The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.1.7.6

How grain came to Sumer

1.	uĝ₃-e udu-gin₇ u₂ ka-ba mu-ni-ib-«ni»-[gu₇]
2.	ud re-a ^dezina₂ še gu nu-[zu]
3.	an-ne₂ an-šag₄-ta im-da-an-ed₃-de₃
4.	^den-lil₂-le a₂(source: DA) taraḫ-gin₇ ḫur-saĝ galam X-da ed₃-de₃ igi mi-ni-ib-il₂-il₂-i
5.	igi-ni sig-še₃ mu-un-il₂ a-ab-ba sug₄-ga-am₃
6.	igi-nim-še₃ mu-un-il₂ kur šim ^ĝišerin-na-kam
7.	^den-lil₂-le še in-/dub\ kur-re ba-an-šum₂
8.	ḫe₂-ĝal₂ kalam-ma-ke₄ in-X kur in-/nu-ḫa\ X /im-ma\-an-/šum₂\
9.	ḫur-saĝ ĝal₂ /da₁₃-da₁₃\ igi ba-ni-in-tab-tab
10.	^ĝišsaĝ-kul-bi /an\ ki X […]
11.	^ĝišsuḫub_x(ŠU.EŠ.DI)-bi […] X […]
12.	AN […] MA X ĜAR […] im^?-mi-in-[…]
13.	ud-ba ^dnin-a-zu X /KA\ […]
14.	šeš-a-ni ^dnin-ma-/da-ra\ /gu₃\ [mu-na-de₂-e]
15.	kur-še₃ ga-e-re₇-en-de₃-/en\ […]
16.	kur še gu mu₂-mu₂ X […]
17.	/id₂\ ḫal-ḫal a ki-ta DU.DU X (on upper edge, possibly a continuation of the line:) AM^? MA^? X X X
18.	[še kur-ba ga]-am₃-/ta\-[ab-ed₃-en-de₃-en]
19.	in-[nu-ḫa] [ki]-en-gi X [X] /X\ […]
20.	ki-en-gi še nu-zu še gi-bi₂-[…]
21.	^dnin-ma-da šudu₃ an-na-ke₄ [mu-na-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄]
22.	niĝ₂ a-a-me nu-mu-un-dug₄-/ga\ […]
23.	niĝ₂ ^den-lil₂-le nu-mu-un-/dug₄-ga\ […]
24.	a-na-gin₇-nam kur-še₃ i₃-sub₂-be₂-en-/de₃\-[en]
25.	še kur-ba a-/na\-gin₇-/nam\ im-ta-/ab\-ed₃-de₃-en-/de₃\-[en]
26.	in-nu-ḫa /ki-en\-gi a-na-gin₇-[nam] im-ma-ni-ib-kur₉-en-de₃-en
27.	ki-en-gi še nu-zu /a-na-gin₇\-nam im-bi₂-ib-zu-/zu-un\-de₃-/en\
28.	ĝen-na ^dutu an-na ga-ba-ni-[re₇]-/en-de₃-en\
29.	lu₂ ba-nu₂-a lu₂ ba-nu₂-a /u₃-sa₂ ku-ku\-nam
30.	ur-saĝ dumu ^dnin-gal lu₂ ba^!-nu₂-a u₃-sa₂ ku-ku-nam
31.	^dutu ^ĝišig 70-am₃ šu mu-na-an-zig₃
32.	^dutu ^ĝiš/banšur^?\ AŠ KI

Print sources

Bottéro and Kramer 1989, p. 515-516: translation, commentary

Bruschweiler 1987, p. 54-56: composite text, translation, commentary

Römer 1993a, p. 360-363: translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Black 1997c: composite text, translation

Krecher 1996a: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

HS 1518 (TMH NF 3 5; WK 15)

Sb 12518

Revision history

16.ii.1998-19.ii.1998: GZ, editor: standardisation
23.ii.1998: JAB, editor: proofreading
12.ii.1999: GZ, editor: minor corrections
12.ii.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
12.iii.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
15.v.2002: RH, editor: adding tablets
12.iii.1999: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published