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A praise poem of Abi-Eshuh (Abi-Eshuh B): translation

SEGMENT A

1-6On a shining day may ...... for you! On a bright day may your heart ......! The bright day when Utu the judge ....... ...... his pleasure, his fulfilment. ...... the staff of An, in heaven and earth. ...... Marduk .......
approx. 4 lines missing

SEGMENT B

1-14There .......
2 lines fragmentary
Before Utu and Nance ....... Before Abi-Ecuh .......
1 line unclear
...... your divinity ....... ...... your lot. The door ...... to the house ....... ...... day and night ....... ...... from the mouth, its tongue ....... Your personal god ...... like life. Your protective goddess ...... life. ...... life ...... prayer.

15-30In those days, in those far-off years ...... The holy hand ...... his protective goddess ....... Nisaba, the lady of Erec, ....... ...... a jar in which there was barley. Walking ...... ...... on roads and routes ....... ...... words which he had uttered, ways ....... ...... a hired worker, like a midwife, a female weaver ....... ...... who spoke to Utu ......, ...... who spoke to Nanna ....... He who enters a house ....... ...... small and great ....... ...... sitting on his chair, lying on his bed,
1 line unclear
...... your ways, your personal god ...... ...... years of life, months of peace in a place of contentment.


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Revision history

26.iv.1999 : JAB : adapting translation
14.ix.1999 : GZ : proofreading
03.xii.1999 : GC : tagging
07.i.2000 : ER : proofreading SGML
07.i.2000 : ER : converting to HTML 4.0
7.ix.2001 : ER : header and footer reformatted; substantive content of file not changed