Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian (ca. 2100 BCE)
Source: Sumerian Liturgical Texts, By Stephen Langdon, 1917
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OBVERSE COLUMN II
1. ….. awe Ur-Engur …..
2. ….. in his palace he lies.
3. The lord, my beloved, turns not back the breast.
4. In ….. he lies, the bridal chamber he occupies.
5. ….. Raging ….. like …..
6. ….. Like ….. is long, whose limbs …..
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14. ….. thou standest; that day was not …..
I 5. …..
16. ….. which he loves, his understanding is changed
17. Their…..they altered.
18. ….. of Ur-Engur like one that drinks milk they bestowed.
19. ….. his, like ….. grandly he mounted.
20. …. .ceases not; whose thoughts are unattainable, thou art.
21. Ur-Engur! I will praise.
22. …..
23. Ninsun with comforting words walked with him.
24. Those whom he plundered followed with him in tears.
25. ….. in a place which was unknown his ships were known.”
26. ….. was severed.
27. Oars of cedar its wealth to Guedin brought
28. In Guedin(?), it was heaped up, and its exchange value was fixed.
29. ….. was made, in lessive was washed (?)
30. ….. at that time brought with him the gifts of Kish(?)
31. ….. of the Land rebelled; the foe showed himself hostile to the Land.
32. ….. he was hurled down.
33. The chariot was overthrown, the expedition'” was annihilated, but he was not captured.
34. ….. the chariot was overthrown, the expedition was annihilated, but he was not captured.
35. The seven foreign lands gave presents.
36. ….. whom he slew
37. ….. priestess of the dead on the earth caused to repose.
38. ….. at thy name terror in the land of the stranger produced.
39. ….. eat; the sheep become fat.
40. In ….. they dwell.
41. An high priest he is, mountainlike might, an high priest he is.
42. ….. of the mountain.
43. ….. his heart knows.
OBVERSE COLUMN III
1. The king freewill offerings of the mountains brought as sacrifice.
2. Ur-Engur freewill offerings of the mountains brought as sacrifice.
3. Sleek oxen, sleek kids, fat sheep, as many as he had brought,
4. A “death dealing weapon” of marble, a quiver, a KAKSIR, a sword with sharp edge,
5. A variegated leather pouch which.. ….
6. to Nergal, the Enlil of the mountains
7. The shepherd Ur-Engur in his palace offered.
8. A bow, ….. smiter of battle, the imib-weapon, panther of Anu,
9. ….. that treads the ….. , strength of heroism,
10. To ….. beloved of Erishkigal,
11. Gilgamish, lord of the mountain
12. The shepherd Ur-Engur in his palace offered.
13. A copper(?)-KESDA, into which oil is poured, a well-made stone ointment bowl,
14. A long ….. garment, a “royal garment,” for the royalty,
15. of the temple that glorifies the decrees of the world,
16. Unto Nin-sun …..
17. The shepherd [Ur-Engur in his palace offered.]
18. …..
19. A pure staff ….. lazuli …..
20. which is worthy of Tammuz the beloved of lnnini,
21. The shepherd, Ur-Engur, in his palace offered.
22. A beautiful gilsa, a sacred KESH whose skiff. ….
23. Of pure porphyry, that which is appropriate to the gods,
24. To Namtar lord of fates,
25. The shepherd, Ur-Engur, in his palace offered.
26. A tablet of lazuli.. . .of the fate of Arallu,
27. A Kesda-azag fashioned of porphyry, whose wood …..
28. To Rusbisag, consort of the god of fates,
29. The shepherd Ur-Engur in his palace offered.
30. A wagon ….. with golden ….. covered(?),
31. …..
32. …..
33. To the shepherd, the pastor, who …..
34. The mighty, the valiant Ningiszida,
35. The shepherd Ur-Engur in his palace offered.
36. A tablet of lazuli attached to a handle,
37. A SAR-DI-DA of gold and silver, which is exceedingly brilliant,
38. For Nannar sacred disks to stand at his side.. …..
39. A headdress for the great sage, the learned, of marble,
40. A stylus of bronze, instrument of the art of writing,
41. …. .a rod measuring reed (made of ….. )
42.
43.
OBVERSE COLUMN IV
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5. [The shepherd the ….. ] of the lands directed.
6. [Ur-Engur, the shepherd, the ….. ] of the lands directed.
7. [By the command of the lord] of Arallu he directed.
8. [By the command ….. ] of ….. he directed
9. Ur-Engur who ….. the lands pacified, directed.
10. The foreign lands which paid him obeisance he directed.
11. By the injunctions of Ereshkigal,
12. The ….. men as many as …..
13. The wicked men as many as …..
14. Whom into the hand of the king they gave,
15. Ur-Engur to their place ….. them.
16. For his beloved brother Gilgamish,
17. That one, who to bless his land, rendered judgment for his land,
18. When the seventh day and the tenth dawned,
19. My king the lamentations of Sumer ….. commanded.
20. Ur-Engur the lamentations of Sumer ….. commanded.
21. The wall of Ur which had become old,
22. The palace which by fire was ….. and was seen no more, …..
23. The shepherd whose home by ….. had been plundered(?),
24. Whose wife to his bosom ….. one had not restored.
25. Whose son grew not up on his knees,
26. …..
27. …..
28. The faithful shepherd, wailing and lament in fear …..
29. As for me whatsoever I have made,
30. To the gods verily I erected, and …..
31. To the Anunnaki whom with riches I have glorified,
32. A bed of lazuli whose couch with a precious work I constructed,
33. Like heaven and earth constructed, with a covering like the stars I made bright.
34. A ….. am I, whatsoever (was revealed to me) by favorable omen this I made beautiful like heaven for them.
35. …..
36. …..
37. …..
38. …..
39. Of my faithful wife whom I had known,
40. (Her) heart of bitter sorrows I made glad.
OBVERSE COLUMN V
7. …..
8. The heart of bitter sorrow I made glad.
9. ….. stood aside.
10. ….. upon his head not did he ……
11. ….. his mighty arm upon his head not did he lay.
12. ….. the lord Sin ….. not.
13. ….. of Eridu caused to go far away.
14. ….. fixed and revoked not?
15. …..