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A love song of Šulgi (Šulgi Z)

Segment A

1. /U3?\ [nu]-mu-e-de3-[RI-RI-X] (Cited in OB catalogue from Nibru (N3), 0.2.06, line 4)
2. /cec\-[ju10] /U3?\ nu-/mu\-[e]-de3-RI-RI-[X]
3. gi-ru U3? nu-mu-[e]-de3-RI-RI-[X]
4. ki-ga aj2-ju10 U3? /nu-mu\-e-de3-[RI]-/RI\
5. i-bi2 sag9-sag9-[ju10 U3?] [nu-mu-e]-de3-/RI-RI\la-X-X-e
6. an-bi cu-ja2 nu-mu-[e-de3]-/ja2\-ja2
7. garadin3-bi /ma\-a-ar A [X X] X X X X
8. X-bi ma-a-[ar] /A\ X [nu]-ku7-ku7-X
9. ce guru7? X [...] MA X [X]
10. nin9-ju10 /gana2\-[ju10-ce3 je26-e ga]-/ba\-e-de3-jen
11. nin9! [sag9-ga-ju10 gana2-ju10-ce3 je26-e ga-ba-e-de3]-/jen\
12. gana2 gal-[ju10-ce3 je26-e ga-ba-e-de3-jen]
13. gana2 tur-[ju10-ce3 je26-e ga-ba-e-de3-jen]
14. ce nim X a cu-nim-[bi] /dug4\-[ga]-ju10-ce3
15. ce sig a sig-bi dug4-ga-ju10-ce3
16. ce-bi a gurun?-na [...]
17. garadin3-/bi\ X X NI [...]
18. [nin9-ju10] /gana2\-ju10-ce3 je26-e [ga]-/ba\-e-de3-[jen]
19. [nin9] /sag9\-ga-ju10 gana2-ju10-/ce3\ je26-e [ga-ba-e-de3-jen]
20. gana2 /gal\-gal X UD-UD [...]
21. /gana2\ tur-ja2 cu [...]
22. [...] X U3? [...]
23. [...] X [...]
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Segment B

1. [...] X [...]
2. [X X-da]-ka /ba-hul?\ [...]
3. X garadin3-na-ka AN X [...]
4. X X-da-ka ba-hul? X [X X]
5. X garadin3-na-ka AN X X X [X]
6. mu-un-gar3 a-cag4 ur11-ru mu-[X] jar-[ra]
7. /u3\-mu-un cul-gi-ra MU ce X X X X X
8. X X-ir a-cag4 ur11-ru mu-X jar-ra
9. AN X-bi gur ab-ba-ce3ab-ba-ju10 /sa2?\-dug4 cu ha-/ra\-an-il2
10. nin9-ju10! [jic]kiri6-ju10-ce3 je26-e ga-ba-e-de3-jen
11. nin9 sag9-[ga]-ju10 jickiri6-ju10-ce3 je26-e ga-ba-e-de3-jen
12. /nin9\-ju10 jic[kiri6]-/ju10\-ce3 je26-e ga-ba-<e>-de3-jen
13. nin9-ju10 jic/kiri6\-[ju10 X] X X-mu-ci-ib
14. jicildag2 SAR X [...]
15. cita3ta? (Sumerian gloss: ki-en-DU) /jicildag2\-[ju10]-/ce3\ ga-ba-e-/de3\-jen
16. nin9-ju10 jic/hachur-ju10-ce3\ ga-ba-e-de3-jen
17. DU8-a jichachur [X] cu-ja2 (i-na) he2-jal2
18. nin9-ju10 jicnu-ur2-/ma-ju10\-ce3 ga-ba-e-de3-jen
19. lal3-e dar-ra X X-ku7 in-ga-ba-ni-ib-DU
20. nin9-ju10 jickiri6-/ju10\-[ce3 ga]-/ba-e-de3-jen\
21. nin9 sag9-ga jic/kiri6\-ju10-ce3 [ga-ba-e-de3-jen]
22. nisig ki-en-DU-na-gin7 [...]
23. MA LA KUM NA? ( /TA?\ KA BI? X) A X [...]
24. hi-iz /gakkul dug4\-ga X X [...]
25. nij2 X-la2sar ga-/ba\-[...]
26. [...]sar ga-/ba\-[...]
27. /guru7-za?\ X A NU X /ga?-mu?-ra\-ab-X
28. KU7 GA? MU U8? KA-KA X X [...] X
29. nin9 sag9-ga cag4 hi-li-e?-a [(...)]
30. an-na cu-ja2 LA X za?-ra ga-mu-[X-X]-da-zu-[X (X)]

Print sources

Klein 1981, p. 43 n. 84: commentary

Kramer 1969d: commentary, handcopy, composite text, translation ((= ISET 1 82 Ni. 4171))

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996a: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

Ni 4171 (ISET 1 24; Iraq 31 pl. 4)


Revision history

02.ii.2000-07.ii.2000: GC, editor: standardisation
16.vi.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
16.vi.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
30.vi.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
23.vi.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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