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Išbi-Erra and Kindattu (Išbi-Erra B)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 82 sections

1. gap

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2. A.1

   […] X […]

   (1 line fragmentary) …… to introduce ……. At left and right was a crouching lion, ……. …… at the command of Enlil. …… to reduce the city to ruin-mounds. He determined ……; …… Enlil is its ally!

3. A.2

   […]-ku4-ku4-⌈de3⌉ […]

4. A.3

   [a2 zid-da a2] gab2-bu-bi piriĝ im-⌈da⌉-[nu2 …]

5. A.4

   […]-ib2-dug4 inim {d}en-lil2-la2-ta

6. A.5

   […] iri{ki} du6-du6-da šid-e-de3

7. A.6

   […]-de3 nam im-ma-ni-in-tar

8. A.7

   […] bal {d}en-lil2 a2-taḫ-bi-im

9. A.8

   [ki-ru]-⌈gu2⌉ 1-kam

   1st kirugu.

10. A.9

    […]-ra {d}en-lil2-le

    Enlil …… went forth ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)

11. A.10

    […] mu-na-an-e3

12. gap

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13. B.1

    […]-in-in-bi-da ba-[…]

    (1 line fragmentary) He gave him ……, not implementing his strength. …… in princely style ……. He approached the enemy like a snake spitting venom and gall. He wiped …… in the …… of Sumer. …… Larsam, …… in the plain of Urim. …… great …… did not escape his power. The great mass of the enemy ……. Išbi-Erra ……. (1 line fragmentary)

14. B.2

    […] ⌈X⌉{ki} mu-na-an-šum2 a2-ni nu-ĝa2-ĝa2

15. B.3

    […] LU ul nam-nun-na-e sig-ga ba-ši-in-DU

16. B.4

    ⌈muš⌉-gin7 uš7 ze2 guru5-a-ni erim2-ma im-mi-in-te

17. B.5

    [X] X-ma ki-en-gi-ra-ka šu mi-ni-ib-ur3-ur3-re

18. B.6

    X X X{ki} larsam{ki}-ma [X X] X ? urim2{ki}-ka

19. B.7

    [X]-e maḫ mi-ni-in-BAD a2-ni la-ba-ra-e3

20. B.8

    gu2-erim2-ĝal2-le ⌈ka⌉ tar-ra-bi X […] igi-ni bal

21. B.9

    {d}iš-bi-er3-ra X X KU […]

22. B.10

    […] X DU X-am3 zag bi2-in-gi4

23. B.11

    […] ⌈ba⌉-an-šub šu suḫ3 ḫa-ba-ab-dug4

    He fell …… (4 lines fragmentary) (approx. 1 line missing)

24. B.12

    […] im-da-an-⌈zig3⌉ [X] X sag3-ge nu-ĝa2-ĝa2

25. B.13

    […] im-ma-ni-in-kur2

26. B.14

    […] X GI ŠA KI

27. B.15

    […] X X X X

28. gap

    (approx. 1 line missing)

29. C.1

    […] X iri-da X […]

    With the city ……. …… Marḫaši ……. …… the foreign lands ……. From Bašimi by the edge of the sea …… to the edge of Zabšali ……, and from Arawa, the bolt of Elam …… to the edge of Marḫaši ……. Kindattu, the man of Elam, ……. …… Isin, the great spindle of heaven and earth. The king's battle did not ……. The battle of Elam …… Sumer. …… by the edge of the sea. …… the land of Ḫuḫnuri. …… the wild animals and four-footed ……. The king …… in the battle.

30. C.2

    […] ⌈dug4⌉-ga mar-ḫa-[ši{ki}] […]

31. C.3

    […] ⌈ma⌉-da-ma-⌈da⌉ […]

32. C.4

    ba-ši-mi{ki} gaba a-ab-ba […-ta] zag za-ab-ša-[li{ki}] […-še3]

33. C.5

    a-ra-wa{ki} saĝ-kul elam[{ki}-ma] […-ta] zag mar-ḫa-[ši{ki}] […-še3]

34. C.6

    ki-in-da-tu lu2 elam […]

35. C.7

    i3-si-in{ki} bulug gal an [ki …]

36. C.8

    lugal-la me3-bi nu-⌈mu⌉-[…]

37. C.9

    me3 elam{ki}-ma ki-en-[gi] […]

38. C.10

    gaba a-ab-ba-ka […] ⌈MU⌉ […]

39. C.11

    ma-da ḫu-uḫ2-⌈nu⌉-[ri] […]

40. C.12

    maš2-anše niĝ2-ur2-4-[…]

41. C.13

    lugal-e me3-a […]

42. C.14

    ki-⌈ru⌉-[gu2 2-kam-ma-am3]

    2nd kirugu.

43. C.x

    (unknown no. of lines missing)

44. D.1

    {ĝiš}gigir maḫ […]

    …… a great chariot. The king …… Isin. …… a just verdict. Išbi-Erra ……. (1 line fragmentary) (4 lines missing)

45. D.2

    lugal-e i3-si-⌈in⌉[{ki}] […]

46. D.3

    di niĝ2-gen6-na X […]

47. D.4

    {d}iš-bi-er3-ra […]

48. D.5

    an saĝ-⌈?⌉ […]

49. gap

    (4 lines missing)

50. D.10

    {d}en-⌈lil2⌉-[le] […]

    Enlil ……. The people ……. Like small birds, …… the barley. …… the orchards. (1 line fragmentary) (approx. 6 lines missing)

51. D.11

    ⌈uĝ3⌉ […]-un-ĝar arad […]

52. D.12

    ⌈buru5⌉[{mušen}]-⌈gin7⌉ še im-ma-[…]

53. D.13

    pu2-[{ĝiš}kiri6] pu2-{ĝiš}kiri6 […]

54. D.14

    […] da BI […]

55. gap

    (approx. 6 lines missing)

56. E.1

    […] X X X AN X X

    (1 line fragmentary) …… to return ……. He put its gold and precious belongings into sacks. As for Zinnum, who escaped from them, Enki is their maškim. He was fed at the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris and the Kir-sig and Kiš watercourses. He died of thirst, persecuted by ghosts in the dry desert. The news was brought to Kindattu, the man of Elam. Anšan cried out to Šimaški, and he approached the mountains. He addressed the assembly of his army.

57. E.2

    […] ?-ru-de3 im-mi-in-X

58. E.3

    [kug]-⌈sig17⌉ niĝ2-gur11 gi16-sa-a-bi barag-še3 mu-un-du3

59. E.4

    [zi]-⌈nu⌉-um lu2 šu-ta šub-ba-bi {d}en-ki maškim-bi-im

60. E.5

    {id2}buranun-na {id2}idigna {id2}kir11-sig {id2}kiš{ki} zag-bi im-mi-in-gu7

61. E.6

    edin bar-rim4 lil2 bu-bu-da enmen-e mi-ni-in-ug7

62. E.7

    ki-in-da-tu lu2 elam{ki}-ma-ra inim-bi ba-an-na-de6

63. E.8

    an-ša4-an{ki}-e šimaški{ki} šeg11 ba-ab-gi4 kur im-ma-an-te

64. E.9

    ⌈ugnim⌉-ma-ni pu-uḫ2-ru-um-bi inim mu-na-ni-ib-be2

65. E.10

    ki-ru-gu2 3-kam-ma-am3

    3rd kirugu.

66. E.11

    [{d}]⌈iš⌉-bi-er3-ra-ĝu10 engar {d}en-lil2-le

    Enlil has endowed my Išbi-Erra, the cultivator, with great strength …….

67. E.12

    [X] X a2 maḫ mu-na-an-šum2

68. E.13

    [ĝiš-gi4]-ĝal2-bi-im

    Its ĝišgiĝal.

69. E.14

    […]-bi {d}en-lil2 A an nin X X X

    …… Enlil …… Ninlil ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)

70. E.15

    […] {d}nin-lil2-la2 A X X X

71. gap

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72. F.1

    […]-gi4-am3

    (10 lines fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)

73. F.2

    […]-⌈še3⌉ im-ma-an-ĝar

74. F.3

    [… mu]-⌈un⌉-ur4

75. F.4

    […] ĝar

76. F.5

    [… a2] im-mi-in-⌈aĝ2⌉

77. F.6

    […] ? AŠ im-ši-in-[…]

78. F.7

    [… ki]-bal-še3 X […]

79. F.8

    […] ⌈nu⌉-mu-un-ĝal2-⌈la⌉ […]

80. F.9

    […] šimaški⌈{ki}⌉

81. F.10

    [… mu]-un-dug4

82. gap

    (unknown no. of lines missing)

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