The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.5.5.5

The song of the ploughing oxen: an ululumama to Ninurta

1.	[e-el-lu] /ma\-al-lu
2.	gud jen-a jen-a ^jic/cudul\-[a] gu₂ jar-i₃
3.	[gud ... jen-a jen-a ^jiccudul]-a gu₂ jar-i₃
4.	[...] ma-da-me-en
5.	[...] ^den-lil₂-la₂-me-en
6.	[...] kalam-ma-me-en
7.	[e-el-lu] ma-a^!-lu
8.	[...] /saj\ mu-da-jal₂
9.	[... saj] mu-da-jal₂
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13.	X X [...]
14.	a₂-ce ama hu-/mu\-[da-...]
15.	a₂-ce ^dnance hu-mu-da-an-/cub^?-bu^?\
16.	ninda ^kuclu-ub₂ ha-ma-ni-in-jar-ra-am₃
17.	a ^kucummud-da ha-ma-ni-in-de₂-am₃
18.	saj /us₂\ [... ha]-ma-da-an-gub-ba
19.	engar ninda gu₇-a ha-ma-an-dug₄-ga-am₃
20.	engar a naj-a ha-ma-an-dug₄-ga-am₃
21.	e-el-lu ma-a-lu
22.	^dnance e₂ ma-mu-de₃ ba-nu₂
23.	^dnance-ra inim ji₆ im-ma-na-ab-DU
24.	ninda ^kuclu-ub₂-a im-ma-ni-in-jar
25.	a ^kucummud-da im-ma-ni-in-de₂
26.	[saj us₂ ...-gub]
27.	^lu₂engar igi X [(X)] im-ma-ci-in-bar
28.	gud-ab₂ X [(X)] eme ba-an-jar
29.	X [...] /jiri₃^?\ bi₂-in-la₂
30.	[^lu₂engar] /ama\-a-ni gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e
31.	[ninda ^kuclu-ub₂-a] ma-an-jar
32.	[a ^kucummud-da] ma-an-de₂
33.	[saj us₂ ... ma-an]-/gub^?\
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38.	/e\-[el-lu ma-al-lu]
39.	a-na-[am₃ ...]
40.	a-na-/am₃\ [...]
41.	a-ba-am₃ [...]
42.	a-ba-am₃ [...]
43.	a-ba-am₃ /lag\ [...]
44.	a-ba-am₃ /mucen\ [...]
45.	a₂ zid-da [...]
46.	a₂ gab₂-/bu\ [...]
47.	igi il₂-/la\ [...]
48.	umbin gal-/ju₁₀\ [...]
49.	mul-an-na X [...]
50.	gala-bi [...] / si\ im-sa₂-/e \ [...]
51.	[gud ...] /saj^?\-dili gur₄ mu-un-/ta\-cub
52.	[...] /inim\ mu-na-ni-ib-gi₄-/gi₄\
53.	gud-me-/en\ gud tur-me-en
54.	siki giri₁₇-/ju₁₀\ nu-lum-ma-me-en
55.	gu₂-tar-/ja₂\ sahar nu-cub-ba-bi
56.	a-na-ac-am₃ lugal-ju₁₀ je₂₆-e mu-un-/kal\-me-en
57.	amar ban₃-da-ju₁₀ inim 1-am₃ a-ra-ab-[be₂]-en
58.	jizzal he₂-em-ci-/ak\
59.	^jicKU ad-da-zu 4-/am₃\
60.	^jicKU ama-zu 8-am₃
61.	^dutu jic sag₉-zu si he₂-ri-/ib\-[sa₂ ]
62.	e-el-lu ma-a-[lu]
63.	engar cu-nim-ma sipad tur₃ kug-[ga]
64.	juruc-e ud tur-ra-ni-ta dam an-/tuku\-[am₃]
65.	dumu an-tuku-am₃ dili-ni^? nu-mu-un-[...]
66.	e-el-lu [ma-a-lu]
67.	mul-an-na je₂₆-[e ...]
68.	gun₃ an-na je₂₆-/e\ [...]
69.	^tug₂nij₂-barag₂ ur₃-ra /je₂₆\-[e ...]
70.	[X X] /je₂₆-e\ [...]
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91.	/^jicX\ [...]
92.	e-el-[lu] /ma\-a-lu
93.	^den-/ki\-[im-du] [lu₂] eg₂ pa₅-ra-ke₄
94.	en /^d\[...] /gu₃\ mu-na-de₂-e
95.	lugal-/ju₁₀\ [...] X ga-mu-ra-ab-ak-e
96.	gana₂ zid-[de₃ ... a] /ga\-ra-ab-dug₄
97.	im /saj\ [...] im-ma-ab-be₂
98.	ud /ce\ [...] X gana₂ NE
99.	AN-/AN\ [...] /mu-da\-an-X [...] ma-ab-ak
100.	X [...] X NE
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119.	e-el-lu ma-al-lu
120.	^jicgana₂-ur₃ ^jicga-rig₂ a-cag₄-ja₂
121.	^jiczu₂ gal-gal ha-ra-ab-si gana₂ kug ri-ri-de₃
122.	^jical gu₂ ki he₂-re-la₂ mud sa₂-bi₂-ib
123.	^jical gu₂ ki he₂-re-la₂
124.	^jicapin kug-zu ^jicdal-a la₂-a-ba ^jicdal-ta um-ta-si-ig
125.	nagar gal-zu gu hu-mu-ra-ab-tag-ge
126.	/a₂\ ^jicle-um-ma-bi [...]
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139.	[...] mu₇-mu₇ [...]
140.	[... cu] /zid\-da-na gi-1-nindan he₂-[...]
141.	[...] [^d]/en\-ki-im-du lu₂ eg₂ /pa₄\-[ra-ke₄]
142.	[...]-a-ka hu-mu-ra-[...]
143.	[e-el-lu] ma-al-lu gud jen-a jen-[a ^jiccudul-a gu₂ jar-i₃]
144.	[gud ...] jen-a jen-a ^jiccudul-a gu₂ [jar-i₃]
145.	[ab-sin₂ gana₂] zid-da jiri₃ gub-gub-i₃ us₂ [ si sa₂ he₂-e-dib]
146.	[...] e₂ kac-a-ka ul ti-a [...]
147.	[...] ^dinana-ka ki-bur₂-/re\ [...]
148.	[...] ki-bi i₃-/gi₄\-[gi₄ ...]
149.	[u₂-lu-lu]-ma-/ma\ ^dnin-urta-kam

Print sources

Civil 1976, p. 85-95, plates 5*-6*: composite text, translation, photograph, commentary, score transliteration

Electronic sources

Krecher 1998c: composite text, translation

Krecher 1998l: score transliteration

Cuneiform sources

N 3517 + N 3606 (photo AOAT 25 pl. VI*)

CBS 11556 (PBS 1/1 3, with photo pl. 39)

Ni 1250 (SLTN 150) + UM 29-16-684 + N 1631 (photo AOAT 25 pl. V*)

Revision history

21.i.1999-24.i.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
02.xii.1999: GZ, editor: proofreading
05.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
22.xii.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
22.xii.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