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A balbale to Bau for Šu-Suen (Šu-Suen A)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 28 sections

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   kug-ga-am3 in-tu-ud kug-ga-am3 in-⌈tu⌉-[ud]

   It was she who gave birth to the holy one, gave birth to the holy one; the queen gave birth to the holy one, gave birth to the holy one, the queen gave birth to the holy one -- my cloth beam of the cloth of pleasure, my Abī-simtī! My warp beam placed for weaving, my queen !

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   nin-e kug-ga-am3 in-tu-ud

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   a-bi-si2-im-ti kug-ga-am3 in-tu-ud

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   nin-e kug-ga-am3 in-tu-ud

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   ĝiš-gen6-na tug2 nam-sag9-ga-ĝu10 a-bi-si2-im-ti-ĝu10

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   {ĝiš}saĝ-du tug2 dun-na ĝal2-[la]-ĝu10 nin-ĝu10 ku-ba-tum

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   suḫur-e ⌈du7⌉ [u6 di]-⌈de3⌉ X gub-ba-ĝu10 u3-mu-un {d}šu-{d}suen-ĝu10

   My one suited to a mane of hair, a wonder to behold, my lord Šu-Suen, my one …… in words, my son of Šulgi -- because I uttered, because I uttered, the lord gave me a gift, because I uttered an exclamation of joy, the lord gave me a gift. The lord gave me as a gift a golden pin, a lapis-lazuli seal. The lord gave me as a gift a golden ring, a silver ring.

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   inim-ma X […] X X [X]-ĝu10 ⌈du5⌉-mu {d}šul-gi-ra-ĝu10

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   bi2-dug4-ga-ke4-eš bi2-dug4-ga-ke4-eš u3-mu-un-e aĝ2 ma-an-ba

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    me-e a-al-la-ri bi2-dug4-ga-ke4-eš u3-mu-un-e aĝ2 ma-an-ba

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    bulug kug-sig17 {na4}kišib3 za-gin3-na u3-mu-un-e aĝ2 ma-an-ba

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    ḫar kug-sig17 ḫar kug-babbar u3-mu-un-e aĝ2 ma-an-[ba]

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    u3-mu-un aĝ2-ba-⌈zu⌉ na-⌈aĝ2⌉-X sug4-ga-am3 igi-zu ḫa-[ma-ab-il2]-⌈il2⌉

    O lord, your gifts are ……, may you cast your eyes on me. O Šu-Suen, your gifts are ……, may you cast your eyes on me. …… lord …… lord ……. Like pleasant ……. May your city stretch out its hands to you like a crab (?), my lord Šu-Suen. May it lie down at your feet like a lion-cub, my son of Šulgi.

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    {d}šu-{d}suen aĝ2-ba-zu ⌈na⌉-[aĝ2-X] ⌈sug4-ga-am3⌉ igi-zu ḫa-ma-[ab-il2-il2]

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    […] ⌈u3⌉-mu-un X […] u3-mu-⌈un⌉ […]

16. 16

    […] X sag9-? X […]-ĝu10 KU-gin7 mu-[…]

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    uru2-zu kud-da-gin7 šu ḫe2-eb2-⌈?⌉ u3-mu-un {d}šu-{d}suen-ĝu10

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    ur-⌈nim⌉-gin7 ĝiri3-zu-še3 ḫe2-nu2 du5-mu {d}šul-gi-ra-⌈?⌉

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    AN X X X-ĝu10 za-bi-tum-ma kaš-a-ni ze2-ba-am3

    My ……, the barmaid's beer is sweet. Like her beer her genitals are sweet, her beer is sweet. Like her mouth her genitals are sweet, her beer is sweet. Her diluted beer, her beer is sweet -- my Šu-Suen, who pleased me, who pleased me, who delighted me, my Šu-Suen who pleased me, my Šu-Suen, beloved of Enlil, my king, the god of his Land!

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    kaš-a-ni-gin7 gal4-la-ni ze2-ba-am3 kaš-a-ni ze2-ba-am3

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    ka-ga14-a-ni-gin7 gal4-la-ni ze2-ba-am3 kaš-a-ni ze2-ba-am3

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    kašbirx(A.SUD)-a-ni kaš-a-ni ze2-ba-am3

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    {d}šu-{d}suen ba-sag9-ge-na-ĝu10

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    ba-sag9-ge-na-ĝu10 ba-zil2-zil2-i-na-ĝu10

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    {d}šu-{d}suen ba-sag9-ge-na-ĝu10

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    ki aĝ2 {d}en-lil2-la2 {d}šu-{d}suen-ĝu10

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    lugal-ĝu10 diĝir kalam-ma-na

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    bal-bal-e {d}ba-u2-kam

    It is a balbale of Bau.

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