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A hymn to Numušda for Sîn-iqīšam (Sîn-iqīšam A)

1. en gal šag4 zid-/ta\ [nam dug3]-ge-eš tar-ra
2. dnu-muš-da [en gal šag4 zid-ta nam] /dug3-ge-eš\ [tar]-/ra\ (line erased)
3. numun kug [ a] [d]/suen\-e bi2-in!-ru-a
4. dnin-[gal]-/le\ [] mi-ni-in-dim2-dim2
5. kur sikil-la [ḫe2]-/ĝal2\-e u3-tud-da
6. gurun /kiri6 sig7-ga\ gu7-a
7. an den-/lil2-bi\ mu dug3 sa4-a
8. nin gal dnin-lil2-le mi2 zid-de3-eš dug4-ga
9. dnu-muš-da dumu nun-na muš3 me-lem4 du8-du8 (ma-lu?-u2?)
10. sumun2 gal ki-/bal\ si mul di
11. dnu-/muš\-[da] en gal
12.     šag4-ba-[tuku-am3] (lines 11 and 12 are written as one line in source and indented)

13. piriĝ guru5-uš bur2 me3-še3 u3-na gub-bu
14. muš-šag4-tur3 gu2-erim2-ra šeg11 i-ni-in-gi4!
15. ušumgal /maḫ?\ tu6 kug-ga al-gi4?-a
16. im2-ma dub3 nu-silig-ga (line indented)
17. i-zi ḫu-luḫ-ḫa na-me gaba nu-ru-gu2
18. a e3-e maḫ peš10 ur4-ur4-re?
19. ud iri mu-un-til X X nu-mu-gi4 (line indented)
20. diĝir saĝ-mud-ĝal2 gaba-šu-ĝar nu-tuku
21. saĝ-kal nam-ur-saĝ-ĝa2 a-ba e-da-sa2-am3
22. igi-zu piriĝ-am3 (la-bu) giri17 (ap-/pu\) muš-ḫuš ni2 ri
23. dnu-muš-da
24.     šag4-ba-tuku /2?\-bi (lines 23 and 24 are written as one line in source and indented)

25. a2-zu sa-par3-am3 kur še nu-/zu\-ba
26. umbin-zu umbin ḫu-ri2-in-na lu2 ḫul-ĝal2 ḫa-ḫa-X (i-ta-ma-/aḫ\)
27. nam-nir-ĝal2-zu-še3 saĝ na-me nu-šum2-mu
28. nam-maḫ nam-gur4-zu ar2-re-eš ka-ge dib
29. [inim dug4]-/ga\-zu sag2 di nu-zu
30. […]-/zu\ A /saĝ?\-ba du X
31. /diĝir-ĝu10 lugal-ra kur nu-še-ga-na šu-ni-še3 si-bi2-ib\ (line erased)
32. dnu-muš-da nun dsuen-i-qi2-ša-am kur nu-še-ga-na šu-ni-še3 si-bi2-ib
33.     sa-gid2(source: su3-ud)-da ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2

34. ur-saĝ usu er9-ra me galam-ma šu du7
35. d/nu-muš-da\ [ur-saĝ] /usu er9-ra\ [me] /galam\-[ma] /šu\ du7 (line erased)
36. diĝir me-dim2 gud-alim? igi bar-bar-re-de3 du7
37. a-a-zu dsuen-gin7 zi til3-le ki ba-e-a-aĝ2
38. niĝ2-zid-de3 bar tam-me (ši?-te-a-[X]) niĝ2-erim2 ud? za-2B;a-al ak (tu-ḫa-la-aq)
39. e2-kiš-nu-ĝal2 ki-tuš kug nam-nun-na
40. me-zu me /kal\-kal šu-luḫ-zu dadag-ga-am3? (X X)
41. dnu-muš-da ur-saĝ usu er9-<ra me galam-ma šu du7> (line indented)
42. dnu-nam-nir en nam tar-tar-re
43. kur niĝ2-daĝal-la-ba mu-zu im-mi-in-maḫ
44. iri nam-ḫe2 ki dug3-ga ĝar-ra
45. ka-zal-luki kur ḫe2-ĝal2-la ki-šu-peš! mi-ri-in-/zu\ (ma-ḫa-az-ka u2-we-di-/ka\)
46. kun4-sa-tu barag nam-en-na-zu
47. inim nu-kur2-ru-da-na u3-tud-ba bi2-in-dug4
48. ĝiš-ḫur ḫa-lam-ma-a!-bi pa e3-a ak-de3
49. iri šub-šub-bu-da-bi ki-bi gi4-gi4-de3
50. a-a den-lil2 šag4-ga-ni nam-de6
51. sipad zid lu2 ĝiš-ḫur-zu ki 2-ĝa2
52. nun dsuen-i-qi2-ša-am a2-bi mu-da-an-aĝ2
53. iri a2-dam-zu ki-tuš ne-ḫa bi2-in-tuš
54. id2-zu mu-ba-al-ba-al eg2 pa5! si mi-in-sa2
55. a ḫe2-ĝal2 du-/ri2\-še3 nu-til-le-da
56. kalam?-za mi-in-ĝar niĝ2-du7 pa bi2-in-[e3]
57. /inim\ sag9-sag9-ge-da-ni-še3 igi zid bar-mu-ši-ib
58. nun dsuen-i-qi2-ša-am-ra igi zid bar-mu-ši-ib (line erased, then rewritten)
59. lugal šag4 ḫul2-la ud-da-ni ḫe2-su3-ud!
60. dnu-muš-da

Print sources

Dupret 1974: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Falkenstein 1953, p. 112-114, fig. fig. 9: translation, photograph

Sjöberg 1973e, p. 107-116: composite text, translation, commentary

van Dijk 1971, pls. 17-18: handcopy (no. 38)

Electronic sources

Tinney 1998dddd: composite text

Cuneiform sources

VAT 8531 (VAS 17 38; photo obv. SAHG fig. 9)


Revision history

31.vii.1999-05.xi.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
22.xii.1999: GZ, editor: proofreading
05.i.2000: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
07.i.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
07.i.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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