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ETCSLtransliteration : c.2.5.7.1

An adab to Ninurta for Bur-Suen (Bur-Suen A)

1.	[...] /en^?\ kur gal-e tud-/da mah\-a-ni zag nu-sa₂
2.	[^dnin]-/urta\ gal-di an ki-a dirig ^da-nun-ke₄-ne
3.	[X X] palil dijir-re-e-ne jickim-til₃ an-na
4.	[X X] /gur₃\-ru ud-gin₇ ceg₁₁ gi₄-gi₄ cen-cen-na gu₃ mur ak
5.	[...] am gal-gin₇ du₇-du₇ bad₃ ki-bal gul-gul
6.	[X (X) X] [^d]/en\-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ DI-DI kur cu-ni nu-e₃
7.	[...] ^dnu-nam-nir-ra dug₄-ga-ni ki-bi-ce₃ /jar\
8.	[X (X) X nam]-nun-na tum₂-ma na de₅ e₂-kur-ra
9.	[...] X sag₂ nu-di ^jicrab₃ dijir-re-e-[ne]
	approx. 7 lines missing
17.	[...] saj-tab-a-ni he₂-a
18.	[...] AMA^? dumu ^dickur-ra-ke₄
19.	[...] X X [X X] X u₂ dug₃ he₂-bi₂-ib₂-gu₇-e
20.	[...] jal₂ mu /sa₄\ [X X] si he₂-em-sa₂-sa₂-e
21.	e₂-cu-me-ca₄ ki-tuc ki aj₂-ja₂-ni saj us₂-bi he₂-a
22.	nidba gal-gal-la-ni ud cu₂-uc-e X X muc nam-ba-an-tum₂-mu
23.	^dbur-^dsuen me-te nam-/lugal-la\ ki aj₂ an-na-ke₄
24.	mu giri₁₇-zal nam-til₃ nij₂ dug₃-/ga\ [X (X)] /ha\-ba-ni-ib-su₃-re₆
25.	/sa\-gid₂-[da]-am₃

26.	[^d]nin-urta ^dbur-^dsuen-ra ni₂-tuku-ni a₂-tah-a-ni he₂-a
27.	[jic]-gi₅-jal₂-bi-im

28.	[X X] a₂ zid-da ^den-lil₂-la₂ kur ki-bal gul-gul
29.	[^d]nin-urta a₂ zid-da ^den-lil₂-la₂ kur ki-bal gul-gul
30.	lugal zig₃-ga-ni a-ma-ru na-me saj nu-cum₂-mu
31.	^dnin-urta ud sumur me₃-a erim₂-e jiri₃ saga₁₁ di
32.	nam-ur-saj da-da-ra-ce₃ dug₄-ga cul gaba-ri nu-tuku-a
33.	a₂ mah cum₂-ma ^dnu-nam-nir-ra cag₄ a-a-na dug₃-dug₃
34.	dug₄-ga-dug₄-ga u₁₈-ru-zu nam-mah gal-gal-la
35.	[^dnin-urta] dug₄-ga-dug₄-ga u₁₈-ru-zu nam-mah gal-gal-la
36.	[...] ki-bal-a sig₁₀-sig₁₀-ge₅ gu₂ du₃-a gam-gam
37.	[...] X ja₂-ja₂ ud-gin₇ ceg₁₁ gi₄-gi₄
38.	[...] X X X-ke₄
39.	[...] X
40.	[...] IM
	4 lines missing
45.	[...] X X [...]
46.	[...] X sig-ta [...]
47.	[sa-jar-ra-am₃]

48.	[X X] X X X mu pad₃-da-zu ^d/bur\-[^dsuen] [...]
49.	[jic]-gi₅-jal₂-[bi-im]

50.	[ur]-saj ucum zag dib [...]
51.	^dnin-urta ucum zag dib [...]
52.	^dbur-^dsuen zid-de₃-ec pad₃-da-/zu\ [...]
53.	u₁₈-ru₁₂-bi-im

54.	a-da-ab ^d[nin-urta-ka-kam] (lines 53 and 54 written as one line in source)

Print sources

Sjöberg 1976, p. 418-420; 426: composite text, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998l: composite text

Cuneiform sources

CBS 11352 + CBS 11348 + CBS 11362 + CBS 11367 117ff. (BE 29 1, photo pl. 1f.)

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22.ii.2000: GZ, editor: standardisation
16.vi.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
19.vi.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
30.vi.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
23.vi.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