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CUSAS 10, 7 (Ningišizida)

SEAL no. 7508 · MS 2000 · Hymns and Prayers · Ningišzida · Larsa (mod. Tell es-Senkereh) (uncertain) · 24 lines · 98 words · 275 signs · 7 Sumerograms

CDLI P250735.

Transliteration

obv.

  1. lu-uz-mu-ur dnin-zi-da
  2. ma-sa-a-am i-la-a-am qar-da-am
  3. ra-ki-ib ma-ku-ur uq-ni-i-im
  4. qé-re-eb ap-pa-ri-i-im
  5. ra-ak-ba-sú!-ú-um a-na ku-pí-i / pa-aš-tum
  6. a-na nu-ni-im ma-ḫi-ri-im qú!-du ra-ak-bu-šu
  7. na-du-šu-ú-um ka-ru i-na e-mi-gi
  8. i-na né-eš-pa-an-da a-la-lu-ú ša-⸢ak⸣-nu-⸢šu⸣-um
  9. ù-ša-ka-al a-na-am i-na ša-mé‑e
  10. den-líl ⸢i⸣-na ni-pu-ru d⸢UTU i-zi-pí-ri⸣
  11. i-na e-iu-ga-⸢gal d!⸣IŠKUR ú-ša-⸢ka-al⸣
  12. i-na a-ia-ki-im ú-ša-ka-al iš8-tár
  13. na-du-ú ma-aš-ka-nu-ú-šu DUG! ḫe-gál-li
  14. aš-šum ni-pu-ru i-ra-a-am sa-ba-a-am
  15. aš-šum a-⸢ia⸣-ki-im ú-še-pí-iš / pí-na-ra-ti-im
  16. aš-⸢šum⸣ e-ba-pa-ri-⸢im⸣ É dUTU / ⸢ra⸣-aš-bi-i

rev.

  1. i-na a-du-ur-⸢an⸣-k[i x x x]
  2. x am? x x i-la-⸢a⸣-a[m x] x (x) x
  3. ⸢in?-né?⸣-pu?-[uš]-šum e-gu-ta URU-a-a[m?]
  4. [ú-ri]-im mu-ša-ab dEN.ZU
  5. ⸢ni-ir⸣-da i-bi i-bi ni-ir-da
  6. i-ta-di! šu-ba-a-su-ú
  7. e-⸢ne⸣-EG bi-ta-{am}-a-am
  8. ša la-le-e-šu i-pu-úš

Translation

obv.

  1. I want to sing about Nin(giš)zida,
  2. the leader, the valiant god,
  3. who drives (on) a river boat (made) of lapis lazuli
  4. in the reeds.
  5. For him, for the eel, the pāštum-symbol goes,
  6. for the fish swimming upstream, axes go.
  7. The quays are prepared for him in Enegi.
  8. In Gišbanda, working songs are provided for him.
  9. He gives food to Anu in heaven,
  10. to Enlil in Nippur, and to Šamaš in Sippar.
  11. In the Eudgalgal, he gives food to Adad,
  12. in the Eanna, he gives food to Ištar.
  13. Prepared are your threshing floors (and) the vessel of abundance.
  14. Because of Nippur, he loves Sabum.
  15. Because of Eanna, he let build Pî-nārātim,
  16. because of Ebabbar, the house of awe-inspiring Šamaš.

rev.

  1. From Edurank[i …]
  2. … the god …
  3. for him, Egidda was built. The city of
  4. Ur, Sîn's dwelling,
  5. Girda has named, Girda has named.
  6. He took residence,
  7. he made Enegi a house of
  8. his abundance.

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. 7508; view on seal.huji.ac.il.