CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 152 (P346514)
Literary tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM —Provenience
Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary (ETCSL 1.06.02 Ninurta’s Exploits (witness) Lugale)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...]-bu#?
en: Hero standing “on his ribs"(?) for battle
2'. [...] gal2#?
en: Lord whose powerful/right hand opens on behalf of/is set upon(?) the mitum weapon
3'. [...]-bu#?
en: Who gleans the necks of the disobedient like barley
4'. [...]-le
en: Ninurta, king, son whose father rejoices at his might
5'. [...]-u3
en: Hero covering the mountain like a southern storm
6'. [...]-du7
en: Ninurta, your(?) crown/(whose) true crown is a rainbow(?), (your) face thrashing(?) lightning
7'. [...]-x
en: ... ruler(?) engendered by a shining seed(?), ušum serpent that turns upon itself(?)
8'. [...]-NI#-SI#-sze3 si-il#?-le#?
en: (Possessing) the strength/shoulder of a lion sticking out its tongue in the manner of a snake, hissing(?) in the manner of ...
9'. [...] diri#-ga#
en: Ninurta, king who Enlil made superior (to) himself
10'. [...] szu2-a#
en: Hero, šušgal net that overwhelms the enemy
11'. [...]-a#
en: Ninurta, your aura and shade are stretched over the land
12'. [...] du6#-ul-du6-ul#
en: Bringing anger to the rebel land, gathering up the assembly
13'. [...]-u4-bi giri17 szu gal2
en: Ninurta, the king, the son who profoundly humbles himself to his father
14'. [...] gal# gur3-ru-na
en: When he occupied the throne (upon) the supreme dais, when he bore a great aura
15'. [...] dagal#!?-bi tusz-a-ni
en: When he initiated a festival, when he rejoiced, when he sat “broadly”
16'. [...] kurun# du10-ge-da-a#-ni#
en: When he was rivaling An and Enlil, when he was to be sweetened by liquor
17'. {d}[...]-la#-ka u3#-gul ga2-ga2#-da#-ni
en: When Bau was to plead with arazu prayers of the king
18'. {d}[... {d}]en#-lil2-la2-ke4 nam tar-re-da-a-ni
en: When Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was to determine fate
19'. u4-ba# en#-e# {gesz}tukul-a-ni kur-ra igi# [...]-in#-gal2
en: At that time the weapon of the lord looked at the mountain
20'. szar2-ur3-re an-ta lugal-bi-ir gu3# [mu]-na-de2#-e#
en: Šarur “above” (on the one hand) was speaking to the king
21'. en {gesz}gal an-na gu2-en bara2-ge si-a
en: Lord of heavenly station(?), who occupies the dais (in) the assembly/throne room(?)
22'. {d}nin-urta du11-ga-zu nu-kur2-ru nam tar-ra-zu szu#!? zi#-de3#-esz gar
en: Ninurta, you utterance never wavers, your decreed fate is put faithfully in effect
reverse
1. [...]-gu10 an#-ne2# ki sig7#-ga gesz3#? im-ma-ab-du11
en: My king, heaven mated with the verdant earth
2. [...]-urta#? ur#?-sag#? ni2#? nu#-[zu ...] mu-szi-ib-tu-u4
en: Ninurta, it gave birth to a warrior that knows no fear, the Asag
3. [...] eme2#-ga-la2# [...] x ni2 ga gu7?-a#
en: One that did not sit(?) (as a child) with a wetnurse, who suckled milk by itself/suckled fear (as) milk(!?)
4. [...]-gu10 bulug3# a-a nu#?-[...] gab2#-gaz kur-ra-ka
en: My king, one that did not know the rearing of a father, the slaughterer of the mountain
5. [...] ir#-ta e3-a igi tesz2# [nu]-gal2#-la
en: A youth that has left (his) scent/sweat (i.e., has no odor?), (possessor) of a face that has no shame
6. [{d}]nin#-urta ni2 il2-il2-i# [...]-la#?
en: Ninurta, one that lifts itself and rejoices with (its) form
7. ur#-sag-gu10 gu4-am3# [...]-us2#?
en: My hero, who is a bull I shall lean upon
8. lugal#-gu10 lu2 iri#!?-[...]-x
en: My king, it is one who turns to his city, acting as a mother
9. [...]-ra sza3 i3-ib2#-[...]-x
en: It procreated in the mountains, it spread out its seed
10. tesz2#-ba mu he2#-[...]
en: Together they shall name it, the plants, as their king
11. murub4#?-ba am gal-gin7 [...]
en: In their midst like a great bull it raises its horn
12. {na4#}szu-u {na4}sag#-[...]-gin6-na
en: The šu'u, sagkal, diorite, usium, and kagina stones
13. [ur]-sag {na4}gesz-nu11# [...]-x
en: Hero, (along with) alabaster, as warriors(?) they plundered the city
14. [...]-ra# zu2 kuszu2#-[...]
en: It grew the tooth of the kušu creature in the mountain, ... were shaking/dragging the trees there
15. [...]-bi iri!?-bi dingir#-[...]
en: Its power makes(?) the city (and) its gods bow to the ground
16. lugal#-gu10 ur5-re# [...]
en: My king, this one has cast down a dais, its slacked arm does not relent
17. [{d}]nin#-urta en# [...]
en: Ninurta, lord, it has decided its cases just like you
18. [...]-sag3-ga me#-lam2#-[...]
en: Against the Asag, against its aura, who penetrates with their hand?
19. [...]-ki#-ba gal#-[...]
en: Who could set out against its great temples?
20. [...]
en: The flesh shakes, fear has lodged in the flesh
21. [...]
en: Its gaze has been set towards that place
22. [...]-dab#?
en: My lord, the mountain has conveyed its nindaba offerings to that place
23. [...]-tar
en: Hero, it has inquired about you because of your father (your lineage)
24. [...]-ib2#-kin2
en: Son of Enlil, lord, it has sought after your location because of your supreme power
25. [...]-ib2#-gi4#
en: My king, it has advised you because of your might
26. [...] ba#-ab-du11
en: It said “Ninurta, you shoulder, singular warrior, never idle(?)”
27. [...]-x-ag2
en: It has ordered you because of/as ...
28. [...]-re# mu-un-gal2
en: Hero, (the intent) to carry away your kingship is present in these queries(!?)
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...]-bu#?
en: Hero standing “on his ribs"(?) for battle
2'. [...] gal2#?
en: Lord whose powerful/right hand opens on behalf of/is set upon(?) the mitum weapon
3'. [...]-bu#?
en: Who gleans the necks of the disobedient like barley
4'. [...]-le
en: Ninurta, king, son whose father rejoices at his might
5'. [...]-u3
en: Hero covering the mountain like a southern storm
6'. [...]-du7
en: Ninurta, your(?) crown/(whose) true crown is a rainbow(?), (your) face thrashing(?) lightning
7'. [...]-x
en: ... ruler(?) engendered by a shining seed(?), ušum serpent that turns upon itself(?)
8'. [...]-NI#-SI#-sze3 si-il#?-le#?
en: (Possessing) the strength/shoulder of a lion sticking out its tongue in the manner of a snake, hissing(?) in the manner of ...
9'. [...] diri#-ga#
en: Ninurta, king who Enlil made superior (to) himself
10'. [...] szu2-a#
en: Hero, šušgal net that overwhelms the enemy
11'. [...]-a#
en: Ninurta, your aura and shade are stretched over the land
12'. [...] du6#-ul-du6-ul#
en: Bringing anger to the rebel land, gathering up the assembly
13'. [...]-u4-bi giri17 szu gal2
en: Ninurta, the king, the son who profoundly humbles himself to his father
14'. [...] gal# gur3-ru-na
en: When he occupied the throne (upon) the supreme dais, when he bore a great aura
15'. [...] dagal#!?-bi tusz-a-ni
en: When he initiated a festival, when he rejoiced, when he sat “broadly”
16'. [...] kurun# du10-ge-da-a#-ni#
en: When he was rivaling An and Enlil, when he was to be sweetened by liquor
17'. {d}[...]-la#-ka u3#-gul ga2-ga2#-da#-ni
en: When Bau was to plead with arazu prayers of the king
18'. {d}[... {d}]en#-lil2-la2-ke4 nam tar-re-da-a-ni
en: When Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was to determine fate
19'. u4-ba# en#-e# {gesz}tukul-a-ni kur-ra igi# [...]-in#-gal2
en: At that time the weapon of the lord looked at the mountain
20'. szar2-ur3-re an-ta lugal-bi-ir gu3# [mu]-na-de2#-e#
en: Šarur “above” (on the one hand) was speaking to the king
21'. en {gesz}gal an-na gu2-en bara2-ge si-a
en: Lord of heavenly station(?), who occupies the dais (in) the assembly/throne room(?)
22'. {d}nin-urta du11-ga-zu nu-kur2-ru nam tar-ra-zu szu#!? zi#-de3#-esz gar
en: Ninurta, you utterance never wavers, your decreed fate is put faithfully in effect
reverse
1. [...]-gu10 an#-ne2# ki sig7#-ga gesz3#? im-ma-ab-du11
en: My king, heaven mated with the verdant earth
2. [...]-urta#? ur#?-sag#? ni2#? nu#-[zu ...] mu-szi-ib-tu-u4
en: Ninurta, it gave birth to a warrior that knows no fear, the Asag
3. [...] eme2#-ga-la2# [...] x ni2 ga gu7?-a#
en: One that did not sit(?) (as a child) with a wetnurse, who suckled milk by itself/suckled fear (as) milk(!?)
4. [...]-gu10 bulug3# a-a nu#?-[...] gab2#-gaz kur-ra-ka
en: My king, one that did not know the rearing of a father, the slaughterer of the mountain
5. [...] ir#-ta e3-a igi tesz2# [nu]-gal2#-la
en: A youth that has left (his) scent/sweat (i.e., has no odor?), (possessor) of a face that has no shame
6. [{d}]nin#-urta ni2 il2-il2-i# [...]-la#?
en: Ninurta, one that lifts itself and rejoices with (its) form
7. ur#-sag-gu10 gu4-am3# [...]-us2#?
en: My hero, who is a bull I shall lean upon
8. lugal#-gu10 lu2 iri#!?-[...]-x
en: My king, it is one who turns to his city, acting as a mother
9. [...]-ra sza3 i3-ib2#-[...]-x
en: It procreated in the mountains, it spread out its seed
10. tesz2#-ba mu he2#-[...]
en: Together they shall name it, the plants, as their king
11. murub4#?-ba am gal-gin7 [...]
en: In their midst like a great bull it raises its horn
12. {na4#}szu-u {na4}sag#-[...]-gin6-na
en: The šu'u, sagkal, diorite, usium, and kagina stones
13. [ur]-sag {na4}gesz-nu11# [...]-x
en: Hero, (along with) alabaster, as warriors(?) they plundered the city
14. [...]-ra# zu2 kuszu2#-[...]
en: It grew the tooth of the kušu creature in the mountain, ... were shaking/dragging the trees there
15. [...]-bi iri!?-bi dingir#-[...]
en: Its power makes(?) the city (and) its gods bow to the ground
16. lugal#-gu10 ur5-re# [...]
en: My king, this one has cast down a dais, its slacked arm does not relent
17. [{d}]nin#-urta en# [...]
en: Ninurta, lord, it has decided its cases just like you
18. [...]-sag3-ga me#-lam2#-[...]
en: Against the Asag, against its aura, who penetrates with their hand?
19. [...]-ki#-ba gal#-[...]
en: Who could set out against its great temples?
20. [...]
en: The flesh shakes, fear has lodged in the flesh
21. [...]
en: Its gaze has been set towards that place
22. [...]-dab#?
en: My lord, the mountain has conveyed its nindaba offerings to that place
23. [...]-tar
en: Hero, it has inquired about you because of your father (your lineage)
24. [...]-ib2#-kin2
en: Son of Enlil, lord, it has sought after your location because of your supreme power
25. [...]-ib2#-gi4#
en: My king, it has advised you because of your might
26. [...] ba#-ab-du11
en: It said “Ninurta, you shoulder, singular warrior, never idle(?)”
27. [...]-x-ag2
en: It has ordered you because of/as ...
28. [...]-re# mu-un-gal2
en: Hero, (the intent) to carry away your kingship is present in these queries(!?)
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primary: UET 6, 0476
[Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.Obverse and reverse are in the wrong order. (from Nicole Brisch)
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history: van Dijk Lugale 2 (1983) 017 B3 (cited as 260),
[vanDijkLugale2-001] N.d.
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-09-19 at 11:35:22 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Brisch, Nicole | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |  |
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| 2023-09-19 at 11:33:37 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Brisch, Nicole | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved | |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved | |
| 2023-06-08 at 18:50:01 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved | |
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| 2019-05-29 at 21:01:59 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Peterson, Jeremiah | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. | CDLI | approved | |
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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000351 (Ninurta's Exploits [Lugale]) composite (P469530) | View the score |
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CDLI Notes:
Nicole Brisch: UET 6/3 has the wrong order of obverse and reverse