The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtranslation : t.2.5.1.2

Išbi-Erra and Kindattu (Išbi-Erra B)

Segment A

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1-7.
1 line fragmentary …… to introduce ……. At left and right was a crouching lion, ……. …… at the command of Enlil. …… to reduce the city to ruin-mounds. He determined ……; …… Enlil is its ally!

8. 1st kirugu.

9-10. Enlil …… went forth …….
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Segment B

1-10.
1 line fragmentary He gave him ……, not implementing his strength. …… in princely style ……. He approached the enemy like a snake spitting venom and gall. He wiped …… in the …… of Sumer. …… Larsam, …… in the plain of Urim. …… great …… did not escape his power. The great mass of the enemy ……. Išbi-Erra …….
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11-15. He fell ……
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Segment C

1-13. With the city ……. …… Marḫaši ……. …… the foreign lands ……. From Bašimi by the edge of the sea …… to the edge of Zabšali ……, and from Arawa, the bolt of Elam …… to the edge of Marḫaši ……. Kindattu, the man of Elam, ……. …… Isin, the great spindle of heaven and earth. The king's battle did not ……. The battle of Elam …… Sumer. …… by the edge of the sea. …… the land of Ḫuḫnuri. …… the wild animals and four-footed ……. The king …… in the battle.

14. 2nd kirugu.

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Segment D

1-5. …… a great chariot. The king …… Isin. …… a just verdict. Išbi-Erra …….
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10-14. Enlil ……. The people ……. Like small birds, …… the barley. …… the orchards.
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Segment E

1-9.
1 line fragmentary …… to return ……. He put its gold and precious belongings into sacks. As for Zinnum, who escaped from them, Enki is their maškim. He was fed at the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris and the Kir-sig and Kiš watercourses. He died of thirst, persecuted by ghosts in the dry desert. The news was brought to Kindattu, the man of Elam. Anšan cried out to Šimaški, and he approached the mountains. He addressed the assembly of his army.

10. 3rd kirugu.

11-12. Enlil has endowed my Išbi-Erra, the cultivator, with great strength …….

13. Its ĝišgiĝal.

14-15. …… Enlil …… Ninlil …….
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Segment F

1-10.
10 lines fragmentary
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Revision history

28.viii.1998-03.ix.1998: JAB, editor: adapting translation
16.xii.1998: GZ, editor: proofreading
25.xi.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
10.iii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
10.iii.2000: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion