]
- v1.A.148
e2 ki-nu2-a ⌈ĝiš⌉-nu2 gi-rin-⌈na⌉ {ĝiš}tir šim {ĝiš}erin-gin7 […]
- v1.A.149
⌈{d}en-lil2⌉ nitalam-a-ni ĝiš3 ⌈?⌉-[…] ⌈mu⌉-ni-in-ḫi-li-[…]
- v1.A.150
[…]-ka MU […]
- v1.A.151
en dug4-ga-a-X X-ru nin […]
- v1.A.152
{d}nin-! munus <NU> u3-⌈tud⌉ […]
- v1.A.153
[{d}]en-!-! muš3-⌈me⌉ […]
- v1.A.154
X X X niĝ2-nam […] NE [X X] nu-bar-re-dam
- v1.A.155
ki-ni ĝar me ki til3-⌈le sag9-ge saĝ-e⌉-[eš …]-⌈rig7⌉
- v1.A.156
ud-da-ta munus EDIN.BAR ḫe2-em munus bar lu2 e2 ḫe2-em
(Enlil speaks:) From now on, a woman shall be the ……; a foreign woman shall be the mistress of the house. May my beautiful wife, who was born by holy Nisaba, be Ezina, the growing grain, the life of Sumer. When you appear in the furrows like a beautiful young girl, may Iškur, the canal inspector, be your provider, supplying you with water from the ground. The height of the year is marked with your new prime flax and your new prime grain; Enlil and Ninlil procreate them (?) as desired. (1 line unclear) The harvest crop raises its head high for the great festival of Enlil. The scribal art, the tablets decorated with writing, the stylus, the tablet board, reckoning and calculating, adding and subtracting, the shining measuring rope, the ……, the head of the surveyor's peg, the measuring rod, the marking of the boundaries, and the …… are fittingly in your hands. The farmer (?) ……. Woman, the proudest among the Great Princes, ……, from now on, Sud …… Ninlil ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)
- v1.A.157
lu2 dam sig10-ga-ĝu10 mu-un-u3-tud kug {d}nisaba-ke4
- v1.A.158
{d}ezina2 {d}ezina2 mu2 zi ki-en-gi-ra ḫe2-em
- v1.A.159
ab-sin2-na ki-sikil sag9-ga-gin7 ni2 pa e3 ak-za
- v1.A.160
{d}iškur ku3-ĝal2 u2-a-zu ḫe2-em a ki-ta mi-ri-in-de2
- v1.A.161
zag-mu-a gu saĝ gibil-gibil-za še saĝ gibil-gibil-za
- v1.A.162
{d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-bi kurku2-a ḫe2-mu-⌈ni-tud⌉-tud-⌈de3⌉-eš
- v1.A.163
lu2 li-bi2-in-dug4-ga-ĝu10 lu2-erim2-bi ḫe2-em ḫe2-me-en usu uĝ3-bi tu-lu-ab
- v1.A.164
buru14 ezen gal {d}en-lil2-⌈la2⌉-[X] saĝ an-še3 mi-ni-[il2]
- v1.A.165
nam-dub-sar-ra dub mul-la gun3-a gi-dub-ba ĝiš-dub-dim2
- v1.A.166
niĝ2-šid šudum zi-zi-i ĝa2-ĝa2 eš2 za-gin3 X […]
- v1.A.167
saĝ {ĝiš}gag gi-1-nindan bulug sig10-⌈ge5⌉ […]
- v1.A.168
šu mi-ri-in-du7 ensi2 […]
- v1.A.169
munus saĝ il2 nun-gal-e-ne […]
- v1.A.170
ud-da-ta {d}⌈sud3⌉ […] [{d}]nin-lil2 […]
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- v1.B.1
⌈šir3 kug mi2 dug4-ga⌉ [(…)] {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-bi-[da] [X X]
A holy song of praise ……. Enlil and Ninlil ……!
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Version B
- v2.1
[…] ⌈du6⌉-da zal-zal-le-ze2-en ⌈MU⌉ X […]
(Nisaba speaks:) …… spend (?) your time on the hill! ……. Enter ……! And may abundance precede you ……! May the people line up for you ……; may all the people …… for you. Your …… which I have determined for you should be fulfilled; …… with head held high into the Eš-maḫ.
- v2.2
[…] ⌈kur9⌉-ra-ba-ni igi-zu-⌈še3⌉ [ḫe2]-⌈ĝal2⌉ ḫe2-em […]
- v2.3
[…]-⌈zu⌉-še3 uĝ3-e si ḫa-ra-ab-si uĝ3 ni2-bi ḫa-ra-⌈NE⌉
- v2.4
[…] i-ri-tar-ra-zu ḫe2-em-ši-ĝal2 saĝ il2-la eš3-maḫ […]
- v2.5
[X]-ni mi-ni-in-dab5 {d}a-ru-ru eš3-maḫ-a-še3 mi-[ni]-⌈in⌉-[…]
Aruru grasped her …… and …… her away into the Eš-maḫ. She brought her into the shining E-kur, and poured the best perfume over her face. In the sleeping quarters, in the flowered bed fragrant like a cedar forest, Enlil made (?) love to his wife and took great pleasure in it. He sat her (?) on his dais appropriate to the status of Enlil, and made the people pray to her. The lord whose statements are powerful also determined a fate for the , the woman of his favour; he gave her the name Nintur, the 'Lady who gives birth', the 'Lady who spreads her knees'. He made beautiful countenance, ……. He presented her with the …… of a mistress, everything pertaining to women that no man must see, and …….
- v2.6
e2-kur za-gin3-na mu-ni-in-kur9 i3 saĝ igi-ni mi-⌈ni⌉-[in]-de2
- v2.7
e2 ki-nu2 ĝiš-nu2 gi-rin-⌈na⌉ tir erin-na-gin7 dug3
- v2.8
{d}en-lil2 nitalam4-a-ni ĝiš3-a-⌈ni⌉ [(X)] ⌈im⌉-mi-in-⌈nir⌉ mu-ni-ib-ḫi-li-ḫi-li
- v2.9
barag nam-{d}en-lil2-la2-ka-ni mu-⌈ni⌉-[in-X X] ⌈šudu3⌉ mu-ni-in-ša4
- v2.10
en dug4-ga-ni urux(URU×URUD) nin munus tam-⌈tam⌉-ma-ni nam ḫe2-ni!(⌈ri⌉)-⌈ib⌉-tar-re
- v2.11
{d}nin-tur5-re nin u3-tud nin dub3 bad mu-še21 ⌈mu⌉-[ni]-in-sa4
- v2.12
⌈{d}en⌉-ba-tibira muš3-me mi-ni-in-sig7 igi X dim2-⌈dim2⌉
- v2.13
[…] ⌈nu⌉-gig-ga niĝ2-nam munus-e-ne lu2 igi nu-bar-re
- v2.14
⌈ki⌉-ni i3-ĝal2 gi til3-⌈le⌉ X saĝ-e ḫe2-na-⌈rig7⌉
- v2.15
[ud]-da-ta munus EDIN.⌈BAR⌉ ḫe2-em ⌈munus⌉ lu2 nin e2-e-ke4
(Enlil speaks:) From now on, a woman shall be the ……; a woman shall be the mistress of the house. May my favourite wife, who was born by holy Nisaba, be Ezina, the grain, the life of the Land. When she appears in the furrows like a beautiful young girl, may …… be her provider, watering her with water from the ground, as she grows prime grain and prime flax …… (1 line unclear) …… the harvest crop …… the great festival of Enlil ……. ……, the measuring rod, the marking of the boundaries, and the preparation of canals and levees are fittingly in your hands. The farmer entrusted cultivation into your hands. Proud woman, surpassing the mountains! You who always fulfil your desires -- from now on, Sud, Enlil is the king and Ninlil is the queen. The goddess without name has a famous name now, …… (1 line unclear) May it be you who determine that destiny …… attends to it …….
- v2.16
lu2 dam tam-ma-ĝu10 u3-tud-⌈?⌉ kug {d}nisaba-ke4
- v2.17
{d}ezina2 {d}ezina2 zi kalam-ma ḫe2-em
- v2.18
[…] ki-sikil sig7-ga-gin7 ⌈ni2⌉ pa e3 ak-ne
- v2.19
[…] ĝal2 u2-a-bi ḫe2-me-en a ki-ta naĝ-naĝ
- v2.20
[…] še saĝ mu2-mu2-ne gu saĝ mu2-mu2-ne
- v2.21
[…]-in-dug4-ga-zu lu2-NE.DU-bi ša3-nam usu uĝ3-bi dul-la-ab
- v2.22
⌈buru14⌉ ezen gal {d}en-lil2-la2 uĝ3 ḪAR sig10-ge ḫe2-me-en
- v2.23
[…] gi-nindan-na bulug sig9-ga eg2 pa5 dab5-dab5-be2
- v2.24
[šu] ⌈mi⌉-ri!(ni)-in-du7 ensi2-ke4 ulul2-la šu-zu im-mi-in-⌈gen6⌉
- v2.25
⌈munus⌉ saĝ il2 kur-ra zag dib igi il2-la-zu-ne pad3-de3
- v2.26
ud-ta ⌈{d}⌉su-ud {d}en-lil2 lugal-bi {d}nin-lil2 nin-bi ḫe2-em
- v2.27
diĝir mu nu-tuku mu gal tuku u2-gu7 rig7-ga
- v2.28
X [X X]-na barag ⌈zag an-ne2⌉ ĝar nidba šum2-šum2-mu
- v2.29
⌈?⌉ en3 tar-bi […]-ga za-⌈e⌉ nam ḫe2-tar
- v2.30
⌈eš3⌉ nibru{ki} saĝ-e-eš rig7-ga-ba
As the presents are given in the shrine Nibru, a holy song of praise is sung. Enlil, the lord of the countries, …….
- v2.31
šir3 kug mi2 dug4-ga dug4-ge-⌈e⌉ {d}en-lil2 lugal kur-ra-ke4 [X X]
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