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A praise poem of Šulgi

Segment A

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1. X /kug-sig17? UD?\ X X [X X] mi2 he2-ma-ni-/in\-[dug4]
2. jic ?tukul-la ud sud X [X]-ja2? u18-ru-gin7 ki he2-ma-ni-us2-/sa?\
3. /NI?\ [X] X RU X-ma-ju10-ne?
4. [X X] X X X X X [X X] X /gaba zig3-ga-ju10-ne?\
5. [ce-er]-/zid?\ ud-de9-ec2 mu2-a-gin7 [men] kug-ga mul-la-ju10-ne?
6. [jidru] mah nam-he2-a ur4-ur4-ra cu-ju10-ce3 jal2-la-bi
7. jicgu-za suhuc gen6-na X X saj-ec2 rig7-ga-ja2?
8. X X saj? an-ce3? he?-bi2?-il2
9. cul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra-me-en3 nij2-zid ki-bi-ce3 hu-mu-jar-ja2-ar
10. nij2-erim2 a-ji6 a e3-a-gin7 uzugx(KA.U2)-ge he2-mi-bu3
11. mi2 gal-gal ni2-ju10 en-na bi2-dug4-ga
12. mu den-lil2-la2 lul ba-ra-/na he2-gen6\
13. am babbar2-gin7 saj he2-/ci\-[...]
14. X X [...]

Segment B

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1. X X [...]
2. unken? ak? X [...]
3. mi2-bi-im hu-/mu\-[dug4]
4. X X X X [...]
5. [X] /URUD?\ X X [X]-/mu?\-dug4?
6. [X] X kalam?-ma? jen?-na-ja2? /mi2\-bi-im hu-/mu\-dug4
7. cu? dim4? nij2 sag9-ge X-gin7 ka-ga mi-ni-jal2-la? ja2-ra mi2 zid-bi-im hu-mu-dug4
8. jecpu2 lirum3?-ta a2 ha-ma?-gun3? mi2-bi-im hu-mu-dug4
9. a-la den-lil2?-da? ma?-ab?-be2 kalam?-ma gi4-a? X X X X NA HI NIM dar?-ra?-ja2?
10. ec3 nibruki-ce3 jiri3 urim5ki-ma-ce3 cu nijin2-nijin2-na-ja2
11. kaskal da-na 30 jen-na-ja2 ja2-ra mi2 zid-bi-im hu-mu-/dug4\

Print sources

Klein 1993a: score transliteration, translation, photograph, commentary

Cuneiform sources

N 3130 + N3131


Revision history

07.vi.2000-08.vi.2000: GC, editor: standardisation
12.xii.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
15.xii.2000: JAB, editor: SGML tagging
19.i.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
19.i.2001: 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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