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An adab to An for Šu-Suen (Šu-Suen E)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 23 sections

  1. gap

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  2. A.1

    šag4-ta ⌈ur⌉-[saĝ …]

    Warrior from birth …….

  3. A.2

    ⌈šag4⌉-[ba-tuku …]

    Šagbatuku.

  4. A.3

    {d}šu-{d}suen gal-zu X X […]

    Wise Šu-Suen ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… dais ……. …… the beauty and ornament …….

  5. A.4

    X X MU lu2 X X X […]

  6. A.5

    […] X U3 barag X […]

  7. A.6

    X X [X X] mu-na-ab-X […] ḫi-li me-⌈te⌉ […]

  8. A.7

    bar-sud [2-kam-ma-am3]

    2nd (?) barsud.

  9. A.8

    an-e X […] KA […]

    An ……. Šu-Suen ……. (2 lines fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)

  10. A.9

    {d}šu-{d}⌈suen⌉ […]

  11. A.10

    AN […]

  12. A.11

    ⌈?⌉ […]

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    (unknown no. of lines missing)

  14. B.1

    X […]

    (1 line fragmentary) Šu-Suen …… rising …….

  15. B.2

    {d}[šu]-⌈{d}suen⌉ […] zig3-⌈ga⌉ […]

  16. B.3

    sa-[gid2-da]

    Sa-gida.

  17. B.4

    AN ? X mu-un-X X […]

    (1 line fragmentary)

  18. B.5

    ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2 sa-gid2-da-[bi-im]

    Ĝišgiĝal of the sa-gida.

  19. B.6

    an-e nam mu-un-tar-⌈?⌉ […]

    As An determined the fates ……. Holy An determined the fates, …… the shrine Urim ……. Like the sunlight An …… for Šu-Suen.

  20. B.7

    an kug-ga nam mu-un-tar eš3 ⌈?⌉ […]

  21. B.8

    an-e ud-gin7 {d}šu-{d}suen-ra me X […] KA mu-un-na-ni-in-[…]

  22. B.9

    u18-ru12-bi-im

    Its uru.

  23. B.10

    a-da-ab ⌈an⌉-[na-kam]

    An adab of An.

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL), Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Copyright holders: Jeremy Black, Graham Cunningham, Jarle Ebeling, Esther Flückiger-Hawker, Eleanor Robson, Jon Taylor and Gábor Zólyomi. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Source.