Išme-Dagan and Enlil's chariot: a tigi to Enlil (Išme-Dagan I)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 68 sections

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{ĝiš}gigir maḫ {d}en-lil2 en ĝeštug2-ga a-a diĝir-re-e-ne-ke4
August chariot! Enlil, the lord of wisdom, the father of the gods, ordered your construction in the E-kur, his exalted shrine. He instructed Išme-Dagan, the wise shepherd called by an auspicious name, born from a beautiful mother's womb, the adviser of the Land, to make your holy and pure divine powers manifest. He set to work on you and worked without stopping. He decorated you with …… and lapis lazuli. He placed you …….
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e2-kur eš3 maḫ-a-na dim2-me-za bi2-in-dug4
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{d}iš-me-{d}da-gan sipad gal-zu mu dug3 sa4-a-<me-en>
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šag4 ama sig7 u3-tud mas-su2 kalam-ma-ka
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me kug sikil-zu pa e3 ak-de3 a2-bi mu-un-da-an-aĝ2
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šu mu-ra-de6 ĝa2-la ⌈nu-mu⌉-e-ta-dag-ge
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[… {na4}za]-⌈gin3⌉-na mi-ni-in-sig7-ge-en
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[…] X-⌈a⌉-ta ba-⌈an⌉-gub-be2-en
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[…] X X X X MA 2-bi niĝ2 u6 di ĝal2-me-en
Your two …… are something to be marvelled at. Your furnishings are most outstanding, like a forest of aromatic cedars. Your pole is a field with open furrows, an abundance of dappled grain. Your …… is a thick cloud covering the …… of heaven all over. Your yoke is a huge neck-stock from which there is no escape, which clamps down the evildoer. Your rope-fastened pegs are laid down as a huge net spanning heaven and earth. (1 line fragmentary) (1 line missing) (1 line fragmentary)
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{ĝiš}šu-kar2-zu dalla maḫ im-e3 {ĝiš}tir šim {ĝiš}erin-na-gin7
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{ĝiš}ma-gid2-zu ni-ir-ki a-gar3 ab-sin2 ĝal2 taka4-a ḫe2-ĝal2 še gu-nu
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⌈su⌉-din-zu dungu sir2-zu
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X an-na gu2 teš2 la2-a-me-en
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⌈{ĝiš}⌉erin2-zu-ta {ĝiš}rab3 maḫ-zu nu-e3 erim2 šu ri-ri-me-en
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[{ĝiš}gag] ⌈sa11⌉ la2-zu sa-par4 ! nu2-a [an ki]-⌈?⌉ la2-a-me-en
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[…-zu] gu2 peš-a […-me]-⌈?⌉
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[X] ⌈ZU A AB⌉ DU […]-e-me-en
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[{ĝiš}]saĝ-kul ḫuš-ba ši-ik-šu ki X
Your side-poles (?) are …… subduing the hostile countries. Your …… of the side-poles are ……. (6 lines missing)
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[…]-ka-a sig10-ga-zu [kur] ⌈erim2⌉ gam-gam-e-me-en
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[X {ĝiš}saĝ-kul] ḫuš-ba-zu […] ⌈X-me-en⌉
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[saḫar]-⌈gi4⌉-zu {d}utu an-ur2 […] SU ĝiri3 e2 ⌈nam⌉ […]
Your mudguard is Utu …… the horizon, ……. The front of your mudguard is the ornament of (?) ……. Your implements are Nanna who fills the midst of heaven with delight. Your axle is …… which …… a flood. Your rope-box is a whip …… which rouses up the donkeys. Your pole-pin is a huge open battle-net which does not let the evildoer escape. Your farings are the exalted princely divine powers sought out with great care. Your platform is warriors fiercely attacking each other. Your side beams are strong breeding bulls carrying a heavy load. Your cross-beams are urgent young men embracing each other. Your side-boards are ……. Your foot-board is ……. Your seat ……. (21 lines missing)
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saĝ-ki saḫar-gi4-⌈zu⌉ ḫe2-⌈du7⌉ […] A X X ? dib-ba-[me-en]
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a2-šita4-⌈a⌉-zu {d}nanna an-⌈šag4⌉-[ga] ḫi-li ⌈du8⌉-du8-me-en
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{ĝiš}gag-a-zu za-ra kar2 X X X a-ĝi6 sur-sur-re-me-en
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e2-su-lum-ma-zu usan3 X [X] X anšei-še3 zi-zi-i-X-me-⌈en⌉?-[zi]
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{ĝiš}DUB-zu {sa}šu2-⌈uš⌉-gal ⌈ba9-ra2⌉ erim2-du nu-⌈e3⌉-[me-en]
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⌈gaba⌉-ĝal2-zu me maḫ nam-⌈nun⌉-[na-kam] gal-bi kiĝ2-kiĝ2-⌈ĝa2⌉-[me-en]
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{u2}KI.KAL-zu ur-⌈saĝ⌉-[e-ne] teš2-ba du7-du7-[me-en]
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gab2-il2-zu gud-ab2 a2 ⌈kalag⌉-[ga] niĝ2 dugud il2-il2-[me-en]
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šag4-sud-zu ĝuruš sul-⌈sul⌉-[e-ne] gu2-da la2-⌈la2⌉-[me-en]
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da-da-zu ki […] teš2-a X [X-me-en]
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ĝiri3-gub-⌈zu⌉ […] X […-me-en]
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⌈{ĝiš}gu⌉-[za-zu …-me-en]
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⌈ud-ba⌉ ⌈{d}iš⌉-[me]-[{d}da-gan] [X X]
At that time Išme-Dagan …… decorated the chariot with silver, gold, and lapis lazuli for his king, Enlil.
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lugal-a-ni ⌈{d}⌉[en-lil2-ra] [{ĝiš}gigir-e]
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kug-babbar kug-sig17 {na4}[za-gin3-na šu mu-na-ni-tag]
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sa-gid2-[da-am3]
The sa-gida.
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ezen gal-a-ni šu du7-[a {ĝiš}gigir-ra] ĝiri3-ni gub-⌈gub⌉-[ba-ni-ta]
His great festival having been performed perfectly, Enlil stepped onto the chariot and embraced Mother Ninlil, his spouse. He was followed by Ninurta, his mighty hero, and by the Anuna who are with Enlil. The chariot shimmers like lightening, its rumbling noise is sweet. His donkeys are harnessed to the yoke. Enlil came out on his august votive (?) chariot radiantly. Ninurta, the support of his father, made the way pleasant. Having reached the place which gladdens the soul, where the seed is blessed, Enlil stepped down from his holy …… and established a feast. (5 lines missing) (1 line fragmentary)
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ama {d}nin-lil2 ⌈nitalam⌉-[ma-ni] gu2-da mu-ni-[in-la2]
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{d}nin-urta ur-saĝ ⌈kalag⌉-[ga-ni]
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{d}a-nun-na ki ⌈{d}?⌉-[lil2-la2-ka] eĝer-ra-⌈a⌉-ni ⌈im⌉-[us2]
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{ĝiš}gigir ⌈nim-gin7⌉ ĝir2-ĝir2-re [X X] mur ša4-bi dug3-ga-⌈am3⌉
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dur3ur3-a-ni erin2-na la2-⌈?⌉
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{d}en-lil2 {ĝiš}gigir ba maḫ-a-ni-[a] zalag-ga-ni na-⌈e3⌉
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ĝiškim-til3 ⌈a⌉-[a-na] {d}nin-urta-? ḫar-ra-⌈an⌉ [mu]-na-ab-sag9-ge
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ki ur5 sag9-ge ki a nam tar-ra im-ma-ti-a-ra
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lugal X X ?-ta nam-ta-an-e3 ezen na-mu-un-ĝar
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[…] ⌈? ḫul2⌉ X [(X)]
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[…] X {ĝiš}šu-kar2 gana2 X-[še3] um-ta-a-e3-a-am3
After you have taken out the implements to the …… fields from ……, let the hoe and the plough, the implements of field workers, rival each other before you. The king has paid attention to Enlil's instructions: Ninurta has prepared the holy plough, has ploughed the fertile fields and, to see that the silos and granaries of Enlil will be piled up high, he has sown with good seed.
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[{ĝiš}]⌈al⌉-e {ĝiš}apin-e ⌈ĝiš nam⌉-erin2 a-da-min3 ḫa-mu-ra-an-e
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lugal-e inim {d}en-lil2-la2-še3 ĝizzal ba-ši-in-ak
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{d}nin-urta-ke4 {ĝiš}[apin] kug-ge si nam-mi-in-sa2 ⌈gana2⌉ zid na-ur11-ru
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⌈guru7⌉-du6 guru7-maš {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4
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gu2 gur-gur-ru-de3 numun zid na-mu-ĝar
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⌈šul⌉ ur-saĝ e2-kur za-gin3-na saĝ il2-la mu-un-kur9
The young hero then proudly enters the resplendent E-kur, Lord Ninurta prays to Enlil: Please, look with favour on Išme-Dagan, the accomplished shepherd, who is at your service in the dining-hall; on the king who has built you the chariot! Give him Inana your beloved eldest daughter as a spouse. May they embrace each other forever! May the days of delight and sweetness last long in her holy embrace full of life!
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en {d}⌈nin-urta⌉-ke4 {d}en-lil2-ra ⌈sizkur mu⌉-na-ab-be2
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{d}iš-me-{d}da-gan ⌈sipad⌉ šu du7-? ? ĝiri3-za sig9-ga-ra
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lugal {ĝiš}gigir-ra ma-ra-an-dim2-ma-ra igi zid bar-mu-un-še
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{d}inana dumu gal ki aĝ2-zu nitalam-še3 šum2-mu-an
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ud ul-še3 gu2-da ḫa-mu-ri-in-la2
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ḫi-li niĝ2 ku7-ku7-da ur2 kug
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nam-til3 si-a-na ud ḫa-ba-ni-ib-su3-re6
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sa-ĝar-ra-am3
The sa-ĝara.
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tigi {d}en-[lil2-la2]-kam
It is a tigi of Enlil.

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