A tigi to Enlil for Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma B)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 73 sections

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{d}en-lil2 maḫ […] ? […]
Exalted Enlil, …… fame ……, lord who …… his great princedom, Nunamnir, king of heaven and earth ……, looked around among the people. The Great Mountain Enlil chose Ur-Namma the good shepherd from the multitude of people: Let him be the shepherd of Nunamnir! He made him emanate (?) fierce awesomeness.
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en nam-nun gal-[la-ni …]
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{d}nu-nam-nir an ki lugal-[bi …]
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uĝ3-ĝa2 igi mi-ni-in-il2 sipad zid ur-{d}⌈namma⌉
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kur gal {d}en-lil2-le uĝ3 šar2-ra-ni-a im-ma-ni-in-? [(X)]
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sipad ḫe2-a {d}nu-nam-nir-ra-ka ni2 ḫuš mu-un-da-ri
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šeg12 e2-kur-ra-ke4 me am3-ḫur
The divine plans of brick-built E-kur were drawn up. The Great Mountain Enlil made up his mind, filled with pure and useful thoughts, to make them shine like the sun in the E-kur, his august shrine. He instructed the shepherd Ur-Namma to make the E-kur rise high; the king made him the mightiest in the Land, he made him the first among the people. The good shepherd Ur-Namma, …… whose trust in Nunamnir is enduring, the knowledgeable judge, the lord of great wisdom, prepared the brick mould. Enlil brought order in his rebellious and hostile lands for the shepherd Ur-Namma, and made Sumer flourish in joy, in days filled with prosperity. The foundations were laid down firmly and the holy foundation pegs were driven in. The enkum and ninkum priests praised it duly and Enki made the temple rejoice with his artful incantations.
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kur gal {d}en-lil2-le e2-kur eš3 maḫ-a-na ud-gin7 kar2-!-da
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šag4 inim-ĝal2 kug zid-de3 si-a-ni nam-de6
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sipad {d}ur-{d}namma-⌈da⌉ e2-kur-ra saĝ an-še3 il2-i-de3 a2-bi mu-u8-da-aĝ2
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lugal-e kalam-[ma a2] ḫe2-ni-in-maḫ uĝ3-ĝa2 saĝ ḫe2-ni-in-il2
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sipad zid ur-[{d}namma] […] {d}nu-nam-nir-da ud su3-ra2-še3 nir-ĝal2-la
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di zu en ⌈ĝeštug2⌉ [daĝal]-la-kam {ĝiš}u3-šub-ba si am3-mi-in-sa2
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{d}en-lil2-le ⌈sipad⌉ ⌈{d}ur⌉-{d}namma-ra ki-bal erim2-ĝal2-la-ni gu2-erim2-⌈ĝal2⌉-[la-ni] si mu-na-an-sa2
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ki-en-gi-re ud nam-ḫe2-a ak
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asila gu2 mu-un-di-ni-ib-mar-re
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uš8 uš mu-un-dug3-eš temen kug mi-ni-in-si-eš
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enkum ninkum-e me-teš2 am3-i-i-ne
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nam-šub galam-ma-na {d}en-ki-ke4 e2-e ul ba-ni-in-sig7-ga
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sipad {d}ur-{d}namma-ke4 e2-kur maḫ dur-an-ki-a-ka an-še3 mi-ni-in-mu2
The shepherd Ur-Namma made the lofty E-kur grow high in Dur-an-ki. He made it to be wondered by the multitude of people. He made glittering the eyebrow-shaped arches of the Lofty Gate, the Great Gate, the Gate of Peace, the Ḫursaĝ-galama and the Gate of Perpetual Grain Supplies, by covering them with refined silver. The Anzud bird runs there and an eagle seizes enemies in its claws (?). Its doors are lofty; he filled them with joy. The temple is lofty, it is surrounded with fearsome radiance. It is spread wide, it awakes great awesomeness. Within it, he made the Ḫursaĝ-galama, the raised temple (?), the holy dwelling stand fast for the Great Mountain like a lofty tower (?).
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u6 di-bi-še3 uĝ3 šar2-ra-ba ši-im-ma-gub
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kan4 maḫ kan4 gal kan4 silim-ma ḫur-saĝ-galam-ma kan4 še nu-kud-da
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su3-ra2-aĝ2 kug-me-a sig7-igi-ba še-er-ka-an mu-ni-in-dug4
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anzud2{mušen}-de3 dub3 am3-ma-ni-in-bad
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ḫu-ri2-in <umbin>-ba lu2-erim2 dili mu-un-dab5
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{ĝiš}ig-bi maḫ-am3 ul-la mi-ni-in-si
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e2 maḫ-am3 su zig3 am3-da-ĝal2
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daĝal am3-tag ni2-bi gal ši-ri
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ḫur-saĝ-galam-ma gi-gun4-na ki-tuš kug kur gal-la-ra
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u18-ru maḫ-gin7 ⌈šag4⌉-bi-a ki am3-ma-ni-in-us2
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ĝa2-ĝiš-šu2-a ⌈e2⌉-gal maḫ-di gal ku5-ru-da-ni
In the Gagiššua of the great palace, where she renders verdicts with grandeur, he made the great mother Ninlil glad. Enlil and Ninlil relished it there. In its great dining hall, the trustworthy hero chosen by Nunamnir made them enjoy a magnificent meal: the E-kur was rejoicing. They looked with approval at the shepherd Ur-Namma, and the Great Mountain decreed a great destiny for Ur-Namma for all time, making him the mightiest among his black-headed people.
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⌈ama⌉ gal {d}nin-lil2-ra ul mu-na-ni-in-de6
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{d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-bi dug3 mi-ni-in-ĝal2-le-eš
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unu2 gal-ba šul zid mu pad3-da {d}nu-nam-nir-ra-ka zi-kir šu-mi
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ninda maḫ am3-mi-ni-dug3 e2-kur ḫul2-la-am3
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igi zid mu-un-ši-in-bar-re-eš sipad {d}ur-{d}namma-ra
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kur gal-e sipad {d}ur-{d}namma-ra nam gal ud su3-ra2-še3 mu-ni-in-tar
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saĝ gig2-ga-na a2 mi-ni-in-maḫ
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sa-gid2-da-am3
The sa-gida.
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{d}nu-nam-nir dug4-ga eš-bar zid niĝ2 nu-kur2-ru ĝe26-me-en
I am Nunamnir, whose firm commands and decisions are immutable! You have made my lofty E-kur shine gloriously, you have raised it high with a brilliant crenellation. Trustworthy hero, you have made it shine gloriously in the Land. Ur-Namma, mighty lord, may your (?) kingship be unparalleled, may your fame spread to heaven's borders, as far as the foot of the mountains!
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e2-kur maḫ-ĝu10 dalla mu-e-a-e3
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suḫ10 kar2-kar2-ka-da an-še3 gu2 ḫe2-ni-in-us2
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šul zid kalam-ma dalla ḫu-mu-ni-in-e3
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{d}ur-{d}namma en uru16 nam-lugal-la gu2 an-ta-bi ḫe2-em
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mu-zu an-zag-še3 kur-ur2-še3 ḫe2-ĝal2
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kur gal a-a {d}en-lil2 dug4-ga eš-bar zid niĝ2 nu-kur2-ru ĝe26-me-en
I am the Great Mountain, Father Enlil, whose firm commands and decisions are immutable! You have made my lofty E-kur shine gloriously, you have raised it high with a brilliant crenellation. Trustworthy hero, you have made it shine gloriously in the Land. Ur-Namma, mighty lord, may your (?) kingship be unparalleled, may your fame spread to heaven's borders, as far as the foot of the mountains!
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e2-kur maḫ-ĝu10 dalla mu-e-a-e3
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suḫ10 kar2-kar2-ka-da an-še3 gu2 ḫe2-ni-in-us2
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šul zid kalam-ma dalla ḫu-mu-ni-in-e3
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{d}ur-{d}namma en uru16 nam-lugal-la gu2 an-ta-bi ḫe2-em
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mu-zu an-zag-še3 kur-ur2-še3 ḫe2-ĝal2
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lugal-ĝu10 udug2 maḫ kur erim2-ĝal2-la saĝ saḫar-re-eš dub-bu ki-bal-a ša5-ša5
Lord Nunamnir gave to my king the lofty mace which heaps up human heads like piles of dust in the hostile foreign countries and smashes the rebellious lands; he gave to the shepherd Ur-Namma the lofty mace which heaps up human heads like piles of dust in the hostile foreign countries and smashes the rebellious lands, so now he beats down the foreign lands and tramples them underfoot. Lord Nunamnir gave it to the shepherd Ur-Namma, so now he beats down the foreign lands and tramples them underfoot.
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sipad {d}ur-{d}namma-ke4 udug2 maḫ erim2-ĝal2-la saĝ saḫar-[re]-eš dub-bu ki-bal-a ša5-ša5
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e-ne-er mu-na-an-šum2 en {d}nu-nam-nir-re
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kur am3-tu11-be2 ĝiri3 saga11 am3-me
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sipad {d}ur-{d}namma-ke4 mu-na-an-šum2 en {d}nu-nam-nir-re
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kur am3-tu11-be2 ĝiri3 saga11 am3-me
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ḫul-ĝal2-la uru2 am3-mi-in-gul-gul
He destroys the cities of the wicked, and with heavy oppression he turns (?) them into haunted places. The shepherd Ur-Namma destroys the cities of the wicked, and with heavy oppression he turns (?) them into haunted places. He has a terrible fame in the houses of the rebellious lands, his storming …… the wicked. The shepherd Ur-Namma has a terrible fame in the houses of the rebellious lands, his storming …… the wicked.
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nam-gu2 maḫ-am3 lil2 am3-mi-ni-in-su-ub
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sipad {d}ur-{d}namma-ke4 ḫul-ĝal2-la uru2 am3-mi-in-gul-gul
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nam-gu2 maḫ-am3 lil2 am3-mi-ni-in-su-ub
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ar2-a-ni ḫuš-am3 e2 ki-bal
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u18-lu-ni lu2 erim2-ĝal2 mu-ni-ib2-DU
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sipad {d}ur-{d}namma ar2-a-ni ḫuš-am3 e2 ki-bal
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u18-lu-ni lu2 erim2-ĝal2 mu-ni-ib2-DU
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barag nam-lugal-la-ke4 ki-a mu-ni-in-us2
He has made the royal dais stand firmly, he has made Urim resplendent. The shepherd Ur-Namma has made it exude awesomeness, and he, as king of the Land, has lifted his head high there. All this was granted to him in the place of his king, Enlil: a fate was decreed and then it was duly fulfilled. There is now joy and abundance in Urim because (?) of Ur-Namma.
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urim2{ki}-ma pa e3 ḫu-mu-ni-ib2-ak
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sipad {d}ur-{d}namma-ke4 ni2 bi2-in-gur3-ru saĝ ḫe2-ni-in-il2 lugal kalam-ma-[kam]
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ki lugal-a-ni {d}en-lil2-la2-ka saĝ-e-eš ḫe2-[ni-rig7]
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nam am3-tar-re šu zid am3-[mi-in-ĝar]
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⌈giri17⌉-zal urim2{ki}-ma {d}ur-{d}[namma] [nam-ḫe2-? …]
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[sa]-ĝar-ra-am3
The sa-ĝara.
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tigi {d}en-[lil2-la2-kam]
A tigi of Enlil.

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