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A hymn to Martu (Martu B)

Segment A

1. [X (X)] X ZU igi kar2 me DA X X X ur4-ur4
2. [X] X X ušum zag dib an ki-a mu maḫ-a sa4-a
3. [X] X saĝ an gal ri-a dub3 kug-ga peš-e
4. [X] X sig10-ga ulutim2 X X si-a-ni X u3-tud-da duraš-a
5. X sag9 MUŠ3 X ul-la u6 di-de3 ba-ab-du7
6. mi2 dug4-ga kur gal den-lil2-le nam dug3-ge-eš tar-ra
7. KA? /TAR?\ sag9 gurun šu? tag? X la-la-bi X-ge nu-gid2?-da?
8. [saĝ]-/kug\-ĝal2 diĝir gal-gal-e-ne šag4 dab5-dab5-bi X []
9. [X X] X-bi sikil šu-luḫ dadag a-ra2-ni []
10. [X X] dug4-ga-ni u3-en3 nu-ša4 umuš ĝalga []
11. [X] /su3\-ra2 mas-su X ḪI-ḪI []
at least 26 lines missing

Segment B

1. [] X X []
2. [] X U2 ĝal2-/la\ []
3. [] ĜAR NE TUG2? ĝal2-/la\ []
4. [X X] X [] X ZA X X mi2! zid mu-/na\-[…-dug4]
5. [X] /še\-er-kan /dug4\-[ga] /šim\ ĝišerin-na KA X X []
6. [X X] šag4?-ke4 im-du8-gin7 su-za šeĝ3-šeĝ3 a []
7. KA? IM? inim sag9-sag9-ge-zu-a di-de3 /mu\-[…]
8. X X zid-da? X IM X inim sag9-sag9-ge-zu-a /di\-[de3 ]
9. šudu3! a-ra-zu-bi mu-X-ša4 NAM X X X X [X X]
10. niĝ2 šu dug4-ga-ni šim ĝišerin-na-gin7? bar zu NE a ḫa-ba-dug3
11. X X X iri? ḫe2-sud? dam dumu-bi ḫe2-sag9
12. [X X] X nam-til3 ud su3?-/ud\-da? saĝ-e-eš ḫe2-en-na-rig7
13. [] nam-diĝir-zu saĝ-ta dug3-ga-am3
14. [] X ud ul-le2-a X X X ḫe2-ni-in-X X

15.     [] A DI? dmar-[tu]-/ka\-kam


Print sources

Sjöberg 1977, p. 6-8, 36: score transliteration, photograph, commentary

Cuneiform sources

UM 29-13-509 (photo JCS 29 36)


Revision history

10.vi.2000-15.vi.2000: JAB, editor: standardisation
08.viii.2000: GZ, editor: proofreading
10.viii.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
29.ix.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
29.ix.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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