A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi O)
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ud nam-tag2-ga nam-gu2-bi-? X ?
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ki-bal ḫul gig-ga saĝ X GIM X X
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nam-maḫ gal-gal-zu pa bi2-e3 a2 bad ḫa-mu-[… tum2]
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en {d}gilgameš3 X […]
Lord Gilgameš …… Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer:
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[šul]-⌈gi⌉ sipad zid ki-en-[gi-ra-ke4] […]
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[X] šag4-ga [X X] ? […]
(12 lines fragmentary) (approx. 5 lines missing) (8 lines fragmentary) The youthful ……, a god among the Anuna gods, …… venerates ……. Fearsome (?) hero ……, king of Sumer, you stand firm in your strength (?).
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[X] ? ? […]
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X ? ? [X] ? ⌈?⌉ […]
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[saĝ] ⌈?⌉-ga [X] ⌈MU⌉ U3 […]
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X gal-gal-la KA ? […]
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[X] ⌈?⌉ DA ki niĝ2 ĝa2-ra-bi ? […]
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[zar] ⌈du8⌉-a še […]
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[X] ⌈?⌉ dugud-gin7 bi2-[…]
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[X] ⌈KA⌉ an-gin7 ⌈?⌉ […]
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[X]-⌈?⌉-e X !-gin7 šu […]
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[X] X maḫ-bi e2-še3 mu-na-X […]
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[X] X […] X […]
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(approx. 5 lines missing)
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[…] X […] X
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[…] X ?-? ⌈?⌉ [X] X
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[…] mu-un-?-e
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[…] mu-un-šudu3-šudu3
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[…] X nam-ul-la-me
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[…] X gal-gal-la-kam
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[…] ba-ta-a-e3
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[…]-⌈eš⌉ im-e-ne
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⌈?⌉ […] diĝir a-nun-ke4-ne
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u2-[a …]-na giri17 šu ĝal2-la-ni
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ur-⌈?⌉ [zi2] ⌈?⌉-ra in-ga-mu-šum2-mu-e
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[lugal] [ki-en]-⌈gi⌉-ra ne3 mu-un-gub-me-en3
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{d}šul-[gi] ⌈sipad⌉ zid ki-en-gi-ra-ke4
Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer, praised his brother and friend, Lord Gilgameš, in his might, and declared to him in his heroism:
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šeš ⌈gu5-li⌉-ni en {d}gilgameš2
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nam-kalag-ga-na mu-ni-in-i-i
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nam-ur-saĝ-ĝa2-na mu-ni-in-pad3-pad3
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{d}ištaran di-kud kalam-ma til-la
Ištaran, the judge who dwells in the Land (unknown no. of lines missing)
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X […] X […] ⌈? MA⌉ KA X […]
(1 line fragmentary) Mighty heir of kingship ……, powerful ……, stallion of Suen ……, wearing a lapis-lazuli beard ……. their praise ……, their songs (?) ……, their renown ……; son …… (unknown no. of lines missing)
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ibila kalag-ga ?-[lugal-la]
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u3-su-tuku uru2 ? X […]
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dur3 {d}suen-[na] […]
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sun4 za-gin3 la2 ⌈?⌉ […] nam-? […]
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za3-mi2-bi ? […] šir3-⌈?⌉ […]
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mu-bi X […] ? […]
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? […]
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[…] X X […]
(fragmentary ends of 14 lines)
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[…] [a2] sud-sud-de3 i-ša2-di-ḫu
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[…] DU-mu-un
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[…]-?-en3
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[…] ⌈?⌉-eb2-dug4du
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[…] ⌈?⌉-eb2-du7du
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[…]-ga-me-eš2
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[…] kalam-ma-me-eš2 šu-nu
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[…] peš-a-me-eš2 kab-ru3
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[…] X X X-me-eš2
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[…] BAD X-[me]-eš2
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[…] ?-[la-me]-⌈eš2⌉
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[…] X ?-?-me-eš2
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[…] X X-?-?
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⌈DI⌉ […]
(2 lines fragmentary) (Gilgameš continues speaking:) Fearsome (?) hero ……, king of Sumer, you stand firm in your strength (?).
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PIRIĜ X […]
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ur-⌈saĝ⌉ [zi2 ĝa2-ra in-ga-mu-šum2-mu-e]
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lugal ki-en-⌈gi⌉-[ra] [ne3 mu-un-gub-me-en3]
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šul-gi sipad [zid ki-en-gi-ra-ke4]
Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer, praised his brother and friend, Lord Gilgameš, in his might, and declared to him in his heroism:
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šeš gu5-li-ni [en {d}gilgameš3]
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nam-kalag-ga-na [mu-ni-in-i-i]
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nam-ur-saĝ-ĝa2-na [mu-ni-in-pad3-pad3-de3]
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{d}gilgameš3 {anše}ni-is-ku […]
Gilgameš, the thoroughbred donkey ……, divine judge, …… (2 lines fragmentary or unclear) like a butting wild bull ……(1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
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diĝir di-kud X […] X [X] X šu-na
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X X ZU A X […]
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dub-la2-zu-u3 X […]
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am du7-du7-gin7 […]
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X […]
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[muš]-⌈šag4⌉-tur3-gin7 ki-bal-še3 kur9 […] [a-na] ma-at nu-ku-ur-tim a-na […]
…… the rebel lands like a horned viper ……, Šulgi, son of Ninsumun …… Enki …… (1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)
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[šul]-gi dumu {d}nin-sumun2-ka {d}?-⌈?⌉ an […] X […] DUMU za an […]
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[…] X X X-bi BAD ? X […]
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