Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

lugal-zu dug₄-ga-ni nu-ŋu₁₀ tah-a-ni nu...
lugal-ŋu₁₀...tu-da-ni nam-en-na tum₂...
en unug{ki}ga muš-saŋ-kal ki-en-gi-ra til₃-la...ma₅
durah-maš kur-bad₃-da a₂-nun-ŋal₂
šilam-za₃ maš kur naŋa kug-ga-kam <unk> suh-suh
ab₂ zid...kur šag₄-ge tud-da
en-me-er-kar₂...utu-ke₄ mu-e-ši-in-gi₄-nam
iri{ki}na ir₇-saŋ{mušen}gin₇ ŋeš-bi-da na-na-ra-ab-dal-e
mušen-gin₇ gud₃ us₂-sa-bi-a nam-bi₂-ib₂-hu-luh-e
šakanka-bi ŋal₂-la-gin₇ na-an-sig₉-ge₄-en
iri{ki} gul-gul-la-gin₇ sahar na...
aratta{ki} a₂-dam {d}en-ki-ke₄ nam ba-an-kud
ki bi₂-in-gul-la-gin₇ ki nam-ga-bi₂-ib₂-gul-en
egir-bi {d}inana ba-ši-in-zig₃
gu₃ im-mi-rah₂-aš šeg₁₀ im-mi-in-gi₄
kuš₇ bi₂-in-su-a-gin₇ kuš₇ nam-ga-bi₂-ib₂-su-su
kug-si₂ u₃-tu-da-ba {kuš}<unk> šir u₃-ba-ni-in-ak
kug-me-a sahar-ba zag ba-ni-in-us₂
kug saŋ <unk> še₃ u₃-mu-un-dim₂-dim₂
anše kur-kur-ra-ke₄ bar um-mi-la₂...
ŋa₂-e-še₃-am₃ {d}en-lil₂ banda₃{da} kur-kur-ra-ke₄
en {d}nu-dim₂-mud-e šag₄ kug-ge ba-an-pad₃...
kur me sikil-la-še₃ ha-ma-du₃...
{ŋeš}taškarin-gin₇ hi-li ha-ma-ab...
{d}utu agrun-ta e₃-a-gin₇ si-muš₃ ha-ma-gun₃...
zag-du₈-zag-du₈-bi urin ha-ma-mul...
agrun-agrun-ba šir₃ kug nam-šub du₁₂-a...
...{d}nu-dim₂-mud-ke₄ ŋa₂-ra dug₄-mu...
...ab-be₂-na-bi u₃-mu...
...da...
...

...
inim-bi eš₃ e₂-an...
ŋi₆-par₄ {ŋeš}mes gibil-gin₇ gurun...
lugal-ŋu₁₀ en kul-aba₄{ki}ra šu ga-mu-na...
ur₅-gin₇ hu-mu-un-na-ab-e-a...
kiŋ₂-gi₄-a lugal-zu-ur₂ en kul-aba₄{ki}...
u₃-na-a-dug₄ u₃-ne-de₃-tah
ŋa₂-e-me-en en šu sikil tum₂-ma-ar
{ŋeš}rab₃ mah an-na nin an-ki-ke₄
in-nin₉ me šar₂-ra kug {d}inana-ke₄
aratta{ki} kur me sikil-la-še₃ hu-mu-un-de₆-me-en
kur-ra {ŋeš}ig gal-gin₇ igi-zu bi₂-in-tab-me-en
aratta{ki}e unug{ki}še₃ gu₂ a-gin₇ i₃-ŋa₂-ŋa₂
aratta{ki} unug{ki}še₃ gu₂ ŋa₂-ŋa₂ nu-ŋal₂
e-ne-ra dug₄-mu-na-ab
ur₅-gin₇ hu-mu-un-na-ab-e-a-ka
kiŋ₂-gi₄-a en aratta{ki}ke₄ mu-na-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄
nin gal {d}inana me huš-a <unk> a
hur-saŋ kur šuba₃-ka dur₂ ŋar-ra
barag kur šuba₃-ka še-er-ka-an dug₄-ga
en lugal-ŋu₁₀-u₈ subur-ra-na-še₃
nin e₂-an-na-ka mu-na-ni-in-kur₉-re
en aratta{ki} gu₂ ki bi₂-in-ŋar...kul-aba₄{ki}še₃
ur₅-gin₇ hu-mu-un-na-ab-e-a-ka
en unug{ki}ga muš-saŋ-kal ki-en-gi-ra til₃ saŋ zid₂-gin₇ ma₅-ma₅
durah-maš kur-bad₃-da a₂-nun-ŋal₂
šilam-za₃ maš kur naŋa kug-ga-kam <unk> suh-suh-e

ŋeš₂
im-gid₂-da limmu₂-kam-ma
iri...gud huš ni₂ gal gur₃-ru

Translation:
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 šilamza 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 šuba stones
Having adorned the dais of the mountain of šuba 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 šilamza bovine, the mountain(?) goat purified with soap and plucked of its hair(?)
(Total) 60 (lines)
It is the 4th “long-tablet” (in the composition:)
“The city, a furious bull bearing a great aura.”