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A praise poem of Hammu-rabi (Hammu-rabi A): translation

SEGMENT A

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...... acting as its lord ......
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...... the black-headed ....... ...... the Euphrates ....... ...... the Tigris ....... ...... on the banks of the Irnina watercourse ....... King Hammu-rabi ...... Gibil (the god of fire). Enlil ....... Enki ...... heroism. Suen .......

^18-24Utu the sorcerer ......
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...... his favourite ....... Ickur ...... heroism. Marduk ...... strength (?). Inana ...... divine powers. ...... reverent ......
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SEGMENT B

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SEGMENT C

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...... humanity .......
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...... the Great Mountain .......
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...... the divine powers of kingship .......
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...... Enlil .......
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...... acting as its lord (?).
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SEGMENT D

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...... Enki ....... ...... emerging from the Land. ...... befitting divinity .......
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...... joyous ....... ...... praising with their songs ....... ...... your statue shall not be brought in ......
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...... formed your heart for Enlil (?). ...... enter ....... ...... precious destinies .......
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SEGMENT E

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SEGMENT F

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...... its prince (?) Marduk who ....... ...... curse ....... ...... great wrath ...... Marduk ....... ...... midst of the great gods ......
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...... weapon .......
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...... brickwork (?) .......
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...... portion .......
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...... the black-headed .......
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Revision history

25.iii.1999-31.iii.1999 : JAB : translating
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