Chapter II: Part 2

43. _d.__Nin-lí-ga-ge im ... na er-ni-šéš-šéš_ 43. Ninliga ... weeps bitterly.

44. _a uru-gul-la é-gul-la-mu gíg-ga-bi im-me_ 44. How long? oh my destroyed city and my destroyed temple, sadly I wail.

45. _gè-pàr-azag nam-en-na-ba_(_198_)_ šu-ba-e-lá-[lal]_ 45. Of the holy “Dark Chamber” the priestly rites are suspended.

46. _en-bi gè-pàr-ta ba-[da-an-ḳar ki-erim-e ba-ab-KA(du)]_ 46. Its high priest from the “Dark Chamber” has been taken and unto the land of the foe has gone.

47. _d.__Nin-a-zu-ge_ ... 47. Ninazu(199) ...

48. _d.__Nin-ģar-sag_ ... 48. Ninharsag ...

49. _tu-(ģu)-gim_ ... 49. Like a dove ...

50. _a uru-gul-la é-gul-la-mu gíg-ga-bi im-me_ 50. How long? oh my destroyed city and my destroyed temple, sadly I wail.

... ...(200)

LAMENTATION TO INNINI ON THE SORROWS OF ERECH. 13859 (POEBEL NO. 26)

This well preserved single column tablet is published by POEBEL in PBS. V 26. The composition reflects the standard theological ideas found in the canonical psalms and liturgies. The mother goddess Innini is represented as a divine mother wailing for the misery of her city and her people. The calamity consists in the pillage of the city and its holy places by a foreign invader, who is repeatedly compared to an ox. Like the ordinary psalms of public service the singers abruptly introduce the goddess speaking in the first person as in lines 16; 18-20; 33-4. But the lamentation does not have refrains and at the end the style approaches nearly that of a prayer. The tablet also bears no liturgical note at the end. For these reasons and because of the general impression which the lines leave with the present interpreter, he classifies this text as the product of a scholastic liturgist of the Ur or Isin period whose work was not incorporated into the corpus of the official breviary.

OBVERSE

1. _zabar aga-[zu?] im-gūr-gūr-ri_ 1. Oh pure one thy(?) crown overawes.

2. _til-igi-da_(_201_)_-zu ... im-bi-bi-ri_ 2. Thy proceeding arrow scatters the....

3. _zíd_(_202_)_-gu-šig suģur-sū-lal (ģa)-da ... -kùr_.... 3. Meal of the ... bean to the beared skate-fish thou givest to eat.

4. _eg ģa sĭg eg-eg ģa sŭ-lum-ma-gim im-bul-_[...]— 4. She that gives fish to the stream, in the streams fish (as numerous) as dates she causes to dart about.

5. _gud-dam ra e-sir unug-(ki)-ga-ge šár-ám mu-na-ab(?)- ... uš_ 5. Rushing like an ox in the street of Erech like a multitude(?) he followed(203)

6. _šár-ra giš-KU-A_(_204_)_ mu-na-an-dúr-ru-ne-eš_ 6. Multitudinously in the habitations they dwelled.

7. _šattam-a-ni lugal gab-gál_(_205_)_ ki-gub-bu-ne ba-ra-è_ 7. Her precentor,(206) the defender king, whither they go, went up.

8. _ugnim-e igi-im- ma- an- sĭg_ 8. The hosts of peoples she beholds.

9. _nar-e li-du-a šu-i-ni-in-gí ŭb_(_207_)_ šu-na be-in-šub_ 9. The singer refuses to chant and from his hand has thrown the drum.

10. _ni_(_208_)_-nag-a-zu ni-nag-a-zu_ 10. Thou drinkest not; thou drinkest not.

11. _a_(_209_)_ nu-e-nag amaš-zu um-mi-ni-nag_ 11. Water thou drinkest not, but thy sheepfolds drink.

12. _ni-nag-a-zu ni-nag-a-zu_ 12. Thou drinkest not; thou drinkest not.

13. _kaš nu-e-nag ùš_(_210_)_-zu um-mu-ni-nag_ 13. Beer thou drinkest not, but thy protégés drink.

14. _gud-dam e_(_211_)_ e-sir unug-(ki)-ga-ge šár-ám ma-ra-mi-ù-uš_ 14. Like an ox going forth in the streets of Erech like a multitude(?) he pursues thee.

15. _šar-ra-ám giš-KU-A ma-ra-dúr-ru-ne-eš_ 15. In multitudes they have taken up their abodes in the habitations.

16. _mèn_(_212_)_ a-na-ag-en sal-e mà-a ma-an-dúg-ga sal-un-ne_(_213_)_
mèn-ne-en_
16. As for me what shall I do? I who have bestowed care. A sacred devotee
I am.

17. _gud-dam e ib-tag-ra be-in-ra ni-zu_(_214_)_ e-ne-ib-uš_ 17. Coming forth like an ox, _hastening in destructive fury_ he came; even thee thyself he pursued.

18. _šar-úr á nam-ur-sag-gà-mu šu-nu-um-ma-ti_ 18. The _šar-ur_ weapon, arm of my heroic power I have taken not in my hand.

19. _é ģallab-mà a-gil-zu_(_215_)_-bi dal-la mi-ni-gí_(_216_) 19. Of my temple in Hallab its treasures he has hidden far away.

20. _giš-dal é-an-na pa-ba mi-ni-in-kud_ 20. Of the _tallu_(217) of Eanna its _PA_ he broke off.

21. _gud-dam sil-šú im-ma-na-ra-è_ 21. Like an ox he came up against thee on the highways.

22. _gud-dam e e-sir unu-(ki)-ga-ge šár-ra mu-ni-in-gaz_ 22. Like an ox going forth in the streets of Erech he slaughtered multitudes(?).

23. _šár-ra giš-KU-A-a-na mu-ni-in-dīg_ 23. Multitudes in their habitations he caused to die.

24. _giš-ig ká-gal-la im-ma-an-gŭr-gŭr_ 24. The doors of the city gate he shattered.

25. _a-tuģ_(_218_)_-na-ka ... im-ma-an-è_ 25. Her defender he caused to go forth,

26. _šu-PEŠ_(_219_)_ dumu šu-PEŠ __d.__Innini-ge_ 26. The fisherman, the son fisherman of Innini.

27. _šen-urudu mu-na-an-bar-ri-ia-dúg_(_220_) 27. The copper vessels he scattered.

28. _gud-dam ra ... im-ma-an-ra-aģ_ 28. Hastening like an ox he has wrought demolition.

29. _gud-dam e er-im-ma-an-šub_(_221_)_ sîg-sîg-ni-mà-mal_(_222_) 29. Coming forth like an ox tears he has caused to fall and misery he caused to be.

30. _d.__Innini zig_(_223_)_-mu sum-ma-ab_ 30. Oh Innini, grant me favor.

31. _gud kur-ra ga-mu-ra-ab-sum tùr-zu ga-mu-ra-ah-lu_(_224_) 31. Oxen of the mountains I will give thee; thy stables I will enrich for thee.

32. _udu ... kur-ra ... ga-mu-ra-ab-sum amaš-zu ga-mu-ra-ab-lu_ 32. Sheep of the mountains I will give thee; thy sheepfolds I will enrich for thee.

33. _azag __d.__Innini-ge mu-na-ni-íb-gí-gí_(_225_) 33. Holy Innini replied:—

34. _a-šag ģallab-(ki)-a dúr-gar be-e-gar-ra e-ku_(_226_)_ ni-nad-ba_ 34. “In the plains of Hallab thou shalt make thy abode where the people repose.”

35. _ama-ba_(_227_)_ ... gĭr(?) ... ģa-ra-ab-túg-e balag-al_(_228_)_
ģu-mu-ra-ab-bi_
35. May their hosts _attend_(?) thee and proclaim to thee on lyre and
harp(?)

36. _d.__Innini nam-ur-sag-[zu]_(_229_)_ ga-ám-dúg_ 36. Oh Innini, I will rehearse thy valor.

37. _zag-sal-zu ... dug-ga-ám_ 37. It is good to sing thy praise.

LITURGICAL HYMN TO SIN. 8097 (NO. 7)

This liturgical composition consists of two melodies each designated by the rubric _sagarram_, “It is a _sagar_.” The entire service is sung to the _tigû_, a kind of flute. In the first melody of fifteen lines the choir chant the glory of the moon god and his city Ur. The second melody of twenty-four lines is apparently an address of the earth god Enlil to his son the moon god. This melody must remain obscure as long as the recurring liturgical phrase _áb-mu-ba-ši-in-dib_ is unexplained.

.... ....

5. [...]_-ni éš uri-ki mu-šú ba-an-sá_ 5. His city(?) the abode of Ur as a name he named.

6. _en ud-sud-du-ge uru-ni-ta_ 6. As lord unto eternal days in his city,

7. _d.__Zu-en-e kidur_(_230_)_ ba-ni-in-gar_ 7. The god Sin he(231) caused to abide.

8. _uri-ki uru šag-gi-pad-da-na_ 8. In Ur the city which his heart has chosen

9. _è gud-gim ub-im-me_ 9. The temple like a strong bull calls unto the regions(?)(232)

10. _lugal-mu ... sá-rin-na-ni_(_233_) 10. Of my king, may his net(?)

11. _ki-maģ ki-kal-kal ģe-en-na-nam-ma-ám_ 11. Be upon tomb and ruins.

12. _d.__Zu-en-e uru kenag-gà-ni_ 12. Of Sin, may his beloved city,

13. _eš uri-(ki) me-azag-azag-ga_.... 13. The dwelling-place Ur, with holy decrees a city....

14. _lugal-mu bara_.... 14. Of my king may his chapel....

15. [...]_-e nin [...] gar-ra_.... 15. ....

16. _sa- [gar-] ra- ám_(_234_) 16. It is a _sagar_ melody.

17. _e_(_235_)_ __d.__Nannar [ áb -] zu me-a mu-’u-lu en __d.__Áš-ìm-ür_ 17. Hail! Nannar, of the flocks(?) thou art ruler, lord Ašimur.

19. _uru igi-ila éš šag [-gál ul- ] ti_(_236_)_-a-ni-mà_ 19. In my city of the lifting of the eyes, the home of his own abode, which is his fulness of luxury,

20. _šuruppak-gim [nam-ģar-]-gud-e_(_237_)_ gál-la-bi_ 20. Whose design is like Šuruppak,

21. ..._-e.... áb-mu-ba-ši-in-dib_ 21. ....I have caused him to be a shepherd(?)

22. _[e dumu] __e.__En-lil-lá kalama me-a_ _mu-’u-lu en __d.__Áš-ìm-ür_ 22. [Hail! son] of Enlil, in the Land he is ruler, lord Ašimur.

24. _[uru igi-] ila éš-šag-gál ul-[ti]-a-ni-mà_ 24. Into my city of the lifting of the eyes, the home of his own abode, which is his fulness of luxury,

25. _[šuruppak]-gim nam-ģar-gud-[e] gál-la-bi_ 25. Whose design is like Šuruppak,

REVERSE

1. _[... áb-mu-ba-] ši-in-dib_ 1. [...] I have caused him to be a shepherd(?)

2. _[dumu-sag __d.__En-lil-lá kalama me-a] mu-’u-lu en __d.__Áš-ìm-ür_ 2. [First son of Enlil, in the Land he is] ruler, lord Ašimur,

4. _[ud-]-dug-ga [ki-gar-ra mu-šú ga]-sá-a_ 4. [“He that institutes battle” ] as a name I name.

5. _d.__Áš-ìm-[ür šag]-gi-pad-da-mu_ 5. Ašimur the ... whom my heart has chosen,

6. _é-mud-[kur-ra-mu]_(_238_)_ áb-mu-ba-ši-in-dib_ 6. In Emudkurramu I caused to be a shepherd(?).

7. _dumu-sag __d.__En-lil-lá kalama me-a mu-’u-lu_ 7. First son of Enlil, in the Land he is ruler.

8. _ud-dug-ga_(_239_)_-ki-gar-ra mu-[šú] ga-sá-a_ 8. “He that institutes battle” as a name I name.

9. _d.__Áš-ìm-ür me-en ki [šag]-gi-pad-da-mu_ 9. Ašimur thou art; where my heart has chosen,

10. _é-mud-kur-ra-mu áb-[mu-ba]-ši-in- dib_ 10. In Emudkurramu I have caused thee to be a shepherd(?).

11-12. _lugal tùr-azag-ga áb-zu me-a mu-’u-lu šul-pa munsub-nun-na_ 11-12. Lord of the clean sheepfolds, ruler of the flocks is he, the glorious(?) hero, far famed shepherd.

13. _šag-túm-ma bara ša mu-un-dū eš-e uri-(ki)-mu-[šú]_ 13. In the meadow a sanctuary I have built; in the abode of my city Ur,

14. _é-šág-nam-sar kur Dilmun-na nam_ 14. In the temple Šagnamsar(240) which is in the mount of Dilmun,

15. _é-gi-azag-bi-a áb mu-ba-ši-in-dib_ 15. In the temple of the holy stylus a shepherd I caused him to be(?)

16. _dumu-sag __d.__En-lil-lá kalama me-a mu-’u-lu šul-pa munsub nun-na_ 16. First son of Enlil, in the Land he is ruler, glorious(?) hero, far famed shepherd.

18. _šag-túm-ma bara ša-mu-un-dū éš-e uri-ki-mu-šú_ 18. In the meadow a sanctuary I built; in the abode of my city Ur,

19. _é-šá-nam-sar kur Dilmun-na nam_ 19. In the temple Šagnamsar which is in the mount of Dilmun,

20. _é-gi-azag-bi-a áb-mu-ba-ši-in-dib_ 20. In the temple of the holy stylus a shepherd I have caused him to be(?)

21. _sa-gar- ra- ám_ 21. It is a _sagar_ melody.

22. _nar-balag_(_241_)_ __d.__Zu-en-na_ 22. Song on the flute to Sin.

LAMENTATION ON THE DESTRUCTION OF UR. 7080 (NO. 11)

The fragment Ni. 7080 carries the right half of one of the largest literary tablets in the Museum. Broken evenly at the center from top to bottom the right half of this tablet preserves part of Col. III and all of Cols. IV, V of the obverse. The reverse correspondingly contains Cols. I, II and half of Col. III. Like so many similar liturgical compositions of the period of Ur this lamentation is divided into a series of _kišubs_ or songs, here of unusually great length. The third song ends at Obv. III 38; its first line stood in Obv. II, which has been lost. The fourth song began at Obv. III 42 and ends at Obv. IV 23, containing thirty-four lines. The fifth song begins at Obv. IV 27 and ends at Obv. V 7, containing forty-seven lines. In the following pages will be found a translation of twenty-three lines of the end of the fourth song which describes the wrathful word of the gods Anu and Enlil. The fifth song, a remarkable ode to the wrathful word of Enlil, has been translated so far as the text permits.

The sixth song begins at Obv. V 11, and probably terminated in the broken passage at the top of Rev. I. Its length was also unusual, having at least forty-five lines. This song was edited on a small tablet Ni. 4584 on which the beginning and the end of the section are preserved. It has been published as No. 10 in _Sumerian Liturgical Texts_, Vol. X of the Publications of the Babylonian Section. Only a few lines at the commencement of this song have been translated here. From this point onward the language of the liturgy presents such difficulty that the writer has been unable to offer a translation.

Section seven probably ended at the top of Rev. II and refers throughout to the mother goddess who weeps over the ruins of Ur. The eighth song probably began at the top of Rev. II and ended perhaps at the top of Rev. III. It is another doleful ode to the weeping mother and many of its lines are clear and translatable. The entire song is marked by sorrowful refrains: _me-li-e-a uru-mu nu-me-a_, Oh woe is me, my city is no more.(242) _a-uru-mu im-me_, How long? oh my city I cry.(243) _me-li-e-a uru-ta è-a-mèn_, Oh woe is me, from the city I depart.(244) _dingir ga-ša-an-gal-mèn é-ta è-a-mèn_, Great divine queen am I, from the temple I depart.(245) _er-gig ni-šéš-šéš_, She weeps bitterly.(246)

Only the ends of lines of a large part of the ninth song are preserved in Rev. III. The tenth song probably occupied most of the space in Rev. IV. Speculation concerning the number of songs in the entire liturgy is limited to the number of about 11-13. The liturgy was, therefore, extremely long, attaining to a content of about 500 lines. We know from the single tablet variant of the sixth song that another edition of this series existed in which small tablets carried each a single _kišub_. A similar condition of editorial redaction is revealed by ZIMMERN, KL. 200, a small tablet which contains the twelfth song of a liturgy to the deified king of Isin, Išme-Dagan.

The historical event referred to in this liturgy is undoubtedly the destruction of Ur in the time of Ibi-Sin, last of the kings of the Ur dynasty. This calamity left many traces in the temple songs of Sumer, and the Sumerian prayer books of Nippur contain other lamentations on the fall of Ur, written perhaps during the Isin period. The writer has already published a single column tablet which rehearses the same catastrophe, mentioning Ibi-Sin himself and naming the Elamites as his captors.(247)

OBVERSE IV

1. _an-ni e-ne-em-bi ba-ra-mu-un-gur_ 1. Anu may prevent his word.

2. _d.__Mu-ul-lil-e ni_(_248_)_-šág ģe-ám-bi_ 2. Enlil may order kindness.

3. ... _šag-mu ba-ra-be-in-šed-di_ 3. And may my heart be at peace from sorrow.

4. [...-]_su-ud arad-na sag ki-ba-da-ab-gál-la_ 4.

5. [ ]-_nae-ne-em-súr-ragur-da-bi_ 5. [ ] the angry word be prevented.

6. [ ] _ba-da-an-dúr-ru-ne-eš-a_ 6.

7. _ùr-ģe-im-ma-gid-gid-da ģe-im-ma-lal-lá_ 7. The foundations it has annihilated, and reduced to the misery of silence.

8. _an-ra a-i-ne-mà me-e ģe-im-ma-na-dúg_ 8. Unto Anu I will cry my “how long?”

9. _d.__Mu-ul-lil-ra ní-mu šag-ne-du ģe-im-ma-ag_ 9. Unto Enlil I myself will pray.

10. _uru-mu nam-ma-gul-lu ģe-im-me-ne-dúg_ 10. “My city has been destroyed” will I tell them.

11. _Uri-(ki) nam-ma-gul-lu ģe-im-me-ne-dúg_ 11. “Ur has been destroyed” will I tell them.

12. _uku-bi nam-ma-bir(?)-e ģe-im-me-ne-dúg_(_249_) 12. “Its people have been _scattered_” will I tell them.

13. _an-ni e-ne-em-bi ba-ra-mu-un-gur_ 13. May Anu prevent his word.

14. _d.__Mu-ul-lil-e ni-šág ģe-ám- bi_ 14. May Enlil order kindness.

15. _šag-mu ba-ra-be-in-šed-di_ 15. And may my heart be at peace from sorrow.

16. _uru-mu gul-gul-lu-ba-da-bi ģe-im-ma-an-?-eš_ 16. My city which has been destroyed may they ...

17. _Uri-(ki) gul-gul-lu-ba-da-bi ģe-im-ma-an-?-eš_ 17. Ur which has been destroyed may they ...

18. _uku-bi dìg gi-bil-šu ág-bi ģa-ba-an-ṫar-ri-eš_ 18. Of its slain people may they decree a new dispensation.(250)

19. _me-e nig-dúg-mu mu-ne-sum-ma-gim_(_251_) 19. I will offer my meditations unto them.

20. _me-e uru-mu-da ģe-en-bi mu-un-da-lal-eš_ 20. I (will say to them): “In my city they have despised the splendor.”

21. _Uri-(ki) mu-durun-da ģe-en-bi mu-(un)-da-lal-e-eš_ 21. “In Ur the city of homes they have despised the splendor.”

22. _an-ni [dúg-ga-ni ģur] nu-kúr-ru-dam_ 22. Anu whose words in this manner change not.

23. _d.__ Mu-ul-lil-e eṇim-bi è-a-ni ... e-dam_ 23. Enlil the going forth of whose word....

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24. _ki-šub-gú 4-kam-ma-ám_ 24. It is the fourth song.

25. _uru-ni ba-da-gul-ám me-ni ba-da-kúr-am_ 25. Her city has been destroyed, her ordinances have been changed.

26. _giš-gí- gál-bi- im_ 26. This is its antiphon.

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27. _d.__ En-lil-li ud-de gù-ba-an-de_ 27. Enlil utters the spirit of wrath

28. _uku-e še-ám-šá_ 28. and the people wail.

29. _ud ģe-gál-la kalaṃa-da ba-da-an-ḳar_ 29. The spirit of wrath prosperity from the Land has destroyed

30. _uku-e še-ám-šá_ 30. and the people wail.

31. _ud dug Ki-en-gi-da ba-da-an-ḳar uku-e še-ám-šá_ 31. The spirit of wrath peace from Sumer has taken and the people wail.

32. _ud ģul-gál-e á-ba-da-an-ág uku-e še-ám-šá_ 32. He has sent the evil spirit of wrath and the people wail.

33. _ḳin-gal-ud-da ud-da-gub-ba šu-na im-ma-an-sĭg_ 33. The “Messenger of Wrath,” the “Assisting Spirit” into its hand he entrusted.(252)

34. _ud kalam-tíl-tíl-e gù-ba-an-de uku-e še-ám-šá_ 34. He has uttered the spirit of wrath which exterminates the Land and the people wail.

35. _d.__En-lil-li __d.__Gi-bil á-taģ-a ki-mu-na-ni-in_-[ ] 35. Enlil _has sent_ Gibil as its helper.

36. _ud-gal an-na-ge gù-ba-an-de uku-e še-ám-šá_ 36. The great spirit of Heaven has been uttered and the people wail.

37. _ud-gal-e_(_253_)_ an-ta gù-ni-ib-im-me uku-e še-ám-šá_ 37. The mighty spirit on high he commanded forth and the people wail.

38. _ud kalam tíl-tíl-e azag ki_ ... 38. The spirit that annihilates the Land ...

39. _im-ģul-e a-maģ-è-a-gim_ ... 39. The evil storm like a mounting inundation ...

40. _giš-dúr_(_254_)_ uru-ge sag-gaz ni-ag_ ... 40. The shepherd of the city it slew ...

41. _an-na ùr-ba? mu-un-nigin_ ... 41. Of heaven its foundation it ...

42. _ud-da igi-ba-ne mu-un-ne-ne_ ... 42.

43. _bàr-bàr-ri ne-gig-edin-na tùr(?)_ ... 43.

44. _an-ne-bar-ám ne-gùr-gùr_ ... 44.

45. _an-ne é UD-UD è_ ... 45.

46. _kalam-ma lăg-lăg-ga_ ... 46.

(Lines 47-55 mostly illegible.)

Col. V.

(Lines 1-6 mostly illegible.)

7. _Uri-(ki)-ma túg-gim ba-e-gul ... gim ba-e-búr_ 7. Ur like a garment thou hast destroyed, like a ... thou hast scattered.

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8. _ki-šub-gú 5-kam-ma-ám_ 8. It is the fifth song.

9. _ud ug(?)-ám al-[ ]uku-e še-am-šá_ 9. The spirit of wrath like a _lion_ ... and the people lament.

10. _giš- gí- gál -bi- im_ 10. This is its antiphon.

11. _ud-ba ud uru-da ba-da-an-gar uru-bi_ ... 11. At that time the spirit of wrath upon the city was wrought and the city....(255)

12. _a-a __d.__Nannar uru dim-dūl-dūl-da ba-da-an-[ ]uku-e še-ám-šá_ 12. Father Nannar upon the city of _master workmen_ ... and the people wail.

13. _ud-ba ud kalama-ta ba-da-an-kár uku-e še-ám-šá_ 13. At that time the spirit of wrath _descended_ upon the Land and the people wail.

14. _uku-bi šika-kud-da [nu-me-a bar-ba ba-e-si]_ 14. Her people without water jars sit without her in desolation

15. _bád-ba gú [?_(_256_)_]-nin [kaskala im-ma-an-gar-gar uku-e še-ám-šá_] 15. Within her ... in the ways are _placed_ and the people wail.

16. _ká-gal-maģ gĭr-gál-la-[ba àd-a im-ma-] an [BAD]_ 16. The great city gate and the highways with the dead are _choked up_.

17. _duk?-tun-sìr-gim dū-a-ba [sag-bal-e] ba-ab- gar_ 17. Like a leather vessel all of her the usurper cast asunder(?)

18. [ ] _e-sir gĭr-gál-la-ba àd im-ma-an-gar-gar_ 18. In her ... streets and roads corpses he _heaped up_(?)

LITURGICAL HYMNS OF THE TAMMUZ CULT. 3656 (MYHRMAN NO. 5)

The obverse of this fine single column tablet contained a hymn in thirty-eight lines to the departed Tammuz. It represents the people wailing for the lord of life who now sleeps in the lower world. Thirteen lines have been completely broken away from the top. The reverse carried a long liturgical song of the cult of this god in which the mother goddess is represented wailing for her ravished lover. Songs of the weeping mother are common enough in these wailings for Tammuz, but all other known examples of this _motif_ represent the major unmarried type of mother goddess Innini-Ishtar wandering on earth, crying for her departed son. The hymn on our tablet reveals in a wholly unexpected manner the close relation between the mother goddess Gula of Isin and Innini. It was known that both sprang from a common source, a prehistoric unmarried goddess, but one had hardly supposed that the liturgists went so far as to introduce the married goddess of Isin in the rôle of the virgin mother Innini. The great mother divinity of Isin, although attached in a loose way to a male consort Ninurta, in that city retained, nevertheless, much of her ancient unattached character. In the standard liturgies she is almost invariably the type of Weeping mother, whereas Innini is this type in the Tammuz liturgies. Since Gula of Isin was the ordinary liturgical type we find the influence of the ordinary liturgies effective in the composition of the Tammuz hymn. It explains the extraordinary phenomenon of the introduction of a long passage (Rev. 3-10) from one of the wailing liturgies. And the short litany refrain lines 11-20 is obviously an imitation of numberless similar passages of the ordinary liturgies in which the goddess wails for various temples; here only for Nippur and Isin, since the composition was written for the services at Nippur in the period of the Isin dynasty. In a most gratifying manner our tablet shows how the lamentations of the mother goddess in the canonical prayer books express sorrows for certain concrete misfortunes and certain defined temples and cities and find their general expression in the lamentations for Tammuz, the representative of all human vicissitudes. This edition has been made from my own copy. The tablet was first published by MYHRMAN, PBS. Vol. I No. 5, and by RADAU, BE. 30 No. 2. To these copies I have been able to make only slight additions.

HYMNS OF THE TAMMUZ CULT

1. _KU_-? [ ] 1.

2. _kalag giš_ [ ] 2. Oh strong one [ ]

3. _me-ri kuš-ù-[zu_(257) ] 3. _Thy_ weary foot [ ]

4. _á-lirum-šu_(_258_)_-[kuš-ù-zu_ ... ] 4. _Thy weary_ arms—breast—hands [ ]

5. _a-zu_(_259_)_-guruš a-zu_ [ ] 5. Oh strong healer, oh ... healer [ ]

6. _kalag __d.__Da-mu-mu_ [ ] 6. Oh strong one, my Damu [ ]

7. _ṭu-mu ù-mu-un mu-zi-da_ [ ] 7. Oh child, lord Gišzida [ ]

8. _a-zu a dam ... ni-kuš-ù-a-zu_ 8. Oh healer, how long husband ... wilt thou be weary?

9. _a-zu a ṭu-mu ... ni-kuš-ù-a-zu_ 9. Oh healer, how long son ... wilt thou be weary?

10. _i-dé (?) ... ṭu-ru ? [na?] zu-dé_ 10. When before ... thou sittest,

11. _kalag da-ga-ám-ma_(_260_)_-ni ... zu-dé_ 11. Oh strong one, when _into_ his _assembly_ thou ...

12. _a-rib_(_261_)_ šu-si me-ri ... a-bal-mà na-nam_ 12. Alas he whose fingers and feet [_are bound_], my irrigator(262) is he.

13. _šag-zu-šú la-aģ-[la-aģ-]ģu-a-zu_ 13. Because of thee she wanders far for thee.

14. _kalag __d.__Da-mu-mu a-bal-mà na-nam_ 14. My sturdy Damu, my irrigator is he.

15. _ama-zu mu-lu er-ri nu-kuš-ù_ 15. Thy mother she of lamentation rests not.

16. _ama ga-ša-an tin-dib-ba túb-bi-šú nu-durun_ 16. The mother, queen who gives life to the afflicted, tarries not to repose.

17. _ù-šub-ba-za ù-zi-ga-za sìr-ri-šú na-ri-bi_ 17. In thy perdition, in thy seizure, in melodious sighing she speaks of thee.

18. _kalag a-rin-na-za ù(?) a-tar-ra-za sìr-ri-šú na-ri-bi_ 18. Oh hero, in thy contumely, in thy removal, in melodious sighing she speaks of thee.

19. _ama-ugu-mu GAR-LUL-LUL-na-mu sìr-ri-šú nu-uš ma-gub-bi_ 19. My child-bearing mother, my lamenter(?) with melodious sighing behold she stands

20. _kalag idim-[ma me-]en galu-kur-al_ 20. Oh sturdy one, prostrate thou art, a man of the land of wailing(?)(263)

21. _en ... me-en galu-kur-dim_(_264_) 21. Oh lord, ... thou art, a man of the land of lament.

22. _unu-[dagal-mu] kur-idim-ma-mu_ 22. In my vast chamber, in my land of misery,

23. _en me-en a-ra-li ki-sag kirud-da-mu_ 23. A lord am I. In Aralu, place where I am cast away,

24. _kalag me-en kur-ri-sud-du-šú im-ma-ab-du me-en_ 24. A laborer am I. Unto the faraway land I go.

25. _ud-me-e-na_(_265_)_ ni_- ? ? 25. Daily(?) he [_sorrows_?](266)

REVERSE

1. _šă-ab-er-ri_(_267_)_ kuš-ù-a-mu ma-a-a nad-da-[mu]_ 1. I weary with heart woe, where shall I rest?

2. _balag-di šă-ab-er-ri kuš-ù-a-mu ma-a-a nad-da-[mu]_ 2. Oh sing to the lyre; I weary with heart woe, where shall I rest?

3. _ama uru-sag ga-ša-an tin-dib-ba mèn_ 3. Mother of the chief city,(268) queen who gives life to the dead am I.

4. _sag-ṭu-an-na ga-ša-an Ì-si-in-(ki)-na mèn_ 4. First born daughter of heaven,(269) queen of Isin am I.

5. _ṭu-mu é-a ga-ša-an-mu_(_270_)_ __d.__Gu-nu-ra_ 5. Daughter of the temple, Queen Gunura.

6. _tum-lu-azag ama é-šăb-ba mèn_ 6. Holy _tumlu_ mother of Ešabba am I.

7. _d.__En-á-nun_(_271_)_ ama gù-an-ni-si mèn_ 7. Enanun mother of lamentation am I.

8. _ga-ša-an nigín-mar-ra ki-azag-ga mèn_ 8. Queen of Niginmarra,(272) the holy place, am I.

9. _ga-ša-an áš-te_(_273_)_ ... ga-ša-an La-ra-ak-(ki) mèn_ 9. Queen of Ašte,(274) queen of Larak.

10. _ama é-a __d.__Ašnan __d.__Azag-sud mèn_ 10. Mother of the temple, Ašnan the divine lustrator(275) am I.

11. _šă-ab-er-ri a-še-ir-ri ma-a kuš-ù-mu_ 11. Weeping and sighing where shall I find rest?

12. _er é-kur-ra-ge ma-a kuš-ù-mu_ 12. Weeping for Ekur, where shall I repose?

13. _er kenur-ra-ge ma-a kuš-ù-mu_ 13. Weeping for Kenur, where shall I repose?

14. _er dù-azag-ga-ge ma-a kuš-ù-mu_ 14. Weeping for Duazagga, where shall I repose?

15. _er é-dīm-ma_(_276_)_-ge ma-a kuš-ù-mu_ 15. Weeping for the “House of the King,” where shall I repose?

16. _er uru-sag-gà-ge ma-a kuš-ù-mu_ 16. Weeping for the chief city, where shall I repose?

17. _er tir-azag-ga_(_277_)_-ge ma-a kuš-ù-mu_ 17. Weeping for the sacred forest, where shall I repose?

18. _er Ì-si-in-(ki)-na-ge ma-a kuš-ù-mu_ 18. Weeping for Isin, where shall I repose?

19. _er é-gal-maģ-a-ge ma-a kuš-ù-mu_ 19. Weeping for Egalmah, where shall I repose?

20. _er La-ra-ak-(ki)-a-ge ma-a kuš-ù-[mu ma-a na]-d-da-bi_ 20. Weeping for Larak, where shall I repose, where shall he rest?

21. _šă-ab dam-e-mu ša-ab [tu-mu-]_(_278_)_ mu_ 21. The ravished one my husband, the ravished one, my son,

22. [...] _ki-el-la šăb mu-ud-na-mu_ 22. [In ... ] the clean place, the ravished one my spouse,

23. _ṭu-mu-tūr ṭu-[mu ... ]_ 23. The little son, the ... son [...]

24. _ga-ša-an_ [...] 24.

25. _šă-ab_ [...] 25.

26. _AN-NE_ [...] 26.

27. _sukkal_ [...] 27. (279)

L. E. _a-šab-ba-ni a-ba-bar-ra-ni_ L. E. How long his ravishing? how long his absence?(280)

A LITURGY TO ENLIL, SERIES _E-LUM GUD-SUN_ (ZIMMERN KL. NO. 11)

The history of the text of this long and intricate Enlil liturgy elucidates in unusual manner the evolution of Sumerian prayer books until they attained canonical and permanent form. The earliest text of this liturgy is partially preserved on the _Tablet Virolleaud_ published in the _Revue d’Assyriologie_, Vol. XVI. The fragment was brought to Europe in 1909 by the assyriologist CHARLES VIROLLEAUD, having been purchased by him during his excavations in Persia. It is light brown and varies from the center to the edge by two inches to one inch in thickness. The fragment is from the upper left corner of a large three(?) column tablet. About half of the first melody is preserved on the obverse. The reverse preserves the last two melodies. From their rubrics we learn that the entire series contained eleven sections. This tablet has the rubric _ki-šub-gú_ after each strophe. The titular litany(281) occupies as usual the next to the last place but only the opening lines giving the _motif_ and a few titles are given. The redactor indicates the remaining titles by a rubric “(Recite the title) of a god until they are finished.” The rubric is in Semitic which shows that the redaction was done by Semitic scholars.

The series as it finally issued from the hands of the liturgists in the Isin period was written upon a huge five(?) column tablet, the lower half of which has been published by ZIMMERN, _Altsumerische Kultlieder_, No. 11. Each column contained about fifty lines. There are no _giš-gí-gal_ or antiphons after the melodies, ten of which I have been able to restore. By borrowing from old songs and other liturgies the redactors have greatly increased the length of this service. At least ten songs have been lost on Cols. III, IV of the obverse and I, II of the reverse.

The late Assyrian redaction is mentioned in the catalogue of prayer books IV Raw. 53 I 13 and in BL. No. 103 Obv. 13. SBH. No. 21, edited in SBP. 112-119, is tablet one of the late Babylonian School(282) and contains the first four songs, duplicates of the first four on K.L. 11. SBH. No. 25, edited in SBP. 120-123,(283) carries on the obverse two songs (_e-lum di-da-ra_ and _me-e ur-ri men_) found on Col. III of K.L. No. 11, Rev., or the two last melodies before the titular litany. A fragment published by MEEK in BA. X pt. 1, No. 11, contains the end of _e-lum di-da-ra_ and all of _me-e ur-ri men_. SBH. 25 and MEEK No. 11 belong to the series _e-lum di-da-ra_, entered in the Assyrian catalogue, IV Raw. 53_a_ 8, and form tablet _one_ of that service.

The titular litany of the _e-lum gud-sun_ series is identical (except for some variants) with the famous titular litany of the mother goddess series _mu-ten NU-NUNUZ gim-ma_, tablet _five_, edited in SBP. 149-167. Portions of the titular litany of the Enlil series have been edited in PBS. X 155-167, see pages 163-4. The titular litany of _ní-ma-al gù-de-de_ occurs at the end of tablet two of that series, SBP. 24-9 = BL. 72-3. Not every series has a theological litany of this kind, which ordinarily comes before the _er-šem-ma_, or intercessional song at the end. The song to the “word,” which occurs in all series, is partially preserved on Obv. III and begins _a-ma-ru na-nam_. The indispensable song to the weeping mother comes just before the titular litany. This little nine-line melody _me-e ur-ri-mèn me-e kàs-mèn_ must have been a national religious song. It was copied into another Enlil song service as we have seen. The same song introduces tablet _four_ of an Innini series of which we have only the end of tablet _three_, K. 2759, in BL. 93 f.

Finally the reader will note that the first song _e-lum gud-sun_ of this series has been copied into one of the tablets of _ame baranara_, SBH. No. 22 = SBP. 126 f. A fragment of some unknown series, K. 8603 = BL. 14 also employs this song in the body of its text.

1. _e-lum gud-sun mu-zu kur-kur-šú_(_284_) 1. Exalted one, bull that overwhelms, thy name is on the lands.

2. _ù-mu-un-e_(_285_)_ kur-kur-ra gud-sun_ 2. Lord of the lands, bull that overwhelms, thy name, etc.(286)

3. _ù-mu-un dúg-ga-zi-da gud-sun_ 3. Lord of the faithful word, bull that overwhelms, etc.

4. _d.__Mu-ul-lil a-a ka-na-ág_(_287_)_-gà ... gud-sun_ 4. Enlil, father of the Land, bull that overwhelms, etc.

5. _sib sag-gíg-ga gud-sun_ 5. Shepherd of the dark-headed people, bull that overwhelms, etc.

6. _i-dé-duģ ni-te-na gud-sun_ 6. Thou of self-created vision, bull that overwhelms, etc.

7. _am GĬR_(_288_)_-na sá-sá gud-sun_ 7. Wild bull who directs his hosts, bull that overwhelms, etc.

8. _ù-lul-la ku-ku_(_289_)_ gud-sun mu-zu kur-kur-šú_ 8. Thou that sleepest the sleep of perversity, bull that overwhelms, thy name is on the lands.

9. _mu-zu kur-ra mu-ma-al-la-šú an ní-bi nam-dúb_ 9. When thy name is laid upon the lands the heavens tremble of themselves,

10. _ki ní-bi nam-sīg_ 10. and the earth quakes of itself.

11. _d.__Mu-ul-lil e-ne-em-zu kur-ra-ám ma-ma-al-la-šú_ 11. Oh Enlil, when thy word is laid upon the lands,

12. _dúg-ga-zu kur-ra-ám ma-ma-al-la-šú_ 12. When thy command is laid upon the lands,

13. _daģ-a-zu kur-ra-ám ma-ma-al-la-šú_ 13. When thy _command_(290) is laid upon the lands,

14. _an ní dúb sīg_(_291_)_ ki ní-bi nam-sīg_ 14. The heavens tremble of themselves, the earth of itself quakes,

15. _ama [nu]_(_292_)_-gíg-gi ama nu-bar-ra dumu-ni mi-ni-in-gí-gí_ 15. The harlot mother, the hierodule mother slays her son,

16. ... _ga-ša-an uru bar-ra-ra dumu-ni mi-ni-in-gí-gí_ 16. ... queen of the city, outside the city slays her son.

17. ... _dumu-ni mi-ni-in-gí-gí_ 17. ... slays her son.

18. _e-lum ... e-ne-em-zu-šú ... kur-ri ni-in-gí-gí_ 18. Oh exalted ... at thy word ... the foreign land _thou reducest to the misery of silence_.

19. _d.__Mu-ul-lil mu-lu? A_ ... 19. Enlil lord of ...(293)

20. _kur-ri ni-in-gí-[gí]_ 20. the foreign land thou _reducest to the misery of silence_

21. _e-lum za-e e-ne-em-zu an-e um-ma-[dúg]_ 21. Oh exalted one, as for thee, thy word in heaven speak

22. _an-e ib-[...]_ 22. and heaven shall ...

23. _d.__Mu-ul-lil za-e e-ne-em-zu ki-e um-[ma-dúg]_ 23. Enlil, as for thee, thy word on earth speak

24. _ki nu-um-_[ ] 24. and earth shall not....

25. _dim-me-ir a-tú-a_(_294_)_ um-ma-dúg_.... 25. God of libation speak [and heaven shall ... and earth shall not....]

26. _d.__am an-ki am uru zí-ba-ge um-ma-dúg_ [....] 26. Divine wild ox of heaven and earth, wild ox of the good city(295) speak, etc.

27. _ama é-maģ-a_(_296_)_ __d.__[Dam-gal-nun-na-ge]_ 27. Mother of the house of the famous one, Damgalnunna,

28. _um-ma-dug_ [....] 28. speak, etc.

29. _d.__Asar-lù-dug-e [dumu uru zí-ba-ge]_ 29. Marduk, son of the good city(297)

30. _um-ma-dúg_ [....] 30. speak, etc.

31. _d.__ìd ama uru zí-ba-ge um-[ma dug....]_ 31. River goddess, mother of the good city speak, etc.

32. _d.__A-?_(_298_)_-e ga-ša-[an ab-su-ra-ka-di_(_299_)_ um-ma-dug....]_ 32. Zarpanit queen of ... speak, etc.

33. _[sukkal-zid mu-dug-ga]-sá-a-ra um-ma_(_300_) 33. Faithful messenger, called by a good name, speak, etc.

34. _[ud-dé du(l)- du(l)-]dúg šu-ám mi-ib-gál_ 34. [The spirit] reduces [all things] to tribute.(301)

35. _te-e-ám ama-gan-ra dumu-ni zí-em-mà-na-ad(!)-du_(_302_) 35. How long shall the child-bearing mother reject her son?

36. _te-e-ám ama-gan-ra ga-ša-an urú_(_303_)_ bar-ra-ra dumu-ni
zí-em-mà-na-ad(!)-du_
36. How long shall the child-bearing mother, queen of the city, cast aside
her son?(304)

37. _te-e-ám ama-gan-ra ga-ša-an sun-na-ra_(_305_)_ dumu-ni
zí-em-mà-na-ad-du_
37. How long shall the child-bearing mother, the wild-cow queen, reject
her son?

38. _a urú-a mu-lu im-me-a-ra_(_306_)_ dumu-ni zí-em-mà-na-ad-du_ 38. How long in the city shall he of wailing reject his son?

39. _a ki-dagar-ra-ám Nippur-ám ib éš-ga-a-ra_(_307_) 39. How long in the wide land, in Nippur, in the region of the vast abode?

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40. _a-gal-gal šel-su-su mulu ta-zu mu-un-zu_(_308_) 40. Flood that drowns the harvests, who comprehends thy form?

41. _e-lum a-gal-gal šel-su-su mulu ta-zu mu-un-zu_ 41. Exalted, flood that drowns the harvests who comprehends thy form?

42. _d.__mu-ul-lil ù-mu-un kur-kur-ra_ 42. Enlil lord of the lands, who etc.

OBVERSE II

1. _ù-mu-un dúg-ga-zi-da_(_309_) 1. Lord of the faithful word, who etc.

2. _d.__mu-ul-lil a-a ka-nag-ga_ 2. Enlil father of the Land, who etc.

3. _sib sag-gíg-ga_ 3. Shepherd of the dark-headed people, who etc.

4. _i-dé-duģ ní-te-na_ 4. Thou of self-created vision, who etc.

5. _am erin-na sá-sá_ 5. Hero who directs his hosts, who etc.

6. _ù-lul-a dúr-dúr_ 6. Thou that sleepest the sleep of perversity, who etc.

7. _šag gi-ū gi-ū šă-ab túg-e túg-e_ 7. Oh heart be reconciled, be reconciled, oh heart repose, repose.

8. _šag an-na gi-ū gi-ū_ 8. Oh heart of Anu be reconciled, be reconciled.

9. _šag __d.__mu-ul-lil gi-ū gi-ū_ 9. Oh heart of Enlil be reconciled, etc.

10. _šag ur-sag-gal gi-ū gi-ū_(_310_) 10. Oh heart of the great hero, be reconciled, etc.

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11. _ní-ma-al-e zid al-ma-al_(_311_)_ [li-]e_(_312_)_ nap-tan-na aš-ša-ka-nu_ 11. Kneaded bread for the feast I set,

12. _ní-ma-al-e ní-ma-al-e_ 12. Kneaded bread, kneaded bread,

13. _ní-ma-al-e zid al-ma-al_ 13. Kneaded bread for the feast I set,

14. _[kur-gal __d.__en-lil-]da šu-en-ne ba-túg_ 14. By the Great Mountain, Enlil, it has been blessed.

15. _[a-a __d.__mu-ul-lil] šu-en-ne ba-túg_ 15. By Father Enlil it has been blessed.

16. _[kur-gal __d.__en-lil-]šu-en-ne ba-túg_ 16. The Great Mountain Enlil has blessed.

17. _[a-a __d.__mu-ul-lil] šu-en-ne ba-túg_ 17. The Father Enlil has blessed.(313)

18. _ù-mu-un am urú-zí-ib-(ki) šu-en-ne-ba-túg_ 18. Lord, hero of the sacred city, has shown grace.

19. _ama-é-maģ_(_314_)_-a __d.__dam-gal-nun-na_ 19. Mother of the house of the famous one, Damgalnunna, has shown grace.

20. _d.__asar-lù-dug dumu urú zí-ib-(ki)_ 20. Asarludug, son of the sacred city, has shown grace.

21. _mu-ud-na-an-ni __d.__apin_(_315_)_-nun-na-an-ki_ 21. His wife Zarpanit has shown grace.

22. _d.__ìd ama urú zi-ib-(ki)_ 22. River goddess, mother of the sacred city, has shown grace.

23. _d.__a-rĭ-e ga-ša-an ab-su-di_(_316_) 23. Zarpanit queen of ..., etc.

24. _sukkal-zid mu-dug-ga-sá-a šu-ba-e-en_ 24. Faithful messenger, called by a good name, has shown grace.

25. _ní-ma-al-e zí-ib ni-ma-al-la-ta_ 25. The kneaded bread which has been well made,

26. _zí-ib ni-ma-al-la-ta ní-ma-al-e zí-ib-bi dé-kùr-e_(_317_) 26. Which has been well made, the kneaded bread may he eat graciously,

27. _d.__mu-ul-lil-li zí-ib-bi-kùr zí-ib-bi dé-kùr-e_ 27. May Enlil graciously eat; yea graciously eat.

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28. _ki an-dúr-ru-na-šú uku_(_318_)_-e gar-ma-an-zí-en_ 28. Where Anu sits may the people hasten.

29. _[__d.__A-nun-na_(_319_)_-]ki-an-dúr-ru-na-šú uku-e gar ma-an-zí-en_ 29. [_The Anunnaki._] Where Anu sits let the people hasten.

30. _é-e ám-ba-al ne-sag-maģ_(_320_)_ é-e am-ba-al_ 30. To the temple he enters, the mighty priest of sacrifices to the temple enters.

31. _a-tú-tú ma-mu šu-luģ-ge a-tú-tú ma-mu_ 31. A libation he offers, the priest of hand washing a libation offers.

32. _é-e ud-šă-ab-šú e-dam ud-šuš-šú e-dam_ 32. To the temple at mid-day go up! at sun-set go up.

33. _ud-da ne-sag-e šu-si-sá e-dam_ 33. Daily to direct the sacrifices go up!

34. _ud-da ù-gul-ma-ma šu-si-sá e-dam_ 34. Daily to direct the prayers go up!

35. _ud-da an dìm-me-ir mu-zu an-ni zu-zu-dam_ 35. Daily Anu merciful god(321) on high _proclaim_.

36. _d.__am-an-ki am urú-zi-ib-(ki) an-ni zu-zu-dam_ 36. The hero of heaven and earth, hero of the sacred city on high _proclaim_.

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37. _d.__en-lil mà-gùn_(_322_)_ __d.__en-lil gùn-uku-e gar-ma-an-zi-en_ 37. To Enlil let all the land, to Enlil let all the people hasten.

38. _an-ni a-ma-an-tú an-gù(?) an-ni a-ma-an-tú šă-ab ám-ma-ab-túg-e_
38. Unto heaven verily I will libate water, unto the _canopy_ of heaven,
unto heaven verily I will libate water. The heart I will
appease.

39. _im-ma-an-a-tú a ám-ma-ab-túg-e_ 39. I will pour out a libation, the father I will appease.

40. _d.__am-an-ki am urú-zí-ib-(ki) ám-ma-ab-túg-e_(_323_) 40. The hero of heaven and earth, the hero of the sacred city I will appease.

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COL. III

(Here began a melody of which ten lines at least are lost.)

11. _é-_....[_ta_ (=KL. 11 Obv. III 1)] 11.

12. _unugal(?)-da_....[_ta_ ] 12.

13. _dù-sag-áš_(_324_)_-ta_ [ ] 13.

14. _é-bi-tūr-ta __d._[ ] 14.

15. _éš è-bàr-ta_ [ ] 15.

16. _éš é-an-na-_[_ta_ ] 16.

17. _še-ib_ [ ] 17.

18-22 ... 18-22 ...

23. _é_ [ ] 23.

24. _dù_(?) [ ] 24.

25. ... 25.

26. _[mu-un-]túg-gà-ta_ [ ] 26. He has been pacified [ ]

27. _mu-un-túg-gà-ta_ [ ] 27. He has been pacified [ ]

28. _mu-un-túg-gà-ta_ [ ] 28. He has been pacified [ ]

29. _mu-un-túg-gà-ta šag __d._[ ] 29. He has been pacified, the heart of ... [has been pacified]

30. _mu-un-túg-gà-ta kur-gal __d.__m[u-ul-lil mu-un-túg-gà-ta]_ 30. He has been pacified, the great mountain [Enlil has been pacified]

31. _edin-na_ ? _-a erida (ki)-ta_ 31. In the ... plain of Eridu....(325)

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32. _a-ma-ru na-nam kur al-gul-gul_ 32. A tempest it is shattering the mountain.

33. _ù-mu-un-e e-ne-em-mà-ni a-ma-[ru na-nam]_ 33. The word of the lord is a tempest.

34. _šăb-bi e-lum-e a-ma-ru na-[nam]_ 34. The heart(326) of the exalted is a tempest.(327)

35. _šăb-bi __d.__mu-ul-lil a-ma-ru na-nam_ 35. The heart of Enlil is a tempest.

36. _ù-mu-un-na šag an-šú an ní-ne ba-ni-ib-gam-ma-[ne]_ 36. The heart of the lord is in heaven and the heavens waver of themselves.(328)

37. _d.__mu-ul-lil e-ne-em ki-šú ki ní sīg-ga-ni_ 37. The word of Enlil is on earth and the earth trembles of itself.

38. _e-ne-em-mà __d.__a-nun-na gil-li-em-eš-[a-ni]_(_329_) 38. The word which brings woe to the spirits of earth.

39. _e-ne-em-mà-ni a-zu nu-tuk šim-šar nu-[un- tuk]_ 39. His word a prophet has not; a magician it has not.

40. _e-ne-em-mà-ni a-ma-ru zi-ga gab-šu-gar nu-un-tuk_(_330_) 40. His word is an onrushing tempest, an adversary to oppose it has not.

(Here followed Obv. IV; eight or ten lines continued this melody to the word. Their contents were similar to SBP. 100, 49-57 ff.)

REVERSE III(331)

1. _sukkal-zid mu-dug-ga-sà-a_ [ ] 1. The faithful messenger, he called by a good name.

2. _dingir ga-še-dé a-be-in-si sag_ [ ] 2. The god who satiates with milk and grain, _sag_(332)....

3. _an-ki-bi-da im-mi-ib-ģun-gà_ 3. Heaven and earth it has pacified.

4. _ki-an-bi-da im-mi-ib-ģun-gà_ 4. Earth and heaven it pacified.

5. _ud é-kùr-ta kùr-gal __d.__mu-ul-lil [im-mi-ib-ģun-gà]_ 5. When in Ekur the great mountain Enlil it pacified,

6. _é-lam-ma_(_333_)_-ta ama-gal __d.__nin-lil im[-mi-ib-ģun-gà]_ 6. [When] in Elamma the great mother Ninlil it pacified,

7. _an-ni-gar-ra_(_334_)_-ta ereš_(_335_)_ __d.__mu-ul-[-lil im-mi-ib-ģun-gà]_ 7. In Annigarra the _consort (sister)_ of Enlil it pacified.

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8. _e-lum di-da-ra dé-en_(_336_)_ ga-ám-dúr_ 8. The exalted who walketh forth, where tarries he?(337)

9. _di-da-ra e-lum di-da-ra dé-en ga-ám-dúr_ 9. Who walketh forth, the exalted who walketh forth, where tarries he?

10. _ù-mu-un-e kur-kur-[ra-ge di-da-ra]_ 10. The lord of the lands, who walketh forth, where tarries he?

11. _[ù-mu-]un-e dúg-ga-zi-da di_ 11. The lord of faithful word, who etc.

12. _d.__mu-ul-lil a-a ka-nag-gà di_ 12. Enlil, father of the Land, who etc.

13. _sib sag-gíg-ga di_ 13. Shepherd of the dark-headed people, who etc.

14. _i-dé-duģ ní-te-na di_ 14. He of self-created vision, who etc.

15. _am erin-na sá-sá di_ 15. Hero that directs his hosts, who etc.

16. _ù-lul-la dúr-dúr di_ 16. He that sleeps the sleep of perversity, who etc.

17. _me-e bur-maģ-a kaš ga-an-na-ab nisak-ka_ 17. I in a great bowl will pour out wine to him.

18. _ama-gim dugud_(_338_)_-da da-mu-un-lal_ 18. I like a wild ox will bow down to the mighty one.(339)

19. _urú-zu al-gul-gul ga-an-na-ab-dúg_ 19. “Thy city is destroyed,” will I say to him.

20. _kenur é-nam-ti-la al_ 20. “Kenur and Enamtila are destroyed,” will I say to him.

21. _zimbir-(ki) é-bàr-ra al_ 21. “In Sippar Ebarra is destroyed,” etc.

22. _urú-zu tin-tir-(ki) al_ 22. “Thy city Babylon is destroyed,” etc.

23. _é-sag-ila bád-si-ab-ba-(ki) al_ 23. “Esagila and Barsippa are destroyed,” etc.

24. _é-zi-da é-maģ-ti-la al_ 24. “Ezida and Emahtila are destroyed,” etc.

25. _é-te-me-en-an-ki al_ 25. “Etemenanki is destroyed,” etc.

26. _é-dár-an-na al_(_340_) 26. “Edaranna is destroyed,” etc.

27. _gi-er-ra ba-mă ga-an-na-ab-dúg_(_341_) 27. “Wailing on the reed-flute ascends in her,”(342) will I say to him.

28. _ud ma-ra mu-un-zal-la-ta i-dé-a-ni nu-gub_ 28. When I am overjoyous in his presence may I not stand.

29. _d.__mu-ul-lil-li mu-un-zal-la-ta i-dé-[a-ni nu-gub i-dé-nam-mu-un-dŭ-ru]_ 29. As to Enlil when I am overjoyous in his presence may I not stand.

30. _d.__mu-ul-lil-li i-dé-a-ni nu-gub i-dé-nam-mu-un-dŭ-ru_ 30. In the presence of Enlil may I not stand; may he behold me not.

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31. _me-e ur-ri-mèn me-e kàs-mèn_(_343_) 31. I am a stranger and a fugitive.

32. _a è-ne al-dib a è-ne al-dib_ 32. The risen waters seized away; the risen waters seized away.

33. _[nin]-urú-ma ama-gal __d.__nin-lil-là [mèn]_ 33. Queen of city and house, great mother Ninlil am I.

34. _[__d.__a]-ru-ru SAL+KU __d.__mu-ul-lil-là [mèn]_ 34. Aruru, sister of Enlil I am.

35. _[nin?]ú-a gašan ni-ib-bur mèn_ 35. A _queenly_ caretaker, queen of Nippur I am.

36. _[gašan] azag-ga_(_344_)_ gašan ma-gí-a mèn_ 36. An holy queen, queen of the convent I am.

37. _ma ma-al-la-šú ma ma-al-la-šú_ 37. In the builded house, in the builded house,

38. _d.__mu-ul-lil [umun?] kúr-kúr-ra ma_ 38. Enlil [_lord_] of lands in the builded house,

39. _[ereš]-mu mu-un-til ma_ 39. My consort dwells not in the builded house.

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40. At the end of this column began a long titular melody.(345)

(Lines 1-11 of this melody, i. e., 40-51 on KL. 11, III, are supplied by Tablet Virolleaud, Rev. 1-11, and restores the entire section.)

REVERSE IV(?)

1. _d.__Mu-ul-lil-li dam-a-ni __d.__Nin-lil-li_ 1. Enlil and his consort Ninlil (we will pacify). (= Tab. Vir. Rev. 12.)

2. _An __d.__Uraša ki-še-gu-nu-e_(_346_) 2. Anu-Uraš _kisegunu_.

3. _d.__En-ki __d.__Nin-ki En-ul __d.__Nin-ul_ 3. Enki and Ninki, Enul and Ninul.

4. _d.__En-da-šurim-ma __d.__Nin-da-šurim-ma_ 4. Endašurimma, Nindašurimma.(347)

5. _d.__En-dù-azag-ga __d.__Nin-dù-azag-ga_(_348_) 5. The Lord of Duazag, the Queen of Duazag.

6. _ama __d.__Nin-lil a-a __d.__Mu-ul-lil_ 6. Mother Ninlil and father Enlil.

7. _d.__En-ut-til-_(_349_)_ __d.__En-me-en-šár-ra_(_350_) 7. Enuttilla and Enmenšarra.

8. _nin-zi-an-na_(_351_)_ ga-ša-an ģar-sag-gà_(_352_) 8. Ninzianna and Ninharsag.

9. _d.__Šul-pa-è_(_353_)_ en __giš__banšur-ra_ 9. Šulpae, lord of the sacrificial board.

10. _ama še-en-tùr_(_354_)_ dim-me-ir imin_ 10. Mother Šentur, (mother) of the seven gods.(355)

11. _ù-mu-un si_(_356_)_Nipru-(ki) ù-mu-un kalag-a_ 11. The lord _light_ of Nippur, mighty lord.

12. _gù-de-de_(_357_)_ ga-ša-an Nipru-(ki)_ 12. The loud crying, queen of Nippur.

13. _dingir dumu-sag_(_358_)_ __d.__ga-ša-an mu-un-ga-ra_ 13. Divine first born daughter, divine queen of treasures.

14. _d.__Nusku [á-]maģ dingir-gidim [é-kur-ra]_ 14. Nusku of mighty message, divine spirit of Ekur.

[15. _ama é-a-ge __d.__Sa-dár-nun-na_] [15. Mother of the temple, Sadar-nunna.]

[16. _d.__Še-ra-aģ gidim é-šar-ra_] [16. Šerah spirit of Ešarra.]

[17. _lamma-šág-ga me-lam-an-na_] [17. The propitious spirit whose splendor is supreme.]

18. _dumu [sukkal-gal __d.__Nannar __d.__Zuen-na_ 18. The son, [great messenger, Nannar-Sin.]

19. _d.__En-[nu-NUNUZ-zi __d.__Nannar_(_359_)_ dam __d.__Nannar-ge]_ 19. Zir [spouse of Nannar].

20. _nu-banda-[maģ __d.__Mu-ul-lil-la-zi-ge]_ 20. [The august] prefect, [divine Enlilzi](360)

21. _d.__[En]-bu-[ul-e dumu é-sab-ba]_ 21. [Enbul son of Ešabba.]

22. _šul-a[n-na umun ģar-sag-ģal-ge]_ 22. Hero of [heaven, lord of the great mountain.]

23. _d.__ga-ša-[an-gal-e ama-an-na-ge]_ 23. Ningal [heavenly mother.]

24. _d.__ga-ša-[an an-na áš-ni-gi-ge_(_361_)] 24. The queen of heaven [who alone is strong.]

25. _mu-ud-[na-ni __d.__Ama-ušum-gal-an-na]_ 25. Her husband [Tammuz.]

26. _ama ù-[mu-un-na gašan sun-]na_ 26. The mother of the lord,(362) Ninsun.

27. _ù-[mu-un banda ù-mu-un èš-]nun-na_ 27. Lugalbanda lord of Ešnunak.

28. _é-rib an-na mu-tin-an-na_ 28. The heavenly sister-in-law, Geštinanna.(363)

(Here supply twenty-eight lines = SBP 154, 24-156, 51.)

REVERSE V(?)

1. _d.__En-á-nun ama gù-an-ni-si_ 1. Enanun mother of loud weeping.(364)

2. _d.__NINDA + GUD_(_365_)_ amar zag-gi-ra_(_366_) 2. Ninda-Gud, the radiant son.

3. _d.__Sú-nir-da_(_367_)_ en šul-mé-ra_ 3. Šunirda, queen, heroine of battle.

4. _dumu-šág-ga ga-ša-an kár_(_368_)_-nun-na-ra_ 4. The pious daughter, Ninkar-nunna.(369)

5. _ga-ša-an dig-ga dingir-lum-ma_(_370_)_ ur-sag_ 5. Queen(?) of the dead, Lumma the heroic.

6. _ù-mu-un uru_(_371_)_-gal ù-mu-un é_(_372_)_-gid-da_ 6. Lord of the grave, lord of the seizing hand.

7. _d.__Ir_(_373_)_-ra-gal kú-a-nu-si-ra_(_374_) 7. Great Girra, hero unopposable.

8. _lamma-šág-ga sil-gig edin-na_ 8. The good genius of the dark ways of the plain.(375)

9. _d.__Nin-sîg-ge __d.__Guškin-banda-ra_ 9. Ninsig Guškinbanda,

10. _ù-mu-un nig-nam-ma-ge ḪU_(_376_)_-kur-kur_(_377_) 10. Lord of whatsoever is, the sculptured form.

11. _sal-si_(_378_)_-a __d.__Ba-ú_(_379_)_-šág-ga_ 11. The earth woman, beneficent Bau.

12. _ù-mu-un né me en_(_380_)_ ga-ša-an abzu_ 12. Lord of might, lord of decrees, priest of the deep.(381)

13. _d.__Ašnan __d.__Azag-sug_(_382_)_ mun-galu_(_383_)_-sal-sal_ 13. Ašnan the divine cleanser, the ... loud crying.

14. _[ù-mu-un] sa-a_(_384_)_ ki-sá_(_385_)_ dumu nun-ra_ 14. Lord of light, director of the earth, and the daughter of the prince.(386)

15. _[gidim uru-]ma ur sag-imin_ 15. The demon of my city the dog of seven heads.

16. _[__d.__Gi-bil mu- ? ?]-na_(_387_)_ mu-ten ur-sag_ 16. Gibil ... warlike man.

17. _[__d.__Ut-ta-ed-dé mu-lu] ki-azag-ga_ 17. Uttaedde lord of the holy place.

18. _[umun ma-da sub-be an-na ]_ 18. [Lord of the land, light of heaven.](388)

19. [_umun á-zu umun e_(_389_)_-gid-da_ ] 19. [Lord Nergal, him of the seizing hand.]

20. [_ga-ša-an-né-da umun mu-zi-da_] 20. [Allat and Ningišzida](390)

21. [ ] _dū-a_ 21. [ ]

22. [ ]_-ga_ 22. [ ](391)

23. _[__d.__Ir-ri-eš ur-sag ga-ša]-an-subur_ 23. [Irriš, the heroic] lord of the soil.

24. [_dingir ama é-uru-sag-gà gašan tin-dib-ba_] 24. [The divine mother of the temple of the chief city(392) queen who gives life to the dead.]

25. _[sag-gà an-na gašan] Í-si-in-na_ 25. The lofty browed queen of Isin.

26. _[__d.__Pa-bil-sag ù-mu-]un La-ra-ag-ga_ 26. Pabil-sag(393) lord of Larak.

27. _[__d.__Gu-nu-ra dim-gal] kalam-ma_ 27. Gunura bar of the Land.

28. _[__d.__Da-mu šág-ga ù-]mu-un gir-su-a_ 28. The pious Damu lord of the flood.(394)

29. _[__d.__Immer ù-mu-un] ní-dŭ-an-na_ 29. Immer lord of terror.(395)

30. [ ] _íd-da-ra_ 30. ... the river.(396)

31. _[ù-mu-un ši ka-nag-]gà ši kur-kur-ra_ 31. Lord of the souls of Sumer, of the souls of the lands.

32. _[__d.__Sú-ud-da-am du-mu nun-na ama é-]šab-ba_ 32. Suddam, daughter of the prince, mother of Ešabba.

About twenty-four lines completed this column and ended the liturgy. The void is to be completed by part of the titular litany, SBP. 160, 19-164, 38, and by a short intercession similar to the fragmentary intercession at the end of KL. No. 8. It is possible that the eleventh and last section on Tablet Virolleaud was retained as the final melody of this later redaction.

REVERSE OF TABLET VIROLLEAUD (THE TITULAR LITANY)

1. _é-e sub-da sub-da [mu-un-laģ-en-ne-en]_
To the temple with prayer, with prayer let us go.(397)

2. _balag_(_398_)_ é-e dirig sub-da [mu-un-laģ-en-ne-en]_
To the lyre unto the temple which surpasses all let us go.

3. _balag nigin-na-e sub-da __d.__Mu-[ul-lil-ra mu-un]_
To the lyre unto the merciful one with prayer, [unto Enlil,]

4. _balag dîm-me-ir mu-lu sub-da __d.__Mu-ul-[lil-ra mu-un]_
To the lyre unto god, the lord, with prayer, unto Enlil [let us go].

5. _dîm-me-ir lu-gă-lu-ne-en sub-da mu-un-laģ-en-[ne-en]_
Unto him who is god of his people with prayer let us go.

6. _me-en-ne é-e tùb a-ra-zu-a mu-un-laģ-en-ne-[en]_
We “Oh temple repose” in prayer come.

7. _me-en-ne ki-e tùb a-ra-zu-a mu-un-laģ-(en)-ne-en __d.__Mu-[ul-lil-ra]_
We “Oh earth repose” in prayer come, unto Enlil (come).

8. _ù-mu-un šă-ab tùb-e-da in-gà_(_399_)_-laģ-(en)-ne-en
__d.__Mu-[ul-lil-ra]_
To pacify the heart of the lord behold we come unto Enlil.

9. _šă-ab ģun-gà bar ģun-gà-da in-gà-laģ-ne-en __d.__Mu-[ul-lil-ra]_
To pacify the heart, to pacify the soul, behold we come to Enlil.

10. _me-en-ne šă-ab ù-mu-un-na mu-un-tùb-(en)-ne-en __d.__Mu-[ul-lil]_
We will pacify the heart of the lord, yea of Enlil.

11. _šă-ab an-na šă-ab __d.__Mu-ul-lil-lá mu-un-tub-(en)-ne-en_
The heart of Anu and the heart of Enlil we will pacify.

12. _d.__Mu-ul-lil-lá dam-a-ni ... __d.__Nin-lil-lá_
[The heart of] Enlil and his wife Ninlil [we will pacify.]

13. _d.__En-ki __d.__Nin-ki __d.__En-mul __d.__Nin-mul_(_400_)
The heart of Enki, Ninki, Enmul and Ninmul [we will pacify.]

14. _i-lu a-di ig-ga-am-ma-ru_
A god until they are finished.(401)

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_ki-šub-gú 10-kam-ma_(_402_)
The tenth strophe.

(The Recessional)

15. _ù-mu-un-mu za-e babbar_(_403_)_ uru-mà ur-sag-gà me-en_
My lord thou art, light of my city, a hero thou art.

16. _šùb-bi-mu ù-mu-un kalag-a ur-sag-gà me-en_
My illumination, oh valiant lord, a hero thou art.

17. _ù-mu-un kalag-a ur-sag-gà me-en kalag-ga-na me-en_
Oh valiant lord, a hero thou art, its(404) defender thou art.

18. _d.__Babbar-gim za-e ? en-na an-ni tur-tur-ne-[en]_
Like Shamash thou art ... into heaven enters.

19. _d.__Nannar-gim ki dumu-zu an-na(?)_(_405_)_ na-an-gir-ri-[ne-en]_
Like Nannar where thy son(406) in heaven hastens.

20. _ù-mu-un-mu enem-zu galu-ra_(_407_)_ na-an-na-ab-zí-[em]_
My lord thy word on man has fallen.

21. _enem-zu galu ki_(_408_)_-kal-ra na-an-na-ab-zí-[em_]
Thy word on him of the foreign land has fallen.

22. _enem-zu galu en-na nu-šeg-ra na-an-na-ab-zí-[em_]
Thy word on men as many as are not obedient has fallen.

23. _ù-mu-un-mu uru-zu-a è-ni a-sar-sar-ra_(_409_)
My lord _beneficent_ waters in thy city cause to spring forth.

24. _a-a__d.__ Mu-ul-lil ki-bur-ta-bur-ta uru-zu-a è-ni_
Father Enlil ... in thy city cause to come forth.

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_ki-šub-gù_ 11_-kam-ma_
The eleventh strophe.

25. _sub-bi še-ib è-kur-ra-ta ki-na gí-gí-ra_.
A prayer for the brick walls of Ekur, that it return to its place.

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_ki-šú-bi-im_
A song of supplication.

26. _al-tíl e-lum gud-sun_
It is finished, the series “Exalted, bull that overwhelms.”

EARLY FORM OF THE SERIES _D.__BABBAR-GIM-È-TA_ 11359 (MYHRMAN NO. 8)

Ni. 11359, published by MYHRMAN, PBS. I. No. 8, is the left upper corner of a large four column tablet. It contained a series of _ki-šub_ melodies which formed the prototype of the later Enlil series of which three tablets have been edited by the writer, see _Sumerian Liturgical Texts_ 167. It stands to the completed series as the similar tablet of the _e-lum gud-sun_ series, Tablet Virolleaud, is related to its completed canonical form in ZIMMERN, KL. 11. Both Ni. 11359 and Tablet Virolleaud show the evolution of two great Enlil liturgies arrested midway in their evolution. They still consist of unmethodically joined melodies. Both have the same rubric at the end. The first melody of _d.__Babbar-gim-è-ta_ after line four agrees with the first melody of the Enlil series _zi-bu-ù sud-du-ám_ in ZIMMERN, KL. 8 and 9 after line five of that series. A duplicate will be found in BL. pp. 37-39, which see for critical notes on the reconstructed text.

OBVERSE 1

1. _d.__Babbar-gim è-ta_ [ ] 1. Like the sun-god arise ...

2. _ù-mu-un gan_ ... 2. Oh lord ...

3. _a-a __d.__Mu-ul-lil ù-[mu-un kur-kur-ra_ 3. Father Enlil, lord of the lands.

4. _d.__Mu-ul-lil ù-mu-[un dúg-ga-zi-da_] 4. Enlil lord of faithful word.

5. _am-ná-a gud-dé sīg-gan-nu-di_ 5. Crouching wild ox, bull that rests not.(410)

6. _d.__Mu-ul-lil dam-kar-[ra ki-dagar-ra]_ 6. Enlil herdsman of the wide earth.

7. _ù-mu-un mu erin-na-[ni sag-ma-al ki_] 7. Lord who _summons_ his toilers, recorder of the earth.

8. _ù-mu-un iá erin-a-[ni ga-eri-ám da-]ma-[la]_ 8. Lord who causes to abound oil for his toilers, milk for the newly born.(411)

9. _ù-mu-un ki-dúr-a-ni [uru ir-ir]_ 9. Lord whose abode is the city of weeping.

10. _ki-ná-a-ni á-ág-[gà-e gal-zu]_ 10. In whose chamber oracles are interpreted.

11. _a-a __d.__Mu-ul-lil uru-[ta Nibru-ki]_ 11. Father Enlil in (thy) city Nippur.

12. _é-kur é-šag-gi-pad-da-ta_ 12. In Ekur temple of (thy) heart’s choice.

13. _gi-gun-na giš-tir-šim [__giš__ erin-na-ta_ 13. In the great dark chamber of odorous forest and cedar.

14. [ _] Šeš-dū-a-ka šeš-mul [... ta]_ 14. In ...,

15. [ _]si-ra é-ŭ-[di- ta ]_ 15. In ... the house of vision,

16. _[ ]lu é babbar nu-[zu-ta_] 16. In ... house which knows the sunlight not,

17. _[é]-gi-dim-dim-ma i-dé [nu-bar-ri-ta]_ 17. In the house of the “reed of _sorrow_,” which eye beholds not,

18. _[ ]maģ dug-li duģ-[duģ-ta]_ 18. In the great ... causing prosperity to abound,

19. _[é(?)]-ku-a __giš__ik-[ku-igi-lal-a-ta]_ 19. In _Ekua_ gate of the lifting of the eyes,

20. [ _]-silim-ma mu-mar [mar-ra-ta_] 20.

...

REVERSE II

...

21. _sub-bi še-ib é-[kur-ra-ta?] ki-na-an-gí-gí-ra_(_412_) 21. Prayer for the brick walls of _Ekur_ that it be restored to its place.

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22. _ki-šù-bi-im_ 22. It is a service of prostrations.

LITURGY OF THE CULT OF KES (NIPPUR FRAGMENTS AND ASHMOLEAN PRISM.)