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The poem of early rulers

(This composition also exists in various later, slightly adapted, versions, including mss. from Emar and Ugarit from the 13th century BC)
up to 5 lines missing
6. [] X li-bi-in-du3-a
7. [] X-am3 lu2-be2-ne šu bal ak-a
8. [] /lugal\-e mu 36000-am3 in-ak
9. [] /lugal\-e lu2 an-še3 bi2-in-ed2-de3
10. [] /zi\-ud-su3-ra2-gin7 nam-til3 i3-kiĝ2-kiĝ2
11. [] ba-an-za-za dab5?-ba?-ta
12. [] /kalam?\-ma? nu?-dar-ra-ke4
13. [] /lugal\-e-ne dub-saĝ ud ul-le2-a-ke4-ne
14. […]-un-peš4-peš4-/a\ nu-un-tu-ud-da
15. […]-/gin7\ šu-ĝu10 sa2 bi2-in-dug4-ga
16. [] na-me nu-mu-un-zu-a
17. […]-a-bi [] X igi niĝin2-na-kam
18. [] /nu\-zalag-ga [] ugu nam-uš2-a-kam [a]-ba-am3 {bi2-in-dirig-ga} {(1 ms. has instead:) [] X ĜIŠ KA-am3}
19. [] /il2\-la ud šag4 ḫul2-la X niĝ2-me-ĝar mu 36000-am3 in-ak
20. [] diĝir-re-e-ne bi2-in-šum2-ma-am3 […]-ra?-ra nam-til3 i3-kiĝ2-kiĝ2
21. [] ḫa-la lu2-u18-lu-kam [] til3-a e2 ĝuruš-ke4

Print sources

Alster 1986: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Alster 1990c: score transliteration, translation, commentary (no. 4)

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: composite text

Cuneiform sources

BM 80091 (ASJ 8 10-11) rev. ii 94-98

BM 80184 (CT 44 18) rev. ii 83'-98'

CBS 1208 rev. ii 95-98


Revision history

04.vi.2000: JAB, editor: standardisation
03.viii.2000: GZ, editor: proofreading
04.viii.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
22.ix.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
22.ix.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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