Ninurta's exploits: a šir-sud (?) to Ninurta
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saĝ-bi e2-ĝar8-e kaš4 bi2-ib-kar-re
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kur-ra ĝiš-nu11-bi dili ba9-ra2 nu-ĝa2-ĝa2
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zi-bi gaba-bi i-im-il2-il2
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uĝ3-bi tur5-ra šu gu2 zag bi2-ib2-la2
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ki-a aš2 im-mi-ib-sar-re-ne
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ud tud-da a2-sag3 ud ḫa-lam-ma-bi-a ba-ni-ib-ĝa2-ĝa2-ne
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en-e ki-bal-a-še3 uš11 ze2-a i-ni-in-de2
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du-ni ze2 mu-un-us2 lipiš sumur mu-un-tag
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id2 maḫ-gin7 mi-ni-ib-be2 i3-ur4-ru gu2-erim2-še3
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{ĝiš}tukul saĝ piriĝ3-ĝa2-ni-a šag4 mu-un-na-ab-zalag-ge
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mušen-gin7 i3-dal-e kur mu-na-ab-zukum-e
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nu-še-ga tum3-de3 a2 dub2 i3-ak-e
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a-na ak-e zu-zu-de3 an-ur2 im-niĝin2-niĝin2
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ul du gaba mu-un-ru-gu2 inim-bi mu-un-na-ab-tum3
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nu-kuš2-u3 la-ba-tuš-u3 a2-bi mar-uru5 de6
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šar2-ur3-re en {d}nin-urta-ra a gu3 a-na bi2-ib-dab5
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ad gi4-a kur-ra šu im-mi-ib-gi4-gi4
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en {d}nin-urta-ra sig10-ge5 ak mu-na-bur2-bur2-re
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inim dug4-ga a2-sag3-a gu-gin7 i3-si-il-le
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ur-saĝ ni2-zu-še3 dug3-ge-eš mu-na-ab-be2
Hero, beware! it said concernedly. The weapon embraced him whom it loved, the Šar-ur addressed Lord Ninurta:
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{ĝiš}tukul-e ki aĝ2-ra gu2-da mu-ni-in-la2
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šar2-ur3-e en {d}nin-urta-ra gu3 mu-na-de2-e
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ur-saĝ a-RU-ub {sa}šu2-uš me3
Hero, pitfall (?), net of battle, Ninurta, king, celestial mace …… irresistible against the enemy, vigorous one, tempest which rages against the rebel lands, wave which submerges the harvest, king, you have looked on battles, you have …… in the thick of them. Ninurta, after gathering the enemy in a battle-net, after erecting a great reed-altar, lord, heavenly serpent, purify your pickaxe and your mace! Ninurta, I will enumerate the names of the warriors you have already slain: the Kuli-ana, the Dragon, the Gypsum, the Strong Copper, the hero Six-headed Wild Ram, the Magilum Boat, Lord Saman-ana, the Bison Bull, the Palm-tree King, the Anzud bird, the Seven-headed Snake -- Ninurta, you slew them in the mountains.
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{d}nin-urta lugal {ĝiš}šita2 an-na erim2-še3 ŠID nu-ru-gu2
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kalag-ga ud ki-bal-a du3 a-ĝi6-a buru14 su-su
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lugal me3 igi im-ĝar KA-bi-a mu-un-ri-eš
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{d}nin-urta sa-par3-gin7 u3-mu-e-dub {gi}šutug maḫ-gin7 u3-mu-e-šub
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en mir-DU an-na {ĝiš}gag-a {ĝiš}tukul-e a tu5-bi2-ib2
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{d}nin-urta ur-saĝ ug5-ga-za mu-bi ḫe2-pad3-de3
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ku-li-an-na ušum niĝ2-babbar2-ra
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urud niĝ2 kalag-ga ur-saĝ šeg9-saĝ-6
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ma2-gi4-lum en {d}saman-an-na
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gud-alim lugal {ĝiš}ĝišnimbar
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mušen anzud{mušen} muš-saĝ-7
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{d}nin-urta kur-ra ḫe2-mu-e-ni-ug5
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en me3 ne-en rib-ba-še3 ba-ra-ab-ši-ĝen-ne2-en
But lord, do not venture again to a battle as terrible as that. Do not lift your arm to the smiting of weapons, to the festival of the young men, to Inana's dance! Lord, do not go to such a great battle as this! Do not hurry; fix your feet on the ground. Ninurta, the Asag is waiting for you in the mountains. Hero who is so handsome in his crown, firstborn son whom Ninlil has decorated with numberless charms, good lord, whom a princess bore to an en priest, hero who wears horns like the moon, who is long life for the king of the Land, who opens the sky by great sublime strength, inundation who engulfs the banks ……, Ninurta, lord, full of fearsomeness, who will hurry towards the mountains, proud hero without fellow, this time you will not equal the Asag! Ninurta, do not make your young men enter the mountains.
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{ĝiš}tukul sag3-ge ezen nam-ĝuruš-a
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ešemen {d}inana-ke4 a2-zu ba-ra-ni-zig3
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en me3 [maḫ-e] la-ba-e-du-un na-ab-ul4-en ĝiri3 ki-a si-bi2-ib
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{d}nin-urta a2-sag3-e kur-ra ĝiri3 mu-e-ši-ni-gub-gub
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ur-saĝ aga-na gal sig7-ga
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dumu-saĝ {d}nin-lil2-le ḫi-li-a nu-til-e
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en zid en-ra nun-e tu-ud-da
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ur-saĝ {d}suen-gin7 si mu2-mu2
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lugal kalam-ma-ra til3 ud su3-ra2
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usu maḫ an-na-ra an ba9-ra2
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a ur4-ra KA peš10 sa ur4-ra
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{d}nin-urta en ni2 ḫuš ri-a kur-ra saĝ šum2-mu
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ur-saĝ gal tab-ba nu-tuku-tuku
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a2-še a2-sag3-ge nu-sig10-ge
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{d}nin-urta <{na4}>ĝuruš-zu kur-ra nam-ba-ni-ib-ku4-ku4
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ur-saĝ dumu ka silim-ma a-a-na
The hero, the son, pride of his father, the very wise, rising from profound deliberation, Ninurta, the lord, the son of Enlil, gifted with broad wisdom, the …… god, the lord stretched his leg to mount the onager, and joined the battalions ……. He spread over the mountains his great long ……, he caused …… to go out among its people like the ……. He reached ……. He went into the rebel lands in the vanguard of the battle. He gave orders to his lance, and attached it …… by its cord; the lord commanded his mace, and it went to its belt. The hero hastened to the battle, he …… heaven and earth. He prepared the throw-stick and the shield, the mountains were smitten and cringed beside the battle legions of Ninurta. When the hero was girding on his mace, the sun did not wait, the moon went in; they were forgotten, as he marched towards the mountains; the day became like pitch.
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gal-zu sa2 galam-ma-ta ed3-de3
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{d}nin-urta en dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 ĝeštug2 daĝal diĝir še IB
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en-e ḫaš2 mu-un-gid2 dur3ur3 mu-dur2-ru
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[…] ⌈?⌉ keše2-da zag mu-ni-in-keše2
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[X] ⌈?⌉ su3-ra2-ni kur-ra bi2-in-la2
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[X X] X-gin7 uĝ3-ba mi-ni-in-e3
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⌈?⌉ [X] X tuš-a-ke4 sa2 ba-an-dug4
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me3 saĝ-gin7 ki-bal-a ba-an-ĝen
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ĝiš-gid2-da-ni a2 im-ma-an-aĝ2 IM gu-bi-še3 im-la2
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en-e {ĝiš}tukul-a-ni gu3 ba-an-de2 zu2 keše2-bi-še3 ba-ĝen
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ur-saĝ-e me3-še3 saĝ ba-an-šum2 an ki-e ba-la2
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{ĝiš}ilar {kuš}gur21ur3-e si bi2-in-sa2 kur ba-gul ba-sal
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zag zu2 keše2 me3 {d}nin-urta-ka-še3
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ur-saĝ-e {ĝiš}tukul-a-ni-še3 da-da-ra di-da-ni
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{d}utu la-ba-gub {d}suen ba-an-kur9
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kur-ra saĝ di-da ba-da-ḫa-lam ud esir-re-eš ba-an-du3
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a2-sag3 me3 saĝ-ba mu-un-zig3
The Asag leapt up at the head of the battle. For a club it uprooted the sky, took it in its hand; like a snake it slid its head along the ground. It was a mad dog attacking to kill the helpless, dripping with sweat on its flanks. Like a wall collapsing, the Asag fell on Ninurta, the son of Enlil. Like an accursed storm, it howled in a raucous voice; like a gigantic snake, it roared at the Land. It dried up the waters of the mountains, dragged away the tamarisks, tore the flesh of the Earth and covered her with painful wounds. It set fire to the reedbeds, bathed the sky in blood, turned it inside out; it dispersed the people there. At that moment, on that day, the fields became black scum, across the whole extent of the horizon, reddish like purple dye -- truly it was so! An was overwhelmed, crouched, wrung his hands against his stomach; Enlil groaned and hid himself in a corner, the Anuna flattened themselves against walls, the house was full of fearful sighing as of pigeons. The Great Mountain Enlil cried to Ninlil:
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an nam {ĝiš}tukul-še3 ur2-ba mi-ni-in-bur12 šu im-ma-an-ti
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muš-gin7 saĝ ki-a im-mi-ib2-be2
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ur-idim lu2-erim2-še3 kun sud dim3-ma ug5-ge <en>
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a da-bi-a mu-un-sur-sur-re
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a2-sag3 {d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-še3 e2-ĝar8-gin7 mu-un-ši-gul-lu
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ud nam-tag-ga-gin7 gu3 ḫuš bi2-ib2-ra
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muš-saĝ-kal-gin7 kalam-ma šeg11 bi2-in-gi4
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kur-ra a mi-ni-ib2-ḫad2 {ĝiš}šinig mi-ni-ib2-ur3
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ki-a su bi2-ib2-dar simx(GIG)-ma bi2-ib2-ĝar
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ĝiš-gi izi ba-ab-šum2 an-e uš2 bi2-ib2-tu5
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šag4-ge ti ba-ab-bal uĝ3-bi sag2 ba-ab-dug4
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i3-ne-eš2 ud-da a-šag4-ga uḫ3 gig2
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me-da ur2 an-na ḫe-me-da-gin7 su2-a-še3 ur5 ḫe2-en-na-nam-ma-am3
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an ib2-dub2 ba-tuš šag4 šu ba-ši-ib-ri
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{d}en-lil2 ib2-ur4-ur4 da-še3 im-ši-ib-ri
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{d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne e2-ĝar8-e ba-ab-ḫa-ḫa-za
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tum12{mušen}-gin7 e2 ni2 te-ta gu3 im-ma-ni-ib2-be2
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kur gal {d}en-lil2-le {d}nin-lil2-ra gu3 mu-na-de2-e
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nitalam-ĝu10 dumu-ĝu10 nu-ba-tuš ĝe26-e a-na mu-zi-zi
My wife, my son is no longer here; what is there to support me? The lord, the authority of the E-kur, the king who imposes the strong shackle for his father, a cedar rooted in the abzu, a crown with broad shade, my son, my security -- he is not here any more: who will take me by the hand?
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en teš2 e2-kur-ra lugal ? ? a-a-na
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{ĝiš}erin abzu-a mu2-a aga ĝissu daĝal-la
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dumu ki ni2 dub2-bu-ĝu10 nu-ba-tuš šu-ĝu10 a-ba <ba>-gid2-i-de3
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{ĝiš}tukul en-ra ki aĝ2 lugal-bi-ir ĝiš tuku
The weapon which loved the lord, obedient to its master, the Šar-ur …… for Lord Ninurta to his father in Nibru ……. The awesome splendour enveloped Ninurta like a garment, ……. …… bound him: therefore the lord ……. The weapon …… spoke to Enlil.
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šar2-ur3-re en {d}nin-urta-ra
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[…] nibru{ki}-še3 a-a-ni-ir […]
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[…] ⌈ni2⌉ me-lem4 tug2-gin7 ⌈bi2⌉-[…]
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[…] ⌈ba⌉-an-la2 en ur5-re-⌈eš⌉ […]
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[{ĝiš}tukul-e …] [{d}en]-lil2-ra gu3 mu-⌈na⌉-[de2-e]
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[… dumu-zu]-ur2 a2-sag3 […]
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[…] X X X […]
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