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A diatribe against Engar-dug (Diatribe B)

Segment A

1. mengar-dug3 X lu2 lil2-la2 zag [...] dumu KA-a buluj3-/ja2\ (Cited in OB catalogue from Nibru, at Philadelphia, 0.2.01, line 60)
2. lu2 pe-el-la2 ni2-su-ub kuc sig10-ga X e2-jar8-da cub-a
3. mengar-dug3 ze2-za nar-e-ne lu2 dim2?-ma nu-sag9
4. silim dug4-dug4 ur CID-CID-na lu2-u3 cu?-a /e3?\
5. /e2\ X /jal2\-u3 du14 ga-e-da-ak ulutim2 uguugu4-bi
6. is-hab2 lu2-inim-ma tec2 nu-tuku di-ce3 gu2 nu-cum2-mu
7. ki-ma-an-ze2-er lu2 kal-e nu-zu saj erin2-na sal-sal
8. lu2 ezen nu-KU cah2 lu-hu-um-ta su3-a gu2 mu-un-da-an-kud
9. eme ti bal nij2-erim2-e ki aj2 ah-da X [...]
10. du14 mu2-mu2 kece2-da-ta e3-a in dub2-/dub2\ [...]
11. ur-saj gub-be2 cu-bi-ce3 la2-a tug2-da [...]
12. mengar-dug3 gu-du kece2 eme HAR dim2-ma a-ha-X [...]
13. lu2 X nu-tuku kun ka-bi-ce3 cub-ba nij2 ni2-bi nu-X
14. eh3 ehehhe e-sir2 dajal-la lu2 /nam\-ta-e3-a
15. inim sig10-sig10 umuc dim2-ma-na sig ka tar-re-a bal-bal
16. lu2-ra gala muc-lah4-e dub2-dub2 mu pi-il nar-e-ne
17. ur gu3 de2 jicza3-mi2-a nu-jal2 gu3jic»kiri6 de2-de2
18. KU-KU-uc KA-KA gu2-ni saj ZI e2 sa ab-la2-e
19. a2 al-aj2-e X [X] jal2 erin2 ab [...]-dar
20. X-bi ka lu2 /DI\ IG X nu-un-na-dug3
21. [X] KA AN hul-ce3 X bal-bal X
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Segment B

1. [...] jicJIRI3-na [...]
2. na-an-ga-ma nu-zuh cec-a-na a la-ba-ci-ak
3. kar he2-en-du3 tilla2 iri X hu-mu-ni-in-TUG2-TUG2
4. pa-aj2 he2-en-ze2 lu2 abula [...] jickim-bi hu-mu-un-X
5. ur5-ta ki na-me-ce3 nam-ba-DU en-nu-uj3 [...]
6. mengar-dug3 cir3 kug-zu mu-til nam-mah-[zu ...]
7. in-zu sila dajal ba-ni-in-[...] lul-zu pa bi2-i-[e3]
8. X /lu2\ igi saj5 mengar-dug3 KA gud? [...]
9. [...] darmucen-gin7 X [...]
10. [...]-/da\ muc-lah4 [...]
11. [...] KA [...]
12. [...] X NA X [...]
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Print sources

Sjöberg 1972b: composite text, translation, photograph, commentary

Electronic sources

Civil 1989d: composite text

Civil 1994d: composite text

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Krecher 1998q: composite text

Krecher 1998s: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

CBS 2331 (photo JCS 24 1972] p. 118)

CBS 14072 (photo JCS 24 1972] p. 118)

IB 1296


Revision history

09.ii.2000-15.ii.2000: GC, editor: standardisation
19.v.2000: JAB, editor: proofreading
19.v.2000: GC, editor: SGML tagging
26.v.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
26.v.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

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