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A praise poem of Hammu-rabi (Hammu-rabi A): composite text

SEGMENT A

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¹[...]-ce₃ mu-/un\-X [...]
²[...] nam-en-bi ak-de₃ mu-/un\-[...]
³[...] cu iri^? [...]
⁴[...] X zi hul-da^? X-/ni-me\-[en]
⁵[...] X nu-mu-un-/tuku^?\ [X]
⁶[...] KEC₂-ni-[me]-en
⁷[...] X mar a bu a₂ ur X /iz^?\ zi
⁸[...] gu tu um di u₃ da-da-su
⁹[...] X X di nam-da-X-a-ni^!-ce₃
¹⁰[...] zu X um-ma-ri saj gig₂-ga [(...)] /im^?\ en gilim
¹¹X [X] [^id₂]buranun KU^? [(X X)] X X ki^?-bi-da-ke₄ ha-ba-da-[X]
^12id₂/idigna\ X im /AN^?\ [X]
¹³gu₂ ^id₂ir-ni-na-ta KI.KAL BAD^? bi-ib₂-du₃^? [X (X)]
¹⁴ha-am-mu-ra-bi lugal ^dgibil mu-X [...]
^15den-<lil₂>-le nam-a-ni-ce₃ X X [...]
^16den-ki-ke₄ nam-ur-[saj ...]
^17dsuen-na mu-un-[...]

^18dutu mac-mac [...]
¹⁹ka /pirij^?\ a [...]
²⁰nij₂ cag₄-ge de₆-a-ni [...]
^21dickur nam-ur-saj [...]
^22dmarduk nam-kalag IM X la [...]
^23dinana me X X X [...]
²⁴ni₂-tuku [...]
²⁵X [...]
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SEGMENT B

¹X [...]
²AN [...]
³X [...]
⁴X [...]
⁵X [...]
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SEGMENT C

¹[...] ab^? ke₄ X ni X [...]
²[...] e-ri nam-lu₂-[ulu₃ ...]
³[...] a-ri nam-zu^? [...]
⁴[...] X X-/me-en\
⁵[...] X-zu-e sig₃-ge
⁶[...] HUR nam-zu^? e an X
⁷[...] X X-ke₄^? saj X tah^!-tah
⁸[...] X kur gal X-le-ne
⁹[...] X mu-un-dug₄-ec
¹⁰[...] me lugal-/la-ke₄\
¹¹[...] X na ra si X
¹²[...] ^den-lil₂ saj [...]
¹³[...] PA^? IM AC
¹⁴[... nam]-/en\-bi ak
¹⁵[...]-bi ak
¹⁶[...] X ib₂ NE X X /DI^?\
¹⁷[...] X [...]
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SEGMENT D

¹X X X [...]
²[...] ^den-ki-ke₄
³[...] X-zu kalam-ta ed₂-a
⁴[...] X me-te nam-dijir LAGAB
⁵[...] KA ib₂-ni X
⁶[...] X bi ri X en ig a X
⁷[...] X X X X X jar-jar-ra
⁸[...]-gin₇ nij₂ hul₂^?-e X X
⁹[...]-ra en₃-du-bi i-/i^?\-e
¹⁰[...] /gi^?\ alan-zu la-ba-da-an-kur₉-re
¹¹[...] ud-da-/ni^?\-ce₃
¹²[...] X X-zu cu mi-ni-ib₂-DU.DU
¹³[^den]-lil₂ cag₄^?-zu mu-un-na-dim₂
¹⁴[...] /ba\-da-an-kur₉-re
¹⁵[...] nam kal-kal [...]
¹⁶[...] X ri da lu₂ X X [...]
¹⁷[...] X [...]
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SEGMENT E

¹X [...]
²lu₂ X [...]
³e [...]
⁴X [...]
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SEGMENT F

¹X [X] X X [...]
²[nun]-bi ^dmarduk lu₂ mu-/un\-[...]
³ac₂-gig-ga [...]
⁴ib₂-ba gu-la ^dmarduk [...]
⁵mu-ru-ub dijir gal-/gal\-[e-ne]
⁶AN X X an-ce₃ [...] X X DU^? [...] nam ha-[...]
⁷[X] ^jictukul X [...] KA mi-[...]
⁸jic X JAR X [...]
⁹sig₄^? X /ni₂\-te-a-ni [...]
¹⁰[X X] X X X X X [...]
¹¹[X X] ni^? AN X X X X [...]
¹²[X X] X X X [...]
¹³[X X] X [...]
¹⁴[X X] X [...]
¹⁵[X X] X [...]
¹⁶[X X] X [...]
¹⁷[...] X X [X X]
¹⁸[...]-ta^? hul kij₂^? [...] X e
¹⁹[(X)] X [...] X ga nam ha-la X
²⁰[X (X)] X X X X X mu-un-na-DU-X
²¹[saj] /gig₂\-ga X X X ni X X X X [...]
²²[X X] X X JAR^? [...]
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Revision history

25.iii.1999-31.iii.1999 : JAB : standardising
06.v.1999 : GZ : proof-reading
08.vi.1999 : GZ : SGML tagging
11.vi.1999 : ER : proofreading SGML
11.vi.1999 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed