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A šir-namgala to Nanna (Nanna L)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 53 sections

1. 1

   dumu nun nir an-na kur un3-na daĝal bur2

   Princely son, respected one in heaven spreading amply over the high mountains, rising high as he casts a glowing radiance, majestic ……, his head reaching the sky, fixing the new moon and the months, shining forth, Nanna! Versed in numbers, may you look down graciously! Ašimbabbar, great light of holy An, mighty one (?) spreading wide, you cover (?) the numerous people.

2. 2

   i-lim ud-ĝal2 ri-a-na ni2 il2-la

3. 3

   BAD-ta maḫ saĝ an-ne2 us2-[sa]

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   ud-sakar itid gen6-ne2 ni2 pa e3 ak-[a]

5. 5

   [{d}]nanna šid zu igi dug3 ḫu-mu-ri-in-du8

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   [{d}]⌈aš⌉-im2-babbar ud gal an kug-ga u18-ru daĝal tag-ga uĝ3 šar2-ra ba-?

7. 7

   ĝiš-[gi4]-ĝal2-bi-im

   Its ĝišgiĝal.

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   [X X] su3-ra2-aĝ2 nun men-na saĝ il2

   …… light, prince lifting his head with (?) the crown, not changing ……, making the Land firm forever, august …… who …… in abundance, …… kingship ……, …… with shining horns, in the sky ……, …… the month …… Sumer, on earth ……, …… of (?) the E-kur, radiance ……. …… on the other side, holy countenance which he alone ……, true light, filling the wide sky, Ašimbabbar …… greatly.

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   [X X] nu-kur2-ru ul-še3 kalam gen6-ne2

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    [X (X) X] maḫ ḫe2-ĝal2-la dub3 bar-re

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    [X (X)] X nam-lugal-e ḫe2-X […]

12. 12

    [X si] mul-mul an-na ḪI ĝal2 […]

13. 13

    [X] X NI itid ki-en-gi ki-a […]

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    [X X] e2-kur-ra su-lim gu2 […]

15. 15

    [X] X bal-re suḫ10 kug dili-⌈ni⌉ […]

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    su3-ra2-aĝ2 zid an-e daĝal dirig {d}aš-im2-babbar gal-bi X X [X (X)]

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    ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2-bi-im

    Its ĝišgiĝal.

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    {d}nanna ušum an ki idim-ma gal gub-bu

    Nanna, dragon of heaven and earth, standing ……, fixing the months and the new moon, sets the year in its place. Suen, lord, in heaven you alone are majestic. Lord, light of heaven, you are positioned forever. To prolong years of abundance, causing the early flood and unceasing abundance, to make firm the quays, to regulate the nipples of heaven, to establish celebration, …… to bring speckled grain, to ……, ……, to make firm the lofty dais of E-kiš-nu-ĝal, Nanna, to make firm the seat of kingship of the Land, (3 lines fragmentary)

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    itid ud-sakar gen6-ne2 mu ki-bi-še3 an-[ĝar]

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    {d}suen en an-na dili-zu-ne maḫ-me-en

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    en ud an-na ul-le-še3 nam-gub

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    mu nam-ḫe2-a-ka šu peš-peš-e-de3

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    a-eštub{ku6} ḫe2-ĝal2 nu-silig-ge kar-ra gen6-ne2-de3

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    ubur an-na-ke4 si sa2-e-de3 giri17-zal ki us2-u3-de3

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    [X (X)] X še gu-nu tum3-de3 X X X X DU-de3

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    […] e2-kiš-nu-ĝal2-la barag maḫ-bi gen6-ne2-de3

27. 27

    {d}nanna nam-lugal kalam-ma-ka ki-gub-bi gen6-ne2-de3

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    X […] X X X dug4-ga-ba

29. 29

    […] X-ni-ib-mu2-mu2

30. 30

    […] X-am3

31. 31

    [X X] X šag4 su3-ra2 […]

    …… with (?) a remote heart ……, …… Urim, the city you have chosen, in the …… of An and Enlil ……, his lofty ……, may he (?) look favourably upon you. …… when you reside in the place where you find rest, …… in the Agrun-kug a just destiny is determined. The Great Mountain Enlil has set his mind on Lord Ašimbabbar. …… in his Ḫursaĝ-galama, …… as he instills terror and inspires fearsome awe, in the …… of the shrine Urim he determines favourable destinies.

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    [X X] X urim2{ki} iri ki [šag4-ge] pad3-da-zu

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    [X X] X an {d}en-lil2-la2-ka X X X ḫe2-em-mi-la2

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    [X X] maḫ-a-ni mu-e-X igi dug3 ḫu-mu-e-ri-dug3

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    [X X] X ki ni2 dub2-bu-za dur2 ki u3-ba-e-ni-ĝar

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    [X X X] agrun-kug-ga nam zid-bi tar-ra

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    [en] [{d}aš]-⌈im2⌉-babbar X kur gal {d}en-lil2-le šag4-ga-ni nam-de6

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    [X X] X X X-ga ḫur-saĝ-galam-ma-na

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    [X X] TAR su zig3 il2-la ni2 ḫuš ri-a-na

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    [X X] X eš3-e urim2{ki}-ma nam dug3 mi-ni-ib-tar-re

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    [X X] X uĝ3 daĝal X X ud ul-še3 a2 ḫe2-ni-maḫ

    …… widespread people …… may he until distant times make the power majestic. …… speckled grain ……, …… abundance ……; may he raise raise his head …… like ……. May …… the restored place. May he bestow …… unapproachable …….

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    [X X X] X še gu-nu […] X

43. 43

    […] nam-ḫe2 AN X […] X

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    […]-gin7 saĝ ḫa-X-[(X)]-il2 X [X X]-e

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    […] ki-bi gi4-a saĝ ḫe2-em-[X X] X

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    [X] MU niĝ2 šu nu-teĝ3-ĝe26-da saĝ-e-eš ḫe2-⌈rig7⌉

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    ki-ru-gu2 X-am3

    …… kirugu.

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    […] maḫ {d}nin-lil2-le tud-da ⌈nam⌉ […]

    Majestic ……, born of Ninlil, ……, Lord Ašimbabbar, holy son of An, …… luxuriance, majestic …… whose just word cannot be changed, ……, Nanna, may you exert great power!

49. 49

    [en] [{d}aš]-im2-babbar dumu kug an-na ḫi-li ⌈nam⌉ […]

50. 50

    […] maḫ dug4-ga zid nu-kur2-ru […]

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    [X X (X)] [{d}]nanna a2 nun ḫe2-em-⌈te⌉-[ĝal2]

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    [u18-ru]-bi-im

    Its uru.

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    šir3-nam-gala {d}⌈nanna⌉-[kam]

    A šir-namgala of Nanna.

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