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A hymn to Nibru and Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan C)

1. ec3 nibruki ec3 abzu-a ab-dirig e2-kur za-gin3-am3
2. nun-zu nun-a ab-dirig kur gal a-a den-lil2
3. nin gal-zu munus zid ama dnin-lil2 nam-nin-e dib-ba-am3
4. saj en3 tar-zu nam-cul-la dirig ur-saj dnin-urta
5. sukkal-mah zabar zid-za tum2-ma a2 ki-nu2-zu dug3-dug3
6. saj kece2 me zid-za en-nu kar2-kar2-dam
7. sipad me zid-za en-nu kar2-kar2-bi-im
8. u2-a-zu a ru-a kur gal-la u3-tud-da dnin-lil2-la2
9. dic-me-dda-gan a ru-a kur gal-la u3-tud-da dnin-lil2-la2
10. uj3 car2-car2-ra-ba-na mu mah jiri3-za sig10-ga-am3
11. nibruki za3-mi2-zu nij2 ka-ge du7-am3 ka-ga14 he2-en-jal2
12. dug4-ga zid-zu-ce3 dijir da-nun-na he2-em-ma-sug2-sug2-ge-ec
13. ec3 nibruki iri ul me hal-ha za3-mi2-zu dug3-ga-am3
14. ezen gal-gal mi2 dug4-ga nibruki
15. nam-mah den-lil2 dnin-lil2-la2
16. ki? dijir gal-gal-e-ne [...]-la-e-ec-am3
17.     sa-gid2-da-[am3]


Print sources

Römer 1988a: score transliteration, translation, photograph, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998bb: composite text

Cuneiform sources

Ni 2485:45ff. (SRT 36)


Revision history

20.v.1999: GZ, editor: standardisation
30.vii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
19.x.1999: GZ, 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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