Temple inscription of Rîm-Sin
The original of this text is engraved on a stone of the form of a clay tablet, with plane recto and concave verso side. Height: 13.7 cm; width: 6.5 cm; thickness: 3.2 cm. It is an inscription by Rîm-Sin, king of Larsa (-1,822 – -1,763). Gaps have been completed after an existent duplicate. Source: Muscarella 1981:110.
Recto:
| 1 | diŋir inanna | ni[n | gú_sag] |
| Inanna | nin | gúsag |
| Inanna(DAT) | mistress | supreme |
| ‘To Inanna, the supreme mistress,’ |
| 2 | me_kilib_ba | d[u10_gala7] |
| mekilib-a | dugal-a |
| force-LOC | divine-LOC |
| ‘by her divine force’ |
| 3 | á_ág_gá | kalama | šu_[dab5_bé] |
| ag-a | kalam-a | su-dab-e |
| love-REL | country-LOC | capture-- |
| ‘beloved, who reigns over the country,’ |
| 4 | ⌈dumu⌉ | ga[l] | ⌈diŋir⌉[E]N.ZU_n[a] |
| dumu | gal | Sin-a |
| child | great | Sin-DAT |
| ‘to Sin's great daughter’ |
| 5 | nin_a_[ne_n]e_er |
| nin-anene-r |
| mistress-POSS.3.PL-DAT |
| ‘their mistress,’ |
| 6 | ku_du_ur_ma_bu_uk |
| Kudurmabuk |
| Kudurmabuk |
| ‘Kudurmabuk,’ |
| 7 | ad_da | e_mu_ut_ba_la |
| ada | Emutbala |
| patriarch | Emutbala |
| ‘patriarch of Emutbal,’ |
| 8 | dumu | si_im_ti_ši_il_ha_ak |
| dumu | Simtišilhak |
| child | Simtišilhak |
| ‘son of Simtišilhak,’ |
| 9 | ù | ri_im_ | diŋir[E]N.ZU | dumu_ni |
| u | Rîm | Sin | dumu-ni |
| and | Rîm | Sin | child-POSS.3.SG.HUM |
| ‘and Rîm-Sin, his son,’ |
| 10 | nun | ní_tuku | nibruki |
| nun | ni-tuku | Nibru |
| prince | _-honor | Nippur |
| ‘the prince who honors Nippur’ |
| 11 | ú_a | uri2ki_ma |
| u | -a | Uri-ma |
| and | _ | Ur-LOC? |
| ‘and cares for Ur,’ |
| 12 | lugal | larsaki_ma |
| lugal | Larsa-ma |
| king | Larsa-LOC? |
| ‘king of Larsa,’ |
| 13 | lugal | ki_en_gi | ki_uri_ke4 |
| lugal | Kengi | Kiurik-e |
| king | Sumer | Akkad-ERG |
| ‘king of Sumer and Akkad,’ |
| 14 | é_me_ur4_[ur4] |
| Emeurur |
| Emeurur |
| ‘(the temple of) Emeurur,’ |
| 15 | [ki_tuš | k]i | ág_gá_ni |
| ki-tuš | ki | ag-a-ni |
| place-live | place | love-REL-POSS.3.SG.AN |
| ‘her beloved domicile,’ |
Verso:
| 16 | [nam_t]i_la_ne_ne_šè |
| nam-ti-lanene-še |
| ABSTR-live-POSS.3.PL-TERM |
| ‘for their (long) life’ |
| 17 | [mu]_na_du_uš |
| mu-na-du-š |
| ABS.3-IO.3.SG.HUM-build-PL |
| ‘they built this temple for her.’ |
| 18 | [sa]g_bi | mu_ni_in_íl_i[š] |
| saŋ-bi | mu-ni-n-ili-š |
| head-POSS.3.SG.INAN | ABS.3.SG-upon-ERG.3.PL-erect-PL |
| ‘They made its top high;’ |
| 19 | hur_sag_gim | bí_in_mú_uš |
| hursag-gin | bi-n-mu-š |
| mountain-EQUAT | ABS.3.SG-ERG.3.PL-make.grow-PL |
| ‘like a mountain they made it grow.’ |
| 20 | nam_bi_šè |
| nam-bi-še |
| ABSTR-POSS.3.INAN-TERM |
| ‘Therefore’ |
| 21 | diŋir inanna | nin | an | ki_ke4 |
| Inanna | nin | an | kike |
| Inanna | mistress | heaven | earth |
| ‘Inanna, mistress of heaven and earth,’ |
| 22 | ù_mu_ne_húl |
| u-mu-ne-hul |
| about-them-delight |
| ‘may delight about them’ |
| 23 | nam_ti_u4_mah_ba |
| nam-ti | umahba |
| ABSTR-live | august.days |
| ‘and a life of august days,’ |
| 24 | mu_sù_du |
| mu | sudu |
| year | long |
| ‘long years’ |
| 25 | bala | ge_na |
| bala | gena |
| turn.of.office | |
| ‘of a constant government’ |
| 26 | KA | kalama | teš_a |
sì_ge5 |
| | kalam-a | teš-a | sìge |
| country-LOC | unity-LOC | $ |
| ‘and of concord in the country (of Sumer),’ |
| 27 | nam_lugal | du_r_šè_aka_dè |
| nam-lugal | du-ri-še-aka$ |
| ABSTR-king | may.they.have |
| ‘an eternal kingdom may they have’ |
| 28 | mu_ru_ub | diŋir | gal_g[al_]e_n[e_ta] |
| murub | diŋir | gal-gal-ene-da |
| middle | god | great-RED-3.PL-COMIT |
| ‘amidst of the great gods’ |
| 29 | nam | hé_[en_ne_eb2_tar_re |
| nam | heneb-tar-e |
| fate | for.them-decree-may.she |
| ‘may she decree for them as their fate.’ |