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ETCSLtransliteration : c.2.1.3

The history of the Tummal

1.	en-me-barag-ge₄-e-si lugal-e
2.	iri-na-nam e₂ ^den-lil₂-la₂ in-du₃
3.	ag-ga dumu en-me-barag-ge₄-e-si-ke₄
4.	tum-ma-al^ki-e pa bi₂-i-e₃
5.	^dnin-lil₂ tum-ma-al^ki-ce₃ in-tum₃
6.	a-ra₂ 1-a-kam tum-ma-al^ki ba-cub
7.	{^mmec₃-an-ne₂-pad₃-da} {(1 ms. has instead:) ^dmec₃-an-ne₂-pad₃-da} bur-cu₂-cu₂-a e₂ ^den-lil₂-la₂ in-du₃
8.	{^mmec₃-ki-aj₂-nun-na} {(1 ms. has instead:) ^dmec₃-ki-aj₂-nun-na} dumu mec₃-an-ne₂-pad₃-da-ke₄
9.	tum-ma-al^ki-e pa bi₂-i-e₃
10.	^dnin-lil₂ tum-ma-al^ki-ce₃ in-tum₃
11.	a-ra₂ 2-a-kam tum-ma-al^ki ba-cub
	(in 1 ms. lines 12-16 precede lines 7-11)
12.	^dgilgamec₃-e numun₂-bur-ra barag ^den-lil₂-la₂ in-du₃
13.	^mur-lugal dumu ^dgilgamec₃-ke₄
14.	tum-ma-al^ki-e pa bi₂-i-e₃
15.	^dnin-lil₂ tum-ma-al^ki-ce₃ in-tum₃
16.	a-ra₂ 3-a-kam tum-ma-al^ki ba-cub
17.	{na-an-ni} {(1 ms. has instead:) ^dna-an-ni} ^jickiri₆ mah e₂ ^den-lil₂-la₂ in-du₃
18.	{^mmec₃-ki-aj₂-^dnanna} {(Urim mss. have:) ^dmec₃-ki-aj₂-^dnanna} dumu {na-an-ni-ke₄} {(Urim mss. have:) ^mna-an-ni-ke₄}
19.	tum-ma-al^ki-e pa bi₂-i-e₃
20.	^dnin-lil₂ tum-ma-al^ki-ce₃ in-tum₃
21.	a-ra₂ 4-a-kam tum-ma-al^ki ba-cub
22.	{^dur-^dnamma-ke₄} {(1 ms. has instead:) ^mur-^dnamma-ke₄} e₂-kur in-du₃
23.	{cul-gi} {(Urim mss. have:) ^dcul-gi} dumu ^dur-^dnamma-ke₄
24.	tum-ma-al^ki-e pa bi₂-i-e₃
25.	^dnin-lil₂ tum-ma-al^ki-ce₃ in-tum₃
26.	a-ra₂ 5-a-kam tum-ma-al^ki ba-cub
	{
27.	mu ^damar-^dsuen-ka-ta
	}
	{
	(1 ms. has instead:)
27a.	^dcu-^dsuen-ta
	}
28.	en-na mu ^di-bi₂-^dsuen lugal-e
29.	{en-am-gal-an-na} {(1. ms. has instead:) en-me-gal-an-na} en ^dinana unug^ki-ga mac₂-e in-pad₃-de₃
30.	^dnin-lil₂ tum-ma-al^ki-ce₃ i-jen-jen
31.	inim lu₂-^dinana acgab gal ^den-lil₂-la₂-ce₃ sar-re
32.	^dic-bi-er₃-ra e₂-kur igi jal₂-la₂
33.	^e₂cutum ^den-lil₂-la₂ in-du₃

Print sources

Ali 1964, p. 99-104: composite text, translation, commentary

Civil 1972, p. 89-90: commentary

Glassner 1993, p. 155-156: translation

Robson 2001, p. 57-59: commentary (archaeological context)

Sollberger 1962: score transliteration, composite text, commentary

Wilcke 1970a, p. 67-69: commentary

Cuneiform sources

UM 29-16-139 (+) Ni 9701 (ISET 2, 141); provenance: Nippur

CBS 6050 (PBS 5 7); provenance: Nippur

CBS 7849 (PBS 13 48); provenance: Nippur

CBS 10471; provenance: Nippur

CBS 12614 (PBS 5 6); provenance: Nippur

HS 1454 (TMH NF 3 34); provenance: Nippur

HS 1506 (TMH NF 3 35); provenance: Nippur

N w/n (PBS 5 7); provenance: Nippur

Ni 3023 (SLTN 131) + Ni 4144 (ISET 2 123) + Ni 4452 (ISET 2 121) + Ni 4473 (ISET 2 22) + Ni 4483 (ISET 1 101) + Ni 4484 (ISET 1 67) iv 1'ff.; provenance: Nippur

Ni 4574 (ISET 1 91); provenance: Nippur

Ni 9704; provenance: Nippur

Ni 9706 (OrNS 22 pl. 38; ISET 2 111f.); provenance: Nippur

UET 8 58; provenance: Ur

UET 8 59; provenance: Ur

UET 8 60; provenance: Ur

UM 29-13-20 + UM 29-13-29 (pl. 53); provenance: Nippur

UM 29-16-139 + etc. (pl. 24f.); provenance: Nippur

VAT 9157 iv (VAS 17 44)

3N-T109 = A 30146; provenance: Nippur

3N-T901,37 (pl. 50); provenance: Nippur

Revision history

20.iv.1998: GZ, editor: standardisation
24.iv.1998: JAB, editor: proofreading
17.v.1999: GZ, editor: minor corrections
17.v.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
28.v.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
28.v.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