A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi E)
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si-im-da balaĝ ⌈igi bar⌉-[ra-bi]
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ninda igi du2-ru-na-bi šu bi2-[ri-ri]
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nam-til3-bi nam-uš2-da X [X X] tur5-ra sag9-ge [X X]
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⌈nam⌉-gilim-ma a-zu-? X [X X]
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⌈?⌉ X X […]
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kug-⌈sig17⌉ […]
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šer7-da iri uĝ3-ba di-kud-⌈!⌉ [ḫe2-em] saĝ-bi e3-a-ni [ḫe2-em]
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lu2 en3-du-ĝu10-a šu i3-[…]
The man who …… my hymns (2 lines unclear) May he …… outside the city. May he no longer …… within the walls of the city. May the criminal offspring of his kingship not ……. May he not stand where the king stands, the shining place. May he …… from the Ubšu-unkena. …… his heart's desire and ambitions. (2 lines unclear) When he brings offerings to the E-kur, may Enlil ……. His special presents and benefits …… (28 lines missing or unclear)
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[…] ĜIŠ gibil-gibil-la-am3 […]
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[…] X-ga AM3 ḫe2-na-ta-[…]
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[…] iri bar-ra ḫa-ba-ni-[…]-e
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bad3 iri-na-ka na-am3-⌈?⌉-[X-X]
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a sa-ga nam-lugal-la-na na-⌈?⌉-[X X]
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ki lugal gub ki dadag-ga nam-bi2-gub-[be2]
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ub-šu-unken-na-ta bar-še3 ḫe2-[…]
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šag4-ge guru7-a mu pad3-da-ni […]
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[…] X X šu-? ? gi4-de3
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an-ĝar X-ga-na ḫa-ba-an-[X X]
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nidba e2-kur-še3 il2-la-na {d}en-lil2-le ḫe2-[…]
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kadra zid niĝ2 dug3-ga-na ⌈ḫe2⌉-[X X] KA-⌈bi⌉ […]
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⌈nam⌉ […]
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mu-da-an-X ? […]
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ĜIŠ A ? niĝ2 nu-[…]
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šul-gi-me nir-[ĝal2 …]-ra gaba-⌈ri⌉ [nu]-⌈tuku⌉
I, Šulgi the noble, who have no opponent …… (2 lines unclear)
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{ĝiš}tukul-a ma2-gur8 ki-bal […] ⌈gul⌉-gul-lu-de3 [X X]
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A UL X lugal-me X nu-gu-la-na er2-ra ḫa-mu-[X X]
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⌈?⌉-gi-me nar gal nu-banda3 nam-⌈nar⌉-[ra] X nar ki-nu2 X […]
I am Šulgi, the great musician, superintendent of the art of music. If …… favourable ……. My songs, lapsing from people's mouths and passing out of memory, neglected (?) in all the cult-places ……. …… his king ……, in the music-rooms of the gods …… (10 lines unclear) King of the singer's art, Suen ……, protective goddess of the singer's art, Ĝeštinana …… (3 lines unclear or missing)
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tukum-bi IM […] X igi sag9-⌈ga⌉ […]
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en3-du-ĝu10 ka-ta šub ĝeštug2-⌈ge⌉ [dib]
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ki-šu-ki-šu-ke4 ? […] da13-da13
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X-bi lugal-a-ni ba-ni-⌈in⌉-[…]
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e2 tigi diĝir-re-e-ne-ke4 NE […]
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mu šid-am3 an zig3-ga igi ḫul-še3 ba-[…]
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lugal nam-nar-ra {d}suen […]
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{d}lamma nam-nar-ra {d}ĝeštin-an-⌈na⌉ […]
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[…]-gin7 […] ḫa-ba-?-ĝe26 X
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[…] ⌈zid⌉-da […] X-bi-im ḫe2-[…]
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[…] ĝeštug2 […]
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ud nam kur-kur-⌈ra⌉ [ba-tar-ra]
On the day when the destiny of the lands was determined, the king who in his arrogance ……, in luxuriance Enlil and Ninlil ……, …… for the life of Sumer and Akkad, …… justice for the Land, canals which he did not maintain ……, a city which he did not enlarge ……. The Great Mountain …… at their side …… great places. He did not …… the god of the palace. He …… to Enlil, and did not offer great gifts in the E-kur, and did not …… the door-sockets of the gods. …… songs. What he achieves with his praise, what he creatively decoratives with his words, the singer …… in his songs.
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lugal šag4 gal-la-na […]
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ḫi-li-a {d}en-lil2 {d}⌈nin⌉-[lil2] […]
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zi ki-en-gi ki-uri-še3 […]
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kalam-e niĝ2-gen6-na […]
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eg2 nu-mu-na-ak-a […]
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iri nu-mu-gul-a […]
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kur gal idim-ma ki […]
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zag-ba ki gal-gal ⌈?⌉ […]
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diĝir e2-gal-la nu-mu-X […]
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{d}en-lil2-ra saĝ mu-ni-in-X […]
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e2-kur-re niĝ2 la-ba-gu-ul-gu-ul-la
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za-ra diĝir-re-ne nu-mu-e-X X
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šir3 me ša-mu-da-dug4-ga X […]
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a-a-ar-ra-na a-na ak-[a-bi …]
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inim-ma-na a-na ki šu tag-ga-[bi …]
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nar-re en3-du-ni-še3 […]
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ĝe26 šul-gi ⌈lugal⌉ […]
I, Šulgi the king ……, who cares for holy An, …… food offerings, who constantly attends upon Enlil ……, Nanna, …… the office of en; Ninurta, the ensi appointed by Enlil, has given me a club and a battle-mace from the E-šu-me-ša. Not since the seed of mankind was germinated, has Enlil ever before been able to give the sceptre of kingship to a king who could control the troops single-handed. As a lone donkey stallion, one who resists the weapons -- no king of the Land has ever turned against the weapons.
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u2-a an kug-ga ⌈nidba⌉ […]
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saĝ us2 {d}en-lil2 ⌈?⌉ […]
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{d}nanna A X DA nam-⌈en⌉ […]
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ensi2 {d}en-lil2-la2 {d}⌈nin⌉-[urta]-ke4
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šita2 {ĝiš}mitum e2-šu-me-ša4-ta ma-an-šum2
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numun nam-lu2-ulu3 ba-i-i-ta
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lugal dili-ni ugnim gen6-na-ar
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{d}en-lil2-le ĝidru nam-lugal-la2 nu-mu-na-ta-an-šum2
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dur3 dili-ni {ĝiš}tukul-la gaba ri-a
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ud na-me lugal kalam-ma-ke4 {ĝiš}tukul-še3 nu-gi4
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a2 lugal-ĝu10 {d}en-lil2-la2-ta
I did not lie in ambush, like a fierce cheetah, against the rebel and hostile lands, the aggressive foreign lands, in order to establish my renown as far as the horizon with the power of my master Enlil, and to transmit my lasting fame of victories to the distant future. I did not come out of a hole like a scorpion. Instead I left my main forces at my side, and went ahead of my scouts. As I repelled the tribal Gutians, the bandits of the hills, like a …… snake I made my fearsomeness reach afar.
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mu-ĝu10 an-zag-še3 ĝa2-ĝa2-de3
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a-a-ar da-ri2 nam-gu2-ka-ĝu10
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ud su3-ra2-aš šu-a bal-e-de3
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ki-bal gu2-erim2-ĝal2 kur a2-ta ri-a
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nemurx(PIRIĜ.TUR) ḫuš-gin7 šubtum3 la-ba-ĝa2-ar
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muš-ĝiri2-gin7-nam dun-ta la-ĝen-ne-en
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ama erin2-na-ĝu10 a2-ĝa2 bi2-taka4
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igi bar-ra-ĝu10 saĝ ba-dib
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ma-da gu-ti-<um{ki}>-ma sa-ga ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2-ka
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muš mir-gin7 ba-gi4-me-en ni2-ĝu10 a2 bi2-su13-ud
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erin2 zi-šag4-ĝal2-la-ĝu10 na-me na-ma-da-an-te
No one can get near my inspired troops. Running quite alone into the foreign lands unknown to him, like a lion that has seized a wild cow in its claws, I tear its flesh apart. Like a solitary dragon I spread fear, as I proceed unflaggingly against the civilised towns and make them quiver like flames (?) at my frightful roaring. Spine-chilling yells and raging flames are cast at the hills.
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saĝ-dili-gin7 kur ki nu-zu-na dub3 šu bar
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piriĝ umbin-še-ba sumun2 dab5-dab5-gin7 uzu-bi ab-gul-e
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ušum dili du-gin7 ni2 mu-da-ri
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iri du3-du3-a ĝal2 saĝ-ĝu10 ba-us2
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{d}gir3-ra-gin7 gu3 mir-a mu-dub2
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za-pa-aĝ2 šag4 ni2 te-te izi u3-bu-bu-ul-bi ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2 ba-an-šub
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ki-bal-e inim la-ba-gub-gub-ba šu-nir la-ba-il2-la
For the rebel lands, the illiterate (?) ones that carry no emblems, my warfare is a horizon on which there are clouds, enveloping the twilight in fear. The mountains, where the forests do not grow as thick as thornbushes, where throw-stick and shield do not tumble to the earth in a great storm, where the combatants take no rest in the insistent bitterness of the fierce battle, where life-fluid and blood from both scoundrel and honest person ……, where no black ewes trek over the mountains like floating clouds, and corpses in reedbeds and crannies …… (1 line unclear) The desert scorpion shall no longer behave thus ……. Neither shortly nor in the future shall he rise again. A villain and rebel …… to the weapons of strength. A path that is confused, a way that is cut off like a ……. I bent low the land of the Gutians like a mubum tree, and the land turned its heart in its fear before me, as I put my foot on its neck. I am he who all alone plunders cities with his own strength. I am the strong one who is praised for his weapons. I am he whose lasting name and prayerful words are as tremendous as ……. I am the just and the benefactor in the Land.
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me3-ĝu10 an-ur2 dungu ĝal2-la u2-sa11-an ni2 gu2 e3
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kur-re tir {ĝiš}?-gin7 la-ba-mu2-a
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ki-šu mar-za {d}inana-ka
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{ĝiš}ilar {kuš}gur21 ud gal-gin7 ki la-ba-ni-us2-a
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{ĝiš}tukul-e laḫ4 lipiš me3-a a2 nu-kuš2-a-na gig-bi li-bi2-?-a
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kurun3 u3-mun saĝ lul saĝ zid-da IM UD KA NE-NE
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dungu dirig-ga-gin7 u8 gig2 kur-ra saĝ nu-mu-ni-in-bal-a
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ad6 ĝiš-gi-a ki-in-dar-[ra …]
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? BU UL TAR-TAR-a-gin7 KA U2 GI X […]
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muš-ĝiri2 edin-na-ke4 ur5-še3 la-ba-ab-ak X
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ki-tukum-še3 eĝer ud-da nu-e-⌈?⌉ [X]
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ḫul-du gu2-erim2-ĝal2 a2 {ĝiš}tukul-la-bi ? ir-pag ?-[…]
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