The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.2.7.1.1

A praise poem of Anam (Anam A)

1.	an-am₃ en TUG₂ DI^? IM^? X (gi₄-it-ma-lu) X X
2.	[X] X-ra ĝeštug₂ daĝal šu du₇
3.	X nibru^ki^? til₃ iri ĜIRI₃ BAR nu-tuku
4.	/tum₉\ dug₃-ga iri^ki-na ad-da ma-da unug^ki-ga
5.	[di]-/kud\ šag₄ di-da-ka BAR UD ME
6.	[X] /ni₂\-tuku ni₂ te an ^dinana-ke₄
7.	[u₂-a] e₂-an-na inim sag₉-ga-bi X ul ti
8.	[X] /kalag^?\-ga šag₄-ge de₆-a ^dinana-ke₄
9.	[…] AN kalam-ma šu-kin dab₅-be₂
10.	[…] X saĝ zig₃ en ^dinana-ke₄
11.	[…] gal-zu niĝ₂-nam-ma-kam
12.	[…] ĝal₂ šag₄ dab₅-ba du₇-a
13.	[…] X ki GI DU-a LA si-si
14.	[…] /bal\-bal-e ḫuš-a
15.	[…] igi il₂ ḫi-li du₈-du₈
16.	[…] /saĝ\-kal erin₂-na-me-en
17.	[^dna-na-a …] X šag₄ ama niĝ₂-nam-ma
18.	[…] X ĝal₂-la ul-še₃^? ĝal₂
19.	[…] nam gal AN X X DI
20.	[X X] X X X X X X UN-gal-e X
21.	[X X] X DI IM
22.	[e₂-me]-/ur₄\-ur₄ ḫa-lam-ma ki-be₂-eš gi₄-a
23.	[…]-an-šub-ba du₃-du₃
24.	[X X ud] ul-ta nu-du₃-a mu-un-dim₂-ma
25.	[X X] X ĝiš-ḫur-ru gen₆-me-en
26.	[X X] X-ba kalam-ma maḫ dib₂-ba
27.	[X X] /sag₉\-ge-ba u₃-gul zid ĝa₂-ĝa₂-me-en
28.	[X X] /šita\ saĝ us₂-a nidba ku₅-ru-me-en
29.	[e₂]-/an\-na e₂-me-ur₄-ur₄ alan gi₁₆ sug₂-ga
30.	[X] /lu₂\ nam-ma-ni sag₂ nu-di
31.	[X] X nam gal su₁₃-ra₂-še₃ mu-e-tar
32.	[X] X-e nin diĝir gal zag gub
33.	[X X] ĝar-ra-na nam-til₃ niĝin-a
34.	[X X] AN šag₄ ḫul₂ ud sud₄-sud₄
35.	[bi₂]-in-dug₄ an ki-a ig e₂-an-na-ka
36.	nin emeda(UM.ME)-a ^dna-na-a bad₃ gal ba-gub-bu^?
37.	zi numun ḫi-li ĝiš-šub-zu-še₃ mu-e-ĝar
38.	^den-lil₂-še₃ maḫ-bi-še₃ ĝal₂-me-en
39.	dumu nibru^ki saĝ geme₂ arad niĝ₂ UD gu-ul-la-am₃
40.	šag₄ unug^ki-ga a₂-dam-bi mu nam-en tum₂-u₃^?-ne
41.	mu-e-du₈-du₈ nibru^ki-še₃ šu bar

Print sources

Falkenstein 1963, p. 80-82, 13: score transliteration, translation, commentary, photograph

Cuneiform sources

W 20477 (photo pl. 13)

Revision history

24.iii.1999-31.iii.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
06.v.1999: GZ, editor: proofreading
08.vi.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
18.vi.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
18.vi.1999: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published