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A hymn for Cu-Suen

1. dijir nam-he u3-tud-da an-na igi bar-/ra\ [durac-a] (Cited in OB catalogue from Nibru (N6), 0.2.13, line 4)
2. dcu-dsuen lu2 dnanna di zu-gin7 [X X]-ga igi den-lil2-la2-ce3
3. u3-tud-da-zu-ta lu2 ne-me-en mu dnanna-e sa4
4. cu-dsuen /dumu\ ur-saj an-na ki /aj2\ den-lil2-la2
5. e2-kur za-gin3-ta saj il2-la durac-e /tud\-da
6. cag4 durac-a-ke4 pad3-da-am3 kur-kur-ra ha-ba-il2
7. suh-gir11 saj mah den-lil2-la2-kam jicjidru-ni he2-su3-ud
8. dili-ni jic tuku den-lil2-la2-kam a2 mah cum2-ma-am3
9. cu dug4-ga an za-gin3-na-kam dnin-lil2-la2 tam-ma-ni-im
10. /dcu\-dsuen ux(PA)-a hi-li mul-mul IGI? X DI? [...]
11.     ki-ru-gu2 1-/kam\-[ma-am3]
12. /dcu\-dsuen til3-la ud su3-/ra2\ [...]
13.     jic-gi4-/jal2\-[bi-im]
14. [X X (X)] /d\en-lil2-la2 mi-ni-[...]
15. [X X] [dcu]-[d]suen AN X [...]
16. saj /il2\ [...] /tum2?\-ma [...]
17. sun4 za-gin3 [sud-sud] [d]utu-gin7 kur-kur-ra [...]
18. dcu-dsuen nir-/jal2?\ ec3 me i-i /AN\ [...]
19. mir ni2 girid2 i-lim kalam-ma kece2? nam-gal-/ce3?\ [...]
20. jic-nu11 il2 si AN-AN kece2 an-na a2 mah d/en\-[lil2-la2]
21. dili-ni en he2-jal2-la dcu-dsuen pirij gal barag-ge2-e-ne
22.     ki-ru-gu2 2-/kam\-ma-am3
23. a-a den-lil2 en nam tar-re a2-tuku-/ni he2\-me-en
24. dutu-gin7 he2-du7-ni he2-me-en dnin-[lil2] ec3 mah-a-kam
25. en sig7-ga den-ki nam tar-re a-a /jectug2\ [dajal]-la-kam
26. gal-an-zu den-lil2-le igi jal2-la-ni-/ce3\ [X X] UN zid-de3-ec [...]
27. lugal-ju10 dijir nam tar-ra ki ur5 sag9-ge [...]
28. dcu-dsuen di ku5-ru ka-ac bar-re-da X X X
29. lugal-ju10 a2 bad hu-mu-ni-/in\-[...]
30.     ki-ru-gu2 [3-kam-ma-am3]
31. en gal dcu-dsuen mu /he2\-[jal2-la ...]
32.     jic-gi4-[jal2-bi-im]
33. /saj\ il2 men /lugal du7\ dumu dnin-/sumun2\-[na]
34. /pec10-jal2\ gaba-/jal2\ /d\a-nun-na-ke4-e-ne [...]
35. dcu-dsuen kug dinana-ke4 pa e3 /mu?\-[...]
36. /cag4\ ki aj2 hi-li nij2 nu-til-/le\-dam munus zid [...]
37. saj-tab-zu ma-ra-an-[cum2] [d]en-lil2-le gu2-da /hu\-[...]
38. kalag-ga a2 mah /cum2\-ma kur gal-la usu-ni-ta [...]
39. ur-saj en barag-/barag\-ge2-ne /zag\ dib pirij gal-bi-im
40. dcu-dsuen alan sag9 aga za-gin3 gaba kug-ga u6 [di]
41. /ur\-[saj] nam-dijir-ce3 /tud\-da me-te nam-lugal-la
42. [...] X an ki-a zag kalam-ma-ce3 kalag-ga
43.     [ki]-/ru-gu2\ 4-kam-ma-/am3\
44. [...] X ga-an-i-i
45. [...] [dnin]-/lil2\-la2-kam in-nin9 X he2-en-na-/nam\
46. [...]-/le\ dutu-gin7 kalam dajal TAG? [(...)] /im-mi-in\-si
47. [...] [dcu]-dsuen /u2?-a?\-zu sud-am3
48. [...]-ra-ra

Print sources

Kramer 1989a: score transliteration, translation, photograph, commentary

Tinney 1999, p. 44: commentary

Cuneiform sources

BM 100042 (photo Fs. Sjöberg p.314ff.)

Revision history

03.vii.2000-05.vii.2000: GC, editor: standardisation
07.viii.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
10.viii.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
15.ix.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
15.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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