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An adab (?) to Suen for Šu-Suen (Šu-Suen F)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 69 sections

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   ⌈še⌉-er-zid bad-ta […]

   …… from the distant radiance, …… in heaven, (1 line fragmentary) Suen, ……, …… Šu-Suen. Nanna has elevated …….

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   an-na ni2-⌈bi⌉ X […]

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   [X] ? kal […]

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   {d}⌈suen⌉ […]

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   {d}šu-{d}⌈suen⌉ […] BAD MU X [X X]

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   {d}nanna ša-⌈mu-?⌉-da-an-u5 AN […]

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   bar-sud-[am3]

   Barsud.

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   ḫi-li an-na nun uraš-a-X

   The beauty of heaven, the prince of earth, youthful Suen, the immense, the light of heaven and earth, who makes years of prosperity and good …… last permanently, Nanna, the lord who is born each month, sired my Šu-Suen.

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   šul {d}suen u18-ru ud an ki

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    mu ḫe2-ĝal2-la [(X)] X dug3 ki-bi-! zal-e

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    ⌈{d}nanna⌉ en itid-da u3-tud-[(X)]

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    ⌈{d}šu⌉-{d}suen-ĝu10 mu-un-u3-⌈tud⌉

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    šag4-ba-tuku-am3

    Šagbatuku.

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    peš10-ĝal2 ne3 gal diĝir gal-e-ne

    Mighty one, great power among the great gods, Father Nanna, your judgments are ingenious decisions -- deciding great destinies with Nunamnir, his beloved youth Ašimbabbar decides destiny for my Šu-Suen.

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    a-a {d}nanna di-zu eš-bar galam

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    {d}nu-nam-nir-da nam gal tar-re

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    {d}aš-im2-babbar šul ki aĝ2-ĝa2-na

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    {d}šu-{d}suen-ĝu10-ur2 nam mu-ni-ib-tar-re

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    bar-sud 2-kam-ma-am3

    2nd barsud.

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    ud ⌈ĝi6 dug3⌉-dug3 mu zu2 keše2-de3

    The light which sweetens the night and structures the year, Nanna, the crown of the holy heavens, …… my Šu-Suen, (2 lines fragmentary)

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    ⌈??⌉ aga3 an kug-ga-ke4

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    [X X] X X-ni {d}šu-{d}suen-ĝu10

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    X [X] X X X X zu ki-zu ⌈?⌉

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    X [X X] X A saĝ MU X […]

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    šag4-ba-tuku 2-kam-ma-am3

    2nd šagbatuku.

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    [X] {d}⌈?⌉ ⌈?⌉ gal an ki-a-ka

    …… Nanna is the great lord of heaven and earth. …… has made manifest ……. …… is spreading ……. (2 lines fragmentary) (approx. 1 line missing) (2 lines fragmentary) ……, the just crown …… in heaven, …… on his head, he has given guidance. My Šu-Suen is the prince of the Land.

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    [X X] X X X pa bi2-in-e3

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    […] X al-barag2-ge

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    […] X X X X

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    […] X X

31. gap

    (approx. 1 line missing)

32. 32

    […] X NAM […]

33. 33

    […] X X X X […]

34. 34

    […] ⌈?⌉ aga zid an-na X [(X)]

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    […] X saĝ-ĝa2 na mi-ni-in-de5

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    [{d}šu]-[{d}suen]-ĝu10 nun kalam-ma-ka

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    [sa]-⌈bar⌉-sud-da-am3

    Sa-barsuda.

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    […] ?-?-a-ni {d}šu-{d}suen-ĝu10 su3-ud-mu-un-ši

    ……, lengthen the days (?) for my Šu-Suen, my Šu-Suen who has grown as high as the heavens.

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    [{d}šu]-[{d}]⌈suen⌉-ĝu10 an-da mu2-a

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    ⌈ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2-bi⌉-im

    Its ĝišgiĝal.

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    en dumu an-na […]-a

    The lord, the son of An, ……, …… with shining horns, renowned Nanna, ……, whose commands ……, the light of the firmament, the light of the earth, whose luminosity speeds to the people, Lord Ašimbabbar, a viper made visible, the youth Suen whose holy countenance approaches the earth, Nanna -- just as he appears elevated (?) in heaven and above earth, so he has elevated Šu-Suen over the Land.

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    si mul-mul-⌈?⌉ […] X-ka

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    {d}nanna gal-di […] NE

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    KA-KA-ga niĝ2 X PA X X X

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    ud ĝiš-ḫe2-a ud uraš-a

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    su-lim-ma-ni uĝ3-e dub3 bar-bar-re

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    en {d}aš-im2-babbar ⌈ušum⌉ pa e3

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    šul {d}suen muš3 kug ki us2-sa

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    {d}nanna an ki-a ?-a e3e

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    [{d}šu]-{d}suen kalam-ma am3-mi-in-u5

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    [(X) X] ⌈?⌉ ?-ru an-e ušumgal

    …… imbued with awesomeness, a dragon for the heavens, …… imbued with awesomeness, …… in the heavens, ……, the prince who trusts in you, my Šu-Suen, …… has embraced ……. …… all the lands in their vastness, …… the sceptre of distant days. The people of the rebel lands, …… all of them ……, have entrusted …… to Šu-Suen for the beneficent princely son of Enlil. My king ……, Šu-Suen …… in celebration!

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    [X X] X ! gur3-ru an-na [X]

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    [X X] X nun {d}šu-{d}suen-ĝu10 nir ša-mu-⌈u8⌉-da-ĝal2-la

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    […] gu2-da mu-ni-in-la2-⌈la2⌉

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    [X] X [X X] kur-kur niĝ2-daĝal-⌈?⌉

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    ⌈ĝidru ud⌉ su3-ra2 X X [X X]

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    uĝ3 ki-bal-a X [X] BI X

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    kilib3-ba-bi ḪI [X] ⌈DU⌉.DU-e

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    dumu nun zi-le {d}[en-lil2]-⌈la2⌉-še3

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    {d}šu-{d}suen šu-ni-a [X] ⌈mi⌉-in-si

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    lugal-ĝu10 EZEN X-la

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    {d}šu-{d}suen giri17-zal X [X] X-ka

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    sa-[ĝar-ra-am3]

    Sa-ĝara.

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    {d}šu-{d}suen-ĝu10 ud til3-⌈la⌉ […]

    …… my Šu-Suen days of life.

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    <ĝiš-gi4-ĝal2-bi-im>

    Its ĝišgiĝal.

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    en an-na dug3-ĝal2 ki […]

    May (?) the lord of heaven, the well-disposed one, …… the earth, youthful Suen, the lord of heaven, ……, …… Šu-Suen.

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    šul {d}suen en an-na-kam X […]

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    ⌈{d}⌉šu-{d}⌈suen⌉ X X X […]

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    ⌈u18⌉-ru12-bi-⌈im⌉ [(…)]

    Its uru.

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