The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.2.4.2.25

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi Y)

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1.	[X X] X X [...]
2.	[X X] X ba-ni-jar-/re\-[ec]
3.	nam-lugal-ja₂ ud-bi sud-/da\
4.	bal-ja₂ he₂-jal₂ pa ed₂-ed₂-dam
5.	^den-ki en dug₄-ga-ni nu-kur₂-ru saj il₂ ba-ni-kur₉
6.	^dutu inim-ma-ni saj-ba du mackim-ce₃ ma-an-cum₂
7.	^dnin-lil₂ kalam-ma gu₃ hul₂-la ma-ni-de₂-a-ke₄-ec₂
8.	unken-na jizzal ma-ni-ak-ke₄-ec₂
9.	cul-gi sipad zid ki-en-gi-ra-/me\-[en]
10.	ja₂-jic-cu₂-a e₂ di si /im^?-sa₂^?\-[X (X)-na]
11.	e₂ mah nam-[nin]-a tum₂-ma-na
12.	^e₂pa-pah ki /u₆\ di kur-kur-ra /ni₂ huc\ gur₃-ru-na
13.	e₂ X X [X] /GI\ cag₄-bi-a silim mu-/na\-[(X)-dug₄]
14.	[X X] mu-/da-ab\-du₃ DA NI X [...] mu-DU.DU X [...]
15.	X gu₂ mu-da-/ab\-[...]
16.	urud nij₂ kalag-ga-a X [...]
17.	lu₂ hul-jal₂ ^jictukul-la mu-ci-[X X-a]
18.	a₂ aj₂-ja₂-ni-ta me₃-a mu-ni-gaz-a
19.	ur-saj gal-gal mu-til-la-ju₁₀ bar-ba im-mi-X
20.	gu₂-bi-a jiri₃-ju₁₀ im-mi-gub
21.	ki-gal-ba ni₂-ju₁₀ saj im-ma-ni-il₂
22.	alan kug-sig₁₇ alan ^na₄za-gin₃-na-ju₁₀
23.	kisal mah e₂-nij₂-ja₂-ra-ka-na si ba-ni-sa₂-sa₂
24.	aratta kug-gin₇ gi₁₆-sa mi-ni-jar-jar
25.	e₂-muhaldim gal-la-ni gud udu ba-ni-jar
26.	e₂-gir₄ mah-a-ni he₂-jal₂-la bi₂-de₆
27.	e₂-lunga₃ zabar-re he₂-du₇-na
28.	kac-kac(source: gud-gud)-bi-ta NE ki ba-ni-us₂-us₂
29.	kac gig₂ kurun kac su₄ <e₂> a₂ sikil-ba sur-ra
30.	kij₂-sig unu₂ gal-la-ni ba-ni-jar
31.	[X] X X [...]
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Print sources

Falkenstein 1960: composite text, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996a: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

BM 16919 (CT 42 40)

Ni 4043 (SLTN 52)

Revision history

29.x.1999: GZ, editor: standardisation
14.xii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
16.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
11.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
11.ii.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