A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi D)
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{ĝiš}pan-ĝu10-u3 muš-ḫuš-gin7 guruš3 ḫa-ma-bur2-bur2-re
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{ĝiš}ti zu2 igi-ĝu10-še3 nam-gin7 ḫe2-ĝir2-ĝir2-re
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gi-bar-bar-ra su-din{mušen} dal-a-gin7
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ka me3-bi-a ḫa-ma-an-dal-dal
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im {kuš}da-<lu>-uš2-a uĝ3-ba ḫa-ma-šeĝ14
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im-dug-ge {na4}šu-gin7
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murgu-ba dub-da-ab ḫa-ma-ab-[za]
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ki-bal-a uĝ3 tar-tar-ra-[bi]
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{ĝiš}ilar {kuš}gur21ur3-ĝu10-[u3] sim-gin7 ga-am3-mi-ib2-ur4
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ma-sa2-tum-ĝu10-u3 saĝ kalam-ma-ka gug sar ḫa-mu-u3-ak-ke4
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X mitum-ĝu10-u3 kurin(DUG)in nam-lu2-ulu3 a-gin7 ḫe2-em-bal-e
My …… battle-axe sheds the blood of the people like water. My double-edged axe weapon …… in their …… blood, which covers the ……, spilled on the hills like the contents of a broken wine jug. I …… the people in their meadows; the blood …… like water in their wadis; the blood …… into the cracks of the earth.
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{ĝiš}tukul ḫa-zi-in da tab-ba-ĝu10-u3
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u3-mun UG dul4-bi-a X AL KA×X UL ḫa-mu-u3-ak-ke4
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naĝ dug ĝeštin gaz-za-gin7 ḫur-saĝ-e i3-bi2-i3-su3
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šag4-tum2-šag4-tum2-ba uĝ3 sig10-še3 [X X]
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u3-sur-sur-be2-e uš2 a-⌈gin7⌉ [X X]
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ki-in-dar-ki-in-dar [kur-ra-ke4] u3-mun [X] X MI X […]
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DIM3-bi […] kur-ra […]
Its ……, in the foreign land ……. The rebel land ……. The foreign land ……. (7 lines missing) The heart ……. Having filled the ……, …… his prosperous ……; I give them as a gift to …….
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ki-bal-a […] X X […]
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kur […]
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šag4 […] LAM […] X
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BA [X X] TUM BAD E SA [X X] u3-mu-ta-a-si
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X [X] ⌈šag4⌉ lum-lum-ma-ni [X] ⌈ḫa⌉-mu-u3-sud-e
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[X X]-⌈ĝa2⌉-ra saĝ-eš2 gu2-mu-ni-rig7
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[kur-ra] ur3-ra nu2-a-bi ur3-ra ga-am3-mi-aĝ2
I shall kill on the roofs those of the foreign lands who lie on the roofs. I shall smite on the walls those who lie on the walls. Whoever is able to stand up I shall make stand on his feet; those who are unable to stand up I shall smite on the spot. I shall let the young ones of the foreign lands embark on ships, but I shall kill the adults as revenge. Even those whom I have not killed and those whom I have not dispersed will not live long!
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bad3-da nu2-a-bi bad3-da ga-am3-mi-gaz
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mu-u3-da-gub-a-bi ĝiri3-na ga-am3-mi-gub
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nu-mu-u3-da-gub-a-bi ki-ba ga-am3-mi-gaz
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kur-ra tur-tur-bi ma2-a ga-am3-mi-ib2-u5
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gal-gal-bi šu gi4-ta ga-am3-gi4
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nu-mu-u3-gi4-eš2 nu-mu-u3-daĝal-e-ša-a ud la-ba-da-ab-su3-ra2-aš
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lugal-me-en3 šu iri-ĝa2 ga-am3-gi4
I, the king, shall avenge my city. Whatever has been destroyed in Sumer, I shall destroy in the foreign lands. I shall make the gods of their cities turn away (?) from them; I shall cause their male and female protective deities, their good eyes, to stand aside. I shall let long grass grow in their fertile fields of shining barley. I shall uproot their small trees. With the axe I shall destroy their thick and tall trees, and I shall tear down by the crown their valuable trees. In their irrigated gardens, where honey and fig trees used to grow, I shall make weeds grow, so that …… plants and …… herbs break through the soil.
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niĝ2 ki-en-gi-ra ba-a-gu-la kur-ra ga-am3-mi-ib2-gu-ul
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iri-ba diĝir-bi ĝiri3-ba ga-am3-mi-sig9
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u2-dug4 igi sag9 {d}lamma igi sag9-bi bar-še3 ga-am3-ta-an-gub
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gana2 zid še dadag-ga-be2-e u2 gid2-da gi4-bi2-i3-mu2
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ĝiš tur-tur-bi ur2-ba ga-mu-bu3-bu3
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ĝiš daĝal gal-be2-e tun3 gul ga-am3-dug4
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ĝiš niĝ2-tuku-bi suḫur-ba gi4-ni-ib2-bal-bal
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pu2-{ĝiš}kiri6 lal3 {ĝiš}peš3 mu2-a-bi a-ri2-na[{sar} gi4-bi2-i3]-mu2
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{ĝiš}ĜIRI3 u2-URU-u3-[a-ke4 ki ḫe2-dar-dar-re]
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lugal-me-en3 iri [mu-gul-la-ta bad3 mu-sig10-ga-ta]
After I, the king, have destroyed the cities and ruined the city walls, have terrified the …… foreign lands like a flood, have scattered the seed of Gutium like seed-grain, have established Enlil's triumph, have crushed the populations as if with a pestle, have …… my heart ……, then I shall load the pure lapis lazuli of the foreign lands into leather pouches and leather bags. (approx. 5 lines missing)
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kur NE-ma a-<ĝi6> i3-⌈ḫuluḫ⌉-[ḫa-ta]
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numun gu-ti-<um>-ma še ⌈saḫar⌉-[ra-gin7 mu-bi-bi-re-a-ta]
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u3-ma gub {d}en-[lil2-la2] [sa2 mu-dug4-ga-ta]
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uĝ3 {ĝiš}naĝa3-še3 i3-X-[…-ak-ta]
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šag4-ĝu10-u3 X […]
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kug za-gin3 ⌈kur⌉-[ra {kuš}PA5 ŠIR.LU.KUŠ/ŠIR.LU.KUŠ ga-am3-mi-ak]
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(approx. 5 lines missing)
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lugal X […]
The king ……. On that day, in the foreign land ……. His roar …… the hills ……. The city which Enlil has ……, which An has ……, which Nintur has ……, which Enki has …… good wisdom. Nanna has …… the heights of heaven, Utu has …… on the horizon; Inana the lady of battle has frowned (?) on it. The people of the rebel lands, like old reeds ……. The great and terrible battle of Šulgi …….
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ud-ba kur-ra […]
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za-pa-ĝa2-ni ḫur-saĝ ki […]
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iri {d}en-lil2-le nam […]
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an-ne2 saĝ ba-⌈da⌉-[…]
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{d}nin-tur5-re GI X […]
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{d}en-ki-ke4 ĝeštug2 niĝ2 sag9-⌈ga⌉ […]
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{d}nanna si-un-na ba-⌈da⌉-[…]
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{d}utu an-ur2-re ba-da-[…]
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{d}inana nin me3-ke4 saĝ-ki ⌈im⌉-[…-gid2]
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ki-bal-a uĝ3-ba gi sumun me ĝar […]
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me3 ḫuš gal šul-gi-ra KA ⌈ḪA⌉ […]
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{d}za-gar3 diĝir ma-[mu-da-ke4]
Zagar, the god of dreams, …… as their beneficent protective spirit, …… in a dream, (2 lines fragmentary) (approx. 31 lines missing)
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u2-dug4 sag9-ga-bi-gin7 ba-X […]
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X X X [X] X X ma-mu-⌈de3⌉ […]
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[…] tuku […]
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[…] BI […]
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[X] kur gu2-erim2-ĝal2-še3 […] X [X]
Like a saĝkal snake, he roars against the …… of hostile foreign lands ……. The king, roaring like a rising flood against the rebel lands, Šulgi, roaring like a rising flood against the rebel lands, embraces Gilgameš, his brother and friend, his comrade, as one who was born ……, and he walks along the road together with Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer.
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⌈muš⌉-saĝ-kal-gin7 gu3 nun am3-me-e
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lugal a e3-a ki-bal-še3 gu3 nun-bi di-da
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šul-gi a e3-a ki-bal-še3 gu3 nun-bi di-da
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šeš gu5-li-ni en {d}gilgameš2
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saĝ-tab-ba-ni-im X X tud-da-gin7 teš2-ba gu2 bi2-ib2-la2
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šul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra-da ĝiri3-a ba-da-an-DU
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lugal an kug-ga men daĝal sud-sud
The king of the holy heavens, adorned with a wide crown, the lord, the bright luminary of the gods, Father Nanna, …… by him on his right side; and he walks along the road together with Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer.
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en ud še-er-zid diĝir-re-e-ne
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a-a {d}nanna zag zid-da-ni-a mu-un-di-X X X
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šul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra-da ĝiri3-a ba-da-DU
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am gal-še3 tud-da piriĝ ne3-ba gub-ba
Born to a great wild bull, like a lion standing firm in his strength, mighty heir of youthful Suen, heroic son of Ašimbabbar, the vigorous bull (Ningublaga) …… by him on his left side; and he walks along the road together with Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer.
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ibila kalag-ga šul {d}suen-na
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dumu ur-saĝ {d}aš-im2-babbar-[ra]
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sumun2 zid zag ⌈gab2⌉-bu-ni-a ba-X X [X]
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šul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra ĝiri3-a ba-?-?
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lugal ĜIRI3 X [X X] KAR X [X X] X […]
The king of ……, Ninĝišzida ……, and he walks along the road together with Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer.
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{d}nin-⌈ĝiš⌉-[zid-da] […]
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šul-gi sipad ⌈zid⌉ [ki-en-gi-ra-da ĝiri3-a ba-da-DU]
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enegir3{ki} X dug3 KA ? [X X] im-ma-ti-[a-ta]
When he arrives at Enegir, ……, the fierce serpent, ready to bite ……, the lord of ……, Ninazu ……, and he walks along the road together with Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer.
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muš-ḫuš ⌈guruš3⌉ bur2-bur2 lu2 X […]
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en KA X […]
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{d}nin-a-zu […] X […]
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šul-gi sipad zid ki-en-⌈gi⌉-[ra-da] [ĝiri3-a ba-da-DU]
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ud-ba abzu-ta ba-ra-ta-[e3]
At the same time, King Enki emerges from the abzu; he has but to raise one eye from the abzu to destroy for him the foreign lands from where he stands, to destroy for him their cities from where he sits -- he of the trustworthy command, whose utterances are firmly established, Nudimmud, the great lord of Eridug; and he walks along the road together with Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer.
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lugal {d}en-ki-ke4 abzu-ta igi 1(AŠ) mu-il2
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[ki]-gub-ba-ni kur mu-na-gul-[e]
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ki-tuš-a-ni-ta iri mu-na-gul-e
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dug4-ga zid-da inim ki-bi-še3 ĝar
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nu-dim2-mud en gal eridug⌈{ki}⌉-[ga]
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šul-gi [sipad] ⌈zid⌉ [ki-en]-⌈gi-ra⌉-? ?-[a ba-da-DU]
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e2-babbar e2 {d}utu-ke4 im-ma-ti-a-ta
When he arrives at the E-babbar, the house of Utu, the king who loves justice, ……, who is clad in linen, (approx. 10 lines missing)
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