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A praise poem of Iddin-Dagan (Iddin-Dagan B)

1. di-din-dda-[gan] an-ne2 ki mah-a-ni-a nam gal mu-ri-in-tar
2. aga zid-de3 dalla mu-ra-ni-in-e3
3. nam-sipad kalam-ma-ce3 mu-un-il2-en
4. kur jiri3-zu-ce3 mu-un-jar
5. den-lil2-le igi zid mu-e-ci-in-bar
6. di-din-dda-gan gu3 zid mu-ra-an-de2
7. us2-saj ki-en-gi-re gen6-ne2-de3
8. uj3 us2-a sig10-ge-de3
9. ki-en-gi ki-uri an-dul3 dajal-la-za ni2 dub2-bu-de3
10. uj3-e u2 nir-jal2 gu7-u3-de3 a dug3 na8-na8-de3
11. den-lil2-le a2-bi mu-e-da-an-aj2
12. di-din-dda-gan sipad cag4-ga-na-me-en
13. gu3 zid de2-a den-lil2-la2-me-en
14. den-ki-ke4 jectug2 dajal nij2-nam-ma zu-zu
15. kij2 igi-jal2 zi? ka pirij-ta [ed2]-de3
16. di-din-dda-gan za-ra mu-ra-an-de6
17. kur-kur-re me-tec2 he2-i-i
18. dumu tud-da dda-gan-na en il2 uj3 [dajal]-le
19. di-din-dda-gan iri-zu-ce3 u6 dug3-ge-ec he2-i
20. i3 li nij2 [cag4]-ga nu-da13-da13
21. den-lil2 he2-da-hul2
22. dutu-gin7 ud zid e3-a-zu-ce3 igi-bi he2-em-ci-jal2
23. kur-kur-re an-dul3 dajal-la-zu-ce3 ni2 im-ci-dub2-be2
24. har-ra-an kaskal-la si bi2-sa2
25. su kalam-ma mu-e-dug3
26. nij2-si-sa2 ka-ga14 mu-e-ni-jar
27. nij2-du7 pa bi2-i-e3
28. in mu-e-dub-dub ki mu-e-sur-sur
29. ki-en-gi ki-uri gu2 bi2-i-zig3
30. [cu]-luh dijir-re-e-ne [ si] bi2-i-sa2
31. di-din-dda-gan [ki]-bi-ce3 gi4-gi4-en
32. nij2-dug4-ga-zu [...] GI [...]-im-jar
33. inim-zu an kug-[ge us2-sa]
34. ka-ta e3-a-zu [an]-ne2 /dul\-[lu]
35. dug4-ga den-lil2-la2-ta
36. igi bar-ra-zu lu2 mu-un-til3-le
37. ka ba-zu lu2 mu-un-silim-e
38. dug4-ga-a-zu den-lil2 mu-ci-[hul2]
39. cag4-ge de6-a-zu dnin-lil2-le he2-am3-bi im-[me]
40. sipad den-lil2-ra jickim til3-me-en
41. di-din-dda-gan a-ba za-e-gin7 i3-dim2
42. igi-bi he2-em-ci-jal2
43. e2-kur-ce3 za-e lu2-bi he2-me-en
44. nidba-zu e2 den-lil2-la2-kam muc3 nam-ba-[an-tum2]-mu
45. ceg12 e2-kur-ra-ke4 sag9-ga-zu den-lil2 dnin-lil2-ra hu-mu-un-ne-eb2-be2
46. inim sag9-ga an den-lil2-la2-ta di-din-dda-gan a2 nun he2-mu-e-te-jal2
47. mu mah-zu kalam-ma i3-jal2
48. an-zag-ce3 mu-zu pa bi2-in-e3
49. kalag-ga nam-ur-saj a2 me3 cen-cen gub-bu
50. ki-bal-da du7-du7 mu-e-DU
51. cag4-ta dda-gan-na [nam]-ce3 mu-ri-in-tar
52. za3-mi2-zu ka-ga14 i-ni-in-jal2
53. nam-lugal-zu uj3-e ba-sag9
54. nam-sipad-zu cag4-ge um-ma-dug3
55. uj3 e-da-lu uj3 e-da-dajal
56. kur-kur u2-sal-la mu-e-ri-nu2
57. uj3-e he2-jal2-la ud mu-ri-ib2-zal-e
58. saj gig2-ga a-a-zu-gin7
59. di-din-dda-gan igi-bi mu-e-ci-jal2
60. den-lil2 en nam tar-tar-re-de3
61. di-din-dda-gan ud-zu he2-eb2-su3-ud-de3
62. nam-kal-la nij2-nam-e zu-a
63. igi dug3 hu-mu-ri-in-du8
64. jectug2 dirig dub dnisaba-ke4 cum2-ma-zu
65. e2-dub-ba-a im-ma muc3 nam-ba-an-tum2-mu
66. e2-dub-ba-a-ba ec3 nij2 u3-tud-gin7 ki nam-ba-silig-ge
67. dub-sar-tur cu-ni ib2-ci-in-tum4 im bi2-ib2-sar-a
68. dnisaba nin mul-a X jectug2 hu-mu-un-[na-cum2]
69. cu hu-mu-un-bad
70. ki nam-dub-sar-ra-ka ud-gin7 he2-en-na-e3
71. di-din-dda-gan ad-da-zu dcu-i3-li2-cu lugal kalam-ma-ke4
72. ki-en-gi ki-uri suhuc-bi mu-ra-an-ge-en
73. dug4-dug4-ga an den-lil2-ta ba-e-dirig
74. gu2-erim2-jal2 sa2 ba-e-dug4
75. di-din-dda-gan lugal kalag-ga lugal i3-si-inki-na
76. lugal ki-en-gi4 ki-uri nij2-nam-ma jectug2 ejer-ra-bi
77. igi-ce3 mu-ri-DU
78. ibila kalag-ga-me-en3 nir mu-e-jal2
79. di-din-dda-gan nam-nun-na gu2 an-ce3 mi-ni-in-zig3

Print sources

Molina 2000a, p. 752: commentary (l. 54)

Römer 1965, p. 209-235: composite text, score transliteration, translation, commentary

Sjöberg 1966, p. 303-303: commentary

Sullivan 1979, p. 142-143: score transliteration, translation (bilingual)

Electronic sources

Black 1996b: score transliteration

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998p: composite text

Cuneiform sources

AO 8864 (TCL 16 88)

CBS 14007 (PBS 5 64)

Ni 2520 (SRT 52)

RT 16 187

RT 16 190

Si 275 + Si 646

UET 6 84 bil.

W 16743 (transliteration BagM 2 41190)

W 17259i (transliteration ibid.)

W 20248 (transliteration ibid.)


Revision history

14.v.1999-21.v.1999: GC, editor: standardisation
28.vii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
22.xi.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
10.iii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
10.iii.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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