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A praise poem of Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan A + V)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 477 sections

1. A.300

   {urud}alan ak-a saĝ X X-ke4

2. A.301

   {d}en-lil2 lugal an ki-ke4

3. A.302

   ki X-ni um-ši-in-zig3-ga-še3 a-gin7 ?-a gub

4. A.303

   su piriĝ sa piriĝ-ĝa2 zag piriĝ-ĝa2

5. A.304

   ⌈?⌉ […]

6. A.305

   šita X [X (X)] ĝissu [X (X)] IM ⌈?⌉ [(X)] X

7. A.306

   ? ?-lugal-la [X X (X)] til-la X [X (X)] X-ba lugal-ĝu10-ra a ḫa-mu-na-ru

8. A.307

   ĝiš maḫ ki u6 di-še3 ḫe2-ni-laḫ4

9. A.308

   {d}nin-lil2 nin diĝir-re-e-ne-ra

10. A.309

    X munus-a ki kug-kug-ga-na

11. A.310

    e2-šen-šen-[na] nam-til3 si-a-[na]

12. A.311

    {urud}alan gal-gal-ĝu10 ḫu-mu-na-ni-kur9

13. A.312

    igi-ni-še3 ḫu-mu-[ni]-?

14. A.313

    ḫu-[X X] ⌈nam⌉-[til3-la]-⌈ĝu10-še3⌉ [a ḫu-mu]-na-ru

15. A.314

    ĝe26-e-me-en lu2 [X X] RA sag9-ga-ĝu10

16. A.315

    {d}iš-me-{d}da-gan-me-en sa-ra-ĝu10 ḫe2-sag9

17. A.316

    {urud}alan ad-da tud-da-ĝu10

    I also brought into the temple of Enlil and my lady Ninlil a copper statue of my own father. …… copper statue of my grandfather. I brought out …… statue, and brought it into the temple of Enlil. I …… it in the E-kur, the …… shrine. (6 lines fragmentary or unclear) I am the king …… Enlil, the patient lord. (1 line fragmentary)

18. A.317

    e2 {d}en-lil2-la2-ka {d}nin-lil2 nin-ĝa2-ka ĝe26-e-me-en ḫu-mu-ni-kur9

19. A.318

    {urud}alan a-a gu-la-ĝu10 [(X)] X-ne-? X IŠ-am3

20. A.319

    X mu-⌈?⌉ {urud}alan ḫu-mu-ni-ed3

21. A.320

    e2 {d}en-lil2-ka ḫu-mu-ni-kur9

22. A.321

    e2-kur eš3 X A ḫu-mu-ni-X

23. A.322

    […]

24. A.323

    [… ḫu]-mu-ni-[X]

25. A.324

    niĝ2 babbar-re nu-ub-ta-an-? e2 {d}? [ḫe2]-em-mi-ak

26. A.325

    […]

27. A.326

    ? ⌈nam⌉ […] ? uĝ3 SI […]

28. A.327

    X […] inim dug4-⌈?⌉ [X (X)]

29. A.328

    {d}en-[lil2] en šag4 su3-⌈ra2⌉ [X] lugal ĝe26-[e-me-en]

30. A.329

    ĝiš ĝeštug2-ke4 ĝal2 X […-taka4]

31. A.330

    ⌈za3⌉-mi2-ĝu10 ka-ka-⌈ga⌉ ḫe2-ni-ĝar-ĝar

    I made sure that my praise was spoken, by creating numerous songs to Ĝeštin-ana, the honey-mouthed lady. I installed …… my scholars and chief singers. The skilful singers composed for me adab, tigi, šumunša, malgatum, šir-gida, royal praise poems perfect in content, araḫi, balbale, zamzam and kunĝar compositions. They magnify my name in the places where odes are performed. That I am omniscient and broad in wisdom, that I am knowedgeable (?) about the …… of the troops, that I direct the people as a wise shepherd who is brilliant (?) in the face of weapons, that I am skilful in everything, that An has looked favourably on me, that by the word of Enlil ……, that Ninlil is my protection, that Enki has given me wisdom, that Ninurta is all for me (?), that Nanna loves me greatly, that I am the son-in-law of Ningal, that Inana has made me attractive, (2 lines broken or unclear)

32. A.331

    {d}ĝeštin-an-na nin ka lal3-a-ĝu10-u8

33. A.332

    šir3-šir3-ra ḫe2-em-mi-dirig-dirig

34. A.333

    um-mi-a nar gal-gal-e-ne

35. A.334

    šag4-ba la-la2 ḫe2-ni-in-ĝar

36. A.335

    a-da-ab tigi2 šumun-ša4 ma-al-ga-tum

37. A.336

    šir3-gid2-da <za3>-mi2 nam-lugal-ĝu10 šag4-bi niĝ2 til-la

38. A.337

    a-ra-ḫi bal-bal-e za-am-za-am kun-ĝar-bi

39. A.338

    nar gal-an-zu-ne ma-an-ĝar-re-eš-a

40. A.339

    en3-du ki du12-ba mu-ĝu10 mi-ni-gal-eš-a

41. A.340

    niĝ2-nam zu ĝeštug2 daĝal-la-ĝa2

42. A.341

    tum2-tum2-mu erin2-na mu-zu-a-ĝa2

43. A.342

    ki {ĝiš}tukul-la-ka igi mi-ni-zalag-ga

44. A.343

    sipad kug-zu uĝ3 laḫ4-laḫ4-e-ĝa2

45. A.344

    gal-zu niĝ2-nam-ma i3-me-en-na-ĝa2

46. A.345

    an-e igi zid mu-ši-in-bar-ra

47. A.346

    inim {d}en-lil2-la2-ta kalag ni2-bi ĝal2-la

48. A.347

    {d}nin-lil2 an-dul3-ĝu10 i3-me-a

49. A.348

    {d}en-ki-ke4 ĝeštug2 ma-an-šum2-ma

50. A.349

    {d}nin-urta-ke4 mu-ši-in-ĝal2-la

51. A.350

    {d}nanna gal-le-eš ki ma-an-aĝ2-ĝa2

52. A.351

    mussa {d}nin-gal i3-me-en-na-ĝa2

53. A.352

    {d}inana-ke4 ḫi-li ma-an-šum2-a

54. A.353

    ?{ki} […]

55. A.354

    […]

56. A.355

    in-ĝu10 ?-ba ki-ĝu10 sur-ra

    My boundaries are marked, my borders are fixed; my embankments are piled up, my irrigation ditches are ……. …… at which the foreign lands bow down; it is wool from the highlands …….

57. A.356

    eg2-ĝu10 sig9-ga pa5-ĝu10 […]

58. A.357

    ? X-a-ta kur-kur mu-gam-ma

59. A.358

    siki igi-nim-? [X] X ḫe2-em

60. A.359

    nam-dub-sar ki nam-galam-ma […] usu bi2-DU-a

    That the scribal art, in the place of skilled craftsmanship, …… power; that I have understood the contents of tablets, counting and reckoning in all their depth and breadth, checking, coefficients, establishing the surface of a field, and laying out the reed measuring-pole; that I have …… on the podium, my chosen place; that I have learnt with my talented hands, my pure hands, to write the tablets of Sumer and Akkad; that I have lent lustre to the academy by completely mastering the reed stylus and the scribal art; that I have devoted myself to the art of singing, and know the occasions when praise songs are to be sung; that I am eminent in the performance style for …… songs; that I know how to intersperse appropriate words with the accompaniment of the fingers and instruments; that I have mastered the drumsticks, the sa-eš, the sabitum, the ḫarḫar and the zanaru instruments; that I have occupied myself with completely mastered the developed aspects of the art of singing and the recondite points of …… songs -- all these things the scholars and the composers of my …… songs have put in my great songs and have declared in my hymns.

61. A.360

    ⌈šag4⌉ dub-ba šudum niĝ2-šid buru3 daĝal-la kurum7-bi mu-bur2-ra

62. A.361

    ⌈igi-gub⌉-bu gana2 gen6-ne2 ĝiš-as4-lum gi e3

63. A.362

    ⌈ki-?⌉-ba ki igi il2-la-ĝu10-še3 temen šu4-ga kalam ri-ĝa2

64. A.363

    ⌈šu sag9⌉ šu tam-tam-ma-ĝa2

65. A.364

    ⌈dub⌉ ki-en-gi ki-uri-ka sar-re-bi mu-un-zu-a

66. A.365

    [e2]-⌈dub⌉-ba-a šu mi-ni-mul-mul-la

67. A.366

    [gi]-⌈?⌉-ba dub nam-dub-sar-ra zag im-mi-til-la

68. A.367

    ⌈nam⌉-nar-ra a2-ĝu10 ba-e-šum2-ma

69. A.368

    za3-mi2 ki di-bi mu-zu-a

70. A.369

    ŠIR3.NAR ad ša4-ba nir mi-ni-ib-ĝal2-la

71. A.370

    sa šu-si ĝiš-gu3-di-da inim suḫ-suḫ bal-e-bi mu-zu-a

72. A.371

    {ĝiš}al-ĝar-sur9 {ĝiš}sa-eš ⌈sa-bi2⌉-tum

73. A.372

    {ĝiš}ḫar-ḫar za-na-ru sa2 bi2-dug4-ga

74. A.373

    nam-nar-a ki bal-bal-a-bi

75. A.374

    šag4 ŠIR3.NAR-da ki dul-dul-la-bi zag im-mi-us2-sa im-til-la

76. A.375

    um-mi-a ŠIR3.⌈NAR ĝar⌉-ĝar-ĝu10-ne

77. A.376

    šir3 gal-gal-ĝa2 ⌈mi-ni⌉-ĝar-re-eš-a

78. A.377

    za3-mi2-ĝa2 mi-⌈ni-in⌉-pad3-pad3-de3-eš

79. A.378

    lugal kalag-ga šu X X X ak

    The powerful king ……, if he stands by Enlil with upraised hands, should swear in the name of the gods ……. Everything that is in my odes, or which is written on my stela, is definitely not false, but genuine! Reverence for me should be in every mouth.

80. A.379

    {d}en-lil2-la2 šu ⌈il2-il2⌉-la-ni ⌈mu-na⌉-da-gub-ba

81. A.380

    mu diĝir-re-e-ne nam-erim2 X […]-gin7 ḫe2-ni-kud-de3

82. A.381

    niĝ2 en3-du-ĝa2 a-na ⌈ab⌉-ĝal2-la

83. A.382

    na-du3-a-ĝa2 a-na ab-sar-[ra] ⌈lul⌉ ba-ra-na ḫe2-⌈ge⌉-[en]

84. A.383

    mi2 dug4-ga-ĝu10 ka-ga14 ḫu-⌈mu⌉-ĝal2

85. A.384

    e2-a šir3-ĝu10 ?-zal-le-eš ⌈ḫe2⌉-em-me

    In the temple my songs should be performed splendidly (?), and my odes should be handed down. Their attractiveness should be right in the heart of the Land, and mouths should carry the words as far as its borders. …… the requirements of the banquet; he should put their attractiveness into the heart ……; …… may Ĝeštin-ana be their protective goddess. …… treasures, lasting property of the king's heirs, jewels of lordship which cannot be ……, fixing them forever in the mouth of the singers.

86. A.385

    en3-du-ĝu10 šu-a ḫu-mu-un-⌈bal⌉-e

87. A.386

    la-la-bi šag4 kalam-ma-ka ḫu-[mu]-ĝal2

88. A.387

    zag-bi-a inim ka-ge-e ḫe2-⌈em⌉-tum3

89. A.388

    ki ?-ka al di-bi ḫe2-[…] X X X

90. A.389

    [X] X X la-la-bi šag4-ga ḫu-mu-ĝa2-ĝa2

91. A.390

    […] {d}ĝeštin-an-na {d}lamma-bi ḫe2-a

92. A.391

    […] ⌈erim3⌉ niĝ2 da-ri2 ibila lugal-la

93. A.392

    gi16-sa nam-en-na niĝ2 šu nu-[…]-gid2

94. A.393

    ka nar-e-ne-ka su3-ud-še3 ge-en

95. A.394

    ĝe26-e-me-en {d}en-lil2-la2 sa2-dug4 […] ki-ke4 bi2-dug4

    I have …… the regular offerings of Enlil. …… Nibru, the pleasant place; I have put in order the plans of Sumer and Akkad. Therefore Enlil my master has made my days ……, and as he has made my reign follow another reign, so may he make my descendants even greater.

96. A.395

    nibru{ki} ki sag9-ga šu […] X […]

97. A.396

    ki-en-gi ki-uri ĝiš-ḫur-bi si [ḫe2-em-mi-sa2]

98. A.397

    ur5-še3-⌈am3⌉ {d}en-lil2 lugal-ĝu10 ud-ĝu10 X X X

99. A.398

    bal-ĝu10 bal-a im-mi-us2-sa

100. A.399

     šag4-bal-bal-ĝu10 ḫe2-⌈em-da-gal⌉-gal

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