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A hymn to Nanna for Gungunum (Gungunum B): translation

SEGMENT A

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SEGMENT B

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In the whole heaven and on the whole earth Acimbabbar has made ...... great (?). The respected one, the singular dragon, the god made manifest, ......, the flourishing one, the lord who ...... the moonlight -- supporting you, youthful Gungunum ....... The lord, the good wild bull, the first-born son of Enlil ......, the youthful Suen who listens to prayers ......, has made prince Gungunum's reign long ....... When my king stands in the sky ...... beauty. When youthful Suen stands in the sky ...... beauty. The splendid son of Nunamnir .......

SEGMENT C

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Your holy purification rites ......, the rituals (?) ....... The crescent moon fixing the months ....... Suen, radiance ....... ...... in the pure sky, beauty ....... In the Land ...... for you.
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SEGMENT D

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7 lines fragmentary or missing


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08.ii.2000-09.ii.2000 : GC : standardisation
25.vii.2000 : JAB : proofreading
27.vii.2000 : GC : tagging
22.ix.2000 : ER : proofreading SGML
22.ix.2000 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed