A tigi to Enki for Ur-Ninurta (Ur-Ninurta B)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 48 sections

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en me galam-ma umuš ki ĝar-ra šag4 su3-ud niĝ2-nam zu
Lord of complex divine powers, who establishes umderstanding, whose intentions are unfathomable, who knows everything! Enki, of broad wisdom, august ruler of the Anuna, wise one who casts spells, who provides words, who attends to decisions, who clarifies verdicts, who dispenses advice from dawn to dusk! Enki, lord of all true words, I will praise you. Your father, An the king, the lord who caused human seed to come forth and who placed all mankind on the earth, has laid upon you the guarding of the divine powers of heaven and earth, and has elevated you to be their prince. An, king of the gods, has instructed you to keep open the holy mouths of the Tigris and Euphrates, to fill them with splendour, to make the dense clouds release plentiful water and make them rain all over the fields, to make Ezina lift her head in the furrows, to make vegetation …… in the desert, and to make orchards and gardens ripe with syrup and vines grow as tall as forests.
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{d}en-ki ĝeštug2 daĝal mas-su maḫ {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne
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gal-an-zu tu6 ĝar inim-ma sig10-ga eš-bar-ra igi ĝal2
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sa2 pad3-de3 ud e3-ta ud šu2-uš-še3 ĝalga šum2-mu
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{d}en-ki en dug4-ga zid-zid-da me-teš2-e ga-a-i-i
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a-a-zu an lugal en numun i-i uĝ3 ki ĝar-ĝar-ra
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me an ki saĝ keše2-bi-še3 ma-ra-an-sig10 nun-bi-še3 mu-un-il2-en
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{id2}idigna {id2}buranuna ka kug-bi du8-u3 niĝ2 giri17-zal si-si
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dungu sir2-re a ḫe2-ĝal2-la šum2-mu a-gar3-ra šeĝ3-šeĝ3
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{d}ezina2 ab-sin2-na saĝ il2-il2-i u2-šim edin-na TAR […] X
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pu2-{ĝiš}kiri6 lal3 ĝeštin ki tag-ga tir-gin7 sud-sud-e
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an lugal diĝir-re-e-ne-ke4 a2-bi mu-e-da-a-aĝ2
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{d}en-lil2-le mu maḫ saĝ-kug-ĝal2 ni2 gal gur3-ru-ni
Enlil, the lord who creates everything, has bestowed on you his august, proud and greatly awe-inspiring name: you are the junior Enlil. Throughout heaven and earth he alone is divine, and you are his younger brother. He has placed in your hands the power like him to decide destinies of both the south and the uplands. A good decision that comes forth from your mouth is exceptionally powerful. , you concern yourself with the sustenance of the people who are widely settled as far as the borders of the mountains: you are their true father. Lord, all together they praise your greatness like the greatness of their protective deities.
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? ma-ra-an-ba en niĝ2-nam u3-tud {d}en-lil2 ban3-da-me-en
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an ki-a dili-ni diĝir-ra-am3 dub-us2-a-ni za-e-me-en
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e-ne-gin7 nam sig igi-nim-ma tar-tar-re šu-zu-še3 ša-mu-u8-ĝar
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eš-bar zid ka-ta e3-a-zu uru2ru dib-ba-am3
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{d}sa2-bar-a kur-zag til-la-aš uĝ3 daĝal dur2-ru-na-ba
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gu7 naĝ-bi-še3 im-da-kuš2-u3-de3-en a-a zid-bi za-e
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en diĝir-bi-gin7 nam-maḫ-zu me-teš2 im-mi-i-i-ne
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sa-gid2-da-am3
Sa-gida.
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{d}nu-dim2-mud {d}ur-{d}nin-urta-ra inim kug dug4-ga maḫ-zu
Nudimmud, let your holy word and august command be a source of honour for Ur-Ninurta, and let him have no rivals.
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nir ḫe2-ĝal2 gaba gi4 na-an-tuku-tuku
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ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2-bi-im
Ĝišgiĝal.
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en maḫ an ki-a zag bi2-dib mu-zu pa bi2-e3
August lord, you excel in heaven and earth, and you have made your name shine forth. Enki, you have gathered up all the divine powers that there are, and stored them in the abzu. You have made praiseworthy the divine powers, exceeding all other divine powers, of your holy dwelling which you have chosen in your heart -- the abzu, the august shrine …… -- as well as its divine plans. Its shadow covers all lands from east to west, and its terrifying splendour rests upon the holy heavens like dense thunderclouds. It fills with terror E-kur, the holy dwelling of An and Enlil. Therein, equipped with the sceptre, you fashion the numerous seeds (?) …… for the assigned divine powers of the great gods; to create mankind and to preserve them alive is in your power, Father Enki, when you take your seat on the dais where you decide destinies.
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{d}en-ki me a-na ĝal2-la mu-u8-ur4-ur4 abzu-še3 mu-u8-ĝar
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ki-tuš kug šag4-ge bi2-pad3-da-zu abzu eš3 maḫ-a X X
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me-bi me-a dirig ĝiš-ḫur-bi a-re-eš gub-ba-me-en
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ĝissu-bi ud e3-ta ud šu-uš kur-kur-ra ši-im-dul
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ni2 me-lem4 muru9 dugud-da-gin7 an kug-ge ib2-us2
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e2-kur ki-tuš kug an {d}en-lil2-la2 su zig3 im-du8-du8
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šag4-ba ĝidru šum2-mu me ḫal-ḫal-la diĝir gal-gal-e-ne-še3
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X ? šar2-ra im-dim2-e nam-lu2-ulu3 u3-tud til3-le i3-ĝal2
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a-a {d}en-ki barag nam-tar-ra-za dur2 ĝar-ra-zu-ne
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sa-ĝar-ra-am3
Sa-ĝara.
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lugal {d}en-lil2-le nir šum2-ma {d}ur-{d}nin-urta-ke4
May Ur-Ninurta, the king in whom Enlil trusts, open up your house of wisdom in which you have gathered knowledge in plenty, and then be the great ruler of the black-headed. Make terrifying splendour befitting his godhead issue from him, the lion of kingship, in everything that he does, for as long as he lives. May you present him with weighty tribute from the upper and the lower seas, and let Ur-Ninurta bring it into the glorious E-kur. May Enlil look upon him joyously, and add to his period of rule blissful days and years of joy and life. Father Enki, inspiring terrible awe, surpassing description, may the Anuna, your divine brothers, rejoice over you. Son of An, possessor of august honour, it is sweet to praise you!
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e2 ĝeštug2-ga nam-gal-an-zu dirig-še3 niĝin ĝal2-la-za
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ĝal2 u3-bi2-in-taka4 saĝ gig2-ga mas-su gal-bi ḫe2-em
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su zig3 me-te nam-diĝir-ra ur-maḫ nam-lugal-la
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niĝ2 šu dug4-ga ⌈ud⌉ saĝ-ĝa2-na til3-la-še3 pa e3-ni-ib
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gu2-un dugud a-ab-ba sig igi-nim-ma saĝ-e-eš u3-mu-e-ni-rig7
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{d}ur-{d}nin-urta-ke4 ḫe2-ni-ib-ku4-ku4 e2-kur za-gin3-še3
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{d}en-lil2-le igi ḫul2-ḫul2-la-ni e-ne-ra u3-mu-un-ši-in-bar
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bal-a-na ud dug3 mu giri17-zal nam-til3-la ḫa-ma-ab-taḫ-e
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a-a {d}en-ki nam-gal ni2 ri-a ka-ge dib-ba-zu-uš
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{d}a-nun-na diĝir ⌈šeš⌉-zu-ne ḫe2-me-da-ḫul2-ḫul2-le-eš
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dumu an-na maḫ nir-ĝal2-bi tuku za3-mi2-zu dug3-ga-am3
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tigi {d}en-ki-ka3-kam
A tigi of Enki.

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