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An adab to Ninurta for Bur-Suen (Bur-Suen A)

1. [...] /en?\ kur gal-e tud-/da mah\-a-ni zag nu-sa2
2. [dnin]-/urta\ gal-di an ki-a dirig da-nun-ke4-ne
3. [X X] palil dijir-re-e-ne jickim-til3 an-na
4. [X X] /gur3\-ru ud-gin7 ceg11 gi4-gi4 cen-cen-na gu3 mur ak
5. [...] am gal-gin7 du7-du7 bad3 ki-bal gul-gul
6. [X (X) X] [d]/en\-lil2-la2-ke4 DI-DI kur cu-ni nu-e3
7. [...] dnu-nam-nir-ra dug4-ga-ni ki-bi-ce3 /jar\
8. [X (X) X nam]-nun-na tum2-ma na de5 e2-kur-ra
9. [...] X sag2 nu-di jicrab3 dijir-re-e-[ne]
approx. 7 lines missing
17. [...] saj-tab-a-ni he2-a
18. [...] AMA? dumu dickur-ra-ke4
19. [...] X X [X X] X u2 dug3 he2-bi2-ib2-gu7-e
20. [...] jal2 mu /sa4\ [X X] si he2-em-sa2-sa2-e
21. e2-cu-me-ca4 ki-tuc ki aj2-ja2-ni saj us2-bi he2-a
22. nidba gal-gal-la-ni ud cu2-uc-e X X muc nam-ba-an-tum2-mu
23. dbur-dsuen me-te nam-/lugal-la\ ki aj2 an-na-ke4
24. mu giri17-zal nam-til3 nij2 dug3-/ga\ [X (X)] /ha\-ba-ni-ib-su3-re6
25.     /sa\-gid2-[da]-am3

26. [d]nin-urta dbur-dsuen-ra ni2-tuku-ni a2-tah-a-ni he2-a
27.     [jic]-gi5-jal2-bi-im

28. [X X] a2 zid-da den-lil2-la2 kur ki-bal gul-gul
29. [d]nin-urta a2 zid-da den-lil2-la2 kur ki-bal gul-gul
30. lugal zig3-ga-ni a-ma-ru na-me saj nu-cum2-mu
31. dnin-urta ud sumur me3-a erim2-e jiri3 saga11 di
32. nam-ur-saj da-da-ra-ce3 dug4-ga cul gaba-ri nu-tuku-a
33. a2 mah cum2-ma dnu-nam-nir-ra cag4 a-a-na dug3-dug3
34. dug4-ga-dug4-ga u18-ru-zu nam-mah gal-gal-la
35. [dnin-urta] dug4-ga-dug4-ga u18-ru-zu nam-mah gal-gal-la
36. [...] ki-bal-a sig10-sig10-ge5 gu2 du3-a gam-gam
37. [...] X ja2-ja2 ud-gin7 ceg11 gi4-gi4
38. [...] X X X-ke4
39. [...] X
40. [...] IM
4 lines missing
45. [...] X X [...]
46. [...] X sig-ta [...]
47.     [sa-jar-ra-am3]

48. [X X] X X X mu pad3-da-zu d/bur\-[dsuen] [...]
49.     [jic]-gi5-jal2-[bi-im]

50. [ur]-saj ucum zag dib [...]
51. dnin-urta ucum zag dib [...]
52. dbur-dsuen zid-de3-ec pad3-da-/zu\ [...]
53.     u18-ru12-bi-im

54.     a-da-ab d[nin-urta-ka-kam] (lines 53 and 54 written as one line in source)


Print sources

Sjöberg 1976, p. 418-420; 426: composite text, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998l: composite text

Cuneiform sources

CBS 11352 + CBS 11348 + CBS 11362 + CBS 11367 117ff. (BE 29 1, photo pl. 1f.)


Revision history

22.ii.2000: GZ, editor: standardisation
16.vi.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
19.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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