RIME 4.01.10.1001 composite (P448327)

Official or display artifact excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period

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Museum Collection(s)

Museum Number

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Material(s)

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (composite)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Composite

Text

object composite
obverse
1. [...]
en: ...
2. [...] x
en: ...
3. [...]-me#?-en
en: ... am I.
4. esz3 nibru{ki}
en: To the shrine of Nippur,
5. dur-an-ki-a-sze3
en: the Bond of Heaven and Earth,
6. gu3 zi-de3-esz ma-an-de2
en: he truly called me.
7. sag-ki zalag-ga-ni
en: His pure brow
8. mu-szi-in-bar
en: he directed towards me,
9. nam du10 mu-un-tar
en: and a good fate he determined for me:
10. {d}en-lil2-ba-ni
en: Enlilbani,
11. szu du11-ga-mu-me-en
en: my accomplishment, you are.
12. a2 nun
en: Princely power
13. hu-mu-ta-gal2
en: there shall be with you.
14. {d}a-nun-na
en: The Anuna gods
15. ku3 an-sze3
en: to the holy heaven
16. [x] he2-ni-tum2?-ma?
en: may you(?) ...
17. [x] x x x x
en: ...
18. [...]
en: ...
19. [...]
en: ...
20. [...] x
en: ...
21. x x
en: ...
22. nam-he2
en: Abundance
23. hu-mi-diri-ge
en: may you make surpassing there.
24. kalam-ma
en: In the nation
25. x x x gal2?
en: ...
26. ma?-ra?-gal2
en: I have produced for you.
27. ub-da limmu2-ba
en: In the four world quarters
28. gaba-ri
en: a rival
29. na-an-tuk-tuk-un
en: may you not have.
30. ug3 sag-ge6-ge
en: To the Black Headed People
31. ba-du10-ge-me-en
en: you are the one who is pleasing.
32. {d}utu-bi
en: Their sun god
33. he2-me-en
en: may you be.
34. mu nam-ti-la
en: Years of life
35. bala u4-bi
en: and a reign whose days
36. su3-su3-ra2
en: are very long
37. sag-e-esz
en: as a gift
38. mu-rig7
en: I have presented.
39. esz3 nibru{ki}
en: (In) the shrine of Nippur
40. gu2 an-sze3
en: your neck towards heaven
41. [he2-em-mi-zi]
en: may you raise up.
42. [...]
en: ...
43. [...] x
en: ...
44. ab-sin2-bi
en: Its furrows
45. mu-e-dagal
en: you have made broad.
46. x x AN
en: ...
47. buru14#? luh
en: At its harvest, clean
48. ku3-ku3-ga-bi-sze3
en: and most holy,
49. u4-szu2-usz
en: daily
50. ha-ba-gub-be2-en
en: you have indeed served,
51. gesz-tag-bi
en: and its offerings,
52. nig2 mu-szi-bar-ra
en: things which I have examined,
53. ma-tum2
en: you have brought to me.
54. szeg12 e2-kur-ra-ke4
en: The brickwork of the Ekur
55. he2-em-da-hul2
en: has indeed rejoiced over them.
56. utu-e3-ta
en: From east
57. u4-szu2-usz
en: to west
58. nam-sipa-bi
en: their shepherdship
59. ma-ra-szum2
en: I have given you.
60. nam-lugal-zu
en: Your rule
61. pa-e3 bi2-ak
en: I have made resplendent,
62. u4-bi
en: and its days
63. ma-ra-su3-u4
en: I have extended for you.
64. x x ma
en: ...
65. [...]-sze3
en: ...
66. [...]
en: ...
67. mu-ra-ge-en
en: I have secured for you.
68. aga me-lam2
en: A crown with a divine halo
69. u6 di-de3
en: to marvel at,
70. he2-du7
en: distinguished in appearance,
71. sag-za ba-kesz2-re6
en: is bound upon your head.
72. za3 kur-ra-sze3
en: To the borders of the foreign land
73. mi-ni-mah-en
en: I have exalted you,
74. tesz2-bi-sze3
en: and all together
75. mu-se3-ke-en
en: you have united them.
76. ki-bala-a
en: In the rebellious land
77. iri{ki} du11-ga-zu-ta
en: the city which at your command
78. la-ba-x
en: did not ...,
79. bad3 mu-gul
en: you destroyed (its) wall,
80. giri3-zu-ta
en: and at your feet
81. gesz he2-szi-szu2-e
en: you cast fetters upon them.
82. enkar szibir
en: The enkar weapon, the shepherd's staff,
83. gidri nig2 gi-na
en: and the lawful scepter
84. ug3 sag-ge6-ga
en: by which the Black Headed People
85. lah5-lah5-e
en: are led,
86. u4 da-ri2-sze3
en: forever
87. szu zi
en: faithfully in hand
88. mu-e-gar
en: you have taken.
89. x-[x]-x
en: ...
90. [x x] x-me-en
en: ... are you.
91. inim sza3 nu-zu
en: The word whose inner meaning is not known
92. na-me
en: no one
93. nu-kur2-ru-dam
en: can alter.
94. nam tar-ra-mu
en: My fate
95. du-ri2-sze3
en: forever
96. ha-mu-un-gar
en: you have established.
97. {d}en-lil2-le
en: Enlil -
98. szeg12 e2-kur-ra-ta
en: there from within the brickwork of the Ekur
99. nam-mu
en: my fate
100. mi-ni-in-tar-ra
en: having been decreed by him,
101. nibru{ki}
en: in Nippur
102. nig2-si-sa2
en: justice
103. mu-ni-in-gar
en: I(?) established,
104. nig2-gi-na
en: and lawfulness
105. pa bi2-e3
en: I made come forth resplendently.
106. udu-gin7 ka u2 gu7
en: As for sheep, food for eating
107. ba-ni-in-kin
en: I sought out for them
108. u2 sig7-ga bi2-gu7
en: and let them eat green plants.
109. {gesz}szu-dul9 dugud-da
en: The heavy yoke
110. gu2-bi im-ta-zi
en: I lifted from their necks,
111. dur2? gi-na bi2-tusz
en: and in a secure abode I made them dwell.
112. nibru{ki}-a
en: In Nippur,
113. nig2-gi-na
en: righteousness
114. mi-ni-in-gar-ra
en: having established there,
reverse
115. sza3-bi mu-du10-ga
en: and having gladdened their hearts,
116. i3-si-in{ki}
en: Isin
117. iri{ki} an-ne2
en: the city, An
118. {d}en-lil2#-le
en: and Enlil
119. {d}nin-isin2{si}-na-ra
en: to Nininsina
120. sag-e-esz
en: as a gift
121. mu-un-ni-in-rig7-esz
en: did present,
122. nig2-gi
en: and law
123. nig2-si-sa2
en: and justice
124. mu-ni-in-gar
en: I established there (also).
125. sza3 kalam-ma mu-du10
en: I gladdened the heart of the nation.
126. sze nig2-ku5-ra
en: The barley tax
127. igi-5(disz)-gal2 i3-me-a
en: which used to be one-fifth,
128. igi-1(u)-gal2-la
en: into one-tenth
129. he2-mi-ku4
en: I turned it.
130. |MASZ.EN.KAK|
en: Commoners
131. iti-da
en: per month
132. u4 4(disz)-am3
en: (only) four days
133. he2-gub
en: I made serve.
134. masz2-ansze
en: The livestock
135. e2-gal-la-ke4
en: of the palace
136. a-sza3 x x ki?-x-a
en: which in the fields ...
137. x x x
en: and about which the ...
138. i-{d}utu
en: complaints
139. bi2-in-esz-a
en: did voice,
140. masz2-ansze
en: (those) livestock
141. e2-gal-la
en: of the palace
142. ab-sin2-ta
en: from the furrows
143. he2-em-ta-e3
en: I did send forth.
144. i-{d}utu se3-ga
en: That which was subject to complaint
145. nig2-gig-ga
en: into a forbidden thing
146. he2-ni-ku4
en: I turned.
147. di-ku5 nig2-gi-e
en: A judge who righteousness
148. ki-ag2-me-en
en: does love, am I.
149. nig2-erim2!
en: Evil
150. nig2-a2-zi
en: and violence
151. u2-gu he2-ni-de2
en: I made disappear.
152. lu2 si-sa2
en: The just man
153. x-ge
en: to the ...
154. he2-mi-gi4
en: I restored.

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Text content

Genre(s)	Official or display (composite)
Composite Number	Q001994
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced	Enlil-bani.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Witnesses

This artifact is a composite text. View the score of RIME 4.01.10.1001 composite. See below for a list of its witness(es):

Witness	Period	Provenience
RIME 4.01.10.1001, ex. 01 (P268919)	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Record

CDLI number	P448327
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P448327

Physical information

composite text

Artifact type	composite text
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)
Museum Number
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (ETCSRI)	Q001994

References

primary: RIME 4, 01.10.1001 composite

[Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.
history: JCS 03 (pp. 1-209), pp.30f., 35ff.

[Kraus1951JCS3] Kraus, Fritz R. 1951. “Nippur Und Isin Nach Altbabylonischen Rechtsurkunden.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 3: 1–209.
history: Kraus Edikt, p.201

[Kraus1958] Kraus, Fritz R. 1958. Ein Edikt Des Königs Ammi-Ṣaduqa von Babylon. Vol. 5. Studia et Documenta Ad Iura Orientis Antiqui Pertinentia. Leiden : E.J. Brill.
history: PBS 5, 74

[Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, Pennsylvania.
history: Romer, SKIZ, pp.38f.

[Romer1965SKIZ] Römer, Willem H. Ph. 1965. Sumerische “Königshymnen” Der Isin-Zeit. Vol. 13. Documenta et Monumenta Orientis Antiqui.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-07 at 12:22:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-10 at 15:37:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-10 at 15:34:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-01 at 20:47:06	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2018-12-31 at 01:39:27	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-02-22 at 16:48:22	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2014-01-01 at 12:27:36	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2013-07-29 at 08:11:21	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2013-02-26 at 14:06:51	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2013-01-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.01.10.1001 Composite Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P448327.

RIME 4.01.10.1001 composite artifact entry (No. P448327). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P448327 (Original work published 2013)

RIME 4.01.10.1001 composite artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P448327 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.01.10.1001 Composite Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P448327.

RIME 4.01.10.1001 composite artifact entry (No. P448327). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P448327 (Original work published 2013)

RIME 4.01.10.1001 composite artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P448327 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 4.01.10.1001 composite artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P448327},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P448327},
}

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