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An adab (?) to Ninurta for Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan P)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 29 sections

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    ⌈AN⌉ […]

    (3 lines fragmentary) Great warrior, ……. Brave ……. His radiance ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… the cities and settlements. Roaring lion …… to ……. Ninurta. Uta-ulu …….

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    IM […]

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    AN X […]

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    ur-saĝ ⌈?⌉ […]

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    lipiš-⌈tuku⌉ […]

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    me-lem4-ma-ni […]

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    saĝ gal X ⌈ZI⌉ […]

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    iri a2-dam […]

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    piriĝ gu3 di ⌈MU⌉ […]

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    {d}nin-urta-⌈ra⌉ […]

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    u4-ta-u18-lu […]

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    sa-⌈gid2⌉-[da-am3]

    Sa-gida.

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    en AN X X […]

    Lord …….

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    ĝiš-gi4-⌈ĝal2⌉ [sa-gid2-da-bi-im]

    Ĝišgiĝal of the sa-gida.

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    AN ZI KA […]

    (2 lines fragmentary) …… in the Ubšu-unkena. …… the status of Enlil ……. …… the power of the Great Mountain Enlil ……. …… my man ……. Prince Išme-Dagan ……. …… Ninurta ……. …… fifty-headed battle-mace ……. …… Išme-Dagan ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… great copper throne ……. (1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)

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    KA-⌈?⌉ […]

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    ub-šu-⌈unken⌉-[na] […]

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    nam-{d}en-lil2 […]

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    a2 kur gal {d}⌈en⌉-[lil2-la2] […]

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    lu2-ĝu10 a-⌈?⌉-[…]

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    nun {d}iš-me-{d}da-⌈gan⌉ […]

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    lu2 {d}nin-urta X […]

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    šita2 saĝ 50 ⌈ki⌉ […]

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    {d}iš-me-{d}da-[gan] […]

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    ? ? AN-gin7 sag9 […]

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    {urud}gu-za ⌈?⌉ […]

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    X X […]

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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.