A hymn to Sadarnuna (Sadarnuna A)
- A.1
munus zid me gal-la dur2 ĝar-ra
The just woman dwelling among the great divine powers is the lady unsurpassed in ladyship! Sadarnuna, the just woman of far-reaching and just counsel, is the beloved of An!
- A.2
nin nam-nin-a dib-ba-am3
- A.3
{d}⌈sa⌉-[dar3]-nun-na munus zid ĝalga sud zid ki aĝ2 an-na-kam
- A.4
nir gal kar maḫ {d}en-ul {d}nin-ul-e eš3-maḫ-a tum2-ma
The great authority (?), the majestic quay, made fitting for the Eš-maḫ by Enul and Ninul, the just woman has erected her majestic dais in the courtyard of Enlil. As she stands in the holy storehouse Eš-maḫ, the …… place, she conveys terrifying awesomeness. The beloved offspring of An the king, as she is worthy of the Pada-nunus (?), …… the Eš-maḫ (?).
- A.5
munus zid-de3 kisal {d}en-lil2-la2-ka barag maḫ-a-na mu-un-ri
- A.6
{e2}šutum kug eš3-maḫ ki X X gub-bu-na ni2 ḫuš gur3-ru-am3
- A.7
u3-tud-da ki aĝ2 an lugal-la
- A.8
⌈?-?-nu-?-e⌉ ḫe2-du7-na X ?-? X X X
- A.9
e2-me-lem4-ḫuš ni2 gal gur3-ru-na su zig3 X […]
In his E-melem-ḫuš conveying great awesomeness, …… fear, serving the great gods of heaven and earth, her spouse, the assembly leader Nuska, ……. (4 lines fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
- A.10
diĝir gal-gal an ki-ke4-ne šu-kin mu-⌈ra⌉-[…]
- A.11
⌈nitalam⌉-a-ni kingal {d}nuska […]
- A.12
[X X] X-ni u18-ru šu zid […]
- A.13
[X X] X iti6 ? X […]
- A.14
[…] a-ĝi6 du7-⌈du7⌉ […]
- A.15
[…] X X […]
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- B.1
nam X […] X X […]
(1 line fragmentary) Enlil (?) ……. (1 line fragmentary) The heart of Ninlil …….
- B.2
{d}?-? X X X […]
- B.3
X X X X X […]
- B.4
šag4 {d}⌈nin-lil2-la2⌉ X X […]
- B.5
{d}sa-dar3-nun-na X X X X za3-mi2-zu dug3-ga-⌈am3⌉
Sadarnuna, …… praising you is sweet.
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL), Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Copyright holders: Jeremy Black, Graham Cunningham, Jarle Ebeling, Esther Flückiger-Hawker, Eleanor Robson, Jon Taylor and Gábor Zólyomi. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Source.