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A hymn to Enlil for Samsu-iluna (Samsu-iluna H): translation

1-2...... offerings ......, he brought (?) them into E-kur.

3-8In the E-kur, the house of Enlil, Samsu-iluna, the mighty king whose ...... awesomeness covers all people (An Akkadian gloss has: whose splendour covers all people)
1 line unclear
(An Akkadian gloss has: reach ......)
3 lines fragmentary

9-13
1 line fragmentary
(An Akkadian gloss has: by saving ......)
The foreign lands ...... has wisely (?) made decisions (?) (An Akkadian gloss has: ......; who has inflicted defeat ...... on all hostile lands). Samsu-iluna, the good hero, lordly one of his Land (An Akkadian gloss has: Samsu-iluna, the good hero, lordly one of his land)! O Samsu-iluna, it is sweet to praise you!


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Revision history

26.iii.1999-01.iv.1999 : JAB : translation
27.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