A šir-namšub to Nisaba (Nisaba B)
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[…]-⌈ba⌉ X-ra ba-gul
…… is destroyed. …… is destroyed. It is destroyed. …… of Nisaba is destroyed. The house of Nisaba, her of the tablets, is destroyed. The house of …… is destroyed. The house of Nun-bar-še-gunu is destroyed. ……, the E-ḫamun is destroyed. The plants of lamentation have sprouted; the šumunda grass has sprouted. By the walls the long grass has sprouted. Amongst them, the willow trees are everywhere. As for the word of An and the word of Enlil, the angry heart of great An is everywhere, and the malign heart of Enlil is everywhere.
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[…] ⌈gul⌉-gul ba-gul
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[…] {d}nisaba ba-gul
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[e2] [{d}]⌈nisaba⌉ mu-lu2 dub-ba-ka ba-[gul]
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[e2] [{d}]ŠE.TIR-ma ba-gul
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[e2] [{d}]⌈nun⌉-bar-še-gu-nu ba-⌈gul⌉
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[X X] X e2-ḫa-mun ba-gul
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[u2-a]-⌈nir⌉ ba-am3-mu2 šu-mu ba-am3-mu2
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⌈bad3⌉-bi u2 gid2-da ba-am3-mu2
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šag4-ba u2 {mu}ĝen-na-ke4 šu mu-un-ni10-ni10-e
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e-ne-eĝ3 an-na e-ne-eĝ3 {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2 re
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šag4 ib2-ba an gu-la-ke4 šu mu-un-ni10-ni10-e
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ša3-ab ḫul-ĝal2-la {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2-ke4 šu mu-un-ni10-ni10-e
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ma-ĝu10-a iti6 ma-ĝu10-a
(Nisaba speaks:) In my house, may the moonlight in my house, the moonlight, the glorious sky in my house, the moonlight, the glorious night in my house -- may the glorious sky, the glorious night in my house not leave me (?)! The moonlight is obscured by the walls from my man, from my man. The moonlight, the glorious sky, from my man, the moonlight, the glorious night, from my man, the glorious sky, the glorious night is obscured by the walls from my man.
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iti6 aĝ2 giri17-zal ma-ĝu10-a
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iti6 ĝi6 giri17-zal ma-ĝu10-a
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aĝ2 giri17-zal ĝi6 giri17-zal ma-ĝu10-a nam-mu-un-ed2-de3-en
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mu-lu-ĝu10-ra iti6 mu-lu-ĝu10-ra bad3-de3 mu-na-ab-la2
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iti6 aĝ2 giri17-zal mu-lu-ĝu10-ra
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iti6 ĝi6-a giri17-zal mu-lu-ĝu10-ra
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aĝ2 giri17-zal ĝi6 giri17-zal mu-lu-ĝu10-ra bad3-de3 mu-na-ab-la2
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iti6-še3 ki sikil iti6-še3 1(AŠ)-ša mu-un-nu2-en
In the moonlight, in the pure place of moonlight I lie down alone. In the moonlight which fills the hills, the pure place, I lie down alone. By the cedar mountains where Enlil lies, I lie down alone. …… I weep a bitter lament. …… lying in the moonlight, I weep a bitter lament. …… which sets aglow …… shines forth. I am distraught. The moonlight which sets aglow the glorious sky shines forth. I am distraught. The moonlight which sets aglow the glorious night shines forth. I am distraught -- which sets aglow the glorious sky, the glorious night, shines forth. I am distraught.
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iti6 ḫur-saĝ ki sikil-la si-a-še3 1(AŠ)-ša mu-un-nu2-en
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[kur] {ĝiš}erin-na {d}mu-ul-lil2 nu2-a-še3 1(AŠ)-ša mu-un-nu2-en
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[… er2 gig i3]-⌈še8⌉-še8
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[…] iti6-še3 nu2-a er2 gig i3-še8-še8
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[…] i3-zalag-ga-am3 i-e3 me-e ba-gig2-ge-en
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iti6 aĝ2 giri17-zal i-zalag-ga-! i-e3 me-e ba-gig2-ge-en
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iti6 ĝi6 giri17-zal i-zalag-ga-am3 i-e3 me-e ba-gig2-ge-en
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aĝ2 giri17-zal ĝi6 giri17-zal i-zalag-ga-am3 i-e3 me-e ba-gig2-ge-en
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ki sikil ud zu ni2 me-lem4-ma-na er2-še3!(er2-TE) ba-še8-še8
Even now that the pure place knows daylight, amid her awe-inspiring splendour, still she weeps. Amid her awe-inspiring splendour, still Mother Ezina-Kusu weeps. Fate and fortune! Amid her awe-inspiring splendour, still she weeps.
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ama {d}ezina2-{d}ku3-su3 ni2 me-lem4-ma-na er2-še3!(er2-TE) ba-še8-še8
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nam-tar mu-šub-ba ni2 me-lem4-ma-na er2-še3!(er2-TE) ba-še8-še8 —
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šir3-nam-šu-ub {d}nisaba
A šir-namšub of Nisaba.
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