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A praise poem of Lipit-Eštar (Lipit-Eštar B)

1. dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 lugal saĝ il2 nun barag-ga
2. ḫe2-du7 ĝišisimu2sar nam-lugal-la
3. dutu-gin7 du še-er-zid kalam-ma
4. nam-nun-še3 maḫ me gal-la u5
5. ub-da 4 3 ki ĝar-ra
6. še-ga den-lil2-la2 dnin-lil2-le ki 2
7. šul zid igi gun3 barag-ga tum2-ma
8. men aga zid saĝ me-te-ĝal2
9. šibir šu {du8} {(1 ms. has instead:) du7} saĝ gig2-ga
10. nun dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 dumu den-lil2-la2 sipad igi-ĝal2-tuku
11. 3 laḫ5-laḫ5-e ĝissu dug3-ga ud ?-e ni2 dub2-bu
12. en alim maḫ an-ne2 ki 2
13. ĝiškim-til3-zu-um ama dnin-lil2-la2
14. dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 a2 nun ḫu-mu-te-ĝal2
15. ka lal3-gin7 dug3 mu ka-ge du7
16. šag4-ge de6-a dam dinana
17. den-ki-ke4 ĝeštug2 daĝal saĝ-e-eš rig7-ga
18. dnisaba munus ul-la gun3-a
19. munus zid dub-sar nin niĝ2-nam zu
20. si-zu im-ma si ba-ni-in-sa2
21. šag4 dub-ba-ka gu-šum2 mi-ni-in-sag9-sag9
22. gi-dub-ba kug-sig17-ka šu mu-ni-in-gun3
23. gi-1-nindan 2-gana2 za-gin3
24. ĝiš-as4-lum le-um igi-ĝal2 šum2-mu dnisaba-ke4 šu daĝal ma-ra-an-dug4
25. dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 dumu den-lil2-la2-me-en
26. niĝ2-zid niĝ2-gen6-na pa bi2-e-e3
27. en sag9-zu an-zag-še3 na-dul?
28. dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 lugal umuš gal-gal-la ad gi4-gi4
29. inim-ma nu-kuš2-u3 gal-zu ka-aš bar 3-e si sa2
30. ĝeštug2 daĝal niĝ2-nam gal-le-eš zu
31. di kur-kur-ra-ke4 si sa2-sa2-e-de3
32. inim šag4-ga ĝal2-la lul zid-bi mu-e-zu
33. dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 lu2-erim2-ra guru5-uš mu-e-ta-ab-ed2-de3-en
34. ka šer7-da-ka ĝiri3 saga11 dug4 lu2 zi-zi-i mu-e-zu
35. nam-tag dugud ka garaš2-kam lu2 til-le mu-ni-in-zu
36. a2-tuku sa gaz nu-mu-un-ši-ak-e
37. kalag-ga sig9-ga še29-eš2 nu-mu-un-ak-e
38. niĝ2-si-sa2 ki-en-gi ki-uri-a mu-ni-ĝar
39. su kalam-ma mu-dug3
40. dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 lugal i3-si-inki-na lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-me-en
41. nibruki-še3 dub sar-re-me-en
42. e2-kur-re e2 den-lil2-la2-še3 dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 saĝ us2-bi za-e-me-en
43. den-lil2 dnin-lil2-ra ki 2 šag4-ba-me-en
44. ur-saĝ dnin-urta maškim kalag-ga-zu-um
45. dnuska sukkal-maḫ a2-taḫ inim-ma-zu-um
46. išib keš3ki-še3 dnin-tur5-re zid-de3-eš pad3-da-me-en
47. urim2ki-še3 ĝal2-la šul ĝiš tuku dsuen-na-me-en
48. den-ki-ke4 eridugki-ta aga zid šum2-ma-me-en
49. ki unugki-ga kug dinana-ra dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 ḫi-li šag4-ga-na-me-en
50. dnin-i3-si-in-na-ke4 i3-si-inki-na barag maḫ-zu mi-ni-in-ri
51. i-lu šag4-ga mu bal sag9-ga
52. nun-e nun uru16 dirig gal maḫ-bi
53. ad-da-zu diš-me-dda-gan lugal kalam-ma-ke4
54. ĝišgu-za-na suḫuš-bi mu-ra-an-ge-en
55. inim dug4-ga an den-lil2-la2-ta
56. du17 nim kur-kur-ra si-a {mu-ni-in-ĝar} {(1 ms. has instead:) mu-e-ni-ĝar}
57. dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 dumu den-lil2-la2-me-en
58. niĝ2-gen6-na-zu ka-ga14 mi-ni-in-ĝal2
59. za3-mi2-zu e2-dub-ba-a-ka {im mu-e-ni-dug4-dug4} {(1 ms. has instead:) im-e nam-da13-da13}
60. dub-sar-re a-le ḫe2-em-ši-ak-e gal-le-eš ḫe2-i-i
61. ar2-zu e2-dub-ba-a-ka muš3 nam-ba-an-tum2-mu
62. sipad gu2-tuku šul dumu den-lil2-la2
63. dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 za3-mi2

Print sources

Falkenstein 1953, p. 123-126: translation

Römer 1965, p. 23-29: composite text, translation, commentary

Römer 1989a, p. 681-686: translation, commentary

Vanstiphout 1978: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, photograph, commentary

Vanstiphout 1979: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998ccc: composite text

Cuneiform sources

A 627

AO 8863 (TCL 16 87)

CBS 4075 (photo JCS 30 60)

CBS 6501 (PBS 1/2 138; photo JCS 30 57)

CBS 6668 (photo JCS 30 55)

CBS 6943 (photo JCS 30 57)

CBS 7866 (photo JCS 30 58)

CBS 7869 (photo JCS 30 59)

CBS 7874 (PBS 13 36; photo JCS 30 58)

CBS 7876 (photo JCS 30 59)

CBS 13380 (JCS 30 55)

CBS 13967 (PBS 13 49; photo JCS 30 52f.)

CBS 14134 (STVC 78; photo JCS 30 54)

N 1509

N 1537

N 1553

N 1580

N 1731

N 1739

N 4176

N 4960 (photo JCS 30 61)

N 6282

Ni 1601 (UMB 17/2 fg. 12; ISET 1 48)

Ni 3042 (SLTN 69)

Ni 5038 (ISET 1 66)

UET 1 296

UET 6 351

UM 29-13-376

UM 29-16-145 (JCS 32 64; photo JCS 30 56)

3N-T819

3N-T914ee = A 33453 (JCS 30 61)

3N-T915f = A 33463 (JCS 30 61)

W 16743g (BagM 2 41190)


Revision history

24.v.1999: GZ, editor: standardisation
28.vii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
17.viii.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
03.ix.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
03.ix.1999: 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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