Nippur Temple List


Obverse
	Lacuna
1'1'	[é-ku-ú]-ru	⸢a-šar šá⸣-ri-kát ⸢ba⸣-[la-ṭi]	[Ekuu]ru	Place of She who gives l[ife]
2'2'	[é]-⸢ki-ùr⸣	áš-ru na-ak-[lu]	[E]k[iu]r	Intrica[te] Place
3'3'	[é]-ki-ùr	áš-ru el-[lu]	[E]kiur	Pu[re] Place
4'4'	[é]-ki-ùr	É^ḫe-^pí	[E]kiur	House ...
5'5'	[é]-ki-ur₄	É ḫa-am-mu-[ti]	[E]kiur	Bedro[om]
6'6'	⸢é⸣-ki-ú-ru	a-šar ba-la-ṭu i-ziq-[qu^?]	Ekiuru	Place where life blo[ws]
7'7'	⸢é⸣-ki-ú-ru	a-šar šá-ri-kát ba-la-[ṭi]	Ekiuru	Place of She who bestows li[fe]
8'8'	⸢é⸣-ki-ú-ru	a-šar šá-ri-<kát^?> MUNUS.[ÙRU^?]	Ekiuru	Place of She who gra[nts secret knowledge]
9'9'	⸢é⸣-ki-ú-ru	a-šar be-lí ir-re-ḫu-[ú]	Ekiuru	Place where the Lord was begott[en]
10'10'	⸢é⸣-ki-ú-ru	er-ṣe-et be-lí gít-ma-[li]	Ekiuru	Territory of the perfe[ct] Lord
11'11'	⸢é⸣-šu-me-ša₄	É gít-ma-[li]	Ešumeša	House of the perfe[ct one]
12'12'	⸢é⸣-šu-me-ša₄	É ri-ki-is ṭe-èm DINGIR.[MEŠ]	Ešumeša	House, bond of the decision of the god[s]
13'13'	⸢é⸣-šu-me-ša₄	É šá DINGIR.MEŠ ana bil-ti ⸢ir⸣-ku-[su]	Ešumeša	House which bou[nd] the gods to tribute
14'14'	⸢é⸣-šu-me-ša₄	É ra-ki-is^ka-^mi-^is eṣ-met DINGIR.MEŠ ana ⸢GUN⸣.[MEŠ]	Ešumeša	House which binds the bones of the gods as [tr]ibute[s]
15'15'	[é]-šu-me-ša₄	É na-ki-is DINGIR.[MEŠ]	[E]šumeša	House which slaughters the god[s]
16'16'	[é]-⸢šu⸣-me-ša₄	É ta-bi-ik da-am DINGIR.[MEŠ]	[Eš]umeša	House which pours out the blood of the god[s]

17'17'	[é-me]-⸢lám-an-na⸣	É šá DINGIR.MEŠ ina e-la-a-tú pal-ḫu-[šú]	[Emel]amanna	House which the gods who are above reve[re]
18'18'	[é-me]-⸢lám⸣-[an]-⸢na⸣	É šá DINGIR.MEŠ ina šap-⸢la⸣-a-tú pal-ḫu-[šú]	[Emel]a[manna]	House which the gods who are below reve[re]
19'19'	[é-me-lám]-⸢an⸣-na	É a-ḫi ta-lim-⸢ti⸣ ^da-[nim]	[Emelaman]na	House of the belov[ed] brother of A[nu]

20'20'	[é-bára]-⸢dúr⸣-gar-ra	É šá ana be-lí ana ṣal-ti šak-[nu]	[Ebaradu]rgarra	House appoin[ted] to the Lord for combat
21'21'	[é-bára-dúr-gar]-ra	É šu-bat ^d50 šá ⸢É⸣ [...]	[Ebaradurgar]ra	House, seat of Enlil in the temple [...]
22'22'	[e-kar-zi]-⸢da⸣	É e-ṭi₅-ir na-[piš-ti]	[Ekarzid]a	House, saviour of l[ife]
23'23'	[é-du₆-númun]-⸢búr⸣	É e-tel x [...]	[Edunumunb]ur	House of the pre-eminent one of ... [...]
24'24'	[é-ùru-sag]-⸢gá⸣	É šá-ri-kát ba-[la-ṭi ana UN.MEŠ^?]	[Eurusagg]a	House of She who bestows l[ife to the people]
25'25'	[é-ùru-sag]-⸢gá⸣	É ni-ṣir-⸢ti⸣ [...]	[Eurusagg]a	House of the secret know[ledge ...]
26'26'	[é-ùru-sag]-⸢gá⸣	É na-ṣi-⸢ir⸣ [...]	[Eurusagg]a	House which guar[ds ...]
27'27'	[...]	É x x [...]	[...]	House ... [...]
	Lacuna

Adapted from A.R. George, Babylonian Topographical Texts (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 40), 1992. Translated and lemmatized by Giulia Lentini, 2019-2020, as part of the LMU-Munich-based project Living Among Ruins (directed by Karen Radner and Jamie Novotny), which is funded by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung as part of the Lost Cities program (coordinated by Martin Zimmermann and Andreas Beyer). Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/btto/Q007961/.