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Lugalbanda and the Anzud bird

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 1 - Narrative and mythological compositions · 422 sections

1. 396

   kun šika ri-ba gi sumun ki kug-ga im-mi-ib2-us2-e

2. 397

   {ĝiš}šinig ma-da a-na me-a-bi

3. 398

   ambar-bi-a a ib2-na8-na8

4. 399

   dili-bi i3-du3 dili-bi i3-du3

   It stands alone, it stands alone! One tamarisk stands alone at the side! When Enmerkar son of Utu has cut that tamarisk and has fashioned it into a bucket, he must tear up the old reeds in that holy place roots and all, and collect them in his hands. When he has chased out from it the …… fish, which is a god of the suḫurmaš fish, caught that fish, cooked it, garnished it and brought it as a sacrifice to the a-an-kar weapon, Inana's battle-strength, then his troops will have success for him; then he will have brought to an end that which in the subterranean waters provides the life-strength of Aratta.

5. 400

   {ĝiš}šinig-e bar-ta dili-bi i3-du3

6. 401

   en-me-<er>-kar2 dumu {d}utu-ke4

7. 402

   {ĝiš}šinig-bi un-sag3 {ĝiš}buniĝ(SUG)-še3 un-dim2

8. 403

   gi sumun ki kug-ga ur2-ba mi-ni-bur12 šu im-ma-an-ti

9. 404

   ĜIŠ.ŠEŠ{ku6} diĝir suḫur-maš2{ku6}-a-ke4 šag4-ba u3-ba-ra-e3-a

10. 405

    ku6-bi un-dab5 un-šeĝ6 un-sud

11. 406

    a2-an-kar2 a2 me3 {d}inana-ka u3-bi2-in-gu7

12. 407

    erin2-na-ni šu-bi ḫe2-en-di-ni-ib-sud-sud

13. 408

    zi aratta-ka engur-ra ḫe2-ni-in-til

14. 409

    iri kug dim2-bi kug-dim2 u3-bi2-in-dab5

    If he carries off from the city its worked metal and smiths, if he carries off its worked stones and its stonemasons, if he renews the city and settles it, all the moulds of Aratta will be his.

15. 410

    za dim2-ma-bi za-dim2 u3-bi2-in-dab5

16. 411

    iri-da u3-gibil-la2 um-ma-an-di-ni-ib-ĝar-ĝar

17. 412

    aratta{ki} agarin4-agarin4-ba šu ḫu-mu-na-niĝin2-niĝin2

18. 413

    aratta{ki} zag-e3-bi {na4}za-gin3 dur5-ru-am3

    Now Aratta's battlements are of green lapis lazuli, its walls and its towering brickwork are bright red, their brick clay is made of tinstone dug out in the mountains where the cypress grows.

19. 414

    bad3-bi šeg12 saĝ zig3-bi ḫuš-am3

20. 415

    im-bi im nagga

21. 416

    kur ḫa-šu-ur2-ra-ta im-kid2-a

22. 417

    kug lugal-ban3-da za3-mi2

    Praise be to holy Lugalbanda.

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