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ETCSLtransliteration : c.4.15.2

A hymn to Nergal (Nergal B)

1.	[ur-saj dumu] /mah\ ni₂ gur₃-ru ^den-lil₂-la₂
2.	[ud-gin₇ ra-ra] ki-bal-ce₃ gu₃ jar-ra
3.	[igi-ni-ce₃ u₁₈]-ru bar-ra-ni-ce₃ mar-uru₅ zig₃-ga
4.	[...] X-ba-ni ki-bi [X]-/ge\
5.	[en] [^dmec₃]-/lam\-ta-e₃-a /ni₂\ [huc gur₃-ru]
6.	[X X]-a-ni kur /erim₂\-[jal₂ nu-ed₂]-de₃
7.	[si ma-az]-za-ni kalam-[ma ...]-la
8.	[...] ^jic/tukul bi-in-sag₃\
9.	[...] X IM ^den-[lil₂-le] u₃-tud-da
10.	[...] GAL X X [mar]-/uru₅\ X X X
11.	[...] X X [...]-/jar\-re-/en₆\
12.	[a₂] nam-ur-saj-<ja₂>-zu mu-gub-/be₂-en₆\
13.	[saj il₂]-la gu₃ ra-bi-da nir-jal₂
14.	lu₂ zu-me dijir-re-e-ne-ke₄
15.	e₂ JA₂xX-e ba-[X]-ar kalam-ma-ka
16.	an-/ne₂ mu\-nijin₂ nij₂-/nam\-[ma] a₂ /mu-un\-kij₂
17.	ud nam-X mu-X X X
18.	a-/ma\-[ru] kur sig₁₀-sig₁₀-ge₅ mu-ni-dug₄-ga
19.	nij₂ hul-[jal₂]-bi kuc₇ su₃-su₃-me-en
20.	en-na nu-/ce-ga\-ce₃ su₃-su₃-me-en
21.	ur-saj /gal\ kur-kur-/ra\-[me]-/en\
22.	CEC-a /dub₂-dub₂\-e gu₃ ba-an-de₂-de₂
23.	jiri₃ nu-/ni\-gub X X-ni-du-un
24.	cajan 7-gin₇ X X-e ba-an-dib
25.	saj gig₂ tec₂ an-ce₃ gu₂ bi₂-in-jar
26.	tum₁₂^mucen-bi-a lal₃-/da\ zag mi-ni-dib-be₂
27.	sim^?[^mucen] /babbar gig₂\-bi-a zag mi-ni-dib-be₂
28.	[X X sila] sig₉-sig₉-ga X [...]
29.	/ni₂\ [(X)]-zu iri mu-/un\-[dul]
30.	men /zid\ mah ni₂-zu [...]
31.	X X u₁₈-lu lu₂-u₃ gaba nu-[mu]-gi₄
32.	ki nin ki kal-kal nam-^den-lil₂ ca-ba-ak-e
33.	igi saj il₂ kalam-ma nam-lugal ca-ba-ak-e
34.	a-a-ni-ra uj₃ /su₃\-ud-bi-/ta\ mi-ni-ib-e₃
35.	kur-ra e₂^? X X X ki /di^?\-bi-ce₃ i₃-/ci\-de₆ ^dnergal-ke₄
36.	^der₃-ra [lugal]-/ni\ mi₂ na-mu-un-e
37.	sug₂-sug₂-ge-ec-am₃ an-ra dirig-ga-me-en
38.	an lugal-e cid du₃-mu-na-ab
39.	nam tar-re nam mu-un-di-ni-ib-tar-re ^dnergal-ka-me-en
40.	^dnin-cubur sukkal ki gal kur-ra-ke₄ ^dnergal-ka-ke₄ silim-bi ba-ni-in-dug₄
41.	en-e hur-saj-ta [lu₂-sa]-gaz ki mu-e₃-a-me-en
42.	^d/en\-[lil₂]-gin₇ ki X kur tec₂-a [a₂]-/zu\ nu-ed₂-de₃
43.	[ur]-/saj\ [X] /gu₂^?\ du₃ ^den-lil₂-la₂
44.	[zar-re-ec] ^den-lil₂-ra ud 1(AC)-a du₈-du₈
45.	[... hul] /gig\ ^dnergal i-zi-gin₇
46.	[...] kur ud e₃ zig₃-ga-me-en
47.	[^da-nun-na mu]-un-sug₂-ge-ec
48.	[...] ki-in-dar sud-sud-gin₇
49.	[...] X-a-ni ^dnergal-ka-me-en
50.	[...] in-ga-[...] X
51.	[...] X [...]
52.	[...] X X
53.	[...] tud-da
54.	[... zar-re]-/ec₂\ du₈
55.	[... dumu] [^d]/en\-lil₂-la₂
56.	[...] ^dlugal-er₉-ra
57.	[za₃-mi₂-zu dug₃]-/ga\-am₃

Print sources

van Dijk 1960, p. 35-56: composite text, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

AO 5391 (TCL 15 26)

Revision history

15.vii.1999-22.vii.1999: GC, editor: standardisation
06.xii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
13.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
25.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
25.ii.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