A šir-namšub to Suen (Nanna K)
- A.1
an-gin7 su3-ra2-e ⌈ki⌉-[gin7 …]
As remote as heaven, …… as the earth! Lord Nanna, as remote as heaven, …… as the earth! Lord Ašimbabbar, as remote as heaven, …… as the earth!
- A.2
u3-mu-un {d}nanna an-gin7 su3-ra2-e ki-[gin7 …]
- A.3
u3-mu-un {d}aš-im2-babbar an-gin7 su3-ra2-e ki-⌈gin7⌉ […]
- A.4
mu-nu10-de3 ki ab2 lu-a-⌈na⌉
A cowherd with his numerous cows, Suen …… the men in (?) the pens. A …… with his numerous calves, Suen …… the men in (?) the pens. Suen ……. Nanna ……. (1 line fragmentary) Suen ……. The spouse ……. Ningal ……. He has butter, ……. Iterda milk ……. Cheese …… like milk.
- A.5
{d}suen-e tur3-ta mu-lu mu-un-⌈gi4⌉
- A.6
X […] amar lu-a-na
- A.7
{d}suen-e [tur3-ta] mu-lu mu-⌈un-gi4⌉
- A.8
{d}suen X […] X MI ZI2 X X X
- A.9
{d}nanna […] X X X X X
- A.10
aĝ2 […]
- A.11
{d}suen X […] X
- A.12
lu2 nitalam!(UŠ.MUNUS.(UŠ?).DI) […]
- A.13
lu2 X {d}nin-gal-e […]
- A.14
i3 mu-da-ĝal2 […]
- A.15
i3-te-er-da […]
- A.16
ga-ar3 IM ga-gin7 […]
- A.17
ama {d}nin-gal […]
Mother Ningal addresses him: My …… man, my lover, …….! My …… man, my Suen, ……! My man who has ritually bathed, ……! My ……! (unknown no. of lines missing)
- A.18
lu2 DI mu-ud-na-ĝu10 […]
- A.19
lu2 DI {d}suen-ĝu10 […]
- A.20
lu2 [a] tu5-a-ĝu10 […]
- A.21
[X X] X X X-ĝu10 […]
- gap
(unknown no. of lines missing)
- B.1
u3-mu-un-e dug4-⌈ga⌉ [zid-da …]
(Ningal speaks:) The lord of the just word ……. The lord of the E-kiš-nu-ĝal ……. When he fills the rivers with the spring floods, ……, establishing fine grain in the fields, ……, …… the marshes with various carp, ……, …… the reedbeds with mature and fresh reeds, ……, …… the woods with fallow deer and wild sheep, ……, …… the high desert with mašgurum bushes, ……, …… the irrigated orchards with syrup and wine, ……, …… the garden plots with lettuce and cress, ……, …… the palace with long life, ……, I will live there, ……, I will live there in the …… place.
- B.2
u3-mu-un-e <e2>-kiš{ki}-[nu-ĝal2] […]
- B.3
id2-da a-eštub si-a-na […]
- B.4
a-šag4-ga še gu-nu ĝal2-la X […]
- B.5
!-ra ḪI.SUḪUR suḫur{ku6} […]
- B.6
mu-gi-e gi sumun gi [ḫenbur …]
- B.7
tir-tir-e šeg9 [šeg9-bar …]
- B.8
an-edin-na {mu}MAŠ-⌈!⌉ […]
- B.9
pu2-kiri6 lal3 ⌈ĝeštin⌉ […]
- B.10
mu-sar-re ḫi-iz{sar} [za3-ḫi-li{sar} …]
- B.11
e2-!-e zi su3-ud-[ĝal2 …]
- B.12
[…] ĝe26-e mu-un-til3-⌈le⌉
- B.13
[…] ki X-za-am3 ĝe26-e mu-un-[til3-le]
- B.14
[…] še-eb urim2{ki}-ma-za
…… in your brick-built Urim, in your …… of Nanna, in your Dubla-maḫ, the place where judgments are given, in your storehouse of wine and syrup, at your Kar-zida, the quay of the barges, in your house of heaven, in your beloved house, I will live!
- B.15
[X X] X {d}nanna-za
- B.16
dub-la2-maḫ ki ⌈di ku5⌉-re-za
- B.17
araḫx(UŠ.GID2.DA) ! lal3-za
- B.18
kar-zid-da kar ma2-gur8-ra-[za]
- B.19
e2 an-na-za e2 ki aĝ2-za ĝe26-e mu-un-⌈til3⌉-[le]
- B.20
{d}nanna igi-nim-ta kur šim {ĝiš}erin-na-za ĝe26-[e mu-un-til3-le]
Nanna, in the upper lands I will live on your mountain of fragrant cedars. Lord Nanna, I will live in your city. I will live where your cows are numerous, where your calves are numerous. Nanna, I will live in your Urim. Lord, the bed is already …… there. Lord, ……, lord, king, son of An, hero who …… the great earth!
- B.21
u3-mu-un {d}nanna uru2-za-a mu-un-[til3-le]
- B.22
ab2 i3-lu amar i3-lu mu-⌈un⌉-[til3-le]
- B.23
{d}nanna urim2{ki}-ma-za ⌈mu⌉-[un-til3-le]
- B.24
u3-mu-un mu-nu2 ba-ši-in-ga-an-[X X]
- B.25
u3-mu-un ? zid an-edin RA U3 […]
- B.26
u3-mu-un lugal dumu an-na meš3 ki gal X […]
- B.27
ki-ru-gu2 3-kam-ma
3rd kirugu.
- B.28
šir3-nam-šub {d}suen-na-kam
A šir-namšub of Suen.
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