A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi E)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 225 sections

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ĝiri3 suḫ3-a ḫar-ra-an ?-gin7 ku5-ra2
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ma-da gu-ti-um{ki}-ma {ĝiš}mu-bu-um-gin7 mu-gam
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kur-re ni2-bi šag4 ma-niĝin2-niĝin2-ne-eš gu2-ba ĝiri3 bi2-gub
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dili-ni iri a2-na laḫ6-me-en
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kalag-ga mi2 {ĝiš}tukul-la dug4-ga-me-en
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mu gi16-sa inim šudu3-da dug4 am-gin7 rib-ba-me-en
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si sa2 lu2 dug3-ga kalam-ma-me-en
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en3-du-ĝu10 ka-ga14 ḫe2-ĝal2
May my hymns be in everyone's mouth; let the songs about me not pass from memory. So that the fame of my praise, the words which Enki composed about me, and which Ĝeštin-ana joyously speaks from the heart and broadcasts far and wide, shall never be forgotten, I have had them written down line by line in the House of the Wisdom of Nisaba in holy heavenly writing, as great works of scholarship. No one shall ever let any of it pass from memory ……. It shall not be forgotten, since indestructible heavenly writing has a lasting renown. The scribe should bring it to the singer, and can let him look at it, and with the wisdom and intelligence of Nisaba, let him read it to him as if from a lapis-lazuli tablet. Let my songs sparkle like silver in the lode! Let them be performed in all the cult-places, and let no one neglect them in the Shrine of the New Moon. In the music-rooms of Enlil and Ninlil and at the morning and evening meals of Nanna, let the sweet praise of me, Šulgi, be never-ending.
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šir3-ĝu10 ĝeštug2-ge na-an-dib-be2
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gu-kur silim-eš2 dug4-ga-ĝa2-kam
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inim {d}en-ki-ke4 mu-ši-ĝa2-ĝa2-a-am3
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ḫul2-ḫul2-e šag4-ta dug4 tal2-tal2 {d}ĝeštin-an-na-ka-kam
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ud ul-le2-a-aš nu-ḫa-lam-e-de3
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e2-ĜEŠTUG2.{d}NISABA niĝ2-umun2-a gal-gal mu-bi-še3 mul-an kug-gin7 bi2-sar
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ud me-da na-me ĝeštug2-ge niĝ2 la-ba-ab-dib-be2 […]-bi
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nu-ḫa-lam-e mul-an sag2 nu-di mu da-ri2 mu-?
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nar-e dub-sar ḫe2-en-ši-tum2 igi ḫe2-en-ni-in-bar-re
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ĝeštug2 ĝizzal {d}nisaba-ka-kam
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dub za-gin3-gin7 gu3 ḫe2-?-?-de2-e
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en3-du-ĝu10 kug ki-dar-ra-gin7 pa ḫe2-em-ta-e3-e3
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ki-šu-ki-šu-ke4 ḫe2-em-ma-an-du12
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eš3 ud-sakar-ra na-me na-an-taka4-taka4
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ĝa2 tigi {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-la2-ke4
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kiĝ2-sig kiĝ2-nim {d}nanna-ka
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šul-gi-me-en za3-mi2-ĝu10 dug3-ga muš3 nam-ba-an-tum2-mu

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