A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi X)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 156 sections

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⌈lugal⌉ en inim šudu3-da ra2-zu-[ke4] ⌈šag4⌉ mu-ni-pad3-pad3-de3
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sipad šul-gi en šudu3-da ra2-zu-[ke4] šag4 mu-ni-pad3-pad3-⌈de3⌉
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⌈lugal⌉ [{d}]⌈en⌉-lil2-le a2 šum2-ma a-ba mu-da-ĝa2-ĝa2
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? X-[zu]-u3 a-ba mu-ku4-ku4
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? X-na-zu-u3 a-ba ba-ta-e3-e3
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[X] X lu2 šag4-zu-u3 mu-zu-a !-zu al na-me
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[…] me3-zu al i3-bi2-in-dug4-ga
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[a2] sud-sud-da-zu a-na ba-ta-an-e3-e3
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anzud{mušen}-gin7 gu3 dub2-da-zu-ne igi-zu-u3 a-ba ba-gub
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ud-gin7 šeg12 gi4-gi4-da-zu-ne
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kur GI ba9-ra2 NE-da ḫur-saĝ gi-gin7 saĝ im-mi-sag3-sag3
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kur-ra e2-bi-a igi mu-ni-bar-bar
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tidnum-e u6 dug3 i3-mi-dug4
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{d}utu-gin7 ni2-zu-u3 me3-a dalla im-ma-ni-e3
As if you were Utu, your terror radiates in battle. As if you were Nergal, your battle-mace drools with gore and your spear reaches into the blood of the Land. You are the great door of the city, you are the great wall of the Land. You are a net piled up (?) over heaven and earth, you are a cosmic bond laid for Sumer. May …… proclaim your glory in abundance! May the words of Enlil, which are so enormous, provide a shelter over your head! May the loving heart, Inana, never abandon you!
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{d}nergal-gin7 {ĝiš}tukul-zu-u3 uš2-a ka im-ma-ni-ba
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ĝiš-gid2-da-zu-u3 u3-mun kalam-ma-ka šu ba-ni-gid2-gid2
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ig gal iri-a-me-en3 bad3 gal kalam-ma-me-en3
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sa-par3 an ki-e !-ba-me-en3 {ĝiš}uz3-saĝ ki-en-gi-da sig9-ga-me-en3
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?-zu-u3 ḫe2-ĝal2-la X ḫu-mu-ni-ib2-pad3-de3
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inim {d}en-lil2-la2 niĝ2 gu-la-am3 saĝ-za an-dul3-eš2 ḫe2-em-ak
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šag4 ki aĝ2 {d}inana-ke4 šu na-ri2-bar-re
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{d}nin-a-zu-u3 MUNUS MA šudu3-da mi-ni-in-pad3-pad3-da-ta
After Ninazu had pronounced …… and (?) blessings, Šulgi provided a lavish choice of ewes and lambs, he provided a lavish choice of goats and kids, he …… generously white cows and calves, and then entered with them before Nanna in his E-temen-ni-guru and lifted his head high in the royal chamber, its most suitable hall, in its royal offering place, the holy place.
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u8 zid-da sila4 mu-ni-in-šar2-šar2ar
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ud5 zid-da maš2 mu-ni-in-šar2-šar2ar
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ab2 babbar2-ra amar bi2-⌈in⌉-du3-du3
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{d}nanna e2-temen-ni2-⌈guru3⌉-na mu-na-da-an-ku4-ku4-u3
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e2 nam-lugal e2 ḫe2-du7-ba KI.LUGAL.GUB ki kug-ba saĝ bi2-in-il2
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lugal-a-ni {d}aš-im2-babbar2-re igi ḫul2-ḫul2-la-ni mu-ši-bar-ba-re
His master Ašimbabbar looked at him with joy and decreed a fate for Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer: Hero, lord, mighty one of the foreign lands, the right arm of the Land, you have achieved victory for me, have carried out what I have commanded you. You have reduced to ruins the houses of the rebel land that I have cursed. May you never grow weary of perfecting the divine powers for me every month at the new moon! May your name be as sweet as that of Ezina in the mouth of the Land and in the mouths of all the countries! May holy Ningal, the lady of the shrine, spread out her lap for you, like the wooden frame of a waterskin! Thus Suen decreed a good fate for him.
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šul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra-ra nam mu-ni-ib2-tar-re
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ur-saĝ en gaba-ĝal2 kur-kur-ra a2 zid-da kalam-ma
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u3-ma gub-ba-ĝu10-u3 sa2 bi2-dug4 inim mu-dug4-ga im-ma-ni-ĝar
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ki-bal nam ba-da-ku5-ra2-ĝa2 e2-bi du6-du6-ra2 ⌈mi⌉-ni-ĝar-ĝar
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itid ud-sakar me šu du7-du7-ĝa2 na-ba-an-kuš2-u3-de3-e
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{d}ezina2-gin7 mu-zu ka kalam-ma-ka ka kur-kur-ra-ka dug3-ge-eš2 ḫe2-?-?
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[kug] {d}nin-gal nin agrun-na-ke4 [ĝiš] {kuš}ummud-da-gin7 [ur2] ⌈ḫu⌉-mu-ri2-in-tal2-tal2
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[{d}]suen-e nam dug3 mu-ni-in-tarar
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e2-gal-maḫ {d}nin-e2-gal-⌈?⌉-kam barag kug-ga-a dur2 ba-a-ĝar
He took his seat on the holy dais in the Egal-maḫ of Ninegala. He, the Ištaran of Sumer, omniscient from birth, decrees judgments in due order for the Land, and makes decisions in due order for the Land, so that the strong does not abuse (?) the weak, so that the mother speaks tenderly with her child and the child answers truthfully to his father. Under him, Sumer is filled with abundance, Urim is prolonged in splendour, and …… is established.
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{d}ištaran ki-en-gi-ra šag4-ta niĝ2-nam zu-u3
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di kalam-ma ki-bi-še3 i3-ku5-re6
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ga-eš8 <sar> kalam-ma ki-bi-še3 i3-ba-re
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a2-tuku sig9-ga ša-ĝa2-aš-še3 la-ba-an-LAGAB-e
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ama dumu-ni-ir sag9-ga mu-na-ab-be2
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dumu a-a-ni-ir niĝ2-gen6-na mu-na-ni-ib2-gi4-gi4
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ki-en-gi-re ḫe2-ĝal2 mu-da-ab-?
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urim2{ki}-e giri17-zal mu-da-ab-sug4
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ŠID-ni-še3 ga-ki-tir-da mu-da-a-ĝa2-ĝa2
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lugal-e <ku>-kur silim-e-eš2 dug4-ga-a nam-kalag-ga-ne-e dalla bi2-in-e3-a
Because the king exulted in his triumph and let his might radiate, because he implemented (?) his heroism perfectly, made the rebellious land bow and made our city, Urim, rise in prosperity; because the king is adorned with a lapis-lazuli crown (?); because the son of Enlil lifts his head high, wearing a wide crown; because he takes counsel with An in his lofty place and is enthroned with Uraš on a great dais; because he makes the Land of Sumer and all the foreign lands dance with joy day and night, may Lord Ašimbabbar be praised.
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⌈nam⌉-ur-saĝ-ĝa2-ni šu zid bi2-in-ĝa2-ra
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ki-bal-e gu2 ki-še3 bi2-in-la2-a
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iri-me urim2{ki}-e ḫe2-ĝal2-la gu2-bi mi-ni-ib2-zig3-ga-a
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lugal suḫx(MUŠ) za-gin3-na ⌈gun3⌉-a dumu {d}en-lil2-la2
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! daĝal-la saĝ an-še3 il2-il2
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an-da ki maḫ-ḫa-na šag4 kuš2-u3 ur5-ra-aš-da barag gal-e sig9-a
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i3-ti <ud> zal-la kalam-e kur-kur-re a-ne ḫul2-la ?-dug4
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en {d}aš-im2-babbar2 !-mi2
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{d}nisaba za3-mi2
Nisaba be praised!

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