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A praise poem of Lipit-Eštar (Lipit-Eštar B)

1. dli-pi2-it-ec4-tar2 lugal saj il2 nun barag-ga
2. he2-du7 jicisimu2sar nam-lugal-la
3. dutu-gin7 du ce-er-zid kalam-ma
4. nam-nun-ce3 mah me gal-la u5
5. ub-da 4 uj3 ki jar-ra
6. ce-ga den-lil2-la2 dnin-lil2-le ki aj2
7. cul zid igi gun3 barag-ga tum2-ma
8. men aga zid saj me-te-jal2
9. cibir cu {du8} {(1 ms. has instead:) du7} saj gig2-ga
10. nun dli-pi2-it-ec4-tar2 dumu den-lil2-la2 sipad igi-jal2-tuku
11. uj3 lah5-lah5-e jissu dug3-ga ud IC?-e ni2 dub2-bu
12. en alim mah an-ne2 ki aj2
13. jickim-til3-zu-um ama dnin-lil2-la2
14. dli-pi2-it-ec4-tar2 a2 nun hu-mu-te-jal2
15. ka lal3-gin7 dug3 mu ka-ge du7
16. cag4-ge de6-a dam dinana
17. den-ki-ke4 jectug2 dajal saj-e-ec rig7-ga
18. dnisaba munus ul-la gun3-a
19. munus zid dub-sar nin nij2-nam zu
20. si-zu im-ma si ba-ni-in-sa2
21. cag4 dub-ba-ka gu-cum2 mi-ni-in-sag9-sag9
22. gi-dub-ba kug-sig17-ka cu mu-ni-in-gun3
23. gi-1-nindan ec2-gana2 za-gin3
24. jic-as4-lum le-um igi-jal2 cum2-mu dnisaba-ke4 cu dajal ma-ra-an-dug4
25. dli-pi2-it-ec4-tar2 dumu den-lil2-la2-me-en
26. nij2-zid nij2-gen6-na pa bi2-e-e3
27. en sag9-zu an-zag-ce3 na-dul?
28. dli-pi2-it-ec4-tar2 lugal umuc gal-gal-la ad gi4-gi4
29. inim-ma nu-kuc2-u3 gal-zu ka-ac bar uj3-e si sa2
30. jectug2 dajal nij2-nam gal-le-ec zu
31. di kur-kur-ra-ke4 si sa2-sa2-e-de3
32. inim cag4-ga jal2-la lul zid-bi mu-e-zu
33. dli-pi2-it-ec4-tar2 lu2-erim2-ra guru5-uc mu-e-ta-ab-ed2-de3-en
34. ka cer7-da-ka jiri3 saga11 dug4 lu2 zi-zi-i mu-e-zu
35. nam-tag dugud ka garac2-kam lu2 til-le mu-ni-in-zu
36. a2-tuku sa gaz nu-mu-un-ci-ak-e
37. kalag-ga sig9-ga ce29-ec2 nu-mu-un-ak-e
38. nij2-si-sa2 ki-en-gi ki-uri-a mu-ni-jar
39. su kalam-ma mu-dug3
40. dli-pi2-it-ec4-tar2 lugal i3-si-inki-na lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-me-en
41. nibruki-ce3 dub sar-re-me-en
42. e2-kur-re e2 den-lil2-la2-ce3 dli-pi2-it-ec4-tar2 saj us2-bi za-e-me-en
43. den-lil2 dnin-lil2-ra ki aj2 cag4-ba-me-en
44. ur-saj dnin-urta mackim kalag-ga-zu-um
45. dnuska sukkal-mah a2-tah inim-ma-zu-um
46. icib kec3ki-ce3 dnin-tur5-re zid-de3-ec pad3-da-me-en
47. urim2ki-ce3 jal2-la cul jic tuku dsuen-na-me-en
48. den-ki-ke4 eridugki-ta aga zid cum2-ma-me-en
49. ki unugki-ga kug dinana-ra dli-pi2-it-ec4-tar2 hi-li cag4-ga-na-me-en
50. dnin-i3-si-in-na-ke4 i3-si-inki-na barag mah-zu mi-ni-in-ri
51. i-lu cag4-ga mu bal sag9-ga
52. nun-e nun uru16 dirig gal mah-bi
53. ad-da-zu dic-me-dda-gan lugal kalam-ma-ke4
54. jicgu-za-na suhuc-bi mu-ra-an-ge-en
55. inim dug4-ga an den-lil2-la2-ta
56. du17 nim kur-kur-ra si-a {mu-ni-in-jar} {(1 ms. has instead:) mu-e-ni-jar}
57. dli-pi2-it-ec4-tar2 dumu den-lil2-la2-me-en
58. nij2-gen6-na-zu ka-ga14 mi-ni-in-jal2
59. za3-mi2-zu e2-dub-ba-a-ka {im mu-e-ni-dug4-dug4} {(1 ms. has instead:) im-e nam-da13-da13}
60. dub-sar-re a-le he2-em-ci-ak-e gal-le-ec he2-i-i
61. ar2-zu e2-dub-ba-a-ka muc3 nam-ba-an-tum2-mu
62. sipad gu2-tuku cul dumu den-lil2-la2
63. dli-pi2-it-ec4-tar2 za3-mi2

Print sources

Falkenstein 1953, p. 123-126: translation

Römer 1965, p. 23-29: composite text, translation, commentary

Römer 1989a, p. 681-686: translation, commentary

Vanstiphout 1978: composite text, score transliteration, translation, handcopy, photograph, commentary

Vanstiphout 1979: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998ccc: composite text

Cuneiform sources

A 627

AO 8863 (TCL 16 87)

CBS 4075 (photo JCS 30 60)

CBS 6501 (PBS 1/2 138; photo JCS 30 57)

CBS 6668 (photo JCS 30 55)

CBS 6943 (photo JCS 30 57)

CBS 7866 (photo JCS 30 58)

CBS 7869 (photo JCS 30 59)

CBS 7874 (PBS 13 36; photo JCS 30 58)

CBS 7876 (photo JCS 30 59)

CBS 13380 (JCS 30 55)

CBS 13967 (PBS 13 49; photo JCS 30 52f.)

CBS 14134 (STVC 78; photo JCS 30 54)

N 1509

N 1537

N 1553

N 1580

N 1731

N 1739

N 4176

N 4960 (photo JCS 30 61)

N 6282

Ni 1601 (UMB 17/2 fg. 12; ISET 1 48)

Ni 3042 (SLTN 69)

Ni 5038 (ISET 1 66)

UET 1 296

UET 6 351

UM 29-13-376

UM 29-16-145 (JCS 32 64; photo JCS 30 56)

3N-T819

3N-T914ee = A 33453 (JCS 30 61)

3N-T915f = A 33463 (JCS 30 61)

W 16743g (BagM 2 41190)


Revision history

24.v.1999: GZ, editor: standardisation
28.vii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
17.viii.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
03.ix.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
03.ix.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

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