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A praise poem of Abi-Eshuh (Abi-Eshuh A): composite text

1lugal me an ki-bi-da-ke4 ab-ur4-ra dumu saj-kal den-ki-ke4
2dmarduk en jir3-ra ur-saj cag4 AC.DU palil dnun-gal-e-ne
3a2-jal2 da-nun-na-ke4-ne dijir gal-gal-e-ne gen6 ec-bar ab-cum2-cum2-mu-a
4nun gal cag4-bal-bal an kug-ga-ke4 en nam tar-tar dab-ba nij2-nam-ma
5gal-an-zu cag4-zu mah nam-dijir-bi pa ed2-a saj en3 tar igi im-bar-ra-ke4
6pa-bil2-ga-zu an lugal dijir-re-e-ne-ke4 nam-en-zu an ki um?-ma-na-bi ib2-ta-an-jal2
7a2-aj2-ja2 gal mah an ki-bi-da-ke4 saj-/KEC2-da\-bi [ma]-ra-an-cum2 sibir kur-kur-ra guru20-ma cu he2-em-/mi-la2-am3\
8dijir gal-gal-e-ne ib2-dirig-ga jidru lugal jarza dijir-re-e-ne si sa2-sa2-ec-a mu-ra-an-tah
9den-lil2-le nam-lugal kic! an ki-bi-da-ke4 nam-ce3 mu-ni-in-tar zag-du la-ba-an-tuku
10da-nun-na-ke4-ne mi-ri-ib2-gu-ul nam-mu-ru6-na ak-de3 mu-ra-an-cum2

11ki-ru-gu2 1-a-kam-ma


12dmarduk nun a-bi-e2-cu-uh dumu ki aj2 cag4-zu-ke4 nam-en-bi dutu-gin7 an-ub-ta pa ed2 ha-ba-ak-ec zag-du nu-un-tuku-tuku

13jic-gi-jal2-bi-im


14ur-saj nam-kalag-ga du8 /mah sug4\-ga nam-en-bi an ki-bi-da ci-ib2-gu-lu dmarduk <nam-kalag-ga du8 mah sug4-ga nam-en-bi an ki-bi-da ci-ib2-gu-lu>


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Revision history

26.iii.1999-01.iv.1999 : JAB : standardisation
26.iv.1999 : JAB : minor corrections
06.v.1999 : GZ : proofreading
29.x.1999 : GC : tagging
07.i.2000 : ER : proofreading SGML
07.i.2000 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed