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A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi Y)

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1. [X X] X X []
2. [X X] X ba-ni-ĝar-/re\-[eš]
3. nam-lugal-ĝa2 ud-bi sud-/da\
4. bal-ĝa2 ḫe2-ĝal2 pa ed2-ed2-dam
5. den-ki en dug4-ga-ni nu-kur2-ru saĝ il2 ba-ni-kur9
6. dutu inim-ma-ni saĝ-ba du maškim-še3 ma-an-šum2
7. dnin-lil2 kalam-ma gu3 ḫul2-la ma-ni-de2-a-ke4-eš2
8. unken-na ĝizzal ma-ni-ak-ke4-eš2
9. šul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra-/me\-[en]
10. ĝa2-ĝiš-šu2-a e2 di si /im?-sa2?\-[X (X)-na]
11. e2 maḫ nam-[nin]-a tum2-ma-na
12. e2pa-paḫ ki /u6\ di kur-kur-ra /ni2 ḫuš\ gur3-ru-na
13. e2 X X [X] /GI\ šag4-bi-a silim mu-/na\-[(X)-dug4]
14. [X X] mu-/da-ab\-du3 DA NI X [] mu-DU.DU X []
15. X gu2 mu-da-/ab\-[…]
16. urud niĝ2 kalag-ga-a X []
17. lu2 ḫul-ĝal2 ĝištukul-la mu-ši-[X X-a]
18. a2 2-ĝa2-ni-ta me3-a mu-ni-gaz-a
19. ur-saĝ gal-gal mu-til-la-ĝu10 bar-ba im-mi-X
20. gu2-bi-a ĝiri3-ĝu10 im-mi-gub
21. ki-gal-ba ni2-ĝu10 saĝ im-ma-ni-il2
22. alan kug-sig17 alan na4za-gin3-na-ĝu10
23. kisal maḫ e2-niĝ2-ĝa2-ra-ka-na si ba-ni-sa2-sa2
24. aratta kug-gin7 gi16-sa mi-ni-ĝar-ĝar
25. e2-muḫaldim gal-la-ni gud udu ba-ni-ĝar
26. e2-gir4 maḫ-a-ni ḫe2-ĝal2-la bi2-de6
27. e2-lunga3 zabar-re ḫe2-du7-na
28. kaš-kaš(source: gud-gud)-bi-ta NE ki ba-ni-us2-us2
29. kaš gig2 kurun kaš su4 <e2> a2 sikil-ba sur-ra
30. kiĝ2-sig unu2 gal-la-ni ba-ni-ĝar
31. [X] X X []
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Print sources

Falkenstein 1960: composite text, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996a: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

BM 16919 (CT 42 40)

Ni 4043 (SLTN 52)


Revision history

29.x.1999: GZ, editor: standardisation
14.xii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
16.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
11.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
11.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

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