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A hymn to Nergal (Nergal B)

1. [ur-saj dumu] /mah\ ni2 gur3-ru den-lil2-la2
2. [ud-gin7 ra-ra] ki-bal-ce3 gu3 jar-ra
3. [igi-ni-ce3 u18]-ru bar-ra-ni-ce3 mar-uru5 zig3-ga
4. [...] X-ba-ni ki-bi [X]-/ge\
5. [en] [dmec3]-/lam\-ta-e3-a /ni2\ [huc gur3-ru]
6. [X X]-a-ni kur /erim2\-[jal2 nu-ed2]-de3
7. [si ma-az]-za-ni kalam-[ma ...]-la
8. [...] jic/tukul bi-in-sag3\
9. [...] X IM den-[lil2-le] u3-tud-da
10. [...] GAL X X [mar]-/uru5\ X X X
11. [...] X X [...]-/jar\-re-/en6\
12. [a2] nam-ur-saj-<ja2>-zu mu-gub-/be2-en6\
13. [saj il2]-la gu3 ra-bi-da nir-jal2
14. lu2 zu-me dijir-re-e-ne-ke4
15. e2 JA2xX-e ba-[X]-ar kalam-ma-ka
16. an-/ne2 mu\-nijin2 nij2-/nam\-[ma] a2 /mu-un\-kij2
17. ud nam-X mu-X X X
18. a-/ma\-[ru] kur sig10-sig10-ge5 mu-ni-dug4-ga
19. nij2 hul-[jal2]-bi kuc7 su3-su3-me-en
20. en-na nu-/ce-ga\-ce3 su3-su3-me-en
21. ur-saj /gal\ kur-kur-/ra\-[me]-/en\
22. CEC-a /dub2-dub2\-e gu3 ba-an-de2-de2
23. jiri3 nu-/ni\-gub X X-ni-du-un
24. cajan 7-gin7 X X-e ba-an-dib
25. saj gig2 tec2 an-ce3 gu2 bi2-in-jar
26. tum12mucen-bi-a lal3-/da\ zag mi-ni-dib-be2
27. sim?[mucen] /babbar gig2\-bi-a zag mi-ni-dib-be2
28. [X X sila] sig9-sig9-ga X [...]
29. /ni2\ [(X)]-zu iri mu-/un\-[dul]
30. men /zid\ mah ni2-zu [...]
31. X X u18-lu lu2-u3 gaba nu-[mu]-gi4
32. ki nin ki kal-kal nam-den-lil2 ca-ba-ak-e
33. igi saj il2 kalam-ma nam-lugal ca-ba-ak-e
34. a-a-ni-ra uj3 /su3\-ud-bi-/ta\ mi-ni-ib-e3
35. kur-ra e2? X X X ki /di?\-bi-ce3 i3-/ci\-de6 dnergal-ke4
36. der3-ra [lugal]-/ni\ mi2 na-mu-un-e
37. sug2-sug2-ge-ec-am3 an-ra dirig-ga-me-en
38. an lugal-e cid du3-mu-na-ab
39. nam tar-re nam mu-un-di-ni-ib-tar-re dnergal-ka-me-en
40. dnin-cubur sukkal ki gal kur-ra-ke4 dnergal-ka-ke4 silim-bi ba-ni-in-dug4
41. en-e hur-saj-ta [lu2-sa]-gaz ki mu-e3-a-me-en
42. d/en\-[lil2]-gin7 ki X kur tec2-a [a2]-/zu\ nu-ed2-de3
43. [ur]-/saj\ [X] /gu2?\ du3 den-lil2-la2
44. [zar-re-ec] den-lil2-ra ud 1(AC)-a du8-du8
45. [... hul] /gig\ dnergal i-zi-gin7
46. [...] kur ud e3 zig3-ga-me-en
47. [da-nun-na mu]-un-sug2-ge-ec
48. [...] ki-in-dar sud-sud-gin7
49. [...] X-a-ni dnergal-ka-me-en
50. [...] in-ga-[...] X
51. [...] X [...]
52. [...] X X
53. [...] tud-da
54. [... zar-re]-/ec2\ du8
55. [... dumu] [d]/en\-lil2-la2
56. [...] dlugal-er9-ra
57. [za3-mi2-zu dug3]-/ga\-am3

Print sources

van Dijk 1960, p. 35-56: composite text, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

AO 5391 (TCL 15 26)


Revision history

15.vii.1999-22.vii.1999: GC, editor: standardisation
06.xii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
13.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
25.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
25.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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