P252203: royal-monumental tablet
Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) CDLI
Obverse
(d)nin-urta be-lum sza pu-luh-ta ez-ze-ta ra-mu-u2 sa-pi-in za-i-ri a-bu-ba-nu la a-ni-hu isz-ti-in _dumu_ ma-am-ma-na-ma s,i-i-na lem-na sza _kur_ sza szu-ma la i-szu-u2 la mu-sza-qi2-ir i-li isz#-tu sza-di-szu id-ka-asz-szum-ma um-ma-an de-e-er a-na re-s,u2-ti#-szu# i-hu-za-am-ma it,#?-ru-da#?-ma i-na ki-sa-al-li sza# _e2#-sag-dingir-e-ne_
Ninurta, the lord who is angry, furious, rage, sapping, zakiru-demon, a barbarian whose father was not afraid, a son of anyone, a slanderer of the land, who has no rival, who does not slander the gods, from his midst he gave him, and a fugitive to his aid he seized, and he slew him, and in the courtyard of the Esangila temple
Reverse
nam-s,a-ra u2-sze-s,i-ma da-am _dumu-mesz nibru(ki)_ ki-ma me-e it-bu-uk be-lum ra-bu-u2 (d)nin-urta gi-mi-il-li _dumu-mesz nibru(ki)_ a-na tu-ur-ri a-di su-ur-ri ul usz-ki-is-su-ma na-pisz-ta-szu ki-ma me-e it-bu-uk a-na szat-tim (d)ku-ri-gal-zu _dumu_ (d)bur-na-bu-ri-ia-asz a-na be-li2# ra-bi-i (d)nin-urta mu-[kil]-lu re-esz szar-ru-ti-szu nam-s,a-ar kas3-pi ru-usz-szi-i si#-mat qa-ti#-szu el-le-e-ti usz#-te#!-eb-ni-ma i-qi2-is-su
He brought out a scout and the fate of the citizens of Nippur like water he imposed. The great lord Ninurta did not let the citizens of Nippur to return to their former places nor did he make his life as good as water he imposed. For eternity, Kurigalzu, son of Bur-nabru-iash, to the great lord Ninurta, the guardian of his royal majesty, the capture of the wild bull, the scepter of his pure hands he established and he commanded.