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A hymn to Marduk for Abī-Ešuḫ (Abī-Ešuḫ A)

1. lugal me an ki-bi-da-ke4 ab-ur4-ra dumu saĝ-kal den-ki-ke4
2. dmarduk en er9-ra ur-saĝ šag4 1(AŠ)-ša4 palil dnun-gal-e-ne
3. a2-ĝal2 da-nun-na-ke4-ne diĝir gal-gal-e-ne gen6 eš-bar ab-šum2-šum2-mu-a
4. nun gal šag4-bal-bal an kug-ga-ke4 en nam tar-tar dab-ba niĝ2-nam-ma
5. gal-an-zu šag4-zu maḫ nam-diĝir-bi pa e3-a saĝ en3 tar igi im-bar-ra-ke4
6. pa-bil2-ga-zu an lugal diĝir-re-e-ne-ke4 nam-en-zu an ki um?-ma-na-bi ib2-ta-an-ĝal2
7. a2 2-ĝa2 gal maḫ an ki-bi-da-ke4 saĝ /keše2-da\-bi [ma]-ra-an-šum2 šibir kur-kur-ra gamx(GURUN)-ma šu ḫe2-em-/mi-la2-am3\
8. diĝir gal-gal-e-ne ib2-dirig-ga ĝidru lugal ĝarza diĝir-re-e-ne si sa2-sa2-eš-a mu-ra-an-taḫ
9. den-lil2-le nam-lugal kiš! an ki-bi-da-ke4 nam-še3 mu-ni-in-tar zag ša4 la-ba-an-tuku
10. da-nun-na-ke4-ne mi-ri-ib2-gu-ul nam-mu-ru6-na ak-de3 mu-ra-an-šum2
11.     ki-ru-gu2 1-a-kam-ma

12. dmarduk nun a-bi-e2-šu-uḫ dumu ki 2 šag4-zu-ke4 nam-en-bi dutu-gin7 an ub-ta pa e3 ḫa-ba-ak-eš zag ša4 nu-un-tuku-tuku
13.     ĝiš-gi-ĝal2-bi-im

14. ur-saĝ nam-kalag-ga du8 /maḫ sug4\-ga nam-en-bi an ki-bi-da ši-ib2-gu-lu dmarduk <nam-kalag-ga du8 maḫ sug4-ga nam-en-bi an ki-bi-da ši-ib2-gu-lu>

Print sources

van Dijk 1966-67, p. 66-74: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1998j: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998: composite text

Cuneiform sources

AO 7741 (TCL 16 81; photo MIO 12 pl. 1f.)


Revision history

26.iii.1999-01.iv.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
26.iv.1999: JAB, editor: minor corrections
06.v.1999: GZ, editor: proofreading
29.x.1999: GC, 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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