A šir-namgala to Ninisina for Lipit-Eštar (Lipit-Eštar E)
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[{d}nin-i3]-si-na ⌈dumu⌉ [gal] an-[na] e2-gi4-a gal nir ⌈?⌉-[bu]
told her, Ninisina, the great daughter of An, the great daughter-in-law, ……: That Lipit-Eštar should be your provider -- so let it be!
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[{d}]li-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 u2-a-zu ḫe2-am3 e-ne-ra mu-na-an-dug4
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šag4-ba-tuku-am3
Šagbatuku.
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ka-ta e3-a-ni {d}en-lil2-la2-še3
Ninisina (?) paid attention to Enlil's utterance. She answered with humility: Father Enlil, god whose name is manifest, ……, Enlil; lord ……, your divine powers are the most ……, your instructions are the most precious (?). For the trustworthy shepherd ……, …… Lord Lipit-Eštar (2 lines unclear) He has settled the people ……, he (?) has made the Land feel content. You looked upon him with your life-giving gaze: now decree him a true fate!
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{d}nin-i3-si-na-ka-še3 ĝeštug2 ba-ši-in-gub sun5-na-bi !-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4
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a-a {d}en-lil2 diĝir ! pa e3 i-bi2 mu-lil2-la2-še3
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en X X me-zu me-a umuš a2 aĝ2-zu a2 aĝ2-⌈ta KAL⌉
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sipad zid šag4 PA.NIM šag4 da-ba
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[…] u3-mu-un {d}li-pi2-it-eš4-tar2-ra
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[…] X X SI BA u3-mu-ni-in-ze2-eĝ3
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[…] X […]-ra-ab-sug2-e
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[…] ⌈?⌉ ki-tuš ⌈uĝ3⌉ mu-ni-in-ĝar su kalam-ma mu-e-dug3
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[igi nam-til3]-la-zu mu-un-ši-bar na-aĝ2 zid tar-mu-ni-ib
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⌈ki⌉-ru-gu2 3-kam-ma
3rd kirugu.
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[{d}nu]-nam-nir nun {d}li-pi2-it-eš4-tar2-ra nam-til3 ud su3-ra2 saĝ-e-eš rig7-ba-ab
Nunamnir, bestow upon prince Lipit-Eštar a long life of many days!
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[ĝiš]-gi4-ĝal2-bi-im
Its ĝišgiĝal.
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⌈inim⌉ dug4-ga {d}nin-isin2si-na-ka-še3
The Great Mountain Enlil paid attention to the words spoken by Ninisina. He blessed the king and decreed his fate: Lipit-Eštar, you whom I have called by name, shall be elevated among the people. May the living look to you as to their own fathers and mothers! May the strong one who cares for E-kur, the ensi of the august shrine, Uta-ulu, be your help on the battlefield! May he collect your enemies like swallows for you; may he spread them out like sheaves for you!
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[kur] ⌈gal⌉ {d}en-lil2-le ĝeštug2 ba-ši-in-gub
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[lugal]-ra gu3 zid mu-na-an-de2-e nam mu-ni-ib-tar-re
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[{d}]⌈li⌉-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 mu pad3-da-ĝu10-me-en uĝ3-ĝa2 saĝ mi-ni-in-il2
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zi-ĝal2-e ama a-a ugu-bi-gin7 igi-bi ḫe2-en-ši-ĝal2-le-eš
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kalag-ga saĝ en3 tar e2-kur-ra ensi2 eš3 maḫ-a
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u4-ta-u18-lu ki šen-šen-na-ka a2-taḫ-zu ḫe2-am3
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ḫul-du-zu sim{mušen}-gin7 ḫa-ra-ur4-ru zar-re-eš ḫa-ra-ab-sal-e
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ki-ru-gu2 4-kam-ma
4th kirugu.
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nun {d}li-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 {d}nu-nam-nir-ra
Nunamnir, the lord whose order cannot be altered, has made the name of prince Lipit-Eštar exalted among the numerous people.
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en dug4-ga nu-kur2-ru-de3 uĝ3 šar2-ra-ba mu-ni im-mi-maḫ
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ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2-bi-im
Its ĝišgiĝal.
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{d}en-lil2-me-en an-še3 il2-me-en ki-še3 en ⌈me⌉ šar2-me-en
I, Enlil, am elevated in heaven, and am the lord of all the divine powers on earth. The good fate I have decreed to Lipit-Eštar is something which can never be changed!
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{d}li-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 nam dug3 mi-ni-ib-tar-re niĝ2 nu-kur2-ru ḫe2-am3
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šir3-nam-gala {d}nin-i3-si-na-ke4
A šir-namgala of Ninisina.
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