The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
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(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!) (gods in blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)
1-13. May Enlil, king of heaven and earth, whose utterances are trusty and whose words are ……, …… the shepherd Rīm-Sîn, …… my king ……. May he who gives him life-giving (?) food-offerings in Nibru (Nippur) stand in prayer before him. May Enlil bestow upon him grain, the benefit of mankind. May he pass his time in joy in the …… of his country. They will …… Rīm-Sîn my king. May he strengthen for him his royal throne and extend his reign. May he decree his scepter for the south and the uplands. May he make the king’s inferiors bow down before him. The offerings of Rīm-Sîn my king, small or great, at Nibru in the E-kur (Enlil‘s temple / residence in Nippur) ……. Syrup shall drip like ghee from its fingers. I am as the son of one man, honey and ghee. My king, let offerings …… in my joy. They give me silver …….
I am like …… a man’s son. 1 line unclear ……, may he …… you. Alone (?) Rīm-Sîn, my king, …… like syrup and ghee. 1 line unclear …… Enlil, his Great Mountain, in accordance with your name may Rīm-Sîn be your Great Mountain.
May Ninurta declare …… life for you, and may Ninnibru (Bau / Gula), the lady who founds cities, ……, enclose you mercifully and kindly …… to protect your life.
(Apkulla – pilot Inanna Ninshubur winged eagle-headed Apkulla – pilot) May Ninšubur (Inanna‘s assistant), …… whom Nanna (Nannar / Sin) declared (?), …… good fortune on your head, and declare life for you. 1 line unclear |
