A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi C)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 260 sections

A.108
zid-du si sa2-am3 igi-ĝu10-še3 in-dib-e
A.109
erim2-du lu2 ḫul-ĝal2 NE-ma-a bi2-in-tum2-mu
A.110
šag4-ge dug4-ga eme-a ĝa2-ra-a
A.111
a-ba-a ĝe26-gin7 bur2-bur2-bi mu-zu
A.112
ur-saĝ-me-en mu-ĝu10 zid-de3-eš2 ḫe2-em-pad3-pad3-de3-ne
I am a hero! Let them appropriately acknowledge my fame! I am a shepherd! Let them repeatedly bless me in prayer according to the heavenly stars! Let them tell in song a perfect recital of all my praiseworthy deeds!
A.113
sipad-<me-en> šudu3-da mul-an-gin7 ḫu-mu-ni-gu2-un-gun2-ne
A.114
za3-mi2 gal-gal dug4-ge du7-ĝu10 šir3-re-eš2 ḫe2-em-e-ne
A.115
kug-! ĝeštug2 daĝal in-ga-me-na-[ta]
Since I am also wise and highly intelligent, (5 lines fragmentary) Also I know the Martu language as well as I do Sumerian. …… mountain people walking in the hills ……, they greet me and I reply to them in the Martu language. Also I know the Elamite language as well as I do Sumerian. …… in Elam ……, they greet me and I reply in Elamite. (4 lines missing or fragmentary) In wrestling and athletics I am ……. I am the shepherd who with nimbly gripping fingers ……. Who can resist me, on the exercise ground as well as in battle? The greatest heroes of the Land, the notable strong men and athletes from the foreign lands, the swift (?) of Sumer, the totality of combatants, …… at my wrists. (1 line unclear) I am powerful in athletics, and I am strong …… in wrestling. I am Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer, and no one can equal me!
A.116
[…] X dug4-ga ḫe2-ni-ĝal2 [X]
A.117
[X X] X KA×X X X X teš2-bi i3-[X]
A.118
[X X] ⌈ki⌉-en-gi-ra X X […]
A.119
[X X] X ki-en-gi-ra nam-tar-⌈ra⌉ […]
A.120
[X X] X KU a2 X BA A-A BA ⌈DU⌉ […]
A.121
[eme] [mar]-tu niĝ2 eme-gi-ra-gin7 ḫe2-[en-ga-zu-am3]
A.122
[X X] X lu2 kur-ra ḫur-saĝ-ta du X
A.123
[silim] ⌈ḫa⌉-ma-ne2-eš2 eme mar-tu-a inim ḫu-mu-ne-ni-⌈?⌉
A.124
⌈eme⌉ elam niĝ2 eme-gi-ra-gin7 ḫe2-en3-ga-zu-am3
A.125
X X elam{ki}-ma nidba X X-bur10-bur10-re-eš2
A.126
silim ḫa-ma-ne2-eš2 eme elam-ma inim ḫu-mu-ne-ni!(ni-ne)-gi4
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A.129
X X […]
A.130
am-si X X X […] ak
A.131
ĝešpu2 lirum3-ma […]-me-en3
A.132
sipad-me-en3 šu-si gid2-gid2-da [X X] X DA mi-ni-DAR
A.133
kisal maḫ-a ki me3-gin7 a-[ba] ⌈ba⌉-ni-gi4
A.134
ur-saĝ gal-gal kalam-ma-ke4-ne
A.135
kalag-ga ⌈lu2⌉ a2-tuku kur-kur-ta igi saĝ-ĝa2-ne
A.136
lu2-kar ki-en-gi-ra-ke4-ne
A.137
šu gaba-ri pap-ḫal X-ne
A.138
kišib-la2-ĝu10-u3 kab2 mu-da-[X]-dug4
A.139
gud du3-gin7 dur2-bi-ta mu-gi4-eš
A.140
lirum3-ta u3-su-tuku i3-me-nam
A.141
ĝešpu2 X-ta a2-ĝal2 i3-me-nam
A.142
šul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra-me-en3 lu2 nu-mu-da-sa2-me-en3
A.143
ur-saĝ-me-en3 mu-ĝu10 zid-de3-eš ⌈ḫe2⌉-[em-pad3-pad3-de3-ne]
I am a hero! Let them appropriately acknowledge my fame! I am a shepherd! Let them repeatedly bless me in prayer according to the heavenly stars! Let them tell in song a perfect recital of all my praiseworthy deeds!
A.144
sipad-me-en3 šudu3-da mul-an-gin7 ḫu-mu-ni-in-gu2-un-gun2-ne
A.145
za3-mi2 gal-gal dug4-ge du7-ĝu10 šir3-re-eš2 ḫe2-em-me-ne
A.146
dub3 bad-bad ki ĝiri3 gub sag9-me-en
I am a runner who is successful in his aspirations. (unknown no. of lines missing)
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B.1
ur-maḫ piriĝ […]
Lion, feline …… (5 lines fragmentary or unclear) May its glory cover the cities, and its battle-cry smother the foreign lands! May the people be terrified at its roaring, as at a storm in the heavens! I am Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer! May he bring me the muscles of a lion, the sinews of a lion! May he receive (?) my spear! (3 lines unclear) The black-headed will look on in amazement, and …… in my city.
B.2
X X […]
B.3
X […]
B.4
X […]
B.5
X X-ta u2-ta ḫe2-ma-ab-DU
B.6
a ed3-a-ta ḫe2-ma-ab-DU
B.7
me-lem4-bi iri-a ḫa-ba-ab-dul
B.8
za-pa-<aĝ2>-bi kur-kur-ra ḫa-ba-ab-dul
B.9
ud an-na-gin7 šeg12 gi4-be2-e uĝ3 ḫa-ba-da-ab-ḫu-ḫu-luḫ-eš2
B.10
šul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra-me-en
B.11
su piriĝ sa piriĝ-ĝa2 ḫe2-ma-[ab]-tum2
B.12
ĝiš-gid2-da-ĝu10 šu ḫa-ba-ab-ti
B.13
ur ga-lam e3-a šu si-il-la2-a {urud}gag ḫe2-bi-ĝar
B.14
UR-bi U2 GU2 NA ki ḫe2-em-ši-ni-šub
B.15
ḫu-mu-gaz {ĝiš}RI-e ḫe2-mi-ni-[X]
B.16
saĝ gig2 u6 ḫe2-mi-ib2-[e-ne] iri-ĝa2 ḫu-mu-ni-[…]
B.17
ur-saĝ-me-en mu-ĝu10 zid-de3-eš2 ḫe2-em-pad3-pad3-de3-[ne]
I am a hero! Let them appropriately acknowledge my fame! I am a shepherd! Let them repeatedly bless me in prayer according to the heavenly stars! Let them tell in song a perfect recital of all my praiseworthy deeds!
B.18
sipad-me-en šudu3-da mul-an-[gin7] ḫu-mu-ni-gu2-un-[gun2-ne]
B.19
za3-mi2 gal-gal dug4-ge du7-ĝu10 šir3-re-eš2 ḫe2-em-e-[ne]
B.20
ki-gub-ba-ĝu10 kur mu-gul-gul
Where I stand, I destroy foreign lands; where I sit, I plunder cities. At my command, ……. Where my weapons strike, ……. (7 lines fragmentary or unclear) Their bricks are dug up from the footings ……. The city which I smash shall not be restored; the houses which I destroy shall be counted as ruin mounds; the walls proudly rising to heaven shall not open ……. (1 line unclear) …… I have been given great strength. (1 line fragmentary) …… arrows of my quiver …… a flying bird. As if ……; …… like a wild bull in a meadow. My spear goes straight. My great emblems are raised at the edge of the mountains. When day breaks and Utu comes forth and looks upon the hills, I shall marvel at them. (2 lines unclear) …… may they be terrified, and may his troops be frightened. (1 line fragmentary) Since I am a king who puts the Land on track, (4 lines fragmentary) Night falls, (2 lines unclear) The rebel lands ……. They are scattered by force, like sheep that have no shepherd. (7 lines fragmentary or unclear) May concord be promoted in the Land. May my attack cause them to collapse, like a wild bull going to its resting place. (1 line unclear) May the numerous people in their well-established dwelling be avenged.
B.21
ki-tuš-a-ĝu10 uru2 mu-laḫ4-[laḫ4]
B.22
inim-ĝu10-ta un-ne2 SI IM ba-ĝa2
B.23
ki {ĝiš}tukul sag3-ga-ĝa2 X ḫe2-?
B.24
abula {d}utu šu4-gin7 iri [X] im-da-sub2-X-eš2
B.25
X-ĝu10-ta BA ĜA2 ki X ḪA X lu2 nu-mu-ni-dib-e
B.26
X IM-ta-ĝu10 kur-ra mi-ni-ĝar
B.27
gu2 id2 X KIB la2 gu2 id2-da ba-?
B.28
ensi-ĝu10 ki ba-ni-us2
B.29
X maḫ-ĝu10 a-na-a DU.DU ĝiri3 X X nu-DI
B.30
ki-bal U3 X-ma-ti-a-ta
B.31
šeg12-bi ur2-ba mu-bu3-bu3 [X] X
B.32
uru2 mu-sig10-ga-ĝu10 ki-be2-e ⌈nam-gi4⌉-gi4
B.33
e2 mu-gul-a-ĝu10 du6-du6-ra2 ⌈ḫu-mu⌉-un-šid
B.34
bad3 an ki-! gu2 gur3-ru ĝal2 nam-ba-⌈da⌉-[X-X]-taka4
B.35
ki gal zag-ba NE X BA mu nu-ḫa-lam-e-da
B.36
X ZI X a2 maḫ šum2-ma-me-en
B.37
[X] AN X NAM X X […]
B.38
X ki ti mar-uru5-[ĝu10]
B.39
mušen dal-la-gin7 a2-bi im-⌈sud⌉
B.40
i3-gi4-in-zu ki ur2-bi-še3 A X X
B.41
am-gin7 šag4-tum2-ma dug4 ba-ni-ĝar-ĝa2-ar
B.42
ĝiš-gid2-da-ĝu10 si ba-ni-sa2
B.43
šu-nir maḫ-ĝu10 gaba kur-ra-ka saĝ im-ma-ni-il2
B.44
ud i3-im-zal {d}utu im-ta-e3-a-ta
B.45
ḫur-saĝ-e igi ḫe2-mi-du8-du8 u6 ga-am3-dug4
B.46
dub3 bi2-i3-us2 X X-ra-ni-DU ba-ra-bi2-us2
B.47
si du3-du3-a TI UR RA-a
B.48
X gi4 X-ta ḫa-ma-ta-ḫu-ḫu-luḫ-eš2
B.49
erin2-ni ni2 ḫa-ba-ab-ti
B.50
[X] X X X X ? ḫa-ma-ab-tuku-tuku
B.51
X lugal kalam us2-sa sig10-sig10 in-ga-me-na-ta
B.52
[X X] X LA X im-gin7 X šeĝ3-ĝe26 […] X X X X [X] X
B.53
[…] X […]
B.54
[…]
B.55
X […] šag4 X X […]
B.56
ĝi6 ba-ta-an-zal
B.57
ĝiš X X a2 bad X a2 ḫu-mu-ni-BU-BU
B.58
a2 dirig-ga kur-ra ba-DU ni2 ḫu-mu-ni-ur4
B.59
ki-bal a dirig-bi ḫu-mu-kud-kud
B.60
udu sipad nu-tuku-gin7 lirum-e ḫa-ba-suḫ
B.61
a2-ĝu10 gu su3-ra2 šar2 dug4-ge X X X

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