A hymn to Enki for Išme-Dagan
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⌈ambar⌉-bi KA X […]
(unknown no. of lines missing) The task of …… its marshes, of …… the great arable lands and the fields, of …… the fruit orchards that bear pure ……, of …… food and drink for the Anuna gods -- all this was bestowed on him by Father Enlil and the great mother Ninlil.
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⌈a⌉-gar3 ⌈gal⌉-gal gan2-ne2 ⌈E⌉ […]
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pu2-{ĝiš}kiri6 X kug il2 […]
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u2-gu7 a ⌈naĝ⌉ {d}a-nun-ke4-[ne] [(X X)]
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a-a {d}en-lil2 ama gal {d}nin-lil2-[bi] saĝ-e-eš mu-ni-rig7-[eš]
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nibru{ki} maḫ en nin-zu-gin7 diĝir ⌈na⌉-[me nu-dib2]
August Nibru! No deity excels like your lord and lady! They are powerful princes; they are brilliantly revealed deities. No deity excels like Enlil or Ninlil! They are powerful princes; they are lords who can decide destinies. In your midst they have given divine powers to King Enki. Nibru, your holy songs are exceptionally precious, surpassing all praise! I, Išme-Dagan, have placed them in everyone's mouths for all time.
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e-ne-e-ne nun er9-me-eš diĝir pa [e3-me-eš]
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{d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-gin7 diĝir na-me ⌈nu⌉-[dib2]
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e-ne-e-ne nun er9-me-eš en [nam tar-re-me-eš]
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⌈šag4⌉-zu-a lugal {d}⌈en-ki-ra⌉ me mu-na-ni-[šum2-mu-uš]
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nibru{ki} šir3 kug-zu niĝ2 kal-kal [a-re-eš-še3 dib2-am3]
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{d}iš-me-{d}da-gan-me-en du-ri2-še3 [ka-ga14 mu-ni-ĝar]
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.