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Sign name: ZA.MUŠ₃.ABgunu (ZA.MUŠ₃.UNUG)
Values: zabalam₂

A praise poem of Šulgi (Šulgi C) (c.2.4.2.03), line c24203.B.90

ad	dug₃-ga	šudu₃-šudu₃	balaĝ	kug-ta	a-ne	ḫul₂-la	dug₄-dug₄
ad	dug₃	šudu₃-šudu₃	balaĝ	kug	e-ne	ḫul₂	dug₄
voice	to be good	to pray	type of instrument and composition	shining	game	to be happy	to say
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Paragraph t24203.p19 (line(s) 75-101) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

Since I am also pleasure-loving and a devotee of singing, I can perform tigi, adab and great malgatum compositions. When fixing the frets of the great lutes, I know how to raise and lower them. I am adept enough to play perfectly all the seven instruments. …… balbale on the flute; …… their divergent strings; …… the sa-eš instrument …… (4 lines fragmentary or unclear) a performing musician …… (1 line unclear) I also have a solidly based knowledge of ……. …… praying in a melodious voice, capering joyfully to the sound of the holy balaĝ drum (1 line unclear) …… in song, for my sister Ĝeštin-ana, my own mother Ninsumun …… in wisdom …… (6 lines missing)

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary