ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: BA
Values: ba, be₄

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi A) (c.2.4.2.01), line c24201.86J

lugal	ki-en-gi-ra	ĝe₂₆-gin₇-nam	uĝ₃-e	ba-ra-ĝal₂-la
lugal	ki-en-gi	ĝe₂₆	uĝ₃	ĝal₂
king	Sumer (GN)	I	people	to be (located)

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Paragraph t24201.p12 (line(s) 84-87) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Truly I am not boasting! Wherever I look to, there I go; wherever my heart desires, I reach. { (1 ms. adds at least 10 lines:) By the life of my father holy Lugalbanda, and Nanna the king of heaven and earth, I swear that the words written on my tablet are ……. (at least 4 lines missing or unclear) …… since the days of yore, since ………, no king of Sumer as great as I has existed for the people. } An placed a { legitimate and lofty } { (some mss. have:) golden } { (1 ms. has:) good silver } { (1 ms. has:) silver } crown firmly on my head.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary