The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

ETCSLtransliteration : c.2.8.5.b

A hymn to Marduk for a king

1.	^dmarduk ḫe₂-til₃-e
2.	X-la ḫe₂-ri-ib-si-si
3.	nam-til₃-zu ^dmarduk ḫe₂-eb₂-be₂
4.	nam-til₃-la-zu ḫe₂-ri-ib-sud-dam
5.	[ud] /du\-ru-še₃ ḫe₂-ri-ib-tuku-a
6.	ḫe₂-til₃-la
7.	ḫe₂-silim-ma
8.	gi₁₆-sa-aš ḫe₂-a
9.	ĝiš-šub-ba-zu nam-til₃-la ḫe₂-a
10.	nam-til₃ šag₄ dug₃-ga ḫa-la-zu ḫe₂-a
11.	ud nu₂-a ma-mu₂-zu ḫe₂-en-sag₉
12.	zig₃-ga-am₃ inim-ĝar-zu ḫe₂-en-sag₉
13.	ki ĝiri₃ gub-ba-zu silim-ma ḫe₂-ni-ib₂-gen₆
14.	/til₃\-la lugal-ĝu₁₀ igi an-ne₂ a-a diĝir-re-e-ne-ke₄ sag₉-ga
15.	[X] lugal-zu kalam-ma ḫe₂-ri-ib-il₂^?-e
16.	[X] X ^ĝišgu-za-zu su₃-u₄-ra₂-še₃ ḫu-mu-un-X X
17.	/KA^?\ X /gi₁₆\-sa-aš ḫe₂-a
18.	<ĝiš-šub-ba-zu nam-til₃-la ḫe₂-a>
19.	^da-a KA nam-til₃-la X […] a₂-zu […]
20.	ĝiš DUG.LAGAB^? a-ra₂ gub-ba ĝiš KA ĝiš /LU\ […]
21.	diĝir u₂ gu₇-am₃ {a silim} {(1 ms. has instead:) a naĝ-naĝ} X til₃-la ud su₃-ra₂ ĝiš-šub-ba-zu ĝa₂-ĝa₂
22.	ka-ta gub-ba nam-til₃ ḫa-ba-rig₇
23.	ḫe₂-til₃-la ḫe₂-silim-ma gi₁₆-sa-aš ḫe₂-a
24.	ĝiš-šub-ba-zu nam-til₃-la ḫe₂-a
25.	nam-til₃ šag₄ dug₃-ga ḫa-la-zu ḫe₂-a
26.	ud nu₂-a ma-mu₂-zu ḫe₂-en-sag₉
27.	zig₃-ga-am₃ inim-ĝar-zu ḫe₂-en-sag₉
28.	ki ĝiri₃ gub-ba-zu silim-ma ḫe₂-ni-ib₂-/gen₆\
29.	ud du-ru-še₃ ḫe₂-til₃ X […]

Print sources

Alster 1986: score transliteration, translation, commentary

Alster 1990c: score transliteration, translation, commentary (no. 1)

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996: composite text

Cuneiform sources

BM 80091 (ASJ 8 pp. 10-11)

CBS 1208

Revision history

26.iv.1999: JAB, editor: standardisation
29.vii.1999: GZ, editor: proofreading
03.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
07.i.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
07.i.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