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Latin Stories: An Anthology

Alulim: Primus Rex Sumeriae

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Part A (Interleaved Text)

1.1 Alulim Alulim prīmus first rēx king Sumeriae of Sumer in in urbe city Eridū Eridu habitābat lived quī who ā by deīs gods ipsīs themselves corōnam crown accēperat had received

1.2 Post after Diluvium flood Magnum great cum when aquae waters recessērunt receded deī gods mortalēs mortals novōs new creāre to create dēcrēvērunt decided

1.3 Ex from lutō clay et and sanguine blood immortālī immortal hominēs men novōs new fīnxērunt fashioned quōrum of whom Alulim Alulim prīnceps chief erat was

1.4 Anum Anu deus god caelī of sky Alulim Alulim ante before omnēs all vocāvit called et andto him artēs skills regnandī of ruling trādidit handed down

1.5 Dea goddess Inanna Inanna sapientiam wisdom et and potestātem power magicam magicalto him dedit gave ut so that populōs peoples iūste justly regeret he might rule

1.6 In in somnīs dreams deī gods rēgī to king novō new mōnstrāvērunt showed quōmodō how urbem city sacram sacred aedificāret he should build

1.7 Alulim Alulim igitur therefore templum temple altum high aedificāvit built quod which inter between terram earth et and caelum sky ut as scāla ladder stābat stood

1.8 Populum people artem art agrōrum of fields colendōrum of cultivating docuit taught et and prīmus first litterās letters in on tabulīs tablets argillāceīs clay scrīpsit wrote

1.9 Per for octō eight saecula centuries rēgnāvit reigned et and sub under imperiō rule eius his populī peoples omnēs all flōrēbant flourished

1.10 Cīvēs citizens templīs temples magnificīs magnificent et and hortīs gardens suspēnsīs hanging urbem city ōrnāvērunt adorned

1.11 Mercātōrēs merchants ex from terrīs lands longinquīs distant gemmās gems et and aurum gold ad to urbem city sacram sacred portābant were carrying

1.12 Sapiēntēs wise men et and sacerdōtēs priests ex from omnibus all terrīs lands veniēbant were coming ut so that ā from rēge king dīvinō divine discērent they might learn

1.13 Tandem finally cum when annī years rēgnī of reign complētī completed sunt were Alulim Alulim ad to deōs gods ascendit ascended

1.14 Corpus body eius his mortāle mortal in into stellam star lūcidam bright conversus transformed est was quae which adhūc still in in caelō sky fulget shines

1.15 Posterī descendants memoriam memory rēgis of king magnī great semper always colēbant honored et and nōmen name eius his in in tabulīs tablets sacrīs sacred scrībēbant wrote

Part B (Complete Latin Text)

1.1 Alulim prīmus rēx Sumeriae in urbe Eridū habitābat quī ā deīs ipsīs corōnam accēperat.

1.2 Post Diluvium Magnum cum aquae recessērunt deī mortalēs novōs creāre dēcrēvērunt.

1.3 Ex lutō et sanguine immortālī hominēs novōs fīnxērunt quōrum Alulim prīnceps erat.

1.4 Anum deus caelī Alulim ante omnēs vocāvit et eī artēs regnandī trādidit.

1.5 Dea Inanna sapientiam et potestātem magicam eī dedit ut populōs iūste regeret.

1.6 In somnīs deī rēgī novō mōnstrāvērunt quōmodō urbem sacram aedificāret.

1.7 Alulim igitur templum altum aedificāvit quod inter terram et caelum ut scāla stābat.

1.8 Populum artem agrōrum colendōrum docuit et prīmus litterās in tabulīs argillāceīs scrīpsit.

1.9 Per octō saecula rēgnāvit et sub imperiō eius populī omnēs flōrēbant.

1.10 Cīvēs templīs magnificīs et hortīs suspēnsīs urbem ōrnāvērunt.

1.11 Mercātōrēs ex terrīs longinquīs gemmās et aurum ad urbem sacram portābant.

1.12 Sapiēntēs et sacerdōtēs ex omnibus terrīs veniēbant ut ā rēge dīvinō discērent.

1.13 Tandem cum annī rēgnī complētī sunt Alulim ad deōs ascendit.

1.14 Corpus eius mortāle in stellam lūcidam conversus est quae adhūc in caelō fulget.

1.15 Posterī memoriam rēgis magnī semper colēbant et nōmen eius in tabulīs sacrīs scrībēbant.

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