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A praise poem of Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan AA)

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1. [...]-/ta\ AN X [...]
2. [...] /ma\-ra-an-/e3\ [...]
3. [...] /nam\ tar-re A? [...]
4. [...] MU /BI?\ [(X)] /barag\ gu-za mah kug-sig17 tum2-ma-/am3?\ [(X)] /gal\-bi ma-ra-ni-in-gub X [...]
5. [...]-ge-bi inim sag9-ge ki-en-gi ki-uriki-ce3 [(X)] gaba-ba ma-ra-ni-in-sug2-[X]
6. [...]-ge-bi a naj /erim2\ e2-kur-ra KA-KA nidba2-ra?-/am3\ [(X)] /ki?\-ba ma-ra-ni-in-sa4-[X]
7. [...] /im?\-mi-ib2-X X X e2-kur-ra til-e [X (X)]-ge-gin7 ak X [...]
8. [...] X ma-ra-[X-(X)]-da /a2\ zid-za bi2-in-/gub?\ [...]
9. [...] X dickur X IN NU ce e2-kur-ra cu X la2-/bi\ [...]
10. [...] /gu\-za mah-ba dur-ba ma-ra-an-gen6 X [...]
11. [...] /URUD?\ X (X) /mah\ ni2 gal-le-ec ri-/am3\ [(X)]
12. barag kug-za bi2-in-[...] uj3-e u6 di-/de3\ [(X)]
13. kij2 gal unu2 gal-/za\ ud ul-le2-a-ce3 sa2-dug4-ce3 ma-ra-ni-[X (X)]
14. /jic\[mi]-/tum\ saj 50 ki-bal gul-gul-lu a2 mah-zu-ce3 pad3-/da\
15. [i3]-/si\-inki iri nam-lugal-la-/ka\
16. [d]/ic\-me-dda-gan-e kij2 gal-ec2 ma-ra-/an\-[...]
17. mu 50 ma-ra-an-/sa4?\ [(X)]
18. nibruki iri ul ki /jar\-ra-ba i3-si-inki-ta ma-ra-/an\-X [(X)]
19. e2-cu-me-ca4 ki-tuc mah ni2 X [X (X)]
20. kan4 igi-cu-galam ki nam tar-re-[dam]
21. u6 di-de3 ma-ra-an-[X]
22. dic-me-dda-gan u2-a /nibru\[ki-a]
23. /saj\ us2 urim2ki-/ma\
24. [ud-da] /gub\ eridug[ki-ga]
25. [en] [unugki]-/ga\ lugal i3-[si-inki-na]
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Print sources

Frayne 1990, p. 45-46: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Ludwig 1990, p. 23: commentary

Electronic sources

Tinney 1998yy: composite text

Cuneiform sources

UM 29-15-173

N 1320; provenance: Nippur


Revision history

22.ix.2000: GZ, editor: standardisation
07.x.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
14.xi.2000: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
25.xi.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
25.xi.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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