A hymn to Ninurta (Ninurta C)
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(1 line fragmentary) ……. ……, lordly son of Enlil, ……. ……, hero who appears in glory, who ……. …… in Enlil's house ……. …… no one ……. …… of E-kur, the rebel lands ……. ……, lord ……. ……, captain, ……. …… king of Urim, ……. ……, king of Adab ……. ……, king of ……. …… E-kur ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… of Ninlil ……. …… to the …… of Enlil ……. …… heaven and earth, the mother who bore ……. …… Enlil ……. …… of the hero ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… Zababa ……. …… hero ……. (20 lines missing)
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[… {d}nin-urta ensi2] ⌈gal⌉ {d}en-lil2-la2
…… favourable before Ninurta, the great governor of Enlil, and Ninnibru, the beloved child of An. (4 lines missing) May …… the beloved spouse, Ninnibru, the great queen, be favourable towards you.
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[{d}nin-nibru{ki} dumu ki aĝ2] [an-na]-⌈ka⌉ igi-bi-a sag9
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[nitalam] ki aĝ2 {d}nin-nibru{ki}-ke4 egir2 maḫ ḫe2-da-sag9
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[{d}]⌈nin-urta⌉ en diĝir-re-e-ne e2-šu-me-ša4-e ḫe2-du7
Ninurta, lord of the gods, glory of E-šu-me-ša, speaks most generously in praise: My father Enlil! Ninurta …… himself like a lion: I am the hero belonging to Enlil, I am he who controls the affairs of Nibru. ……, and do not let the birds escape. I am a man after the heart of my father Enlil, and I am the hero beloved by my mother Ninlil. I was born in the mountains; I am strong in the mountains.
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[a]-a-ĝu10 {d}[en]-lil2-le mi2 zid iri in-ga-am3-me
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{d}nin-urta-ke4 ni2-te-a-ni piriĝ-gin7 piriĝ na-TE
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ĝe26-e ur-saĝ-me-en {d}en-lil2-la2-me-en
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inim zu2 keše2-da nibru{ki}-me-en
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[X] EZEN X-a-bi mušen nu-šub-bu-me-en
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[a]-a-ĝu10 {d}en-lil2-le lu2 šag4-ga-na-me-en
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ur-saĝ-me-en ama-ĝu10 {d}nin-lil2-la2 ki aĝ2-ni ĝe26-e-me-en
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kur-ra u3-tud-da-me-en kur-ra a2-ĝal2-me-en
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{d}nin-urta-ke4 šeg11 gi4-a-zu-še3 kur i3-tuku4-tuku4-e
Ninurta, before whose roaring the mountains tremble, hurricane, south storm that flashes with lightning, you belong to Enlil! May it therefore ……, may Ninurta's city, the shrine Nibru -- therefore ……. He is indeed its beloved, is indeed its beloved; the lord is indeed the beloved of E-kur.
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a-ma-ru {tum9}u18-lu nim-gin7 ĝir2-ĝir2-e
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{d}en-lil2-le-me-en {d}nin-urta-ra ḫe2-em-ma-ši-bar-re
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{d}nin-urta-ke4 iri-ni eš3 nibru{ki} ḫe2-em-ma-ši-bar-re
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ki aĝ2-bi na-nam ki aĝ2-bi na-nam
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en e2-kur-ra ki aĝ2-bi na-nam
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[niĝ2]-nam šag4-ge al dug4-ga-zu
You desire everything in your heart, you wish for everything valuable in your heart. Hero, Enlil's right arm, youth without rival! Ninurta, Enlil's right arm, youth without rival, grandly heaping up …… with the fifty-headed ……, letting no enemies escape from the mountains! Wild raging lion, overpowering the enemy, Ninurta, wild raging lion, overpowering the enemy -- who like a foul moving storm …… the rebel lands and territories! Hero, first choice of his father, Lord Ninurta, first choice of his father! He is the hero, he is the hero, the hero who does not let the mountains escape! He (?) is the hero! He is Ninurta who does not let the mountains escape!
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[niĝ2] kal-kal-la šag4-ge guru7-zu
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[ur]-saĝ a2 zid-da {d}en-lil2-la2 šul gaba-ri nu-tuku
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[{d}]nin-urta a2 zid-da {d}en-lil2-la2 šul gaba-ri nu-tuku
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[X] saĝ 50 ⌈nir⌉-ĝal2 tu11-tu11 kur gu2-erim2 nu-šub-bu
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[piriĝ] sumur ḫuš erim2-ma ka an-ša-ša
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{d}nin-urta piriĝ sumur ḫuš erim2-ma ka an-ša-ša
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ud ḫul-ĝal2 du-a-gin7 ki-bal-a ma-da DU
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ur-saĝ-e pap-šeš a-a-na
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en {d}nin-urta-ke4 pap-šeš a-a-na
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ur-saĝ na-nam ur-saĝ na-nam ur-saĝ kur nu-e3
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ur-saĝ-me-en {d}nin-urta na-nam ur-saĝ kur nu-e3
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ze2-na maḫ dili-ni ur-saĝ-me-en
He is great in his anger (?)! He (?) alone is a hero! No superior god raises himself against him! King who is great in heaven, great on earth, lordly in the east! Ninurta who is great in heaven, great on earth, lordly in the east! Mighty hero Ninurta! Praise be to Father Enlil! Praise be to the …… of intelligence, the lord who decides destinies, to Father Enki! …… Anuna gods ……, favourable before Ninurta, the great governor of Enlil, and Ninnibru, the beloved child of An.
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e-ne-ra diĝir dirig-ga nu-il2
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lugal an-še3 maḫ ki-še3 maḫ nir-ĝal2 ki ud e3
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{d}nin-urta an-še3 maḫ ki-še3 maḫ nir-ĝal2 ki ud e3
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[ur]-⌈saĝ⌉ [kalag]-⌈ga⌉ {d}nin-urta a-a {d}en-lil2 za3-mi2
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a-[a] [{d}en]-ki za3-[mi2]
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{d}[nin]-⌈urta⌉ ensi2 gal {d}en-lil2-[la2]
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{d}⌈nin⌉-nibru{ki} dumu ki aĝ2 an-⌈na⌉-[ka]
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igi-bi-a sag9
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