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An adab (?) to Nuska for Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan Q)

Segment A

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1. [] X KI X []
2. da-nun-na diĝir gal-gal-e-/ne\ []
3. /e2?\-gal kug ki-tuš IM X GID2 mu-X [] X
4. nam-sukkal-maḫ-a-ni mu-ra-an-šum2 en d<nu>-nam-[nir-re]
5. ĝidru kug šu-za ma-ra-ni-in-ge-en mu-zu dalla bi2-in-e3
6. ĝiš-ḫur e2-kur-ra šu du7-du7 niĝ2 galam-galam-ma-bi
7. šu-luḫ ĝarza maḫ-bi us2 zid dab5-be2 kug-ge sikil-e-bi
8. me lu-lu-a me dirig-ga-bi pa e3 maḫ ak-bi
9. šu ši-bi2-du7-du7 dug4-ga nam-gal-la? ud til3-la-še3 za-a-am3
10. dnuska nun na de5 e2-kur-ra za-e ši-bi2-in-ga-me-en-nam
11. an ki šu2-a kur /niĝin2\-na-ba dili-zu i3-maḫ-me-en
12. ub-šu-unken-na ki di gal ku5-ru a2 2-ĝa2 gal-gal-la-še3
13. da-nun-na diĝir ki a-na me-a gu2 ma-ra-si-si-de3-eš
14. eš-bar dug4-ga u18-ru den-lil2-la2 za-e /šu\ mu-ne-ri-ib-X-en
15. inim kug an-gin7 šu nu-teĝ3-ĝe26-zu-še3 igi-bi šu-mu-e-ši-ĝal2
16. [X] maḫ ni2 guru3 ki us2-a-bi nam-bi igi-bi ib-zu-zu-un
17.     [sa]-/gid2\-da-am3

18. [X X] [d]iš-me-dda-gan-/na\ ki? X []
19. [] ḫe2-a ? 2 []
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Segment B

1. [] X X []
2. [X] X [X] me ḫe2-na-X []
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5. en gal X [d]/nuska\ saĝ / en3\ [tar ] diĝir gal-gal-e!-/ne\
6. dnuska! nun nir-ĝal2 e2-/kur\-[ra] saĝ en3 tar X X
7. šul a2 2-e gal-zu eš-bar X X
8. /diĝir?\ zid X [X] X ki 2 [X] šudu3! ĝiš tuku
9. ud e2-kur za-gin3 3 me i-i ezen-gin7 du3!-a-ba
10. den-lil2 dnin-lil2-bi ḫi!-li-a mu-un-dur2-ru-ne-eš-a-ba
11. inim sag9-ga diš-me-dda-gan-na ka kug-zu ḫe2-em-tum3
12. i3-ne-dug4 ud šu2-še3 e-ne-ne-er su3-ra2-še3 ḫu-mu-ne-dug3
13. ud e2 den-lil2-la2 3 me i-i ezen-gin7 du3-a-ba
14. den-lil2 dnin-lil2-bi ḫi-li-a mu-un-dur2-ru-ne-eš-a-ba
15. inim sag9-ga diš-me-dda-gan-na ka kug-zu ḫe2-em-tum3
16. i3-ne-dug4 ud šu2-še3 e-ne-ne-er su3-ra2-še3 ḫu-mu-ne-dug3
17. šudu3 a-ra-zu-a šu mu2-mu2-da-ni igi dug3 ḫu-mu-ni-du8-uš
18. til3 niĝ2 dug3 bal dug3 mu giri17-zal-la za-e e3-mu-na-ra-ab
19. en-en gal-gal sig nim-ma-ke4-ne nun il2-bi ḫe2-a
20. nam-nun zi-/ĝal2-la\ kur-kur 3 lu-a ul-še3 ḫe2-ak-e
21. diš-me-dda-gan dumu den-lil2-la2-ka igi dug3 ḫu-mu-ni-du8-uš
22. til3 niĝ2 dug3 bal dug3 mu giri17-zal-la za-e e3-mu-na-ra-ab
23. en-en gal-gal sig nim-ma-ke4-ne nun il2-bi ḫe2-a
24. [nam-nun] /zi\-ĝal2-la kur-kur 3 lu-a ul-še3 ḫe2-ak-e
25. [] AN dnuska
26. [] X-a-ni ḫe2-me-en UD X []
27. [] X X []
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Print sources

Sjöberg 1973, p. 16-24: composite text, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1998: score transliteration

Krecher 1998e: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998pp: composite text

Cuneiform sources

Ni 4464 (ISET 1 40f.)

UM 29-16-21 (photo ZA 63 50)

N 3367 (ZA 63 51)


Revision history

02.vii.1999: GZ, editor: standardisation
14.xii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
16.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
25.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
25.ii.2000: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published

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