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A prayer for Samsu-iluna (Samsu-iluna G): translation

1-6He greeted Enki, Asalim and the son of Eridug (An Akkadian gloss has: Ea, Marduk and Asalluha), the great gods, while sitting majestically on the golden throne of kingship with head high in heroic strength in its midst (An Akkadian gloss has: on your golden throne of kingship, whose head is raised high in the strength of your heroism, may you sit majestically, Samsu-iluna, double king), the king of Urim and king of Larsa, the king of Sumer and Akkad.


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Revision history

26.iii.1999-01.iv.1999 : JAB : adapting translation
27.iv.1999 : JAB : minor corrections
06.v.1999 : GZ : proofreading
28.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