Position in chronology
An adab to Suen for Ibbi-Suen (Ibbi-Suen C)
Written in modern English
The moon god Suen — born of the Great Mountain to be a princely lord, renewing his light across heaven and earth — is hailed as forceful king of both realms. One line is too damaged to read. As Asimbabbar, as the god of light, he goes on renewing his light; he shines through the pure sky down toward the earth. Acting on the decisions of great An, he gives weighty counsel and brings forth all the divine powers to keep things in right order. He has raised the young Ibbi-Suen to the rank of prince and called him to a long and prosperous reign.
A modern paraphrase of the literal translation — same content, contemporary voice.
Translation — scholar edition
ETCSL...... of heaven and earth, renewing his light, ...... just prince who comes forth, Suen, whom the Great Mountain engendered to be a princely lord, 1 line fragmentary He is forceful, he is the king of heaven and earth! The lord Acimbabbar, renewing his light! Suen, renewing his light! ......, renewing his light! The god of light, renewing his light! He is forceful, he is the king of heaven and earth! He ...... in the pure sky, he shines forth towards the earth. On the basis of the decisions of great An, he gives important advice. He brings forth all the divine powers, to keep ...... in good order. Youth elevated to be prince, my Ibbi-Suen! He calls him to a long and prosperous reign.
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature — scholar edition (Oxford, Black/Cunningham/Robson/Zólyomi).
Scholarly note
Composition c.2.4.5.3 in the ETCSL catalogue. Sumerian literary text reconstructed from multiple cuneiform manuscripts, the great majority Old Babylonian (c. 1900–1600 BCE). Translation reproduced from the ETCSL edition.
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Translation excerpted from ETCSL c.2.4.5.3: An adab to Suen for Ibbi-Suen (Ibbi-Suen C). Black, J.A., Cunningham, G., Robson, E. & Zólyomi, G. (eds.), The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=c.2.4.5.3.
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