A šir-namgala (?) to Inana for Ur-Ninurta (Ur-Ninurta A)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 95 sections

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[…] ? ?-a-ni zag nu-sa2
……, when she augustly appears, no one can keep pace with her, …… glowing in the night, …… with awe-inspiring splendour. The great gods are filled with fear at her ……. Her …… utterances are as grand as those of An, and as weighty as those of Enlil. Inana is supreme, with multifarious divine powers surpassing the other divine ladies. She perfected the divine plans of kingship, so as to re-establish it, and she made up her mind and truly yearned to provide justice for the black-headed and to give them stable governance. From among the numerous people she summoned Ur-Ninurta to be the shepherd of living beings. She made the king whom she took by the hand humbly enter into the …… where destinies are determined, where the good divine powers are assigned to the great gods -- the E-kur, the holy dwelling of An and Enlil that is imbued with terrifying awe. There the goddess without whom no destiny is determined in heaven or earth sits on the dais with An and Enlil, taking counsel with them.
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[…] X X ĝi6 u3-na kar2-kar2
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[…]-a ni2 me-lem4 [gur3]-ru
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[X X]-ĝa2-ni-še3 diĝir gal-gal-e-ne ḫu-luḫ-ḫa im-du8-du8
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[X] X dug4-ga-ni an-gin7 maḫ {d}en-lil2-gin7 u18-ru
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{d}inana saĝ-kal me niĝ2-nam-ma zag dib nin-e-ne
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ĝiš-ḫur nam-lugal-la šu du7-du7 ki-bi gi4-gi4-de3
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[saĝ] gig2 si sa2-sa2-e-de3 us2 gen6-na dab5-be2-de3
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ĝeštug2-ga-ni nam-gub šag4-ga-ni zid-de3-eš-e nam-de6
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[{d}]ur-{d}nin-urta nam-sipad zi-ĝal2-la-še3 uĝ3 šar2-ra mi-ni-in-pad3
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[X] nam tar-ra me zid ḫal-ḫa diĝir gal-gal-e-ne-še3
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e2-kur ki-tuš kug an {d}en-lil2-la2 ni2 su zig3 gur3-ru-še3
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lugal-ra šu-ni im-ma-an-dab5 sun5-na-bi mi-ni-in-kur9
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in-nin e-ne-da nu an ki-a nam nu-tar-re-de3
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an {d}en-lil2-da barag-ge4 si-a-na ad mu-un-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4
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ki-ru-gu2 1-a-kam
1st kirugu.
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an gal dug4-ga-zu niĝ2 maḫ-am3 a-ba-a šu mi-ni-ib-bal-e
(Inana speaks:) Great An, your commands are great indeed: who can revoke them? Father Enlil, no one knows how to dissipate the great destinies that you determine. Both of you, bestow permanently the role of shepherd of living beings, of the numerous people, upon Ur-Ninurta, the youth who knows how to carry out your orders. He has brought with him from the holy womb a knowledge of how to build homes and cities, and how to strengthen the Land. He knows how to direct all countries: let him give great commands. May his shepherd's crook make the rebel lands bow low; may he let them have stable governance. From the south to the uplands may he clamp down upon the Land like a neck-stock. May his utterances ……. May he search out food for them to eat as if for sheep, and may he get them …… water to drink.
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a-a {d}en-lil2 nam gal tar-ra-zu sag2 di nu-zu-a
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{d}ur-{d}nin-urta šul a2 aĝ2-ĝa2-<zu>-ne-ne DI-DI mu-un-zu-a-ar
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nam-sipad zi-ĝal2 uĝ3 šar2-ra du-ri2-še3 saĝ-e-eš rig7-ga-na-ab-ze2-en
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e2 iri{ki} du3-du3 kalam gen6-ne2 šag4 kug-ta mu-u8-de6
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kur-kur-re a2 aĝ2-ĝa2-bi mu-un-zu a2 gal ḫe2-aĝ2-e
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šibir-a-ni ki-bal ḫe2-en-gam-e us2 gen6 ḫe2-bi2-ib-dab5-be2
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sig-ta igi-nim-še3 kalam-ma rab3-gin7 šu ḫe2-em-ri-ri-e
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ka-ta e3-a-ni […]
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udu-gin7 ka u2-gu7 ḫa-ba-kiĝ2-kiĝ2 GU2 a naĝ ḫa-ba-ĝa2-ĝa2
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ki-ru-gu2 2-kam-ma-am3
2nd kirugu.
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{d}ur-{d}nin-urta mu su3-ra2-še3 uĝ3-ĝa2 {d}utu-gin7 dalla ḫe2-ni-in-e3
May Ur-Ninurta shine forth like Utu over the people for long years!
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ĝiš-gi-ĝal2-bi-im
Ĝišgiĝal.
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diĝir numun e3 a-a niĝ2-nam šar2-ra-ke4
, the father of all that is, spoke favourably to the king, determining his destiny: Chosen cedar, ornament of the courtyard of E-kur! Ur-Ninurta, may the Land refresh itself in your shade. May you be the good shepherd of all lands. May they attend as if to Utu when you deliver a just verdict. As you take your seat upon the royal dais with its firm foundations, may you hold your head high, Ur-Ninurta. May the good crown be your glory. Inspiring fear and trembling, O lion of kingship, may you wear the royal robe!
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lugal-ra gu3 zid mu-na-an-de2 nam mu-ni-ib-tar-re
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{ĝiš}erin suḫ me-te kisal e2-kur-ra
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{d}ur-{d}nin-urta kalam-ma ĝissu-zu ni2 ḫe2-eb-ši-te-en-te-en
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kur-kur-re sipad zid-bi ḫe2-me-en
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{d}utu-gin7 di si sa2 ku5-ru-zu-uš igi-bi ḫe2-em-ši-ĝal2-e
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barag nam-lugal-la suḫuš gen6-na-ba
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{d}ur-{d}nin-urta dur2 ĝar-ra-zu-ne saĝ an-še3 ḫe2-ni-in-il2
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aga zid-de3 me-te ḫe2-em-mi-in-ĝal2
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ni2 su zig3 ur-maḫ nam-lugal-la tug2-ba13-še3 ḫe2-em-mur10
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ki-ru-gu2 3-kam-ma-am3
3rd kirugu.
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e2-an-ka me-bi ḫa-ba-gub-be2
May you establish the divine powers of E-ana! Ur-Ninurta, I am your great wall permanently and forever!
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{d}ur-{d}nin-urta bad3 gal-zu ĝe26-e-me-en ud ul du-ri2-še3
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ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2-bi-im
Ĝišgiĝal.
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erim2-ĝal2-za ud-gin7 gu3 bi2-ra
You howl like a storm upon your enemies. May your splendour cover like a heavy raincloud the lands that are disobedient to you. Let the great sovereigns and powerful ones (?) tremble …… like solitary reeds. (1 line fragmentary) You arise like the south wind, and when you have plotted against the rebel lands, when you have taken their people prisoners, then, O Ur-Ninurta, place the yoke on their necks in Isin, your city of great divine powers. Great An, father of the gods, has determined this as a destiny forever unchangeable for Ur-Ninurta, his attentive shepherd.
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me-lem4-zu muru9 dugud-da-gin7 kur nu-še-ga-zu ḫe2-em-dul
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⌈barag⌉-barag gal-gal ni2 er9-e-ne
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[…] X X gi dili du3-a-gin7 kilib3-ba-bi saĝ ḫe2-em-da-sag3-ge-ne
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[X X] X RA LI NE […]
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[{tum9}u18]-lu-gin7 zi-zi-da-zu-ne
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kur ki-bal-zu sig10-ge u3-mu-e-ak
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uĝ3-bi šaĝa-a um-mu-laḫ5
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i3-si-in{ki} iri me gal-gal-la-za
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{d}ur-{d}nin-urta {ĝiš}šudul gu2-ba ĝar-ni
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an gal a-[a] diĝir-re-e-ne-ke4
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{d}ur-{d}nin-urta sipad ĝiš tuku-ni-ir nam ul-še3 nu-kur2-ru mu-ni-in-tar
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ki-ru-gu2 4-kam-ma-am3
4th kirugu.
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en eš-bar an ki šu-na ĝal2 kur gal {d}en-lil2-le
The lord who has the decisions of heaven and earth in his hands, the Great Mountain Enlil, has made the king's fame extend as far as the boundaries of heaven: Ur-Ninurta! In authority and youthfulness may your neck be as fat as a wild bull's. Like the warrior Erra, ……, may my avenging son, Lord Ninurta, a furious storm against the enemy, be your helper on the battlefield, and may you put your trust in him. …… the enemy land, and may he spread out in heaps for me ……. The holy purification rites of E-kur ……, serving daily. May your offerings on the august table in my great dining hall be everlasting. May you lift your head and raise your neck to the heavens. Life is yours, irrevocably.
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lugal-ra mu-ni an-zag-še3 pa e3 im-ma-an-ak
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{d}ur-{d}nin-urta nam-nir nam-šul-la am-gin7 gu2 ḫe2-ni-peš
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{d}er9-ra ur-saĝ-gin7 me X [X]-an-tuku-tuku
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{d}nin-urta en ud ḫuš erim2-ma dumu šu ĝar gi4-ĝu10
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ki me3-ka ka-tab-zu ḫe2-a ĝiškim ḫe2-mu-e-til3-le
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kur gu2-erim2 gu2-bi-da [X]-zu zar-re-eš ḫa-ma-ab-sal-e
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šu-luḫ kug e2-kur-ra ba-an-ši-⌈ib⌉-[…]-en ud šu2-uš-e gub-ba
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nidba-zu banšur maḫ unu2 gal-ĝa2 su3-ra2-še3 ḫe2-em-mi-in-ĝal2
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saĝ ḫe2-e-il2 ⌈gu2 an⌉-še3 ḫe2-e-zig3 til3 nu-kur2-ru za-a-am3
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ki-ru-gu2 5-kam-ma-am3
5th kirugu.
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nam tar-ra an gal [{d}]nu-nam-nir en niĝ2-zi-ĝal2-la-še3
The Anuna, the great gods, said Let it be so! to the destiny determined by great An and by Nunamnir, the lord of all living beings. In order to strengthen the black-headed in their dwelling-places, to keep the foreign lands on the track, to put …… the people in unison, and to make them bow down at his feet, Inana, the great daughter of Suen and Ur-Ninurta's beloved spouse, gathered together …… all the divine powers and placed them in his hand. Together the two of them went forth joyfully from Enlil's presence to take their seats in the palace, the dwelling-place of sweet honey. …… her king …… does not cease, as she speaks truly to him:
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{d}a-nun-na diĝir gal-gal-e-ne ḫe2-am3 ba-ni-in-ne-eš
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saĝ gig2 ki-tuš-ba ge-en-gen6-ne2 kur-kur us2-a sig10-ge5
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uĝ3 [X] X [X] X ka teš2 ĝa2-ĝa2 ĝiri3-ni-še3 gam-e
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{d}inana dumu gal {d}suen-na nitalam ki aĝ2-ĝa2-ni
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saĝ keše2 me niĝ2-nam-ma mu-un-ur4-ur4 šu-ni-še3 mu-u8-ĝar
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2-na-ne-ne ki {d}en-lil2-la2-ta ḫul2-la nam-[ta]-e3
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?-? ki-tuš lal3 niĝ2 dug3-ba dur2 ki ba-ni-in-ĝal2-le-eš
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[X] X X-e lugal-la-ni nu-til-e zid-de3-eš na-mu-un-e
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ki-ru-gu2 6-[kam]-ma-am3
6th kirugu.
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šul me-dim2 sag9 sig7 X še-er-[še]-er-ra saĝ il2-e-de3
Youth with beautiful and well-formed limbs, …… radiantly and proudly lifting his head, full of charm and beauty, fitted for lordship, worthy of the holy dais, Ur-Ninurta: I have decided to give you your precious divine powers. I called to you when you lifted your faithful gaze: you are the one whom I called by name. Great An has made you forever pre-eminent, as far as the outer limit of the mountains. To prolong your days, O youth, in E-kur Enlil has commanded my …… holy life-giving embrace. You shall not cease to sit on …… the dais which I care for. May the foreign lands rejoice at you, my Ur-Ninurta, as at Nanna when, admired by the Land, he appears in the holy heavens.
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ḫi-li ul gur3-ru me-te na-aĝ2-u3-mu-un-na barag kug-ge du7-re6
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{d}ur-{d}nin-urta me kal-kal-la-zu ša3-ab-ĝu10 im-mi-ir
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i-bi2 zid il2-la-za mi-ni-in-pad3-de3 mu pad3-da-ĝu10-me-en
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an gal-e kur-zag til-la-ba su3-ud-še3 bi2-in-dirig-ge
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ur2 kug nam-til3-la DIR-ĝu10 ud-zu sud-sud-de3
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šul {d}en-lil2-le e2-kur-ta a2-bi mu-un-da-an-aĝ2
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X X ⌈barag⌉ mi2 zid-de3-eš dug4-ga-ĝu10 muš3 nam-bi2-ga-ga-an
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{d}nanna an kug-ga pa e3-a ka-na-aĝ2-e u6 di-gin7
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[{d}]⌈ur⌉-{d}nin-urta-ĝu10 kur-kur-re ḫi-li ḫu-mu-u8-ši-ak-e
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ki-ru-gu2 7-kam-ma-am3
7th kirugu.
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{d}ur-{d}nin-urta-ĝu10 {d}mu-ul-lil2-le nam-sipad ka-na-aĝ2-ĝa2-kam zid-de3-eš mu-un-pad3-de3-en
My Ur-Ninurta, Enlil has called you truly to be the shepherd of the Land.
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ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2-bi-im
Ĝišgiĝal.
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[…] X KA kug eš-bar zid dug4-ga nu-kur2-ru-ĝu10-uš
…… my holy ……, at my good decision which cannot be changed, …… may impressive strength be with (?) you. (1 line fragmentary)
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[…] a2 nun ḫe2-em-te-ĝal2
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[…]-an-tuku-tuku
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[…]-bi-im
(1 line fragmentary)
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[…] {d}inana-kam
A …… of Inana.

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