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A praise poem of Shulgi (Shulgi L): translation

SEGMENT A

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1-51 line fragmentary
...... in battle and fight ....... You gave ...... to your offspring (?) ....... ...... shepherd Culgi, you spread fearsomeness over the foreign countries. ...... shepherd, your offspring (?) will praise you duly.

6 sa-gida.


7-12You defeat ....... You impose silence on ....... You subdue the rebel lands ....... Your battle-cry ...... even the distant mountains and hills. ...... at your roaring devastate (?) ...... completely.
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SEGMENT B

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...... like a forest set on fire, ...... covers all the ....... ...... your fearsomeness makes ...... and the enemies tremble.

7 sa-jara.



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Revision history

28.ix.2000 : GZ : translation
07.xii.2000 : JAB : proofreading
08.xii.2000 : GZ : SGML tagging
19.i.2001 : ER : proofreading SGML
19.i.2001 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed