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ETCSLtransliteration : c.5.5.a

A drinking song

1.	^gigakkul-e ^gigakkul-e
2.	^gigakkul-e ^duglam-sa₂-ri
3.	^gigakkul-e nij₂ ur₅ sag₉-sag₉-ge
4.	^duglam-sa₂-ri nij₂ cag₄ hul₂-hul₂-e
5.	^dugu-gur-bal nij₂ e₂-a me-te-bi
6.	^dugcag₄-gub-be₂ nij₂ kac sig₉-sig₉-ge
7.	^dugam-am DU.DU ^duglam-sa₂-ra-ke₄
8.	^gibunij(SUG) ^u₂bur₂ ^giba-an-du₈ silaj-ja₂-ke₄
9.	dug sag₉ dag-dug-e sa gi₄-a
10.	cag₄ dijir-za hu-mu-ra-ab-huj-e
11.	igi ^gigakkul-am₃ igi-me na-nam
12.	cag₄ ^gigakkul-am₃ cag₄-me na-nam
13.	aj₂ cag₄-zu gur₄-gur₄-ru ni₂-bi-a
14.	cag₄-me-a gur₄-gur₄-ru ni₂-bi-a
15.	ur₅-me bi₂-sag₉ cag₄-me bi₂-hul₂
16.	ceg₁₂ nam tar-ra a de₂-zu
17.	silim-ma he₂-jal₂-e ki us₂-sa-zu
18.	^dnin-ka-si za-da hu-mu-u₈-da-an-til₃
19.	kac jectin hu-mu-ra-an-bal-bal-e
20.	kurun₂ lal₃-e gu₃ nun ha-ra-ni-ib-be₂
21.	^gibunij(SUG) ^u₂bur₂-a kac ku₇-ku₇-dam
22.	sagi lu₂-tur-ra lunga₃ bi₂-in-gub-en
23.	a-nijin₂-e nijin-na-ju₁₀-ne
24.	gur₄-gur₄-re-ja₂ gur₄-gur₄-re-ja₂-ju₁₀-ne
25.	kac naj-e me-e sig₁₀-ga-ju₁₀-ne
26.	kurun₂ naj-a ul ti-a-ju₁₀-ne
27.	cag₄ hul₂-la ur₅ sag₉-ga-ju₁₀-ne
28.	cag₄-ja₂ cag₄ hul₂-la jal₂-la-bi
29.	ur₅ sag₉ ^tug₂pala₃-a ca-mur₁₀-ra-ju₁₀-ne
30.	cag₄ ^dinana ki-bi ba-ab-gi₄
31.	cag₄ ga-ca-an-an-na-ke₄ ki-bi ba-ab-gi₄
32.	[...] [^dnin]-ka-si-kam

Print sources

Civil 1964: composite text, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996a: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

AO 5385 (TCL 15 20)

Ni 4569 iii 24'ff. (ISET 1 60f.)

VAT 6705 (VAS 10 156)

Revision history

21.vii.1999-27.vii.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
02.xii.1999: GZ, editor: proofreading
05.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
22.xii.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
22.xii.1999: 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