AUWE 23, 113 (Sîn)

SEAL no. 7513 · W17259 w. · Hymns and Prayers · Sîn · Uruk (mod. Warka) · 28 lines · 160 words · 373 signs · 7 Sumerograms · bilingual

Transliteration

1 ^dNanna dumu-saĝ ^dEn-líl-lá šùd-dè ⌈ki⌉-áğ-ra

2 ù.na.a.du₁₁

3 en iti_x(UD-^dNANNA) daĝal búr men an-uraš-a

a-na be-lim ⌈ša⌈ ṣí-it wa-ar-ḫi-šu ra-bi-iš šu-pa-ru-ru a-ge-e ša-me-e ù er-ṣe-tim

4 en gal lú ti-ti ki-áĝ-me-en a-a saĝ-MI-ga

be-lum ra-bu-ú ša a-wi-lam bu-lu-ṭú i-ra-mu a-bi ṣa-a[l]-ma GA-DI?-im

5 lugal šà-lá-su_x(BU) si-ge₄ ù du₈ mu-un-zu!-a-aš

a-na šar-ri-im re-me-ni-im ša! ru?-ma?-am ù pa-ṭa?-ru? (ra?) mu-du!-ú

6 dingir arḫuš sù šà gur-ru a-ra-zu-e giš-tuku

a-na i-lim re-me-ni-im ta-a-a-ri-im še-mi te-ès-li-tim

7 ù-ne-dè-daḫ

8 nam-en-na šu-du₇ aga-zi ⌈gùr-ru⌉-me-en

be-lu-tam šu-uk-lu-lu a-ga-am ki-nam na-šu-ú

9 mùš-me-ḫuš uktin-ta nir-ra alan kù ḫi-li du₈.du₈

zi-mu ru-šu-tum bu-na-nu tu-ru-ṣú-tum la-nu-um el-lum š[a x x na]-du-ú

10 nam-maḫ-zu kur-kur-ra dul-la

11 me-lám-zu an kù-ga šú-a

ša-me-e el-lu-tim sà-⌈aḫ⌉-pu

12 [n]í-gal-zu su-zi im-du₈-du₈

[…] ša-lu-ma-tam ma-lu

13 […U]N-e zag-dib

[…] ina ma-tim šu-tu-uq

14 [^dUtu-è-ta ^dUtu-šú-u]š-e za-⌈e⌉ maḫ-me-en

[i-na ṣí-it ša-am-š]i ù e-re-eb [ša-am]-ši at-ta-ma ṣi-ra-a-ti

15 […i]d-di-kum ša-me-e ina qá-t[i-ik <iš-kun>]

[x x (x) k]i? ⌈x x an?⌉ ⌈ma-ra-an⌉-sum an šu-zu-uš / mu-un-gar

16 [an-ki]-bi-ta lugal-bi za-e-me-en nam-bi ì-tar-⌈re⌉

ša-me-e ù er-ṣe-tam be-el-šu-nu at-ta-ma ši-ma-ti-šu-nu ta-ši-a-am

Translation

obv.

To Nanna, the firstborn of Enlil, to the lover of prayers,
speak!
To the lord, whose moonlight is spread widely, the crown of heaven and earth,
the great lord, who lets man live (and) loves (him), father of the black-headed people,
to the merciful king, who knows loosing and removing,
to the merciful, charitable god, to the listener of the prayer,
speak further:
To perfect lordship, to wear the just crown,
red countenance, sharp features, pure figure, (on) whom delight is put,
Your grandeur, that wraps the countries,
Your radiance, that subjugates the pure heaven,
filled with your awe-inspiring blaze,
[…] is paramount in the country.
[From d]aw[n] and (to) [du]sk you are outstanding.

rev.

[… he] gave you […], he put heaven in [your] hand[s].
Heaven and earth – you are their lord, you decrees their destiny.

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. 7513; view on seal.huji.ac.il.