A prayer to Nanna for Rīm-Sîn (Rīm-Sîn G)
- 1
nidba kug-ga si sa2-zu
May Lord Nanna, king of heaven and earth, your good protective deity, accept the holy food offerings that you prepare, and the holy pure drink offerings that you proffer with holy hands; the sacrifices that you bring, what you say in your heart, what you utter out loud, your reverent gestures and your holy hands raised in prayer. May the august queen Ningal, your queen of favourable signs, accept them also. O king, they who have suppressed famine, the great gods Nanna and Ningal, have conferred abundance on you, King Rīm-Sîn, in the temple of the gods.
- 2
šu kug-zu sizkur2 kug sikil-e ma-ra-tag-ga-zu
- 3
ĝiš tag-ga šu tag-tag-ga-zu
- 4
šag4-ge dug4-ga eme ĝar-ra-zu
- 5
giri17 šu ĝal2-la-zu šu kug il2-la-zu
- 6
{d}nanna lugal an ki en {d}lamma sag9-ga-zu ḫe2-me-še-še
- 7
{d}nin-gal nin maḫ nin ĝiškim sag9-ga-zu ḫe2-me-še-še
- 8
lugal šag4-ĝar du8-du8 {d}nanna {d}nin-gal-bi diĝir gal-gal-e-ne-ke4
- 9
{d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal e2 diĝir-re-e-ne-ke4
- 10
ḫe2-ĝal2 ma-ra-si-si
- 11
lugal mu pad3-da {d}en-lil2-le nam bal-a-ni nam-ḫe2
O king named with a name by Enlil, the destiny of whose reign is abundance, a time of richness and years of happiness! May a destiny of stability and a destiny of abundance be your lot. O king, day and night, even at dead of night, time shall pass for you in endless abundance, and be agreeable and stable for you. O king, since you have offered your food offerings first offered in the abzu; O king, since you have offered your food offerings afterwards in the great courtyard, there shall be no end to the abundance. O king, the temple shall be well-organised for you. Rīm-Sîn, king of Urim, has restored the august divine powers of the Ki-ur.
- 12
ud ḫe2-ĝal2-la mu giri17-zal-la
- 13
nam nam-gub nam ḫe2-ĝal2-la nam-zu-še3 ḫe2-bi3-ši-ĝal2
- 14
lugal ud ĝi6-a ĝi6 u3-na ḫe2-ĝal2 nu-til-le-de3
- 15
ud ma-ra-ab-za-al ma-ra-<ab-dug3>-ga ma-ra-ab-gen6-ne2
- 16
lugal nidba-zu saĝ-bi šag4 abzu-a du3-du3-ra-a ma-ra-du3-du3-ra
- 17
lugal nidba-zu eĝer-bi kisal maḫ-a <du3-du3-ra-a ma-ra-du3-du3-ra>
- 18
ḫe2-ĝal2 nu-til-le-de3
- 19
lugal su e2-a ma-ra-si-sa2
- 20
{d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal urim5{ki}-ma me maḫ ki-ur3-ra
- 21
ki-bi šu bi2-in-gi
- 22
{d}nanna lugal an ki-ke4 aga zid maḫ nam-lugal-la šu du7
May Nanna, the king of heaven and earth, fit perfectly onto your head the legitimate august headdress of kingship. May the august queen Ningal, who has saved you from famine thanks to her benignity, let you live (?) an agreeable life for these days. As you receive from her holy hands the great splendour of kingship, may she place the august sceptre of heaven and earth in your hands like a ceremonial robe. Rīm-Sîn, king of the Ki-ur, endowed with abundance, constant attendant! O king, may the Tigris bring you abundance, and may the upper (?) Nun canal be filled for you with flowing water in its full flood. May the Nun canal, the good Nun canal, the life-bringing canal of the Land, bring you fish and fowl; from the ocean, the wide sea, from the standing reservoirs, may it bring an unending supply of creatures for your kingship. In the wide open spaces of the wide desert, the four-footed animals ……. May water levels rise for you in the irrigation ditches, with their levees, and the water-channels.
- 23
saĝ-za ḫe2-ni-ib-gen6-ne2
- 24
{d}nin-gal nin maḫ šag4-ĝar du8-du8-zu
- 25
šag4 še-ga-ni-ta ud-bi-še3 nam-til3 dug3
- 26
zi-zu ḫe2-eb-<UD>-dug3
- 27
šu kug-ga-ni-ta me-lem4 gal nam-lugal-la dab5
- 28
[{ĝiš}]ĝidru maḫ an ki-a šu-zu-še3 tug2-ba13-gin7 ḫe2-⌈dib⌉
- 29
{d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal ki-ur3-ra ḫe2-ĝal2 du8-[du8]
- 30
saĝ us2 nu-til3-le-[de3]
- 31
lugal {id2}idigna [ḫe2-ĝal2]-la ḫu-mu-ra-ab-[tum3]
- 32
{id2}nun NIM-na šag4 si-ni-ta a zal-le ḫu-mu-⌈ra-si⌉
- 33
{id2}nun {id2}nun zid id2 zi-ĝal2 ⌈kalam⌉-[ma]
- 34
ku6 mušen ḫu-mu-ra-ab-tum3
- 35
a-ab-ba ab su-su-da-ta kun al-gub-ba-[a]-ta
- 36
u3-tud nu-til-le-da <nam>-lugal-zu-še3 ḫu-mu-ra-ab-tum3
- 37
edin daĝal ki daĝal-ba niĝ2-ur2-4 niĝ2-zi-ĝal2 SU RA-RA GA AL
- 38
eg2 pa5 pa4-ugur2-e šu ḫu-mu-<ra>-ab-il2-la
- 39
nam-til3 ḫa-ra-ĝa2-ĝa2
May there be life for you, and may there be a favourable response to your prayers. May there be joy for you, and may there be favourable signs for you. May your heart be satisfied, may your body be satisfied; may your mood and your definite signs from the gods be good. May there be favourable omens in the heart of Nanna and Ningal, and a destiny of life be granted for ever. Rīm-Sîn, seemly king, who holds abundance in his hands from the great gods, may the country be stable for you, and may the foundations of the country be secure for you. May Nanna, king of heaven and earth, cause the Land to respond to you with a single voice. Rīm-Sîn, you are my king!
- 40
šudu3 inim-ĝar niĝ2 sag9-ga ḫa-ra-ĝa2-ĝa2
- 41
šag4 ḫul2-la ḫa-ra-ĝa2-ĝa2
- 42
ĝiškim sag9-sag9-ga ḫa-ra-ĝa2-ĝa2
- 43
šag4-zu ḫa-ra-dug3
- 44
su-zu ḫa-ra-dug3
- 45
bar-zu ĝiškim gen6-na-a-zu ḫa-ra-dug3
- 46
šag4 {d}nanna {d}nin-gal-bi ĝiškim sag9-sag9-ga
- 47
nam nam-til3-la da-ri2-še3 ḫe2-me-kar2-kar2
- 48
{d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal me-te-ĝal2 ḫe2-ĝal2 šu du8-du8 diĝir gal-gal-e-ne-ke4
- 49
ma-da ḫe2-en-na-gen6 suḫuš ma-da ḫe2-en-na-ge-en
- 50
{d}nanna lugal an ki-ke4 gu3 kalam-ma teš2 ḫu-mu-ra-ab-sig10-ge
- 51
{d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal-ĝu10
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL), Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Copyright holders: Jeremy Black, Graham Cunningham, Jarle Ebeling, Esther Flückiger-Hawker, Eleanor Robson, Jon Taylor and Gábor Zólyomi. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Source.