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An adab to Inana for Ur-Ninurta (Ur-Ninurta D)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 42 sections

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   in-nin9 zag dib {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne me kilib3-ba ur4-⌈ur4⌉

   Goddess who excels the Anuna gods, who has gathered together all the divine powers! Your gaze is lordly as it surveys all the foreign lands in heaven and earth. Inana, lioness shining in the heavens, your divine powers are most complex, your cultic ordinances are unalterable, and your divine plans are influential.

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   igi-zu nir-ĝal2 an ki-bi-da kur-kur-ra igi ĝal2

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   {d}inana piriĝ an-na mul-mul-lu me-zu galam-galam-ma

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   ĝarza-zu niĝ2 nu-kur2-ru-dam ĝiš-ḫur-zu dugud-da

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   bar-sud-am3

   barsud.

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   dim2-ma-zu abzu su3-ra2-am3 igi bar-re nu-um-zu

   Your ideas are as profound as the abzu; no one is known to have perceived them. Your actions are very great, and there is no god to rival you. You fetched your divine powers on a favourable day, and none of them escaped you. You have secured the kingship, and nothing escapes from your hand. You have equal rank with An the king, and you decide destinies with him. Your utterances are as well-established as those of Enlil. Grandiloquent Inana, you have no rival in heaven or on earth.

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   a-ra2 ak-a-zu niĝ2 gal-gal-am3 diĝir nu-me-da-sa2

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   me-zu ud silim-ma-bi ba-e-de6 niĝ2-nam la-ba-e-da-šub

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   nam-lugal zu2 keše2-me niĝ2-nam-ma šu-zu la-ba-ra-e3

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    an lugal-da zag mu-un-de3-ša4 nam mu-un-di-ni-ib-tar-re

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    {d}en-lil2-gin7 ka-ta e3-a-zu ki-bi-še3 al-ĝa2-ĝa2

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    {d}inana maḫ-di an ki-a gaba-ri nu-tuku-me-en

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    lugal ki aĝ2 diĝir-re-e-ne a-la mu-un-ši-ak-⌈e⌉

    You cheer on the king whom the gods love: Ur-Ninurta, the youth whom you chose, in your honour an en priest. Nintur has created attractiveness for him, and has made him step forward to you for your admiration. She has confirmed his lot as favourable, and has made him …… before you. She has elevated as a prince the …… who is fitted for the emblem. Your holy heart has driven you towards him as if to a pleasant sweet scent. May he …… with you on your flowery bed which is full of delight. May the attentive youth, the prince who is all for you, stand at the service of your eternal divine powers. May Ur-Ninurta make the numerous people follow the just path.

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    {d}ur-{d}nin-urta šul igi il2-la-zu me-te-zu-uš en-e

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    {d}nin-tur5-re ḫi-li ⌈mu⌉-[un-ši]-⌈in-tu⌉-ud-<de3-en> u6 [di-zu]-⌈še3⌉ ma-ra-an-gub

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    ĝiš-šub-ba-ni sag9-ge mu-⌈un⌉-[ge]-⌈en⌉ igi-za im-mi-⌈in⌉-[X]

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    ?-ra GA šu-nir-e ḫe2-du7-a nam-nun-še3 mu-un-il2

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    ir-sim dug3-ga ku7-ku7-da-ke4 šag4 kug-zu ḫe2-em-tum3

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    ĝiš-nu2 gi4-rin ḫi-li si-a-za gu2 ḫu-mu-un-di-X-re

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    šul ĝiš tuku nun za-a-še3 ĝal2-la me ul-zu-uš ḫa-ba-gub

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    {d}ur-{d}nin-urta-ke4 uĝ3 šar2-re us2 zid ḫe2-bi2-ib-dab5-be2

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    sa-gid2-da-am3

    sa-gida.

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    {d}inana {d}ur-{d}nin-urta-ke4 ud ul da-ri2-še3 muš3 la-ba-da-tum2-mu

    Inana, may Ur-Ninurta never cease doing so, until far-off days.

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    ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2-bi-im

    Its ĝisgiĝal.

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    {d}⌈inana⌉ nin an ki daĝal-la u18-ru KI UD-ta

    Inana, lady of heaven and of the broad earth, powerful ……, who radiates ……, who shines by night, who …… goes forth from ……, who is diffused wide over heaven and earth. …… may you make eminent …… Ur-Ninurta, …… who is the awe …… and the joy of his mother. …… may he lift his head high, and be their great wild bull. Make …… bow low for him ……, so that he may clamp down upon them. Deliver them into the exalted hands of him created from good seed. Under his rule may the people rest in meadows with him as their herdsman. May Ur-Ninurta make the numerous people follow the just path.

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    X […] X-ma saĝ mu2-mu2-mu2 ĝi6 u3-na kar2-kar2

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    […] ⌈?⌉ idim-ta e3-a an uraš-a daĝal bur2

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    […]-⌈da⌉ teš2-bi-im ama-na ḫi-li-bi-im

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    [… ḫe2]-⌈mi⌉-ni-in-maḫ-en ur-{d}nin-urta-ke4

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    […] ⌈saĝ⌉ ḫu-mu-ni-in-il2 am gal-bi ḫe2-a

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    […] ⌈gam⌉-gam-mu-na-ab šu ḫe2-em-ri-ri-e

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    [a] ⌈zid⌉-da-ta ri-a-na šu maḫ-a-ni si-bi2-ib

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    ⌈uĝ3⌉ u2-sal-la ḫu-mu-un-de3-nu2 na-gada-bi ḫe2-a

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    {d}ur-{d}nin-urta-ke4 uĝ3 šar2-re us2 zid ḫe2-bi2-ib-dab5-be2

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    sa-ĝar-ra-am3

    sa-ĝara.

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    {d}inana ur2 kug niĝ2 dug3-za {d}ur-{d}nin-urta-ke4 nam-til3-la ud ḫa-ba-ni-ib-su3-ud-de3

    Inana, may Ur-Ninurta prolong the days of his life in your sweet holy embrace.

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    ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2-bi-im

    Its ĝisgiĝal.

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    nin me gal-gal-la nam-nir-ra šu du7

    Lady of the great divine powers, perfect in valour! Inana, lady of the great divine powers, perfect in valour! You have bestowed plenty and long-lasting life on Ur-Ninurta.

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    {d}inana nin me gal-gal-la nam-nir-ra šu du7

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    {d}ur-{d}nin-urta-ra ḫe2-ĝal2 zi su3-ud-ĝal2 saĝ-e-eš mu-ni-rig7

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    u18-ru12-bi-im

    Its uru.

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    a-dab2 {d}inana-kam

    An adab of Inana.

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