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A praise poem of Shulgi: composite text

SEGMENT A

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¹X /kug-sig₁₇^? UD^?\ X X [X X] mi₂ he₂-ma-ni-/in\-[dug₄]
²jic^?tukul-la ud sud X [X]-ja₂^? u₁₈-ru-gin₇ ki he₂-ma-ni-us₂-/sa^?\
³/NI^?\ [X] X RU X-ma-ju₁₀-ne^?
4[X X] X X X X X [X X] X /gaba zig₃-ga-ju₁₀-ne^?\
⁵[ce-er]-/zi^?\ ud-de₄-ec₂ mu₂-a-gin₇ [men] kug-ga mul-la-ju₁₀-ne^?
6[jidru] mah nam-he₂-a ur₄-ur₄-ra cu-ju₁₀-ce₃ jal₂-la-bi
^7jicgu-za suhuc gen₆-na X X saj-ce₃ rig₇-ga-ja₂^?
8X X saj^? an-ce₃^? he^?-bi₂^?-il₂
⁹cul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra-me-en₃ nij₂-zid ki-bi-ce₃ hu-mu-jar-ja₂-ar
¹⁰nij₂-erim₂ a-ji₆ a ed₂-a-gin₇ uzug_x(KA.U₂)-ge he₂-mi-bu₃
¹¹mi₂ gal-gal ni₂-ju₁₀ en-na bi₂-dug₄-ga
¹²mu ^den-lil₂-la₂ lul ba-ra-/na he₂-gen₆\
¹³am babbar₂-gin₇ saj he₂-/ci\-[...]
¹⁴X X [...]

SEGMENT B

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¹X X [...]
²unken^? ak^? X [...]
³mi₂-bi-im hu-/mu\-[dug₄]
⁴X X X X [...]
⁵[X] /URUD^?\ X X [X]-/mu^?\-dug₄^?
6[X] X kalam^?-ma^? jen^?-na-ja₂^? /mi₂\-bi-im hu-/mu\-dug₄
⁷cu^?-dim₄^? nij₂ sag₉-ge X-gin₇ ka-ga mi-ni-jal₂-la^? ja₂-ra mi₂ zid-bi-im hu-mu-dug₄
⁸jespu₂ lirum₃^?-ta a₂ ha-ma^?-gun₃^? mi₂-bi-im hu-mu-dug₄
⁹a-la ^den-lil₂^?-da^? ma^?-ab^?-be₂ kalam^?-ma gi₄-a^? X X X X na HI NIM dar^?-ra^?-ja₂^?
10ec₃ nibru^ki-ce₃ jiri₃ urim₅^ki-ma-ce₃ cu nijin₂-nijin₂-na-ja₂
¹¹kaskal da-na 30 jen-na-ja₂ ja₂-ra mi₂ zid-bi-im hu-mu-/dug₄\

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07.vi.2000-08.vi.2000 : GC : standardisation
12.xii.2000 : JAB : proofreading
15.xii.2000 : JAB : SGML tagging
19.i.2001 : ER : proofreading SGML
19.i.2001 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed