A dedication of a statue (Šulgi V)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 35 sections

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{d}en-lil2 ud e3 ŠE3 X dug4-[ga-ni nu-kur2-ra]
Enlil, the beaming light, ……, whose utterance is immutable, the most powerful of the Anuna gods, ……, looked (?) favourably (?) at Šulgi, the fearsome dragon ……, the king, the creation of his hands. He granted (?) him great strength. His roar fills (?) the whole extent (?) of heaven and earth.
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u18!(MIR)-ru gal {d}a-nun-ke4-ne […]
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{d}šul-gi ušum ni2 ⌈?⌉ […]
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lugal šu dug4-ga-ni-ir ? X X [… ?]
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ne gal-gal X [… šum2]
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za-pa-ĝa2-ni an ki [X]-bi-a ?-[ar-ĝa2-?]
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e2-kur gal:muš idim-ma me X […]
In the E-kur, the great snake of the deep, ……, in Dur-an-ki, which lavishly …… the eternal divine powers, ……, Enlil determined a great fate from the womb for the long-enduring sapling of the brickwork founded by the princely one, Šulgi, who was born for a prosperous reign: Make the people obedient, you enduring king of the multitudes!
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dur-an-ki giri17-zal-a me ul ba-bad ⌈?⌉-[ḫe2]-⌈?⌉
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šeg12 nun ki ĝar-ra-ba {ĝiš}isimu2{sar}-bi ud sud-sud-u5
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{d}šul-gi bal nam-ḫe2 ba-tud-da šag4-ta gal mu-tar
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uĝ3 gu3 teš2-a sig10-i3
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su3-ud-bi lugal šar2-ra-ba-ke4
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dub3-tuku ud mar-uru5 zag-še-ni nu-til-e
The swift runner, a hurricane -- the strength of his loins is never ending, who emerges victorious from the race among the settlements; the terrifying one, who is furious in his running, the strongest among those selected from the people, ……. When he stretches his arms out, …… at his sides. Šulgi, …… from the horizon. Because of his being most powerful, in his vigour ……. He, the tireless one, …… the road. No king ever cared so much for the black-headed people; he established justice on a grand scale.
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kaš4 a2-dam-a2-dam-ta e3-a
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ḫu-luḫ-e kaš4-kaš4-e ḫuš-ZA-⌈am3⌉
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uĝ3-ta igi saĝ5-ĝa2 u3-su-bi saĝ X […]
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a2 an-ba9-ra2-a bar-ra-ni-še3 […]
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{d}šul-gi niĝ2 kaš4 ? an-ur2-ta ĝa2-ĝa2-ĝa2-⌈dam⌉ […]
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nam a-nun-ĝal2-la-ne2-eš a2-na [X] ⌈?⌉ ŠU.?-ŠU.?-e
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nu-kuš2-u5 kaskal-e ? X DI-DI
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saĝ gig2-ga!(I)-a lugal na-me saĝ nu-sig10 di [gal]-še3 na-an-ĝar
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ud giri17-zal-a-aš e3-a dungu šeĝx(IM.A)-ka ĝar-ra
On a day that dawned for prosperity, that was destined for rain-clouds, he ran from the Ki-ur of Nibru to the shrine of Urim, the E-temen-ni-guru; and provided the princely bowls of Nanna, set up in the morning dining-hall, with a copious ration. On that day, prosperity was decreed for him. In a violent storm, a whirlwind that broke out, Utu ……; Šulgi returned to the lustrous E-kur.
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nibru{ki} ki-ur3-ta na-kaš4
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eš3 urim2{ki} e2-temen-ni2-guru3-še3
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{d}nanna unu2 kiĝ2-nim bur nun sug2-ga-ni sa2 UL nam-mi-in-dug4
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ud ne-[X]-a ⌈nam⌉-ḫe nam im-mi-in-tar
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{tum9}GAN2.⌈AḪ⌉.[ME.U] ⌈{tum9}⌉dal-ḫa-mu šu ba-ra-am3
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{d}utu-e ⌈?-ge-eš2⌉ nam-ši-X
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a-ne e2-kur za-gin3-še3 na-gur
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ud til3-la-še3 ur-saĝ-e-ne-e
In order that the heroes for ever praise Šulgi's great exaltedness, he made his …… enduring statue of everlasting fame brilliant like the heavenly stars, and set it up in majesty before the good eyes, filled with generosity (?), of the immutably eminent Father Enlil.
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{d}šul-gi-ra ⌈nam⌉-maḫ gal-gal-la-ni a-re-eš2 pad3-de3-de3
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X ? ud su3-ra2 mu da-ri2-ka-na
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mul-an-ne2-? bi2-in-?
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a-a {d}en-lil2 maḫ-di nu-kur2-⌈ra⌉
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igi dug3 niĝ2 giri17-zal si-a-ni-še3 nam-nun-na mi-ni-in-gub

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