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A hymn to Nanna

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 4 - Hymns and cult songs · 29 sections

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   nam2 nun-e saĝ-kal e2-kur-ra ⌈ni2⌉ X […]

   Princely lord, foremost in the E-kur, …… fearsomeness! Suen, beneficent one of Enlil, …… the living! Cornelian calf, adorned with beauty, …… brilliance! …… prince whose forehead flourishes and whose countenance ……! Suen, warrior possessing great strength whose solidity ……, ……, radiance in (?) the pure heavens, …… fear over the broad earth, making …… manifest among the gods, ……, …… greatly ……, …… in heaven and on earth ……, (4 lines fragmentary)

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   {d}suen-e zi-le {d}en-lil2-la2 zi-ĝal2 […]

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   amar gug ḫi-li šu tag-ga su3-⌈ra2-aĝ2⌉ […]

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   nun X-aš i-? saĝ-ki-bi lum-lum muš3-bi X […]

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   [{d}]⌈suen⌉-e ur-saĝ ne3 gal tuku nam-gur4-bi […]

6. 6

   […] ⌈?⌉-ḫe sikil i-lim ki daĝal-la ni2 te A […]

7. 7

   […] diĝir-re-e-ne pa e3 […]

8. 8

   […] gal-le-eš IGI X X […]

9. 9

   […] X ?-bi an ki-a ? […]

10. 10

    […] til3-la-bi saĝ X […]

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    […]-da mi-⌈?⌉-[…]

12. 12

    […] X X […]

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    […] X […]

14. 14

    […] ⌈?⌉-? X […]

    (Suen speaks:) (2 lines fragmentary) I am the …… of Enlil, ……. In fear (?) of my lordship and greatness ……. O my mother, speak to my father ……, speak to the Great Mountain Enlil ……. Like the god, my brother, …….

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    […] X nam-ĝu10 nu-mu-un-[…]

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    X ⌈{d}en-lil2⌉-la2-me-en mu mu-?-gen6 i3-pad3-de3 […]

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    ? nam-en-nam nam-gal-la-ka mu ? nu-pad3-de3 nam-gal […]

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    ama-ĝu10 a-a-ĝu10-ur2 dug4-ga-na-ab nam-X […]

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    kur gal {d}en-lil2-ra dug4-ga-na-⌈ab⌉ […]

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    diĝir šeš-ĝu10-gin7 nam-? ⌈?⌉-[…]

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    ama-a-ni {d}nin-lil2-le nitalam X […]

    His mother Ninlil spoke (?) to her spouse, she addressed her words to the Great Mountain Enlil: O my spouse, your son Suen ……. The beneficent son, the song of the heart, ……. You …… born of mother and father, ……. Prince, glory of the E-kur, fruitful one of the Ki-ur ……, the cowherd …… cows, Suen ……, the princely son …….

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    kur gal {d}en-lil2-ra inim-ma mi-⌈ni⌉-[…]

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    mu-ud-na-ĝu10 dumu-zu {d}suen-e […]

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    du5-mu zi-le i-lu ša3-ba ⌈nam⌉ […]

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    u3-tud ama ab-a za-e mu-un-X X […]

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    nun ka silim e2-kur-ra lum-lum ki-ur3-⌈ra⌉ […]

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    mu-nu12 ab2 X […]

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    {d}suen-e X […]

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    du5-mu nun […]

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.