The city/cities is/are most? pure?, how you have come to be! The land of Dilmun is pure Sumer is pure, how you have come to be! The land of Dilmun is pure The land of Dilmun is pure, the land of Dilmun is unspoiled The land of Dilmun, the pure place, the land of Dilmun is pure When I was alone, after I laid ... down in Dilmun In the place where Enki laid down with his spouse That place was pure, that place was holy When I was alone, after I laid ... down in Dilmun In the place where Enki laid down with Ninsikila That place was pure, that place was holy In Dilmun, the raven did not croak?

The francolin did not "charm with words"? The lion did not roar/smite the neck/roar? The wolf did not snatch away the lamb The dog did not know how to curl up/bend its tail/with its tail? The pig did not know how to eat grain When the widow spread out malt on the roof The bird of the sky was not eating the malt The wild dove did not duck its head amongst it? The one whose eye hurt/with the igigig disease did not say "my hurting eye" The one whose head hurt/with the saggig disease did not say "my hurting head" The elder woman did not say "I am a elder woman" The elder man did not say "I am an elder man"

May the land of Tukrish ship? gold from Harali and good quality? ....? lapis for you May the land of Meluha straightaway convey? great barges filled with carnelian, the precious thing that is desired, the mes tree of Magan, and good quality acacia? wood for you" May the land of Marhashi present? precious stone and dushia stone for you May the land of Magan ... "strong copper," ..., diorite, the single? pounding stone?, and double pounding stone? for you May the sealand ... ebony, the ornament of the ... of? the king for you

May the "country of the tent" ... good quality fat-tailed sheep for you May the land of Elam tranship? chosen wool as? tribute/a load for you May shrine Ur, the crown of kingship, ... the ... city ... sesame, shutur garments, and good quality garments/cloth for you May ... the abundance of the sea for you? The dwelling place of the city is a good dwelling place The dwelling place of Dilmun is a good dwelling place Its barley is tiny barley Its dates are large dates Its harvests are three ... Its trees/wood are ... trees/wood

... Ninhursag? ... ... on the back/outside/outer ... My brother, what hurts you? My scalp/brain pan is hurting me She gave birth to Abba My brother, what hurts you? My outgrowth? of hair is hurting me She gave birth to Ninsikila My brother, what hurts you? My nose is hurting me She gave birth to "the lady who was born by? the nose" folk etymology for Ningirida My brother, what hurts you? My mouth is hurting me She gave birth to Ninkasi My brother, what hurts you? My arm is hurting me She gave birth to Azimua My brother, what hurts you?

My throat is hurting me She gave birth to Nazi an alternative writing of Nanshe My brother, what hurts you? My ribs are hurting me.

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month "Udduru," 24th day, year "Uruk was destroyed by means of the weapon that Enlil gave to him."

Subtotal: 44 lines;

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He gathered up that which had been destroyed in the mountain and placed it in the Tigris He irrigated the meadow with the carp flood Now, today? that of the horizon/entire earth everything?, The kings of the homeland profoundly rejoiced for Ninurta The field ripened with/placed barley The harvest of the irrigated orchard yielded fruit He heaped up the grain piles The lord brought up harbors/trading colonies from within the land He made the mood of the gods pleasant And they were praising Ninurta and his father Enlil? At that time he also reached a compassionate state for the woman Ninmah because of the place where ... had sex with her was not sleeping

She made her hair cover her back like a heavy i.e. unshorn? ewe? She was greatly intoning a lament in the mountain that had not been stepped on/had no trails The mountain does not bear the supreme strength of the lord The hero who, like An in his anger, his might no one approaches The furious storm that moves upon the earth, depositing? poison on its "chest" Lord, the "life"? of Enlil, of whom the crown is appropriate upon his head

The mountain shall make the livestock teem for you The mountain range shall make the quadrupeds proliferate for you You, a lady with whose cosmic powers no other cosmic powers compare, who wears a furious/reddish aura like heaven Digirmah, who hates excessive speech The true lady, Ninhursag, the young woman Nintur, who ... when it cools in the evening? Draw near?, lady, I! have given you supreme cosmic powers so that you shall be exalted/shall wield them True lady!?, her cosmic powers surpass other cosmic powers, lady, "carpenter of the womb" Aruru, the elder sister of Enlil, stood at his front "Great hero, when you killed the hero Lord, who like his father his utterance cannot be changed, you have not yet decreed a fate"

The lord was speaking to the emery stone, he was wishing for/observing its path? In the homeland, the angry lord? spoke a word to him Ninurta, lord, son of Enlil was cursing him Emery stone, you who the Asag mustered against me in the mountain

As one who seized ... in order to render/place my hands? ... As one who swore to commit? my murder As one who terrified me, lord Ninurta, in my own supreme dwelling Mighty one, youth possessed of form, your surpassingness and you stature shall be diminished Leopards that rely on their strength shall tear you up The powerful one shall accept a test of strength? with you Young man emery, your brothers shall heap you like flour You, young man, your shout shall be present and tremble!?, but it shall end? You shall raise a hand violently against your offspring, show the teeth against their corpses! Like a great bull killed by many men/a slaughterer?, make yourself into/set yourself apart as!? something divided into shares?

Emery, by means of? the weapon dog, away from battle, like something chased away by the junior shepherd I am the lord, you shall be named according to? your having pecked at/demolished? carnelian Now, this is the decreed fate of Ninurta Today and henceforth, when emery touches another stone, it will be in order to perforate carnelian, thus it is so! The hero was speaking to the shu'u and gasura stones ...

The king who establishes his name for distant days The one who after? he fashioned a statue as in ancient times In my Eninnu temple, a shrine filled with joy After you stand in the place! of libations for the dead, you shall be established as something appropriate My king attended to the next stone Utilizing the na stone/grinding surface?, he "worked the leather"? Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was decreeing its fate Stone, as if? you had said "I ...?"? na stone/grinding surface?, as one of a group who was casting lots for the use of? my cosmic powers You, lie down like a pig in order to fashion things/be fashioned? Be cast aside, you who are worked by no one?, end up/ending up as tiny pieces My king attended to the eleli stone Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was decreeing its fate

eleli stone, who pays attention, when the mountain sowed discord, I cast down my aura upon you ...

Thus you inquired after my coming In my workshop, the one who goes at the fore algamesh stone, you shall be the daily regular fare brought by? the precious stone workers My king attended to the dushia stone He spoke to the nir stone, carnelian, and lapis The amashpa'e, shaba, and hurizum stones The guggazi and marhali stones The egizaga and girinhiliba stones The anzugulme and nirmushir stones The lord, ... Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was decreeing their fate

My king attended to the eleli stone Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was decreeing its fate eleli stone, possessed of wisdom, when the mountain sows discord, I shall cast down my aura upon you Upon my rebel land whose people confront together, you? shall invoke my name You shall not diminish from your healthy/intact state The reduction of your thickness shall be difficult? My cosmic powers shall regulate your rites!? You shall be greatly suited for my smiting weapon which kills the hero In my supreme courtyard!? a pedestal shall be set down for you May the land? admire you sweetly, the foreign lands shall raise you The hero attended to the kagina stone He spoke to it because of its might

Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was decreeing its fate Reverent youth who sets saturated light to the outside kagina stone, you who put down a shout for me in the rebel land My hand did not conquer you as an arrogant one? And therefore? I did not bind you? together with the hostile ones

... ... The guggazi and marhali stones The egizaga, girinhiliba, anzugulme and nirmushir stones The lord, ... Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was decreeing its fate Whatever? ... you go, whether formed as? male and female, you thus? "towards my place" You possessed no sin, your hand "pushes"? that which is a wall demonstrating solidarity or inactivity as a conspirator? As a witness?, you boasted about me/yourself? I will rear you! in/on my lap, etc. together with "an adviser"? Like one who made the claim? "I am the general" in the assembly? nir stone?, you shall chose among? the wine and syrup for me?

You pl. shall faithfully care for gold which you are inlaid with? Among? the ... of the gods The lands shall touch the nose in submission when you? grovel? My king attended to the flint, he looked at it angrily

My king attended to the mashda stone He spoke to the dubban and urutum stones Ninurta, the son of Enlil was wishing for/observing? their way mashda and dubban stones, burning with ganzer fire urutum stone, against whom nothing stands gasura stone, collapsing? one who must rage? Thus? you burned? for me in the rebel land You, as one of those who stood against me in? the land/mountain of Saba mashda stone, ... shall squeeze/twist you? like a sheep dubban stone, the empty winds? shall strike you in order to break something/as something to be broken up? urutum stone, ... shall sharpen you like the mitum weapon

Among the bronze arrowheads of the gods!? The empty wind? shall strike you so hard that the furious scorpion? scurries around? My king attended to the shagara stone Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was decreeing its fate shagara stone, who has struck the head of the one who went alone in the plain

Adjoining each other?, ..., possessing a soothed? heart, whose paws are immobilized thick at the joint?/snapped off? like a bear You are to go/stand? in your ..., now? lie paired to the ground? For me you pl. shall draw near to the ground?, away from? their loads, who touch/bring? it for them? You shall be a weapon, and the door shall be open? The mighty one shall tear away the load With strength ... the knees?, the one spending the day ...? shall draw near to the ground? Yet daily "the one possessing weight"? shall rise And along with? the youth/pig?, ... shall choose among the cities? of the land

... ... At that time, Ereshkigal slapped her thigh She bit her lip and considered the news She was speaking to Biti, her chief gatekeeper Come, Biti, my chief gatekeeper Pay attention to what I have said to you She? shall drag the bolts of the seven gates of the netherworld from their lock? She? shall push the single door of the palace of Ganzer push open

The man took away her split apart skin? What is going on/is this/he doing?? Be satisfied, Inanna! This is the rite of the netherworld that is being completed Inanna! This is the procedure of the netherworld, you should not speak aloud When she bent down/died, ... her Her sister raised her up from her throne She sat down apart from her throne The seven judges of the Anuna were judging her Their decision? was one of embittered anger ..., it was embittered anger ... struck her and turned her into a smitten piece of meat The man hung her face/front? from! a crossbeam? After seven years, seven months, and seven days elapsed

Her vizier Ninshubur paid attention to the word of her lady She repeatedly made "the lament of ruin heaps" for her She played the shem drum of the assembly/throne room for her She circled the temples of the gods for her She scratched her face, she scratched her nose The place unseen when with a man, she scratched her inner thigh ...

... ... Her fingernails were lodged in her flesh? like lubi axes/agricultural implements She trimmedthe hair on her head like leeks When she says "alas, my heart/liver" They said to her "you are weary, our lady is the reason for? your 'alas, my liver'"? Who are you? From my heart to your heart, from my liver? to your liver?, ... If you are a god, I shall speak to you? If you are human, I shall decree a fate of death for you They swore by the life of heaven and earth that they were gods ... were to go/bring out/up? Water of the river was offered to them but not accepted Barley of the field was offered to them but not accepted They were saying to her "give us the beaten meat hanging from the beam" ... the meat that was beaten was that of their! lady

They were saying "give it, whether it pertains to our king or our lady"

As Inanna was entering the5th gate The man removed the toggle pin/pectoral that says "Come, man, come!" What? How? Be satisfied, Inanna! This is the rite of the netherworld that is being completed Inanna! This is the procedure of the netherworld, you should not speak aloud to anyone to interrupt it As Inanna was entering the 6th gate The man removed the allure? from upon her forehead What? How? Be satisfied, Inanna! This is the rite of the netherworld that is being completed Inanna! This is the procedure of the netherworld, you should not speak aloud to interrupt it As Inanna was entering the 7th gate The man removed the pala garment, the garment of queenship What? How?

Be satisfied, Inanna! This is the rite of the netherworld that is being completed Inanna! This is the procedure of the netherworld, you should not speak aloud to interrupt it When she bent over, upon the shoulder? ... When she split apart?, the man brought ... away He sister raised her up from her throne She sat upon the throne of her sister

The seven judges of the Anuna were judging her The one who brought out .../appeared in ... was speaking a bitter word? They? shouted at her, it was an accusatory cry of wrongdoing The man? ... her from ... as something ... hung!? like ... After seven months had passed Her vizier Ninshubur paid attention to the word of the lady She made "the lament of ruin heaps" for her? She played? the shem drum of the assembly/throne room for her She circled? the temples of the gods for her She scratched her face, she scratched her nose The place unseen when with a man, she scratched her inner thigh

Linen does not spread over her holy knees Her chest does not protrude like a flask Her fingernails are lodged in her flesh? like lubi axes, her hair is plucked like leeks upon her head When she cries "alas, my heart," say "you are exhausted, our lady, from saying "alas, my heart"!? When she cries "alas, my liver," say "you are exhausted, from saying "alas, my liver"!? She will say Who are you? Speak, to my heart, my heart!?, to my liver, my liver? If you are gods, I will speak a word to you, if you are humans, I will? determine your fate of death

Invoke the life of heaven and earth in an oath ... The river water will be offered to you but not accepted, the barley of the field will be offered to you but not accepted Say "Give the beaten meat that hangs from the peg" The beaten meat was their lady Say "that, whether it is the king or the queen"!? give it to us" You will give the beaten meat hanging from the peg

and Inanna will stand alive again Ereshkigala ... the lamentation singer and the kurgara priest "Bring their lady ..." Inanna, brought from the netherworld by the orders of Enki When Inanna ascended from the netherworld, Anuna seized her Saying "Who is it that ascends from the netherworld, who is brought up from the netherworld intact?" If Inanna is to be brought up? from the netherworld, she is to give an able-bodied replacement on her own head ... The one before her, although he was not a vizier, held a weapon? The one behind her, although he was not a vizier, ... ...

The small galla demons, as a shukur enclosure, the large galla demons, as a dubban fence, held fast at her side They came for her They came for Inanna They were not consumers of heaped flour, they were not drinkers of drawn water They lifted the child from the lap of a man?, they tore away the spouse from the lap? of a man They drove out ... from her quarters? They did not crush bitter garlic, they were people who did not eat fish, they were people who did not eat! leeks ... went towards Inanna? After Inanna came up from the netherworld, Ninshubur fell at her feet before her at? the gate of Ganzer She sat in the dirt, she wore a filthy garment

The galla demons spoke to holy Inanna, "Inanna, go towards your city, we shall take him away as a corpse Holy Inanna replied to the galla demons, "My ... My flattering vizier, my rider of the verified word My? ... the word When she initiates the lament of the ruin heaps, play the shem drum of the assembly/throne room When she circled the temples of the gods, she scratched her face for me, she scratched her nose!? for me

She scratched her ear, a visible place, for me, she scratched a place unseen with a man?, her inner thigh, for me To the Ekur?, the temple of Enlil, to Urim and the temple of Nanna To Eridu and the temple of Enki she singularly set out ... She wept before? Enki, and Enki? sustained me? How could I give her to you? ... We shall go to Umma and the Eshegkurshaga temple Shara! fell at her feet before her?, ... sat in the dirt, and wore a filthy garment

The galla demons were speaking to Inanna, "Inanna, go to your city" We shall bring him away as a corpse Holy Inanna replied to the galla demons ... He is scratching? ..., ..., my hairdresser!? How could I give him as a corpse to you? We shall go to Badtibira and the Emushkalama temple Lulal fell before? her Lulal sat in the dirt Lulal wore a dirty garment The galla demons were speaking to Inanna, "Inanna, go to your city We shall bring him away as a corpse"

Holy Inanna replied to the galla demons Lulal, fixed at my right side Lulal, fixed at? my left side Lulal, fixed at? my outer pillar/as my foremost one? ..., why would I give him! to you? The greatest apple tree in the plain? of larsa ... Let us go to the great apple tree in the plain? of larsa Dumuzi sat upon the supreme dais!? He sat in splendor in the seat!? A prostitute held his thigh tightly?

... poured out the seven churns? ... shook the head at him The shepherd? was not playing the reed pipe ...? ... seized/assailed at his side She looked at him, it was the look of death She shook her head at? him, it was the headshake that accused one of grievous sin Holy Inanna was replying to the galla demons ... who is one of the ones who came towards him ..., you will not release him They seized ... He was the man among those whom the lady compelled to come towards him!? They came towards Dumuzi Dumuzi wept, he was emitting sobs

Thus the youth: "What has been done, what ..." ... the holy? ... not ... ... ... who is to die? He raised his hands heavenwards for Utu I am ..., I am the one who does not ... I am the one who brings butter to the temple of your mother I am the one who brings cream to the temple of Ningal I am the one who brings ... to ... I am the one who makes the bridal payment on behalf of Unug I am the one who kisses the holy lips? I am the one who plays among the holy knees of Inanna? After you prepare my hands as those of a gazelle/snake After you prepare my feet as those of a gazelle/snake I shall escape my galla demon, they shall not seize me Utu accepted his tears He prepared his hands as those of a gazelle/snake He prepared his feet as those of a gazelle/snake ...

I shall escape my galla demon, they shall not seize me ... ... ... ... Holy Inanna wept bitterly for her spouse? ... Dumuzi ... ... ... ... She tore out rushes, she cut rushes Spouses who lie in your spouse's lap!?, where is my precious spouse? Sons who lie in your father's lap!?, where is my precious son? ... ... ... ... ... what ...? ...

... ... The fly ... holy Inanna Young woman Inanna was decreeing a fate for the fly? In the tavern may you pl. make the bronze vessel of wine drinking? flow over for yourself!? As members of? the "wise men" ... Thus was the decreed fate of Inanna? ... Inanna!? was weeping My? ... arrived, and is ... to the hand ... alas? ... You, when the year is half completed?, your sister, when the year is half completed? The days that you desire/are requested?, those days shall be of captivity!?

The days that your sister desires/is requested?, those days shall be longer? Holy Inanna gave Dumuzi, the precedent maker? as a replacement Holy Ereshkigal, your praise is sweet Total, one hundred seventy three!? lines The 3rd in a series of single-column extracts, in its entirety, text with the incipit "from great heaven towards great earth"

The junior galla demon opened his mouth and was speaking to the eldest galla demon Come! let us go to the holy lap of Inanna The galla demons entered Unug and were seizing? Inanna there Come, Inanna! Go ... towards your path, descend to the netherworld Go to the place you have plotted against?, descend to the netherworld Go to the place of Ereshkigal, descend to the netherworld You should not wear the holy ba garment or the pala garment, the garments of your queenship, go to the netherworld

After you remove the holy crown, the ornament of glorification, upon your head, in order to descend to the netherworld You should not equip/perfect your face? with allure You should unfasten? the small? uridim dogs? at/from your feet, descend to the netherworld ... you go down, ... does not ... They released holy Inanna, they ... her Inanna herself handed over Dumuzi As for the youth, we will put his feet in the great beam? As for the youth, we will cast the esad trap/restraint upon him, we will place neck in the neckstock

The ubri spear, kibir weapon? and the great shukur spear were raised before him They were sharpening large hazin axes As for the male, they were about to stand, they were to sit? We will cast a rope upon his shoulder: position the executioner! As for the youth, they were to bind his arm, and then tighten it up? They were to cover his own face with his own garment The youth raised his hands heavenwards for Utu Utu, I am your comrade, like you? I am a youth The one who married your sister

She descends to the netherworld Because she descends to the netherworld I, as a substitute, am to be given to the netherworld Utu, you are the judge of justice, you are never to oppress anyone After you have altered my hands and changed my form I shall elude the hand of my pursuing galla demons, they must not grasp me As a sagkal snake, I! shall traverse the meadows and? the mountain range I shall take refuge with my sister Gshtinanna Utu accepted his weeping He altered his hands and changed his form

As a sagkal snake, he traversed the meadows and? the mountain range Dumuzi, like a bird flying from the claws of a falcon, guarded for his very life He took refuge with Geshtinanna geshtinanna saw her brother

She scratched her cheeks, she scratched her nose She unleashed a spear/thorn? in her side, she split apart? her garment She was intoning a lament of anathema for the youth afflicted by anathema Alas, my brother, alas, my brother, the days of the youth do not ... Alas, my brother, the shepherd Ama'ushumgalana, the days of the youth do not ... Alas, my brother, the youth who does not have a spouse, who does not have a son Alas, my brother, the youth who does not have a comrade, who does not have a friend Alas, my brother, the youth whose mother "did not release her goodness"? The galla demons were seeking out Dumuzi, they were roaming around

The junior galla demons were speaking to the eldest demons They were galla demons without compassion, who did not have a father, mother, spouse, brother, sister, or son ... removed from? ..., the one set apart from the universe You are gala demons!?, those who are to be reglected ... !? They did not have the power of goodness?, they did not know good and evil Who has seen someone with a healthy life without a home and all alone? I? will not go to where the friend is, I will not go to where the in-law is We shall go for the shepherd where geshtinanna is

They were the galla demons who were to smite him! by hand?, they were seeking him The lament was not yet finished in her mouth When the galla demons came to where geshtinanna was "One of them? was saying "Show where your brother is," but she was saying not a word to him He made her shave!? her own hair in her crotch, but she was not saying a word to him He made her scratch her face? with her own hands!?, but she was not saying a word to him He made her own hands? shred her garment, but she was not saying a word to him He poured dirt/sand? in her crotch, but she was not saying a word to him

He did not find Dumuzi in the house of Geshtinanna The junior galla demons were speaking to the eldest demons Come! let us go to the pure sheepfold Dumuzi ... the sheepfold ... they were casting/ducking down ... They were searching, they were ..., they were seeking, he was seen Saying "I shall take the ax to the youth like a dilapidated house" They carved him? with giri'ura knife, they smote him in a silent place The sister roamed around in the city like a bird?

My brother who suffered this anathema! Where shall I go?? I shall enter no one's house?

Lady who bears an aura amongst the furious me, who rides the great me Inanna, equipped with the ... a'ankar weapon, cloaking the battlefield with its blood/terror? Who leans the shield upon the ground like one who runs amid the great battles? Who clutches? the storm and the stormwind For!? great lady Inanna, counsel is dispensed in battle, wise one Destroyer of the mountain, she unleashed the arrow towards ... by means of her power, who smote? with the arm? in the mountain She screamed in the universe like a pirig creature and made the people tremble Like a great wild bull she stands wildly in the hostile land Like a furious pirig creature you! extinguish ... among? the mighty/clever? and those disobedient to you in your bile

My lady, as you grow like heaven Young woman Inanna, as you are supreme like the earth As you come out like Utu, the king, as you move widely about As you move in/are suitable for? heaven, as you bear a furious aura As you carry the brilliant sunlight on the earth One who goes in the mountain range, as you bring out a lapis net As you bathe in the pure/flowering mountain

As you fashion the shuba mountain, the mountain, the pure place As your wear the udug/shita mace!? like the ancestral deities Enshar and Enul As you make heads roll? in its battles like you were using? a ... weapon The black-headed shout this with song In? all the lands the blackheaded sing this ilulama song sweetly The lady of battle?, the great/eldest child of Suen Young woman Inanna, I want to praise you Inanna said I am the lady, when I go around heaven, when I go around earth I am Inanna, when I go around heaven, when I go around earth When I go around the earth, namely? Elam and Subir When I go around the earth, namely? the land of lulubi When I am to thrash around in the inner mountain

I am the lady, I am the one that had approached the mountain, it should not/indeed it did? act fearfully towards me? I am Inanna, I am the one that had approached the mountain, it should not/indeed it did? act fearfully towards me? I am the one that had approached the mountain range with? the mountain of Ebih, it should not/indeed it did? act fearfully towards me? Like one who should not/indeed did? ... towards me? from/by means of its fear Like one who should not/indeed did? bring its nose? near to the ground towards me Like one who should not/indeed did? drag its beard in the dust for me Ibni-Sîn was the scribe

It is the month of NENEgar, the 24th? day

Like one who should not/indeed did? drag its beard!? in the dust for me I want to fill my hand with? the risen? mountain, I want to make it know my fear I want to bring a great bull against its supreme power? I want to bring a small bull against its small power? I want to run there, I want to chase the skipping rope there In the mountain I want to continually go? to? battle, I want to have battle set in order? I shall set the arrow of my quiver straight!? I want to have slingstones twisted together like a heavy rope I want to ... my chisel/boundary stake? I want to have the throwstick, shield and weapon? set in order I want to strike with fire towards its adjoining forests

I want to employ? the hazin axe against its evildoers I want to station Gibil the purifier to work in its standing water I want to submerge/make distant? its aura among? the mountain range of Aratta, which no hand can approach Like a city cursed by An, it shall not return it to its place, to its place! Like one frowned at by Enlil, it shall not raise its neck there?

The mountain should wish for? my way Ebih should praise me, Ebih should extol me Inanna, the child of Suen She was dressed in the pala garment; she clad herself in pleasure/allure/stars/rosettes? She adorned her forehead with a red/furious aura She arranged the red carnelian beads on her pure throat? She acted youthfully with the seven-headed udug/shita weapon at her right She set her foot on the staircase? of lapis In the evening ... brought out ... She set the door that is to be marveled at open in its ... She established? that of? the nesag offerings for An and was establishing the siskur rites/offerings for him

An was rejoicing for Inanna He accepted the offerings? and sat in his place He/she? filled the seat of honor of An/heaven An, my father, I!? make a case to you, put your ear to my words An imposed my aura/fear of me in the heavens

The mountain should wish for? my way In? Ebih the mountain should praise me, the mountain should extol me Inanna, the child of Suen She was dressed in the pala garment; she clad herself in pleasure/allure/stars/rosettes? She adorned her forehead with a red/furious aura She arranged the red carnelian beads on her pure throat? She acted youthfully with the seven-headed udug/shita weapon at her right She set her foot on the staircase? of lapis In the evening ... brought out ... She set the door that is to be marveled at open in its path She established the nesag offerings for An and established the siskur rites/offerings for him An was one who rejoiced with Inanna He accepted the offerings? and sat in his place He/she? filled the seat of honor of An/heaven

An, my father, I make a case to you, put your ear to my words An imposed my aura/fear of me in the heavens It is you who has made my word have no rival in the universe In the outskirts of heaven? there is a silig axe There is? a sign and a mansium royal symbol

To flatten? the platform, to make firm the throne's foundation To set in place? the arm of weaponry?, to bend ... like a mubum tree?

To smite a caravan, to go to the border in an expedition To appear for the king in the "heaped earth/sand"? of heaven like moonlight

I want to bring a great bull against its supreme power? I want to bring a small bull against its small power? I want to run? there, I want to chase the holy skipping rope there In the mountain I want to continually go? to? battle, I want to chase the battle? I shall set the arrow that is in my quiver? straight I want to twist slingstones together like a heavy rope I want to polish the spear I!? want to have the throwstick and shield!? set in order I want to strike its adjoining forests with fire I want to ... the hazin axe against its evildoers I want to station Gibil the purifier to work in its standing water

I want to submerge/make distant? its aura among? the mountain range of Aratta, which no hand can approach Like a city cursed by An, it shall not return it to its place, to its place!

Like one frowned at by Enlil, it shall not raise its neck there? The mountain should wish for/observe? my way Ebih should praise me, Ebih should extol me An, the king of the gods, was replying My child, you? have desired the mountain, but what will its midst accomplish? You are the lady, the one who has desired the mountain, but what will its midst accomplish? You are Inanna, the one who has desired the mountain, but what will its midst accomplish? You are the one who has desired the mountain range of Ebih, but what will its midst accomplish? The abode/station of the gods is imposed with a furious aura And thus? a radiance is released upon the holy dwelling of the Anuna

The red/furious aura of the mountain range is imposed upon the lands Its height is "of heaven"?, its horn? brought out? ...

She opened the house of battle She pushed the door of lapis She brought out supreme battle, she founded a great storm The woman levelled the bowstring with the supreme arrow Holy Inanna clutched? the quiver The risen stormwind raised up devastation? A risen evil wind was ... potsherds

Holy Inanna acted? as her pleasure She went/stood among the mountain range of Ebih and spoke to him Mountain range, on account of your raising, on account of your being high On account of your being beautiful, on account of your being verdant On account of your wearing the holy ba garment On account of your setting a hand straight away into heaven? On account of your not bringing your nose close to the ground!? On account of your not dragging your beard in the dust!? They!? killed you?, and one of them? stripped? you? naked!? Like an elephant, one seized your tusks Like a great wild bull, like!? a thick horned one, ... touched the ground ... Like a bull? I cast down ... towards your massive horns, ... founded hatred for you!?

... filled your eyes with weeping? ... placed lamentation in your heart

In is outskirts the bird of despair founded a nest A 2nd time she made a wish/rejoiced at the furious aura, she boasted faithfully My father Enlil has imposed my great aura in the lands He placed a weapon at my right arm At? my left arm I? ... on? a seal/tablet? My rage, a harrow with large teeth, tears apart the mountain ... built a palace and did surpassing things ... set up a throne there, I? will make its foundations firm? ... gave the knife and the dagger to the kurgara performer ... gave the shem and lilis drums to the lamentation priest ... "exchanged the head" of the pilpili functionary

My triumph went against the mountain My triumph went against Ebih Like an overflowing flood, it brought/poured high water/irrigated the u land? Like a rising flood, it twisted i.e. cleaned the "immense cloth"? My triumph stood in the mountain My triumph stood in Ebih

I will drop into the tiny plants, no one should find my whereabouts I will drop into the large plants, no one should find my whereabouts I will drop!? among the dikes of Arali, no one should find my whereabouts ...

Those who went towards the king, they were an admixture of people They were those who did not eat food, they did not know water They were those who did not eat heaped up flour They do not drink drawn/libated water They were those who are not tearing off clothes in the lap of the sweet spouse They were those who are not accepting good kadra presents

They were those who did not chew garlic, that which is bitter They were those who did not eat fish They were those who did not eat leeks Citizens of Adab, two of them, went towards the king Citizens of Akshak two of them, went towards the king?, they were urnim predator/Elamite dog? with crimson attached to their necks splashed as/like blood? Citizens of Uruk, two of them, went towards the king

Who has seen a sister who will reveal the whereabouts of a brother? Come! We shall go to his friend

If my friend dropped his head in the plants then no one can know his place Dumuzi! They were seeking his head in the plants, no one found him If he dropped his head in the tiny plants then no one can know his place Dumuzi! They were seeking his head in the tiny plants, no one found him If he dropped his head in the large plants then no one can know his place Dumuzi! They were seeking his head in the large plants, no one found him If he dropped his head in the dikes of Arali then no one can know his place Dumuzi! They were catching him in the dikes of Arali Dumuzi wept and made sobbing noises My sister sustained me in the city, my friend killed me in the city May my sister station her son in the street, and may he be kissed

May my friend station his son in the street, and may he not be kissed They surrounded the man, they ... the reservoir They were braiding a cord for him, they were knotting a net for him They were braiding the zippatum cord for him They were "scratching"? sticks of manu wood for him The man before him was pelting him The man behind him was pulling him out from his hiding place as if he was merely? one cubit tall? His hands were seized in handcuffs, his arms were bound in manacles The young man raised his hands heavenward for Utu Utu, you are my brother in law, I am your in-law You are my food carrier to the Eanna temple

I am the one who made a betrothal gift in Uruk I am the one who kissed the holy lips I am the one who played on the holy knees, the knees of Inanna After you have prepared my hands as the hands of a gazelle After you have prepared my feet as the feet of a gazelle I want to run for my life towards ... Utu accepted his tears as a kadra gift Like a compassionate person he ... mercy After he prepared his hands as the hands of a gazelle After he prepared his feet as the feet of a gazelle He ran for his life towards ... The galla demons were seeking him, no one was finding him Come, let us go to ...

Dumuzi! They seized him at ... They encircled the man and ... the reservoir They were braiding a cord for him, they were knotting a net for him They were braiding the zippatum cord for him They were "scratching"!? sticks of manu wood for him The man before him was pelting him The man behind him was pulling him out from his hiding place as if he was merely? one cuibit tall? His hands were seized in handcuffs, his arms were bound in manacles The young man raised his hands heavenward for Utu Utu, you are my brother in law, I am your in-law

You are my food carrier to the Eanna temple I am the one who made a betrothal gift in Uruk

He slipped away from the demons It was the house of the old woman Belili that he ran for his life towards Old woman, I am not a human, I am the spouse of a god After water is poured, if only? water could be drunk? After flour is poured!, if only? water could be drunk!? After water was poured, after flour was poured, she sat him down? there The old woman left the house, when the old woman left, The galla demons saw her!? If the old woman does not know where Dumuzi dwells

What makes her look around with a frightened gaze? What makes her shout with a frightened voice? Come!!? We will go to the house of old woman Belili ... ... ...

After flour is poured!, if only? I could eat flour After she poured the water and heaped the flour, he sat inside The old woman left the house When she left The galla demons saw her

... ... ... ... ...

... beloved sister of Dumuzi Exuding/bearing ..., beloved of Durtur Whose seed was planted in the womb by the true ... My sister, born into ladyship She is able to ... fill the cattle pen with butter and cream In the sheepfold she is able to ... In the plain ... you are my ..., geshtinanna Oh, the young woman is indeed ... Your little ones/children ... are indeed ... She is indeed the ... of Unug She is indeed the ... of Kulaba You are ..., indeed she is ... The young lady ... for her brother Scratched her face, scratched? her nose Scratched her upper thighs, the place not seen when with a man,

She made straight away to the tavern of? the palace The young woman, she! was inquiring of the minister who was leaving the palace The minister who was leaving the palace was answering the young woman Your brother is setting his hands upon? the en-ship The en-ship of Unug ...

The ones dividing up the me, ten ishib priests The ones bowing down, the lustration priests, the susbu priests The ones that leave? the great shrine monthly/in the moonlight?, the unceasing ones, in their presence? your brother is setting his hands upon? the en-ship At that time there should be seven for him, there should be seven for him The song performers of Unug are seven In Zabalam there were fifty lamenters They know the stars in heaven, they know the roads on earth The ones that know the stars in heaven are "carrying/raising the middle"? They were "raising" the song and "putting down" the song In performing the song they? could not find "its head" beginning, soloist, director or proper tuning? for themselves? It was them who were not "putting" the song? into the proper voice and "station"?

The little sister dwelling in the midst was speaking/singing? She was making her chest great i.e., inhaling, or a technical musical term?, she was ... her chest, she was speaking/singing We will "raise" the song, and you! will "put down" the song ... did not live in ... ... lived in the ... of? ... She lived in the ..., the mountain of silver and lapis lazuli, in its ...

Get up in order to sail, get up in order to sail, ... several lines missing Ishtaran, with the face of shuba stones, his mother is to receive the downstream sailing barge? Alla, lugalsapar, the barge that his mother is to receive in the netherworld? LugalKANE, his mother is to receive the downstream sailing barge? Ningeshzida, his mother is to receive the downstream sailing barge? His younger sister sang a lament in the cabin at the front of the boat His older sister ... in the cabin at the rear of the boat I want to sail with you, I want to sail with you, my brother, I want to sail with you My brother, I want to ride your barge with you, my brother, I want to sail with you I want to ride? your ... At the front of the boat I shall intone a lament/seize the ladder?, I want to sail with you At the back of the boat I shall kill intruders??, I want to sail with you Youth Damu, I want to sail with you, my brother, I want to sail with you ..., I want to sail with you, my brother, I want to sail with you Ishtaran, with the face/eye of shuba stones, I want to sail with you, my brother, I want to sail with you Alla, lugalsapar lord of the net, I want to sail with you, my brother, I want to sail with you LugalKANE, I want to sail with you, my brother, I want to sail with you

Ningeshzida, I want to sail with you, my brother, I want to sail with you The evil galla demon dwelling in the middle was speaking to Ningeshzida Lugalkisuna, look at your sister Lugalkisuna, having looked at his sister, was speaking to her I have ridden with him, I have ridden with him, why are you to sail with me? My sister, I have ridden with my galla demon, why are you to sail with me? I have ridden with my man who pelts me, why are you to sail with me? I have ridden with my man who binds my hands, why are you to sail with me? I have ridden with my man who binds my arms, why are you to sail with me?

The river of the netherworld does not convey water/irrigate, its water is not drunk/it is not full of water?, why are you to sail with me? The field of the netherworld does not grow barley, flour is not ground? utilizing it, why are you to sail with me? The sheep of the netherworld does not wear wool, a garment is not woven utilizing it, why are you to sail with me? Because of this journey? I, whom my mother excavated like a canal/planted on the river bank!?, my water is not drunk? I? am not watered by hand like a tamarisk, no one sits in my shade? No one? ... the allure of my date-bearing like a date palm My galla demon gouged? with a stick?, causing you to scream He placed ... on my hands, causing you to scream He placed ... on my neck, causing you to scream Amashilama was speaking to? Ningeshzida If? ... makes a gift? for? the grievous? ..., ... If? ... makes a gift? for? your galla demon ... I want to ..., it is becoming too much for you I want to ..., it is becoming too much for you

I want to ... the little ones? on? my lap, it is becoming too much for you I want to ... on? my lap like my? ..., it is becoming too much for you I? am ..., ..., it is becoming too much for you My brother, you have been acted upon?, my brother, you have been acted upon?, it is becoming too much for you ..., you have been acted upon?, my brother, you have been acted upon?, it is becoming too much for you ... the stern? ... ... ... ... the stern? ... ... encircled you?, ... ... ..., sequester yourself in your house, city!/southern storm?, sequester yourself in your house

... prowled? ... struck? ... they are ... ... they are striking I/you sit in the dust ... may ... turn ... ... seized ... together?, ... was crying out bitterly? ... bloodily/towards the standard? Give? ... Give? ...

When ... entered, he said? "... I want to cast fire"? When ... entered, he snatched away the ... of the shepherd When ... entered, ..., his face sickened/darkened? When ... entered, he tore away ... from his ..., his features were changed When ... entered, saying? "... do not carry a billy goat" When ... entered, ... left the sheep shed

Nanna-Suen made a resolution To that of Enlil, to that of Ninlil Dilimbabbar made a resolution I am a hero, I want to go to my city I want to go to my city, I want to go to my father I am Suen, I want to go to my city I want to go to my city, I want to go to my father I want to go to my father Enlil I want to go to my city

For its miriza planking towards the forest/thicket of hashhur trees Dilimbabbar dispatched a man For its emesig planking? towards the kugnuna forest? Nanna-Suen dispatched a man For its cabin? towards the mountain of juniper resin Dilimbabbar dispatched a man For its u planking Nanna-Suen dispatched a man towards the forest of Ebla? For its ... to the forest of juniper resin Dilimbarbar dispatched a man

His? birth father ... Kalkal ... ... His? birth father ... ... Kalkal ... ... Kalkal ... Rejoicing ...

I want to go back to Ur He gave to him syrup and wine in the irrigated orchard I want to go back to Ur He gave to him life force in the palace I want to go back to Ur My king, on your throne, the one of Enlil Nanna-Suen! May he be born? in a span of? seven days On your? holy throne, the one of great mother Ninlil Lord Dilimbabbar! May he be born? in a span of? seven days

The hoe is the one that exhumes the corpse? from the ground The youth, the important one? of heaven/An, he is the younger brother of Nergal Hero Gilgamesh, for him? the hoe is a sabar net He who is the son of Ninsumun, for him? the oar is first? The allub tool is the kingal official on/in the river At the door? of the agrun chamber/building, the hoe is the vizier Evildoers are children of the hoe during the waning moon? By means of/in? the regular day? they!? are being born apart from heaven? ... Towards the earth it is the allub tool, in the reedbed it is a dog In the thicket it is an ushumgal creature At the site of battle it is ... ax At the site of the fortification, it is an alluhab net!? At the place of the table, it is a bowl

At the site of a chariot, it is a mayaltum wagon!? In the donkey stable, it is an argibil structure It is the hoe, its good name is present in? the mountain range The tree of the mountain range is the oak tree The aromatic of the mountain range is of the arganum tree The stone of the mountain range is algamesh stone

The hoe makes ... fructify, the hoe make ... flourish The hoe makes barley good?, the hoe is used with? the sabar net The hoe is used with? the brick-mold, the hoe set the head in it? The hoe is the strength of youth The hoe and the earth-carrying basket are those that are to build the city The true temple is being built, the true temple is being established/maintained You are to broaden the fertile field? The field that is revolting against its master The field that does not submit to its master The hoe makes it submit to its master The smiter of the "evil rushes" It tears it out at its roots, it breaks? at its branches The hoe was setting the hirim grass at the hand The hoe, the wooden implement decreed a destiny by father Enlil

Hoe, praise! Nisaba, praise!

From? the house of my mother my tilimda vessel? ... The one who has ... his own house ... The one who has established? his own dwelling ... To lady Ninazimua ... thus spoke Several/each of the messengers? repeated to? lady Ninazimua At that time the lady wept, making sobbing noises Lady Ninazimua .... Who? ... your destroyed? ... ... your destroyed? ... ... your great ... The river ... your barge ... The road ... your chariot ...

... dug a well for fresh water ... ... dug a well for brackish water ... The river/canal ... The field ... The house of your father/your patrimony ..., your pride/dog ... The house of your son?, my tilimda vessel ... ... thus spoke to Ningeshzida Several of the messengers? repeated to? ... At that time, my king wept ... Ningeshzida ...

.... spouse? ... lap ... He was speaking? to lady Ninazimua ... I? am not one who is returning?, ... I? am not one making a return trip?, ... On my journey, there is no return ... ... towards the house ... Listening for? the plain, ... weeps? My mother ... the hair of her head The window/nook? of her weeping? ... The window/nook? of her rejoicing heart ... The birth mother ... the horizon? ... ... like vegetation in the cracks, who? shall you? see? Vegetation in the cracks like cedar trees, who? shall you see?

Like vegetation in the cracks, who? shall you see? Vegetation in the cracks like cedar/juniper trees, who? shall you see? You? are not a ... rush, you? do not grow in the plain, ... A bitter/guarded? glance!? ... Like a boxwood tree, like one with "good hands"? ...

It is the second extract in a series, the composition "the lord? ..."

In distant times, so that Enki founded/demarcated ...!? by means of abundance So that "its Enlil"? resided in a supreme dwelling, in order to purify its inner sanctum/banquet hall In order to give distributed rations to the great gods, to behold? their shrines In order to establish good siskur rituals/prayers for the Anuna, in order to ... from/at? the Dukug So that Nanna, who comes out in the zenith of heaven, shines?, so that the supreme horns illuminate the darkness So that Utu fills the horizon with great awe, so that ... In order to incise designs, in order to return the land to its place

So that both the Tigris and Euphrates return? from/by means of the spring i.e., Abzu?, in order to bring the high flood in their midst In order to set the sea and the seashore? in order, so that lord Dilimbabbar goes to the Ekur So that the offshoot rises, so that barley grows, so that lord Dilimbabbar goes to the Ekur at the month at the beginning of the year So that fishes and birds teem in the marshland, so that the net ...

My father, Enlil ... Nunamnir, I ... You are lord! I want to go, lord, the mountain range ... Nunamnir, I want to go, lord, the mountain range ... After approaching the mountain range the pure place ... Enki ... red clay/carnelian paste The upper hinge ... "goose stone"? ... Enki set up the brickwork and ... Make/prepare a carnelian temple for my father? so that ... Therefore he felled trees for you, he felled trees for you Therefore he felled reeds for you, he felled reeds for you

... ... The ones that ... knew/learned ... The one that ... filled ... ... ... was speaking out to the Anuna gods ... my son, whom ... will kill/die?, whom ... will kill/die in the temple? For the hero?, my son, whom ... will kill, whom ... will kill in the temple? My son, thus he shall do to you He was roiled like water, so that? he drowned like the harvest ... ... prowled around/circled?

After approaching the mountain range the pure place ... Enki ... red clay/carnelian paste The upper hinge ... carnelian Enki set up the brickwork and ... Make/prepare? a carnelian temple for my father? so that ... Therefore he felled trees for you, he felled trees for you Therefore he felled reeds for you, he felled trees for you Therefore the long? ... by itself ... I will enter? into the Ekur ... The ... of heaven/An begat there ... He begat the water along with its river, he ... abundance He begat the field along with its barley, he ... abundance He begat the bull along with its pen, he ... abundance

He begat the sheep along with its fold, he ... abundance On? the dikes and ditches he begat plants, he ... abundance He begat the fruit of the orchard, honey/syrup and wine In the steppe he begat plants, he ... abundance In the thicket he begat ... and the fallow deer In the palace he begat encouragement/life-giving force, he ... abundance In our city, where there is no new barley, plant? among? the old barley In Nibru, where there is no new barley, plant? among? the old barley In our city, where there are no new dates, plant? among? the old dates

In Nibru, where there are no new dates, plant? among? the old dates Enlil ... water ... with his lahtan vessel? Enlil established your word ... ... was speaking to Nuska And said!? "Nuska, he who is of? distant days" ... Nuska ... Embrace ...

Do not? abandon ... in the empty breeze I am not!? one does not obey your word, one who does not sustain ... My lord ... he is?/how he is? my precious one

... Enki?, because of you ... ... ... ... Ishme-Dagan A/Enlildirishe 215f., 244f., Kurzzeilen

On the mountain range spanning both heaven and earth When An fathered the Anuna gods Because no one had been able to give birth to or create Ashnan yet Because the flax of the weaving goddess Uttu had not been created along with them Because the pegs of the loom had not been set for Uttu Because the ewe had not come forth, the lamb had not multiplied Because the goat had not come forth, the kid had not multiplied Because the ewe had not given birth to its lamb Because the goat had not given birth to its kid The names of both Ezina-Kusu deified grain and lahar deified ewe The Anuna, the great gods, did not know The mush barley of the thirtieth day was not present The mush barley of the fortieth day was not present

The mush barley of the fiftieth day was not present The small barley, the barley of the mountain, the barley of the pure settlement was not present Wearing of garments was not present Uttu was not yet born, the crown was not yet raised Lord Bridegroom Dumuzi and Kalkal the gatekeeper of the Ekur were not yet born Sumuqan had not yet come out in the dry land The humans of that distant time They did not know that food was to be eaten They did not know the wearing of garments In the land one went/stood on limbs i.e., on all fours? naked? Like sheep one ate with grass in its mouth i.e. ruminated They were drinking water in the ditches? At that time, at the place of forming features of the gods

In their temple on the Holy Mound ... was creating lahar and Ezina They gathered them into the shrine where the gods ate food The abundance of lahar and Ashnan The Anuna gods of the holy mound Were eating!, but none among them were able to be filled

The milk/cream of their holy sheepfold, the sweet thing the Anuna gods of the Holy Mound were drinking, but none among them were able to be filled Humanity ... At that time Enki spoke to Enlil "Father Enlil, both lahar and Ezina Because/after?... created them on the Holy Mound We shall send them down from the Holy Mound" This is how both? Enki and Enlil spoke? in their holy conversation They! were sending down both lahar and Ezina from the Holy Mound They! were enclosing lahar in her sheepfold They were giving vast vegetation to her For Ezina they were putting down a fertile field

They were giving to her the plow, the yoke, and its plow team After lahar stood in the sheepfold After the shepherd furnished her? with allure in the sheepfold After Ezina stood in the furrow She was a beautiful/verdant young woman bearing allure After she raised her fertile head in the field After she was poured upon by the abundance of heaven? Both lahar and Ezina appeared In heaven abundance was there for them? In the land life force was there for them? They were properly executing the me of the gods They were making? things proliferate in the storehouse!? of the land Into the prison, founded!? in? the dust After they entered, abundance was there for them

The two of them lit. "their two", where they set their feet They are the ones who increase things in the house "heavily" Where they stand, they are correct?, where they sit, they are appropriate They are ones that are pleasant in? the heart of An and the heart of Enlil The were drinking sweet/intoxicating wine They were "making themselves sweet" i.e., getting drunk with sweet/intoxicating beer After they drank sweet/intoxicating wine

Single-column tablet of Damqi-ilishu, month of Abe, 14th day Total: 62! lines

After they drank sweet/intoxicating wine After they "made themselves sweet" i.e., getting drunk with sweet/intoxicating beer They were arguing in the meadows It was at the site of the banquet that they were having a adamin debate Ezina was speaking to lahar Sister, I am your superior, at the front I stand? relative to you I am the joy of the shine? of the land I give my strength to the sagursag functionary/first of the warriors? So that? in the palace he casts an aura In the land ... established the name/reputation? up to its borders I am the greeting gift/bribe of the Anuna gods I am the heart/rage? of mortal rulers When my strength approaches the hero

When he stands in the battle site He has not "known flesh"!?, he has not "known sinew" i.e., corporeal injury? It is as if I go towards? "the play of Inanna" for him? I!? sweeten male and female neighborliness I!? release quarreling neighbors When I!? approach the captive young man When I!? allocate/offer his fate He forgets his distress I!? undo the manacles and the neck stock I am Ezina-Kusu, the child of Enlil One who is bound to the sheep hut, the milking building, and the plain What of yours can be present in response? What is it that which is my speaking!?? Answer! When? she stood on behalf of/towards? her property, before her ... ... ...

... The looking over of the organized weapons, troops? and the guard is mine? In the field I am the life of the status of laborer The waterskin of? cold water and the sandal are mine The sweet oil/butter, which is the scent of divinity The regular provision of ... oil, oil of cedar resin is mine My suluhu ceremonial garment?, a garment of white wool Makes the king rejoice The wool from my back glistens on the bodies of the great gods The gudug, pashesh, and lustration priests Because/after they are wearing me!? in my pure lustration rites I am effectively stepping in my pure reed hut? Your harrow, ploughshare, the binding and the strap are nothing more than destroyed tools

What of yours can be present in response? What is it that which is my speaking!?? Answer! A 2nd time Ezina was replying to lahar After one has baked? the leavened dough in the oven After one made/stood upright? the cooked malt in the oven One mixes it for me as if I was? Ninkasi Your big goat bucks and rams ... brings to an end? for ... at the site of the banquet By means of my food? they have stood on thick forelegs Your shepherd has looked to my food? in the plain On my behalf while being on the stalk in the field My farmer chases your! herder brandishing a weapon

After you! seek out a silent place below As for you, your fear does not depart from you Total: 61 lines "Long-tablet" of Damqi-ilishu, month "Abe," 24th day.

As for you, your fear does not depart from you! Snakes and scorpions, thieves/liars?, that of the plain Desire you life in the plain Daily your tally is made Your tallying stick? is planted in the ground Your herder?, where the ewes are, where the little lambs are, where the nannies are, where the little kids are: he is the person who says. When the little winds are to go in the city When big winds are to go in the desert They make a milking house/pen for you When the little winds are to go in the city When big winds are to go in the desert I am Ezina, born for the hero, who will never cease

Who can stand against? Ishkur as an equal opponent The churn and the kir vessel for milk?, the treasure of shepherdship, are present among? your property What of yours can be present in response? What is it, that which is my speaking that can be responded to?? Answer! For a 2nd time lahar was answering Ezina You ... as? the evening/evening of the sky? You have loved? the ... of the mountain/foreign land The angered enemy now a? foreign slave The one with a? junior spouse?, the ... with lit. of small children After having bound you with a one-cubit rope One takes you down to the site of the threshing floor One takes you up from the site of the threshing floor

His weapon has struck your face, it has struck your nose After? ... like crushed/slaughtered? ... The southern and northern winds ... The grinding stone, the ... The muller grinds? on your back When you live? in the trough One mixed you? with the dough? for me!? and curled it up? on the ground The young woman is the one who spreads out/bakes, mixes, and spreads out again/strikes? She? brings you? up to the oven When you are on the table I am there above relative to you, and you are there below relative to me!?

Ezina, pay attention to!? yourself And then you will understand? you ...

Because the eye ... your me i.e., role And then? I am made to follow after? as a course? The miller is not there for evil purposes for what he does? What of yours can be present in response? What is it that which is my speaking that can be responded to?? Answer! At that time Ezina the grain goddess was ... her pride/native status? Ezina was answering lahar As for you, Ishkur is your master, Sumuqan is your groom, and the desert is your bed Like the house and field in which fire also rages!?/like the house also set on fire by? the field!? Like when locusts afflict!? a house with their teeth!? You bring the weak? cripple? into the land? While I can? set my neck to the ground i.e., achieve a state of overripeness?

I? am divided into various ...? ban containers After one has brought? your ... belly/innards? for sale at the market rate After he binds you yourself/your aura? and your neck with a loin cloth One person says to another "fill up the ...? ban container with grain in order to buy my ewe" At that time, Enki was speaking to Enlil Father Enlil, lahar and Ezina ... They have stood? ... by their strength? The 3rd/30th ... does not cease at their side!? Of the two of them, Ezina is greater And therefore Lahar should kneel? and prostrate herself to Ezina To ... she/they? should kiss her feet From!? sunrise until!? sunset

She/they? should praise!? the name of Ezina The one who possesses silver, the one who possesses lapis, the person that possesses an ox, the person who possesses a sheep Will spend the day at the gate of the one who possesses grain along with him? In the dispute undertaken between lahar and Ezina Lahar is the quitter, Ezina is the one who emerged victorious Father Enki, praise!

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An raised his head with authority, he brought forth a good day He placed designs within the borders of heaven and earth, and made the people interact with them broadly? Enlil took a step upon the earth like a great bull So that the day reared abundance In order that the night made joy manifest In order that flax grows and barley spreads wide In order that the spring carp-flood is established in the harbor In order that the land perpetuates in abundance In order that that Summer "makes a knot" in heaven blocking rain? In order that Winter establishes water in the quay in abundance Enlil, the king of the lands, resolved He copulated with the great mountain ranges, he gave an inheritance share to? the mountain

He poured the seed of Summer and Winter which are abundance and the life of the land, into the womb

He made their necks thicken in the pasture lands of the mountain range Enlil! was determining a destiny for Summer and Winter For Summer founding cities and settlements Bringing in the harvest of abundance for Great Mountain Enlil Sending personnel as "task bound" into the great meadows, causing the ox to establish the field!? For Winter abundance, the carp flood, plenty, the life of the land Establishing grain in the field, the fertile field?, the piling up of everything He was deciding this as a destiny for both Summer and Winter

Summer bowed towards Winter, entreating him In his house he put in order vessels with emmer beer and liquor The were spending the day at each other's side? with a banquet of delicious things They were libating brotherhood and friendship like fine oil In order to discuss good matters? in their midst, together they were pleasant Both Summer and Winter held an adamin contest Winter, the true farmer of Enlil Was the one who surpassed Summer The Great Mountain, father Enlil, praise!

In ancient time, in the time that good fate was decreed An and Enlil established the plans of the universe Enki, the supreme leader, the lord of broad wisdom The junior Enlil of the lands, he was the "3rd one" He sought? the me of both heaven and earth and founded a dwelling/sitting there? The water? that engenders the true seed? was bound? to his hand The Tigris and Euphrates, having been excavated on the edge, brought water into the lands He dredged the small canals, the ditches were established there ... Enki broadened the cattle pen and sheepfold, he made them acquire a shepherd and cow herder

He established cities and outlying settlements on the earth, the blackheaded flourished there He made? the king acquire their shepherdship, he raised him to their princeship He brought out the king as faithful sunlight in the lands Enki knotted the marshes together, he made the old reed growth and fresh reed stalks grow He made fish and birds live in the great marshes, the ponds? and the supreme? marshes In the plain he gave the means of? eating and drinking to!? living creatures Enki the lord of abundance, the lord of the gods, stationed ... at its side in charge Nudimmud, the supreme prince, the lord of broad wisdom After he created both the fish and the bird He filled the marsh and reedbed with them He chose their station on behalf of you!? ... He made their eyes discover? their design

At that time, the fish laid eggs in the deep water/marsh? The bird founded a nest at the intake of the reed bed The bird terrified the fish in the deep water/marsh by means of its scream The fish stood, he was shouting to the bird It was boasting, by means of a fight he intiated a quarrel It arose in the street in the manner of a quarrel, it stood there? wildly At that time the fish was speaking to the bird in the deep water/marsh with an outcry? Bird, releasing i.e. uninhibited?, shouting, ... was not present/placed? Croaker? of the deep water/marsh, screaming?, "releasing and growing/boasting" the lips perhaps an ideophone? Spending time eating way too much, having horrible diarrhea

You may be able to croak/chew? when you stand in the plain, but they will chase you!? away In the furrow, the members of the ranks of farmers should not cease? ... a net? for you The gardener should not cease? setting up a net in the irrigated orchard for you His arm is not set apart to rest from? the sling, he does not bend his knee to sit because of you You are one who is destroying things/food in the garden, you are one who cannot sweeten the flesh of the land? Your feet are not good for fields that have wet patches Bird, shameless one who sprinkle feces in the courtyard The young sweeper who is sweeping in the temple is braiding? a malevolent rope there for you The palace is confused by your scream, it is to be abandoned? by the agency of your mouth?

They bring one of your kind into the fattener's shed They make one of your kind babble like livestock They pour cold water into the watering trough? for you You can then be accepted? as a regular offering The fowler delivers one of your kind with bound wings The fisherman brings one of your kind into? the palace They? cripple? your wings/feathers? and face/eyes Your shouting has no limit, what is your flying? By means of your horrible cry you frighten the night, one does not sleep well Bird, leave the marsh, remove your scream from above me Bring out a pit in the sand dunes?, thus is what is appropriate for you At that time the fish insulted the bird

Because of its beauty, the bird knew about its multicolored back and multicolored face Whatever insults fish had assailed it with!?, it did not ponder them It was as if a nursemaid was singing a lullaby It was not heeding these words?, laughing malevolently instead? At that time, the bird was replying to the fish Thus your heart, produces exuberance?, you have actually humilated yourself Your mouth is a hole? which ... surrounded with teeth?, you cannot see your back Possessor of blunted limbs and blunted appendages, "turn your neck by means of the fins"!?

Possessor of a smell that is not good, inducing? vomiting, opening the mouth?, and wrinkling of the nose? No one holds/catches your eating i.e., food? properly with a caulked container? or a cord!? Your plunderer does not touch his hand to his skin

"Long-tablet" of Damqi-ilishu, month of Udduru, day n.

In the furrow!?, the members of the ranks of farmers should not cease? ... a net? for you The gardener should not cease!? setting up a net towards? the irrigated orchard for you His arm is not set apart to rest from? the sling, he does not bend his knee to sit because of you You are one who is destroying things/food in the garden, you are one who cannot sweeten the flesh of the land? Your feet are not good for fields that have wet patches Bird, shameless one who sprinkle feces in the courtyard The young sweeper who is sweeping in the temple is braiding? a rope there for you The palace? is confused by your scream, ... They bring one of your kind into the fattener's shed They make one of your kind babble like livestock You can then be accepted? as a regular offering

The fowler delivers one of your kind with bound wings They? ... your wings/feathers? and face/eyes Your shouting has no limit, what worth is your flying? You frighten the night, one does not sleep well Bird, leave the marsh, remove your scream from above me Bring out a pit in the sand dunes?, thus? is your appropriate role At that time the fish insulted the bird Because of it beauty, the bird knew about its multicolored back and multicolored face Whatever insults fish had assailed it with, it did not ponder them It was as if a nursemaid sang a lullaby It was not devoting itself to words?, laughing malevolently instead? At that time, the birds was replying to the fish

Thus your heart, produces exuberance?, you are actually humiliating yourself Your mouth is a hole? which ... surrounded with teeth?, you cannot see before yourself?

No one holds/catches your eating i.e., food? properly with reed?, a cord?, or a caulked container? Your plunderer does not touch his hand to his skin In the great swamp, in the broad marsh, I am your ranger One cannot eat its good food because of me?, my voice? approaches there? One cannot move? in the river/canal confidently?, my "south wind"? covers completely From before me they are diving into the reed-bed and marsh? From among your little ones, you might as well pile up for me as a regular offering, for my sustenance ... Your large ones are indeed the "solution"? of the site of a banquet I am the beautiful and knowledgable bird

Beautiful work occurred on behalf of my adornment But there is no one who has prepared the working of your pure wax/mold? In the palace of the king, I am the ornament of movement In the courtyard? my noise is a fitting thing, one established it as such!?/set it apart!? My cry is "that of a sweet thing"? On the body of Shulgi? it is a fitting thing, one established? it as such!?/set it apart!? Fruits of the orchard are for my many regular offerings babaza porridge, malt?, hulled grain?, and emmer? flour? are for my things/food that sweetens the mouth Thus? you? do not know my greatness! Bow your neck to the ground! At that time, the bird insulted the fish

The fish, possessed of anger, trusting in the heroic might of the deep water? Like a heavy rain cloud it touched the ground, it stood in an adamin contest Whatever insults the bird had struck it with, it did not ponder It was able to? set its neck on the ground sarcastically?, it was speaking freely/humbly? For the 2nd time the fish replied to the bird Bird, you do not know my greatness, you did not tread behind me, you are one who has not inquired after me You cannot know either my weakness? or my strength, you have spoken an inflammatory? word Possessor of trimmed limbs, crippled? feet, a ... mouth/beak, and a thinned out/flattened? tongue

By means of ignorance you have been able to sneer/shout/chew?, but you have not advised yourself I, the fish, am the one who piles up? the abundance of the pure shrine/sea? together I am the one who brings/goes/stands among? the great nindaba offerings of the Ekur proudly

Like the grain goddess Ezina I am here for the sustenance of the land, I am her helper The harvest? rejoices with me as if it was a festival, my inquirer is there? Bird, what is your great thing that you accomplished? I will make you known your over exuberance I want to return back into your mind? your arrogance and mendacious speech At that time the fish was to make plans against the bird Silently and deceptively? it went on its "arms" When the bird got up from its nest in order to bring back food for its chick The fish sought the place silently It struck the bird's established nest, its prepared plants, making it? a windswept shrine

It destroyed its built house, it tore out? its storeroom It killed its eggs and its nest with water?, it covered them in the sea For a 2nd time the fish insulted the bird At that time the bird, with the face of a pirig creature and the claws of a hurin bird It was beating!? its wings towards its nest, but its flight path was blocked? With its mouth? it was screaming in the midst of heaven like the nugig midwife of heaven, i.e., Inanna At that time the bird, which was looking carefully, its limbs were spread out? Like a stormwind that is to shake? to the midst of heaven, it roamed? in heaven

The bird was searching the fish in the deep water, it sought it in the marshes The bird saw the fish in the deep water and planned against it It seized it, it tried to flee in the water but the bird held it with its claws It heaped up its little spawn? together, it heaped them in the manner of sheaves The bird took out revenge, but its heart was not cooling For a 2nd time the bird was replying to the fish "Clever" one?, inferior one, deaf one, with muddled plans, fish, you should not come out? Roaming the harbor!?, its mouth? not eating, "a storm blowing away?" fodder

Pig, rogue, eating its own excrement, ... Guard who dwells in a bound-up house, slithering by itself The fish burned ... for me like fire, it sought the place silently!? Out of ignorance it got angry, it spattered? its hands in blood? In making itself feel wonderful it has destroyed itself

I am the one who flies in heaven, I am the one who goes about on earth Wherever I am going, whatever is its name, I am the happiness that is present on behalf of ...?

Month of baragzaggar, day ...

A 2nd time the bird insulted the fish The fish, possessed of anger, trusting in the heroic might of the deep water? Like a heavy rain cloud it set itself on the ground, it stood in an adamin contest Whatever insults the bird had struck it with, in did not ponder It was able to? submit furiously?, it was speaking freely/humbly? A 2dishnd time fish was answering the bird Possessor of trimmed limbs, crippled? feet, a ... mouth/beak, and a thinned out/flattened? tongue By means of ignorance you have been able to sneer/shout/chew?, but you yourself have not contemplated? Eating way too much, ..., filling the courtyard with feces

The young courtyard sweeper who is sweeping in the temple is braiding? a rope for you The cook, the brewer, and the gatekeeper who reside in the temple are distressed with you Bird, you are one who my greatness does not tread behind, you are one who does not inquire after me You cannot know either my weakness? or my strength, you have conversed in an inflammatory manner?

You have not sought the site of my deeds, now humble yourself excessively! Your word has brought "release," you have not taken counsel with yourself I, the fish, am the one who piles up? the abundance of the pure shrine/sea? together At? The supreme mound?, I am the one who brings/goes/stands among? the great nindaba offerings of the gods proudly Like the grain goddess Ashnan I am here as the sustenance of the land, I am her helper The people have listened to me, they have looked to me The land? rejoices with me as if it was a festival, my inquirer is there? Bird, what is your great thing that you accomplished? I will make you know your over exuberance

I want to give back into your hand your arrogance and false speech At that time the fish was setting plans in place against the bird Silently and deceptively? it went on its "arms" When the bird got up from its nest in order to bring back food for its chick The fish sought? the place silently "on its arms"

The mounds of mine spread out in the plain are a verdant mountain range, bearing an aura I pile up large and small grain heaps for Enlil I heap up wheat, emmer, and gunida for him In the storehouse of humanity, I fill up with a mountain The orphan, widow, and the destitute have taken gigur baskets for dragging? They gather the remnants of my ears With my chaff, piled up in the field I tow along? all humanity? I am able to rear the teeming? livestock of Sumuqan Hoe, one who malevolently burrowed, whose blade malevolently tore out!? Hoe, one bound to work in clay Hoe, the one whose head is lodged in the field Hoe, one who has spent the day in the mold, in clay, with no one to clean it

After the water of the river "bound" the build houses After Enlil frowned at the land After it came to know? the staff? of Enlil After it was acted upon by the supremacy? of Enlil Enlil did not abandon? the land? He gave the single-bladed hoe to the arid land You? bind us? in the winter just as the harvest season!? We flee from? the place of? summer just like that of? winter The one that "binds the arm" of the hoe? has tied up? the sheaves!? The one the "binds the arm" of the bird snare? has tied up? the dragged gigur basket It has reared the solitary young man and the destitute person They gather the remnants of my! ears The millstone laid down for me, the mortar thrashed for me It is being smitten by the pestle

The shashur and mansim sieves compete to see who works the hardest Why does the man act angrily/What are these acts that a man does angrily?

I fill the meadows with water When the reedbed is irrigated/flooded, When a canal is cut open, when the ditch is cut open, when water as a great flooding river imposes water? The carrying basket, my little one, is put down with me to work/does not bend down with you When, in? the marsh, an edge is made? I, the hoe, serve comprehensively in these situations? Neither the southern nor the northern wind tear apart my work there? The fowler gathers eggs The fisherman catches fish The people have taken the bird hoop traps that have sprung? Now, my abundance sprinkles with its hands in the lands After the water has been cut off from the meadow After the water has been set down/materializes for? working the damp ground Plow, before you I emerge in the field For you I loosen the "set aside" field In the "hideout"? of the dike I cut away the weeds for you I remove? the ukul weed in the field

I collect the dead/old reeds? and the roots for you in the field The field working crew? set in the path? for you Six oxen, four men, and you are the 11th The "labor of my preparation as a tool?"? takes away ... When you go out in the field apart from? me One cannot look favorably upon your furrow which is alone When you lodge your head in the ground working You are bound to? ... roots and thorns When you break your ploughshare and re-create? your ploughshare, your ploughshare does not? ... at your disposal?

Your farmer names you "this? plow is finished" Again, a carpenter is hired for you, a leatherworker is hired? for you The house of the artisans scurry around ...? for you I!?, the feltworker, "cut" the teasel brush? for you He brings up a twisting picket? for you And therefore? he is to "exhaust" the braiding lever for you A piece of leather not cut into strips? is made to sit? towards your head Your "raising/carrying" is small, but your "way" is supreme The day of the new year is i.e., begins a period of twelve months But your service time is four months per year Your fugitive i.e., absentee time is eight months per year As many as your served time, it is two times you go elsewhere On your raft/freight boat? you pile up? a cabin When you set yourself!? in place there?, and you remove/accept? the beams?

When you remove your face/front from the water? like a vessel of wine!? When I? prepare a pile lit. "mountain" by means of the beams? My smoke makes ... green? in the house Your seed funnel, where is it cast? I am the hoe, I shall ... along with ... in the city I am one who has extended the cattlepen, I am one who has broadened the sheepfold I am a servant who has followed his master I am one who always built/rennovated the house of his master I stir clay, I spread it out to make bricks I lay foundations, I build houses I follow the foundation of an old wall ...

... ... built a house for you, ... built a storeroom for you ... built a house that is more than a house!?, a long sided? sheepfold for you In the house .... pots? and poured? good quality beer in them ... put sweet beer up to the fence So that your acquaintances come towards you!?, so that your friends come towards you!? Do not abandon the child of your friend Enter it for me, my beloved child Enter it for me, my beautiful child Don't spend the day idle?, don't spend the night idle?

Do not bring moonlight into the house As I have spent the day?, as I have spent the night? The one who enters is pacified there, the area? has been made appropriate for you Sitting down in its midst? is set in order for you My fish, so that my ones who sleep there do not wake up So that my ones who dwell there do not quarrel Enter it for me, my beloved child Enter for me, my beautiful child Do not dig in it? like a brackish waterway ... Like river silt, do not learn how to rise i.e., be excavated?

My fish, so that the ones who sleep there are not!? woken up So that the ones who dwell there do not!? quarrel Enter for me, my beloved child Enter for me, my beautiful child Like a brackish waterway, do not discover the irrigation ditch? Like river silt, do not learn how to rise i.e., be excavated? Like flowing water, do not diminish!? your recumbency? Do not bring moonlight into the? house when you lie down? May you also not be able to go away from? me, set your face to where I am May you also not be able to go away like a dog sniffing the ground, set your face to where I am May you also not be able to go away like a ... towards your fodder, set your face to where I am

In your manner of going like a prostitute towards the tavern May you not be able to go away from? me, set your face to where I am In your manner of entering like a bull into the cattlepen My fish, may Dilimbabbar rejoice with you In your manner of entering like a sheep into the sheepfold My fish, may Dumuzi, the shepherd, rejoice with you

My fish, my ... fish, may it too enter with you ... My fish, my eshtub carp, may it too enter with you A black boat pole cast into the field Nursemaid giving birth?, taking away? dough from the riverbank My fish, my gubi eel, may it too enter with you Possessing a spiked tail, a spiked dorsal fin?, plundering from the u land? My fish, my great ubi fish, may it too enter with you A fish which within its lips is like a crying child My fish, my thin? ubi fish, may it too enter with you Its head is a hoe, its teeth are a comb Its skeleton is the top of a conifer tree Its air bladder!? is the waterskin of Dumuzi

Its thin tail is the whip of i.e., that threatens? fishermen Its skin is dehaired i.e., scaled? and does not need to be worked by hand? My fish, my mur fish, may it too enter with you The fins of that fish turned back roiled water i.e., it leaves a wake My fish, my kin fish, may it too enter with you

Its head is millstone with its pounding stone, with the paws and head of a dog? Its shoulder is to smite/it is to make its shoulder leap?, its back? is to plant a mooring post i.e., it is difficult to remove from the water? My fish, my peshgid fish, may it too enter with you The cry of its intestines?, the base of its neck are ...? My fish, my pesh fish, may it too enter with you ... placing/preparing ..., a fish who has discovered? how to escape a "reed fence" i.e., fish trap? A fish to whom? fighting is taboo? My fish, my absuhur carp, may it too enter with you The fish who sets up? derision/derides like a clown?, placing bile in? its jaw My fish, my agargara fish, may it too enter with you My child of the merchant, sprinkling? dairy products? My fish, my kamar fish, may it too enter with you

The child of the Martu nomads, ... by? back/from the outside? My fish, my nunbarhush fish, may it too enter with you A fish that does not eat edible plants?, ... water ... My fish, my azaggur fish, may it too enter with you Possessing heavy skin?, ... My fish, my "snake" fish? ... ...

The one shouting? malevolently in the marshes of the river My fish, my akanni bird would bind you to its claws When? the sabar net is stretched out in the water?, prowling around? the sapar net My fish, my uburri bird would bind you to its claws Possessing feet that raise, laughing Darting from the shallows My fish, my kishibar bird would bind you to its claws Not adorning ... ... of a bird, ... of a fish My fish, my kib bird would bind you to its claws A quadruped that dives and dwells in/passes through? the marshes My fish, my kuda animal otter? would bind you to its paw They? will not bind you to their claws/front paws, they will not bind you to their claws/rear paws

My fish, time elapses, come before me Time elapses, come before me May Nanshe?, the lady of the fisherman, rejoice for you

Fish, do not reject? a companion!? My fish, may various kinds of fish also enter with you Possessing beautiful beards, eating? the ulal plant My fish, my suhurgal carp, may it too enter with you Eating the ubzal reeds and ... My fish, my suhurtur carp, may it too enter with you The one with big lips?, sucking? the young reed growth My fish, my eshtub carp, may it too enter with you A black boat pole cast into the field My fish, my gubi eel, may it too enter with you A farrowing? pig ... towards the river bank in order to constantly steal dough?

My fish, my gubi eel, may it too enter with you Possessing a horned tail and a crook of a tail!?, who plunders fruit? from the trees? My fish, my great ubi fish, may it too enter with you

The fish ... weeping like a child ... My fish, the ubi.sig fish, may it too enter with you Its head is a hoe, its teeth are a comb Its skeleton is the top of a conifer? tree Its air bladder!? is the waterskin of Dumuzi ... ... ... ... My fish, my ... fish, may it too enter with you

The utterance of your king is nothing to me? lit. my non-existence, his reiteration is nothing to me? When my king was born, he was suitable for lordship The lord of Unug, a sagkal snake living in Sumer, crushing heads like flour A mountain goat whose strength is in the mountain peak The shilamza bovine, the mountain? goat purified with soap and plucked of its wool? Given birth to by the true cow in the mountain midst Enmerkar, the son of Utu, has sent me to you In his city, I! shall make the people fly from the trees like pigeons I! shall terrify the people in their founded nests like birds According to the current market rate I will tear away/silence? the people

I will make the people hold dust as if they inhabited a destroyed city Aratta, the settlement that Enki has cursed I too shall destroy the place like the one who has destroyed places Inanna has raised ... behind them She has shouted and screamed I too shall devastate like the one who has devastated After an inhabitant has packed leather bags with gold ore After an inhabitant has placed kugmea metal in its ore? beside it After an inhabitant fashions the metal into pouches? After one fastens sacks? upon donkeys of the mountains? On my behalf, the junior Enlil of the lands

The lord that Nudimmud has chosen in his pure heart They will therefore build ... for me in the manner of? the mountain of the pure me Make it alluring like the box tree for me Make its rays sparkle for me like Utu coming out of his agrun chamber And make its thresholds sparkle like a standard for me When? the holy songs and incantations are sung in its agrun chambers Say the spell of Nudimmud for me After you have spoken what you are saying to me? To the scion who grows? a lapis beard

I shall speak the words to him in the shrine of Eanna In the gipar complex, bearing fruit like a new mes tree I shall repeat it for my king, the lord of Kulaba Thus in i.e. contemporaneously? that of what he the messenger should be saying to him the lord of Aratta said? Messenger, to your king, the lord of Kulaba When you speak to him, when you repeat It is I, the lord who is suitable for the pure hands!? And therefore the neck stock of heaven, the queen of the universe The lady of the many cosmic powers, holy Inanna It is I? who she brought to Aratta, the mountain of the pure me It is I? who she has made block your face? from? the mountain like a great door How could Aratta submit to Unug?

Aratta's submission to Unug does not exist Speak that to him Thus in i.e. contemporaneously? that of what he the lord of Aratta should be saying to him the messenger said? The messenger was replying to! the lord of Aratta The great lady Inanna, riding on/superimposed by the furious me Seated in the mountain range of the mountain of shuba stones Having adorned the dais of the mountain of shuba stones My lord and king, in the manner of her servant? The lady has made him enter into the Eanna temple? Saying "The lord of Aratta has bowed his neck to the ground on behalf of Kulaba"? Thus in i.e. contemporaneously? that of what he the messenger should be saying to him the lord of Aratta said? The lord of Unug, a sagkal snake living in Sumer, crushing heads like flour A mountain goat whose strength is in the mountain peak

The shilamza bovine, the mountain? goat purified with soap and plucked of its hair?

It is the 4th "long-tablet" in the composition: "The city, a furious bull bearing a great aura."

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I Lugalbanda relied upon you the Anzu bird He said "may your wife be my mother" He said "may you be my? father" Your little ones as my brothers Indeed I? will regard them lit. bring them in Since yesterday in the mountain of cypress, the unknown of mountains I have been standing in place waiting for you May your spouse stand beside you in my greeting I shall greet you ...

Come, my lugalbanda Like a barge? carrying precious metal, like a boat carrying barley Like a boat that is to transport apples Like a boat providing shade to? cucumbers Like a boat exuding allure at the site of the harvest Go proudly back to the brickwork of Kulaba Lugalbanda, the one who loves the seed? Was not accepting the suggestion Ninurta, the son of Enlil May he cover the top of your head with the sagshu turban, the pirig creature of battle ... of lord?/mighty ... of? the Great Mountain Enlil whose chest cannot be turned back May he stand it? on your chest In the mountain/foreign land a ... net?, a ... net? ... You? will go? to the city?, the site of Unug? Lugalbanda, the one who loves the seed? Was not accepting these Like Shara, the beloved son of Inanna Bring out your barbed arrows like sunlight

Bring out ... like moonlight May the barbed arrow act as a shagtur snake? to those it hits

The Anzu bird to holy lugalbanda Was speaking? May there be strength in your arms May you? never tire Your pumping arms shall not suffer pain Moving like the sun, like Inanna, like? the seven storms of Ishkur You said? "I want rise like flame and flash like lightning" Go where your eye looks and sees Set your foot to wherever you eye raises to Confront according to your free will/wish In the place where your heart also speaks to you about Untie your sandals When Utu is to bring you back to your city, Kulaba The one who curses you

The lord paid attention to the mountain that sustains man Lord Gilgamesh paid attention to the mountain that sustains man He was speaking to his servant Enkidu Enkidu, the shoulder of? a young man has not brought out the limits/secrets? of living I want to enter into the mountain, I want to establish my name Where a name can stand be inscribed, I want to establish my name Where a name cannot stand be inscribed, I want to establish the name of the gods His servant Enkidu was replying My king, if you are to enter the mountain, Utu should know of it along with us

Utu, the youth Utu, should know of it along with us The decision of the mountain of cut juniper belongs to the youth Utu, Utu should know of it along with us Gilgamesh took a white goat kid

He clasped a brown goat kid of the mashdaria delivery to his chest His hand held the pure scepter at his nose He was calling out to Utu of heaven Utu, if I am to enter into the mountain, will you be my helper? If I am to enter into the mountain of cut juniper, will you be my helper? Utu from heaven was replying to him You are of yourself a young man, a native son, what are you to the mountain? Utu, I want to speak to you, may your ear be oriented towards my words I shall greet you, may my words be listened to In my city, a man dies, and I am distressed One has forgotten a man, and my heart is pained

On the city wall, I stretched out my neck? I saw a corpse floated by the river? in the water But I should not be done thusly! Thus I must be? A tall man has never stretched to heaven A broad man has never engulfed the land I want to enter into the mountain, I want to establish my name

The 5th is ..., a screaming sagkal snake, ...?, splitting the mountain range The 6th is ..., beating its breast against the mountain like a flood The 7th is ... flashing like lightning!, no one will approach its side The seven heroes, the youth Utu gave to Gilgamesh They? will bring the boats for portage to the base of the mountain range It was made pleasing there for the one who cuts the juniper It was made pleasing there for lord Gilgamesh In his city as a single man he sounded the horn As two companions he and Enkidu, they shouted together The one who has a household to his household, the one who has lives with a mother to his mother

May single males acting? like me, act on behalf of my power The one who has a household to his household, the one who has lives with a mother to his mother The single males acting? like me, fifty of them, have acted on behalf of my power He set out to the house of the blacksmith He was pouring the metal for the blade of the a'ashgar ax, the agasilig axe!?, the arms of heroism He set out to the grove of deep shade He was striking down the axe handle? of halub wood, apple wood, and boxwood ...

No one can cut a three-ply rope? On a wall, water does not overwhelm a man? Fire cannot be extinguished in a house with a reed fence You help me, I shall help you, what is it of ours that someone can take away? When it sank, when it sank When the Magan boat sank When the barge?, Magilum, sank A raft, a lifeboat, seized ... Come! let us go and have a look! But if we go There will be an aura, there will be an aura, turn back! There will be cunning? there will be cunning, turn back! This is your thought, but come, let's go! After someone has not even approached within 3600? ninda Huwawa has already "seized" him in his house of juniper/cedar He has looked, it is the look of death He has shaken his head taking an oath?, its is a head filled with punishment for? sin You who are a young man to your detriment, you will not return to the city of your mother

He imposed his aura into his muscles and his feet He could not turn his foot i.e., take a step on the ground

Huwawa by means of his own strength ..., he said? to him "sit" The hero! sat down, wept, and made sobbing noises Huwawa sat down, wept, and made sobbing noises Huwawa ... compassion for Gilgamesh Gilgamesh, release me! So that I may speak a word with Utu Utu, I do not know the mother that bore me, I do not know the father that reared me I was born in the mountain, you reared me Gilgamesh swore an oath by heaven, he swore an oath by earth, he swore an oath by the netherworld He seized his hand?, saying: "you shall not be deprived"

At that time, Gilgamesh, the native, had compassion in his heart Gilgamesh was speaking to Enkidu Enkidu, may the captured bird go back to its place for me? May the captured youth be returned to the lap of his mother His servant Enkidu was replying The tall, if he lacks intellect The Namtar demon/fate will consume him, the Namtar demon/fate having not been revealed The caught bird that is to go back to its place The caught youth that is to be returned to the lap of its mother You will not return to the city of your birth mother ... Huwawa was speaking to Enkidu Enkidu is defaming me ...

They laid it down at the base of the mountain range His 2nd terror, his 3rd terror ... His 4th terror, his 5th terror, his 6th terror ... After his 7 terrors were exhausted, he approached his side Like a gargeshtina snake, he went from a hiding place? onto his shoulder As if!? he had kissed him, he struck him on his cheek with his fist Huwawa "flashed his teeth"/laughed?, ... his forehead? Huwawa spoke to Gilgamesh Deceiving hero ... The great two? ... upon him ... The hero by means of his own strength ..., he said? to him "sit"

Huwawa by means of his own strength ..., he said? to him "sit" The hero sat down, wept, and made sobbing noises

Huwawa sat down, wept, and made sobbing noises His eye/face ... weeping Gilgamesh! ... I want to speak to Utu! Utu, I do not know the mother that bore me, I do not know the father that reared me ... bore me in the mountain, you reared me Gilgamesh swore an oath by heaven, he swore an oath by earth, he swore an oath by the netherworld He seized his hand? saying? he? Enkidu shall not dig your grave!? Gilgamesh was speaking to Enkidu Enkidu, may the captured bird go back to its place for me? May the captured youth be returned to the lap of his mother Enkidu replied to Gilgamesh The tall, if he lacks intellect

... He set out to the blacksmith shop ... ... He was pouring metal into the molds for the a'ashgar and agasilig axes, the arms of battle ... He set out to the deep shaded orchards? ... ... He was cutting down halub trees, apple trees, and boxwood ... The citizens of his city who came with him ... ... ... ... ... He traversed!? the first mountain range ... His mind did not find! the juniper tree He traversed!? the 2nd mountain range ... His mind did not find! the juniper/cedar tree

He traversed!? the 5th mountain range ... His mind did not find! the juniper tree He traversed!? the 6th mountain range His mind did not find! the juniper tree He traversed!? the 7th mountain range His mind did not find! the juniper/cedar tree He did not inquire, he did not seek? anywhere ... ... ... ... ... Gilgamesh struck the juniper tree Enkidu cut the wood/branches!? for him The sons of the widows who had come with him They were putting down piles

... Gilgamesh frightened!? Huwawa/made Huwawa shiver!? in? his bedchamber The one who? brought out his terror

Those distant days, those distant remote days Those distant nights, those distant remote nights Those distant years, those distant remote years At that time, when a primeval entity was made manifest At that ancient time, when a primeval entity was cared for When bread was "tasted?" lit. "covered" in the shrines of the land When the firebox was prepared? in the ovens of the land When heaven had been separated from earth When earth had been separated from heaven

When An had brought away the sky When Enlil had brought away the earth When ... gifted that of the netherworld on behalf of Ereshkigal/When that of the netherworld was gifted on behalf of Ereshkigal When he rode, when he rode When the father rode towards the netherworld When Enki rode towards the netherworld For the king, ... cast down the small stones For Enki, ... cast down the large stones The little ones were hammer-stones/hand-sized stones?

It was the keel of the little boat of Enki The bobbing turtle, was overwhelmed For the king, the water of the prow Was attacking in a pack like wolves For Enki the water of the stern Was slaughtering like a lion At that time, there was a single tree, a halub tree The one that was planted on the bank of the Euphrates!? The one that was to drink water from the Euphrates?

The Euphrates struck it with floodwater The woman, who was fearing? the command of An, was coming by Fearing? the command of Enlil, was coming by She grasped the tree in her hand and brought it to Uruk She was bringing it towards the flowering orchard of Inanna The woman did not plant the tree as it was in? her hand, it was by means of her foot that she planted it The woman did not water the tree as it was in? her hand, it was by means of her foot that she watered it

She said "When am I to I lie down on its flowering bed?" The wood thickened, but its bark could not be split At its base a snake that was immune to incantations made a nest In its branches the Anzu bird placed its chick The demon maiden of the empty wind made a house in its middle The laughing, rejoicing young woman Holy Inanna, how she was weeping The day was about to break, the horizon was about to light up The little birds at daybreak were about to shriek

His sister, to the hero Utu Holy Inanna was speaking My brother, long ago, when fate was decreed When days of abundance elapsed in the land When An had brought away the sky When Enlil had brought away the earth When ... gifted that of the netherworld on behalf of Ereshkigal/When that of the netherworld was gifted on behalf of Ereshkigal When he rode, when he rode When the father rode towards the netherworld

For the lord, ... cast down the small stones For Enki, ... cast down the large stones The little ones were hammer-stones/hand-sized stones?

Month of NENEgar, 26th day

The ibbaru harness, there was fifty mina within it, ... on his hips He tied on the fifty mina of his hazin axe, the weapon of his campaign, which weighed 7 talents and 7 mina, he took hold At the base of the halub tree he smote the snake that was immune to incantations In its branches, the Anzu bird took its chick and dragged it away? to the mountain range The demon maidens? of the empty wind who had built? a house in its middle!? fled to the wasteland He struck the tree at its trunk and cut its branches The citizens of his city who had come to him made it submit/gathered the branches?

They gave it to his sister, holy Inanna, as her throne They gave it to her as her bed He!? took? the base of the tree for his ball/How the base of the tree was taken for his ball!?

He!? took? the branches of the tree for his mallet The one who always played ball? brings out the ball in the smoothed!? street The one who always boasted about himself? brings out the ball in the smoothed!? street; the young men? of his city who always played ball? Because of? him, the one by whom? the force of widow's children was ridden? They lamented with the phrase "oh, my neck, oh, my hips?!" Those who had a mother, she was bringing food for her son Those who had a sister, she was pouring? water for her brother Away from/by means of? the accusation of the widows And the cries to Utu of the young maidens He dropped? his ball and my! mallet into the bottom of the netherworld He brought his hand up to it, and could not touch it

He brought his foot up to it, and could not touch it

Did you see the man who fell from the roof? I saw him. How is he treated? His bones were not mended? Did you see the man who Ishkur trampled with a storm?? I saw him. How is he treated? He ... like an ox, eaten by parasites Did you see the man who fell in battle!?? I saw him. How is he treated? His food is set aside, his water is set aside, eating ... food and ... water He is living in the city of his god!

Did you see the man who was intent to not respect the command of his mother and father? I saw him. How is he treated? He does not cease screaming "Alas, my self/wind i.e., breath?!?! Alas, my limbs?" Did you see the man who was overtaken by? the curse? of his mother and father? I saw him. How is he treated? His heir has absconded, his ghost roams around Did you see the man who disregarded the oath of his god? I saw him. How is he treated? His ghost eats bitter food and drinks bitter/brackish water

Did you see the ghost that does not have someone to place food for him? I saw him. How is he treated? He eats scrapings of the bowl, bread crumbs ... that have fallen into the street

Did you see the tiny stillborn babies, who do not know their own name? I saw them. How are they treated? They play in a trough/bucket of gold and silver filled with honey and ghee Did you see the man who was set on fire? I did not see him His smoke has risen into heaven, his ghost is not held on the ground/in the netherworld Did you see the man who deceives the god by having sworn an oath? I saw him. How is he treated? At the libation place for the dead at the top? of the netherworld, ..., he drinks with perpetual thirst/thirst consumes him? Did you see the citizen of girsu, the ... of his father and mother? I saw him. How is he treated?

From before that single man i.e., per man there are a thousand citizens of Martu, he cannot beat them away, I!? do not "heap the chest" against ...!? The citizens of Martu captured me as I was trying to escape? before? the place of libations for the dead, at the top/opening? of the netherworld Did you see the citizens of Sumer and Akkad? I saw them. How are they treated? They are made to drink the water of a place of ambush, roiled water Where do my father and mother dwell? I saw them. How are they treated? The two were made to drink the water of a place of ambush ...?

Did you see the man who struck and dislodged? the mast/mooring pole/loom peg!?? How is he found there? He says? "Now, someone should say to my mother? "his torn out dislocated rib i.e., boat planking!? let the water pour in?" The supporting beam!? crumbling like breads crumbs, destroyed him!? with water!? Did you see the man who had fallen from the roof!? How is he found there? He ... like an ox, eaten by parasites ... Did you see the man who was overtaken by? the curse? of his mother and father? How is he found there? His heir has absconded from him, his ghost? roams around ... Did you see the man who was intent to not respect the command of his mother and father? How is he found there? ...

His food is set aside, his water is set aside ... He is eating ... food, he is drinking ... water Did you see the man who fell in battle?? How is he found there? There? his father and? mother do not grasp? his? head, his wife weeps ... Did you see the man whose corpse lies! in the plain ...? How is he found there? ... apart from? ... ... Did you see the ghost that does not have someone to provide funerary offerings for him? I saw him. How is he treated? ..., he eats his bread crumbs that have fallen into the street ... Did you see? the tiny stillborn babies, who do not know their own names? How are they found there? They play in a trough/bucket of gold and silver filled with honey and ghee Did you see the man who was set on fire?? I looked around for him and did not see him

Did you see the man who fell a the site of battle? His mother does not seize his head? there, his spouse weeps, his ghost? has laid down in the plain Did you see ...? ... Did you see ...? ... Did you see ...? ... Did you see ...? ... ... took away? ... ... Did you see ...? ... ... ..., he is eating/drinking ... Did you see the ghost who had no one to place food as a funerary offering/who had no funerary offering? Scraping the pot, he is eating bread crumbs that have fallen into the street Did you see the little stillbirths, who do not know their own names? They play in/on a trough/table of gold and silver

... not abandoned/opened? Suckling/rubbing? ... ... ... Did you see ...?

... was returning ... was returning? He girded himself/his long arms? with implements, armor, the pashu ax, and a spear? He initiated constant/much rejoicing in his palace The young men!? and women of Uruk, the foremost? and the matrons of Kulaba The were looking at the statue/form of Gilgamesh? and rejoicing intensely When Utu emerged from his chamber at sunrise, he Gilgamesh? raised his head He gave this? order Saying "My father and mother, drink clear water!" The day could not reach the halfway point, it the libation? was overflowing?, they were ...

Gilgamesh cast down the mourning site? It was the 9th day, that he had cast down the mourning site? The young men!? and young women of Uruk and the foremost? and the matrons of Kulaba wept It was when he said this He rejected/shoved away the citizens of girsu Saying? "my father and mother, drink clear water!" Hero Gilgamesh, sun of Ninsun, your praise is sweet

They created humanity After? the animals in unison proliferated below? They put the domestic herds and quadrupeds appropriately in the plain/0? In the upper steppe ... joy, the birth mother? .... At that time, the canal was not dug ... The dike and ditch were not dredged ... The plow!? ... The lands followed a single track? Humanity ... their eyes/faces Sumuqan did not go out? in the desert ... Weaving the cap/headcloth? ... ... Humanity ... At that time, the snake was not present, the scorpion was not present ... The lion was not present, ...

The dog and the wolf was not present ... Humanity had no opponent ... Fear and gooseflesh!? were not present ... The man ... The king ... ... ... ... ... ...

For the 1st time, ... were giving Eridu or Ku'ara? to Asalluhi For the 2nd time ... were giving ... For the 3rd time ... were giving Larak to Pabilsag For the 4th time ... were giving ... For the 5th time ... were giving Shuruppak? to Sud? Those cities ... their settlements ... An, Enlil, Enki? and Ninhursag Among? those cities, Eridu ... they established at the front/as the leader?

They led? a man who was lying? among its vast and many people ... An, Enlil, and Enki, the fathers of the gods? They chose Alulim for the shepherdship of the entirety of the many people They named him! Alulim After they served according to the command to check thusly/for ever after? Humanity, whoever possessed a name, grasping his feet in submission?/following his path i.e., his instruction? ... They put both capital offense and negligence? in his hand .... gave? ... to him ... ... ...

When you place the sagmen crown on your head? in Uruk and in Kulab The ... of the great shrine should bring you to the gipar complex? And then the ... of the gipar complex should bring you to the great shrine? The people of Aratta ... they carry ... and wood? After this day reaches the evening In the site of Dumuzi where his sheep and goats ... are numerous In the "mighty water," the field of Dumuzi They should kneel down for you like a sheep of the mountains Come out upon my holy chest like sunlight

May you be that of the shuba stone!? of my throat ... Enmerkar, son of Utu, praise The lord placed care towards the holy word of Inanna He selected a messenger who was learned and strong from the workforce/troops

... Its baliff/lurker, though not an enemy, ... another place The great gods cut ..., they stood outside They roamed in the mountain range, the plain with howling? phantoms ... They abandoned the praised? city/city built in peace? on account of a lack of eating and drinking/hunger and thirst? In the meadow? ... howled and brought out/intoned a lament The deliberations of the elders and juniors ... before ... the utterance? ... ... ... ... ... where? ...? ...

User of hostile words, creator of? hostility, evil person? You will repeatedly argue ... whose belly/inside is overflowing with ... Mud-spattered pig, dog that ... Donkey that eats its own bed You can argue with me by means of your truthful? heart?

I? spoke to him two times, thus he is aware On account of the fact that one has insulted?, he has aquired pride? Children, you are the ones who engage in quarreling, we do not ... After you pl. do not take the case, and do not sit for testimony? Come, ..., our overseer should take the case Overseer of my colleagues, you entrusted me with a task "They should count up the assignment" "They should correct the total" You ordered me thus But they did not ..., they did not count up the total Today? and daily, they quarrel there instead Who are they? Who are they? The two are Enkihegal! and Enkitalu

Come, you, how will they calm down? They did not accept the case, and did not sit for testimony? You? are distressed, ... comes upon you What juveniles are present in the place of instruction?

Its supreme farmer, the true shepherd of the land Born faithfully on a good day The farmer is the ornament in the vast field And therefore he comes? with many nindaba offerings And therefore? silence has not set into the sparkling Ekur Enlil, when you designed the pure settlement in the ground And therefore had Nibru ..., built in? your own city And sweetened the flesh of the Ki'ur complex, the mountain, the pure place And planted Duranki in the midst of? the 4 corners

Its brickwork consisting of reddish gold? on? a foundation of lapis lazuli

Prayed to him with? the holy shita prayer/ritual arrangement and the holy me

Cities would not be built, settlements would not be founded The cattlepen would not be built, its sheepfold would not be accumulated? The king would not be exalted, the lord/en priestess would not be born The lumah priest and ereshdigir priestess would not be chosen by extispicy Among the troops neither general nor sargeant would possess command over them In the river/canal, the carp flood would not excavate the higher land Its end would not function properly in the deep? sea, its "tail would not undulate" i.e., leave a wake The sea would not have given birth to heavy laden treasure houses? by itself The fish of the deep water would not have laid eggs in the reedbed

Lady who is sparkling like a heavenly star, perfecting/equipped with a lapis tablet Nisaba, given birth to by the great wild cow Urash Fallow deer? purified by potash?, suckling nourishing milk "Opening the mouth" of the seven flutes/pipes Perfecting the fifty cosmic powers My lady, the strong one of the Ekur temple ushumgal creature that is manifest in the assembly Aruru of the land, speaking words by means of clay? Taking counsel in the place filled with awe?, of/in the day Taken care of by? the mountain? by means of the oil of abundance? One possessing great wisdom, sired by the Great Mountain Enlil True lady, the supreme scribe of An, the land recorder of Enlil Wise and attentive one of the gods In order to make barley and flax grow in the furrows In order to admire/see the grain goddess Ezina of lordship i.e., high quality In order to faithfully take care of? the seven great thrones/rulers

Nisaba, the true woman, the good woman, woman who was born in the mountain/netherworld Nisaba, in the cattlepen you shall be the oil, in the sheepfold, you shall be the cream In the treasury, you are the seal-bearer In the palace, you are the true steward You are the one who heaps up large and small grain piles The ruler who has taken care of Nisaba Father Enki, your praise is sweet

Princely son, emerged from the pure ..., spending time?, ... his? horn ... The mountain of the pure me, shrine Abzu, broad ..., mountain of the ... cosmic powers The supreme foundation ... Your reddish aura ... from/in the marshland/throne? You are the one whose? head is raised on behalf of your goodness as well as your greatness and supremacy You sail/run/spread out supremely? in order to? determine fate Great An broadly put your kingship of the universe at your disposition As for? you great status as princely son, Enlil has perfected your lordship? Enlil has made your supreme divinity manifest

Enki at the inner? ... has set at your feet Enlil engendered you into a role of supremacy and lordship Nanna, your crescent is invoked by the name "the seven crescents"? Enlil uttered your name, which is holy, for you in the universe Princely son, he made your greatness manifest in the universe The supreme assembly has bestowed upon you his Enlil-ship Enki at the mound? of Eridu determined your lordship and supremacy for you At the supreme Abzu, the mound? of shrine Eridu, on behalf of your great lordship The king of the universe, ..., spoke on account of your greatness

He seated you/made you dwell in? the holy dwelling!? among? their heart-gladdening? pure cosmic powers He has chosen the great gods for nindaba offerings They sat in the family shrine?, its midst filled with supreme allure He has given the gods heart-gladdening siskur offering/ritual there He sat you in the supreme place, a pure place He sat!? you in the supreme place, a pure place Enki purifies the dwelling, he sanctifies the ... place? He purifies heaven for you, he sanctifies earth for you The Ekishnugal temple, the temple that is a forest of cedar trees, ...

He properly executes your supreme plans and cleansing ritual for you

He purifies the Dumah, your ... dining hall and? the table of? the pure place for you In you morning meal, in the afternoon meal, your afternoon and morning meal!? He has set the loads of? nindaba offerings in order for you He purifies and sanctifies the temple of? the cleansing rites? for you ... ... chose/named ... there Enki, the engenderer of his Abzu?, sets up/initiates the cleansing ritual for you there Kusu has served in conjunction with? the cleansing ritual, in? the temple fashioned by itself

In the temple he purifies, he? has been ready?, his limbs sit idle? In order that the holy cleansing ritual is not abandoned, from the supreme marsh From the broad and pure ..., its fate emerges The Ekishnugal temple, supreme and holy dais, equipped with the great and supreme me of the universe When you wash at the holy ..., on? the supreme bank When you put i.e., apply? oil of the mountains on your pure body Nanna, when you sit on your supreme dais The gadamah garment, the exalted crown with shining horns, the pectoral of lordship Pure oil, holy oil, sanctified oil The supreme oil, the oil of lordship/en priesthood, the oil of the great assembly, it is of i.e., on? the holy body

Ningublaga, the lord who has purified the hands And? Enki purify the hands in the Abzu of Eridu In order that you set pure hands? towards? your food and drink? upon? the table of? your dining hall on? the platform Kusu, the one who? purifies hand and sanctifies hands, will purify the hands Enki purifies the hands in the Abzu of Eridu Determining a good and great destiny for both? shrine Abzu and the supreme throne of Ur The Ekishnugal temple is a pure and good dwelling, and Ningal is its supreme queen The holy ... is a pure place of your queenship for Nanna the king The Ekishnugal temple, the pure cella, the temple of your kingship Nanna and Ningal have rejoiced in the dwelling

Suen, supreme knowing lord of the universe, your crown is a supreme crown Casting? a red/furious aura throughout the universe, ... Dilimbabbar, thus the hands? are pure for him Thus they are pure like heaven for him, thus they are sanctified like earth for him Thus they are clean for him like the midst of heaven? Thus ... in/of the universe raises his head with a pure crown Suen, supreme knowing lord of the universe, ideally suited for the pure dais Dilimbabbar?, the crown, ... the true crown with supreme shining horns, Raises his head

The lord rubbed/polished that of? heaven He adorned the night Nanna rubbed/polished that of? heaven He adorned the night When he came out from the confused i.e., complicated/thudding? mountains/netherworld It was as if!? Utu stationed him at noon? When he came out from the confused i.e., complicated/thudding? mountains/netherworld It was as if!? Utu stationed him at noon? His father, whose word is true Speaks with him there day and night His father, whose word is true Speaks with him there day and night He decrees fate via? decisions His supreme gipar residences are indeed 4 4 platform/ruin mounds? are established for him

His great cattle pens, one eshe in area, are four in number The algarsura instrument is played for him The cows are gathered for him there His various cows are 39,600 His cows pregnant with a calf are 108,000 His breed bulls are 126,000 The cows with speckled faces are 50,400 The white cows are 90,000

Its brown? cows are 5 apiece? times four The various cows of father Nanna His shilam cows are indeed 180,000 Its zageshzagesh cows are 4 The herds of domestic animals? are seven All of? the ... cowherds are seven The ones who dwell with the cows are 4 For the lord they diminish and make the herd? grow They fill!? the cloister Its chief scribe, Nisaba Nisaba has captured their number and you!? will enter it on the tablet The pure cows of Nanna, having been taken care of, youth Suen, praise

The butter of abundance, the cream? returnedi.e. restored!? by!? the cattle pen, are increased Great liquor of the mountain range? with its alcoholic syrup? Is mixed for the king at the supreme and pure platform/ruin mound? The mighty one, the trust of Enlil, youth, god of the people? Leader of the land, for whom? Ningal is queen of the cloister Father Nanna, praise!

... Supreme word ... "River of the ordeal, no one ... your supreme flow" He named you You purify the true man like gold You will furnish the evildoer with? disappearance Faithfully consuming intellect, counsel, and intelligence as if they were milk? How he is speaking with a great voice Supremely intelligent one, eldest son of Enki You gave ... that covers? everything that the supreme ... gave birth to? Asalluhi, possessor of profound intelligence, like his father... Possessor of insight, penetrating everything, for him ... Supreme purification priest that surveys the cosmic power of everything in the universe

Son who exemplifies broad wisdom, whose way is a great tree? of the split reeds i.e., among splitting reeds? Asalluhi, supreme gu4u functionary, determining the great fates Whose "release" is a way/decree of which nothing is known When great An allocated the cosmic powers to the universe

They the members of the divine assembly? cast i.e., assigned? incantations/murmuring upon you as your lot God with a beautiful face, surveyor of humanity Possessing features that exude allure, superior work of the skilled metalworker" Great voice/adviser?, judge of the great shrine whose word will not be changed His way is supreme, I want to intone his song, I want to make his name manifest One who is possessed of a variegated head? of the Abzu, supreme vizier of Eridu Asalluhi, authoritative one May the enkum and nenkum functionaries The abgal, agrig, ..., ..., and the en? and eresh-digir? functionaries May they? look? towards the utterance of your holy mouth Daily may they prepare the exit for you

Possessor of pure hands and feet, who purifies everything, who cleanses the shuluh ritual You are the one who organizes the namshita functionaries of the Eabzu temple In Ku'ara, your beloved city that was chosen in the heart May you dwell joyfully there Asalluhi, the ruler with a broad mind Enki?, ... named you? there Towards their/its sight ... ... ladyship ... ...

Lord, holy ornament, bearing a furious and great aura My king, lord Ningeshzida, bearing a furious and great aura Hero, falcon of the gods, my king, face sparkling with joy, equipped with arrows and a quiver Wild leopard who kills, screaming mushhush creature ..., ushumgal creature rushing forth/gnashing its teeth? in the marshes, southern storm drawing near to man First, great ruler living in the mountain midst, smashing heads of sheep? in the plain My king, your mouth/tooth ..., lord Ningishzida, your place? ... Ningeshzida, your mouth/tooth ..., lord Ningeshzida, your place? ...

My? linen clad priest, when you put ... thusly, who has known your thoughts? Ningeshzida, when you put ... thusly, who has known your intention? For the one who has known your holy word, he has known it to his benefit?, for the one who has not known he has not known it? For the one who has not known, for the one who has not known, ... Ningeshzida, for the one who has not known, ... When you exalted word comes towards the earth/netherworld, it is indeed a mushhush creature ... Thrashing in the river like? a flood, ... in the field like? a stormwind? Magilum?, separating the ... high flood, u ... his own heart/midst ... ...

True woman, the Utu i.e., sun of the land, I want to praise the lamma Supreme vizier of mother Bau, who engenders the life of the king Pure rider, bringing her tablet of life down from the midst of heaven Wind? from above going along the path, making abundance manifest!? The one who advances forth, the fitting one of Bau, she is the ornament of the Irikug sacred precinct Lamma, the one of the siskur prayer/ritual, says "I want to say a sweet word for Bau" Who loves the people, when you rejoice at their gift Lammasaga of Bau ... we praise profoundly ... with? a beautiful? head?, bearing allure, both halves of her head are? gleaming lapis

..., sparkling/variegated ... ... your admiration/sight ... may she look at? the king there ... when you stand/your standing, honey ...

... ... of pure limbs? ..., true lady, my lamma Lammasaga of Bau ... we praise profoundly May your saying "may ... attached ... to ..."?, ... Noble one, beloved by Bau, the important lady of the true command May she ... for you, may ... be sweet?, lady to be sweetened like ... and wine? Lord Igalima, may the? praise be greatly present True lady, my protective deity, lady of your own? craft of proclamation? Lamasaga of Bau ... we praise profoundly

The lady ... joyful? eating and drinking, raising ... abundance ... The dwelling "abundance from/in? the Abzu," bellowing nobly in consuming liquor and beer

My king, shining? in the lands ... Like Utu, he greatly ... Look at the shining? ... of Enlil? He ... a destructive storm, a storm traversing ... Ningublaga, ... Ningublaga, may the singer also? ... your song/festival? May the witness? ... The great heroes ... king ... youth ... The one/ones? who is to bring an end? to the aura of an adversary? and then radiate it upon? the mountain/netherworld? May what is in the i.e. your!? heart thus be just like Ishtaran? Ningublaga, ... my king, An gave ... to you

Beloved? of his father, the authoritative one, Ningublaga? ...

The city? ... by the irrevocable word? of Nunamnir? The mountain range ... the pipe? ... Ningublaga, established by An/in heaven? like a blowing wind? Ningublaga, in a way that brings out pleasure/rejoicing? may you be praised From? sunrise to? sunset? Youth ... praise ... His head was selected?, ... Ningublaga ...

..., no other god acts like him ..., wise with his responses, open minded one, his way cannot be? dispersed!?, his utterance ... ... possessor of a face exuding allure, pure ..., stretched-out form?, a statue? inlaid with? ... ... in an aura, lighting up with an aura brightly like the day Supreme ..., ornament of the temple of An?, for the great gods his attentive silence? ... Supervisor of the mortal rulers, his word is unreachable within the heights? of the universe, ...

... hero, god who regularly furnishes offerings!? ..., holy lagar vizier?, bringing attention to the command? ... ... suitable for admiration, whose limbs bearing happiness ..., a beautiful stature that has not? ... Examining the content of important speech? and then begets additional words i.e., revises? while leaving the message intact, who betters? the secret of the universe which reside? in the mind of An?, and the foremost cosmic powers Advocate and kingal overseer of the Anuna gods, who was bestowed knowledge of everything by Enki Foremost of the great princes Igigi, possessing excessive and surpassing knowledge, without him An and Enlil? do not issue orders to the great gods

True god, beloved by holy An, paying attention to ...?, guardian of life-giving force who loves to sustain?, ... Ninshubur, lord whom the lamma protective spirits have as their personal god?, who has known compassion and mercy, to my king, when you repeat? to him Putting a good word to the heart of Inanna, before An the great gods have paid attention to? his utterance Raising the scepter, issuing commands, clad in? the ritual arrangements?, his? advice giving? face charming? with pleasure and allure ..., his cosmic powers are purer than other cosmic powers?, its skillful way/decree supremely surpassing?, ... in totality everything ...

Holy? Ninshubur, taking counsel with Inanna, undoing punshment, the one "struck upon the hand," murgig disease? ... ... listening to ..., his! praying/good words never disparaging?, ... sin? ... when you say it a 3rd time? to my king

That man in? the "house of the woman"? is something that is cared for? In? the dust of my!? house his "true"? garment ... The young man has not ... his god My house brings the sky/god? down for the man as if seized by liquor i.e., drunk? Snakes and scorpions have filled the darkened house with stunned silence His spouse has laid the warp for the garment?, she and the other weavers? are to serve him?

Nungal, the lady of the prison Praise!

Who will dig the canal here? The canal whose outlying ditches are clean, who will dig the canal here? The canal in which the oar is set to start a journey?, who will dig the canal here? Who will dig the canal here? Ur-Namma, the one who has silver, will dig here Who will dig the canal here? Shulgi, the one who has possessions, will dig here Who will dig the canal here? The king whose fate was decided in the fertile womb, who raises his head in authority Ur-Namma, the youth who is watched by the Great Mountain, the storm of i.e. that is? Enlil Where in Sumer and Akkad will Nunamnir chose? In Nippur, at the "mountain range of life," he decreed my!? fate At Ur, it being in the Emudkura shrine

He secured the foundations of his throne The crown and the accompanying aura, eliciting the "praise" of kingship, he!? put on my? head He made the pure scepter that puts the many people in order the equal of my hand? He gave to my hand the enkara weapon, the staff? and the nose-rope that convey the people ... ...

... possessing a head and tail i.e., the beginning and end of a canal?/present at the head and tail? ... bearing ..., a dwelling that makes the heart rejoice ... made its foundation firm ... The gizi reed growth, "standing in silver"?, flourishes My canal? that furnishes? a day of abundance, a reign? of ..., the "pure ..." canal is named Named an everlasting name that is suitable for the mouth, the canal whose outlying ditches are clean canal is named As for? me, the way of the canal of? my city is fish?, its float/excess? is birds The "pure ..." canal, it flow!? is fish?, its float/excess? is birds The canal whose outlying ditches are clean, its flow is fish?, its float/excess? is birds Abundantly it brought fish to the Ekishnugal temple

On its banks are munzer plants which one eats like? the "honey plant" Making mottled barley/crops grow in its meadows so that it sways like a forest/for it to be denuded at harvest time like a forest? The king of the four regions, obedient one of Enlil Ur-Namma, the shepherd and provider in Sumer and Akkad, loved by Enlil ...

Where in Sumer and Akkad will Nunamnir chose? In Nippur, at the "mountain range of life," he decreed my!? fate At Ur, it being in the Emudkura shrine He secured the foundations of his throne The crown and the accompanying aura, eliciting the "praise" of kingship, he!? put on my? head He made the pure scepter that puts the many people in order the equal of my hand? He gave to my hand ... and the nose-rope that convey the people ... the temple to be admired? he put in order? ...

The gizi reed growth, "standing in silver"?, flourishes My canal? that furnishes? a day of abundance, a reign? of ..., the "pure ..." canal is named Named an everlasting name that is suitable for the mouth, the "its outlying ditches are clean" canal is named As for? me, the way of the canal of? my city is fish?, its float/excess? is birds The "pure ..." canal, it flow!? is fish?, its float/excess? is birds The canal whose outlying ditches are clean, its flow is fish?, its float/excess? is birds Abundantly it brought fish to the Ekishnugal temple ... on its banks are munzer plants which one eats like? the "honey plant" Making mottled barley/crops grow in its meadows so that it sways like a forest/for it to be denuded at harvest time like a forest? The king of the four regions, obedient one of Enlil Ur-Namma, the shepherd and provider in Sumer and Akkad, loved by Enlil

In his reign? that makes? everything of Urim rejoice, you are the one who spends time there? Ur-Namma, king with an eternal name, your praise is sweet

I am the king, from the womb I was a hero I am Shulgi, after I was born, I was a mighty male I am a pirig creature with a furious face that was given birth to by an ushumgal creature I am the king of the 4 quarters I am the herder and shepherd of the black-headed I am the authoritative one, the god of the lands I am the child born of Ninsumun I am the one chosen in the heart by An I am the man decreed by Enlil I am Shulgi, loved by Ninlil I am the one taken care of by Nintur I am one given wisdom by Enki I am the mighty king of? Nanna I am the open-mouthed pirig creature of Utu

I am Shulgi, whose allure was chosen/discovered by Inanna I am a girnun equid, suitable for the road I am a horse swishing its tail on the road I am a male donkey of Sumuqan, seeking to run I am the knowledgable scribe of Nisaba Like my heroism and my strength Intelligence is therefore perfected? The true word is therefore made compatible with me? Therefore justice is loved? Therefore? evil is not loved? Therefore? the speaking of evil words is hated? I am Shulgi, the mighty king who goes out towards the front Because I am rejoicing at my might and shoulder =strength? ... I establish the length of the double-hour and had palaces built there at that interval? ...

Therefore shall relax towards its "cool side" The male going on the road who otherwise spends the night on the road Therefore has taken refuge there as if it was his built city So that my name is established to distant time, so that it is not dropped by/from the mouth So that my praise is performed in the land I am possessed of speed, I muster up my strength, I am ... running From Nibru to the brickwork of Urim My heart therefore spoke to me in order to make a round trip as if it was only one double-hour A pirig creature not tiring by means of its youth, I am one who stands in its strength My little niglam garment was suitable on my hips?

Therefore, like a ... wild dove flying furiously, I pumped my arms Therefore, like the Anzud bird raising its eye towards its mountain, I spread my knees apart in stride Therefore the cities of the land that I founded served me Therefore my black-headed people, teeming like ewes, look to me sweetly Like a goat of the mountain range that is to run to its dwelling? As? Utu, broadening the daylight upon the settlements Therefore I? was entering the Ekishnugal temple Therefore the temple/courtyard!? of Suen, the cattlepen of great amounts of butter? was heaped up with abundance Therefore bulls were slaughtered there, sheep were slaughtered there Therefore the shem and ala drums resounded

Therefore the tigi drum, the good thing, was played properly there I am Shulgi, the one who makes anything/food? numerous and therefore food offerings were offered there When I roused myself from the ... cultic area like a pirig creature ... ...

Therefore the howling? storm shook the ground Ishkur shouted in the broad heavens Therefore the rain of heaven mingled with lit. embraced the water below Its small and large hailstones Therefore made a thud on my back I am a king who therefore could not be frightened or have gooseflesh Like a fierce pirig creature I therefore snarled? Therefore as an equid of the plain I galloped Therefore with my heart with happiness inside of it I was running When I ran as a perfect male donkey Utu was to look towards his house at sunset And thus I had made the round trip, the journey being 15 double-hours

My sagursag performers saw the feat? It was one day, I!? performed!? the eshesh festival in both Nibru and Urim My brother and friend, who is the youth Utu It was the palace founded by An, therefore I drank beer there with him Therefore my singer performed my song? at the seven tigi drums My spouse, the young maiden Inanna, the lady who is the allure of the universe She sits with me in eating and drinking Thus I myself have not been praisedi.e., I have not boasted? Thus my raised eye goes where it wishes? Thus my "free will" confronts? what it wishes My fixed sayings/affairs? that were written By the life of my father, holy lugalbanda!

And Nanna, the king of the universe

... ... to distant days ... Thus there has not been a king ... like me among the people An has firmly placed a golden crown on my head Thus in the shining Ekur I seized the scepter? Thus my head was raised heavenwards on the white dais and the throne with a firm foundation Thus my power was exalted in the kingship Thus the enemy land/mountain was destroyed, the land made firm Therefore may my name be invoked among the cared for people of the four regions Therefore they shall perform? my pure songs Therefore they shall discover my greatness The one taken care of with the great might of kingship Who Suen at the Ekishnugal temple

Gave heroism, might, and a good life Given supreme strength by Nunamnir Shulgi, the destroyer of the enemy land, the establisher of the land The ishib priest of the universe who has no rival Shulgi, cared for by the noble son of An Nisaba, praise Total: 50 lines.

Therefore shall relax towards its "cool side" The male going on the road who otherwise spends the night on the road Therefore has taken refuge there as if it was his built city So that my name is established to distant time, so that it is not dropped by/from the mouth So that my praise is performed in the land I am possessed of speed, I muster up my strength so that my running is tested From Nibru to the brickwork of Urim Therefore my heart resolved to make the round trip as if the journey was one double-hour A pirig creature not tiring by means of its youth, I am one who stands by itself? My little niglam garment was suitable on my hips? Like a ... wild dove flying furiously, I pumped my arms

Therefore, like the Anzud bird raising its eye towards its mountain, I spread my knees apart in stride Therefore the cities of the land that I founded stood for me Therefore my black-headed people, teeming like ewes, look to me sweetly

Like a goat of the mountain range that is running to its dwelling? As? Utu, broadening the daylight upon the settlements Therefore I? was entering the Ekishnugal temple Therefore the temple of Suen, the cattlepen of great amounts of butter? was filled with abundance Therefore bulls were slaughtered there, sheep were slaughtered there Therefore the shem and ala drums resounded Therefore the tigi drum, the good thing, functioned properly there I am Shulgi, the one who makes anything/food? numerous and therefore I? offered food offerings there When I roused myself from the ... cultic area like a pirig creature It was in the Egalmah temple of Ninegala Therefore I? relaxed? there, I? bathed there with flowing water Therefore I? bend the knee there and ate food there Therefore I was arising like a harrier and a falcon

Therefore I!? was returning? towards Nibru in my exuberance At that time the storm therefore shouted, the stormwind circled Therefore the north? and south winds howled by themselves Therefore flashing lighting wreaked havoc in heaven together with the seven winds

The beautiful Nanibgal, Nisaba Gave wisdom and intelligence generously to me I am experienced scribe who does not ignore lit. pass by anything When I rose as if possessing the musculature of a leopard When I galloped mightily like a nisku equid The heart of An brought rejoicing for me In my happiness Enlil spoke truthfully to me They gave me a scepter because of my justice I was able to step on the neck of the lands ... put the fame of my weapon to the Lowland ... put news of my conquests to the highland After I go out? into combat and battle To the place that Enil has grown angry at ? I go at the front of? my troops

I illuminate the area lit. field that I see It is I who puts passion into the weapon I am in possession of the spear and the masatum weapon I know the slingstone of the sling i.e., how to load it? My discharged? destructive clay bullets and pellets The ones that are to fly like an aura bearing? northern storm In? my anger I do not let them pass their mark? I give fear and distress? to? the enemy land

I looked to him in a place of encouragement/vitality I am Shulgi, I speak a word with him openly He is the beautiful-faced god of my battle The youth Utu who makes a brother love a brother? is the protective spirit of my weapon Because of his word I will be strong?, I will be mighty? ... Utu comes out for me in the combat of battle?

As i.e., like my brother and friend Utu Of my ones standing with shoulders like a pirig creature Of my dust covered? equids screaming like ug creatures, I am their good groom Like a male donkey, my strength never wavers as a runner I come out ahead from the other runners I bear no sin, I jump around continually in mirth? My word is something never to be abandoned by the mouth My praise? is present in the mouth on my behalf manifested in legal decisions of truth I am a ritually pure diviner I am the Nintur mother goddess of the procedures of omens In order to perfect the lustration rites of the ishib priesthood In order to praise the en priestess and install her on behalf of the gipar building

In order to choose the lumah priest and ereshdigir priestess in the holy heart To advance towards the lowland and inflict defeat against the highland To open the "house of the emblem" To wash the lance with the "water of battle" To enact clever plans in the rebel land The words of the gods is? a most precious thing for these matters After I? establish an oracular utterance with/in the white lamb, the sheep suitable for extispicy After I? pour water and esha flour in the place where the name is uttered/the oath is taken I will prepare the sheep with/according to? the words of the siskur ritual My diviner ... there? like a barbarian The prepared sheep "passes into my hand"? I do not "hold" good omens with bad omens A brilliant mind is mine, I go by my own eyes

I am the king, the entrails of a single sheep I see the orders of the whole world I shall boast about my deeds I have made the reputation of my might spread wide My intellect is full of cleverness What of mine does not surpass description? I am Shulgi, the king of Urim

And therefore I am devoted to the art of the musician Nothing about it is blocked to me? I have learned the depth and width of tigi and adab songs or instruments?, perfected by/equipped for the musician's craft? The playing of the shukar instrument was grasped in the mind? In order to adjust the frets?, I did not cause the arm to break? I made plans for/drew its "raising" and "lowering"? I have known how to tune? the three ... gu instrument and the lyre well I have known the "three stringed" instrument and the "heart of the art of the musician soundbox?, and the "howling heart" I have known the fingering technique/plectrum? of the algar and sabitum instruments, which the king created? I accepted? the "Mari" instrument, that which silences the temple? The "king Urzababa" instrument, the harhar instrument, the harhar instrument

The "lion" instrument, the "post of the boatman" instrument, and zanaru instrument, I brought out their noises ... Like a pure-handed/skilled? member of the musicians If someone brings? a gudi instument never heard before to where I am my place When I "make it speak"?, its essence? is made known I can make it like something at its appropriate time Finding the sound by? tightening?, slackening, and correcting has not escaped my hand I do not play the reed flute like a mere reed pipe of the shepherd Intoning a shumunsha song, wailing in lament In the heart? I have known how to do this, like one who does it regularly I am one who causes rejoicing, I am one who makes things sweet I am one who spends the day in joy and princeliness If a man pays attention to his fear

The matter?, that which the eye surveys The circumscribed limits of life The bile/poison of the "land/netherworld of oppression," a man cannot cast aside? He is!? one who trusts in his own might And thus one who trusts his great name Makes everything the best, why would he diminish them?

...

I have known how to impose the meaning of the words "I am not freed" My words are the finest of pressed/high quality oils A heart that burns like fire--I have known its cooling One will weigh my words against? a man excessive in words I am a man of the most precious things The importance of being humbled is appreciated by me One cannot slander/alter? anything of mine? By the word of An and Enlil I shall cover my mouth in submission for the life of the homeland and the life of the foreign lands I am their unceasing one, their unfailing one I! too have known how to serve the gods I have known the cooling place!? of the Anuna I am Shulgi, whose great neck grows thick in princeliness When? I am able to have great things

Rejoicing is able to be in my heart I am one who will not cast that which is being brought to an end aside

Or a single king from? ancient times Thus I am not plotting? violence against him That which accrued after mankind was placed from heaven on the earth? I am not a barbarian! regarding this accumulated? knowledge From cultic songs of the present? time to ancient ones of distant days? Therefore when I ... the tigi and zamzam songs/instruments? At no time have I chosen them/uttered? falsely or blocked them in the mouth Therefore I have inquired after these ancient things and not given them over to be abandoned Therefore I made my shirgida songs manifest in my good palace/temple Therefore the ... of the tigi and zamzam songs/instruments, everything, I embedded in my memory? That which was thus not dropped from the hand

... ... ... will not release ... ... ... the wisdom/ear? of the land daily ... until distant years? ... ... his heavy tribute ... distant years? ... until distant years? ... Looking at ... ... until distant years?

Shulgi, king of Ur ... My birth mother/father? ... ... for my father ... lugalbanda ... May ... be long-lasting?_ ... ... ... ... ...

... Iddin-Dagan, king, An decreed a great fate for you in an exalted place ... He made the true crown appear for you!, raised you to the shepherdship of the land, and set the land at your feet ...

... Enlil has commanded you with this instruction ... Iddin-Dagan, you are the shepherd of his heart ... You are the one who Enlil has spoken to faithfully ... Enki brought for you the ability to learn broad knowledge of everything

The speech of Enlil, the king!?, I? set in its place The city that is beautiful/verdant? like heaven inside and out Nibru, the post of the universe, therefore its flesh is sweetened Therefore I? removed the workforce from the carrying basket Therefore its army is separated from? the weapon Therefore its gold, silver, bulls and sheep, the tribute of the citizens of Nippur, is released On behalf of the temple of Enlil, my king, and Ninlil The workforce of!? Ninurta, the mighty hero of Enlil, I? therefore removed from duty Half loaves of bread/one half of the following?!?, barley, butter, and sheep's wool was therefore tithed and prepared/taken care of?

Therefore evil and violence were "returned into their mouths" Therefore truth was established in Sumer and Akkad I was born in Sumer, I am a citizen of Nibru I am a courageous one who continually stokes his nose in submission? I am one with a wise eye, valued by the intellect? I am an adviser who exhausts himself with his unwavering? way Knowing everything, I am removed from the people I am a judge who does not release an explanation Via? a decision, I am the one who sets fate back in order? Now the powerful do not engage in excess/behave arrogantly? The strong do not oppress the poor ...

Therefore he sent long-fleeced sheep and ... ewes straight to me From the highland, his!? far away place ... Therefore he brought cedar, juniper, cypress, and boxwood to me by themselves? Enlil, my king, who makes the lands ... submit!? Therefore he made? the people take to a single path for me, he made them into a unified voice for me It is me, I am present facing? Enlil, I am the beloved of the Ekur After Sumer and Akkad had been dispersed In the Ekurzagin temple of Enlil, in the Egageshua temple of Ninlil Therefore no king had brought a statue inside for him/her

Thus by means of the loving heart of Enlil the Enamtila temple was opened for me Thus great amounts of treasure were brought straight into the Ekur temple Thus everlasting things were piled up in the treasury? A throne whose limbs were limbs of exceeding quality, was thus set up for Enlil, my king? In the Egageshua temple of the Ki'ur, the great place A throne of Ninlil was thus set up I am Ishme-Dagan, the son of Dagan The throne of the seven ... enclosures?, inlaid with? ..., nirigi, and shuba stones? ... ... was thus set up for Enlil, my king It is the 3rd time in a series The composition with the incipit "Enlil exceedingly"

I am one whose supplication/prayers make Ninlil rejoice I am the unceasing one serving Nuska I am one whose hand is oriented? towards the Ki'ur I am the fitting one for carrying things and running? I am one constantly hurrying but whose knees do not tire I am the bringer of the nesag offering who does not allow light to pass through? the Ebabbar temple I am the one who chases? abundance towards/on behalf of Nippur In Kesh I am the one serving as? its ishib priest On behalf of Urim I am the first rate butter and cream

On behalf of the site of Unug I am the great nindaba offerings I am the one given life by the Ekur temple? I am the one who wishes for vitality on behalf of his city I am lipit-Ishtar, the shepherd of the lands I am the king, a wave thrashing towards battle I am one who does not loosen the knots of the bindings of youthfulness I am the one sharpening the giri'ura knife In battle I am the one flashing like lightning

I am one who establishes the foundation and destroys among the troops

I am a shield, the watcher of the army I am the bright-faced hero who solidifies the troop formation I am lipit-Ishtar, the son of Enlil I am a waterskin of cold water, the life of the young man/worker I am the one who watches the campaign, the protective shade of the troops I am a king that when he sits, he goes on!? the dais I put important thoughts to words? I am one who possesses profound intellect and counsel!?, seeking the correct way I am one who does not hurry!? anything, ...

"Long-tablet" of Ningeshzida-... month o"NENEgar," 13th day, year "Isin ...".

... 30 lines ...

I am the one sharpening the giri'ura knife In battle I am the one flashing like lightning I am the one who secured the foundations of the land? and repulse the enemy troops I am the sagkal! stone, the stone that ...? I am a shield, the watcher of the army I am the bright-faced hero who solidifies the troop formation I am Lipit-Ishtar, the son of Enlil I am a waterskin of cold water, the life of the young man/worker I am the one who watches the campaign, the protective shade of the troops I am a king that when he sits, he is suitable for the dais I put important thoughts to words? I am one who possesses profound intellect and counsel!?, seeking the correct way

I am one who does not hurry!? anything, seeking its "end" instead I am one who possesses profound thought and broad understanding I am emery, that which perforates, emerging from the people/land I am the one who has/puts truth in the mouth I am one who does not destroy eternal justice I am judge who sets affairs straight when he is to make a decision I am adept at giving orders to the lands I established justice in Sumer and Akkad What can be abandoned because of my truth?

I am Lipit-Ishtar, who sets the people in order In my palace of kingship, the pure and sweet dwelling My spouse, holy Inanna She established the foundation of my throne there for me And therefore she will embrace me until distant time and far-off days In the sweet bedroom, the place where the heart rejoices For the lady I will spend the day with her I am Lipit-Ishtar, the mighty heir I am the king who makes justice manifest May my name be uttered faithfully in the lands I am Lipit-Ishtar, the son of Enlil; My praise is sweet

... fashioning ... surveying the shrines? ... his own ..., who does not possess a caretaking god ..., supreme and surpassing?, authoritative one of the Anuna ..., the one who gives abundance of i.e., to? the rulers ... placing? abundance on earth ... when ... greatly from/by means of the pure ... ... spoke ..., ... the heart ... the breast/teat? of distant heaven?, the base ... ... when he? ... from/by means of? a broad ..., everything ... ... ...

... of? the gods ... ... may ... towards the mountain range ... may its? heart rejoice, may they ... ... may your ... be a pure mountain range May ... relax in its ... When/after/because ... fashions ..., in/of the city of kingship ... you will ... greatly ... ... limbs ... ... ... kingship ... ... may ... listen to its command? ... in order to revive the dead man ... May/if ..., who/a person ... ... in/of the Abzu, work and craftsmanship/creation? ...

... Utu ... in the daytime? ... together ... ... They are indeed? ... ...

The one wrought by An The one lifted up by Enlil Like Utu, the light of the lands Born on behalf of rulership Cloaked in the many me ... On behalf of the extensive? people who dwell within the extremities of heaven and earth The one seen by Enlil The one paid attention to by Ninlil The good provider Possessed of stretched-out limbs Who settles? the great many people with the staff and the nose rope Enlil-bani Supreme son of Enki Wise one, leader!? Who brings along living creatures

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... Father Enki? ... The "heart of the fallow deer" the Abzu ... Wise lord ... ... the cosmic powers faithfully Eridu ... pure place The shrine? ... His me ... cannot be ...? Superior wisdom ... The oval/Urash? ... everything ... The royal and divine? rites ... the shrine and complex/foundation ... ... displayed on your behalf ... restored the land to its place The purest plans and siskur rituals ... Your kingship ... Attention/understanding ... "Harmonious speech" ... ... bestowed Father Nanna ... Holy An? ... Shrine Ekishnugal ...

... Its ... Towards its border? ... Its arm/power/side? ... Spreading open arms in protection ... May ... open Its inside? ... The protective lamma spirit, a lion ... May ... bestow? Rim-Sîn ... Bearded one, hero ... Selected for? the kingship while still in the holy womb Exalted ruler, ... the many me The mighty king, constant one ... The youth Utu ... purification In shrine Ebabbar ... faithfully Brought in? Hero, pure ... Enki ... Standing in order to give? the shita prayer? in Eridu ... Rim-Sîn ... Shepherd who tends the people ...

Provider of the temple of Enlil ... Gaping-mouthed leopard, ... Risen like a southern storm ... King who? An and Enlil ... Fierce aura? ...

..., possessing a stretched out? physique, exuding? allure Using? the ... and siskur rituals that are in the heart? of his birth mother, Enki has faithfully pacified the heart of ...? Possessing a beautiful ..., his "beardedness" is ample lit. is filled with plenty Rim-Sîn, the king made manifest in the land by An and Enlil With head raised upon? the splendid throne? of/in the manner of? royalty The one who makes the just man prominent and destroys the evildoer ..., broad-minded, who explicates great words Rim-Sîn, mighty king, emerging like? Utu in the land Wise? ... suitable for living creatures ... who loves a word of? justice ... of? heroism, foremost of en-ship

... good omen of/in? his land ... life ... ... ... May? ...

... shepherd ...

Lord, bull? ... Great prince that stands within? the firmament like holy Urash? ... Youth Utu, spread out ..., in the lands ... the teeming and vastly populated people Great and mighty? hero, from the of the Anuna gods, no god can advance against his cosmic powers Wise one who pays attention to? everything, whose justice? is without rival? The hero, the youth Utu, the one whose utterance is weighty and word is true, his divinity is without rival The sunlight?, the mighty? and great god? of the gods, whose supreme dwelling is a pure place In order to restore the people of the lands to their place and to give life to its king

He has faithfully planned with a pure heart to greatly ... the plans and rites of the gods ... Enlil planted this true hero/mes tree? as an offshoot? On behalf of? my Rim-Sîn, who suckled milk at the teat of the great wild cow for!? his rulership He faithfully looked? with his raised eye at remote larsa, the mountain of shuba stones? Shepherd who rejoices in his heart due to the black-headed people? and faithfully greets? ... May he look towards him with his shining forehead? ... of Utu?

... of the Anuna ... I want to praise?, your alone ... ... is bearing an aura, possession radiance ... making ... tremble? like ... ... the enemy did not make its way straight/do ... properly on your behalf? And therefore the ... of your supreme ... overwhelm them? Alas, your name, holy An? alas, your name Your supremacy and praise? ... the enemy!? shall not approach? Holy An?, alas, your name Great Mountain?, shepherd of the land and the black-headed Enlil, your command decides a great fate Supreme flood? which cannot be withstood/rivaled? Supreme ... Nunamnir, your command covers like a flood? ... is ... which will raise ...

... is ..., and therefore? it will rock the earth Enlil, alas, your name ... exalted along with Enlil ... of the land ... ... ..., alas, your name Fierce/reddish god clad in an aura, NinIsina The fierce enemy, who Shulgi has not yet seized

Her fierce forehead raises ... against? And therefore the one who exudes anger?, when she terrifies like a wave, ... from above Her great weapon!/intelligence!? of? capital punishment/death, the craft of the physician, splits? through the gore/viscera? ... she pours sickness inducing? poison? ... she prowls?, the naming of her name fills/silences everything!? NinIsina, alas, your name Great aura/wind of the plain, ... ... by means of its strength ... ... may ... great? and supreme ... Like ... may ... its mouth to a man ... like the fire god, a heavy aura? ... Like/as the ... of? an enemy ... may ... ..., alas, your name Towards your ... ... when you? terrify like a storm? ...?

... the shita/udug weapon, mitum weapon, your great weapons, defeat? ... smites? ... brought out ... the uttered name ... ..., alas, your name ... great ... of heaven/An, ... Enlil ... you will smite ...? ... ...

... ... ... ... ... ... Ningublaga? ... ... The evil enemy in your sabar net The evildoer that Shulgi did not ... Ningublaga, alas, your name Nergal, the heart of a lion? .. In your arm, the sabar net, is? the enemy that Shulgi has not caught Your? DUR10-GAG weapon? ... And therefore your? weapon ... like ... Nergal, alas, your name

Ninurta, foremost? hero of Enlil, ... Mighty one, possessed of great strength, supreme strength ... Ninurta, loud? storm, ... Ninurta, alas, your name NinKi'ura, your greatness ... Your holy word? is a flood that cannot be dispersed ... Your greatness and praise? ... NinKi'ura ... Your deprecated? mouth/word ... Nin-Kiura, alas, your name Nanna, ...

... lifted/filled ... Damu, steadfast ..., multicolored mushhush creature On behalf of? your birth mother Ninisina, the child of holy An Your ascendancy? which An and Enlil bestowed upon you Damu, may joyful ...? Ishme-Dagan speak? what is in his mouth? for him The ..., the kit?, the lancet?, the lapis measuring line The measuring rod, the stone bowl? of the siskur ritual/offering/prayer? she gave to you The craft of the physician which betters? a man and makes a man suitable?, the possessor of which scrutinizes? ...

The knife?, the scalpel, the lancet, which do not scrape/nick anything? your? ... which does not ... anything, ... ... the black-headed/saggig illness? ... The lady, the true steward of Enlil, gave to you The true ..., whose has onlookers?, exhausted by/with ..., whose choice/creation? is good Merciful, alluring in princeliness?, ... your praise, attentive? ... lordship? ... allure ...

Ninisina, ... child of An, great bride of the lordly one? ... said to her "may Lipit-Ishtar be you provider" It is the shagbatuku To his utterance, to that of Enlil, NinIsina! paid attention and answered him humbly Father Enlil, god who is an emergent ushum creature?, foremost? of the great princes Igigi Lord of the universe, your me exceed other me?, your commands surpass other commands? You shepherd chosen in the heart ... lord Lipit-Ishtar After you? raised/carried ... among? May ... ... placed ...

... Enlil? paid attention to the spoken word of Ninisina He cries out truthfully to ... and decrees a fate Lipit-Ishtar, you are the one I chose by name, you have raised your head among the people The people look towards you like their birth parents The powerful one, caretaker of the Ekur temple, who is ensi official of the supreme shrine Utaulu Ninurta, may he be your helper at the place of combat May he gather up your enemy like small birds in a net for you, may he spread them out into sheaves for you It is the 4th kirugu Ruler Lipit-Ishtar, Nunamnir, the lord who will not change his utterance, glorifies? his name among the many people

It is the geshgigal "response" I am Enlil, heavenwards I am riding?, towards the earth I am lord of the many cosmic powers? I will decree a good fate for Lipit-Ishtar and therefore it is something that cannot be changed Song of the gala priesthood of Ninisina

Father Enlil, god who is an emergent ushum creature?, foremost? of the great princes Igigi Lord of the universe, your me exceed other me?, your commands surpass other commands? ... for? lord lipit-Ishtar After you give ... ... will ... ... put ... the pure place?, you sweetened the flesh of the land ... looked at your ..., decree a fate for him It is the 3rd kirugu Nunamnir, dedicate a life of distant days to the ruler lipit-Ishtar It is its geshgigal "response"

To the spoken word of Ninisina ... Enlil paid attention He cries out truthfully to ... and decrees a fate Lipit-Ishtar, you are the one I chose by name, you have raised your head among the people The people looked towards you like their birth parents The powerful one, caretaker of the Ekur temple, ensi of the supreme shrine Utaulu, may he be your helper at the place of combat May he gather up your enemy like small birds in a net for you, may he spread them out into sheaves for you ... ...

He greatly perfected? the abundance of the pure shrine/sea?, the nesag offering of the New Year To the harbor of life, the harbor of Ur he rode with? the load/tribute? Suen conveyed the nindaba food offering, he brought it to Nibru He brought it into the Ekur, the temple of Enlil Enlil, who was rejoicing at the nindaba offering, decreed a fate His birth mother, the great lady Ninlil, was faithfully treating him well Suen ... to Enlil and Ninlil He prayed so that the fate of Sîn-iddinam would be determined!? in perpetuity

The humble shepherd who you speak with faithfully, ... life for him Sîn-iddinam, who you speak with faithfully ... life for him

May a true decreed fate where there is long life? be decreed for him May a lot of living eternally be given to him as a gift? I fashioned? for you food using? the highest quality grain on behalf of? the shining Ekur So that the reputation of? the thick loaves sifted like sieved barley? is great/May its name? be collected/pecked at? like the open/divided/sieved? barley of a thick bread loaf with sifted grain? In order that you? establish for? him good years, days of living and months of well-being You will bring a suitably glad liver and rejoicing heart into his palace Sîn-iddinam has spoken good words/prayed and therefore you? will ... living as a gift/the gift of? living May the throne of kingship be exalted, may it ... forever

So that? his name will be great until distant days, overwhelm pl. the land for him

... ... ... ... Larsa Forever? ... Its place ... ... ... ... ... Faithfully? ... ... one column entirely missing

... ... ... of? the gods ... The ancient/old plans, rites? He inquired after ... and siskur rituals He restored to their place ... ... ...

... The gate ... An everlasting thing ... Larsa ... Like a risen wave? ... In? shrine Ebabbar An oracular utterance Utu ... Shall make good for him The great divine decree ... Of? Nanna and Utu Sîn-idinnam Profoundly? ... ... ... greatness/a great fate? ... Manifest among in the land Forever Your supreme name ... ... Authoritative one, your? heroism is greatly suitable for battle ... Goring the enemy like a wild bull Who then? bow? towards your feet ... Ishkur, your god, decreed as a fate for you ... He ... your? care until distant times ...

He ... the supreme scepter because of your? great destiny The reputation of your scepter? ... In? the days of? your? reign In order to praise The people continually rejoice for you The people continually make merry!? for you ... ...

... ... May ... faithfully marvel/see ... like the risen sun ... ... ... The youth Utu, the lord of the decisions of the universe, shall be your helper of affairs? ... ... May the one greatly aware of news and advice look with his beautiful/good eye towards you ... ... Your everlasting name, given by the tablets of Nisaba ... On clay tablets may it never cease in that of the eduba'a school ... ... ... ... In the eduba'a school, the ... shall pay attention to instruction? ... ... ... The one who does not neglect his/her work, who perfectly executes the counting of the proper number of lines? and incising of the tablet? ... ... And therefore afterwards Nisaba, the lady possessing cunning wisdom, will have given perceptiveness to him ... ...

And she will have bestowed upon him very beautiful handwriting, the alluring feature of the scribal art ... ... ... ... Sîn-iddinam, your? beloved, the youth Utu, the ... of the black-headed, shall solidify the foundations of his! land for you ... Sîn-iddinam, true ... of his land ...

... ... ... of larsa ... Your crafty intelligence is surpassing in the lands ... You are the son possessed of noble strength of Ishkur ... ... ... ... The foremost of rulers, Sîn-iddinam, prince, authoritative one, shall therefore raise his head profoundly

Beloved ... of An, who has established all of the cosmic powers? Inanna, arrayed in many ..., verdant/beautiful? ..., Nintur rejoiced!? at your birth and thus decreed a great fate for you She furnished your forehead with allure, stretched out your ... Your limbs are that of an outstanding alim bovid, your stature is tall ... and dappled? It is the barsud Beautified by her womanhood?, filled by? allure Inanna, ornament of pure heaven, suitable for the queenship ... And therefore? you perfected ..., ... You make the people admire? your ...., and thus? you ... all the people? People and? living creatures, as many as there are, you are their master

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... Rim-Sîn .... May the one who is suitable to disseminate? justice put the voice of the people? together in agreement He shall exercise the shepherdship in a year of abundance consisting of? good days of? rejoicing May Rim-Sîn, who is suitable to disseminate? justice, put the voice of the people? together in agreement He shall exercise the shepherdship in a year of abundance consisting of? good days of? rejoicing It is the sagar Inanna, give Rim-Sîn, the seed of? justice planted? in your good womb, his lengthy reign The surpassing? nugig midwife, ... supreme roofbeam/timber? of heaven

Inanna, the surpassing? midwife, ... supreme roofbeam/timber? of heaven One who cares for .../cared for by ...?, when? you exude allure Very great.../who makes great ...?, sustain Rim-Sîn! It is its uru It is an adab song of Inanna

Lord who perfectly executes supreme wisdom, and gives great advice Haya, who holds the great tablets, which make thick/triplicate? understanding Accountant of Halankug, skillful knotter and opener of the eye? of the "house of wisdom of Nisaba" Archivist of the palace of the universe, counting up all of the tasks One who holds the holy reed stylus, writing/making shine the tablet of great fates? Wise one who listens to the word/ponders matters? for holy An daily Seal-bearer of father Enlil, shatam official? and key holder? of the storehouse of the Ekur temple Ornament of shrine Abzu, who ties up? his external hair for lord Nudimmud

Haya, the shagadala priest of the Eunir temple, the one who continually? passes into? the uzga cella

The one with thoughts in his mind? who Ningal sustains in the great dining hall/sanctum Possessor of beautiful features, beloved spouse of Nunbarshegunu Nisaba Man with a great name, father-in-law of Great Mountain Enlil Junior saga functionary, wise one, examiner? and ... of both heaven and earth Who receives the tribute of the gods, and disseminates his Enlil's? word about the abundance of? distant mountains and seas Wise one who is clad in the control/superimposition of!? the supreme cosmic powers of rulership? Possessor of a mind broadly "squeezed" of every potential idea?, grasping the holy plans of the temple of Eridu Haya, he of the pure laving rites of the watery deep, fastened to? the ba garment

Indagara, saga purification priest, in heaven and the netherworld he is the mouth-opener ritual practitioner of the gods

The one who fixes in place the emblems set upon a wooden pole?, caretaker? of the ... site of the land As well as? the kishutag shrines, and the verdant? sanctum for Anshar and Great Mountain Enlil Supreme one who raises the head, who is agreeable to his Enki's command in shrine Abzu Caretaker who requisitions pure daily rations for? the temples of the gods Without Kusu and Indagara the sky would not be pure, the earth would not be clean The one who dines extensively in the supreme dining hall/sanctum of An and Enlil The one whose pure face? is seen by lord Nudimmud/has seen lord Nudimmud? Who holds the pure bronze vessel/mirror? that gladdens the heart and improves/beautifies? the back/liver

My king, I want to praise your greatness in song

Who is like you among the gods in being suited for the pure cosmic powers? Your beloved spouse, the young woman Nisaba, the great lady of ladies Her womb gave birth to? Ninlil, the supreme spouse of Nunamnir She who has raised her head in the tent enclosure/at the dais of the Ekur temple, she is able to ... towards heaven

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She singularly exercises the queenship of the gods as a deity that has no rival You, the great young bull that finds true counsel, who constantly inquires after the gods Haya, who gives out the cosmic powers and assigns work, you are the one who makes others? familiar with? the shrine Enki bestowed his incantations of life to you in shrine Abzu You install the en priestess in the gipar cloister, you put in place its caretaking?

Haya, god of the homeland, you are the one who listens to the arazu prayer of the many people You among the? great gods take hold of/settle? the broad population? for his hand After Enki comes forth from the Abzu Haya, he shall measure/assign? its greatness for you The ones who are in the midst of the homeland shall raise their necks towards heaven Its people will pass the time rejoicing You will compel its many people to rejoice as in ancient times You establish festivals in the temples of the great gods and therefore release joy

The foremost among the gods?, when he ... the great lots that sustain/finish? the land/people

For prince Rim-Sîn, faithfully establish a most joyous reign of distant duration Enter this name on the tablet of life, which is never to be altered So that An and Enlil shall love the lordship of shepherd Rim-Sîn The singers shall make your praise sweet in their? mouths Haya, the singers shall make your praise sweet in their? mouths Lord of the universe, king of the watery deep, whose? praise is supreme Father Enki, king of the watery deep, your praise is sweet It is its urun Haya, god of the land who loves the will to live/the ex-voto offering?, your shall be his one who extends open arms in protection

It is its geshgigal "response". Its total count: 58 lines.

Shepherd nominated by holy An, for whom a great fate was determined in heaven Rim-Sîn, nominated by holy An, for who a great fate was determined in heaven The ruler has attained/met the demands of? the kingship from the moment he emerged from the fertile womb You are the one who? continually executes/pursues? the en-ship greatly on behalf of the many people In larsa, ... mountain that fashions? the cosmic power of rulership You have been faithfully chosen for the shepherdship of Sumer and Akkad Great An, supreme one of the universe, lord who is wise in everything Father of the gods who looks to determine fate on behalf of its place Whose command is weighty, his!? word cannot be replied to?

Ruler Rim-Sîn, you are the shepherd who is to come out in the midst of the people?/make his intentions clear? And therefore great An made his loving heart shine for you Because of your justice, he! spoke faithfully to you In? the distant midst of heaven, the days of your life shall be made surpassing for you Kingship of the vast land has been made supreme for you for a long time In their holy mouths a fate of life has been decided for you With? the utterance from which nothing is to be changed a long life shall be added for you The holy crown shall be firm upon your head The throne of life shall be seated down!? greatly for you The uluh scepter shall be given over to your hand

The nose-rope? that solidifies the land has been fastened to your flesh!? The staff shall seize/pasture? the teeming people for you The breast of shining heaven shall be opened for you, the rain of heaven shall be poured for you A year of abundance and a day of plenty shall be arrayed? ... the midst of heaven!? for you A month/moonlight?, that of joy and rejoicing, shall be established for you on behalf of your days/time

A good reign, surpassing in justice?, shall be placed at your disposal Great An protecting you profoundly, this shall be what characterizes your kingship Rim-Sîn, my king

shude prayer of An

Rim-Sîn, king of abundance Foremost and supreme among the rulers Truth and Justice are your helpers They shall establish a good .../make ... pleasant for you They shall establish ... for you Rim-Sîn, whose name was chosen by An and Enlil When you enter the city ... the great gate of Urim The good udug spirit, peaceful/whole/greeting lamma spirit And? the gatekeeper of the great gate Shall make ... shine for you before you With? the pleasing words ... they shall bring inside? for Nanna and Ningal They shall return/restore life, well-being, and life? for you

They shall bring out good ..., that which makes the heart rejoice, and a conveyed/repaying? oracular utterance? from the Ekishnugal temple? for you The gods of life, the ... of the great gate They shall leave behind/open? ... The gods of greeting/well-being, those of the guard of the great gate Shall rejoice before you Their faces shall shine for you ... shall moan/wail for you When you enter into the gate of Ur, the gate of rejoicing ... the brickwork of Urim ... the gate of Ur

... the bolt and bar of the great gate ... the conversing/decoding deity!? The ... of the great gate Shall ... to you ... shall put ... rejoicing for you They shalll heap up? pleasing words?, words that please the heart, before you They make you set foot for? the pure place, the place/earth? of life Rim-Sîn, the foremost ruler of the land and the homeland? At the "mound of the great and supreme dais/tent enclosure", the "foundation/leveled place"? of Urim At? the "mound of the great and supreme dais/tent enclosure" Nigerimshutabe At? the "mound of the great and supreme dais/tent enclosure" Nigerimshu'urur At the "mound of the great and supreme dais/tent enclosure" Dugabshugigi

At the "mound of the great and supreme dais/tent enclosure" Dugabshutabe The tutelary deities of the great gate The gods of entering well-being/greeting At your right and left, on behalf of your life They shall stand for perpetuity They shall bring in your good word for Nanna and Ningal Good omens, unceasing at your side And your good ..., they shall acquire Rim-Sîn, my king! ..., it is that of entering? the great gate

..., suitable for the holy cleansing ritual Rim-Sîn, ishib priest of An, suitable for the pure siskur offering/ritual Your ..., chosen in/by means of the pure ..., the one raised towards the lordship of the land The one whose shepherdship was established upon the black-headed people Whose nose rope that solidifies the land was made to fill his hand Whose crook moves the people and animals, attached to his shoulder If he is able to serve you, he should have made everything satisfactory involving? his hand purification The cream/milk!? of Ezina?, sweet-scented, the abundance of the land The plenty of the pasture, unceasing abundance

Sweet emmer beer, mixed by pure arms/mixed with pure water? Red beer? pure hands ..., the drink of your en priesthood Marked i.e., choice? beer?, superb beer, suitable for your pure hands White/dry? honey , your gift? that was brought down from the mountain range Butter of a pure cow and ghee, the symbol of princeliness Filtered vegetable oil, first quality clear fine oil Yellowed milk, the symbol of? the cattlepen, the dining hall of your divinity Your attentive youth, your beloved king Shepherd Rim-Sîn, who is to bring and make permanent these offerings on behalf of his life

The pure food, this food for eating?, the pure water, this water for drinking? Accept your ... first-fruit offering by means of your joyful heart Consent to his arazu prayer, so that you trust him Humbly he makes his speech pleasant to you/prays, so order his life! Faithfully ... in the holy "standing place of the en functionary," the supreme "standing place of the en functionary" Initiate a greeting at his station His kingship shall ... before you forever He shall be foremost ... By means of? ..., which, like the universe?, cannot be scattered

Your? personal god and goddess? like? ... shall pay attention to his speech According to his command, they shall sit in assembly? Life and pardon/repaid life? shall be brought there He shall make the people rejoice At that time he Rim-Sîn shall their true provider His furious aura shall cover kings that hate him like a heavy fog He shall bring everything that is good to him as a mashdaria delivery The true shepherd Rim-Sîn looks? to you like his? personal god? Set in place his loving of life as his lot

... prays to you, hear his shud prayer When he is to make his speech to you pleasant?, sustain his life If he trusts ..., he shall have no rival If he strokes his nose in submission to you?, allocate a reign of distant days In the ... of his life? ... kingship

... his speech/when he speaks? ... shall be a treasure ... his ... rejoicing Repaid/avenged ... lion ... shall drive ... from .... towards? ... May you examine? his plea

Your holy word shall bring life? ... ... towards his raised hands in prayer, decree him a good fate So that life, like beer? ... shall be sweetened in the ... of his land Make the four corners of the world bow to his feet, so that he is their king/how he shall be their king? ..., having laid down in the meadows ... spends time rejoicing The ... ruler, your obedient king who is present on your behalf Rim-Sîn, named by lord Dilimbabbar Make distant the days of his reign, ... his life?

... his life, ... Your!? throne, ..., may its foundations? be firm May the exuberance of a mood typified by a pleased liver and brightened heart fill his? heart ... shall be well Entrust a scepter of justice ... to his hand, so that the many people ... ... shining light ... for him Give him a month of happiness and rejoicing as a gift Bestow upon him an assortment/multitude of? years, as inexhaustible as the stars of blue heaven May he exercise the kingship, a reign of rejoicing, forever

May Rim-Sîn, the faithful provider, live May his kingship be made pleasing in your flesh Make the days of his life extensive Give to him the overlordship of restoring the cultic places of the land Sweeten the heart of the land for him, set the paths of the land in order for him Put the voice of the land in unison/the land in agreement for him So that Rim-Suen, your obedient-hearted shepherd, lives May its canal irrigate water for him In the field may barley grow for him

May the swamp pile up fishes and birds joyfully/in a swollen state for him In the holding pen may the ram? and the ox? teem for him May rain from above and the carp-flood from the river source be constant for him May his palace fill him/be filled with possession of a long life Rim-Sîn, my king! Total: 85 are its! lines, viewed by the king/for the seeing of Nanna? by the king?.

Rim-Sîn, king of the princely cosmic powers, overseer of the many cosmic powers, whose head is raised in princeliness In the Abzu, the pure and supreme shrine of the Ekishnugal temple Its greatness which is present inside and outside The foundation of!? the temple, in its pure and holy midst There is a sweet odor of a forest of cedar and juniper On the pedestal of the temple that is in the midst of the temple In the shade of the temple, in the aura of the temple In the great corner, the holy corner whose interior is established? The plan of the gate The geshbur ornament and the sun disk of its? front/his head?, a guard/standard? ... there Bison of the right and left, a great work ... The gods of the gate are to stand watch Supreme ... trees? have made the site sweet for you

The? jamb, architrave, bolt, staircase?, and threshold The door, bolt and latch of the temple The platform, the mound founded in the temple? ... in the temple whose midst is pure and holy? The pure? gizi reed growth, its metal? being gold and silver It is the side of the circuit? of the Abzu shrine, that of the Ekishnugal temple In the pure shrine where cows roam Thick-necked wild bulls? of lapis, to be seized for their impregnation? ... the cow ... its calf ... ... stand? ...

The dead reeds, the old reeds ... Crouched in the dead/old reeds, the straight reeds? ... ..., founded in its midst?, ... It is the ... of the circuit? of the Abzu shrine, that of the Ekishnugal temple? The pure ..., in? the reedbed, the pure water ... grows for you? In the midst of the temple, past? the gate of the great and supreme shrine The true/fertile lady, filled with attractiveness, perfect?, head raised in magnificence Exuding allure, verdant like fruit Filled with attractiveness, taken care of like a mountain range equipped with an aura Inside and outside, its four corners The appropriate? statue/physique?, the supreme lamma protective spirit In order to procreate the established crescent moon/month? The udug and lamma spirits of the temple The tutelary god, the resident? of the temple

From/at the unclean? foundation/bottom, the watch of the outer gate, where the steps i.e., the beginning of the procession? of the god occurs They make the design of the great shuluh ritual go smoothly? for you ..., the pedestal of the statue? of the supreme lamma spirit of the temple Butter and cream ..., brought for you, there shall be!? The tutelary god, the lamma spirit, lamasaga/Aladsaga!?, the one who is agreeable in the temple May they acquire your good ... Your offered? incense burner? Both Nanna and Ningal shall accept it They shall pray for you with their holy words/mouths Rim-Sîn, my king

Your pure properly executed nindaba offerings Your choosing of the pure and holy siskur ritual Your chosen offerings Your enunciated thoughts Your nose stroking, your raising of pure hands If you shall make Nanna, king of the universe, lord, your good protective spirit, amenable? If you shall make Ningal, supreme queen, the one of? your good omen?, amenable? The king that dispels hunger, both Nanna and Ningal and the great gods

King nominated by Enlil, his reign of abundance Days of abundance, years of joy A fate of ...?, a fate of abundance shall be present as your fate The king has spent? day, night and night-time with abundance never to be exhausted for you for you ... for you, he shall secure ... for you King, the first of your nindaba offerings in the midst of the Abzu shrine ... are ... for you King, the last of your nindaba offerings in the great courtyard Its abundance never to cease King, in the ... of the temple abundance has been set in order for you

Restored their place And therefore Nanna, king of the universe, shall make the true and supreme crown that is perfect for kingship firm on your head And therefore Ningal, the supreme queen, your hunger reliever By means of her consenting heart, daily?, a good life ... She? shall make the days of your life good!? By her pure hand, the great aura of kingship ...

The supreme ... of the universe, as if it was fastened to your hand by a rope? she? shall ... Rim-Sîn, king of the Ki'ur, abundance ... So that it is constant and unceasing? King, the Tigris shall bring? abundance? for you The Euphrates by means of the fullness inside of its bed shall bring? flowing water for you? The Idnun, the fertile Idnun canal, the canal where living creatures drink ... Shall bring fishes and birds for you From/at the replaced/deepened? lakes?, where the canal's end stands still i.e., there is no current Shall bring unceasing birth because of? your king In the broad steppe, the broad place, the quadrupeds and living creatures ...

The dikes, ditches i.e., irrigation system and irrigated fields? shall yield crops, literally, raise their hand for you Life shall established for you The shud prayer and an oracular utterance of? goodness shall be established for you A heart of rejoicing shall be established for you The most favorable omen shall be established for you Your heart shall be sweetened May your flesh be sweetened May your liver?, a reliable omen!? ... be sweetened in the flesh? You make Nanna and Ningal desire? the most favorable omens and a fate of life for you forever Rim-Sîn, the appropriate king, holder of abundance of i.e. for? the great gods The land shall be stable for him, the foundation of the land shall be stable for him

Nanna, king of the universe, shall put the mood? of the land in unison for you Rim-Sîn, my king

You stand/serve according to? the command of An My lady, the mountain bows towards/on behalf of your shout ... Along with the aura, radiance, and the southern stormwind?, you have brought? for yourself? the furious? stupor of the people to the fore You have taken the most furious of the cosmic powers for yourself The "threshold of mourning" has opened for you ... goes on the street of the temple? of greatest lamentation/great lamentations i.e., the netherworld? for you From the front of battle things that are shot, flung? are removed for you i.e., diverted? My lady, in/with your own power "flints"? i.e., sparks? consume!? You thrash like a thrashing storm You shout together with the shouting storm You scream along with Ishkur You are to become exhausted together with the destructive winds But inexhaustiveness is worn on your feet as footwear ... performs a lament with the balag drum of weeping My lady, the Anuna, the Anuna, the great gods

Like flying bats, they have been driven into!? the ruin mound/cracks? because of you They are not to stand? at your furious face Not one of them can confront your furious forehead Who will cool your angry heart? The cooling!? of your malevolent heart is a supremely challenging undertaking Lady, your liver is good, your heart rejoices But your anger does not cool, eldest child of Nanna Lady who surpasses the land/mountain/netherworld?, who has deprived you? The mountain range extends with you in your place, it is the taboo of reserved for Ezina the grain goddess Fire was imposed on its gate Blood is poured into its rivers for you and therefore the people cannot drink Its army plunders? itself for you The formations split themselves apart for you

Its able-bodied young men serve you by themselves? A northern storm? has filled its cities and playgrounds? Its perfect young men stood as captives? The city that has not compelled its people to say "the land/mountain is for you" Nor has its people said "your father ..."

I? approached the shade, but it was covered by lit. along with a southern storm? My "honey mouth" was ... My "thing that gladdened the liver" was turned back with the dust? My fate, involving? Suen and lugalane Speak to An, so that he undoes it for me Now, she will speak to An, he will have released!? me The woman will take away the fate involving? lugalane Mountain and flood alike lie/crouch at her feet That woman is also supreme, she can besiege!? the city Stand/serve, so that she is cooled in her heart to/for me I am Enheduana, and I shall perform an arazu prayer for you ... I! shall release my tears like sweet beer for holy Inanna, I shall say to you "give? your legal decision"

I/you? shall not exhaust/bother Dilimbabbar? Within? the cleansing rites of holy An, everything of his? is changed And thus Lugalane has removed the Eanna temple from An He did not fear An, the greatest one He did not solidify!? the charm of that temple did not satisfy, he did not fulfill its allure He has turned that temple into an evil temple When? he entered ..., he drew his envy near? May my "true wild cow"? chase that man away, may you seize that man In the place of life giving force/encouragement, what!? am I? i.e., why am I here making this prayer? The rebel land, because of hatred of your Nanna/in the manner of one hated by your Nanna?, may An hand it over May An tear apart its city May Enlil curse it

His mother shall not calm down its weeping child/citizen Lady whose lament is under way? May your boat of lamentation be abandoned in a strange place I am to "die" because of my holy song But as for me, my Nanna has not inquired after me He has caused my utter destruction? in a "place of violence" Dilimbabbar has not undertaken my case If he did, what is it to me? If he did not, what is it to me? After/when? triumphing, he Lugalane drove me out from the temple Like a swallow, he made me fly away from the window

You make me go!? in the brambles of the mountain He removed the true crown of the en priestess from my head He gave a knife and dagger to me and said to me "it is suitable for you" Most precious lady, loved by An May your holy heart, which is supreme, be restored to its place for me Beloved spouse of Ama'ushumgalana Dumuzi You are the great queen of the horizon and zenith i.e., the whole of heaven The Anuna have submitted to you How you have been superior to the Anuna, the great gods! Since birth you have been the younger sister of Utu The Anuna kiss the ground with their lips for you

My case has not been finalized, but the threat of a hostile decision, apart from my case?, prowls around? in my face He Lugalane has not defiled the flowered bed The uttered word of Ningal has not been released to him I am the pure/bright en priestess of Nanna My lady beloved by An, may your heart be cooled to me May it be known, may it be known, what has not been said of Nanna's, but what has been said of you Which is: "may your being supreme like heaven be known" Which is "may your being broad like the earth be known" Which is "may your red face be known" Which is "may your brown face be known" Which is "may your furiously raised eye be known" Which is "may your corpse-eating like a dog be known"

Which is "may your head bashing be known" Which is "may your destruction of the rebel country be known" Which is "may your being mighty? and disobedient? be known" Which is "may your shouting at the foreign land/mountain be known" This is what has not been said of Nanna's, but what has been said of you My lady, you did these things? the greatest?, you are supreme My lady beloved of An, I shall speak of? your anger? The charcoal has been piled up, the cleansing rites have been set in order The "holy tavern" is opened for you/there for you, but your heart shall cool? for me After it the matter filled up and became too much, lady and queen, as has been spoken to you? That which was said to you in the nighttime The lamentation priest shall repeat at? midday for you

Because of your captured spouse, because of your captured child

Inanna, praise

... ... Along with the aura and radiance, and the southern stormwind?, you have brought? for yourself? the furious? stupor of the people to the fore You have taken the most furious of the me for yourself The "threshold!? of mourning" has opened for you! ... goes on the street of the temple? of greatest lamentation/great lamentations! i.e., the netherworld? for you From the front of battle things that are shot, flung? are removed for you i.e., diverted? My lady, in/with your own power "teeth consume"!? You are to thrash like a thrashing storm You shout together with the shouting storm As if with Ishkur? you avenge? You are to ... together with the destructive winds But inexhaustiveness is worn on your feet as footwear ... performs a lament with the balag drum of weeping

My lady, the Anuna!, the great gods Like flying/winged? bats, they have they have been driven? into!? the ruin mound/cracks? because of you They are not to stand? at your furious face Not one of them can confront your furious forehead The cooling!? of your malevolent heart is a supreme undertaking ...

The masab basket was carried, the asila was intoned ... established funerary offerings/a "good site"?, as if? I was not living there? I? approached the sunlight, the sunlight was burning I? approached the shade, but it was covered by lit. along with a southern storm? My "honey mouth" was ... My "thing that gladdened the liver" was turned back with the dust?/I turned that which pleased me back with the dust? My fate, involving? Suen and lugalane Speak to An, so that he undoes it for me Now, speak to An, he will undo it for me The woman will take away the fate of, from? lugalane Mountain and flood alike lie/crouch at her feet That woman is also supreme, she can shake the city Stand/serve, so that she is cooled in her heart to/for me

This is what has not been said of Nanna's, but what has been said of you My lady, you did these things? the greatest?, you are supreme My lady beloved of An, I shall speak of? your anger? The charcoal has been piled up, the cleansing rites ... The "holy tavern" has been set up for you?, ... After it the matter became too much, lady and queen, as has been spoken to you? That which was said to you in the nighttime The lamentation priest shall repeat at? noon for you Because of your captured spouse, because of your captured child Your anger has been maximized, your heart does not cool Perfect lady, authoritative one of the assembly She accepted her siskur offering/ritual on her Enheduana's behalf ... ...

... ... Possessing a profound mind, true woman, possessing a pure/bright heart, I want to speak to you about your me I? shall enter into her! holy cloister I am the en priestess, I am Enheduana The masab basket was carried, the asila was intoned ... established funerary offerings as if I was not living there? I? approached the sunlight, the sunlight was burning I? approached the shade, but it covered by lit. along with a southern storm?

My "thing that gladdened the liver" was turned back with the dust?/I turned that which pleased me back with the dust? My fate, involving? Suen and lugalane Speak to An, so that he undoes it for me Now, speak to An, he will undo it for me The woman will take away the fate of, from? lugalane Mountain and flood alike lie/crouch at her feet That woman is also supreme, she can shake the city? Stand/serve, so that she is cooled in her heart for me I am Enheduana, and I shall perform an arazu prayer for you

for holy Inanna I shall release, I shall say to you "judge"?. Dilimbabbar is an exhausted god!? Away from/togther with? the cleansing rites of holy An, everything of his is changed And thus Lugalane has removed the Eanna temple from An

He has not feared An?, the greatest one He did not solidify!? the charm of that temple, he did not fulfill its allure He turned that temple into a malevolent temple When? he entered ..., he drew his envy near? May his? "true wild cow" chase that man away, may you seize that man In the place of life giving force/encouragement, what!? am I?

The "holy tavern" has been set up for you? so that you heart is cooled to me After it the matter filled up and became too much, lady and queen, as has been spoken to you That which was said to you in the nighttime The lamentation priest shall repeat as if at midday for you Because of your captured spouse, because of your captured child Your anger has been maximized, your heart does not cool Perfect lady, authoritzative one of the assembly She accepted her siskur offering/ritual on her Enheduana's behalf And therefore? the holy heart of Inanna was restored to its place for her

At that time, it was good for her?, she radiated plenty/happiness, she exuded joyful allure Like moonlight, she bore plenty/happiness Nanna faithfully brought out awe Because/? her mother Ningal prayed a shud prayer? for her The gate was greeting her Her utterance for the nugig midwife is sublime Destroyer of the mountain, allocated the cosmic powers by? An My lady, clad in allure Inanna, praise

Temple that gathers up the me of heaven, standing on the platform The true me of the hero?, grown by the ruler? and the prince Carrying an aura along with!? the weapons of battle including the mitum weapon, the bow and the quiver Mighty brickwork that is unceasing, foundation of your storm/day of the southern wind/humanity!? Founded by the ancestral deity Enul?, which was? the decision of i.e., guided by? the princely cosmic powers Great city? surpassing? in the mountain/land, one who holds the head high among the rulers Supreme temple, your emerging awe spreads over? the holy space like daylight Eshumesha, Enlil upon your name Has cast a reddish/furious aura Your ruler, the wind!?, the mountain, hero, exuding an aura, surpassing Great ensi official of Enlil Authoritative one who rivals? heaven and earth Seal keeper of the bolt of father Enlil, perfecting the cosmic powers of greatness

Forceful one, with a head that casts a reddish aura?, foremost one of father Enlil He will destroy the land of the enemy for him Foremost one, pirig creature, engendered by the great mountain Eshumesha, temple of Ninurta He erected a temple in your sacred space He sat on your dais Egaduda temple, ... raised by!? the head Crown of the plain, holy and pure place ... Temple, your foundation is the great bond of the ruler Your lady, the singular woman occupying the house and? dais

Dusagdili temple, she gladdens your face/appearance? in the cella? Your ruler, who will not grow angry, surpassing in wisdom Princely child, who causes flourishing with the great mountain Shuziana, junior spouse of Enlil Edusagdili temple, ... She erected a temple in your sacred space She sat on your dais Mighty/exalted? Kesh, with the features? of the universe Exuding an aura like a great shatur snake Temple of Ninhursaga, built/planted? in a hole Important? Kesh, your midst is a deep? midst, your outside is raised!? Great pirig creature who ... in the high plain, ... of? the plain Great mountain range laid down by means of noise/incantations

Possessing an interior of twilight, from whose interior moonlight does not escape, beautified? by? Nintur Temple of Kesh, your brickwork, your fashioned? brick Your temple-terrace, a lapis crown!? which is fashioned/planted at? your outside!? Your ruler is a "silent ruler," the great egizid priestess of heaven Her command shakes heaven, her utterance is a loud? storm Aruru, the elder sister of Enlil Temple of Kesh She erected! a temple in your sacred space She sat on your dais

Named a good name Your interior is the river ordeal Egalgasud temple, storehouse that makes silver and lapis Into treasure Etarsirsir temple, enunciating/effecting? decisions and the cosmic powers, one who strokes the nose in submission Your ruler, possessed of pity ... Lady, great physician of the black headed Who decrees the fate of her city Eldest child of holy An, mother Bau Temple of the Irikug sacred precinct She erected a temple in your sacred space She sat on your dais Ebursagsag temple, where beautiful stone bowls are set up under heaven The dining hall/sanctum, consistently supplied with offerings? like the lord of the pure mouth!? The abundance of the midst of the sea, ... inner sanctum Pure? roof/hair??, ..., ..., ... interceding Rejoicing ... The Emah temple, temple of Shara, the temple? where the faithful man in? abundance

Prayed to you Your temple, the Emah, your prince, the princely son of the nugig midwife Inanna? It voice thinned/spread out?, its sacred space? producing? abundance

Esherzidguru temple, inner sanctum hung with shuba stones Possessing a great aura, the nigar sanctary of holy Inanna Adorning/touching the true me, the emerging? me, broadly Zabalam, shrine ..., shrine at daybreak? She has found the voice of i.e. found expression for? the wish? In your true inner sanctum, the nugig midwife Laid down the wish Your lady, Inanna, singular ... ushumgal creature grabbing the limbs? of the single? man, ... Shining as something white, advancing toward the rebel land The firmament in the evening made beautiful by her own doing The eldest child of Suen, Inanna Temple of Zabalam She erected a temple in your sacred space

She sat on your dais

Son of Enlil, lord Ningirsu Eninnu temple ... Egalgasud temple, storehouse that makes silver and lapis Into treasure Etarsirsir temple, enunciating/effecting? decisions and the cosmic powers, the hero who strokes the nose in submission Your prince, possessed of pity ... Lady, great physician of the black headed

Shara, ... a good thing Who allocates the cosmic power to his mother Temple of Umma He erected a temple in your sacred space He sat on your dais Esherzidguru temple Inner sanctum hung with shuba stones Great spring?, the nigar sanctary of ... Adorning/touching the true me, the exercised? me broadly Zabalam, shrine ... Your shrine at daybreak? She has found the voice ofi.e. found expression for? the wish? In your true sanctum, the nugig midwife Laid down the wish Your lady Inanna, ... ushumgal creature grabbing the limbs? of the single? man Shining as something white Advancing toward the rebel land By her own doing the firmament is made beautiful? The child of Suen, Inanna

Temple of Zabalam She erected a temple in your sacred space She sat on your dais Temple bearing a reddish aura like great awe? Decision renderer?, in? the plain an attacking? storm Temple of Ishkur, before you is abundance, behind you is joy Your intact!? foundation? is a ... with the horn of a pirig creature? Pure drainpipe, breast/nipple of heaven, rain producing ...? barley At your pilaster, at your temple, you are a wild elephant True brickwork, your foundation with? a wall that bears an aura? ... thick? clouds?, ... snakes and scorpions/GIRI snake? ... moonlight ... oppression?, Ishkur, a flood? The seven ... southern and northern winds ... the northern wind, the dust storm

... running from the horizon ... the mountain of diorite and ... stone

Both? Enlil and Enki determine her? destiny Esuga temple, sharpened dagger? At? the throat of the black headed, the me that are great An gave to you from the midst of heaven Emah temple, the temple of Adab In? your temple, in which there is? flowing water? The holy shrine/treasury, your established shrine Ninhursaga for Kesh Establishes? sweetly The great me, the pure ruin mound, the pure cleansing Ashgi, the god of Adab Adab, possessing a temple attached to the river/canal He erected a temple in your sacred space He sat on your dais Isin, city founded by An He has built? it on a low center Its front is a flood, its midst is skillfully knotted!? Resounds? with the seven wishes? Lady, great physician of the land

NinIsina, child of An The temple of Isin She erected in your sacred space She sat on your dais Eigikalam temple, its foundation set upon the earth Growing mountain range, set on the ground broadly? The enemy land Seeking? ... ...

He erected a temple in your sacred space He sat on your dais Der, greatly? effecting a decision, blocking? ... At your gate which possesses an aura and radiance Your? ornament/trap? embraced i.e., catches? the mushatur and mushhush creatures Your ruler, the leader of the gods Exalted one of issuing advice, ornament? Of the true cosmic power of cleverness The wise one, Ishtaran, king of the foundation? of heaven Edimgalkalam temple He erected a temple in your sacred space He sat on your dais Esikil temple, its pure me are surpassing in the lands Its me are elaborate? and mighty When he opens his knees as a predatory bird?, the evildoer does not escape When he establishes a triumph, rebel lands and cities? are destroyed When he frowns, the people are gathered? into sand dunes?

Your ruler is a great lion who binds the enemy to his hand Your king is a reddish storm, a flood in the middle of battle

Your!? right arm makes the mountain tremble Your left arm spreads out? over the enemy/spreads out the enemy like sheaves? Your ruler, supreme flood, storm touching the earth Exuding a great reddish/furious aura Eduba temple, your king Great ... Zababa He erected a temple in your sacred space He sat on your dais Egeshkeshedakalam temple Bull whose horn cannot be turned back? of the gods The wild cow ... relaxing Wild bull establishing a lament? Kutha!, your harbor is a clear harbor, enough so to drink water from Your interior is skillfully knotted Your mitum weapon is released? from heaven Your sacred space is a lapis pectoral? attached to the Meslam temple Your prince is Erra, king/god of the Meslam temple ...

The good temple built in a good place The temple of Kesh, the good temple built in a good place Floating like a noble barge in heaven Casting ... like a holy barge Like the boat of An, it is the sacred space/face? of the lands Waddling away from the shore like the junior/wild u bird Temple roaring like a bull, bellowing like a bull calf Temple, from its midst is the heart of the land From behind it is the life of Sumer Temple, great oval touching heaven Great Ezida shrine? touching heaven Temple, great crown touching heaven Temple, rainbow touching heaven The sacred space of the temple is suspended in the midst of heaven

Its foundation? occupies the Abzu Its shade covers the lands Temple founded by An And praised by Enlil Decided by mother Nintur Temple of Kesh, verdant with fruit Will anyone produce anything as surpassing as Kesh? Has any mother given birth to anything as surpassing as its hero Ashgi? Who has seen anything as surpassing as its lady Nintur? It is the 2nd temple

Temple, towards the sky it is 10 shar2, towards the earth it is 5 shar2 Temple, towards the sky it is 10 bur3, towards the earth it is 5 bur3. Temple, towards the sky it is a bison, towards the earth it is a red deer Temple, towards the sky it is a fallow deer, towards the earth it is a ram Temple, towards the sky it is speckled like a fallow deer, towards the earth it is speckled like a wild goat Temple, towards the sky it is a green mushgu bird, towards the earth it is an u bird covered by water Temple, towards the sky it comes out! like the sun, towards the earth it is covered by Nanna i.e., moonlight? Temple, towards the sky it is almond trees, towards the earth it is a sappy cedar/juniper Temple, towards the sky it is a mountain, towards the earth it is a spring It is indeed the 3rd temple of the universe

Will anyone produce anything as surpassing as Kesh? Has any mother given birth to anything as surpassing as its hero Ashgi? Who has seen anything as surpassing as its lady Nintur? It is the 3rd temple

Temple into which the pure? pass, noble temple Temple of Kesh, into which the pure? pass, noble temple The temple, its en priests!? are the Anuna gods! Its nuesh priests are the pillars/bonds of the Eanna temple At the temple the king stood/set up/brought/poured? ... at/among/in the stone bowls? The enshar priests somehow a reflex of the primordial/ancestral deity Enshar? wore the ba garment The atu priest held? the sceptre The tu priest brought/poured the "gathered? waters" The lalshaga? priest dwelled in the pure temple The pure enkum priests were there? ... The pashesh priests set ... in order? They were saying "uru'uru" In the manner of? a wild bull's horn ... blared The algarsura instrument rang The good tigi drum/song was played properly

The temple is good, its joy is good ...

Will anyone produce anything as surpassing as Kesh? Has any mother given birth to anything as surpassing as its hero Ashgi? Who has seen anything as surpassing as its lady Nintur? It is the 7th temple To the city, to the city, the one who approaches should not approach To the temple of Kesh, to the city, the one who approaches should not approach To its lady Nintur, the one who approaches should not approach To its hero Ashgi, the one who approaches should not approach The builder of Kesh, Ashgi, praise! The one who takes care of Kesh, mother Nintur, praise!

City, your aura covers the universe Your might is supreme and surpassing Shrine Nibru Wherever the heavens cover i.e., everywhere Your strength is there all the way to its boundaries Among all of the brick structures founded in the land Your brickwork is the foremost brickwork The lands accept the supreme cosmic powers in all their cities Like your supreme cosmic powers, your reputation is supreme Like your reputation, your soil is good soil City, your name is surpassing in the universe You are the bond of the lowlands and highlands, the great pillar of the many people Your cosmic powers are clever and that cannot be dispersed And thus your plans, like something that occupies the subterranean waters, And thus your plans, like something that occupies the subterranean waters, emit a great aura

your greatness, which is verdant like the goddess Urash earth personified No one is to ascertain. Your fate, going out at the forefront, is something that surpasses any praise A high mountain range that no hand can approach are you. Head raised high, surpassing You are touching heaven Your interior is powerful Your exterior is filled with awe And thus you produce food for the Anuna for their lives You are verdant for their eating and drinking You are the sheepfold that is there for their breath Nothing can escape from you arm, which is like the extended cords of a net Shrine Nibru, your way is that of greatness Surpassing description

When you divide up the cosmic powers it results in a true lot that cannot be dispelled City, your inside is pure Your outside is pure Your body bears an aura Your site is a chosen? place The lord of wisdom, the Great Mountain Enlil, has built a shrine in your midst That shrine, the sparkling shrine, it is the shrine that is to determine fate The Ekur, the sparkling temple, it is the temple that is to determine fate Your ruler, Nunamnir, the young bull who inseminates the cosmic powers Mother Ninlil, the great queen of the Ki'ur complex, lady who gave birth to the cosmic powers What other god lives in the land like he and she? They have wrapped themselves with intelligence and counsel at the place of dusk

They have sat down in their thrones with a reddish hue? They have sat down in their thrones among the true cosmic powers, the great powers, the cosmic powers of praise The Anuna gods look to them as their birth parents And therefore they listen to their pure and most precious words, uttered faithfully Both Enlil and Ninlil looked at the sky They made a temporary sanctuary? on the earth according to the stars they saw At that time, the intentions for the broad earth that great An had brought forth for Enlil and Ninlil to see The Anuna gods of heaven and earth set to work to fulfill them The hoe and the earth-moving basket, those tools which establish a city, were ... in their hands ... Haya? and Nisaba

In those distant days when fate was determined The year of? abundance engendered by An/The year in which abundance and heaven alike were born? When the people split through the earth like vegetation The lord of the Abzu, king Enki ...? Enki, the lord who is to determine fate Built his temple with the combination of? silver and lapis The silver and lapis was something that lit. of glowing sunlight He made? rosette/star decorations? in shrine Abzu In the pure cultic space/crown? that was artfully crafted/furnished with stairs?, coming out from the Abzu ... stood for/served lord Nudimmud It was silver that he built the temple with It was lapis that he made it colorful with He adorned it!? greatly in gold In Eridu he built the temple on the riverbank

Its brickwork speaks words and gives advice Its reed layers within the brick bellowed like a bull The temple of Enki is to shout nobly The temple brought praise at? night for the king while presenting it sweetly/bending its knee to him? For Enki, the vizier Isimud was speaking? He stood in the temple and was speaking He stood in the brickwork and was giving voice/explicating House that was founded in silver and lapis, its foundation set in the Abzu Cared for by the prince in the Abzu Who accepted its supreme me? and aura in/from? the Tigris and Euphrates Your door lock has no rival Your bolt is a lion bearing an aura Your roof beam is the bull of heaven, a pure cultic space/crown? that was artfully crafted/furnished with stairs? Your reed mat sparkles in lapis/blue? towards the roof beams? Your vault is a wild bull raising its horns Your gate is a lion seizing a man

Your threshold is an ug creature going out towards a man The Abzu, a pure place, fitting

E'engura temple, your king has set foot there for you Enki, the king of the Abzu He has set? carnelian along? your foundation With incantations/noise? he has taken care of your lapis? Temple whose pure wax design? has been inspected by Enki A bull that is set on track for its master Roaring on behalf of its aura? and advising on behalf of its dignity? E'engura temple, whose pure reed fence has been hung/bound together by Enki In your midst a supreme dais is founded Your door jamb is the pure ashkud bolt? of heaven/An The lord of wisdom, king Enki Nudimmud, the lord of Eridu In? the "heart of the fallow deer," into which no one can see

He has made? your abgal priest loosen his hair upon the back When Enki loves Eridu!? The midst of the E'engura temple is? filled with abundance Abzu, the life of the land, beloved by Enki Temple build on the edge, suitable for the elaborate cosmic powers Eridu, your shade extends into the midst of the sea Risen sea that has no rival Supreme river possessing an aura and giving the land gooseflesh E'engur temple, great flood? that touches the ground Temple adjoining the deep water!?, pirig creature in/of the inner Abzu Supreme temple of Enki giving wisdom in the land Your shout, like a risen river Is singing for king Enki

Towards the holy temple he presents sweetly/bends his? knee to it? The lyre, the algar instrument, the balag drum, and the tamborine/rattle The harhar instrument, the sabitum instrument, and the "Mari instrument" that silences the temple? The ones with a sweet voice and "releasing and growing" lips May they resound because of? their own hearts i.e., their distinct sounds? The holy algar instrument of Enki has played itself for him May the seven musicians sing/play?

The utterance of Enki, which is not to be changed ... is set towards its proper place He is singing sweetly about? the brickwork of the E'engura temple When/In that which he had built the temple, in that he had built the temple In that which Enki had raised in Eridu Like/as a mountain range that is craftily knotted/equipped with stairs? it floats on the water The reedbed dwells at its border? In its verdant orchards that bear fruit The bird sets foot/treads there? The suhur carp plays? in the ulal plants? The eshtub carp flap their tails for him towards!? the tiny gizi reed grouth When Enki rises, the fish rise as a wave In the Abzu, he stands amid admiration In the E'engura temple rejoicing ...

Like the sea, he can possess? an aura He is a supreme river who can cast? a radiance In the Euphrates river he can raise a furious southern wind His boat pole is his serpent?, Nerah His oars are his little kib birds When Enki sails, the year is filled with abundance The boat released itself and seized its own ropes? After? he "fled" towards the temple of Eridu In? the river ... was advising its king The one whose voice was the voice of a calf, the voice of a sweet cow Enki was slaughtering bulls and slaughtering sheep He restored the ala drum that was not present to its proper place

He brought out the shem drum that was not present to its proper place He set out alone towards Nibru He was entering into the giguna terrace of shrine Nibru Enki approached! the beer, he approached! the kurun liquor He poured yellow? kurun liquor into a bronze bowl? He filtered ulushin beer that was singular in quality, frequency, or "he alone"? He made kukurdu containers settle? in/with? the residue? of the very good/sweetened beer? In its the vessel's? mouth he poured? date syrup ... He "released"? the residue by cooling it?, making it? into "that which is mixed!?"

Enki, who was in shrine Nibru For his father, Enlil, he was "making bread be eaten" He seated ... An in what was the supreme place For An, he made Enlil follow there He seated Nintur in the "seat of honor" lit. greater side He sat the Anuna gods in their "foundations"? They lit. the people were drinking, they were making themselves sweet!?with kurun liquor They were rolling around i.e., knocking over? the bronze vessels like/filled with? apples!? They were making? the bronze bowls have a contest with Urash i.e. the earth, by knocking them onto the ground? They were ... the bowl shaped like? the holy barge i.e., the crescent moon?? After beer was drunk and kurun liquor was "enjoyed" After they set foot away from the temple Enlil ... rejoicing in Nibru Enlil was speaking to the Anuna Great gods who are present Anuna, you who assemble properly in the Ubshu'ukken

My son built the temple, king Enki He made Eridu distant? from the ground like a mountain range It was a good place that he built the temple in In Eridu, the pure place which no one is to enter The temple built in silver and made colorful in lapis The temple that plays the seven tigi drums properly and produces incantations/namshub prayers? The pure and dignified!? shir songs that make the temple site sweet? Shrine Abzu, the goodness of Enki, suitable for the elaborate me It is the building of temple of silver of i.e., in Eridu Enki, praise

In those distant days when fate was determined It was the year of abundance fathered by An When the people split through the earth like vegetation The lord of the Abzu, king Enki Enki, the lord who is to determine fate Built his temple with the combination of? silver and lapis The silver and lapis was something that lit. of glowing sunlight He made? rosette/star decorations? in shrine Abzu In the pure cultic space/crown? that was ..., coming out from the Abzu ... stood for/served lord Nudimmud He built the temple in silver, he made it sparkle it in lapis

He adorned it!? greatly in gold He built? the ... on the riverbank Its brick work speaks words and gives advice!?

May you be our brother, may you be our brother May you be our brother/standard? of/at the gate of the palace May you be our lord of the prow of the barge May you be our captain of the chariot May you be our groom who runs alongside? the chariot May you be our city elder who decides cases Son-in-law, ..., son-in-law, ... Brother!?, may you be the son-in-law!? of? our father May you be our son-in-law whose neck is raised May my mother say good things with you? i.e. converse Your having come is indeed life

... ..., my god?! He is the one that sweetens me? His hands are honey, his feet are honey that sweetens me? His limbs are sweet honey that sweetens me? The beautiful hiz plant ..., it is the hiz plant that he has watered

Flourishing ..., ... his birth mother Brother!? with a beautiful face, he has advised his father May you be our brother, may you be our brother May you be our ... of/at the gate of the palace May you be our lord of the prow of the barge May you be our captain of the chariot May you be our groom who runs alongside? the chariot May you be our city elder who decides cases Son-in-law ..., son-in-law ... Brother, may you be the son-in-law!? of? our father May you be our son-in-law whose neck is raised

May my mother say good things with you? i.e. converse Your having come is indeed life When you enter the house, it is abundance "I want to lie down" is my surpassing rejoicing My sweet, let us? delight ourselves!? in the bedroom

Your are!? a lady like a heavenly star. Great matron. Rise!. I am the king, I have been a hero since emerging from the womb. I am the king who has been cared for. From where are ... to go?. From where are you coming?. Lady of the many cosmic powers. The lord towards the mountain that sustains a man. ialulu. He is the youth of battle. The messengers. Lady of the furious me's. House, furious storm? in the universe. Mountain range of both! heaven and earth. Enlil, his utterance is supreme profoundly. The frown of Enlil. Hoe, hoe!. In ancient times. The great Ki'ur complex. Eunir temple. An lifted his head with authority. Princeliness. The possessor of princeliness opposes his head? unidentified incipit Kingship

His heart. From great heaven towards great earth the netherworld. In distant days when fate was determined. In distant days, in profoundly distant days. In remote days, a distant thing unidentified incipit ... unidentified incipit Little ones, if we do not do our work.

... does not raise/wield boasting there? unidentified incipit The one who farmed since long ago. Lady of all the great me. In distant days when heaven was separated from earth. Brickwork? of the shrine? below/from the earth unidentified incipit Lugalbanda. City, furious bull. King, light whose aura is authoritative/lordly. Fashioned like An.

His cattle pen. In order to overturn the day. Furious storm in/of Sumer unidentified incipit The hero. At that time unidentified incipit When An When An and Enlil Enlil exceedingly. My fish, build a house. The hero in/of the mountain/netherworld unidentified incipit It is the city? weeping and lament ... unidentified incipit The lamentation singer unidentified incipit

Total: 67 entries

In order to overturn the day, in order to destroy the plans The storm ravages like a stormwind In order to overturn the cosmic powers of Sumer In order to confine the good reign in its house In order to destroy the city, in order to destroy the temple In order to destroy the cattlepen, in order to flatten the sheepfold So that the ox does not does not stand in its cattlepen So that the sheep does not expand in number? in its sheepfold So that the canal irrigates with only brackish water So that hirin grass grows in the fertile field So that the "lamentation plant" grows in the plain So that the mother does not seek the whereabouts of her child So that the father does not say "ah, my wife" So that the junior spouse does not delight in his lap

So that the little ones do not grow on the knee So that the nursemaid does not sign a lullaby So that the dwelling of kingship is changed In order to paralyze/actively diminish? decision making In order to take away the kingship of the land So that it the destructive storm sets its gaze on the entire world So that it ruins the plans according to the command of An and Enlil It was the time when An frowned upon the lands It was the time that Enlil set his gaze on another place It was the time that Nintur rejected her creations It was the time that Enki changed the course of the Tigris and Euphrates

In order to destroy the me of Sumer, in order to alter its plans In order to obfuscate the me and the reign of kingship in Ur In order to defile the princely son in his Ekishnugal temple In order to tear apart the "mesh" of the people teeming/pastured like ewes? of Nanna In order to change the nindaba offering of Ur, the shrine of great nindaba offerings So that its people do no dwell in their dwelling, so that they are given into enemy territory So that Shimashgi and Elam, the destructive people, dwell in their dwellings So that the enemy seizes their shepherd in his very own palace So that Ibbi-Sîn is brought to the land of Elam in a geshbur trap/restraint

From the sand dunes of Zabu on the shore of the sea to the border of Anshan Like a swallow that has flown from!? its house = nest, he is not to return to his city So that malevolent plants grow on both banks of the Tigris and Euphrates So that no one sets foot on the road, so that no one seeks the path

In order to break up the founded city and outlying settlements into ruin mounds In order to smite the teeming black-headed people with the hash weapon So that the hoe does not penetrate the fertile field, so that the seed is not planted So that the e'ellu, the song of the going oxen, is not sung in the plain So that butter and cheese? are not made in the cattlepen, so that ... is destroyed So that the shepherd does not circle around herding within the corral and the holy sheepfold So that the ilulama song, the churning of the churn, is not sung in the sheepfold In order to diminish the herd, in order to finish the wild animals So that the dung/bedding of the quadrupeds of Sumuqan does not touch the ground

So that in the marshes wet land is turned into cracked land, so that they do not acquire seeds So that the "evil-headed" reed grows in the wetlands, so that the wetlands die with a stench? So that the irrigated orchard with no new growth covers itself over Urim, the great wild bull standing wildly, noble in and of itself The city where the seed of the en-ship and kingship is planted in a pure place In order to fell it quickly with a tethering rope like a bull, in order to bring its neck to the ground An, Enlil, Enki and Ninhursag decreed its fate That determined fate is something that cannot be changed--who can alter it? It is the command of An and Enlil--who could confront it?

An terrified within the dwelling of Sumer, the people were frightened Enlil made a painful day elapse, silence befell the city Nintur set open? the bolt in the street at the women's quarters of the land Enki bound up the water away from the Tigris and Euphrates Utu took away justice and the true word from the mouth of anyone that would speak it Inanna gave the battle and combat to the enemy in the rebel land Ningirsu poured out Sumer like milk among the dogs Rebellion fell upon the land, it was something no one knew It was something unseen before, and for which there was no word, something not to be accepted?

The lands were confused in their very own temples!? In the city, the gods of that city stood outside Humanity breathed painfully in their very own homes? The storm bound their hands, the storm will not return them The storm acquired blocking? for them?, it did not go? towards their sturdy bottom? This is what Enlil, the shepherd of the black-headed people, did Enlil, in order for Enlil to destroy the true temple and diminish the true man In order to exert the evil eye upon the son of the true man, the eldest son At that time Enlil brought down Gutium from the mountain ...

In order to overturn the day, in order to destroy the plans The storm ravages like a stormwind In order to overturn the cosmic powers of Sumer In order to confine the good reign in its house In order to destroy the city, in order to destroy the temple In order to destroy the cattlepen, in order to flatten the sheepfold So that the ox does not does not stand in its cattlepen So that the sheep does not expand in number? in the sheepfold So that the canal irrigates with only brackish water So that the mother does not seek the whereabouts of her child So that the father does not say "ah, my wife" So that the junior spouse does not delight in his lap So that the little ones do not grow on the knee So that the nursemaid does not sign a lullaby So that the dwelling of kingship is changed In order to paralyze/actively diminish? decision making In order to take away the kingship of the land

So that it the destructive storm sets its gaze on the entire world So that it ruins the plans according to the command of An and Enlil It was the time when An frowned upon the lands It was the time that Enlil set his gaze on another place It was the time that Nintur rejected her creations It was the time that Enki changed the course of the Tigris and Euphrates It was the time that Utu cursed the journeys and caravans several lines missing From the sand dunes of Zabu on the shore of the sea to the border of Anshan Like a swallow that has flown from its house i.e., nest, he is not to return to his city So that malevolent plants grow on both? banks of the Tigris and Euphrates So that no one sets foot on the road, so that no one seeks the path In order to break up the founded city and outlying settlements into ruin mounds In order to smite the teeming black-headed people with the hash weapon So that the hoe does not penetrate the fertile field, ...

So that the e'ellu, the song of the going oxen, is not sung in the plain So that butter and cream are not made in the cattlepen, so that ... is destroyed So that the ilulama song, the churning of the churn, is not sung in the sheepfold In order to diminish the herd, in order to finish the wild animals So that the dung/bedding? of the quadrupeds of Sumuqan does not touch the ground So that in the marshes wet land is turned into cracked land, so that they do not acquire seeds

In order to take away the kingship of the land So that it the destructive storm sets its gaze on the entire world So that it ruins the plans according to the command of An and Enlil It was the time when An frowned upon the lands It was the time that Enlil set his gaze on another place It was the time that Nintur rejected her creations It was the time that Enki changed the course of the Tigris and Euphrates It was the time that the youth? Utu cursed the journeys and caravans In order to destroy the me of Sumer, in order to alter its plans In order to obfuscate the me and the reign of kingship in Ur

In order to defile the princely son in his Ekishnugal temple In order to tear apart the "mesh" of the people ... like ... of Nanna

In order to change the nindaba offering of Ur, the shrine of great nindaba offerings So that its people do no dwell in their dwelling, so that enemy territory gives it away? So that Shimashgi and Elam, the foreign/enemy people, dwell in their dwellings So that the enemy seizes its shepherd in his very own house So that Ibbi-Sîn is brought to the land of Elam in a geshbur trap/restraint From the sand dunes of Zabu on the shore of the sea to the border of Anshan Like a swallow that has flown from its house i.e., nest, he is not to return to his city So that malevolent plants grow on both? banks of the Tigris and Euphrates So that no one sets foot on the road, so that no one seeks the path In order to break up the founded city and outlying settlements into ruin mounds

In order to smite the teeming black-headed people with the hash weapon So that the hoe does not penetrate the fertile field, so that the seed is not planted So that the e'ellu, the song of the going oxen, is not sung in the plain So that butter and cream are not made in the cattlepen, so that ... is destroyed It was something unseen before, and for which there was no word, something not to be accepted? The lands were confused all by themselves? The gods of that city stood outside Humanity breathed painfully in their very own homes? In order to overturn the day, in order to destroy the plans The storm ravages like a stormwind In order to overturn the cosmic powers of Sumer In order to confine the good reign in its house In order to destroy the city, in order to destroy the temple In order to destroy the cattlepen, in order to flatten the sheepfold So that the ox does not does not stand in its cattlepen So that the sheep does not expand in number? in the sheepfold So that the canal irrigates with only brackish water

Gutium procreated there, they issued their seed there Nintur wept bitterly on behalf of her creation She was saying "Alas, my destroyed city, alas, my destroyed temple" bitterly At the site of Zabalam the pure giguna was rendered into an empty wind Inanna turned away? from Uruk, enemy territory ... In? the Eanna complex the enemy saw the holy gipar shrine The office of the en priestess of the gipar was actively diminished? The en priestess turned away from? the gipar, enemy territory ... In Umma the painful storm/day imposed itself in the Sheghursha temple Shara took to a different path away from the Emah temple, his beloved dwelling

The shining lady? wept bitterly on behalf of her destroyed city She was saying "The charms of the city satisfy no one?" bitterly ... in Girsu, the city of heroes Ningirsu took to a different path away from the Eninnu temple Mother Baba wept bitterly in her temple of the Irikug precinct She was saying "Alas, my destroyed city, my destroyed temple" At that time, the word, which was a storm, was thrashing about--who could have known its midst? The word of Enlil is to twist towards? the right, it is to drown? on the left?

What was it that Enlil, the one who is to determine fates, did? Enlil brought down the Elamite, the foreigner, from the mountain Nanshe, the native citizen, was dwelling in the suburbs ... could extinguish the fire? for Ninmar in the shrine of Gu'a'abba Its precious metal and lapis lazuli was made to traverse into the river in large boats The lady whose property was destroyed and brought to an end!?--pure Ninmar At that time he was able to? decree? a day scorching like ... The site of lagash! It returned it to Elam in its own hand At that time the day of "my lady" was also not regularly performed

Baba, like a human, her day was also not regularly performed Saying "Woe, the storm returned it in its own hand The storm that destroys the city returned it in its own hand The storm that destroys the temple returned it in its own hand Dumuzi'Abzu was afraid in the temple of? Kinirsha Kinunir, just as!? her native city, its impending plundering was spoken/ordered The mountain i.e., the Guti? set ... in the city of Nanshe, in Nigin She wandered away from! Sirara, her beloved dwelling She was saying "Alas, my destroyed city, my destroyed temple" bitterly

The office of the en priestess of the holy gipar was actively diminished? The en priestess turned away from? the gipar, enemy territory ...

It brought a heavy arm towards the banks of the princely canal of Nanna He destroyed the settlements and travel houses of Suen like a cattlepen heavy with dairy products!? Its fugitivies left? together? like fleeing goats He poured out Ga'esh like milk among the dogs, it is to be destroyed The beautiful features of the fashioned statues are to be torn out/broken ...? The office of the en priestess of the holy gipar was actively diminished? He took away the en priestess from? the gipar, enemy territory ... A lament filled? the dais that extended with the heavens? The upper part of the throne? was not ..., its top was not fitting

Like a date palm it was cut down, he bound them together Ashu, where the temple was attached to the canal, he muddied the water/removed it from? the water? At the place where evil does not pass of Nanna, the evildoer passed through The temple ..., in the "house of the assembly" famine was introduced He destroyed Ki'abrig, where cows ...? are numerous, like a cattlepen heavy with dairy products!? Ningublaga took to a different path away from the gabur temple Nini'gara wept bitterly by herself She was saying "Alas, my destroyed city, my destroyed temple" bitterly The office of the en priestess of the holy gipar was actively diminished?

The en priestess fled from the gipar, enemy territory ... Ninazu stood his weapon in the corner in the Egida temple An evil storm flew on/was cast upon? Ninhursag in the Enutur temple Like a wild dove she flew away from the window and stood aside in the plain She was saying "Alas, my destroyed city, my destroyed temple" bitterly In geshbanda, the temple where there was mourning, the reed of lamentation grew Ningeshzida took to a different path away from the geshbanda temple, his beloved dwelling Azimua, the lady of the city, wept bitterly She was saying "Alas, my destroyed city, my destroyed temple" bitterly

At that time the southern storm made the people dwell in darkness As a prelude to destroying the city of Ku'ara, it made the people dwell in darkness NineHAma wept bitterly She was saying "Alas, my destroyed city, my destroyed temple" bitterly Asalluhi dressed hurriedly and intoned a lament? Lugalbanda took to a different path away from his beloved dwelling She Ninsumun? was saying "Alas, my destroyed city, my destroyed temple" bitterly In? Eridu, which had been floated in a flood, drinking water ceased?

In? Eridu, which had been riding? on a flood, drinking water ceased? In its outskirts, which had been made into a windblown plain ... The true person ... in an ambush ... KAhegal? and Igihegal? ... You? are a young man, the day/storm ... Day/storm that does not destroy/is not restrained, you? are one whose allure is not exhausted ... They the two gatekeepers? who are beautiful of body? like ..., we will ... They who are speckled of face like an alim creature?, we will ... They who are poured like a statue into molds, we will ... Gutium, the people who destroy?, will break them We sent by hand to father? Enki in the Abzu of Eridu ... what is it that will we say, what is it that we will add?

... what is it that will we say, what is it that we will add? If? it is the case that we go out from? Eridu If we stand ... in the day? shade will not ... If we stand ... at night, the day/storm would not acquire ... While standing in the day? with? our distress, what will we take from you?? While standing in the night? with? our sleeplessness, what will we forget i.e., leave behind? Enki, if your city is cursed, it will be given to? the enemy land Why do they diminish us in the status of!? being apart from Eridu? Why do they destroy us? in our state of not being touched with care? like a date palm? Why do they break us? in our state of not being coated in bitumen like a new boat? It is the case that Enki has set his gaze at a different place The storm? ... of grievous sin gave/placed an evil tree/weapon? for him They are arisen ... who lie down in their packs Enki took to a different path away from Eridu

Damgalnuna, the mother of the Emah temple, wept bitterly She was saying "Alas, my destroyed city, alas, my destroyed temple" bitterly

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... the provider? i.e., the king? ... ... the provider? ... Its standing/serving ... like a supreme ration ... At its great gate Enlil stood the door open in the wind? In Ur, no one went towards food, no one went towards water The people were circling around like water poured into a well/pond Its strength was not present in its aura? and thus its strength did not dwell there? Enlil made starvation in the form of? an evil person dwell in the city He made that which destroys cities, that which destroys temples, dwell in the city He made that which before it a weapon does not stand against dwell in the city

He made the hungry/unsatfisfied and the eye-roller dwell in the city In Ur, even the fear/disdain of head shaking like a single planted reed was not established Its people took refuge like a caught fish Meager and great alike spread out, no one arose/was mustered The king? was mounted atop the gate tower?, there was no food there for him The king who had ate and drank good things, had to now clutch at a mere ration? The sun was clouded over, one was being envious/watching? and knew fasting There was no beer in the "house of the plain"!?, its ... was not present There was no food for him in his palace, it was not good? for dwelling

His supreme storehouse was not filled with grain, no one could take refuge there? The grain goddess was not present in the large and small grain heaps The afternoon meal of the gods was not? eaten, funerary offerings? ... In the great banquet the honeyed liquor and ... wine ceased? The giriPAa knife that consumes oxen and sheep ... In the great oven the oxen and sheep were not being prepared i.e., roasted?, one could no longer smell it? The cry/breath of the "pure-armed" bursag building/functionary? stopped? The temple that had once belowed like a bull ... silently ... did not execute deliveries properly, ... The millstone, the mortar, and the pestle sat idle, no one bends down towards them In the lapis harbor of Nanna boats? were "bound in the water" due to silt?

The water of the prow did not scream?, it did not cast joy? Sand? was piled up in the unuRIbanda building/shrine of Nanna The ... rushes grew, the ... rushes grew, the reed of mourning? grew Boats and barges quit the shining harbor ... ... ...

Enlil made starvation in the form of? an evil person dwell in the city He made that which destroys cities, that which destroys temples, dwell in the city He made that which before it a weapon does not stand against dwell in the city He made the hungry/dissatisfied and the eye-roller dwell in the city In Ur, even the fear/disdain of head shaking like a single planted reed was not established Its people took refuge like a fish living in a well/pond Meager and great alike spread out, no one arose/was mustered The king? mounted atop the gate tower?, there was no food there for him

The king who had ate and drank? good things, had to now clutch at a mere ration? The sun was clouded over, one was being envious/watching? and knew fasting He did not have beer in his brewery, its ... was not present There was no food for him in his palace, it was not suitable for dwelling His supreme storehouse was not filled with grain, no one could take refuge there? The grain goddess was not present in the large and small grain heaps The afternoon meal of the gods was actively diminished there In the great banquet the honeyed liquor ceased As for? the giriPAa knife that consumes oxen and sheep, it lay abandoned in the plants

In the great oven the oxen and sheep were not being prepared i.e., roasted?, one could no longer smell it? The cry/breath of the "pure-armed" bursag building/functionary? stopped? The temple that had once belowed like a bull ... silently The deposit of the properly executed deliveries was a distant memory The millstone, the mortar, and the pestle sat idle, no one bends down towards them In the lapis harbor of Nanna boats? were "bound in the water" due to silt? The water of the prow did not scream?, it did not cast joy? Sand? was piled up in the unuRIbanda building/shrine of Nanna The ... rushes grew, the ... rushes grew, the reed of mourning? grew

Boats and barges quit the shining harbor In "your" canal that was made suitable for barges, no one was rowing anymore The plans of the festival at the place of rites was changed The nesag offering ships of his birth father Enlil no longer brought the nesag offering ... could not bring its nindaba offerings to Nibru for him There was emptiness in the river/canal, barges were not traversing it No foot was set/present on its two banks, tall plants grew The fence of the broad cattle pen of Nanna was torn apart

The reed fence of the orchard was ..., ... established a breach The cow was seized along with its calf The munzer fed cows took to a strange path in an unknown part of the plain Gayau, who loves cows, dropped his weapon in the bedding/dung Shunidug, the one who stores butter and cheese, did not store butter and cheese People who did not know butter were churning its butter People who did not know milk were ... its milk In the cattle pen the churning churn was not bellowing nobly The heavy coals that had been lit?, their smoke ceased

Suen wept to his father Enlil My birth father, my city was ... for you/him!?, why did you turn away from me? Enlil, my Ur was ... for you/him!?, why did you turn away from me? The nesag offering ships of his birth father no longer brought the nesag offering for him ... could not bring its nindaba offerings to Enlil at Nibru for him The winds carried off the en priestess of the outer city and the en priestess of the inner city Ur, like a city struck by a hoe, has been broken up into ruin heaps The Ki'ur? shrine, the place of relaxation of Enlil, has been made into a windblown shrine

Enlil, ... your eye at your city, it is an empty wasteland The dogs of Ur are not sniffing at the base of the city wall The one who burrows/demarcates? wells is not gathering earth at the market price? My birth father, turn around my city back to your arms from its loneliness Enlil, turn around my Ur back to your arms from its loneliness Turn around my Ekishnugal temple back to your arms from its loneliness So that my Ur is brought out, so that the people are broadened So that he returns the me of Sumer which were destroyed to their place It is the 3rd kirugu

Alas, the true temple, the true temple, its man, its man It is the geshgigal "response" Enlil was replying to his son Suen Total: 60 lines "Long-tablet" of Damqi-ilishu Month "Abe," 21st day.

Enlil was replying to his son Suen In the ... of of the windswept city?, the reed of mourning grows in lamentation In the ..., the reed of mourning grows in lamentation In the ..., he spends time in lamentation My son, if you yourself are a native son, then it is you who is the one whose tears they are Nanna, if you yourself are a native son, then it is you who is the one whose tears they are There is no revocation of a final verdict, the word of the assembly The uttered word of An and Enlil knows no change If Ur was given kingship, ... did not give an eternal term of office From the distant day when the land was founded to the current limit of teeming people

Who has seen a reign of kingship taking precedence forever In order to lengthen the term of kingship?, in order to take counsel to that effect? My Nanna, do not become exhausted doing this, leave your city At that time, my king, the native son, quit/killed his liver/lungs Lord Dilimbabbar "fashioned a destroyed/evil heart" Nanna, who loved his city, left his city Ningal, in order to go as a stranger? of her city to a strange place Hurriedly she got dressed/braided a rope for escape? and left the city

The Anuna of Ur stood outside In Ur fire? that ... by itself was extinguished? In Ur its trees were sick, its reeds were sick A lament was competing with the wall up to its circuit in terms of completeness Daily weapons were smashing heads before it In Ur great hazin axes were sharpened before it They were setting the spears, the arms of battle, in order Great bows, throw sticks, and shields were consuming together Barbed? arrows filled its outside like a rainstorm

Great stones made a thudding pudpad noise by themselves Daily an evil wind returns among the city

In Ur the noble one, divested of his? strength, stood among the murderers The enemy defeated the people, those who? stood among the weapons In? the city the ones who did not advance against the weapons dwelled/sat in hunger Starvation thus filled the city, it was not ceasing In hunger they were bowing their heads and twisting their muscles Its people filled the ponds, they were ... Its king breathed painfully in his own? house Its humanity dropped their hands, their weapons touched the ground They gathered/clasped their hands to their necks?, they were weeping

Together they advised, they discussed Alas, what is it that we will say, what is it that we will add? How long until we are to be finished in the mouth of catastrophe? The inside of Ur is death, the outside is death How long until we are to be finished within that of starvation inside the city? How long until we are to be finished among the weapons of Elam outside the city? The enemy stands in Ur, we must come to an end? Acting on behalf of their life and their back? they spoke together

They opened the bolt of the gate, the storm was making its door stand in the street Elam set foot there like a great onrushing flood In Ur they were crushing their heads with weapons like a porous pot? They could not sprint away? as fugitives, they were seized? within the wall's limits Like fish living in a pond, they were seeking refuge The enemy dwelled in the Ekishnugal temple of Nanna They were breaking the holy "having heavy possessions" bird!? They cut down the statue that occupied? the uzga shrine Nine'igara, the supreme steward, abandoned the storehouse!?

Its throne was covered over from the front?, she? could? only sit in the dust instead? They seized the great? cows at/by? their ... horns, ... cut their horns off ... smote goring bulls with the weapon like they were grazing sheep ... was cut down and bound together like a date palm The date palm of? like? strong copper, the arm of heroism It was torn out like a rush, it was cut like a rush, it was turned sideways? in its roots Its top was lodged in the ground, a person to raise it was not available ... trimmed its midribs and set its top on fire

... its spadix with ripe dates, ... the well The gizi reed that grew in the holy ... were actively diminished? Total: Sixty+ lines ...

The gizi reeds that grew in the holy enclosure? were actively diminished? The enemy carried away the great tribute that ... deposited there In the temple, its geshbur ormanment? fell, its parapet was destroyed ... embracing on its right and left Like smitten heroes, they were covered from the front Its great storm-demon?, with an open mouth and the face of an awe-bearing pirig creature ... were felling them with a saman rope like a caught wild bull, enemy territory ... ... brought the scent of the dwelling of holy Nanna, which was like a juniper forest to an end

Its asalbar feature, the one that was overlaid? with gold and lapis ... And? the awe of the temple, which had been good?--the awe was now destroyed" The one that had filled? the lands like sunlight? was rebuilt? like the evening? of heaven instead? Its door, the one that ... sunlight? like a beautiful/verdant star of heaven/constellation? And? the great boundary stakes? shouted? so that ... would not? tear them out!? Its hinge ... was defiled? with a stunned silence Together with its door fitting, it wept like a fugitive

The holy bolt and bar were no longer fixed on/controlling? the great? door The noise of the previously? fixed/controlled? door fell? silent?, it had no one to fix/control it ... was actively diminished?, it set ... in the broad street In the royal offering place the nindaba offering of the royal offering place!? was changed In its holy ... was not making the tigi, shem, and ala drums sound nobly Among its supreme tigi drums!? the a'ua functionary did not sing pure songs At the gate tower where fates are to be determined there were no affairs?

The throne where cases had been decided no longer stood?, cases were not undertaken correctly Nanna/Suen's vizier Alamush dropped the scepter with his hand shaking In the holy! bed chamber of Nanna ... shall not ... at his feet? The holy treasure box, which no one! is to see, the enemy saw inside of it ... did not set up the pure bed/bed of flowers, ... did not spread out shining plants upon it They were cutting down the statue that occupied? the uzga shrine The dream interpreter, the engiz temple cook, and the seal bearer did not use the eshda vessel? properly In the holy uzga shrine, the shagadala priests of the pure washing rites

They stood in the manner of one whose neck is pushed to the ground?, the enemies took them away

Suen brought his ... there for his father He knelt there before his birth father Enlil My birth father, how long will the eye of the enemy have looked at my ..., how long ... On? my hair, bound up with the suh headress/pectoral? The great cleaned pure "day"? has become dirty ...? Examine faithfully your heart darkened by anger, which terrifies like a wave Enlil was speaking a true word to his son Suen The destroyed city, the flattening of the parapet of the great wall by the storm, this too is a part of the turn of office One who ..., for the dark days of you term of office, may "open the temple?" be spoken?

Previous dweller, in your dwelling, the Etemenniguru temple, which was built faithfully May ... rebuild it ..., may the people bow down towards it May ... have bread ? at its base, may Ashnan dwell with it May there be joy in its branches, may Utu rejoice with him On its ..., ... may the abundance of Ashnan embrace ... May Ur, the city decreed by An, be returned to its place for you May? Enlil, like? a true speaker, raise his neck towards heaven For Nanna may the high and low land assemble? For Suen may he set the roads of the land of land in order

With a noise like? a rainstorm touching the earth, may? pounding stones? be employed? for him It was the spoken word of An and Enlil, and therefore it was being carried out faithfully? Father Nanna stood? in his city, Ur, with head held high The youth Suen was able to enter into his Ekishnugal temple Ningal was relaxing in her pure chamber He was able to enter into Ur, into his Ekishnugal temple It is the 4th kirugu The city was an empty wind, in its midst the reed of lamentation grew in? lament In its midst the reed of lamentation grew in? lament Its people spend the day in lamentation It is its geshgigal "response"

Bitter storm, raise you chest depart, turn back/confine yourself in your house.

Month "Harvest," 18th day.

The throne where cases had been decided no longer stood?, cases were not undertaken correctly Nanna/Suen's vizier Alamush dropped the scepter with his hand shaking In the holy bed chamber of Nanna ... he? does not ... at/on his feet? The holy treasure box, which no one! is to see, the enemy saw inside of it ... did not set up the pure bed/bed of flowers, ... did not spread out shining plants upon it They were cutting down the statue that occupied? the uzga shrine The engiz temple cook, dream interpreter, and seal bearer did not use the eshda vessel? properly They stood in the manner of one whose neck is pushed to the ground? the mountaindwellers? carried? them away In the holy uzga shrine, the shagadala priests of the pure washing rites

They? were forsaking the pure plans and the me, they? went to another city Suen brought his ruined heart there for his father He knelt there before his birth father Enlil My birth father, how long will the eye of the enemy have looked at the accounts?, how long ... When you give lordship and kingship, do not ... towards me/on my behalf Father Enlil, the one of the true order and command Father Enlil, it is the fate that you decreed and therefore no one can release its logic? On? my hair, bound up with the suh headress/pectoral? Enlil was speaking a true word to his son Suen

My son, a city of abundance was built? for you, your turn of office sought you? out?

The destroyed city, the flattening of the parapet of the great wall by the storm, this too is a part of the turn of office One who ..., for the dark days of you term of office, may "open the temple?" be known? Previous dweller, in your dwelling, the Etemenniguru temple, which was built faithfully May ... rebuild it in joy, may the people bow down towards it May ... have bread ? at its base, may Ashnan rejoice with him May ... have joy in its branches, may Utu rejoice On its table may the abundance of Ashnan embrace ... May Ur, the city decreed by An, be returned to its place for you

May Enlil, who is the true speaker, raise his neck towards heaven For Nanna may the high and low land assemble? For Suen may he set the roads of the land of land in order Touching the ground like a rainstorm? ... It was the spoken word of An and Enlil, and therefore it was being carried out faithfully? Nanna stood? in his city, Ur, with head held high Suen was able to enter the Ekishnugal temple Ningal was relaxing in her pure chamber The youth Suen was able to enter into his Ekishnugal temple Bitter storm, storm, raise you chest depart, storm, turn back/confine yourself in your house

Storm, destroyer of cities, storm, raise you chest depart, storm, turn back/confine yourself in your house Storm, destroyer of temples, storm, raise you chest depart, storm, turn back/confine yourself in your house May the storm that once spent time in Sumer spend time in the other lands instead May the storm that once spent time in the land spend time in the other lands instead May it spend time in the land of Tidnum instead, may it spend time in that land May it spend time in the land of Gutium instead, may it spend time in that land May it spend time in the land of Anshan instead, may it spend time in that land

So that in Ur the term of office and abundance last long So that the people lay down in the meadows and copulate Alas, humanity is stricken? and gathered up? The princess? the one of weeping and lament says

"Nanna, alas, your city, alas, your temple, alas, your humanity" It is the 5th kirugu

He has ceased in the cattlepen, an empty wind is set? in his sheepfold The wild bull has ceased in the cattlepen, an empty wind is set? in his sheepfold The lord of the lands has ceased there, an empty wind is set in his sheepfold Enlil has ceased in shrine Nippur, an empty wind is set? in his sheepfold His spouse Ninlil has ceased there, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold The lady of Kesh has ceased there, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold Ninmah has ceased in the temple in Kesh, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold The one of Isin has ceased there, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold

NinIsina has ceased in shrine Egalmah, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold The lady of the region of Uruk has ceased there, an empty wind is set? in his sheepfold Inanna has ceased in the temple in the region of Uruk, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold Nanna has ceased in shrine Urim, an empty wind is set? in his sheepfold Suen has ceased in the Ekishnugal temple, an empty wind is set? in his sheepfold His spouse Ningal has ceased there, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold Ningal has ceased in her holy cella, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold

The wild bull of Eridu has ceased there, an empty wind is set? in his sheepfold Enki has ceased in the temple of Eridu, an empty wind is set? in his sheepfold Shara has ceased in the Emah temple, an empty wind is set? in his sheepfold Usahara has ceased in the temple in Umma, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold Baba has ceased in the Irikug precinct, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold She has ceased the Eduga!?, her chamber, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold Her mother, Abba'u, has ceased there, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold Abba'u has ceased in the Maguena shrine, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold The protective lamma spirit of the temple has ceased there, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold The protective lamma spirit has ceased in the Etarsirsir temple, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold

The matron of lagash has ceased there, an empty wind is set? in her sheepfold

City, your walls may still be upright/may be "those of encircling"?, but your land is finished to my/your detriment? My city, like a fecund ewe, your lamb is finished to my detriment? Urim, like a fecund goat, your kid is finished to my detriment? City, your rites are changed to my detriment? Your ordinances have been changed into strange ordinances The lament is bitter, your great lady Ningal, who weeps, how long will it exhaust her? The lament is bitter, Nanna, who weeps, how long will it exhaust him? It is the 2nd kirugu When ... destroys the true city, the lament is bitter When ... destroys Urim, the lament is bitter It is the geshgigal "response" The lady, after the city was destroyed, her city initiated a lament along with her? Ningal, whose land was finished to her detriment? The former inhabitants of Urim join with her at its outside/is exiled with her in lamentation!? The true woman, the lady who is to exhaust herself on behalf of her city Ningal, who is not to sleep on behalf of her land For her the fate of the city approaches, she weeps bitterly

After they ordered the obliteration of Urim After? they ordered? the killing of its people I, as one who gave my advice? to them They therefore shall also bind me with my city They therefore shall also bind my Urim with me The utterance of An? is not to be changed ever again? When Enlil brings forth words from his mouth, it is not to be changed It is the 4th kirigu To the detriment of? the lady, her city is destroyed, to her detriment her cosmic powers are altered It is its geshgigal "response" Enlil spoke to the storm, and the people wailed He deprived the land of days of abundance, and the people wailed He deprived Sumer of good days, and the people wailed He commanded the malevolent storm, and the people wailed

He has ceased in the cattlepen, an empty wind is set, smites? his sheepfold is an empty wind The wild bull has ceased in the cattlepen, his sheepfold is an empty wind The lord of the lands has ceased there, his sheepfold is an empty wind The lord of the lands has ceased there, his sheepfold is an empty wind His spouse Ninlil has ceased there, her sheepfold is an empty wind Ninlil has ceased in the temple in the Ki'ur complex, her sheepfold is an empty wind The lady of Kesh has ceased there, her sheepfold is an empty wind Ninmah has ceased in the temple in Kesh, her sheepfold is an empty wind The one of Isin has ceased there, her sheepfold is an empty wind NinIsina has ceased in shrine Egalmah, her sheepfold is an empty wind The lady of the region of Uruk has ceased there, her sheepfold is an empty wind Inanna has ceased in the temple in the region of Uruk, her sheepfold is an empty wind

Nanna has ceased in shrine Urim, his sheepfold is an empty wind Suen has ceased in his Ekishnugal temple, his sheepfold is an empty wind His spouse Ningal has ceased there, her sheepfold is an empty wind Ningal has ceased in the temple, in her holy cella, her sheepfold is an empty wind The wild bull of Eridu has ceased there, his sheepfold is an empty wind Enki has ceased in the temple of Eridu, his sheepfold is an empty wind Shara has ceased in the Emah temple, his sheepfold is an empty wind

Udsahara has ceased in the temple in Umma, her sheepfold is an empty wind Baba has ceased in the Irikug precinct, her sheepfold is an empty wind She has ceased the Eduga!?, her chamber, her sheepfold is an empty wind Her mother, Abbaba, has ceased there, her sheepfold is an empty wind Abbau has ceased in the Maguena shrine, her sheepfold is an empty wind The protective lamma spirit of the temple has ceased there, her sheepfold is an empty wind The protective lamma spirit has ceased in the Etarsirsir temple, her sheepfold is an empty wind

The matron of lagash has ceased there, her sheepfold is an empty wind gatumdug has ceased in the temple in lagash, her sheepfold is an empty wind The one of Nina has ceased there, her sheepfold is an empty wind The greatest lady Nanshe has ceased in the temple in Sirara?, her sheepfold is an empty wind The one of Kinirsha has ceased there, his sheepfold is an empty wind Dumuzi-Abzu has ceased in the temple in Kinirsha, his sheepfold is an empty wind

The one of Gu'abba has ceased there, her sheepfold is an empty wind Ninmar has ceased in the temple in Gu'abba, her sheepfold is an empty wind It is the first kirugu An empty wind is set in his sheepfold, its lament exhausts him Cow, your moo is not present in the cattlepen, the cattlepen is no longer suitable for the prince? It is its geshgigal "response" City whose lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Your lament is bitter, city, initiate your lament! The lament of his destroyed true city is bitter The lament of his destroyed Urim is bitter

Your lament is bitter, your "great lady" Ningal, the one who laments, how long will it exhaust her? Your lament is bitter, Nanna, the one who laments, how long will it exhaust him? Brickwork of Ekur, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Ki'ur, the great place, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Ubshu'ukken assembly place, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Shrine Nibru, city, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Brickwork of Isin, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Shrine Egalmah, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament!

Brickwork of Urim, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Ekishnugal temple, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Shrine Agrunkuga, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Brickwork of Eridu, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Brickwork of the Irikug precinct, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Maguenna shrine, the lament is bitter, initiate your lament! Your lament is bitter, your "great lady" Ningal, the one who laments, how long will it exhaust her? Your lament is bitter, Nanna, the one who laments, how long will it exhaust her?

City, your name is still present, but you will be destroyed to my/your detriment?

City, your walls may be "those of encircling/totality"i.e., they may still be complete?, but your land is finished to my/your detriment? My city, like a fecund ewe, your lamb is finished to my/your detriment? Urim, like a fecund she-goat, your kid is finished to my/your detriment? City, your rites are changed to my/your detriment? Your ordinances have been changed into strange ordinances Your lament is bitter, your "great lady" Ningal, the one who laments, how long will it exhaust her? Your lament is bitter, Nanna, the one who laments, how long will it exhaust him? It is the 2nd kirugu When ... destroys the true city, the lament is bitter When ... destroys Urim, the lament is bitter It is its geshgigal "response"

The lady, after the city was destroyed, her city initiated a lament along with her? Ningal, who is finished in the land to my/your detriment? The former inhabitants of Urim are inconsolable!? with bitter lamentation to my/your detriment? The true woman, the lady who is to exhaust herself on behalf of her city Ningal, who is not to sleep on behalf of her land For her the fate of the city approaches, she weeps bitterly Upon my lady/that of my lady? the fate of the temple approaches?, she weeps bitterly The fate of her destroyed city approaches, she weeps bitterly The fate of her defiled city approaches, she weeps bitterly The lady, after that of the voice!?, the balag drum/lyre of lamentation, was being 'founded'?

She herself was minimally i.e., softly? intoning an ilu lament/intoning little ilu laments? of the silenced ... The storm that is set for me, its sorrow/wailing hangs upon me I am the woman whom the storm is set for The storm that is set for me, its sorrow/wailing exhausts me! The storm, the bitter storm, is set for me And therefore I wail because of that storm Because of the power/wing? of the storm, I! cannot bring out? ... And therefore, even for a short length of days?, in my reign, propitious days, in my reign, propitious days ... has not seen Along with? the night, because of the power of the night that is set for me And therefore I wail because of that night Because of the power/wing? of! the night, I! cannot bring out? ...

The storm that is about to destroy like a flood, hangs for me by itself/in its aura? Because of this, in my bed chamber of the night Calm sleep is not put in? my bedchamber of the night Because of this, the silencing of the bedchamber If only ... would also bring the silencing of the bedchamber Because anathema was placed in? my land for me!? Like a cow with its calf, it ... the ground My land, regarding itself?, does not compare with me!? Because bitter toil was placed in? my city I flap my wings towards it like a bird of the sky I fly towards my city But so to i.e., nevertheless? the city is destroyed where it was founded to my detriment

But so to i.e., nevertheless? Urim is finished in its bedchamber to my detriment Because the power of the storm was placed from above/superior to me? I screamed and said to him "storm, you shall stay confined to the steppe" But the breast of the storm would not rise away from me ... Saying? The lady, they must not put distant days for me into the reign of the Agrunkug temple, the temple of my ladyship She shall found only weeping and lamentation Because this temple is the site of liver pleasing of the black-headed Anger and distress shall also be doubled on behalf of/by means of its festival to your detriment ... They shall continually bring despair, lament and anathema, lament and anathema My temple which was established by the just man

My temple which was established by the just man Therefore the storm has beaten it at its outside In? my Ekishnugal, the temple of kingship My true temple that initiates lamentation there along with her i.e., me? After being built falsely and destroyed truthfully ... must not establish as its allocated share for me Therefore like a tent, a building torn out at the harvest site, like a building torn out at the harvest site, it was subjected to? wind and rain Urim, my grain storage filled with food!? Therefore the empty wind howls in the silent city Like the sheepfold of the shepherd, it was torn out The possessions which the city acquired for me are eradicated!

It is the 3rd kirugu refrain Urim has initiated lamentation to her detriment? Her city is destroyed to her detriment, her cosmic powers are changed to her detriment It is the geshgigal "response" At that time, this time after the city was flattened To the detriment of the lady, her city is destroyed Her city is destroyed to her detriment, her cosmic powers are changed to her detriment At that time, this time after the city was created When they have ordered! my city to be destroyed When they have ordered?! Urim to be destroyed When they have ordered?! its people to be killed At that time I will not be indifferent to my city I will not neglect my land

For An, I shall pour the tears of my eyes I shall supplicate myself to Enlil? I shall say to him/them? "My city must not be destroyed" I shall say to him/them? "Urim must not be destroyed" I shall say to him/them? "Its people must not be killed!?" Despite this An did not rescind his word Despite this the statement "It is good, so be it" of Enlil was not soothing my heart Therefore when they have ordered! my city to be destroyed When they have ordered! Urim to be destroyed When they have ordered! its people to be killed

The Anuna rested on the "organized" i.e., finalized? word Therefore I? shall extend? my limbs/lap and tie up? my hair For An, I shall pour the tears of my eyes I shall supplicate myself to Enlil? I shall say to him/them? "My city must not be destroyed" I shall say to him/them? "Urim must not be destroyed" I shall say to him/them? "Its people must not be killed!?" Despite this An did not rescind his word Despite this the statement "It is good, so be it" of Enlil was not soothing my heart Therefore when they have ordered! my city to be destroyed

When they have ordered! Urim to be destroyed When they have ordered! its people to be killed I, as one who gave my advice? to my detriment? ... therefore shall also bind me with my city ... therefore shall also bind Urim with me An is never to change this word That which issues from the mouth of Enlil is not to be changed It is the 4th kirugu To the detriment of the lady, her city is destroyed Her city is destroyed to her detriment, her cosmic powers are changed to her detriment It is the geshgigal "response" Enlil spoke to the storm, and the people wailed

He deprived the land of? days of abundance, and the people wailed He deprived Sumer of good days, and the people wailed He commanded the malevolent storm, and the people wailed He gave them to? the kiggal official? of the storm, his attendant storm/who stood within the storm? He spoke to the storm annihilating the land, and the people wailed He spoke to the great storm, the one of An, and the people wailed Enlil was making Gibil fire into his helper He spoke to the great storm of An, and the people wailed The great storm was shouting from above, and the people wailed The storm annihilating the land roared upon the earth

An evil wind, overflowing like a great flood, which does set down its power/wing? In the city the weapon was murdering and consuming as if in a pack At the base of heaven the storm? gnawed?, and the people wailed The storm was burning with fire at its front, and the people wailed And therefore? the raging storm, like a "fire-shade," ... at its back Noon, which usually raises the "rainy wind" fog? was burning with fire instead Mid-day, which usually brings out bright sunlight, brought darkness along with it!? The shining sun did not come out in the land, it dissipated like the evening The southern wind seized? the joyful night which initiates the cooling of water?

Burning? sherds combined with the soil, and the people wailed The storm blew a wind upon the black-headed people, and the people wailed Sumer was tripping? as if in a geshbur snare, and the people wailed The people? were erecting a wall of heads?, the storm devouring as if in a pack The bitter storm, for which weeping was not decreed as its fate?, because of this the people wailed The eradicating/gathering? storm was sweeping the land/making the land tremble The storm utterly destroyed the city like a flood The storm that was finishing the land established silence in the city The storm burning like fire was enraged with/corporeally burned? the people/land? The storm that is to cause everything to be forgotten stood among the malevolent ones?

The hateful storm, ordered by Enlil, the storm that ... the land It covered Ur like a garment, spread over it like linen It is the 5th kirugu The storm is a lion?, thrashing?, and the people wail It is the geshgigal "response" At that time! the storm was placed together with the city, the city was ruin heaps Father Nanna, the city has been placed into ruins, and the people wailed The storm deprived the land of ..., and the people wailed The land was devastated until there was not even a broken sherd, and the people wailed The storm made a breach in the wall, and the people wailed

At the great gate where there was a path, it was piling up corpses In the broad lane prepared as if for a festival, heads were placed as seeds In the streets, where there were paths, it was piling up corpses In the playground, where there was a festival, it spread out people as sheaves Ditches/burial pits were put down for the blood of land like it would be done for? the drainpipe of heaven? That of the corpses, like sheep fat in sunlight, dissolved by themselves Like a man ended by a hazin axe, one was not bothering to "clothe his head"/wear a turban as a bandage? Like a goat buck caught by a snare, one lodged his mouth in the dirt

And therefore? like a man ended by the mitum weapon, one did not bother to wear bandages As if lying in the birthing place of their mother, one laid in his! blood Those who had not drunk wine nonetheless hung their necks down lit. on the shoulder Those who served with weaponry? were slaughtered by weaponry The storm took away? fugitive men and gazelles alike?, and the people wailed In Urim the weak and strong alike came to an end out of hunger The elder women and men who did not leave the house were set on fire Water brought away? the tiny ones ... from the lap of the mother like! fish The strong grasp of the wetnurse, this grasp was loosened

Allegiance/sense was forgotten, and the people wailed The treasury of the land was eradicated, and the people wailed

At that time! the storm was placed together with the city, the city was ruin heaps Father Nanna, the city has been placed into ruins, and the people wailed The storm deprived the land of ..., and the people wailed The land was devastated until there was not even a broken sherd left, and the people wailed A breach was made in the wall, and the people wailed At the great gate where there was a path, it was piling up corpses In the broad lane prepared as if for a festival, heads were placed as seeds In the streets, where there were paths, it was piling up corpses In the playground, where there was a festival, it spread out people as sheaves

Ditches/burial pits were put down for the blood of land like it would be done for? the drainpipe of heaven? That of the corpses, like sheep fat in sunlight, dissolved by themselves Like a man ended by a hazin axe, one was not bothering to "clothe his head"/wearing a turban as a bandage? Like a goat buck caught by a snare, one lodged his mouth in the dirt And therefore? like a man ended by the mitum weapon, one did not bother to wear bandages As if lying in the birthing place of their mother, one laid in his! blood Those who had not drunk wine nonetheless hung their necks down lit. on the shoulder as if drunk Those who served with weaponry? were slaughtered by weaponry

The storm took away? fugitive men and gazelles alike?, and the people wailed In Urim the weak and strong alike came to an end out of hunger The elder women and men who did not leave the house were set on fire Water brought away? the tiny ones ... the lap of the mother like! fish The strong grasp of the wetnurse, this grasp was loosened The allegiance/sense of the land was forgotten, and the people wailed The treasury of the land was forgotten, and the people wailed The mother left her city!? for to the detriment of? her son, and the people wailed The father turned away from his son, and the people wailed

In the city the spouse was abandoned, the child was abandoned, possessions were scattered The blackheaded people went into ...'s solemn place The lady left her city like a frightened bird Ningal left her city like a frightened bird And therefore? the possessions ... amassed? there were annihilated In the treasury? which had possessed ... plundered itself? Even in the ponds, Gibil, the purifier, was performing? work The high mountain range which no hand approaches, oh lord? of the Ekishnugal temple

The true temple, the great hazin axes were consuming as if in a pack The troops of Shimashgi and Elam, the destructive ones, were treating it as if it was worth thirty shekels!? When? the pickaxes struck the true temple and city, the people wailed They were making the city into ruin heaps, and the people wailed

Its lady was crying "Alas, my city," she was crying "Alas, my temple" Ningal was crying "Alas, my city," she was crying "Alas, my temple" The woman, the storm destroyed her city, the storm destroyed her temple Nanna?, shrine Urim is destroyed, and the people are scattering It is the 6th kirugu In her cattlepen, in her sheepfold, the woman shouts bitterly, the storm is destoying the city It is its geshgigal "response" Mother Ningal stands apart from her city like an enemy The woman cries bitterly about the fate of her destroyed city Ningal cries bitterly about the fate of her destroyed temple

An must curse my city, my city must be destroyed Enlil must curse my temple, the pickaxe must strike! He must cast fire upon my ... coming from the lowland, my city must be destroyed Enlil must touch down lightning flame upon his!? highland At the outskirts of the city, the outer city must be destroyed, and I shall say "Alas, my city" In the middle of the city, the inner city must be destroyed, and I shall say "Alas, my city" My temple in the outskirts of the city is being destroyed, and I shall say "Alas, my city" My temple in the middle of the city is being destroyed, and I shall say "Alas, my city"

Therefore, the city is not pastured for me like a fertile ewe, its true shepherd is not present Therefore, Urim is not pastured for me like a fertile she-goat, its herder is not present My ox does not stand in the cattlepen, its herder is not present My sheep do not dwell in their sheepfold, their herder is not present The canal of the city thickens with silt and produces? fox dens? In its course it does not bring flowing water, its canal inspector is not present In the fields of my city, grain is not present, its farmer is not present In? my field, like a field that the pickax has struck to destroy it and render it unusable!?, only the "star of the field?" plant grows

In the irrigated orchards that heap up? syrup and wine, the thornbush of the mountain grows grows In the steppe whose "joy" was surpassing/filled it?, it was emitting a baking scent? like an oven? My possessions are taken away flying like a flock of crows taking flight, I must cry "My possessions!" My possessions coming from the lowland are brought back to the lowland, I must cry "My possessions!" My possessions coming from the highland are brought back to the highland, I must cry "My possessions!" The storm? scatters me away from? my precious metal and lapis, I must cry "My possessions!"

My treasure is annihilated, I must cry "My possessions!" People who know nothing? of precious metal fill the hand with my precious metal and consume it People who know nothing? of lapis load their necks with my lapis It is the month of Gur-Inanna, the 14th day

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Father Nanna, your ishib priest did not perfect the holy shita prayer? for you Your lumah priest did not wear the shaggada garment Your true en priestess, chosen in the heart for her beauty, the one of the Ekishnugal temple Did not enter as she rejoices? into the gipar structure coming from the shrine The a'ua musicians are not sweetening the festival in your courtyard hosting the festival Neither the shem and ala drums, those which make the heart rejoice, nor the tigi instrument was played for you The blackheaded, who no longer bathed for your festival If!? like a thread ... their life was cut, their features were changed Your songs have become weeping, how long ...?

Your tigi songs have become lamentation, how long ...? If your bull does not stand in its stall, how long ...? If your sheep does not stand in its fold, how long ...? An evildoer has seized your fisherman who brings fish Your fowler who bring birds hurriedly goes away In your canal, formerly made suitable for a barge, rushes!? grew in its bed On your roads, formerly made suitable for a chariot, thorn bushes grew in its midst Your city and you temple weep for you bitterly like their? mother Urim, like a child lost in the street, seeks your place

The brickwork of your true temple, like a human, says "So be it!"in resignation!? My lady, you have left the temple, you have left the city How long will you stand apart from your city like an enemy? Mother Ningal, how long will your temple align with you at its chest like a hostile place If you are one who is concerned about her land, why do you reject it? Like an ox towards/on behalf of? your cattlepen, like a sheep towards/on behalf of? your sheepfold Like a younger child towards/on behalf of? your mother's? chamber, my lady, towards/on behalf of? your temple May An, the king of the gods, speak your "It is enough" Enlil, the king of the lands, shall decree your fate