UET 6/1, 117 (Temple)

SEAL no. 7519 · U. 7836 · Hymns and Prayers · Temple · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 18 lines · 49 words · 112 signs · 10 Sumerograms · bilingual

Transliteration

Obv.

1 é-igi-du₈-bi-ì-silim

2 É a-me-er-šu ša-lim

3 é-ní-gal-bi-an-ki-šú-a

4 É na-am-ri-ru-ka

5 ša-me-e er-ṣe-tam sà-aḫ-pu

6 é-šu-luḫ-u₁₈-ru

7 É ⌈ša šu⌉-luḫ-ḫu-š[u n]a-ak-lu

8 é-n[am-ti-s]ù-[ud]

Rev.

Beginning broken

1 ⌈é šu⌉ x [...]

2 ⌈É šu⌉-[...]

3 ⌈é-u₁₈⌉-ru-m[aḫ? ...]

4 ⌈É⌉ ⌈x x⌉ [x x x] ⌈x⌉

5 ^dUtu-èš-[abzu-nir]-ĝál

6 É AB[ZU e-t]e-el

7 [é] ^⌈di-im⌉⌈dím⌉-an-ki

8 ⌈É⌉ ba-an ša-me-e er-ṣe-ti

9 ^dNin-šubur-é-kù-ta-nir-ĝál

10 ^dNin-šubur É ABZU e-te-el

Translation

Obv.

1 House: Who beholds it, is safe.

2 House: Who beholds it, is safe.

3 House: Whose great terror covers heaven (and) earth.

4 House: your splendor

5 covers heaven (and) earth.

6 House: Whose purification rites are exalted.

7 House: whose purification rites are sophisticated.

8 House: ⌈It prolongs life⌉.

Rev.

Beginning broken

1 House: ...

2 House: ...

3 House: Exalted, gr[eat(?) ...]

4 House:

5 O Utu, the sanctuary [“subterranean ocean” is pr]ince.

6 The house “sub[terranean ocean” is pri]nce.

7 House: which makes heaven (and) earth.

8 House: which creates heaven (and) earth.

9 O Ninšubur, the house is prince through(?) shining.

10 O Ninšubur, the house “subterranean ocean” is prince.

Commentary

General: For the character of the text see Charpin 1986, 397: „il s’agit d’une liste de noms propres sumériens, pourvus de leur traduction en akkadien“. Ib. 400: „Il est significatif que dans UET VI 117 la séquence de ces noms propres ait pu être prise pour hymne à un temple. En effet, portés par des prêtres ... ces noms chantent la louange du temple où les individus qui les portaient exerçaient leur activité“. Ludwig 2009, 120: „Liste von Priesternamen, stilisiert als Hymne an Tempel der Ninšubur“.

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. 7519; view on seal.huji.ac.il.