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ETCSLtransliteration : c.2.5.4.10

A love song of Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan J)

1.	ab₂ gu₃ dug₃-ga amar gu₃ su₃-/ra₂^?\
2.	in-nin₉-e tur₃-e jen-na-e
3.	^lu₂ki-sikil ud um^!-du-u₃-nam
4.	^dinana ^dugcakir₃-e gu₃ he₂-em-me
5.	^dugcakir₃ nitalam₃-zu-ke₄ gu₃ he₂-em-me
6.	^dinana <^dugcakir₃-e gu₃ he₂-em-me>
7.	^dugcakir₃ ^d<dumu-zid-da-ke₄> <gu₃ he₂-em-me>
8.	^dinana <^dugcakir₃-e gu₃ he₂-em-me>
9.	dun₅-dun₅ ^dugcakir₃-ra ca^!-mu-ra-ab-KU
10.	^dinana ur₅-re he₂-mu-e-hul₂-e
11.	sipad zid lu₂ i-lu dug₃-ga-ke₄
12.	mur ca₄ i-lu ca-ra-an-ib-be₂
13.	in-nin nij₂-nam-ma nij₂ ku₇-ku₇-da
14.	^dinana cag₄-/zu\ he₂-mu-e-hul₂-le
15.	in-nin tur₃-ra kur₉-ra-zu-ne
16.	^dinana tur₃ ca-mu-u₈-«mu»-da-hul₂-le
17.	nu-u₈-gig amac-a kur₉-ra-zu-ne
18.	^dinana amac ca-mu-u₈-da-hul₂-le
19.	e₂-bu-ra-ka kur₉-ra-zu-ne
20.	siki u₈ zid-de₃ cu-mu-ba-ra-ge-nam
21.	amac kug-ge i₃ ki ha-ra-ab-dajal-e
22.	^e₂tur₃-e i₃ gara₂ <hu>-mu-ra-ab-tum₃
23.	amac-e giri₁₇-zal-la he₂-sud₄
24.	^dic-me-^dda-gan ud-da-ni <he₂>-su₁₃-ud
25.	u₈-e sila₄-bi mi₂ zid di-de₃
26.	nitalam-ju₁₀ u₆ dug₃-ge-ec he₂-i-i

Print sources

Klein 1998: score transliteration, commentary, translation

Kramer 1989: translation, commentary

Römer 1965, p. 21-22: translation, score transliteration, commentary

Tinney 1996, p. 68-69: commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998ii: composite text

Cuneiform sources

AO 9075 (TCL 16 97)

Revision history

30.iv.1998-04.v.1998: GZ, editor: standardisation
24.vii.1998: JAB, editor: proofreading
30.ix.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
15.x.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
15.x.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