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An adab (?) to Nergal for Šulgi (?) (Šulgi U)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 32 sections

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   {d}⌈nergal⌉ […]

   Nergal who ……, …… great awe, who …… the underworld -- its awesome radiance …… the battle-net, its awesomeness has filled heaven and earth.

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   ni2 gal i ganzer X IGI X X […]

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   ni2 me-lem4-ma-bi sa-bar-⌈ra⌉ AN X […] DU

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   an-ne2 ki-e ni2-bi ba-⌈ni⌉-[X X]

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   šag4-ba-tuku 2-[kam-ma-am3]

   2nd šagbatuku.

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   ur-saĝ am a2 gur-gur ab2-gin7 ⌈in⌉-[…]

   Hero, wild bull with thick horns, …… like a cow, your terrifying name lets loose awe and fear. You fall on the rebel lands like the south wind. You are a bolt on the broad extent of the mountains. When you sit in E-mešlam, your desires are joyously fulfilled (?). The people assemble at your feet.

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   mu ḫuš-zu ni2 su zig3 bar-re-dam

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   ulu3-gin7-nam ki-bal šub-šub-bu-[me-en]

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    kur niĝ2-daĝal-ba si-ĝar-bi-me-en

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    e2-meš3-lam za-e tuš-a-zu-ne

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    ḫul2-ḫul2-le šag4-ge8 guru6 SUD-me-en3

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    uĝ3-e gu2 ši-im-si ĝiri3-zu-še3

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    bar-sud 2-kam-ma-am3

    2nd barsud.

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    [ki-bal]-e nam-nir-ĝal2-zu {d}!-!-ta-e3-a

    Mešlamta-ea, your supremacy in the rebel lands! You have encircled the rebel lands, O youth. Nergal, your supremacy in the rebel lands!

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    [ki-bal]-e šul ši-im-mi-niĝin2-niĝin2

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    [{d}]⌈nergal⌉ nam-nir-ĝal2-zu ki-bal-e

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    [a-a]-⌈zu⌉ ki gal-bi ši-im-ma-an-aĝ2

    Your father loves you greatly. He has made your heroism known among the people. Your father Enlil loves you greatly. He has made your heroism known among the people.

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    nam-ur-⌈saĝ⌉-zu uĝ3-e im-mi-zu-<me>

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    a-a-zu {d}en-lil2-le ki gal-bi ši-im-ma-an-aĝ2

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    nam-ur-saĝ-zu uĝ3-e im-mi-zu

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    ur-saĝ uĝ3-e TAR-TAR diĝir kur-ra niĝin

    Hero …… for the people, god roaming the mountains! You have …… the rebel lands. Nergal …… for the people, god roaming the mountains!

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    ki-bal-e X-da ba-ni-?

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    {d}nergal uĝ3-e TAR-TAR diĝir kur-ra niĝin

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    ⌈ki⌉ dib-ba-zu erin2 teš2-bi-še3 ḫul ⌈mi⌉-[ni-X X]

    Wherever you stride, all their troops suffer. …… Anšan and Tidnum, Nergal, wherever you stride, all their troops suffer.

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    an-ša4-!{ki} ti-da-nu-um-⌈ma⌉ [X]

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    {d}nergal ki dib-ba erin2 teš2-bi-⌈še3⌉ [ḫul mi-ni-X X]

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    sa-gid2-[da-am3]

    Sa-gida.

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    ur-saĝ !-⌈gi⌉-ra ⌈zi⌉ […]

    May you prolong the life of the hero Šulgi. …… to his strength, …….

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    a2 ši-im-ši-X […]

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    ⌈ĝiš⌉-[gi4-ĝal2-bi-im]

    Its ĝišgiĝal.

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