E-babbar

For Father Enlil , lord of all the lands; for Ninlil , lady of Ki-ur , the majestic place; for Enki , the bull of Eridug ; for the good woman, …… Damgalnuna ; for Ašimbabbar in Urim ; for Ningal in her Agrun-kug ; …… the Great Mountain Enlil ; for ……, Ninurta , for …… Ninḫursaĝa , for youthful Utu in the shrine of E-babbar ……, for …… Ninirigal , for Inana in Zabalam , Enlil …… the great gods …….

A hymn to Ninšubur (Ninšubur B) (c.4.25.2) ·c.4.25.2 ·20 ·machine translation (etcsl)

Bringing first fruits, I do not pass by the E-babbar . I am he who records abundance for Nibru . I serve Keš as its purification priest. I am first-rate butter and first-rate milk for Urim . I am indefatigable with respect to Eridug . I am he who increases the food offerings for the place Unug . I am he to whom life was given in the E-kur . I am he who desires liveliness for his city. I am Lipit-Eštar , the shepherd of all foreign lands.

A praise poem of Lipit-Eštar (Lipit-Eštar A) (c.2.5.5.1) ·c.2.5.5.1 ·62 ·machine translation (etcsl)

He who knows the joyful heart of Ninegala sheared a black kid, bathed a white kid, and tied a wild bull of the mountains by its nose. Then he brought them into the temple E-babbar which roars like a noble breed-bull, to the hero Utu in the shrine.

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi X) (c.2.4.2.24) ·c.2.4.2.24 ·79 ·machine translation (etcsl)

O house which comes forth from heaven, resplendent in Kulaba , shrine E-babbar (Shining house), shining bull, lift your neck to Utu who …… in the sky! Your shining horns are aggressive, holy and lustrous. Bearing a beard of shining lapis lazuli, ……, your prince, the mighty sunlight, the lord who …… the true word, who lightens the horizon, who lightens the sky's …… vault, Utu , the sovereign of E-babbar , has erected a house in your precinct, O house Larsam , and taken his seat upon your dais.

The temple hymns (c.4.80.1) ·c.4.80.1 ·170 ·machine translation (etcsl)

O house which comes forth from heaven, resplendent in Kulaba , shrine E-babbar (Shining house), shining bull, lift your neck to Utu who …… in the sky! Your shining horns are aggressive, holy and lustrous. Bearing a beard of shining lapis lazuli, ……, your prince, the mighty sunlight, the lord who …… the true word, who lightens the horizon, who lightens the sky's …… vault, Utu , the sovereign of E-babbar , has erected a house in your precinct, O house Larsam , and taken his seat upon your dais.

The temple hymns (c.4.80.1) ·c.4.80.1 ·176 ·machine translation (etcsl)

When he arrives at the E-babbar , the house of Utu , the king who loves justice, ……, who is clad in linen, approx. 10 lines missing

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi D) (c.2.4.2.04) ·c.2.4.2.04 ·319 ·machine translation (etcsl)

"In the E-babbar , where I issue orders, where I shine like Utu , there I justly decide the lawsuits of my city like Ištaran . In the E-bagara , my dining place, the great gods of Lagaš gather around me."

The building of Ninĝirsu's temple (Gudea, cylinders A and B) (c.2.1.7) ·c.2.1.7 ·271 ·machine translation (etcsl)

Pronouncing judgment where the sun rises, mighty sunlight, wearing a beard, tying on the suḫ crown at night, Utu , the sovereign of E-babbar (Shining house), has erected a house in your precinct, O house Zimbir , and taken his seat upon your dais.

The temple hymns (c.4.80.1) ·c.4.80.1 ·491 ·machine translation (etcsl)