A praise poem of Enlil-bāni (Enlil-bāni A)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 176 sections

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kug-sig17 {na4}gug za-gin3-a-ta
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e2-gal-zu-še3
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ša-mu-ra-ab-ku4-ku4-ne
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nundum-bi-a
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ki su-ub ma-ra-ak-ne
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{d}en-lil2-ba-ni lugal
Enlil-bāni, king who gladdens the heart of his city, you speed offerings into Nibru. You bring the best corn into E-kiš-nu-ĝal; daily you ensure that it does not cease. You are him whom Enlil has summoned by name; you are the property of Ninlil. As for the lands rebellious against you, Ninurta the strong hero of Enlil, in triumph has dissolved into ruins those that are hostile and are not supporters of yours, and has spread them out as heaps for you. Nuska, the lord who stocks the E-kur, (1 line missing) a favourable omen.
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šag4 iri-na dug3-dug3
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nibru{ki}-še3
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? kaš4 kar-re-me-en
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še maḫ tum3
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e2-kiš-nu-ĝal2-me-en
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ud šu2-uš-e
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muš3 nu-tum2-mu-bi-me-en
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{d}en-lil2-e
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mu <NI> sa4-me-en
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{d}nin-lil2-le
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niĝ2-u4-rum-ni-me-en
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{d}nin-urta
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ur-saĝ kalag-ga {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4
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u3-na gub
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kur ki-bal-zu-še3
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gu2-erim2-ĝal2
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za-še3 nu-ĝal2-la
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du6-gin7 mu-ra-an-du8
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?-gin7 mu-ra-an-sal
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{d}nuska
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en e2-kur-e si
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a2 aĝ2-ĝa2 niĝ2 sag9-ga
gap
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diĝir-maḫ [X] ? kalam-ma
Diĝir-maḫ, the …… of the Land, fixed a destiny for your broad heart and, when your umbilical cord (?) was cut, appointed you to lordship. Nanna, the benign (?) lord, the son of Enlil, has fixed the crown of life firmly upon your head. In the abzu Nudimmud, your divine creator, has increased abundance for you.
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šag4 daĝal-zu-še3
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nam i-ri-in-[tar]
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gi-en3-dur!(GU2) kud-da-zu
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nam-en mu-ra-an-ak
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{d}nanna en zil-le
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dumu {d}en-lil2-la2
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aga nam-til3-la
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saĝ-za ma-ra-ni-ge4-en
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{d}nu-dim2-mud
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diĝir saĝ du3-zu
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abzu-ta
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ḫe2-ĝal2 ma-ra-taḫ
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{d}inana-ke4
In the E-ana, Inana has fixed a rejoicing heart to be your lot and has you brought grandly into her holy bedchamber to spend the night there. The mother of the Land, Ninisina, has caused you to lay the foundations with your hands in Isin. Utu, the judge, the king of heaven and earth, has confirmed for you in your hands the sceptre which brings the black-headed to justice. (1 line missing)
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e2-an-na-ka-ta
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šag4 ḫul2-la
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ĝiš-šub-ba-za mi-ni-in-ĝar
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ki-nu2 kug-ga-ni-še3
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gal-bi mi-ri-in-tum2-mu
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ĝi6 u3-na
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ud mi-ni-ib2-zal-zal-e-de3
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ama kalam-ma
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{d}nin-i3-si-in-na-ke4
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i3-si-in{ki}-a
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ki šu-za mu-e-tag
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{d}utu di-kud
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lugal an ki-ke4
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u3-luḫ saĝ gig2-ga
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zid-de3-eš tum2-tum2-mu
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šu-za ma-ra-ni-ge4-en
gap
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[{d}]⌈en⌉-lil2-ba-ni lugal
Enlil-bāni, you are the king who (1 line missing) in a favourable month, in a year of abundance, on a day of celebration and the elevation of the king, you are exalted. The four quarters of the world praise you with royal offerings.
gap
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[itid] sag9 mu ḫe2-ĝal2-la
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ud giri17-zal-la
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il2-la lugal-la
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an-ta-ĝal2-bi-me-en
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ub-<da> ⌈4-ba⌉-ke4
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sizkur nam-lugal-la
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mi2 i-ri-in-dug4
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dub-sar umun2 ak
May the wise scribe in the scribal academy, the house which advises the Land, not allow your praise to cease!
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e2-dub-[ba]-a
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e2 na de5
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kalam-ma-ka
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za3-mi2-zu
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ĝa2-la
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nam-ba-an-dag-ge

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