The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.2.4.2.25

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi Y)

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1.	[X X] X X […]
2.	[X X] X ba-ni-ĝar-/re\-[eš]
3.	nam-lugal-ĝa₂ ud-bi sud-/da\
4.	bal-ĝa₂ ḫe₂-ĝal₂ pa ed₂-ed₂-dam
5.	^den-ki en dug₄-ga-ni nu-kur₂-ru saĝ il₂ ba-ni-kur₉
6.	^dutu inim-ma-ni saĝ-ba du maškim-še₃ ma-an-šum₂
7.	^dnin-lil₂ kalam-ma gu₃ ḫul₂-la ma-ni-de₂-a-ke₄-eš₂
8.	unken-na ĝizzal ma-ni-ak-ke₄-eš₂
9.	šul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra-/me\-[en]
10.	ĝa₂-ĝiš-šu₂-a e₂ di si /im^?-sa₂^?\-[X (X)-na]
11.	e₂ maḫ nam-[nin]-a tum₂-ma-na
12.	^e₂pa-paḫ ki /u₆\ di kur-kur-ra /ni₂ ḫuš\ gur₃-ru-na
13.	e₂ X X [X] /GI\ šag₄-bi-a silim mu-/na\-[(X)-dug₄]
14.	[X X] mu-/da-ab\-du₃ DA NI X […] mu-DU.DU X […]
15.	X gu₂ mu-da-/ab\-[…]
16.	urud niĝ₂ kalag-ga-a X […]
17.	lu₂ ḫul-ĝal₂ ^ĝištukul-la mu-ši-[X X-a]
18.	a₂ aĝ₂-ĝa₂-ni-ta me₃-a mu-ni-gaz-a
19.	ur-saĝ gal-gal mu-til-la-ĝu₁₀ bar-ba im-mi-X
20.	gu₂-bi-a ĝiri₃-ĝu₁₀ im-mi-gub
21.	ki-gal-ba ni₂-ĝu₁₀ saĝ im-ma-ni-il₂
22.	alan kug-sig₁₇ alan ^na₄za-gin₃-na-ĝu₁₀
23.	kisal maḫ e₂-niĝ₂-ĝa₂-ra-ka-na si ba-ni-sa₂-sa₂
24.	aratta kug-gin₇ gi₁₆-sa mi-ni-ĝar-ĝar
25.	e₂-muḫaldim gal-la-ni gud udu ba-ni-ĝar
26.	e₂-gir₄ maḫ-a-ni ḫe₂-ĝal₂-la bi₂-de₆
27.	e₂-lunga₃ zabar-re ḫe₂-du₇-na
28.	kaš-kaš(source: gud-gud)-bi-ta NE ki ba-ni-us₂-us₂
29.	kaš gig₂ kurun kaš su₄ <e₂> a₂ sikil-ba sur-ra
30.	kiĝ₂-sig unu₂ gal-la-ni ba-ni-ĝar
31.	[X] X X […]
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Print sources

Falkenstein 1960: composite text, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996a: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

BM 16919 (CT 42 40)

Ni 4043 (SLTN 52)

Revision history

29.x.1999: GZ, editor: standardisation
14.xii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
16.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
11.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
11.ii.2000: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published