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A prayer for Samsu-iluna (Samsu-iluna B)

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1. zi []
2. zi []
3. zi X []
4. mu-za []
5. til3 kug []
6. den-ki an []
7. nun sa-am-su-i-[lu-na] []
8. me-lem4 daĝal-/še3\ [dul-la ]
9. ĝišgu-za-[zu] den-ki-/ke4\ []
10. ĝidru mu ud su3-ra2 saĝ-e-eš […-rig7]
11. /aga\-zu dutu-gin7 [] ḫe2-[…]
12. /nam\-lugal-/zu\ an ki-gin7 ḫe2-/ge\-[en]
13. ma-da 3 lu-a lugal-[bi] ḫe2-[me-en]
14. 3-e sipad zid-bi ḫe2-[me-en]
15. 3 dur2-ru-na-bi na-/gada\-bi ḫe2-[me-en]
16. dutu-gin7 di gen6-na [dab5]-be2-da-zu-[ne]
17. X X X šar2-ra niĝ2?-gen6 mu sa4 X X X X []
18. sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal inim sag9-sag9-ge dutu-/kam\-[me]-/en\
19. lugal-e-ne saĝ-kal-/bi\ ḫe2-me-en
20. kur gu2-erim2-ĝal2-la-zu ud /ḫuš-gin7\ du7-zu-[ne]
21. lugal gu2 an-še3 ḫe2-ni-zig3
22. sa-am-su-i-lu-na gu2 an-še3 ḫe-ni-zig3
23. kan4-diĝir-raki iri me dsuen-na-ka nam-/gal-zu\ ud-gin7 pa ḫe2-ni-ib2-e3
24. dmarduk diĝir saĝ du3-zu /gu2\-en nun-e-ne-/ka\ saĝ-zu ḫe2-eb2-il2-/le\
25. ki me3 šen-šen ĝiš-ĝiš-/la2\-[a]-/ka\ da-za ĝa2-la na-an-ni-ib-dag-ge
26. a2-taḫ ĝištukul-zu ḫe2-[me] ud su3-ra2-še3 ḫe2-ba-e-/dirig-ga?\
27. an lugal diĝir-re-e-/ne\-[ke4] zi-zu? ud su3-ra2-še3 /ḫe2\-[me]-da-ĝal2
28. den-lil2 lugal kur-kur-[ra]-/ke4?\ inim-zu ge-en-na inim?-zu ḫa-ba-ab-dugud
29. dinana nin gal an-[na-ke4] inim kug-ga-ni-a ḫe2-bi2-ib2-ḫa-za
30. [den-ki]-/ke4\ 3 šar2-[ra šu]-zu-še3! ḫu!-mu-un-ĝal2
31. [dasari] ensi2 gal /abzu kur?\-kur kilib-ba na de5 ba-X-a nir-ĝal2 eridugki-ga
32. diĝir X-ra-na kilib3-ĝal2 X [X]-e-ne-ke4 mu dug3-ga ḫe2-bi2-ib2-sa4 a2 nun gal-zu ḫe2-a
33. dnamma ama e2-e X [] ki ama kalam-ma-ka ka-za a ḫe2-ĝa2-ĝa2
34. ddam-gal-nun-na /nin gal\ eridugki-ga ki-nu2 dug3 ul-le-eš sizkur2-re-da-ni
35. mu-la2 ḫi-a […]-ma dam-bi nu-til-e
36. ud ḫe2-ĝal2-la ud šu?-a [] /mu\-ni-[(X)]-/bur2\-ra sag9-ga
37. ki nitalam-a-[ni-ta] /šudu3! ḫa\-mu-ra-ab-be2
38. diĝir gub-ba dlamma /abzu\ lu2 inim-ĝar sag9-ga-zu ḫe2-a AB-e X X-a ud da-ri2-še3
39. sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal-ĝu10

Print sources

Falkenstein 1949: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1998i: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998h: composite text

Cuneiform sources

AO 6703 (TCSL 16 43); lines in composite: 1-39


Revision history

25.iii.1999-26.iv.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
23.vii.1999: GZ, editor: proofreading
23.vii.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
10.ix.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
10.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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