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ETCSLtransliteration : c.2.5.4.03

A hymn to Nibru and Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan C)

1.	eš₃ nibru^ki eš₃ abzu-a ab-dirig e₂-kur za-gin₃-am₃
2.	nun-zu nun-a ab-dirig kur gal a-a ^den-lil₂
3.	nin gal-zu munus zid ama ^dnin-lil₂ nam-nin-e dib-ba-am₃
4.	saĝ en₃ tar-zu nam-šul-la dirig ur-saĝ ^dnin-urta
5.	sukkal-maḫ zabar zid-za tum₂-ma a₂ ki-nu₂-zu dug₃-dug₃
6.	saĝ keše₂ me zid-za en-nu kar₂-kar₂-dam
7.	sipad me zid-za en-nu kar₂-kar₂-bi-im
8.	u₂-a-zu a ru-a kur gal-la u₃-tud-da ^dnin-lil₂-la₂
9.	^diš-me-^dda-gan a ru-a kur gal-la u₃-tud-da ^dnin-lil₂-la₂
10.	uĝ₃ šar₂-šar₂-ra-ba-na mu maḫ ĝiri₃-za sig₁₀-ga-am₃
11.	nibru^ki za₃-mi₂-zu niĝ₂ ka-ge du₇-am₃ ka-ga₁₄ ḫe₂-en-ĝal₂
12.	dug₄-ga zid-zu-še₃ diĝir ^da-nun-na ḫe₂-em-ma-sug₂-sug₂-ge-eš
13.	eš₃ nibru^ki iri ul me ḫal-ḫa za₃-mi₂-zu dug₃-ga-am₃
14.	ezen gal-gal mi₂ dug₄-ga nibru^ki
15.	nam-maḫ ^den-lil₂ ^dnin-lil₂-la₂
16.	ki^? diĝir gal-gal-e-ne […]-la-e-eš-am₃
17.	sa-gid₂-da-[am₃]

Print sources

Römer 1988a: score transliteration, translation, photograph, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Tinney 1998bb: composite text

Cuneiform sources

Ni 2485:45ff. (SRT 36)

Revision history

20.v.1999: GZ, editor: standardisation
30.vii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
19.x.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
25.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
25.ii.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