← Library

A praise poem of Ḫammu-rābi (Ḫammu-rābi A)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 97 sections

1. gap

   (unknown no. of lines missing)

2. A.1

   […]-še3 mu-⌈un⌉-X […]

   (1 line fragmentary) …… acting as its lord …… (7 lines fragmentary) …… the black-headed ……. …… the Euphrates ……. …… the Tigris ……. …… on the banks of the Irnina watercourse ……. King Ḫammu-rābi …… . Enlil ……. Enki …… heroism. Suen …….

3. A.2

   […] nam-en-bi ak-de3 mu-⌈un⌉-[…]

4. A.3

   […] šu ? […]

5. A.4

   […] X ZI ḫul-? X-⌈ni-me⌉-[en]

6. A.5

   […] X nu-mu-un-⌈?⌉ [X]

7. A.6

   […] keše2-ni-[me]-en

8. A.7

   […] X MAR A BU A2 UR X ⌈?⌉ ZI

9. A.8

   […] GU TU UM DI U3 DA-DA SU

10. A.9

    […] X X DI nam-da-X-a-!-še3

11. A.10

    […]-zu X um-ma-ri saĝ gig2-ga [(…)] ⌈?⌉ en GIL

12. A.11

    X [X] [{id2}]buranuna ? [(X X)] X X ?-bi-da-ke4 ḫa-ba-da-[X]

13. A.12

    {id2}⌈idigna⌉ X IM ⌈?⌉ [X]

14. A.13

    gu2 {id2}ir-ni-na-ta garaš2(KI.KAL.?) bi-ib2-? [X (X)]

15. A.14

    ḫa-am-mu-ra-bi lugal {d}gibil mu-X […]

16. A.15

    {d}en-<lil2>-le nam-a-ni-še3 X X […]

17. A.16

    {d}en-ki-ke4 nam-ur-[saĝ …]

18. A.17

    {d}suen-na mu-un-[…] —

19. A.18

    {d}utu maš-maš […]

    Utu the sorcerer …… (1 line fragmentary) …… his favourite ……. Iškur …… heroism. Marduk …… strength (?). Inana …… divine powers. …… reverent …… (1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)

20. A.19

    ka ⌈?⌉ A […]

21. A.20

    niĝ2 šag4-ge de6-a-ni […]

22. A.21

    {d}iškur nam-ur-saĝ […]

23. A.22

    {d}marduk nam-kalag IM X la-[…]

24. A.23

    {d}inana me X X X […]

25. A.24

    ni2-tuku […]

26. A.25

    X […]

27. gap

    (unknown no. of lines missing)

28. B.1

    X […]

    (5 fragmentary lines) (unknown no. of lines missing)

29. B.2

    AN […]

30. B.3

    X […]

31. B.4

    X […]

32. B.5

    X […]

33. gap

    (unknown no. of lines missing)

34. C.1

    […] ? KID X NI X […]

    (1 line fragmentary) …… humanity ……. (5 lines fragmentary) …… the Great Mountain ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… the divine powers of kingship ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… Enlil ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… acting as its lord (?). (3 lines fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)

35. C.2

    […] e-ri nam-lu2-[ulu3 …]

36. C.3

    […] a-ri nam-? […]

37. C.4

    […] X X-⌈me-en⌉

38. C.5

    […] X-zu-e sag3-ge

39. C.6

    […] ḪAR nam-? E AN X

40. C.7

    […] X X-? saĝ X !-taḫ

41. C.8

    […] X kur gal X-le-ne

42. C.9

    […] X mu-un-dug4-eš

43. C.10

    […] me lugal-⌈la-ke4⌉

44. C.11

    […] X NA RA SI X

45. C.12

    […] {d}en-lil2 saĝ […]

46. C.13

    […] ? IM AŠ

47. C.14

    [… nam]-⌈en⌉-bi ak

48. C.15

    […]-bi ak

49. C.16

    […] X ib2 NE X X ⌈?⌉

50. C.17

    […] X […]

51. gap

    (unknown no. of lines missing)

52. D.1

    X X X […]

    (1 line fragmentary) …… Enki ……. …… emerging from the Land. …… befitting divinity ……. (3 lines fragmentary) …… joyous ……. …… praising with their songs ……. …… your statue shall not be brought in …… (2 lines fragmentary) …… formed your heart for Enlil (?). …… enter ……. …… precious destinies ……. (2 lines fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)

53. D.2

    […] {d}en-ki-ke4

54. D.3

    […] X-zu kalam-ta e3-a

55. D.4

    […] X me-te nam-diĝir LAGAB

56. D.5

    […] KA ib2-ni X

57. D.6

    […] X BI RI X EN IG A X

58. D.7

    […] X X X X X ĝar-ĝar-ra

59. D.8

    […]-gin7 niĝ2-?-e X X

60. D.9

    […]-ra en3-du-bi i-⌈?⌉-e

61. D.10

    […] ⌈?⌉ alan-zu la-ba-da-an-kur9-re

62. D.11

    […] ud-da-⌈?⌉-še3

63. D.12

    […] X X zu šu mi-ni-ib2-DU.DU

64. D.13

    [{d}en]-lil2 ?-zu mu-un-na-dim2

65. D.14

    […] ⌈ba⌉-da-an-kur9-re

66. D.15

    […] nam kal-kal […]

67. D.16

    […] X RI DA lu2 X X […]

68. D.17

    […] X […]

69. gap

    (unknown no. of lines missing)

70. E.1

    X […]

    (4 fragmentary lines) (unknown no. of lines missing)

71. E.2

    lu2 X […]

72. E.3

    E […]

73. E.4

    X […]

74. gap

    (unknown no. of lines missing)

75. F.1

    X [X] X X […]

    (1 line fragmentary) …… its prince (?) Marduk who ……. …… curse ……. …… great wrath …… Marduk ……. …… midst of the great gods …… (1 line fragmentary) …… weapon ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… brickwork (?) ……. (9 lines fragmentary) …… portion ……. (1 line fragmentary) …… the black-headed ……. (1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)

76. F.2

    [nun]-bi {d}marduk lu2 mu-⌈un⌉-[…]

77. F.3

    aš2 gig-ga […]

78. F.4

    ib2-ba gu-la {d}marduk […]

79. F.5

    mu-ru-ub diĝir gal-⌈gal⌉-[e-ne]

80. F.6

    AN X X an-še3 […] X X ? […] nam ḫa-[…]

81. F.7

    [X] {ĝiš}tukul X […] KA mi-[…]

82. F.8

    ĜIŠ X ĜAR X […]

83. F.9

    ?-X ⌈ni2⌉ te-a-ni […]

84. F.10

    [X X] X X X X X […]

85. F.11

    [X X] ? AN X X X X […]

86. F.12

    [X X] X X X […]

87. F.13

    [X X] X […]

88. F.14

    [X X] X […]

89. F.15

    [X X] X […]

90. F.16

    [X X] X […]

91. F.17

    […] X X [X X]

92. F.18

    […]-? ḫul ? […] X E

93. F.19

    [(X)] X […] X GA nam ḫa-la X

94. F.20

    [X (X)] X X X X X mu-un-na-DU-X

95. F.21

    [saĝ] ⌈gig2⌉-ga X X X NI X X X X […]

96. F.22

    [X X] X X ? […]

97. gap

    (unknown no. of lines missing)

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.