Letter from X to the god Nanna
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{d}nanna dumu-saĝ {d}en-lil2-la2 šudu3-de3 ki aĝ2-ra
Say to Nanna, the firstborn son of Enlil, who loves prayers; repeat to the lord whose light spreads widely, the crown of heaven and earth, the great lord who loves to revive man; the father of the black-headed; the merciful king, who can untie and release; the merciful, compassionate god who listens to appeals:
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u3-na-a-dug4
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en iti6 daĝal bur2 men an uraš-a a-na be-lim ša ṣi2-it wa-ar-ḫi-šu ra-bi-iš šu-pa-ru-ru a-ge-e ša-me-e u3 er-ṣe-tim
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en gal lu2 til3-til3 ki aĝ2-me-en a-a saĝ gig2-ga be-lum ra-bu-u2 ša a-we-lam bu-lu-ṭu2 i-ra-mu a-bi ṣa-⌈al⌉-ma-<at> qa2-<qa2>-di-im
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lugal šag4-la2 sug4!(BU) si-il!(GI4) u3 du8 mu-un-zu-! a-na šar-ri-im re-me-ni-im ! ⌈?-?⌉-am u3 pa-⌈ṭa-ra-am⌉ mu-!-u2
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diĝir arḫuš sud šag4 gur-ru a-ra-zu-⌈e⌉ ĝiš tuku a-na i-lim re-me-ni-im ta-a-a-ri-im še-mi te-es3-li-tim
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u3-ne-de3-taḫ
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nam-en-na šu du7 aga zid ⌈gur3-ru⌉-me-en be-lu-tam šu-uk-lu-lu a-ga-am ki-nam na-šu-u2
You who are perfect in lordship and wear the legitimate headdress, the one with gleaming appearance and noble countenance, holy form endowed lavishly with beauty: your greatness covers all countries. Your fearsome radiance overwhelms the holy sky. Your great awesomeness is imbued with terror. …… is pre-eminent in the Land. You are indeed glorious from east to west. From the interior of heaven …… has given you ……, and entrusted you with the heavens. You are the king of heaven and earth; it is you who decide their fate.
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muš3-me ḫuš ulutim2-ta nir-ra alan kug ḫi-li du8-du8 zi-mu ru-šu-⌈tum⌉ bu-na-nu tu-ru-ṣu2-tum la-nu-um el-lum ⌈?⌉ […]-du-!
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nam-maḫ-zu kur-kur-ra dul-la
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me-lem4-zu an kug-ga šu2-a ša-me-e el-lu-tim sa3-⌈aḫ⌉-pu
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⌈ni2 gal⌉-zu su zig3 im-du8-du8 […] X X ša-lu-ma-tam ma-lu
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[…] ⌈kalam⌉-e zag dib […] i-na ma-tim šu-tu-uq
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[ud e3-ta ud šu2]-⌈uš⌉-e za-⌈e⌉ maḫ-me-en [i-na ṣi2-it ša-am]-⌈ši⌉ u3 e-re-eb [ša-am]-ši at-ta-ma ṣi-ra-a-ti
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[…] ⌈an-šag4-! ma-ra⌉-an-šum2 an ⌈šu-zu-uš⌉ mu-un-ĝar [… id]-di-kum ša-me-e i-na qa2-⌈ti⌉-[ka (…)]
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[an ki]-bi-ta lugal-bi za-e-me-en nam-bi i3-⌈tar-re⌉ ša-me-e u3 er-ṣe-tam be-el-šu-nu at-ta-ma ši-ma-ti-šu-nu ta-ši-a-am
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.