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Sign name: AB₂×GAN₂tenu
Values: šem₅

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi C) (c.2.4.2.03), line c24203.B.9

ud	an-na-gin₇	šeg₁₂	gi₄-be₂-e	uĝ₃	ḫa-ba-da-ab-ḫu-ḫu-luḫ-eš₂
UD	AN-NA-GIN₇	šEG₁₂	GI₄-BE₂-E	Uĝ₃	ḫA-BA-DA-AB-ḫU-ḫU-LUḫ-Eš₂
ud	an	šeg₁₁	dug₄	uĝ₃	ḫuluḫ
storm	heaven	loud noise	to say	people	to be frightened

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Paragraph t24203.p15 (line(s) 1-16) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Lion, feline …… (5 lines fragmentary or unclear) May its glory cover the cities, and its battle-cry smother the foreign lands! May the people be terrified at its roaring, as at a storm in the heavens! I am Šulgi, the good shepherd of Sumer! May he bring me the muscles of a lion, the sinews of a lion! May he receive (?) my spear! (3 lines unclear)The black-headed will look on in amazement, and …… in my city.

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary