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A diatribe against Engar-dug (Diatribe B)

Segment A

1. mengar-dug3 X lu2 lil2-la2 zag [] dumu KA-a buluĝ3-/ĝa2\ (Cited in OB catalogue from Nibru, at Philadelphia, 0.2.01, line 60)
2. lu2 pe-el-la2 ni2-su-ub kuš sig10-ga X e2-ĝar8-da šub-a
3. mengar-dug3 ze2-za nar-e-ne lu2 dim2?-ma nu-sag9
4. silim dug4-dug4 ur ŠID-ŠID-na lu2-u3 šu?-a /e3?\
5. /e2\ X /ĝal2\-u3 du14 ga-e-da-ak ulutim2 uguugu4-bi
6. is-ḫab2 lu2-inim-ma teš2 nu-tuku di-še3 gu2 nu-šum2-mu
7. ki-ma-an-ze2-er lu2 kal-e nu-zu saĝ erin2-na sal-sal
8. lu2 ezen nu-KU šaḫ2 lu-ḫu-um-ta su3-a gu2 mu-un-da-an-kud
9. eme ti bal niĝ2-erim2-e ki 2 aḫ-da X []
10. du14 mu2-mu2 keše2-da-ta e3-a in dub2-/dub2\ []
11. ur-saĝ gub-be2 šu-bi-še3 la2-a tug2-da []
12. mengar-dug3 gu-du keše2 eme ḪAR dim2-ma a-ḫa-X []
13. lu2 X nu-tuku kun ka-bi-še3 šub-ba niĝ2 ni2-bi nu-X
14. eḫ3 eḫeḫḫe e-sir2 daĝal-la lu2 /nam\-ta-e3-a
15. inim sig10-sig10 umuš dim2-ma-na sig ka tar-re-a bal-bal
16. lu2-ra gala muš-laḫ4-e dub2-dub2 mu pi-il nar-e-ne
17. ur gu3 de2 ĝišza3-mi2-a nu-ĝal2 gu3ĝiš»kiri6 de2-de2
18. KU-KU-uš KA-KA gu2-ni saĝ ZI e2 sa ab-la2-e
19. a2 al-aĝ2-e X [X] ĝal2 erin2 ab […]-dar
20. X-bi ka lu2 /DI\ IG X nu-un-na-dug3
21. [X] KA AN ḫul-še3 X bal-bal X
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Segment B

1. [] ĝišĜIRI3-na []
2. na-an-ga-ma nu-zuḫ šeš-a-na a la-ba-ši-ak
3. kar ḫe2-en-du3 tilla2 iri X ḫu-mu-ni-in-TUG2-TUG2
4. pa-aĝ2 ḫe2-en-ze2 lu2 abula [] ĝiškim-bi ḫu-mu-un-X
5. ur5-ta ki na-me-še3 nam-ba-DU en-nu-uĝ3 []
6. mengar-dug3 šir3 kug-zu mu-til nam-maḫ-[zu ]
7. in-zu sila daĝal ba-ni-in-[…] lul-zu pa bi2-i-[e3]
8. X /lu2\ igi saĝ5 mengar-dug3 KA gud? []
9. [] darmušen-gin7 X []
10. […]-/da\ muš-laḫ4 []
11. [] KA []
12. [] X NA X []
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Print sources

Sjöberg 1972b: composite text, translation, photograph, commentary

Electronic sources

Civil 1989d: composite text

Civil 1994d: composite text

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Krecher 1998q: composite text

Krecher 1998s: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

CBS 2331 (photo JCS 24 1972] p. 118)

CBS 14072 (photo JCS 24 1972] p. 118)

IB 1296


Revision history

09.ii.2000-15.ii.2000: GC, editor: standardisation
19.v.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
19.v.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
26.v.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
26.v.2000: 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

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