The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.2.8.5.b

A hymn to Marduk for a king

1.	^dmarduk he₂-til₃-e
2.	X-la he₂-ri-ib-si-si
3.	nam-til₃-zu ^dmarduk he₂-eb₂-be₂
4.	nam-til₃-la-zu he₂-ri-ib-sud-dam
5.	[ud] /du\-ru-ce₃ he₂-ri-ib-tuku-a
6.	he₂-til₃-la
7.	he₂-silim-ma
8.	gi₁₆-sa-ac he₂-a
9.	jic-cub-ba-zu nam-til₃-la he₂-a
10.	nam-til₃ cag₄ dug₃-ga ha-la-zu he₂-a
11.	ud nu₂-a ma-mu₂-zu he₂-en-sag₉
12.	zig₃-ga-am₃ inim-jar-zu he₂-en-sag₉
13.	ki jiri₃ gub-ba-zu silim-ma he₂-ni-ib₂-gen₆
14.	/til₃\-la lugal-ju₁₀ igi an-ne₂ a-a dijir-re-e-ne-ke₄ sag₉-ga
15.	[X] lugal-zu kalam-ma he₂-ri-ib-il₂^?-e
16.	[X] X ^jicgu-za-zu su₃-u₄-ra₂-ce₃ hu-mu-un-X X
17.	/KA^?\ X /gi₁₆\-sa-ac he₂-a
18.	<jic-cub-ba-zu nam-til₃-la he₂-a>
19.	^da-a KA nam-til₃-la X [...] a₂-zu [...]
20.	jic DUG.LAGAB^? a-ra₂ gub-ba jic KA jic /LU\ [...]
21.	dijir u₂ gu₇-am₃ {a silim} {(1 ms. has instead:) a naj-naj} X til₃-la ud su₃-ra₂ jic-cub-ba-zu ja₂-ja₂
22.	ka-ta gub-ba nam-til₃ ha-ba-rig₇
23.	he₂-til₃-la he₂-silim-ma gi₁₆-sa-ac he₂-a
24.	jic-cub-ba-zu nam-til₃-la he₂-a
25.	nam-til₃ cag₄ dug₃-ga ha-la-zu he₂-a
26.	ud nu₂-a ma-mu₂-zu he₂-en-sag₉
27.	zig₃-ga-am₃ inim-jar-zu he₂-en-sag₉
28.	ki jiri₃ gub-ba-zu silim-ma he₂-ni-ib₂-/gen₆\
29.	ud du-ru-ce₃ he₂-til₃ X [...]

Print sources

Alster 1986: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Alster 1990c: score transliteration, translation, commentary (no. 1)

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: composite text

Cuneiform sources

BM 80091 (ASJ 8 pp. 10-11)

CBS 1208

Revision history

26.iv.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
29.vii.1999: GZ, editor: proofreading
03.xii.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