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An adab to Nanna for Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan M)

Version A

Segment A

1. [] /ZI\ im-mi-X-X
2. [] /NA? dug4\-ga-/ni\ šu zid ĝar
3. [] X-na ḫi-li sud e2-kur-ra
4. [] /MI? diĝir gal\-gal-e-ne en gal maḫ an-/na\ []
5. [] ki-/tuš?\ diĝir na-me ḪAR []
6. [] maḫ en kur ki-gub-ba a-a d/nanna\ []
7. [] /itid\ ud-sakar gu-a gen6-ne2 mu ki-/bi?\-[še3 …-ĝar]
8. [] X 3 /lu!\-a nam-til3 []
9. [] X kur-kur si sa2-sa2 []
10. [id2idigna] id2buranuna-bi a zal-le tum3 [] /kur\-re
11. [] X še gu-nu []
12. [] /ki?\ daĝal-/e?\ u2-šim []
13. [] /MU?\ X /NU?\ []
14. [] en diš-me-dda-/gan\ []
15. [X] X ki šu mu-a-da-ĝal2 za-da /ḫul2?\ […]-/en?\
16. [X] X maḫ an-e den-lil2-le a-a d/nanna\ [saĝ]-/e\-eš rig7 X [X]
17. [X X] /zalag\-ga ni2 u3-mu-ni-gid2 ud-de3 sa2 /i?\-X-dug4
18. […]-na šu gal du8-a-bi ki-a u3-mu-/ni\-ge-en
19. [ud] nu2-a itid šu du7-a-zu 3-e u3-X-pad3
20. /en\ kur-ra di gal mu-ku5-re6-en ka-aš /maḫ mu\-bar-re-en
21. den-ki dnin-ki en gal nun gal en nam [tar]-re-bi
22. e3-a ka-za-ke4 ša-ba-an-sug2-ge-eš a-a /ud-sakar\ u3?-tud? mu-ši-X-/eš\
23. nun niĝ2-si-sa2 ka-ga14 i3-ni-ĝar niĝ2-du7 pa /bi2\-e3
24. šag4 ud mu-a-dug3 nam ki-bi-še3 ud mu-a-tar me-/lem4-zu ud\ MI X
25. ĝiš-ḫe2 daĝal-la ĝir2! ud mu-ni-bur2 /ku10-ku10\ [(X)] mu-a-dadag
26. e3-zu-še3 sizkur2 a-ra-zu-a da-nun-na X im-ma-sug2-sug2-ge-eš
27. ud-sakar dalla e3-a ḫi-li gur3-ru u6 di dug3-ga-zu-še3
28. nin gal ki-ur3-ra ama dnin-lil2 X-ra ḫul2-la mu-ni-ib-DU
29. e2-ĝa2-ĝiš-šu2-a ki-tuš! šag4 /ḫul2-la e2\-gal ni2 guru3-na
30. nin zid maḫ ab2 zid mas-su2 A X [X X (X)] X a-ra-zu ša-ba-an-de6
31.     sa-gid2-[da]-am3

32. en dadag diš-me-dda-/gan\ [X X] X /a2 nun\ ḫu-mu-te-ĝal2
33.     ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2 sa-[gid2-da-am3]

34. en an-na men gal maḫ-bi /IM\ []
35. [X] /dnin-lil2\ X []
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Segment B

1. šag4 /MU?\ []
2. mu maḫ-a-ni AN [] X X /lugal\ AN X X
3. a-a-zu me-ta me ma-/ra\-[an-šum2] en dnu-nam-nir-e
4. nam tar-re a-ra2 nam-den-/lil2\-[la2 saĝ]-e-eš ḫu-mu-rig7
5. saĝ mi-ri-ni-il2 en gal /den?-lil2?-le\ nun-ba mi-ni-in-kur9-re-en
6. men aga zid barag maḫ kug-/ga dalla\ mu-ra-ni-in-e3
7. kur-kur ku6-gin7 zag dug4-ga-ba /saĝ keše2\-[bi] /ma\-ra-an-šum2
8. (written in two lines on the edge; it may belong here) /su8?-ba?-gin7?\ X X [] nun! kur-kur-ra-ke4 []
9. an ki šu2-a-ba za-e na-an-na diĝir /na\-[me X] /TI\
10. muš3 kug an kug-/ga\ X-ra maš2-zu ud-gin7 X […]-/e?\
11. buru14 ezen gal ḫi-li si-a-ba kalam ši-/im\-ši-/ḫul2?\-X
12. 3 saĝ gig2-ga a-a-bi-gin7 igi-bi /šu\-mu-a-ši-ĝal2
13. en gal ga-til3-le ĝiš tuku-me-en ki /2!\ kalam-ma-me-en
14. urim2ki uz3-saĝ gal ki-en-gi-ra /iri an\-da mu2-a
15. ul-ul-la 3 maš2-a du3-a e2tur3 /šag4 ḫul2\-za
16. ḫa-ra-ni-ib-AŠ a-ra2-e diš-me-dda-gan X ab2 kug-ga saĝ NE?
17. ninda2 gud dug3 ḫa-ra-ni-ib-u5-e numun zid ḫa-/ra\-ab-i-i
18. [i3] saĝ ga saĝ ga unu2 kug-za NI [(X) ḫu]-/mu\-peš-peš-e
19. [X] X /maḫ\ gaba nu-/ŠA\ X /maš2\-za-ke4 [(X)] X-e
20. [X X] /ki\ nin ki maḫ [X X] X X [X X] X
21. [X X] X MA ĝiš-/ḫur\ [ si ḫa-ra]-ab-sa2-/sa2?\-[e ]
22. [] X BA? IM šim [] ḫa-ra-ab-X [X]
23. [X X X] kug-sig17 si-a-zu /nin\ [X X] [d]/nin\-gal
24. [X X]-ba ud-gin7 dalla ḫe2-ni-/in\-[e3] /ḫu\-mu-a-til3-/en\
25. [X X] gal-la /diš-me-dda-gan\ [X X] /ḫu\-mu-ra-ab-be2
26.     [sa]-ĝar-[ra]-/am3\

27. X X /diš\-me-d/da\-gan dumu den-lil2-[la2] [] nu-kur2-ru-/da?\ ḫe2-a
28.     [ĝiš]-gi4-ĝal2 sa-ĝar-[ra-bi-im]

29. /en?\ gal an kug-ta nam tar-re /gal\-[an]-/zu\
30. [X X] en dadag an kug-ta nam tar-/re\ [gal]-/zu\
31. [diš]-me-dda-/gan\ dumu den-lil2-la2 mas-su2 a-ba-ra /ki\-i gal ḫe2-na-a-/aĝ2\
32.     [u18-ru12]-bi-im

33.     a-da-/ab\ dnanna (lines 32 and 33 are written as one line in source)

Version B

(Due to the fragmentary state of the ms., UM 29-15-132, possible indentation cannot be taken into account here; line numbers refer to physical lines)

Segment A

(This passage runs parallel to Segment A, lines 18-29, of Version A)
unknown no. of lines missing
1. ki []
2. ud nu2-[a ]
3. 3 []
4. en kur-ra []
5. ka-aš []
6. den-ki d[nin-ki] []
7. en []
8. e3-a []
9. a-a X []
10. nun /niĝ2\ []
1 line missing
12. /šag4?\ []
9 lines missing
22. /e2\ []
23. e2-/gal ni2\ gur3-(X)-na

Segment B

(Lines 12-24 of this passage run parallel to Segment B, lines 25-31, of Version A))
1. […]-e
2. [] X EZEN?
3. [] X
4. [] X X
5. [] X [X] GA?
6. [] X-gin7? KI? kug? X E
7. [] X X X X (X) X-na
8. [] ḪA X [(X X)] TU? X
9. [] GI den?-X X E
10. [] X X X X
11. [] den?-X RI
12. [ diš]-X-X-da?-gan?-na
13. […]-/mu?\-[X]-/ab?\-be2
14.     [sa-ĝar-ra]-am3

15. [] den-lil2-la2?
16. […]-a
17.     [ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2 sa]-/ĝar?\-[ra]-/bi-im\

18. [] X /ZU?\
4 lines missing
23.     [u18-ru12-bi]-/im?\

24.     [a-da-ab] [d]nanna-kam


Print sources

Civil 2000, p. 116, fn. 17: score transliteration (Version A, Segment A 7)

Hall 1985, p. 800-813: score transliteration, translation, commentary (Version A)

Jacobsen 1976, p. 122-123: translation (Version A, Segment A, ll. 17-30)

Zólyomi 2001144-147: score transliteration, commentary (Version B)

Electronic sources

Tinney 1998ll: score transliteration

Cuneiform sources

Ni 2781 (ISET 1 38f.)

UM 29-15-132 (photo OrS 23-24 178) (rev. collated by ER)


Revision history

07.vii.2001: GZ, editor: standardisation, transliteration
23.viii.2001: JAB, editor: proofreading
23.viii.2001: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
24.viii.2001: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
24.viii.2001: 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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