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A praise poem of Anam (Anam A)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 41 sections

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   an-am3 en TUG2 ? ? X gi4-it-ma-lu X X

   Anam, lord, ……, ……, perfect in your broad wisdom, ……, who preserves Nibru, who prevents the city from having ……! Sweet breeze (?) of his city, father of the region of Unug, judge who …… in his verdicts, reverent ……, who fears An and Inana! Who cherishes E-ana, who is happy there …… in friendly words! Mighty ……, heart's desire of Inana, who reveres the …… of the Land, …… with head high, en priest of Inana, ……, all-knowing!

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   [X] X-ra ĝeštug2 daĝal šu du7

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   X nibru? til3 iri ĜIRI3 BAR nu-tuku

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   ⌈tum9⌉ dug3-ga iri{ki}-na ad-da ma-da unug{ki}-ga

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   [di]-⌈kud⌉ šag4 di-da-ka BAR UD ME

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   [X] ⌈ni2⌉-tuku ni2 te an {d}inana-ke4

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   [u2-a] e2-an-na inim sag9-ga-bi X ul ti

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   [X] ⌈?⌉-ga šag4-ge de6-a {d}inana-ke4

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   […] AN kalam-ma šu-kin dab5-be2

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    […] X saĝ zig3 en {d}inana-ke4

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    […] gal-zu niĝ2-nam-ma-kam

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    […] ĝal2 šag4 dab5-ba du7-a

    ……, who batters the wrathful, ……, endowed with good looks, …… who is fearsome; watching ……, richly endowed with charms, you are ……, foremost of the troops. Nanaya, …… the mother of all, …… she who exists for luxury, …… a great destiny ……. ……, the queen, ……, restoring the destroyed E-me-urur and building the …… which were abandoned, has created the …… which had not been built up since ancient days. ……, you fix the rules.

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    […] X ki GI DU-a LA si-si

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    […] ⌈bal⌉-bal-e ḫuš-a

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    […] igi il2 ḫi-li du8-du8

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    […] ⌈saĝ⌉-kal erin2-na-me-en

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    [{d}na-na-a …] X šag4 ama niĝ2-nam-ma

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    […] X ĝal2-la ul-? ĝal2

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    […] nam gal AN X X DI

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    [X X] X X X X X X UN-gal-e X

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    [X X] X DI IM

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    [e2-me]-⌈ur4⌉-ur4 ḫa-lam-ma ki-be2-eš gi4-a

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    […]-an-šub-ba du3-du3

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    [X X ud] ul-ta nu-du3-a mu-un-dim2-ma

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    [X X] X ĝiš-ḫur-ru gen6-me-en

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    [X X] X-ba kalam-ma maḫ dib2-ba

    ……, excelling in the Land, you pray justly …… in its fine ……. Standing steadfastly in prayer ……, you determine food offerings. And you, ……, lady, great goddess who goes by one's side, have determined a great destiny until distant times for him who has set up permanent statues in E-ana and E-me-urur, …… for the man whose destiny will not be spoiled, (1 line unclear) The lady, the nurse Nanaya, who stands there like a great wall at the door of E-ana, has decreed throughout heaven and earth that …… and should spend long days in heartfelt joy; and she has fixed life, progeny and luxury as your lot.

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    [X X] ⌈sag9⌉-ge-ba u3-gul zid ĝa2-ĝa2-me-en

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    [X X] ⌈šita⌉ saĝ us2-a nidba ku5-ru-me-en

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    [e2]-⌈an⌉-na e2-me-ur4-ur4 alan gi16 sug2-ga

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    [X] ⌈lu2⌉ nam-ma-ni sag2 nu-di

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    [X] X nam gal su13-ra2-še3 mu-e-tar

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    [X] X-e nin diĝir gal zag gub

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    [X X] ĝar-ra-na nam-til3 niĝin-a

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    [X X] AN šag4 ḫul2 ud sud4-sud4

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    [bi2]-in-dug4 an ki-a ig e2-an-na-ka

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    nin emeda(UM.ME)-a {d}na-na-a bad3 gal ba-gub-?

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    zi numun ḫi-li ĝiš-šub-zu-še3 mu-e-ĝar

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    {d}en-lil2-še3 maḫ-bi-še3 ĝal2-me-en

    You are grandly there for Enlil! As befits your calling as lord, you have freed from Unug and its settlements, and released to Nibru, the citizens of Nibru, slaves and slavegirls, who have much …….

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    dumu nibru{ki} saĝ geme2 arad niĝ2 UD gu-ul-la-am3

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    šag4 unug{ki}-ga a2-dam-bi mu nam-en tum2-?-ne

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    mu-e-du8-du8 nibru{ki}-še3 šu bar

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