Ur in the time of Ibi-Sin, last of the kings of the Ur
dynasty. This calamity left many traces in the temple songs of Sumer, and
the Sumerian prayer books of Nippur contain other lamentations on the fall
of Ur, written perhaps during the Isin period. The writer has already
published a single column tablet which rehearses the same catastrophe,
mentioning Ibi-Sin himself and naming the Elamites as his captors.(247)

OBVERSE IV

1. _an-ni e-ne-em-bi ba-ra-mu-un-gur_
1. Anu may prevent his word.

2. _d.__Mu-ul-lil-e ni_(_248_)_-sag ge-am-bi_
2. Enlil may order kindness.

3. ... _sag-mu ba-ra-be-in-sed-di_
3. And may my heart be at peace from sorrow.

4. [...-]_su-ud arad-na sag ki-ba-da-ab-gal-la_
4.

5. [ ]-_nae-ne-em-sur-ragur-da-bi_
5. [ ] the angry word be prevented.

6. [ ] _ba-da-an-dur-ru-ne-es-a_
6.

7. _ur-ge-im-ma-gid-gid-da ge-im-ma-lal-la_
7. The foundations it has annihilated, and reduced to the misery of
silence.

8. _an-ra a-i-ne-ma me-e ge-im-ma-na-dug_
8. Unto Anu I will cry my "how long?"

9. _d.__Mu-ul-lil-ra ni-mu sag-ne-du ge-im-ma-ag_
9. Unto Enlil I myself will pray.

10. _uru-mu nam-ma-gul-lu ge-im-me-ne-dug_
10. "My city has been destroyed" will I tell them.

11. _Uri-(ki) nam-ma-gul-lu ge-im-me-ne-dug_
11. "Ur has been destroyed" will I tell them.

12. _uku-bi nam-ma-bir(?)-e ge-im-me-ne-dug_(_249_)
12. "Its people have been _scattered_" will I tell them.

13. _an-ni e-ne-em-bi ba-ra-mu-un-gur_
13. May Anu prevent his word.

14. _d.__Mu-ul-lil-e ni-sag ge-am- bi_
14. May Enlil order kindness.

15. _sag-mu ba-ra-be-in-sed-di_
15. And may my heart be at peace from sorrow.

16. _uru-mu gul-gul-lu-ba-da-bi ge-im-ma-an-?-es_
16. My city which has been destroyed may they ...

17. _Uri-(ki) gul-gul-lu-ba-da-bi ge-im-ma-an-?-es_
17. Ur which has been destroyed may they ...

18. _uku-bi dig gi-bil-su ag-bi ga-ba-an-tar-ri-es_
18. Of its slain people may they decree a new dispensation.(250)

19. _me-e nig-dug-mu mu-ne-sum-ma-gim_(_251_)
19. I will offer my meditations unto them.

20. _me-e uru-mu-da ge-en-bi mu-un-da-lal-es_
20. I (will say to them): "In my city they have despised the splendor."

21. _Uri-(ki) mu-durun-da ge-en-bi mu-(un)-da-lal-e-es_
21. "In Ur the city of homes they have despised the splendor."

22. _an-ni [dug-ga-ni gur] nu-kur-ru-dam_
22. Anu whose words in this manner change not.

23. _d.__ Mu-ul-lil-e enim-bi e-a-ni ... e-da