The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.5.7.3

An axe for Nergal

1.	nibru^ki-ta-lu₂
2.	dumu lugal-cuba dam-gar₃-ra-ke₄
3.	^dnergal-ra
4.	ha-zi-in nagga mu-na-ni-in-dim₂
5.	jic-bi ^jicar-ga-nu-um hur-saj-ja₂
6.	a-lal₃-e dirig-ga-am₃
7.	na₄-bi an-ta-sur-ra-am₃
8.	gaba-ri nu-tuku-am₃
9.	he₂-sag₃-ge a₂-ni na-an-kuc₂-u₃
10.	he₂-eb₂-ta-TAR-e
11.	ga-mu-na-ab-silim
12.	u₂-gu he₂-ni-ib-de₂-e
13.	ki-bi ga-mu-na-ab-gi₄
14.	ud til₃-la-ja₂ igi hu-mu-un-du₈
15.	ud ba-ug₇-en kur-ra
16.	a sig₉-ga hu-mu-un-na₈-na₈

Print sources

Behrens 1988: score transliteration, commentary, translation, handcopy

Civil 1972, p. 89-90: commentary

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

Wilcke 1969, p. 58, n. 210: composite text, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: composite text

Krecher 1996a: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

TMHNF 4, 45; lines in composite: 1-16

IM 58417 (3N-T 310); lines in composite: 1-16

UM 55-21-327; lines in composite: 1-16

Ni 4574; lines in composite: 1-12

3N-T 916, 339; lines in composite: 2-16

CBS 14049 + N 864; lines in composite: 3-16

SLTNi 131; lines in composite: 9-16

PBS 15, 65; lines in composite: 14-16

Revision history

23.i.1998: GZ, editor: standardisation
30.i.1998: JAB, editor: proofreading
30.vi.1998: ER, editor: SGML tagging
18.vi.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
18.vi.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