UET 6/2, 404 (Nanāya)

SEAL no. 7504 · Hymns and Prayers · Nanāya · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 13 lines · 72 words · 141 signs · 2 Sumerograms

CDLI No. P346445

Transliteration

1 bi-ir-bi-re-et ka-la ni-[ši x x x]

2 bi-tum li-iš-pu ù li-wi-[ir x x]

3 ^dNa-na-a-a ti-ba-am ša-mu-r[a-at?]

4 lu-uz-mu-ur we-ti it-ti-ku-[nu x x x]

5 ma-ar-ti A!-ni-i[m?] (ras.)

6 ka-bi-iš-ti e-qé-el ni-š[i x x x]

7 za-ri-tu wa-ar-ka-at té-[né?-še?-tim]

8 ša-ru-um wa-aš-ṭù-um ki x [x x x]

9 ^dNa-na-a-a lu tu-um-[mu?-ḫa?-sú?]

10 gi-iš-pe-er-ru-[um x x x (x)]

11 ^dNa-na-a-a x [x x x x x]

12 la a-⌈aḫ⌉-[za?-at?x x x x x]

13 la ki [x x x x x x x]

(Rest broken. Reverse uninscribed)

Translation

1 She is a shining light, all peop[le look at her].

2 Let her flare up in the temple and shin[e ...].

3 Nanāya is very fi[erce(?)] in her attack.

4 Let me sing of my unique one, together with y[ou let me praise(?)],

5 the daughter of A[n],

6 (let me sing) of her who tramples the field of the peo[ple ...],

7 of her who sows the affair of ma[nkind(?)].

8 As for the stubborn king, like .[..]

9 Nanāya has [seized him(?)].

10 A tra[p ...]

11 Nanāya … […]

12 She is not …[…]

13 Not l[ike(?) ...]

Commentary

For a full commentary see Streck/Wasserman 2012.

Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman, Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL), seal.huji.ac.il. No commercial use is allowed. Published under CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). Reproduced unmodified. Cite as SEAL no. 7504; view on seal.huji.ac.il.