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A hymn to Marduk for Abī-Ešuḫ (Abī-Ešuḫ A)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 14 sections

1. 1

   lugal me an ki-bi-da-ke4 ab-ur4-ra dumu saĝ-kal {d}en-ki-ke4

   King who gathers up the divine powers of heaven and earth, foremost son of Enki, Marduk, mighty lord, perfect hero, foremost of the , strong one of the Anuna, the great gods who have given him justice and judgment! Great prince, descendant of holy An, lord who decides destinies, who has everything in his grasp (?), wise, august knower of hearts, whose divinity is manifest, who shows concern for all that he looks upon! Your ancestor An, king of the gods, has made your lordship effective against the armies of heaven and earth.

2. 2

   {d}marduk en er9-ra ur-saĝ šag4 1(AŠ)-ša4 palil {d}nun-gal-e-ne

3. 3

   a2-ĝal2 {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne diĝir gal-gal-e-ne gen6 eš-bar ab-šum2-šum2-mu-a

4. 4

   nun gal šag4-bal-bal an kug-ga-ke4 en nam tar-tar dab-ba niĝ2-nam-ma

5. 5

   gal-an-zu šag4-zu maḫ nam-diĝir-bi pa e3-a saĝ en3 tar igi im-bar-ra-ke4

6. 6

   pa-bil2-ga-zu an lugal diĝir-re-e-ne-ke4 nam-en-zu an ki ?-ma-na-bi ib2-ta-an-ĝal2

7. 7

   a2 aĝ2-ĝa2 gal maḫ an ki-bi-da-ke4 saĝ ⌈keše2-da⌉-bi [ma]-ra-an-šum2 šibir kur-kur-ra gamx(GURUN)-ma šu ḫe2-em-⌈mi-la2-am3⌉

   He has given you the supervision of great august commands of heaven and earth, he has bound to your hand the shepherd's crook that curbs the foreign lands, he has made you excel among the great gods, and in addition has given you, to control them, the royal sceptre and the ritual ordinances of the gods. Enlil has fixed as your destiny kingship over the totality of heaven and earth and has relieved you of any rivals; he has made you eminent among the Anuna, and has bestowed on you the exercise of domination.

8. 8

   diĝir gal-gal-e-ne ib2-dirig-ga ĝidru lugal ĝarza diĝir-re-e-ne si sa2-sa2-eš-a mu-ra-an-taḫ

9. 9

   {d}en-lil2-le nam-lugal ! an ki-bi-da-ke4 nam-še3 mu-ni-in-tar zag ša4 la-ba-an-tuku

10. 10

    {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne mi-ri-ib2-gu-ul nam-mu-ru6-na ak-de3 mu-ra-an-šum2

11. 11

    ki-ru-gu2 1-a-kam-ma

    1st kirugu.

12. 12

    {d}marduk nun a-bi-e2-šu-uḫ dumu ki aĝ2 šag4-zu-ke4 nam-en-bi {d}utu-gin7 an ub-ta pa e3 ḫa-ba-ak-eš zag ša4 nu-un-tuku-tuku

    Marduk, in all quarters of the heavens they have made shine forth like Utu the lordship of prince Abī-Ešuḫ, the beloved son of your heart, and have relieved him of any rivals.

13. 13

    ĝiš-gi-ĝal2-bi-im

    Ĝišgiĝal.

14. 14

    ur-saĝ nam-kalag-ga du8 ⌈maḫ sug4⌉-ga nam-en-bi an ki-bi-da ši-ib2-gu-lu {d}marduk <nam-kalag-ga du8 maḫ sug4-ga nam-en-bi an ki-bi-da ši-ib2-gu-lu>

    The lordship of the hero standing in all his strength upon this august pedestal is indeed eminent in heaven and earth. The lordship of Marduk standing in all his strength upon this august pedestal, is indeed eminent in heaven and earth.

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.