A praise poem of Ur-Namma (Ur-Namma C)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 115 sections

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iri-a ĝišbun-e mu-⌈da-an⌉-[…]
…… at a banquet with me in the city. …… joyful dance ……. I have brought abundance to Enlil's temple on the king's canal: I have directed ships both to Kar-ĝeština of Enlil and to the lapis-lazuli quay of Nanna. Alcohol and syrup have been poured out before Enlil. To me, the shepherd Ur-Namma, let life be given as a reward! For Nanna, my master, I have built his temple; as if it were a verdant hillside, I have set up the E-kiš-nu-ĝal in a great place. I have surrounded (?) its terrace with a gold and lapis-lazuli fence.
102
e-ne di ḫul2-la ĝar-ra-še3 ?-? X […]
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id2 ⌈lugal⌉-la e2 {d}en-lil2-la2-še3 ḫe2-ĝal2 mu-un-da-⌈kur9⌉
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kar-ĝeštin-na {d}en-lil2-la2-še3 ma2 na-an-ga-mu-ni-⌈in⌉-ri
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kar-za-gin3-na {d}nanna-ka ma2 na-an-ga-mu-ni-in-ri
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{d}en-lil2-ra kurun2 lal3 ba-an-na-de2
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sipad ur-{d}namma-me-en til3 niĝ2-ba-ĝu10 ḫe2-a
108
{d}nanna lugal-ĝu10 e2-gal-la-na mu-na-du3
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e2-kiš-nu-ĝal2 ḫur-saĝ sig7-ga-gin7 ki gal-la bi2-gub
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gi-gun4-na-bi kug-sig17 {na4}za-gin3-na dub-ba-an ba-la2
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šu dug4-ga-e {d}nanna-a-me-en
I am the creature of Nanna! I am the older brother of Gilgameš! I am the son borne by Ninsumun, a princely seed! For me, kingship came down from heaven! Sweet is the praise of me, the shepherd Ur-Namma!
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šeš {d}gilgameš2 gu-la-me-en
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[dumu] ⌈tud⌉-da {d}nin-sumun2-ka-me-en numun nam-en-na-me-en
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[an]-ta nam-lugal ma-ra-ed3!(SI.DU)
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[sipad] ur-{d}namma-me-en za3-mi2-ĝu10 dug3-ga-am3

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