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A praise poem of Enlil-bni (Enlil-bni A) -- a composite transliteration
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1-3 - (d)en-líl-ba-ni lugal u4 di nun-e-ne
4 - cu dug4-ga an-na
5 - (d)en-líl-le íl-la
6 - (d)utu-gin7
7 - ud kur-kur-ra-ke4
8 - nam-nun-cè tu-ud
9 - me cár è
10 - zag an ki
11 - ùj dajal dúr-ru-na-bi-cè
12 - igi du8 (d)en-líl-lá
13 - (d)nin-líl-le jic tuku
14 - PA-a sag9
15 - me-dím-ta nir-nir-ra
16 - écgírí cibir
17 - ùj cár gal bí-tuc
18 - (d)en-líl-ba-ni
19 - dumu mah (d)en-ki-ke4
20 - sipad gal-zu mas-su
21 - níj-zi-jál túm-túm-mu
22 - an-dùl dajal
23 - kur-kur-re si-a
24 - nun mah-di
25 - an gal-e pàd-da
26 - ama gal (d)nin-líl-le
27 - nir-jál ba-X X
28 - (d)en-líl-ba-ni
29 - nir hu-mu-un-jál-e-en
30 - ka dùg-ga
31 - nundum inim-ma sag9
34 - dam kug (d)inana-ka
35 - (d)asar-lú-hi
36 - jéctúg mu-ra-an-cúm
37 - (d)nisaba
38 - nin (d)náníbgál-e
39 - bur-cu-um
40 - ucbarbar (d)en-líl-lá
41 - nin X BA X
42 - X zi ù-tud-da
43 - saj-tùn
44 - cu-gi
45 - munus kug X X X
46 - jickim BU MA
47 - im nam-tìl-la-ka
48 - mu-ni bí-in-gub
49 - ad gi4-gi4
50 - ba-an-gi4 ma-ra-ni-pàd
51 - nam-igi-jál
52 - saj-e-ec mu-ra-rig7
53 - é-za-gìn
54 - é-JECTUG.(d)NISABA-ka-ni
55 - pàd-dè
56 - nam-cè mu-ri-in-tar
57 - níj-si-sá
58 - kalam-ma dalla ba-e-è
59 - sag9-ga-zu
60 - kur-kur-ra im-me
61 - (d)en-líl-ba-ni
62 - jalga jéctúg dirig tuku
63 - cag4 kúc-ù
64 - di-zu KA-cè jál
65 - kug-zu níj-nam-ma
67 - mas-su
68 - di saj gíg-ga
69 -
70 - ka-ac bar-ra
71 - bar-re-da-zu-ne
72 - dug4-ga-dug4-ga
73 - cag4-ge inim jál-la
74 - nu-jar-ra
75 - tam-ma ba-e-zu
76 - kug-sig17-gin7
77 - mu-e-zalag-e
78 -
79 - ud za-hal-e ak-e
80 - níj kúr di
81 - bi-iz-bi mu-e-gul
82 - nam-tag-ga
83 - du8-ù tur5-ra-bi mu-e-zu
84 - cer7-da-a
85 - saj jic nu-ub-ra-ra-an
86 - túm-túm-mu ba-e-zu
87 - inim mu-e-dùg-dùg
88 - cag4-lá sug4
89 - zid ki áj-e
90 - ne-saj sig9-ga
91 - cé9-éc nu-di
92 - cagina-zu
93 - saj cul-a-lum la-ba-ak
94 - érín-zu érín kúr-ra
95 - á bí-íb-jar
96 - tukul-zu
97 - tukul gaba-ri nu-tuku-àm
98 - tuc-a-zu-ne
99 - kur-kur
100 - gam-e-en
101-2 - barag-barag-ga nam-gi4-me-èc a-ra-ak-ne
103-5 - du14 mú-mú zi ba-ni-íb-gi4-gi4
106 - gud cár-da udu cár-da
107 - kug-sig17 gug za-gìn-a-ta
108 - é-gal-zu-cè
109 - ca-mu-ra-ab-ku4-ku4-ne
110 - nundum-bi-a
111 - ki su-ub ma-ra-ak-ne
112 - (d)en-líl-ba-ni lugal
113 - cag4 iri-na dùg-dùg
114 - nibru(ki)-cè
115 - nesaj kac4 kar-re-me-en
116 - ce mah tùm
117 - é-kic-nu-jál-me-en
118 - ud cú-uc-e
119 -
120 - (d)en-líl-e
121 - mu sa4-me-en
122 - (d)nin-líl-le
123 - níj-u4-rum-ni-me-en
124 - (d)nin-urta
125 - ur-saj kalag-ga (d)en-líl-lá-ke4
126 - ù-na gub
127 - kur ki-bal-zu-cè
128 - gú-érím-jál
129 - za-cè nu-jál-la
130 - du6-gin7 mu-ra-an-du8
131 - zar-gin7 mu-ra-an-sal
132 - (d)nuska
133 - en é-kur-e si
134 - á áj-já níj sag9-ga
136-138 - dijir-mah X ù kalam-ma
139 - cag4 dajal-zu-cè
140 - nam i-ri-in-tar
141 - gi-èn-dur kud-da-zu
142 - nam-en mu-ra-an-ak
143 - (d)nanna en zil-le
144 - dumu (d)en-líl-lá
145 - aga nam-tìl-la
146 - saj-za ma-ra-ni-ge4-en
147 - (d)nu-dím-mud
148 - dijir saj dù-zu
149 - abzu-ta
150 - hé-jál ma-ra-tah
151 - (d)inana-ke4
152 - é-an-na-ka-ta
153 - cag4 húl-la
154 - jic-cub-ba-za mi-ni-in-jar
155 - ki-nú kug-ga-ni-cè
156 - gal-bi mi-ri-in-túm-mu
157 - ji6 ù-na
158 - ud mi-ni-íb-zal-zal-e-dè
159 - ama kalam-ma
160 - (d)nin-ì-si-in-na-ke4
161 - ì-si-in(ki)-a
162 - ki cu-za mu-e-tag
163 - (d)utu di-kud
164 - lugal an ki-ke4
165 - ù-luh saj gíg-ga
166 - zid-dè-ec túm-túm-mu
167 - cu-za ma-ra-ni-ge4-en
169 - (d)en-líl-ba-ni lugal
171 - itid sag9 mu hé-jál-la
172 - ud giri17-zal-la
173 - íl-la lugal-la
174 - an-ta-jál-bi-me-en
175 - ub-da 4-ba-ke4
176 - sizkur nam-lugal-la
177 - i-ri-in-dug4
178 - dub-sar úmún ak
179 - é-dub-ba-a
180 - é na de5
181 - kalam-ma-ka
182 - zà-mí-zu
183 - já-la
184 -
1-17 - -bni, wondrous king among the princes! Created by An, elevated by Enlil, like Utu the light of all lands, born to princedom, girded with all the divine powers, watched over by Enlil and listened to by Ninlil on account of the widespread people living at the boundary of heaven and earth! Fair of , lordly of limb! With the staff and shepherd's crook you have settled innumerable people.
18-27 - -bni, great son of Enki, shepherd sage and counsellor who guides living things, who spreads broad shade over all lands, grandiloquent prince whom great An has summoned, the great mother Ninlil trusts in you.
28-36 - -bni, you are the one who has authority. Sweet mouth, lips good with words, ... husband of holy Inana, Asarluhi gave you wisdom.
37-48 - Nisaba, Lady Nanibgal, the matriarch, the mother-in-law of Enlil, the lady who creates (?) life , the book-keeper , the wise one, the holy woman , the oracle, has placed his (?) name on the tablet of life.
49-60 - She revealed counsel and response to you, granted vision to you. As your destiny she gave E-zagin, her house of wisdom, to provide counsel. In the Land you have caused order to be resplendent. Your virtue is broadcast in all lands.
61-79 - -bni, having counsel and exceptional wisdom, soothing hearts and proclaiming your judgments, wise in everything, ... counsellor. When you keep in order the judgment of the black-headed and render verdicts, articulate in appropriate expressions, you know how to cleanse malice. You make justice shine like gold. You obliterate injustice.
80-91 - You have destroyed the hiss of hostile talkers. You know how to undo sin and its illness. You do not kill transgressors; you understand those you lead. You make words benign. Compassionate, loving the just, you cause no harm when offerings have been made (?).
92-111 - Your governors suffer no injuries. Your troops triumph over hostile troops. Your weapons have no rival weapons. When you take your seat, you cause all the foreign lands to bow down. All sovereigns become allies with you and you soothe their quarrels. With numerous oxen and numerous sheep, with gold, cornelian and lapis lazuli they enter your palace; with their lips they kiss the ground before you.
112-135 - -bni, king who gladdens the heart of his city, you speed offerings into Nibru. You bring the best corn into E-kic-nu-gal; daily you ensure that it does not cease. You are him whom Enlil has summoned by name; you are the property of Ninlil. As for the lands rebellious against you, Ninurta the strong hero of Enlil, in triumph has dissolved into ruins those that are hostile and are not supporters of yours, and has spread them out as heaps for you. Nuska, the lord who stocks the E-kur, ... a favourable omen.
136-150 - Digir-mah, the of the Land, fixed a destiny for your broad heart and, when your umbilical cord (?) was cut, appointed you to lordship. Nanna, the benign (?) lord, the son of Enlil, has fixed the crown of life firmly upon your head. In the Nudimmud, your divine creator, has increased abundance for you.
151-168 - In the E-ana, Inana has fixed a rejoicing heart to be your lot and has you brought grandly into her holy bedchamber to spend the night there. The mother of the Land, Ninisina, has caused you to lay the foundations with your hands in Isin. Utu, the judge, the king of heaven and earth, has confirmed for you in your hands the sceptre which brings the black-headed to justice. ...
169-177 - -bni, you are the king who ... in a favourable month, in a year of abundance, on a day of celebration and the elevation of the king, you are exalted. The four quarters of the world praise you with royal offerings.
178-184 - May the wise scribe in the scribal academy, the house which advises the Land, not allow your praise to cease!
én-líl-bá-ní noun Enlil-bni
lugal noun king
u6 noun wonder
dug4 verb to say
nun noun prince
cu noun hand
dug4 verb to say
an noun An
én-líl noun Enlil
íl verb to raise
utu noun Utu
ud noun day(light)
kur noun (mountain) land
nam-nun noun princeliness
tud verb to give birth
me noun essence
cár verb to be numerous
noun neck
è verb to go out or in
zag noun side
an noun heaven
ki noun place
ùj noun people
dajal verb to be wide
tuc verb to sit
igi noun eye
du8 verb to spread
én-líl noun Enlil
nín-líl noun Ninlil
jic noun tree
tuku verb to have
PAPA
sag9 verb to be good
mé-dím noun articulation
nir noun authority
écgírí noun staff
cibir noun shepherd's crook
ùj noun people
cár verb to be numerous
gal verb to be big
tuc verb to sit
én-líl-bá-ní noun Enlil-bni
dumu noun child
mah verb to be majestic
en-ki noun Enki
sipad noun shepherd
gal-zu adj skilful
mas-su noun leader
níj-zí-jál noun living creature
de6 verb to carry
àn-dùl noun (protective) shade
dajal verb to be wide
kur noun (mountain) land
si verb to fill
nun noun prince
mah-di adj illustrious
an noun An
gal verb to be big
pàd verb to find
ama noun mother
gal verb to be big
nín-líl noun Ninlil
nír-jál adj authoritative
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én-líl-bá-ní noun Enlil-bni
nir noun authority
jál verb to be (located)
ka noun mouth
dùg verb to be good
nundum noun lip
inim noun word
sag9 verb to be good
dam noun spouse
kug adj shining
inana noun Inana
ásár-lú-hí noun Asarluhi
jéctúg noun ear
cúm verb to give
nisaba noun Nisaba
nin noun lady
nanibgal noun Nanibgal
bur-cu-um noun old woman
ucbar noun relative-by-marriage
én-líl noun Enlil
nin noun lady
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BABA
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zi noun life (breath)
tud verb to give birth
sàj-tùn noun land registrar
cu-gi4 adj elderly
munus noun woman
kug adj shining
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jickim noun sign
BUBU
MAMA
im noun clay
nàm-tìl noun life
mu noun name
gub verb to stand
ad noun voice
gi4 verb to return
ba-an-gi4 noun response
pàd verb to find
nám-ígí-jál noun insight
saj noun head
rig7 verb to bestow
é-zá-gín3è2-zà-gìn noun E-zagin
é-JECTUG.NISABA noun E-GECTUG.NISABA
noun advice
pàd verb to find
nam noun destiny
tar verb to cut
níj-sí-sá noun justice
kalam noun the Land
dalla verb to be bright
è verb to go out or in
sag9 verb to be good
kur noun (mountain) land
dug4 verb to say
én-líl-bá-ní noun Enlil-bni
jalga noun reason
jéctúg noun ear
dirig verb to be superior
tuku verb to have
cag4 noun heart
kúc verb to be tired
di noun (law)suit
KAKA
jál verb to be (located)
kug-zu adj wise
níj-nám pronoun anything
mas-su noun leader
di noun (law)suit
saj noun head
gíg verb to be black
ka-ac noun decision
bar verb to set aside
bar verb to set aside
dug4 verb to say
cag4 noun heart
inim noun word
jál verb to be (located)
nu-jar-ra adj malicious
tam verb to be clean
zu verb to know
kug-sig17 noun gold
zalag verb to be shining
ud noun day(light)
za-ha-al noun disappearance
ak verb to do
níj noun thing
kúr verb to be different
dug4 verb to say
biz verb to drip
gul verb to destroy
nam-tag noun sin
du8 verb to spread
tur5 verb to be ill
zu verb to know
cer7-da noun crime
saj noun head
jic noun tree
ra verb to beat
de6 verb to carry
zu verb to know
inim noun word
dùg verb to be good
cág4-lá noun mercy
sug4 verb to be full
noun person
zid adj right
ki noun place
áj verb to measure
nesaj noun (first-fruit) offering
sig9 verb to put
cé9 verb to be oppressed
dug4 verb to say
cagina noun general
saj noun head
cul-a-lum noun punishment
ak verb to do
érín noun group of people
érín noun group of people
kúr verb to be different
á noun arm
jar verb to place
tukul noun weapon
tukul noun weapon
gaba-ri noun equal
tuku verb to have
tuc verb to sit
kur noun (mountain) land
gam verb to bow down
barag noun dais
nàm-gì4-mè-èc noun status as colleague
ak verb to do
du14 noun discord
verb to grow
zi noun life (breath)
gi4 verb to return
gud noun bull
cár verb to be numerous
udu noun sheep
cár verb to be numerous
kug-sig17 noun gold
gug noun cornelian
zà-gìn noun lapis lazuli
é-gál noun palace
kur9 verb to enter
nundum noun lip
ki noun place
su-ub verb to rub
ak verb to do
én-líl-bá-ní noun Enlil-bni
lugal noun king
cag4 noun heart
iri noun town
dùg verb to be good
nibru noun Nibru
nesaj noun (first-fruit) offering
kac4 verb to run
kar verb to flee
ce noun barley
mah verb to be majestic
de6 verb to carry
é-kíc-nú-jál noun E-kic-nu-gal
ud noun day(light)
verb to cover
én-líl noun Enlil
mu noun name
sa4 verb to call
nín-líl noun Ninlil
níj-ú-rúm noun property
nin-urta noun Ninurta
ur-saj noun hero
kalag verb to be strong
én-líl noun Enlil
ù-nà noun aggression
gub verb to stand
kur noun (mountain) land
ki-bal noun rebel land
gú-érím-jál adj hostile
za pronoun you (sg.)
jál verb to be (located)
du6 noun (ruin) mound
du8 verb to spread
zar noun sheaf
sal verb to be thin
nuska noun Nuska
en noun lord
é-kúr noun E-kur
si verb to fill
á noun arm
áj verb to measure
níj noun thing
sag9 verb to be good
dijir-mah noun Digir-mah
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ù conj and
kalam noun the Land
cag4 noun heart
dajal verb to be wide
nam noun destiny
tar verb to cut
gì-èn-dùr noun umbilical cord
kud verb to cut
nam-en noun high (priestly) office
ak verb to do
nanna noun Nanna
en noun lord
zíl verb to be pleasing
dumu noun child
én-líl noun Enlil
aga noun crown
nàm-tìl noun life
saj noun head
gen6 verb to be firm
nú-dím-múd noun Nudimmud
dijir noun deity
saj noun head
verb to erect
abzu noun underground water
hé-jál noun plenty
tah verb to add
inana noun Inana
é-án-ná noun E-ana
cag4 noun heart
húl verb to be happy
jic-cub-ba noun lot
jar verb to place
kí-nú noun sleeping quarter
kug adj shining
gal verb to be big
de6 verb to carry
ji6 noun night
ù-nà noun designation of night
ud noun day(light)
zal verb to pass
ama noun mother
kalam noun the Land
nín-ísín-ná noun Ninisina
ísín noun Isin
ki noun place
cu noun hand
tag verb to touch
utu noun Utu
di-kud noun judge
lugal noun king
an noun heaven
ki noun place
ù-lùh noun sceptre
saj noun head
gíg verb to be black
zid adj right
de6 verb to carry
cu noun hand
gen6 verb to be firm
én-líl-bá-ní noun Enlil-bni
lugal noun king
itid noun moon(light)
sag9 verb to be good
mu noun year
hé-jál noun plenty
ud noun day(light)
giri17-zal noun joy
íl verb to raise
lugal noun king
án-tá-jál adj exalted
ub noun corner
4 numeral 4
sízkúr noun prayer
nam-lugal noun kingship
noun (loving) care
dug4 verb to say
dub-sar noun scribe
úmún noun knowledge source
ak verb to do
é-dúb-bá-á noun scribal school
é noun house(hold)
na noun advice
de5 verb to collect
kalam noun the Land
zá3-mízà-mì2 noun praise
já-lá noun noun part of multiword verb