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A hymn to Ninisina for Išbi-Erra (Išbi-Erra D)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 14 sections

1. 1

   [diĝir] ⌈gal⌉-gal-e-ne X-zu maḫ en [(…)]

   The great gods elevated ……, and made …… perfect. (2 lines unclear) Your garment is an exalted garment; Enlil has ……. You were brought up sitting on the knees of An the king, and the great gods elevated ……. Woman whose name is exalted, Gula, ……. You go against all the foreign lands, lady who, for all her pleasantness, fearsomely and mightily ……, who lifts her head in great and elevated divinity.

2. 2

   […] X šu […]-du7

3. 3

   […] X X […] A-A X

4. 4

   […] X X X […] X KA […]

5. 5

   tug2-zu tug2 gal-la-am3 […] BA NA […] {d}en-lil2 ša-mu-X […]

6. 6

   du10-ub an lugal-la-kam buluĝ3-ĝa2-me-en

7. 7

   diĝir gal-gal-e-ne ša-ba-maḫ ? […] X

8. 8

   munus mu-ni ni2 il2-il2 {d}gu-la […]-⌈in⌉-šu2 kur-kur-ra ba-⌈du⌉-a-me-[en]

9. 9

   nin sag9-ga-na ḫuš-bi gal-bi […] nam-[diĝir] gal maḫ-a [saĝ il2]

10. 10

    {d}nin-isin2si-na ⌈nam⌉-nin kalam-ma-[kam] a-a-zu bi2-in-[gub-be2-en]

    Ninisina, your father established you in ladyship over the Land. In awe at you, never altering the fearsomeness ……, holy Ninisina, Lady Gula, Ninisina, in the Egal-maḫ, founded by An -- bring joy to Išbi-Erra, the beloved of your heart.

11. 11

    u6 di-zu-še3 ni2 nu-kur2-ru na-[…]

12. 12

    kug {d}nin-isin2si-na nin {d}gu-la

13. 13

    {d}nin-isin2si-na e2-gal-maḫ an-ne2 ki us2-[sa]

14. 14

    {d}iš-bi-er3-<ra> ki aĝ2 šag4-za-ra za-e ḫul2-ḫul2-mu-di-ni-ib

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