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Amar-Suena and Enki's temple (Amar-Suena A)

Segment A

(The sequence of Segment A (UET 8 33 + U 5307) and Segments B-E (UET 8 32, UET 6/3 487) is far from certain; they may well belong to separate compositions. However, C follows B and E follows D.)
1. dalad X []
2. damar-d/suen\ [] šag4 /mu-un\-X []
3. lu2 urudḫa-zi-in-na e2!-e KU X []
4. damar-dsuen-na 3-e(source: SUM) abzu-a []
5. kug-sig17 du3-a na4za-gin3 šu tag X []
6. e2-e du3-u3-de3 šu-ni mu-un-[ĝar]
7. damar-dsuen-na lugal-e e2-e du3-u3-[de3] šu-ni mu-un-[ĝar]
8. lugal-/e? 3\-e ba-da-an-bal kur-ra X []
9. /e2-e\ mu 1-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še3 nu-/mu\-[un-gi4]
10. damar-suen-na me nam-lugal-la-na X []
11. mu 2-kam-ma /ba\-[an]-šub ki-bi-še3 nu-mu-/un\-[gi4]
12. damar-dsuen-na lu-bu-uš-tum nam-/lugal\-[la-ka]-ni tug2-mu-dur7-ra ba-an-[X]
13. mu 3-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še3 nu-mu-/un\-[gi4]
14. damar-d/suen-na\ ĝiš-kin2-kin2-na ĝiškim-/bi\ [nu]-/bur2?\-ru
15. mu 4-kam-/ma\ [ba-an]-šub ki-bi-še3 nu-mu-un-gi4
16. abgal-e dug4-ga /u3\-na-dug4 ĝiš-ḫur e2-e pa e3 nu-mu-un-ak-e
17. mu 5-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še3 nu-mu-un-gi4
18. 3-e abzu-am3 kalag-ga-še3 šu mu-ra-ra-e-ne
19. mu 6-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še3 nu-mu-un-gi4
20. ĝiš-ḫur e2-e mu-un-kiĝ2-kiĝ2-e nu-mu-ni-in-pad3-de3
21. mu 7-kam-ma ba-an-šub ki-bi-še3 nu-mu-un-gi4
22. den-ki-ke4 e2-bi-še3 e2 nu-me-a ba-an-na-dug4
23. mu 8-kam-ma e2 du3-u3-de3 šu-ni mu-un-ĝar
24. mu 9-kam-ma-ta damar-d/suen\ lugal-e
25. e2-udun-na /en?\ gal-an-zu ḪAR-ra-gin7 ba-du3
26. ud-ba en-e e2 ni2-te-na-ka
27. en gal den-ki ki-bi ba-da-an-ḫul?
28. /X\-a-ni mu-un-DU.DU [(…)]
29. kuš2?-a ki-a DU.DU gaba X [] X X []
30. a-a d/en\-[ki] eridugki ? [ mu]-un-/dim2?\ []
31. sukkal-a-ni [] /GI?-GI? gal?\ mu-[…] nu-kuš2? [] X IL2 []
32. [] X []
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment B

(= UET 8 32 obverse)
1. X /ĜIRI3 sud\-su3-ud X []
2. saĝ keše2 /ki\ daĝal-la []
3. den-ki-ke4 igi il2-la-a-/ni\ []
4. e2-bi um-ta-e3-a /abzu?\-a []
5. ud-ba nam-lu2-ulu3 šu nu-sag9-ga DI nam []
6. ĝizzal sud-a inim ĝeštug2 nu-/dug4?\ []
7. /ba\-DUN-DUN umbin ru-gu2-ni nu-du8-e
8. šag4 ḫul dim2-dim2 niĝ2-erim2 ak-ak sag9-ga
9. /damar-dsuen-na\ e2 den-lil2-la2-še3 du3-u3-de3
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment C

(= UET 8 32 reverse)
1. /en\ [] X X []
2. e2 den-ki-ka3-še3 du3-u3-de3 maš2-e šu mu-un-gid2-da-a
3. maš2-bi-ta e2 du3-a nu-mu-na-ab-be2 šu-ni /la?\-ba-ši-in-[ĝar]
4. lugal-e mu-ni ud su3-ra2-še3 ĝa2-ĝa2-[de3 ]
5. damar-dsuen mu-ni ud su3-/ra2\-[še3 ĝa2-ĝa2-de3] /mu\-[…]
6. X mu e2 den-ki-/ke4\ []
unknown no. of lines missing

Segment D

(= UET 6/3 487 obverse; this fragment might belong to the same tablet as UET 8 32, in which case it would preserve the beginning and the end of the tablet)
1. en nun gal-an-zu X [] BI? X []
2. X []
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Segment E

(= UET 6/3 487 reverse)
1. /lu2? URUD ḪA RI? X IN?\ [] /šag4\ [] BA X X []
2. damar-d/suen\ /lugal\ <nam>-tar-/ra?\-ni šag4-bi [(…)] nu-mu-un-ba-ba

Print sources

Green 1975, p. 58-65: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Hruška 1979: score transliteration, commentary, translation

Michalowski 1977: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Pomponio 1990: translation, commentary (ll. A 7-8, A22-27)

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: composite text

Krecher 1996a: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

UET 8 32

UET 8 33 + U 5307 (UET 6/3 327)

UET 6/3 487


Revision history

17.v.2000: GZ, editor: standardisation, transliteration
28.ix.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
03.x.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
08.xii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
26.x.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

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