A šir-namšub (?) to Nanna for Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma E)
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⌈abula⌉-zu ⌈?⌉-[a a maḫ gaba-šu-ĝar nu-tuku]
Those who leave through your gate are an uncontrollable flood. Shrine Urim, your interior is a mountain of abundance, your exterior a hill of plenty. No one can learn the interior of the E-kiš-nu-ĝal, the artfully fashioned mountain. Your place of marvel is …… of cedar, your name makes the Land rejoice. Your lord is the one called as the beautiful lord, the child of Ninsumun, the ornament of all the lands. Urim, your great divine power is the gods's shackle on the Land. Your name be praised indeed!
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[eš3] ⌈urim5⌉[{ki}] [šag4-zu kur] ⌈ḫe2-ĝal2 bar⌉-[zu ḫur-saĝ ḫe-nun-na]
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[e2]-⌈kiš⌉-[nu-ĝal2] [ḫur-saĝ] galam-ma šag4-bi [lu2 nu]-⌈zu⌉
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ki ut ti-⌈zu⌉ […] {ĝiš}erin-na mu-zu-še3 kalam ḫul2-[a]
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en-zu en sig7-ga mu pad3-da
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dumu {d}nin-sumun2-ka me-te kur-kur-ra
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urim5{ki} me gal-zu a-ra2-ab diĝir-re-ne
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kalam-ma ĝal2-la ⌈teš2⌉ mu-zu ḫe2-i-i
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kan4-zu an sig7-ga su zig3 gur3-ru
Your gate is the blue sky imbued with fearsomeness; only when it is open does Utu illuminate from the horizon. Your platform is where the fates are determined by the gods; you make just decisions. Your name be praised indeed!
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ĝal2 da13-da13-bi!(GA) {d}utu an-ur2-ta ud mi-⌈?⌉-ĝar-ra-ta
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gi-ša3-zu-ta ki nam tar-re diĝir-re-ne
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di si sa2 !-me-en teš2 mu-zu ḫe2-i-i
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šag4-ga-<zu>-ta ĝiš-ḫur zid-da ḫul-ĝal2 nu-[dab5]-⌈be2⌉
In your interior, the evildoer dare not lay hold of the holy statutes. E-kiš-nu-ĝal, the evil-doer cannot even come to know your interior, which is a dragon. House, your terrace …… Enlil …… your offerings. At your Dubla-maḫ, the place where the fates are determined, the great gods determine the fates. Worthy of the E-temen-ni-guru, born ……, your name be praised indeed!
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e2-kiš-nu-ĝal2 šag4-zu ušumgal ḫul-ĝal2 nu-⌈un⌉-zu
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e2 gi-gun4-na-zu nidba-zu KID ? {d}en-⌈?⌉ su3-?
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dub-la2-maḫ ki nam tar-re-za diĝir gal-gal-e-ne
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nam mi-ni-ib-tar-re-ne
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e2-temen-ni2-⌈gur3-ru⌉ tum2-ma
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u3-tud-⌈da⌉ […] ⌈teš2⌉ mu-zu ḫe2-i-i
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en sig7-[ga … sipad] zid ur-{d}namma
The beautiful lord …… the true shepherd Ur-Namma, …… Urim ……. The silent house …… like Utu. Your name be praised indeed! Ur-Namma ……, adorned with a lapis lazuli beard …….
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⌈urim5⌉[{ki}] […]
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e2 sig3-⌈ga {d}utu-gin7 ?⌉ […]
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teš2 mu-zu ḫe2-i-i ur-{d}namma X […]
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sun4 za-gin3 sud-sud X […] —
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lugal ḫi-li gur3-ru me-lem4 ⌈kalam⌉-[ma dul-la]
In his pure heart Ašimbabbar has chosen Ur-Namma, the king endowed with allure, the radiance covering the nation. Wickedness cannot pass unnoticed before his eyes. Ur-Namma has accomplished an achievement, justice! The king, who knows (?) the spreading branches, Ur-Namma acts (?) as constable. The eloquent one of the lord, who knows (?) the spreading branches, Ur-Namma acts (?) as constable. The king, Ur-Namma, refreshes himself at the house of Suen.
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ur-{d}namma {d}aš-im2-babbar-re šag4 kug-ge [ba-ni-in-pad3]
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niĝ2-erim2 igi-ni-še3 nu-dib-ba niĝ2-si-[sa2]
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{d}ur-{d}namma-ke4 niĝ2-gur11 sa2 bi2-in-dug4
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lugal-e pa-mul-pa-mul zu
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{d}ur-{d}namma-ke4 maš-gi-i-i im-me
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inim zu en-na-ke4 pa-mul-pa-mul zu
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{d}ur-{d}namma-ke4 maš-gi-i-[i] im-me
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lugal-e e2 {d}suen-na-ke4
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{d}ur-{d}namma-ke4 ni2 ḫe2-eb-ši-ib2-te-en-ten
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lugal-e {id2}idigna {id2}buranuna-ke4
She has determined a fate for the king, for the Tigris and the Euphrates and for Ur-Namma. Its lady, the lady of possessions, the lady of ……, has determined a fate for Ur-Namma. The woman of the princely seed has treated him kindly. Ur-Namma …….
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{d}ur-{d}namma-ke4 nam mu-⌈ni⌉-ib!(ZU)-⌈tar-re⌉
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nin-bi nin niĝ2-gur11-ra-ke4 nin e2 […]
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{d}ur-{d}namma-ke4 nam mu-ni-ib-tar-[re]
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munus a ⌈nun-na⌉-ke4 mi2 zid-de3-⌈eš⌉ [mu-un-e]
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{d}[ur-{d}namma]-⌈ke4⌉ ĜA2×X NE NA […]
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