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A fragment of a royal praise poem

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 2 - Royal praise poetry and compositions with a historical background · 10 sections

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   […] ĜAR […]

   (1 line fragmentary) …… like a great mountain. …… Gilgameš cools off (?) in its shade. …… bright mountain, the joyous sheepfold ……. …… residence of (?) the mistress ……. …… in its courtyard. …… abundance ……. (1 line fragmentary) (unknown no. of lines missing)

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   […] ⌈?⌉-saĝ gal-gin7 […]

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   […] [{d}]⌈gilgameš2⌉ ĝissu-ba ⌈ni2⌉ […-te-en]

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   […] kur šuba2 amaš giri17-zal […]

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   […] ki-tuš nu-gig X […]

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   […] kisal ba-ra-ra […]

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   […] X keše2 ḫe2-ĝal2 ki šu BA ⌈RA⌉ […]

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   […] X X X ⌈kur⌉ ḪAR-⌈ra⌉ X […]

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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.