A hymn to Ḫendursaĝa (Ḫendursaĝa A)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 212 sections

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[…] X […] X […]
(5 lines missing or fragmentary) …… wise ……; Ḫendursaĝa, you have great divine powers, more than anyone could require.
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[…] X X X X […]
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[…] X igi-ĝal2 X X […]
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[{d}ḫendur]-⌈saĝ⌉-ĝa2 me-zu maḫ-am3 lu2 al ⌈nu⌉-[um-me]
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[…] ⌈ur3⌉-bad3-da na de5-⌈de5⌉
…… who gives advice on the rooftops (?); you who among powerful lords are ……, who among rulers hold the staff, a shepherd who oversees the teeming people; ……, who strides about the city's squares by night at the middle of the watch; you who open the gates at daybreak, who make their doors stand open onto the street: Ḫendursaĝa, you have great divine powers, more than anyone could require.
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saĝ šu du3-du3 en ⌈uru16⌉-e-ne
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ešgiri2 šu du8 barag-barag-ge2-ne
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unud(UNU3) uĝ3 lu-a igi il2-il2-i
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niĝ2-na de5 ĝi6-a en-nu-uĝ3 MAŠ-a-gin7 sila daĝal peš-peš-e
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kan4 ud e3-ba ĝal2 da13-da13 {ĝiš}ig-bi sila-ba gub-bu
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{d}ḫendur-saĝ-ĝa2 me-zu maḫ-am3 lu2 al nu-um-me
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[{d}]⌈nin⌉-dar-a lugal niĝin6{ki} ki niĝ2-daĝal-la-ba šid-du3-bi za-e-me-en
You are the accountant of Nindara, king of Niĝin in its spacious location. Nanše has placed a mighty symbol in your hand, Ḫendursaĝa. The mistress, Mother Nanše, speaks confidentially with you. She has made …… crook and sceptre for its plans flourish in a pure place; she …… her gaze to your …… raised in the quiet streets. Your holy ……, the straight harbour-wall, the pure barge -- all is shining. When the mistress, Mother Nanše, floats her holy barge to visit you, sweet and noble singers perform for her on board. Your well laid-out fields have wheat, emmer and chick peas. The places where you have laid up supplies lie amid (?) cedars and poplars. The holy cow delivers butter and delivers milk to your older brother, the lord (?) of the holy sea, the cock (dar) Nindara, the king of Lagaš. Also with her help, monthly and at the New Year on the days of regular offerings, in your house Nindara makes the wedding-gifts on your behalf for the mistress, Mother Nanše.
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[{d}ḫendur]-⌈saĝ⌉-ĝa2 ĝiškim maḫ {d}nanše šu-za im-ma-⌈gub⌉
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[in]-⌈nin⌉ ama {d}nanše šag4 mu-ti-ni-ib-kuš2-u3
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[X] ⌈šibir⌉ ĝidru ĝiš-ḫur-ra-bi ki sikil-la bi2-in-mu2
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[X] X-zu sila sig9-ga il2-la-aš igi […]
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[X] kug-zu kar si sa2 {ĝiš}ma2-gur8 sikil-am3 dadag-ga-am3
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in-nin ama {d}nanše ma2-gur8 kug ša-mu-ra-ab-dirig-ga
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šag4-ba nar dug3 nun ša-mu-na-du12-am3
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gana2 zid ki mu-e-ĝar-ra-zu gig ziz2 gu2-gal-la-am3
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ki niĝ2-gur11 im-mi-ĝar-ra-zu e-ri-ne {ĝiš}asal-a
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pap-zu en ab kug-ga dar{mušen}
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{d}nin-dar-a lugal lagaš{ki}-ra
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ab2-šilam kug-ge i3 mu-na-ab-tum3 ga mu-na-ab-tum3
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itid zag-mu ud sa2-dug4-ga-kam
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{d}nin-dar-a e2-za niĝ2-mussa
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in-nin ama {d}nanše ša-mu-ra-da-ab-ak-e
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id2-zu ku6 ku3-ĝal2 nu-un-dab5 kun-bi nu-sud-e
You have no river where fish could be caught by the fisheries inspector as they dart about there. No produce is derived by the farmer from your fields. The collector of cattle taxes cannot collect a single bull from your cattle; the shepherd cannot penetrate among your flocks, nor can he make an official assessment. There is no reed …… among your stakes (?). Your dough trough does not produce any revenue. But the robber who encounters you is ……. On the quiet streets ……; in the play areas you …… very much. You are the chief constable of the dead people who are brought to the underworld. Ḫendursaĝa, you have great divine powers, more than anyone could require.
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a-šag4-zu engar-e niĝ2-kud la-ba-ab-ak-e
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gud-zu-ta lu2 gud ed3-da-ke4 gud la-ba-ra-ab-ed3-⌈de3⌉
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udu-zu-a u2-tul2 nu-un-ku4-ku4 šid nu-du3-e
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{ĝiš}GADA.TAG.DA-za gi nu-gib-⌈be2⌉
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{ĝiš}buniĝ(SUG) niĝ2-silaĝ-ĝa2-zu niĝ2-kud la-ba-ab-ak-e
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nitaḫ lu2 la-ga mu-e-ši-niĝin2-na a-niĝin2 mu-na-an-du3-uš
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sila sig9-ga-ba saĝ šu bi2-du3
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ki-e-ne-di-ba lul-eš2 im-ta-e-⌈en⌉
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saĝ ug5-ga kur-ra DU.DU-e-da gal5-la2 gal-bi-me-en
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{d}ḫendur-saĝ-ĝa2 me-zu maḫ-am3 lu2 al nu-um-me
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diĝir lu2-ulu3-ke4 gu7 ⌈naĝ⌉-da ša-ra-da-⌈gub⌉
A man's personal god stands by at your behest for eating and drinking. If the man grasps ……, and …… in his hand, and calls upon the name of Ḫendursaĝa, then he will take the correct route through the silent streets at dead of night. All the scribes of Arali serve ……. …… who walks during the day ……, and you let …… sleep peacefully on the rooftops (?). The seven heralds stand at your service, and they patrol for you on the …… walls of the Land. (1 line fragmentary) the wicked …… in the city; the evil …… hunger. The protective god with friendly face, the protective goddess ……; ……, the protective goddess ……. (1 line fragmentary) (11 lines missing) (1 line fragmentary)
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lu2-ulu3 {gi}kid-aš-X u3-bi2-in-dab5 šu-na u3-mu-ni-[…]
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mu {d}⌈ḫendur⌉-saĝ-ĝa2-ka um-mi-in-pad3
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sila sig9-[ga] ĝi6 u3-na-ka si sa2-bi mi-ni-dab5-[be2]
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dub-sar-dub-sar a-ra-li ? X ? ? ba-sug2-ge-[eš]
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KA-ba-ta lu2 ud-de3 DU.DU X im-ta-ab-gen6-ne2 [(X)]
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?-eš ur3-bad3-da ki-nu2 ⌈?⌉-dug3-ge-⌈en⌉
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⌈niĝir⌉-ra 7-na-ne-ne ša-mu-da-sug2-⌈ge⌉-[eš]
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X bad3 kalam-ma-ka ma-ra-ši-? […]
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?-ba uĝ3 TAR ma-ra-ra […]
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[X] ḫul-ĝal2 iri-a […]
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[X] ⌈erim2⌉-du šag4-ĝar NE […]
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[{d}]⌈alad⌉ igi sag9 {d}lamma […]
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[X (X)] X nu-UL {d}⌈lamma⌉ […]
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[…] X X X […]
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[…] A X […]
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[…] X ? E sila ⌈sig9⌉-[ga …]
…… in the silent streets. …… bathes (2 lines fragmentary) They come out from ……; it is they who appoint the en priestess in the ĝipar, who choose the nin-diĝir priestess by extispicy, who establish the gudug priest with his curly hair.
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[…]-? a im-mi-tu5 […]
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[…] ⌈?⌉ gum-ma ⌈?⌉ X X NA [X (X)]
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[…] X MA NU [X] ⌈?⌉-ra
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[X] X gub-ba-ta im-ta-DU.DU-de3-eš
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e-ne-ne-ne en ĝi6-par3-ra bi2-in-ḫuĝ-e-ne
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nin-diĝir maš2-a im-mi-in-dab5-be2-ne
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gudug ḫi-li-a bi2-in-gub-bu-ne
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ud ne ud te-en-na um-ma-te-a-ta
On this very day, as evening approaches, the first of the seven is a fox with a sweeping tail. The second snuffles around like a dog. The third pecks greedily at caterpillars like a raven. The fourth overpowers everything like an enormous carrion-eating eagle. The fifth, although not a wolf, will fall upon a black lamb. The sixth screeches like a hawk, when he sits ……. The seventh ……, a shark in the waves. These seven are neither female deities nor male. They hinder a man and hamper a woman; they put aside (?) the woman's weapon. They spread a stench lamentation in the Land, precisely implementing the divine powers of the gods. Ḫendursaĝa, you have great divine powers, more than anyone could require.
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7-ba 1 ka5-a-am3 kun im-ur3-ur3-re
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2-kam-ma ur-gir15-gin7 si-im-si-im i3-ak-e
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3-kam-ma uga{mušen}-gin7 za-na gug im-kul-e
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4-kam-ma te8{mušen} maḫ ad6 gu7-a-gin7 ka i3-ša-an-ša-ša
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5-kam-ma ur-bar-ra nu-me-a sila4 gig2-ga i3-šub
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6-kam-ma {d}nin-immax(LAGAB×SIG7){mušen}-gin7 X X tuš-a-gin7 gu3 mi-ni-ib-ra
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7-kam-ma kušu2{ku6}-am3 a-ĝi6 im-bu-bu-bu
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7-be2-ne diĝir munus nu-me-eš u3 nitaḫ nu-me-eš
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nitaḫ-ra šu mu-un-du3-ne munus-ra a2 mu-un-la2-ne
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munus-ra {ĝiš}tukul da-bi mu-ni-ib-ĝa2-ĝa2-ne
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ir-si-im er2 gig kalam-ma ba-an-ĝa2-ĝa2-ne
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me diĝir-re-e-ne šu im-du7-du7-ne
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{d}ḫendur-saĝ-ĝa2 me-zu maḫ-am3 lu2 al nu-um-me
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gu2-NE ki kug ĝar-ĝar-ra-da
So that everywhere …… and holy places will be established, and so that will be available before the E-kur, Lady Ninmug stands by at your behest. So that the holy orchards (?) will be opened up, Ama-abzu-E-kura Dumuzid-abzu stands by at your behest. So that the bolts of holy houses will be opened, Ninniĝbunara Ninĝarĝarĝar (?) stands by at your behest. So that there will be joy in Umma, Ninbi-šu-kale stands by at your behest. So that Aratta will be overwhelmed (?), Lugalbanda stands by at your behest. So that Niĝin will rise above the waters like a mountain, the minister …… stands by at your behest. So that ……, …… stands by at your behest. (approx. 51 lines missing)
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e2-kur-ra {d}gibil6 lu2 sikil-la igi-bi-a ĝal2-la-da
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nin {d}nin-mug ša-ra-da-gub
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ki-in-du kug-ge ĝal2 da13-da13-da
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{d}ama-abzu-e2-kur-ra {d}dumu-zid-abzu ša-ra-da-gub
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{ĝiš}gag e2 kug-ga ĝal2 da13-da13-da
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{d}nin-niĝ2-bun2-na-ra {d}nin-ĜAR-ĜAR-ĜAR ša-ra-da-gub
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umma{ki}-a ki ur5 sag9 ĝar-ra-da
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[{d}]⌈?⌉-BI-šu-kal-le ša-ra-da-gub
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aratta{ki}-e šu rib-ba-da
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{d}!-ban3-da ša-ra-[da]-gub
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niĝin6{ki} kur a-ta il2-la-da
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sukkal AN NI X ša-ra-da-gub
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X [X] X ? […]-da
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[… ša-ra-da]-⌈?⌉
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[…] X X X […]
(1 line fragmentary) You are the leader of ……. You are the accountant of the black-headed. You are the chief constable of the dead people who are brought to the underworld. Chief herald, who …… playing in streets and on roofs, …… of the dark houses ……, who peers (?) out from the rooftops (?) of the Land, Lord Ḫendursaĝa: because you were that too, after Enki had had intercourse with ……, he destined the seven sons that she had borne to him -- those seven sons of a crab -- for the starvation of heaven; he placed them by at your behest, for the crushing (?) of the people of earth.
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[X X] X X mas-su-bi-[me-en]
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saĝ gig2-ga šid-du3-bi ⌈za⌉-[e-me-en]
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saĝ ug5-ga kur-ra DU.DU-e-bi gal5-[la2 gal-bi-me-en]
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gal niĝir sila ur3-ra e-ne dug4-dug4 TAR X […]
B.6
e2 ku10-ku10-ga-ba saĝ X X […]

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