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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 cu bal ak-a
8. [...] /lugal\-e mu 36000-am3 in-ak
9. [...] /lugal\-e lu2 an-ce3 bi2-in-ed2-de3
10. [...] /zi\-ud-su3-ra2-gin7 nam-til3 i3-kij2-kij2
11. [...] ba-an-za-za dab5?-ba?-ta
12. [...] /kalam?\-ma? nu?-dar-ra-ke4
13. [...] /lugal\-e-ne dub-saj ud ul-le2-a-ke4-ne
14. [...]-un-pec4-pec4-/a\ nu-un-tu-ud-da
15. [...]-/gin7\ cu-ju10 sa2 bi2-in-dug4-ga
16. [...] na-me nu-mu-un-zu-a
17. [...]-a-bi [...] X igi nijin2-na-kam
18. [...] /nu\-zalag-ga [...] ugu nam-uc2-a-kam [a]-ba-am3 {bi2-in-dirig-ga} {(1 ms. has instead:) [...] X JIC KA-am3}
19. [...] /il2\-la ud cag4 hul2-la X nij2-me-jar mu 36000-am3 in-ak
20. [...] dijir-re-e-ne bi2-in-cum2-ma-am3 [...]-ra?-ra nam-til3 i3-kij2-kij2
21. [...] ha-la lu2-u18-lu-kam [...] til3-a e2 juruc-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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