ETCSLglossingSignSign name: NAM
Values: bir5, nam, sim, sin2

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi E) (c.2.4.2.05), line c24205.246
e2-ĜEŠTUG2.dNISABAniĝ2-umun2-agal-galmu-bi-še3mul-ankug-gin7bi2-sar
e2-ĜEŠTUG2.NISABAniĝ2-umun2-agalmumul-ankugsar
E-ĜEŠTUG.NISABA (TN)exampleto be bignameheavenly starshiningto write
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May my hymns be in everyone's mouth; let the songs about me not pass from memory. So that the fame of my praise, the words which Enki composed about me, and which Ĝeštin-ana joyously speaks from the heart and broadcasts far and wide, shall never be forgotten, I have had them written down line by line in the House of the Wisdom of Nisaba in holy heavenly writing, as great works of scholarship. No one shall ever let any of it pass from memory ……. It shall not be forgotten, since indestructible heavenly writing has a lasting renown. The scribe should bring it to the singer, and can let him look at it, and with the wisdom and intelligence of Nisaba, let him read it to him as if from a lapis-lazuli tablet. Let my songs sparkle like silver in the lode! Let them be performed in all the cult-places, and let no one neglect them in the Shrine of the New Moon. In the music-rooms of Enlil and Ninlil and at the morning and evening meals of Nanna, let the sweet praise of me, Šulgi, be never-ending.
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