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A prayer to Nanna for Rīm-Sîn (Rīm-Sîn D)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 49 sections

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   {d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal nam-ḫe2-ĝal2-la

   Rīm-Sîn, king of abundance, august doyen of rulers, may right and justice be your helpers. May they make a good …… for you. May they make …… for you. Rīm-Sîn, named with a name by An and Enlil, when you enter the Great Gate, the gate of Urim, may the favourable protective god and the protective goddess of peace, gatekeepers of the Great Gate, shine upon you ……. May they bring you back an answer of life and peace …… to your greeting which they bring before Nanna and Ningal.

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   palil maḫ barag-barag-ge2-e-ne

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   [{d}niĝ2]-zid {d}niĝ2-si-sa2 a2-taḫ-zu ḫe2-a

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   […] dug3-ga ḫa-ra-ab-ĝa2-ĝa2-ne

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   […] X ḫa-ra-ab-ĝa2-ĝa2-ne

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   {d}ri-im-{d}suen mu pad3-da an-e {d}en-lil2-le

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   abula maḫ abula urim5{ki}-ma ku4-ku4-da-zu-ne2

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   [{d}udug sag9]-ga {d}lamma silim-ma-ka

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   i3-du8 abula maḫ-a-ke4

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    igi-zu-še3 […] ⌈ḫa⌉-ra-ab-zalag-ge-ne

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    inim sag9-[ga-zu] {d}nanna {d}nin-gal-ra

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    ḫe2-ni-ib-kur9-re-eš-a

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    nam-til3 silim-ma X ḫe2-ri-ib-gi4-ne

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    [X] ⌈sag9⌉-ga niĝ2 šag4 ḫul2-la inim-ĝar šu gi4-a

    May they cause a good …… that brings happiness, a mood of encouragement, to issue for you from within the E-kiš-nu-ĝal. May the gods of life of the Great Gate open the doors for you. May the gods of peace, guardians of the Great Gate, rejoice at your presence, and may their features light up at you. May they …… their beards …… for you. When you enter the Gate of Urim, the Gate of Splendour, …… the brickwork of Urim. …… the Gate of Urim. …… the Great Gate. May …… be your interpreter (?). …… the Great Gate. May they speak to you ……. May they cause …… for you with joyous hearts.

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    [šag4] [e2-kiš]-nu-ĝal2-la-[ta] ḫa-ra-ab-ed2-ne

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    [diĝir] ⌈nam⌉-til3-la abula maḫ-a-ke4

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    ⌈{ĝiš}ig⌉ <ĝal2> ḫu-mu-ra-ab-da13-da13-aš

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    diĝir silim-ma en-nu-uĝ3 abula maḫ-a-ke4

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    igi-zu-še3 ḫe2-bi2-da-ḫul2-le-ne

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    muš3-me-ne ḫa-ra-ab-zalag-ge-ne

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    ⌈?⌉ sun4 ḫa-ra-ab-še-ša4-e-ne

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    abula urim5{ki}-ma abula giri17-zal-la

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    kur9-ra-zu-ne

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    […]-⌈la⌉ šeg12 urim5{ki}-ma-ke4

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    […] X abula urim5{ki}-ma

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    […] abula maḫ-a-ke4

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    [… ḫa-ra-ab]-bal-bal

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    [… abula] maḫ-a-ke4

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    [… ḫa]-ra-ab-be2-ne

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    […] šag4 ḫul2-la ḫa-ra-ab-ĝar-re-ne

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    [ĝiškim] ⌈sag9⌉-sag9-ga inim niĝ2 šag4 dug3-ga

    May they set favourable signs and encouraging words before you. May they cause you to place your feet in holy places, places of life. O Rīm-Sîn, pre-eminent prince of the foreign lands and of the Land of Sumer! -- in the Du-barag-gal-maḫ, the habitation of Urim, may Niĝerim-šu-tabbi in the Du-barag-gal-maḫ, may Niĝerim-šu-urur in the Du-barag-gal-maḫ, may Dugab-šu-gigi in the Du-barag-gal-maḫ, may Dugab-šu-tabbi in the Du-barag-gal-maḫ -- may they, the standing gods of the Great Gate and the benevolent gods of entering, stand at your right and left to assure you a destiny of life until distant days. May they bring your greeting to Nanna and Ningal. May they cause you to have a favourable sign permanently by your side and to receive offerings (?) favourable for you. Rīm-Sîn, you are my king!

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    igi-zu-še3 ḫa-ra-ab-ĝar-re-eš

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    ki kug ki nam-til3-la ĝiri3-zu ḫe2-ri-ib-gub-bu-ne

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    {d}ri-im-{d}suen nun saĝ-kal kur kalam-ma-ke4

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    du6-barag-gal-maḫ ki-ur3 urim5{ki}-ma

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    du6-barag-gal-maḫ {d}niĝ2-erim2-šu-tab-bi

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    du6-barag-gal-maḫ {d}niĝ2-erim2-šu-ur4-ur4

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    du6-barag-gal-maḫ {d}dug4-ga-ab-šu-gi4-gi4

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    du6-barag-gal-maḫ {d}dug4-ga-ab-šu-<bi>-tab-bi

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    diĝir gub-ba abula maḫ-ke4

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    diĝir kur9-ra silim-ma-ne

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    zid-da gab2-bu-zu nam nam-til3-le-še3

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    ud su3-ra2-še3 ḫe2-em-da-sub2-sub2-be2-eš

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    inim sag9-ga-zu {d}nanna {d}nin-gal-ra

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    ḫe2-ni-ib-kur9-re-e-ne

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    ĝiškim sag9-ga da-za-a muš3 nu-tum2-mu-de3

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    ⌈saĝ⌉-[saĝ niĝ2] ⌈sag9⌉-ga-zu ḫe2-eb-tuku-tuku-ne

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    [{d}ri-im]-[{d}]⌈suen⌉ lugal-ĝu10

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    [šudu3-de3 diĝir silim]-ma abula maḫ kur9-ra-kam

    A prayer to the gods of peace on entering the Great Gate.

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