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ETCSLtransliteration : c.2.4.1.5

A šir-namšub (?) to Nanna for Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma E)

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1.	/abula\-zu /e₃^?\-[a a maḫ gaba-šu-ĝar nu-tuku]
2.	[eš₃] /urim₅\[^ki] [šag₄-zu kur] /ḫe₂-ĝal₂ bar\-[zu ḫur-saĝ ḫe-nun-na]
3.	[e₂]-/kiš\-[nu-ĝal₂] [ḫur-saĝ] galam-ma šag₄-bi [lu₂ nu]-/zu\
4.	ki ut ti-/zu\ […] ^ĝišerin-na mu-zu-še₃ kalam ḫul₂-[a]
5.	en-zu en sig₇-ga mu pad₃-da
6.	dumu ^dnin-sumun₂-ka me-te kur-kur-ra
7.	urim₅^ki me gal-zu a-ra₂-ab diĝir-re-ne
8.	kalam-ma ĝal₂-la /teš₂\ mu-zu ḫe₂-i-i
9.	kan₄-zu an sig₇-ga su zig₃ gur₃-ru
10.	ĝal₂ da₁₃-da₁₃-bi(source: GA) ^dutu an-ur₂-ta ud mi-/ne^?\-ĝar-ra-ta
11.	gi-ša₃-zu-ta ki nam tar-re diĝir-re-ne
12.	di si sa₂ kud^!-me-en teš₂ mu-zu ḫe₂-i-i
13.	šag₄-ga-<zu>-ta ĝiš-ḫur zid-da ḫul-ĝal₂ nu-[dab₅]-/be₂\
14.	e₂-kiš-nu-ĝal₂ šag₄-zu ušumgal ḫul-ĝal₂ nu-/un\-zu
15.	e₂ gi-gun₄-na-zu nidba-zu KID DIM^? ^den-/lil₂^?\ su₃-ru^?
16.	dub-la₂-maḫ ki nam tar-re-za diĝir gal-gal-e-ne
17.	nam mi-ni-ib-tar-re-ne
18.	e₂-temen-ni₂-/gur₃-ru\ tum₂-ma
19.	u₃-tud-/da\ […] /teš₂\ mu-zu ḫe₂-i-i
20.	en sig₇-[ga … sipad] zid ur-^dnamma
21.	/urim₅\[^ki] […]
22.	e₂ sig₃-/ga ^dutu-gin₇ AN^?\ […]
23.	teš₂ mu-zu ḫe₂-i-i ur-^dnamma X […]
24.	sun₄ za-gin₃ sud-sud X […]
25.	lugal ḫi-li gur₃-ru me-lem₄ /kalam\-[ma dul-la] (Cited in Ur III catalogue at Yale, 0.1.2, line 17; OB catalogue from Nibru (N6), 0.2.13, line 12)
26.	ur-^dnamma ^daš-im₂-babbar-re šag₄ kug-ge [ba-ni-in-pad₃]
27.	niĝ₂-erim₂ igi-ni-še₃ nu-dib-ba niĝ₂-si-[sa₂]
28.	^dur-^dnamma-ke₄ niĝ₂-gur₁₁ sa₂ bi₂-in-dug₄
29.	lugal-e pa-mul-pa-mul zu
30.	^dur-^dnamma-ke₄ maš-gi-i-i im-me
31.	inim zu en-na-ke₄ pa-mul-pa-mul zu
32.	^dur-^dnamma-ke₄ maš-gi-i-[i] im-me
33.	lugal-e e₂ ^dsuen-na-ke₄
34.	^dur-^dnamma-ke₄ ni₂ ḫe₂-eb-ši-ib₂-te-en-ten
35.	lugal-e ^id₂idigna ^id₂buranuna-ke₄
36.	^dur-^dnamma-ke₄ nam mu-/ni\-ib(source: ZU)-/tar-re\
37.	nin-bi nin niĝ₂-gur₁₁-ra-ke₄ nin e₂ […]
38.	^dur-^dnamma-ke₄ nam mu-ni-ib-tar-[re]
39.	munus a /nun-na\-ke₄ mi₂ zid-de₃-/eš\ [mu-un-e]
40.	^d[ur-^dnamma]-/ke₄\ ĜA₂×X NE NA […]

Print sources

Cohen 1975, p. 596-598: translation, commentary, score transliteration

Flückiger-Hawker 1999, p. 260-289: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: composite text

Cuneiform sources

L 1499 (ISET 1 166 f.)

Revision history

29.iv.1998: GZ, editor: standardisation
20.v.1998: GZ, editor: minor corrections
12.vi.1998: JAB, editor: proofreading
22.xii.1999: GZ, editor: minor corrections
04.i.2000: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
04.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
04.ii.2000: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published