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A tigi (?) for Šulgi (Šulgi L)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 21 sections

1. gap

   (unknown. no. lines missing)

2. A.1

   […] X A2 X X […]

   (1 line fragmentary) …… in battle and fight ……. You gave …… to your offspring (?) ……. …… shepherd Šulgi, you spread fearsomeness over the foreign countries. …… shepherd, your offspring (?) will praise you duly.

3. A.2

   […] X me3-a šen X […]

4. A.3

   […] X UŠ ? ? a-zu X [X] X mu-na-a-šum2

5. A.4

   […]-⌈ta⌉ sipad šul-gi ni2 kur2-ra i3-ru

6. A.5

   […] sipad a-zu-u3 me-teš2 ša-mu-u3-i-i

7. A.6

   [sa]-⌈gid2⌉-da-am3

   sa-gida.

8. A.7

   […] X UG ba-ni-ra aga3-kar2 im-mi-sig10

   You defeat ……. You impose silence on ……. You roar a war-cry at the rebel lands ……. Your clamour …… even the distant mountains and hills. …… at your roaring devastate (?) …… completely. (unknown no. of lines missing)

9. A.8

   […] sumun me ĝar im-mi-ĝa2-ar

10. A.9

    […] ki-bal-a-ke4 gu2-kiri6 im-mi-dug4

11. A.10

    […] X kur iši su3-ra2-a-ba za-pa-zu im-⌈mi⌉-[X]

12. A.11

    [… šeg11] ⌈gi4⌉-gi4-a-zu-ta [(X)]

13. A.12

    [… sug-zag]-⌈? bi2-gu7⌉ [X]

14. gap

    (unknown no. of lines missing)

15. B.1

    […] X X X […]

    (3 lines fragmentary) …… like a forest set on fire, …… covers all the ……. …… your fearsomeness makes …… and the enemies tremble.

16. B.2

    […] X-še3 mu-⌈?⌉

17. B.3

    […] X im-mi-us2-⌈?⌉

18. B.4

    […] tir izi šum2-ma-gin7

19. B.5

    […] ⌈?⌉-ba mu-ni-šu4

20. B.6

    […] ni2-zu-da […] kur2-re saĝ im-da-sag3-ge

21. B.7

    [sa-ĝar]-ra-am3

    sa-ĝara.

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