A praise poem of Abī-Ešuḫ (Abī-Ešuḫ B)
- A.1
ud babbar-ta ḫu-mu-ra-X […]
On a shining day may …… for you! On a bright day may your heart ……! The bright day when Utu the judge ……. …… his pleasure, his fulfilment. …… the staff of An, in heaven and earth. …… Marduk ……. (approx. 4 lines missing)
- A.2
ud zalag-ga šag4-zu ⌈ḫe2⌉-[…]
- A.3
ud zalag-ga ud {d}utu di-kud niĝ2 X […]
- A.4
sag9-ga niĝ2-si-a-ni KA-KA X […]
- A.5
? an-na an ki-bi X […]
- A.6
[…] X X {d}marduk X […]
- gap
(approx. 4 lines missing)
- B.1
šag4-⌈ba⌉ […]
There ……. (2 lines fragmentary) Before Utu and Nanše ……. Before Abī-Ešuḫ ……. (1 line unclear) …… your divinity ……. …… your lot. The door …… to the house ……. …… day and night ……. …… from the mouth, its tongue ……. Your personal god …… like life. Your protective goddess …… life. …… life …… prayer.
- B.2
bal AN […]
- B.3
nam an-gub-⌈bu⌉ […]
- B.4
igi {d}utu {d}nanše X […]
- B.5
igi a-bi-e-šu-⌈uḫ⌉ […]
- B.6
TU-TU-zu e2 AN X […]
- B.7
ki za-ba nam-diĝir-zu […]
- B.8
ĝiš-šub-ba-zu […]
- B.9
ĝiš e2-e ĝiš X […]
- B.10
ud ĝi6-a X […]
- B.11
ka-ta eme-bi […]
- B.12
diĝir-zu nam-til3-⌈gin7⌉ […]
- B.13
{d}lamma nam-til3-la […]
- B.14
nam-til3-la u2 šudu3 A X […]
- B.15
ud re-a mu su3-ra2 re-a […]
In those days, in those far-off years …… The holy hand …… his protective goddess ……. Nisaba, the lady of Ereš, ……. …… a jar in which there was barley. Walking …… …… on roads and routes ……. …… words which he had uttered, ways ……. …… a hired worker, like a midwife, a female weaver ……. …… who spoke to Utu ……, …… who spoke to Nanna ……. He who enters a house ……. …… small and great ……. …… sitting on his chair, lying on his bed, (1 line unclear) …… your ways, your personal god …… …… years of life, months of peace in a place of contentment.
- B.16
šu kug-ga {d}lamma-ni […]
- B.17
{d}nisaba nin!(nin9) ereš2{ki}-ke4 TUG2 […]
- B.18
i3-dub še ĝal2-la […]
- B.19
du-du-e […]
- B.20
kaskal ḫar-ra-an-na X […]
- B.21
dug4-ga bi2-in-dug4-ga a-ra2-a-ra2-⌈zu⌉ […]
- B.22
lu2 ḫuĝ munus-šag4-zu-gin7 {f}uš-bar X […]
- B.23
{d}utu-ra bi2-in-dug4-ga […]
- B.24
{d}nanna-ra bi2-in-dug4-⌈ga⌉ […]
- B.25
e2 kur9-ra-ke4 [X (X)]-ga-⌈zu⌉ […]
- B.26
tur-ra gu-la [X]-ga-zu bi2-⌈in⌉-[…]
- B.27
{ĝiš}gu-za tuš-a-ni ĝiš-nu2-[a nu2-a-ni]
- B.28
DI sig10-ge5 di-di-da […] X […]
- B.29
a-ra2-zu diĝir-zu X [X] X X X […]
- B.30
mu nam-til3-la itid ⌈silim-ma⌉ ki šag4 ḫul2-⌈la⌉ […]
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