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A balbale to Enlil for Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma G)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 22 sections

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   {d}en-lil2-le {d}!-{d}namma-ra ⌈mu⌉-[…]

   (6 lines missing) Enlil …… to Ur-Namma. He bestowed on him (?) early floods, grain and speckled barley.

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   a-eštub {d}ezina2 še gu-nu saĝ-e-eš ḫe2-⌈mu-rig7⌉

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   {d}ur-{d}namma uĝ3-e nam-ḫe2-a gu2 ḫu-mu-u8-di-ni-ib-mar-re

   Ur-Namma, may the people flourish in prosperity under your rule. You (?) …… the plough and good barley, and your cultivated fields will be rich. You (?) …… trees, seeds, good barley, the plough, and the fields. You (?) …… the plough and good barley ……. King, cultivate the fields with oxen, and your cultivated fields will be rich; Ur-Namma, cultivate the fields with them, and your cultivated fields will be rich. The oxen will make (?) your cultivated fields fertile; your cultivated fields will be rich.

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   {ĝiš}apin še dug3-ga bi2-ĝar-⌈ra⌉ gana2 ĝar-zu dug3-ga-am3

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   ĝiš numun še dug3 {ĝiš}apin gana2 nam ⌈bi2⌉-dug3-ge

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   {ĝiš}apin še dug3-ge ? ? X (X) gana2 nam ⌈bi2⌉-X X

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   lugal gud-de3 gana2 ĝar-am3-ma gana2 ⌈ĝar⌉-zu dug3-ga-am3

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   {d}ur-{d}namma gana2 ĝar-am3-ma ⌈gana2⌉ ĝar-zu dug3-ga-am3

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    gana2 ĝar-ra-za gud-de3 ba-sag9 gana2 ĝar-za dug3-ga-am3

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    lugal-ĝu10 gana2 {d}en-lil2-la2-ka a2 šu ḫa-ba-e-ni-du7

    My king, when you have finished with all the work on the fields of Enlil; Ur-Namma, when you have finished with all the work on the fields of Enlil, may the rains of heaven make the furrows that you laid out sprout abundantly. King, faithful farmer, you have …… the levees and ditches in the wide fields; Ur-Namma, faithful farmer, you have …… the levees and ditches on the wide fields. Like the rising Utu, the levees and ditches ……. My king, ……; Ur-Namma, ……. (2 lines missing) (2 lines fragmentary)

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    ur-{d}namma gana2 {d}en-lil2-la2-ka a2 ⌈šu ḫa⌉-ba-e-ni-du7

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    ab-sin2 gub-ba-zu im an-na si ⌈ḫe2-em⌉-ma-ni-in-sa2

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    lugal engar zid gana2 daĝal-la eg2 pa5-re ki X […]

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    ur-{d}namma engar zid gana2 daĝal-la eg2 pa5-re ⌈ki⌉ […]

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    eg2 pa5-re {d}utu e3-gin7 igi-bi ⌈mu⌉-[…]

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    ⌈lugal-ĝu10 sa-ra⌉ dug3-dug3-ge sa-ra-⌈?⌉ […]

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    [ur-{d}namma sa-ra dug3]-⌈dug3⌉-ge sa-ra-⌈?⌉ X […]

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    […] SI ⌈IN⌉ […]

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    X ⌈mu⌉-ra-an-gur X […]

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    ⌈bal⌉-bal-e {d}en-lil2-[la2-kam]

    A balbale of Enlil.

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