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nad-a1 (17) ses-rnu dingirnin-gir_:m
ga-narn-me-ám (18) és é-ninnü-na
dü-ba za-m ma-m-an-dúg (19) ba/;­
bar !ti-sar-ra ma-m-ta-e-a (20) din­
gir-zu dingirnin-gis-zid-da babbar­
dim Id-sa-ra ma-ra-da-ra-ta-e (21)
!ti-el sag-ya e !ti-(finda mu-aga (22¡
gi-dub-ba azad-dé-[a] su-ne-dug-a
(23) dub mul-dug-ga ne-gál-la"a
(24) ad im-da-gí-a (25) SAL + KU­
mu dingirnidaba ga-nam-me-ám.
(1) é-a dü-ba mul azag-ba (2) gú-ma-ra­
a-de (3) min-!tam-ma ur-sag-ám á­
mu-gúr (4) li-um zagin su-ne-dug-a
(5) dingirnin_dub_kam é-a gis-gar­
ba 2 irn-mi-s'tg-s'{g-gi (6) igi-zu-su
dussu azag gllb-ba á-sub azag si-sa­
a (7) síg nam-tar-ret á-sub-ba gál­
la (8) sig-zid é-ninnü ga-nam-me­
ám (9) a-am zid-da igi-zu gub-ba
(10) ti-BU-(musen) gulu-a ud-mi­
ni-ib-zal-a-sú (11) é dü-dé igi-zu á·
dug-ga nu-si-tur-tur.
(12) dÚ,.3 á-zi-da lugal-mg-[jc ki-ma-ra­
gür-[jIÍI'-a-sú í13)zi-mc é-ninnü [SúJ ...
dím ki-im-si-gür-e (14) na-ya-ri na­
rig-mu gen-KU (15) gir-zu-(hi) é-sag
!ti sir-bur-la·(ki)-sú g'tr-z1l ki-ni-ne-
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at whose right and at whose left a
panther lay, (17) verily my brother
Ningirsu it is. (18) Thee he has
commanded the building of the abode
of his Eninnu. (19) The sun which
arose from the world (20) is thy god
Ningiszic1da; like the sun from the
world he arose for thee. (21) The
maiden who_ .. mac1e, (22) who in
her hand helc1 the sacred sty lus,
(23) who possessed the tablet of the
favorable starB, (24) who counselIed
with herself, (25)verily it is my sister
Nidaba.
(1) By the bright star she (2) announced
unto thee the building 01 the temple.
(3) In the second place there is the
strong man ... (4) who held in his
hand a plate of lapis lazuli; 15) it
is the god Nindub. He fixes for
thee the plan of the temple. (6) The
sacred bead-basket which wasplaced
belore thee, the sacred mould which
was arranged, (7) the brick of late
which was in the mould, (8) verily
the holy brick of Eninnu it is. (9)
As for the holy... placed before
thee (10) in which the bird ... brings
the light of dawn to men, (11) (it
means) pleasant things shall not prevent
thee from building the temple.
(12) As for the ass which crouched at the
side of thy lord, (13) it is thee ; - in
Eninnu - Jike ... thou crouehest.
(14) May mason provide my purification.
(15) In Girsu in the sanc-
1. § 223. The text has here sa REC. 35, evidently an error.
2. Sic! we eX¡Ject bi, cL 5,4. Possibly a case of vowel harmony.
3. ansu-dun.