colesimmons/SumTablets_English huggingface dataset:
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

en-e kur lu₂ til₃-la-še₃ ŋeštug₂...na-an...
en {d}gilgameš₃-e kur...til₃...ŋeštug₂-ga-a-ni...gub
arad-da-a-ni en-ki-dug₃...mu-na...
en-ki-du₁₀ murgu ŋuruš til₃-la la...ra-an-e₃...
kur-ra ga...mu-ŋu₁₀ ga...
...ga-bi-ib₂-gub
...gub-bu-ba mu diŋir-re-e-ne ga-bi-ib₂-gub
...da-a-ni en...du₁₀-e inim mu-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄
lugal-ŋu₁₀ tukumbi kur-ra i-ni-in-ku₄-ku₄-de₃ {d}utu he₂-me-e-da-zu
{d}utu šul {d}utu he₂-me-e-da-zu
kur {ŋeš}eren kud dim₂-ma...šul {d}utu-kam
{d}gilgameš₃ maš₂ babbar-ra...ni im-mi-in-teŋ₄

maš₂ su₄ maš₂-da-ri...
šu-ni {ŋeš}ŋidru kug...da-ŋal₂
{d}utu an-na-ra gu₃ mu-na-de₂...
{d}utu kur-še₃ in-ku₄-ku₄-de₃ a₂-tah-ŋu₁₀ he₂-me-en
kur {ŋeš}eren kud-še₃ in-ku₄-ku₄-de₃ a₂-tah-ŋu₁₀ he₂-me-en
{d}utu an-na-ta inim mu-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄
...ni₂-za he₂-me-en kur-ra a-na-bi me-en
...ga-ra-ab-dug₄ inim-ŋu₁₀-uš ŋeštug₂-zu
...ab-dug₄ ŋizzal he₂-em-ši-ak
...lu₂ ba-uš₂ šag₄ ba-sag₃
...u₂-gu ba-an-de₂ šag₄ ba-an-gig
bad₃-da gu₂-ŋa₂...im-ma-an-la₂
adda id₂ ib₂ <unk>...igi im-ma...
u₃ ŋa₂-e ur₅-gin₇ na-ab-ba-ak...ur₅-še₃ me-en
lu₂ sukud-da an-še₃ nu-mu-un...
lu₂ daŋal-la kur-ra la-ba...
kur-ra ga-am₃-kur₉ mu-ŋu₁₀...

Translation:
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 mašdaria 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
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
...ur₂ hur...ke₄ mu-ni-ib...
ni₂ teŋ₃-ni min-am₃ ni₂ teŋ₃-ni eš₅...
ni₂ teŋ₃-ni limmu₅ ni₂ teŋ₃-ni ia₂ ni₂ teŋ₃...
ni₂ teŋ₃-ni imin-am₃ mu-na-til-la-ta da-ga-na ba-teŋ₃
muš-kar-ŋeštin-na-gin₇ murgu₂-na im-ta <unk> <unk>
ne mu-un-su-ub-ba-ke₄ te-na tibir-ra bi₂-in-rah₂
hu-wa-wa zu₂ ba-an-da <unk> saŋ-ki...
hu-wa-wa {d}gilgameš₃-ra gu₃...
ur-saŋ lul sig₁₀-sig₁₀-ge...
min₃-na-ne-ne-bi mah...ugu-na...
ur-saŋ usu-ni-ta...tuš-a mu-na...
hu-wa-wa usu-ni-ta...tuš-a mu-na...
...saŋ-e dur₂ im...an...

...si₁₂...
igi-ni er₂ mu-na...
{d}gilgameš₃...{d}utu-ra ga...
{d}utu ama tu-ud-ŋa₂ nu...
kur-ra mu-un-tu...ba-e-buluŋ₃...
{d}gilgameš₃ zi an-na mu-un...zi ki-a mu-un-pad₃...kur-ra mu...
šu-še₃ mu-un-dab₅ ki-za nam-ba-an-tum₂
{d}gilgameš₃ en-ki-du₁₀-ra gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e
en-ki-du₁₀ mušen dab₅-ba ki-bi-še₃ ha-ma <unk>
ŋuruš dab₅-ba ur₂ ama-ni-še₃ he₂-gi₄...
en-ki-du₁₀ {d}gilgameš₃-ra...
sukud...
...

Translation:
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 gargeština 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
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
...la-gin₇...ni-in...
...gu₃ ba-ni-in-rah
...ni-in-de₂
...tuku ama-ni-še₃
...hu-mu-un-ak-eš
...e₂-a-ni-še₃ ba...
...ŋu₁₀-še₃ hu-mu-un...
...ni...
...

Translation:
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, (fifty of them), act on behalf of my power
... to his house(?) ...
May single males acting(?) like me, (fifty of them), act on behalf of my power
...
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
...inim mu...
...ba-huŋ egir gaba-ri us₂...inim mu-na...
...<unk> mu-na...
...ni₂-zu ba-ši...
...

Translation:
Enkidu has defamed me
The hireling who is hired by (mere) sustenance, who follows behind his opponent, has defamed (me)
...
... you yourself/your aura ...
...
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:


...
...ta...
...nam-me-a...
...ki us₂-sa igi...
...ta e₃ igi...
...an-ta mu...
...kug...
...kur-ra-ka ud mu...
...ru-um kur-ra-ka mu-na-zalag-ge...
...ni mu-na-ta...
...ni haš₄-a-na ba...
...ni bar-še₃ ba...
...igi he₂...
...

Translation:
A 2nd time the white bull coming out from the horizon
The bull reposing among the cypress trees
A shield touching the ground, watched by the assembly
A shield emerging from the treasury, watched by the young man
The youth Utu was suspended above among his holy rays
...
He ... sunlight in the mountain cave
He was illuminating(?) the mountain cave for lugalbanda
His good udug protective deity was suspended above him
His good lamma protective deity went “at his thigh"(?)
His afflicting god stood aside
During that of his “may he raise his eyes toward the sky for Utu”
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:


...

...
mu...
dam...
za-e ad-da...
...la₂-zu-ne...
nam-ba-ni-in-kur₉...
...ha-šu-ur₂ nu...
...mu-un...
...he₂-me-da...
...mu-ra-ab...
...


ŋa₂-nu...
ma₂-gur₈...
ma₂ {ŋeš}...
ma₂ ukuš₂...
ma₂ ki buru₁₄...
šeg₁₂ kul-aba₄{ki}...
{d}lugal-banda₃{da} lu₂...
šu nu-um-ma-gid₂...
{d}nin-urta dumu {d}en-lil₂-la₂...
{tug₂}saŋšu piriŋ me₃-a ugu-za he₂...
...<unk> en kur gal-la gaba nu...
gaba-za he₂-en <unk>...
kur-ra sa <unk> <unk> <unk> sa <unk>...
iri{ki} im-še₃-du <unk> ki...
{d}lugal-banda₃{da} lu₂ numun-e...
šu nu-um-ma-gid₂...
...dumu ki-aŋ₂ {d}...
...a ud-gin₇ e₃...
...iti₆-gin₇...
...rah₂-rah₂...
...

...lugal-banda₃{da}
...<unk>
...lirum he₂-ŋal₂
...ba-kuš₂-u₃-de₃
...na-an-gig-ga-a
...ud imin-bi {d}iškur-ke₄
...nim-gin₇ ga-ŋir₂
...ŋen-ni
...bi-ib
...gi₄-bi
...a
...a
...kur₉-da
...a
...

Translation:
...
...
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 mountain(s)
(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 sagšu 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 Šara, the beloved son of Inanna
Bring out your barbed arrows like sunlight
Bring out ... like moonlight
May the barbed arrow act as a šagtur 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 Iškur
(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
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
...kul-aba₄{ki}a saŋ-men...
...la-ke₄ ŋi₆-par₄...
...par₄-ra-ke₄ eš₃ gal...
...lu₇ aratta{ki}...
...<unk>...ŋeš <unk>...
...ne ud-te-en-e um-ma...
...{d}dumu-zid-da udu maš₂...<unk>...
a kalag-ga a-šag₄ {d}dumu-zid...
udu kur-ra-gin₇ dub₃ ha-ra-ni-ib₂...
gaba kug-ŋa₂-a ud-gin₇ e₃-ni
ušu₃ aš₃

zi-pa-aŋ₂...he₂-me-en
...kar₂ dumu {d}utu za₃-mi₂
...keš₂ ba-ši-in-ŋar
...ta ba-ra-an-pad₃
...

Translation:
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
(Subtotal of) 36 (lines)
May you be that of the šuba 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
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:


saŋ-ki...{d}en-lil₂-la₂-kam
kiš{ki}...an-na-gin₇ im...
e₂ ki unug{ki}ga gud...sahar-ra mi-ni-ib...
ki ud-ba šar-ru-um-ki...
sig-ta igi...
...en-lil₂-le nam...mu-un...
...a-ga-de₃...
...

...


...
e₂-gal šag₄ hul₂...
lu₂-hul-ŋal₂...
ki uz...
ka₅...

Translation:
It was the frown of Enlil
After it killed(?) Kish like the bull of heaven
After it slew the temple of Uruk in the dust like a great bull
Where, at that time to Sargon, the king of Agade
From the lowland to the highland
After Enlil gave the en-ship and kingship to him
At that time the sanctuary Agade holy Inanna ...
May distress fall upon your palace, which was built (for) rejoicing
May the evildoer shout continually in the ... plain(?)
(In) the site of your uzga, where the cleansing rite had been established
May the fox, the one of the destroyed ruin mound, drag its tail there
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:


...
...ne
...ke₄-ne
...si...sa₂-e-ne
...gin₇ kuš₂ mi-ni-ib
...teŋ₃-ŋa₂ nu-zu
...du-de₃ la-la-bi nu...gi₄
...ra me-a-gin₇
...tuku₄-e mu-na-ab-la₂-la₂
...ni₂ im-ma-ni-in-teŋ₄
...dur₂-ra-na ba-ra-an-ŋen{en}
...šub-bu-de₃
...de₃{ki} mu-un-šub
...ŋa₂-ŋa₂-gin₇
...ma-ni-ri
...ra
...am₃
...la
...

...
e₂-kur...
a₂...
lu₂...
gi-gun₄-na...
nita {lu₂}la...
e₂-še₃ {ŋeš}...
e₂-kur...
kur kug...
hur...
iri{ki}...
e₂-e...
{urud}ha...
{urud}...
...

Translation:
The governors, sagga officials
And the land recorders of the border of the plain
Were properly conveying the monthly nindaba offerings and (the nindaba offerings of?) the new year(?)
At the gate of Agade, exhaustion was placed(?)
Holy Inanna did not know how to accept the nindaba offering (anymore)
As/like a citizen, the temple to be founded(!?) did not satisfy (her)
The matter/word of the Ekur engendered (dazed) silence
Trembling lingered for (Inanna?) (in?) Agade
In Ulmaš (Inanna?) was afraid
She went out from the city into(?) her (original?) (place of?) dwelling
The young woman, as if to(?) abandon that of(?) her women's quarters
Holy Inanna abandoned the shrine of Agade
Like a warrior advancing against the weapon
She imposed battle and combat apart from the city(?)
She beat the breast for the enemy (instead)
It was not (before the elapse of) five days, it was not (before the elapse of) ten days
The bindings(?) of the en-ship, the crown of kingship
...
He “bound his hands” towards the Ekur temple
...
He acted towards the giguna like (it was worth?) (a mere) thirty gig
Like a male thief who plunders a city
He gathered up/imposed(?) great ladders (for use) against the temple
In order to destroy the Ekur temple like a great boat
In order to loosen (its) soil like a mountain mined (for) precious metal
As if to(?) cut/separate(?) it like the mountain range of lapis lazuli
In order bring (its) neck to the ground like a city that Iškur had poured (upon)
Although the temple was not (in/of) the mountain of the cut juniper
He brought(?) great hazin axes towards it
...
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

eridu{ki} a gal-e <unk>...
bar-ba eden-lil₂-e du₃...
lu₂ zid ki-lul-la...
{d}<unk>...
ŋuruš me-en ud...
ud nu-gul-la hi-li nu-til-la me-en...
...<unk> gin₇ <unk> sag₉-ga me-eš i₃...
alim-gin₇ igi gun₃-gun₃ me-eš i₃...
alan-gin₇ kuš₃-kuš₃-a de₂-a me-eš i₃...
gu-ti-um{ki} lu₂ ha-lam-ma-ne me-ze-er...
...en-ki-ra abzu eridu{ki}še₃ šu-a ba-e-de₃-en...
...a-na im-me-en-da-na a-na bi₂-in-tah-en...
...a-na im-me-en-da-na a-na bi₂-in-tah...
...ga-ta he₂-en...
...ba-gub-bu-da-nam ŋissu...
...gub-bu-un-da-nam ud-de₃...
...a-na šu ba-e-de₃-teŋ₄...
...u₂-gu me-de₂-en-de₃...
...ba-e-de₃-kud ki-erim₂-e...
...ŋal₂-la-a-da a-na-aš ba...
...ga-me a-na-aš me-gul-gul-lu...
...nu-ak-me a-na-aš me-ze-er-ze...
...kur₂-ra im-ma-da...
...ŋeš hul-lu mu-e-ni...
...ga me-eš ildum₂-ba...
...ŋiri₃ kur₂ ba-ra-an...
...er₂ gig mu...
...la-ŋu₁₀...
...

...
...ba...
...
...

Translation:
(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
...
...
...
...
...
...
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
...<unk>...
...<unk>...
...
...bi {u₂}...
...un-duh-duh...
...la₂...<unk>...
...ta ba-da-gur...
...ta ba-da-gur dumu...
...a-ni mu-un-šub e₂...
...ta ŋiri₃ kur₂ ba-ra-an...
...

...
...ki ur-saŋ...
...aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni ŋiri₃...
...ki-ŋu₁₀ im-me-a...
...iri{ki} ni₂-ba lu-a šu...
...ki-tuš ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni...
...{d}nam-rat munus sag₉ <unk>...
...sug₄-ga i-im-ŋal₂ a...
...ki-ke₄ nam ba-an-kud...
...nu-un-ŋal₂...
...gin₇ ba-ur₅-ur₅...
...

Translation:
...
...
...
...
Its stolen(?) rushes ... carried (away)(?) the rushes ...
... piled up and spread .... out ... in the manner of sheaves
... a corpse was in the Euphrates ...
... turned away from ... and was not saying “my spouse”
... turned away from ... and was not saying “my son”
The one of the true temple/productive estate(?) abandoned his temple and was not saying “my temple”
The rich person took a different path away from his possessions
...
... the hero ...
... took a different path away from his beloved ...
The one that is saying(?) ... my city(?)
Kazallu, the city that teemed by itself, was confused
Numušda took a different path away from his city, his beloved dwelling
His wife Namrat, the beautiful woman, was weeping bitterly
Emptiness was in the river, ... could not irrigate
Like a river cursed by Enki, its intake was blocked
... did not have(?) grain in the field, the people did not eat
The watered orchards were baked like an oven, the plain was dispersed.
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
...lu₂ i₃ nu...
...lu₂ ga nu...
...ra {dug}šakir₃...
...dugud-bi i₃-rah₂...
...unu₂ gal {d}nanna...
...suen-e a-a-ni {d}en-lil₂-ra...
...ugu-ŋu₁₀ iri-ŋu₁₀ a-na...
...urim₂{ki}ŋu₁₀ a-na...
...kiš-nu-ŋal₂-ŋu₁₀ a-na...
...nesaŋ-ŋa₂ a-a ugu-ŋu₁₀...
nindaba-bi {d}en-lil₂ nibru...
en iri bar-ra en iri šag₄-ga...
urim₂{ki} iri {ŋeš}al-e ri...
...ur₂ ki ni₂ dub₂-bu...
...

Translation:
People who did not know butter were churning its butter
People who did not know cream were ... its cream
In the cattle pen the churning churn was not bellowing nobly
The heavy coals that had been lit(?), their smoke ceased
... the great dining hall of Nanna ...
Suen wept to his father Enlil
My birth father, my city was ... for him(?), why did you turn away from me?
Enlil, my Ur was ... for him(!?), why did you turn away from me?
My Ekišnugal temple was ... for him(?), why did you turn away from me?
The nesag offering ships of my(?) birth father no longer brought the nesag offering for him
... could not bring its nindaba offerings to Enlil (of/at) Nibru for him
The wind(s) carried off the en priest(ess) of the outer city and the en priest(ess) of the inner city
Ur, like a city struck by a pickax, has been broken up into ruin heaps
The Ki'ur? shrine, the place of relaxation of Enlil, has been made into a windblown shrine
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
...tuš-de₃ ki-erim₂...
...lu₂-kur₂-ra ki-tuš...

...ni₂-te-na lu₂-erim₂-e...
...suen kur elam{ki}ma-še₃ ŋeš...
...gaba a-ab-ba-ka-ta zag an...
...
...

Translation:
...
So that its people do not dwell in their dwelling, so that they are given into enemy territory
So that Šimašgi and Elam, the destructive people, dwell in their dwellings
So that the enemy seizes its shepherd in his very own palace
So that Ibbi-Sîn is brought to the land of Elam in a {geš}bur trap/restraint
From the sand dunes of Zabu on the shore of the sea to the border of Anšan
...
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
...lu₂-erim₂ nu...kur₂ im-ma-an...
...bi-ne <unk> im-ze...bar-ta ba-sug₂-ge...
...bar im-ma-an-dab₅-be₂-eš eden lil₂...
...silim du₃-a gu₇-a naŋ-bi-še₃...im-mi-in-šub...
...ma dum-dam mu-ni-in...giri₁₆-lu im-mi-in-e₃...
...lu₂ banda₃{da} šag₄ kuš₂-u₃-bi...igi-še₃ ka ba...
...mu-un-bar-re...bi₂-ib₂ <unk> <unk>...
...bi ba <unk>...
...mi-ib₂-dug₄-ge...
...du₃-a me-a...
...
...

Translation:
...
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(?) ...?
...
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:


...
dim₂-ma-bi šu...
udug sag₉-ga-bi...
ni₂ me-lim₄ saŋ-ŋa₂ ŋal₂-la...
unug{ki}ga teš₂-bi a-ba...
iri-da kur-kur...
e-ne...
...


...
šag₄ {tumu}...<unk>...
erin₂ saŋ-gin₇ mu-un...<unk>...
kaskal munu₄-gin₇ mu-un...<unk>...
me₃ zu-ba šu-ba <unk> bi₂...
saŋ erin₂-na lu₂-ta e₃...
gu-ti-um{ki} <unk>...e <unk>...
igi...
...

Translation:
Who changed its discernment, who altered its intelligence?
Who struck its good udug protective spirit? Who beat its lamma protective spirit?
Who ruined the aura and radiance that had been on (its) head?
Who ... the dignity(?) of Uruk, who ... the nugig midwife(?)
Along with the city the foreign lands ..., in Uruk who ... in its temple?
...
...
With the midst/heart of a storm(?) ...
Like elite troops they plundered (all of(?) ...), ...
They crushed the road like malt, the one apart from them(?) like a god/An? ...
They made the battle veterans “fall into their hand"(!?), they ... their tactics/intellect/mood(?)
The elite of the troops, who emerged (separate) from the (average) man(?) ...
Gutium ..., the weapon ...
Not even looking with both of their eyes(?), ...
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
{d}nun-nam...
nibru{ki}e...saŋ...nam...
urim₂{ki}e e₂...
{ŋeš}...ni suhuš-bi...gin₆
aga...me-teš₂ nam...la saŋ...mi-ŋal₂
{ŋeš}...kug uŋ₃ šar₂ si sa₂...šu-ŋa₂ im-mi...sa₂
...kiri₃ zi-ŋal₂ <unk> <unk> e...ŋu₁₀-uš im-ma-an-šum₂
...e...e₂ u₆ di-da-bi...im-mi-in-sa₂
...

...
gi-zi...
na-ri-ŋu₁₀ ud he₂-ŋal₂-la...{id₂}<unk> kug mu še...
mu da-ri ka-ge₅ du-a-ba {id₂}pa₄...
...iri{ki}ŋa₂ a-ra₂-bi ku₆-ab te-li-bi...
...kug iri-bi ku₆-ab te-li-bi mu-ši-na
...luh a-ra₂-bi ku₆-ab te-li-bi mu-ši-na
...ku₆ hu-ma-ra-ab-de₆ e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂-še₃
...gu₂-gu₂ mu-su-ur lu₂-u₂ u₂-lal₃ gu₇-e
...bi še gu-nu mu₂-mu₂ {ŋeš}tir-gin₇ su-su-e...
...ub-da limmu₂-bi še-ga {d}en-lil₂-la₂
...sipad u₂-a ki-en-gi uri-e ki aŋ₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂
bal-na niŋ₂ urim₂{ki}ma-ke₄ sila-am₃ ud mi-ni-in-za-e-en-za-e-le za-e me-en
ur{d}namma lugal mu da-a-ri za₃-mi₂-zu dug₃-ga


Translation:
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 Ekišnugal 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(?) (every)thing of Urim rejoice, you are the one who spends time there(?)
Ur-Namma, king with an eternal name, your praise is sweet
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:


lugal me-en šag₄-ta...
{d}šul-gi me-en...
...igi huš ušumgal...
...an-ub-ta limmu₂...
...sipad saŋ-gig₂...
...ŋal₂ diŋir kur...
...

Translation:
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 ušumgal creature
I am the king of the four quarters
I am the herder and shepherd of the black-headed
I am the authoritative one, the god of the lands
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
...nisaba-ke₄
...ŋizzal-la šu daŋal ma-ni-in-dug₄
...ŋal₂ tak₄-a niŋ₂-e nu-dib-be₂ me-en
sa nemur₂-gin₇ zig₃-ga-ŋu₁₀-ne
{anše}ni-is-kum kaš₄ kalag-ga di-ŋa₂
šag₄ an-na-ke₄ hul₂-la ma-ab-de₆
a-la-ŋa₂ {d}en-lil₂-le gu₃ zid ma-ni-in-de₂
nam-si-sa₂-ŋu₁₀-uš ŋidru ma-an-šum₂-mu-uš
gu₂ kur-kur-ra-ke₄ ŋiri₃ ba-da-gub
{ŋeš}tukul-ŋa₂ mu-bi sig-še₃ mu-un-ŋal₂
aga-kar₂ sig₁₀-ga-ŋu₁₀-u₈ igi-nim-še₃ mu-un-ŋal₂
me₃ šen-šen-na um-ta-ab-e₃-en
...ib₂ dug₄-ga {d}en-lil₂-la₂-še₃
...ŋu₁₀-u₈ igi-še₃ ba-du-un

...šag₄ ba-ab-zalag-ge-en
ŋa₂-e me-en {ŋeš}tukul-la a-la mu-un-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-an
{urud}šukur {urud}ma-sa-tum a-ba-da-ab-ŋal₂-le-en-na
{kuš}da-lu-uš₂-a a₂-sig₃-ge-bi mu-zu
im-du-ug im-lag hul sag₃-ga-ŋu₁₀-u₈
mir ni₂ ŋal₂-la-gin₇ dal-le-da-bi
šag₄ dab-ba-ŋu₁₀-u₈ li-bi₂-ib-dib-be₂-en
ni₂ zi-ir kur-re ba-ab-šum₂-mu-un
šeš gu₅-li-ŋu₁₀ šul {d}utu-am₃
ki zi-šag₄-ŋal₂-la-ka igi mu-na-ni-duh
{d}šul-gi me-en dalla-bi-a inim mu-da-ab-be₂-en
diŋir igi sag₉ me₃-ŋa₂-kam
...utu...šeš-ra ki aŋ₂ {d}lamma {ŋeš}tukul-ŋa₂-kam
...mu-un-kal-la-ge <unk> ga₁₄-mu-un-ne₃-e
...e₃
...

Translation:
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
My brother and friend, who is the youth Utu
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(?)
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

ama-gi₄ nu-me-en šag₄ inim...
inim-ŋu₁₀ saŋ i₃ li...
šag₄ izi-gin₇ bar₇-ra-am₃...
inim-ma lu₂ inim-ma diri-ga...
niŋ₂ kal-kal-la ŋa₂-e lu₂...
sun₅-na dugud-bi saŋ...
niŋ₂-na-me-u₈ la-ba-an...
inim an-na inim {d}en-lil₂-la₂...
zi kalam-ma zi kur-kur-ra-ka kiri₃ šu...ŋal₂
ŋa₂-la nu-dag-ge muš₃ nu-tum₂-bi me-en
diŋir-re-e-ne gub-ba in-ga-an-zu
{d}a-nun-na-ke₄-e-ne ki sed₄-bi mu-zu
{d}šul-gi nam-nun-na gu₂ gal peš₁₁-a me-en
niŋ₂ gal-gal-la a-ba-da-ab-ŋal₂-la-an
šag₄-ŋu₁₀ hul₂-la ba-da-am₃-ŋal₂-la
...dag-ge bar...be₂ me-en
...

...
lugal ud...a-aš diš...
šag₄-ŋu₁₀ niŋ₂-a₂-zig₃ ba-ra-mu-un-na-ta...
nam-lu₂-lu₇ an-ta sig₁₀-ga-a-ta
ŋeštug₂ dab₅-dab₅-ba na-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ nu-me-en
en₃-du ud-bi-a-ta libir-ra ud ul-a-aš
tigi za-am-za-am šu <unk> <unk> ŋu₁₀-ne
ud na-a-me lul-še₃ ba-ra-bi₂-pad₃ ka-ge ba-ra-bi₂-gi
niŋ₂ libir-ra en₃ he₂-bi₂-tar-tar šub-bu-de₃ ba-ra-bi₂-šum₂
šir₃-gid₂-da-ŋa₂ e₂ dug₃-ga-ŋa₂ pa e₃...
tigi za-am-za-am...bi...ŋeštug₂-ga...
niŋ₂...ba-ra-šub...

Translation:
(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 širgida 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
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
...gi ki-uri-ke₄ nam...
...gin₇-nam im nu-mu...
...ki nam-kug-zu-gin₇ ir im...
...ŋa₂ šid uttuku{gu}de₃...
...sag₁₂-ga {d}nisaba...
...<unk>...šu daŋal ma-ra-an-dug₄
...ŋal₂ tak₄-a niŋ₂ nu-dib-be₂ me-en
...gin₇ zig₃-ga-ŋu₁₀-ne
...kaš₅ kalag-ga...ŋa₂
...hul₂-la ma-an-dug₄

...lil₂-le gu₃ zid ma...

Translation:
I learned the tablets of (both) Sumer and Akkad, the scribal art
Like (a mere member of?) the indigenous population(?) I did not write tablets
The scribal art(?), like(!?) a place of wisdom ... a scent(?)
Adding(?), subtracting(?), counting, computation(?), I did in their entirety
The beautiful Nanibgal, Nisaba
Gave wisdom and intelligence generously to me
I am experienced scribe who does not pass by anything
When I rose as (if possessing) the sinew of a leopard
When I galloped mightily like a nisku equid
The heart of An rejoiced for me
In my happiness Enlil spoke truthfully to me
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

a-ra-zu-ne...
ŋa₂-la nu-dag-ge...
ki-ur₃-še₃ šu...
niŋ₂ tum₂-tum₂-e im₂-e...
ul₄-ul₄-la dub₃ nu-kuš₂...
nesaŋ tum₃ e₂ <unk> nu...
nibru{ki}še₃ he₂-ŋal₂...
keš₃{ki}a išib-bi...
urim₂{ki}še₃ i₃ saŋ...
eridu{ki}še₃ ŋa₂-la nu-dag...
ki unug{ki}še₃ nindaba...
e₂-kur-ta nam-til₃ šum₂-ma...
zi-šag₄-ŋal₂ uru₂-ni-še₃ al...
{d}li-pi₂-it-iš₈-tar₂ sipad kur-kur...
lugal me₃-še₃ ku-kur du₇-du₇...
da-da-ra nam-šul...
ŋiri₂-ur₃-ra u₃...
me₃-a nim-gin₇...

suhuš gin₆-na erin₂...
{na₄}saŋ-kal na₄...
{kuš}gur₂₁{ur₃} igi tab ugnim-ma...
ur-saŋ igi zalag-ga zu₂-keš₂ gin₆-ne₂...
{d}li-pi₂-it-iš₈-tar₂ dumu {d}en-lil₂ me-en
{kuš}ummud a sed₄ zi ŋuruš-a...
igi ŋal₂ kaskal-a an-dul₇ erin₂-na me...
lugal tuš-a-ni barag-ga ŋen-na me...
šag₄ dugud-da inim-še₃ ŋal₂-la me...
dim₂-ma kalag su₁₃ a-ra₂-e kiŋ₂-ŋa₂...
niŋ₂-nam nu <unk> <unk> le me-en...
šag₄ sud-ra₂ ŋeštug₂ daŋal-la me...
im-gid₂-da {d}nin-ŋeš-zi...
{iti}<unk> <unk> ŋar ud u-eš₅...
mu {i₃-si}isin₂-na...
ki 3(u) me-en

Translation:
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 Keš I am the one serving as(?) its išib priest
On behalf of Urim I am the first rate butter and cream
On behalf of Eridu I am its unceasing one
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-Ištar, 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 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-Ištar, 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, ...
I am one (who possesses) profound thought and broad understanding
"Long-tablet" of Ningešzida-...
month o"NENEgar," 13th day,
year "Isin ...".
... 30 (lines ...)
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...la zid-de₃...
...zid bar-ra {d}...
urim₂{ki}ma gu₃...
...ta-u₁₈-lu lu₂ šag₄...
...šu-me-ša₄-ta ni₂...
ŋeštug₂ bad-ra₂ {d}en...
...{ki}...
...

Translation:
I am the one who makes the woman sparkle as a flower/star(?)
I am the one who Nanna looks at with a favorable eye
He spoke faithfully to me in Urim
Uta'ulu (Ninurta), I am the man of his heart
He was able to(?) impose a great aura upon me in the Ešumeša temple
I am one whose understanding was opened by Enki
In Eridu he gave the kingship to me
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
a₂ mah šum₂-ma...
{d}li-pi₂-it-iš₈-tar₂ šul...
diŋir-re-e-ne saŋ...
e₂-kur-re muš₃ nu...
lugal kadra-še₃ maš₂...
...na kiri₃...
lugal šud₃-de₃ gub-ba...
inim sag₉-sag₉-ge {d}en...
...ra-zu-ne {d}nin-lil₂...
...nu-dag...
...

...
...ka-aš bar-re...
...kur-re a₂ aŋ₂-ŋa₂...
...si-sa₂ ki-en-gi...su kalam...
niŋ₂-gin₆-na-ŋu₁₀-še₃...
nun {d}li-pi₂...
...ŋu₁₀-še a-na...
...niŋ₂...
...
...gin₆-na me-en
...

Translation:
I am one given strength by Enlil
I am lipit-Ištar, his attentive youth
I am the constant (attendant) of the gods
In the Ekur I am its unceasing one
I am the king who holds the goat kid to his chest as a greeting gift
I am the one humbled and touching the nose in submission
I am the king standing in prayer
I am the one who makes words pleasant, who pacifies Enlil
I am one (whose) supplication/prayers make Ninlil rejoice
I am the unceasing one serving Nuska
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 and sweetened the flesh of the land
What can be abandoned because of my truth?
I am lipit-Ištar, who sets the people in order
What has ceased because of my justice?
...
...
I am the bright-faced hero who solidifies the troop formation
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...i₃-si-na dumu...an...e₂-gi₄-a gal nir-ra
...li-pi₂-it-iš₈-tar₂ u₂-a-zu he₂-am₃ e-ne-ra mu-na-an-dug₄

šag₄-ba-tuku-am₃
ka-ta e₃-a-ni {d}en-lil₂-la₂-še₃
{d}nin-i₃-si-na-ka-še₃ ŋeštug₂ ba-ši-in-gub sun₅-na-bi mu-na-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄
a-a {d}en-lil₂ diŋir ušum pa e₃ i-bi₂ <unk> nun-gal-e-ne
en an-ki me-zu me-a dib a₂ aŋ₂-zu a₂ aŋ₂-ta rib
sipad zid šag₄-ge pad₃-da-zu
...u₃-mu-un {d}li-pi₂-it-iš₈-tar₂-ra
...ra-ba u₃-mu-ni <unk>
...ha-ra...e
...in-ŋar
...

...na-ka-še₃...ŋeštug₂ ba-ši-in-gub
...na-an-de₂...mu-ni-ib-tar-re
...li-pi₂-it-iš₈-tar₂ mu pad₃-da-ŋu₁₀ me-en uŋ₃-ŋa₂ saŋ mi-ni-in-il₂
zi-ŋal₂-e ama a-a ugu-bi-gin₇ igi-bi he₂-en-ŋal₂
kalag-ga saŋ-en₃-tar e₂-kur-ra ensi₂ eš₃ mah-am₃
u₄-ta-u₁₈-lu ki šen-šen-na-ka a₂-tah-zu he₂-am₃
hul-du-zu buru₅{mušen}gin₇ ha-ra-ur₄-ru zar-re-eš ha-ra-ab-sal-e

ki-ru-gu₂ limmu₅-kam-ma
nun {d}li-pi₂-it-iš₈-tar₂ {d}nu-nam-nir-ra en dug₄-ga nu-kur₂-ru-de₃ uŋ₃ šar₂-ra-ba mu-ni im-mi-mah

ŋeš-gi₄-ŋal₂-bi-im
{d}en-lil₂ me-en an-še₃ <unk> me-en ki-še₃ en me šar₂ me-en
{d}li-pi₂-it-iš₈-tar₂ nam dug₃ mi-ni-ib-tar-re

šir₃-nam-gala {d}nin-i₃-si-na-ke₄

Translation:
Ninisina, ... child of An, great bride of the lordly one(?)
... said to her “may Lipit-Ištar be you provider”
It is the šagbatuku
To his utterance, to that of Enlil,
NinIsina(!) paid attention and answered him humbly
Father Enlil, god who is an emergent ušum 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-Ištar
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-Ištar, 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-Ištar, Nunamnir, the lord who will not change his utterance, glorifies(?) his name among the many people
It is the gešgigal “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-Ištar and therefore it is something that cannot be changed
Song of the gala priesthood of Ninisina
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...
...aŋ₂-zu a₂ aŋ₂...
...u₃-mu-un {d}li-pi₂-it-iš₈-tar₂-ra
...u₃-mu-ni-in-ze₂-eŋ₃
...ha-ra-ab <unk> e
...ki kug...mu-ni-in-ŋar su kalam-ma mu-e-dug₃
...la-zu mu-un-ši-bar na-aŋ₂ zid tar-mu-ni-ib
ki-ru-gu₂ eš₅-kam-ma
...nu-nam-nir nun {d}li-pi₂-it-iš₈-tar₂-ra nam-til₃ ud su₃-ra₂ saŋ-e-eš rig₇-ba-ab
ŋeš-gi₄-ŋal₂-bi-kam

inim dug₄-ga {d}nin-isin₂{si}na-ka-še₃
...{d}en-lil₂-le ŋeštug₂ ba-ši-in-gub
...ra gu₃ zid mu-na-an-de₂-e nam mu-ni-ib-tar-re
...li-pi₂-it-iš₈-tar₂ mu pad₃-da-ŋu₁₀ me-en uŋ₃-ŋa₂ saŋ mi-ni-in-il₂
...e ama a-a ugu-bi-gin₇ igi-bi he₂-em-ši-ŋal₂-le-eš
...en₃-tar e₂-kur-ra ensi₂ eš₃ mah-a
...ki šen-šen-na-ka a₂-tah-zu he₂-a
...gin₇ ha-ra-ur₄-u₃ zar-re-eš ha-ra-ab-sal-e

...ki...bi-im
...

Translation:
Father Enlil, god who is an emergent ušum creature(?), foremost(?) of the great princes (Igigi)
Lord of the universe, your me exceed (other) me(?), your commands surpass (other) commands(?)
... for(?) lord lipit-Ištar
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-Ištar
It is its gešgigal “response”
To the spoken word of Ninisina
... Enlil paid attention
He cries out truthfully to ... and decrees a fate
Lipit-Ištar, 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
...
...
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

he₂-ŋal₂ ab sikil nesaŋ zag-mu...šu gal mu...du₇-du₇
<unk> nam-til₃-la <unk> urim₂{ki}ma-še₃ gun₂-bi im-mi-ni <unk>
{d}suen-e nindaba si bi₂-in-sa₂ nibru{ki}še₃ nam-tum₄
e₂-kur-re e₂ {d}en-lil₂-la-še₃ bi₂-in-kur₉
{d}en-lil₂ nindaba-da hul₂-la nam mu-ri-in-tar
ama ugu-a-ni nin gal {d}nin-lil₂...mi₂ zid na-mu-un-e₃
{d}suen-e {d}en-lil₂ {d}nin-lil₂-ra...
nam {d}suen-i-din-nam sud-ra₂-še₃...e-de₃ šu bi₂...
sipad sun₅-na gu₃ zid mi...nam-til₃ he₂...
{d}<unk> i-din-nam gu₃ zid mi...nam-til₃ he₂-na...

zi ud sud-ra₂ ŋal₂ nam tar-re...nam-e-eš he₂-en...
ŋeš-šub-ba til₃-le ud da-ri₂-ka...saŋ-e-eš he₂-en-ba
še saŋ-bi e₂-kur za-gin₃-še₃ ŋa₂-e ma-ra-e-dim₂
ninda gur₄ si-ma še hal-bi-gin₇ he₂-eb₂-ku-ul
mu sag₉-sag₉ ud til₃-la itud silim-ma e-ne sig₁₀-ga-de₃-en
e₂-gal-a-na <unk> sag₉-ga šag₄ hul₂-la šu du₇ mu-ne <unk> en
{d}<unk> i-din-na-am <unk> sag₉-sag₉-ge mu-un-ba til₃-le niŋ₂-ba-bi he₂-me...
{ŋeš}gu-za nam-lugal-la saŋ he₂-il₂...du-ri₂-še₃ he₂...
ud ul-še₃ mu-ni i₃-gal-e kur šuš-mu-un-na-ab-ze₂-en


Translation:
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
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

{m}{d}en-lil₂-mas-su inim dug₃ ad gi₄ sag₉ ka lal₃ inim gun₃-gun₃-ra u₃-na-a-dug₄
dumu diŋir-ra-ni-ir gub-ba ama a-a-ni ni₂ teŋ₃-ŋa₂-e-de₃
u₃-ne-de₃-tah
{d}alad {d}lamma diŋir kal-la-ŋu₁₀ uludin₂ alan zil₂-zil₂
me-te nam-dub-sar-ra
ur-saŋ šag₄-tam-e-ne a₂ aŋ₂-ŋa₂ ki-bi-še₃ gi₄
šag₄ lugal-la-na dug₃-dug₃-ge-ra u₃-ne-de₃-peš
{m}lugal-nesaŋ-e nu-eš₃ {d}en-lil₂-la₂ lu₂ zu₂ bir₉ lugal-a-na
dumu zu-zu um-mi-a nibru{ki}a ad-da-zu na-ab-be₂-a
ud i₃-tak₄-na-ŋu₁₀ ba-hu-hu-bu-uš-a
šag₄-ŋu₁₀ mu-da-šub šaŋar immen₂-ŋu₁₀ ba-tur
nam-zu ib₂-gu₇-en i-si-iš-zu ib₂-sig₉-ge-en
mah-zu ib₂-sur-re-en
bar-šeŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-e-zu ib₂-uš₂-en
lib bar ke-ŋu₁₀-ta šu ba-e-dag
ŋeštug₂ šag₄ tuku-tuku lib be₂-ŋar
en₃ tar-tar-re-de₃ zi ba-ir
ni₂ teŋ₃-teŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-de₃ šag₄-ŋu₁₀ mud₂ lugud ba-ab-si

ki nam tar-ra nu-ub-da-ŋen-na-aš
dug₄-ga {d}en-lil₂-le muš₃-me-zu igi he₂-bi₂-duh


Translation:
After you speak to Enlilmassu, (the provider of) sweet words and good advice, the (possessor of) a “honey mouth, who is charming
...
you repeat,
My alad spirit, my lamma spirit, my valued (personal) god (Akkadian, the one of the side(?)), with good features and stature
Embodiment of the scribal art
Hero of the šatam officials, who restores commands to their place
Who sweetens the heart of the king, after you (say) a third time to him
Lugalnesage, the nu'eš priest of Enlil, the jester of his king
Son of Zuzu, master (scribe) of Nibru, it is (him who) speaks (thusly)
When I was abandoned, (I) was “cut down"(?)
My heart fell, my (interest in) eating and drinking diminished
Your destiny(?) consumed me, your lament silenced me(?)
Your greatness (i.e., arrogance) has twisted(?) me
Your fog(?) has killed me
(For the time being) I have abandoned my attentiveness (to you)
I was silent to(?) listening (to you) and pondering (you?)
(I) have been distressed to inquire after (you)
(In order) to be afraid(?), my heart has filled with blood and pus
(But) because(?) it (this plight?) not yet gone into the “place of fate"(?)
May the command of Enlil make me(?) see your face (again)
"Long-tablet" of Nannameša
Your annoyance has killed me
The silence confines me in my place(!?)
My ear is set (to hear) you
And I am quiet
Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

...bi sipad zid kalam-ma
...ga zid-de₃-eš tud-da
engar gana₂ daŋal-la he₂-du₇-am₃
ši-im-da-ŋen nindaba gal-gal-da
ŋeš-la₂-bi nu-mu-un-gub e₂-kur za-gin₃-še₃
{d}en-lil₂ a₂-dam kug ki-a hur-ra-za
nibru{ki} iri...ni₂-za ši-im-mi-du₃-du₃-a
ki-ur₃ kur ki sikil su-a bi-dug₃-ga
ub-da limmu₂-ba <unk> ba dur-an-ki ki ba-e-ni-tag-ga
sahar-bi zi kalam-ma zi kur-kur-ra...
...bi kug huš-a uš₈...gin₃...
...

...
šita kug me...
kur gal {d}en...
iri{ki} nu-du₃...
tur₃ nu-du₃ amaš...
lugal nu-il₂-e en nu-u₃-tud
lu₂-mah ereš-diŋir maš₂-a nu-mu-un-dab₅-be₂
erin₂-e šagina ugula nu-tuku-tuku
id₂-de₃ a-eštub{ku₆} <unk> bi nu-du-un-du-un
egir-bi ab su₃-a si li-bi₂-ib-sa₂ kun nu-mu...
ab-e erim₃ dugud ni₂-ba nu-mu-un-u₃-tud
...engur-ra-ke₄ ŋeš-gi-a nunuz nu-mu-ni-ib₂-nu₂-nu₂
...na-ke₄ ki daŋal-la gud₃ la-ba-ni-ib₂-us₂-e


Translation:
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 soil(?), the life of the land and the life of the (other) lands
Its brickwork (consisting) of reddish gold(?) on(?) a foundation of lapis lazuli
Prayed to him (with?) the holy šita prayer/ritual arrangement and the holy me
(10) Great Mountain Enlil, without you
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 priest(ess) would not be born
The lumah priest and erešdigir 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
The bird of heaven would not found a nest in the broad earth