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An adab to Dagan (?) for Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan U)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 21 sections

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    ⌈e2⌉-kur-⌈ra⌉ e2 […]

    In the E-kur, the house ……. The great gods …… to your upraised hands. …… holy lap for your exceedingly pleasant life. …… for its good reign ……. Išme-Dagan, the son of Enlil ……. …… joy (?) in the Egal-maḫ, your ladylike house. …… the prince …… meš tree with shining branches ……. …… to make his life pleasant …… Išme-Dagan ……. …… holy …… the child of An ……. (2 lines fragmentary) …… brick-built E-kur …….

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    šu il2-la-zu-! diĝir gal-gal-⌈e⌉-[ne …]

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    ⌈ur2⌉ kug til3 niĝ2 dug3 dirig-zu-! […]

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    ⌈?⌉ dug3-bi-še3 ĝal2-ĝal2-la AB X […]

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    ⌈{d}⌉iš-me-{d}da-gan dumu {d}en-lil2-[la2] […]

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    [e2]-gal-maḫ e2 nam-nin-a-za UL […]

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    [X] nun-ne2 {ĝiš}meš3 pa mul-la X […]

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    [nam]-⌈til3⌉-la-ni dug3-ge daĝal {d}iš-me-[{d}da-gan] […]

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    […] ? DAG.KISIM5×X kug dumu an-na KA X […]

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    […] X eĝer-bi […]

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    […] ⌈di⌉ kud-ba kur-re ḫe2-? […]

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    […] X igi bar šeg12 e2-kur-ra-ka […]

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    [sa]-ĝar-[ra-am3]

    Sa-ĝara.

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    [{d}da]-⌈gan⌉ sipad {d}iš-me-da-gan-na dumu {d}en-[lil2-la2]-[X] {tug2}pala bar-še3 ⌈?⌉ […]

    Dagan, you have …… the shepherd Išme-Dagan, the son of Enlil, with a royal garment.

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    [ĝiš-gi4]-ĝal2 sa-⌈ĝar⌉-[ra-bi-im]

    Ĝišgiĝal of the sa-ĝara.

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    ⌈en⌉ maḫ me an-na me ki KA ? gal […]

    The lofty lord, …… the divine powers of heaven and the divine powers of the earth; Dagan, the august lord, …… the divine powers of heaven and the divine powers of the earth. He has chosen Išme-Dagan in the Land, he …….

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    {d}da-gan en maḫ me an-na me ki ⌈KA⌉ [ḪI gal …]

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    {d}iš-me-{d}da-gan kalam-ma mi-ni-in-⌈suḫ⌉ […] šu ḫu-mu-e-[…]

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    [u18-ru12]-bi-im

    Its uru.

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    a-da-ab [{d}da-gan-kam]

    An adab of Dagan (?).

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