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A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi Y)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 33 sections

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   [X X] X X […]

   (2 lines fragmentary) To make my kingship longlasting, to make abundance conspicuous in my reign, Enki, the lord whose utterances cannot be altered, entered it proudly. He assigned Utu, whose words are pre-eminent, as a constable to me.

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   [X X] X ba-ni-ĝar-⌈re⌉-[eš]

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   nam-lugal-ĝa2 ud-bi sud-⌈da⌉

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   bal-ĝa2 ḫe2-ĝal2 pa ed2-ed2-dam

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   {d}en-ki en dug4-ga-ni nu-kur2-ru saĝ il2 ba-ni-kur9

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   {d}utu inim-ma-ni saĝ-ba du maškim-še3 ma-an-šum2

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   {d}nin-lil2 kalam-ma gu3 ḫul2-la ma-ni-de2-a-ke4-eš2

   Since Ninlil had given me her joyful blessing in the Land, and had caused me to be heard in the assembly, I, Šulgi, the faithful shepherd of Sumer, praised her in the Ĝa-ĝiš-šua, in her temple where lawsuits are decided justly, in her august temple befitting her ladyship, in her shrine imbued with terrible awesomeness, a place admired by all the foreign countries, within …….

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   unken-na ĝizzal ma-ni-ak-ke4-eš2

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    šul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra-⌈me⌉-[en]

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    ĝa2-ĝiš-šu2-a e2 di si ⌈?-?⌉-[X (X)-na]

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    e2 maḫ nam-[nin]-a tum2-ma-na

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    {e2}pa-paḫ ki ⌈u6⌉ di kur-kur-ra ⌈ni2 ḫuš⌉ gur3-ru-na

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    e2 X X [X] ⌈GI⌉ šag4-bi-a silim mu-⌈na⌉-[(X)-dug4]

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    [X X] mu-⌈da-ab⌉-du3 DA NI X […] mu-DU.DU X […]

    (2 lines fragmentary) …… ……. When at her command I killed in battle the evil people who …… against me with weapons, I …… all the great warriors slain by me. I placed my foot on their necks, and exalted my own person on their pedestals.

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    X gu2 mu-da-⌈ab⌉-[…]

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    urud niĝ2 kalag-ga-a X […]

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    lu2 ḫul-ĝal2 {ĝiš}tukul-la mu-ši-[X X-a]

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    a2 aĝ2-ĝa2-ni-ta me3-a mu-ni-gaz-a

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    ur-saĝ gal-gal mu-til-la-ĝu10 bar-ba im-mi-X

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    gu2-bi-a ĝiri3-ĝu10 im-mi-gub

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    ki-gal-ba ni2-ĝu10 saĝ im-ma-ni-il2

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    alan kug-sig17 alan {na4}za-gin3-na-ĝu10

    I lined up my gold statues and lapis-lazuli statues in the main courtyard of her E-niĝara. I filled it with treasures like those of holy Aratta. I despatched oxen and sheep to her great kitchens. I brought the abundant harvest into her imposing bakery. I …… beer in her brewery, most suited to the bronze vessels. I despatched dark beer, kurun beer, and brown beer, all brewed in its house of , to her great dining hall for the evening meals. (1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)

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    kisal maḫ e2-niĝ2-ĝa2-ra-ka-na si ba-ni-sa2-sa2

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    aratta kug-gin7 gi16-sa mi-ni-ĝar-ĝar

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    e2-muḫaldim gal-la-ni gud udu ba-ni-ĝar

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    e2-gir4 maḫ-a-ni ḫe2-ĝal2-la bi2-de6

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    e2-lunga3 zabar-re ḫe2-du7-na

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    kaš-kaš!(gud-gud)-bi-ta NE ki ba-ni-us2-us2

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    kaš gig2 kurun kaš su4 <e2> a2 sikil-ba sur-ra

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    kiĝ2-sig unu2 gal-la-ni ba-ni-ĝar

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    [X] X X […]

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